Bananza is essantially a total distillation of all of mans most innate carnal pre civilization desires enhanced to be as fun and entertaining as possible.
>forage for food (oh, banana!)
>explore new grounds nomadically
>punch things till they stop moving to assert dominance
>protect little girl
Its as close as you can get to "objectively good" art because its core gameplay is based on things that we are literally hardwired to find appealing.

>>716407904 (OP)
I do like the loli backpack thing.

>>716407904 (OP)
Besides the gameplay being GOAT it's good to see there's reasons why it feels so primal, collecting treasure is also very cave-like, asserting dominance over the lands

Grug agree

>"protect little girl"

>Phroooooooooooooooooooo
>Inhales your entire fucking level collecting gold and chests
Nothing personell, Nintendo.

>>716408397
It is a little bit odd how DK's going around basically stealing everyone's bananas, but everyone's cool with it, while Void Kong's the villain because he's doing the same thing. The underground is racist against black monkeys.

>>716408548
Yes.

>>716408726
That did cross my mind. I figured void was taking from personal stashes that we dont see, but dk is just finding them in the enviornment. But maybe in wrong and everyone just really likes dk

>>716408726
Void threatens them late in the game so DK doesn't do that

>>716409125
Well we do see Void stealing bananas and he is more of a dick about it.
I think they missed out on a potential cute moment where DK's going to steal bananas from one of the villages and Pauline chastises him as his moral compass. You know, rip off The Iron Giant wholesale, or any other little kid + big thing movie script.

Which postgame golden bananza ability is best? Elephant?

>>716407904 (OP)
Reminds me of that Itagaki quote about Ninja Gaiden only including things that everyone likes.

>>716408549
literally the best bananza form.

best music, best ability, and a design that doesn't look totally cursed like some of the other ones.

>>716409725
I don't know, I only have the Kong one so far.

>>716407904 (OP)
I just wish it was fun

>>716411139
I can't imagine not having fun with this game.

>>716410831
I like the cursed ones.

>>716407904 (OP)
The game is insanely dull.

>>716410831
>best music
That's where you lose me.

>>716410907
I'm thinking of swapping out the health upgrades I keep telling myself I don't need just to get the golden ones faster. Feels like I won't have much game left to actually play with those abilities otherwise.

>>716407904 (OP)
Did prehistoric people protect little girls?

>>716415386
If humans just plopped their offspring on the ground and walked away for it to fend for itself as a newborn like a komodo dragon then we would have gone extinct.

>>716415919
Well they'd protect their own offspring obviously. But ancient people would also paint walls with the baby guts of their enemies.

>>716408549
>>716410831
I love how elephant is so fucking jacked. I mean all the forms are, but elephant especially is YOLKED the fuck up

>>716416070
Thats what they get for taking my bananas.

>>716416105
You'd think the ostrich would be the yolked one.

I like to go down to the very bottom until I hit unbreakable ground then go into Kong Bananza and destroy everything until there's a massive underground cavern.

The final rehearsal was too short. Only hard parts were the start and end so its harder than darker side and 3D Land’s thing but its not that fun. You can cheese it with those health refills if you want.

>>716420227
Based and grugpilled

I wonder what the game would've been like with full physics. Those bananas where you have to get a flowerpot out of the shade make me think there must've been a more complete physics sim at one point.

>>716420227
Elephant's faster but charged punches give me a giggle.

>>716409297
Is a big ape busting through the wall of your store like the Kool-Aid man and shattering everything you own with a clap of his hands not "threatening?"

>>716428056
He's like a huge dog, seems threatening at first but all he wants is treats (bananas)

>>716407904 (OP)
inb4 all the schizo showing up, good summary op

>>716428667
Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?

>>716408726
Void is passing through, stealing giant caches of bananas, and fucking up the layers in some way, making life harder for the locals. DK is passing through, mining out bananas by hand, and undoing the damage Void has caused, so while the locals may first consider DK another intruding, thieving outsider they quickly warm up to him, and he gains favor with the locals completely by meeting with the elders and learning their Bananzas. They're more than happy to let DK take the bananas he finds after that, he's one of them then.

>>716415386
We wouldn't be here otherwise, what do you think little girls grow into

>>716428943
I do always like it in games when your objective incidentally ends up helping the locals out. And Pauline actually wants to help.

>>716408549
Vacuuming up the Diddy and Dixie trophy with elephant bananza is fun. It definitely helps pay for Banana Maps for postgame.

achievements when, nintendo??

>>716409725
The Kong gold ability saved my butt in the second to last round of the enemy rush where you have to destroy all the wall guys in a time limit

>>716408181
You would

>>716417248
Fair enough

>>716429949
What's the point, really
Unless they unlock things in the game itself like the games before cheevos were a thing

This game is objectively better in nearly every way than Odyssey but got 6 points lower on Metacritic simply because it isn't Mario. Fucked up how that works

>>716408726
>everyone's cool with it
Because DK is the established and respected alpha male of the bunch, while Void Kong is a manlet intruder.

>>716408549
where's the vore art

I am curious, is this made by the same team that made odyssey, or did they just copy their homework?

>>716432402
It's the Odyssey team.

>>716432123
I must disagree. I loved both, but I find odyssey to have much greater diversity of mechanics. DK was great, but most of the game boils down to "punch things to collect bananas," with occasional departures from this when the game necessitates bananza usage. odyssey allows for a much larger variation of puzzles due to the capturing mechanic and is thus much more engaging. for me odyssey is 9/10, DK 8/10.

>>716432336
I don't think there's much of a difference between being the alpha and being the boss.

>>716432123
I completely agree. The team really outdid themselves. I'm not sure why that doesn't reflect in the scores. It's the most consistently inventive and interesting game they've done. Forget level gimmicks, every sublayer has some new mechanic or twist, and it's all completely unified with the voxel terrain system. And unlike with some of the previous 3D Mario games (which were also just bursting with ideas), they aren't just pulling from decades of established mechanics.

>upgrade to stay in Bananza form
>Kong's fat ass keeps making me want to fap
This game is a struggle

>didn’t get charge slap the whole game because I thought it’d be annoying
>get it after doing final post-game stage
>do final post-game stage again
>makes the ending segment much easier
well shit

>>716432735
Capturing is shit because it directly interferes with Mario's moveset, you either cap an enemy and do the level as some guy that can't jump as good or ignore it and use Mario to skip everything. In Bananza every single mechanic integrates with the terrain and DK's abilities, even the bananza powers still keep most of your moves intact

>>716433365
Does that butt have a six-pack?

>>716433797
No, those are painted on arrows pointing where to go.

>>716433383
Wait what. I never actually found a use for that move. What does it do?

>>716407904 (OP)
>Bananza is essantially a total distillation of all of mans most innate carnal pre civilization desires enhanced to be as fun and entertaining as possible.
Well yeah, it IS a monke game.

>>716434340
Let’s you smack the small barrels away from afar

>>716434398
We could all use a return to monke.

>tfw ending sequence

Based game