Donkey Kong is one of Nintendo’s most famous characters. The smash hit 1981 arcade game that made the company, kicked off Shigeru Miyamoto’s future of innovation, and introduced the world to Mario, bears Donkey Kong’s name. The big ape is as close to Nintendo’s historic creative heart as you can get if you’re not called Mario.

Donkey Kong Bananza also introduces a few other types of vendors, including one that sells consumable items such as the red balloons from Country that save you from falling off the map and another that can build a property for you in a range of pre-determined spots.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong, Nintendo's infrequent platform-puzzle series, is making its way to Switch next February. Based on its Nintendo Direct reveal, Mario vs. Donkey appears to be a remake of the ...

One of the earliest known platform games, Donkey Kong, which arrived 40 years ago this summer, was a revolutionary kind of fun.