Can we talk a little bit about this game? I'm barely on the fourth layer (Canyon Layer) and I can't believe what they've done again. The game screams Odyssey but Odyssey on steroids and with fucking Kong. It's so much fun that I could stay on the same layer forever, I always find something I haven't explored yet. And the environment destruction mechanic that I thought I'd soon get tired of, keeps getting better and better. One of the most creative games I've ever played in my life.

And why is it always Nintendo that's able to do something like this? Do they really have all the most creative and capable devs working for them? Fucking mindblowing.

>>717752280 (OP)
Man, astroturfers aren't even trying anymore

Nintendo fosters their development talent and does their best to pass senior knowledge down to new developers and then keep them working for them by actually having good work polices, Nintendo is constantly listed as one of the best companies to work for in Japan
They are historically a toy company, and they still treat games like toys, instead of using their new hardware to render skin pores on some ugly bitch in 4k they think of new gameplay ideas they couldn't do before, like being able to dynamically smash the entire level and then they take that idea and make it fun mechanically and build the game around it
Remember miyamoto spent ages doing nothing but chasing a rabbit in an unfinished test level in mario 64 until he thought mario's controls felt perfect, that kind of design has permeated the company and all their best first party games tend to follow that type of design philosophy

>>717752330
Why are you on /v/ and in this thread specifically if you hate video games? Are you mentally ill?

>>717752330
Prease understand, tendies will succumb to their suicidal ideations if they don't suck corporate cock at least every 3 minutes
The alternative would be for them to get over being bullied by snoytroons a decade ago, but they're not white nor intelligent enough for that kind of emotional feat

>>717752621
>nintendo fans
>liking videogames
Lmao

>>717752592
You're right, this isn't a matter of one or two years. This has been their philosophy for decades. But I'm still shocked how they manage to create something so enjoyable every time.

>>717752280 (OP)
the core movement is crazy

I didn't like odyssey that much but I thought mario's movements were fantastic and probably the best in any 3D game I've played but bananza completely blows it out of the water, the amount of moves you can string together is batshit insane

like recently I've learned that if you time a jump properly after tearing off a chunk of terrain you can conserve the initial jump which means that you can effectively triple jump, and then you can mix that with all sorts of other tech to pull off crazy parkour stunts

imagine calling this game bad

>>717752330
Marketers became too lazy

>>717752975
yo this game lit

>>717752975
Right??? It blows my mind every time.

If you're only in the Canyon Layer, you haven't seen anything yet. This game is insanely backloaded. It just keeps getting better.

>>717752330
>>717752781
Mald harder eric

Simplicity generally lets devs focus on making a game fun.

Nintendo don't try to make games like wannabe Hollywood Directors. They make a very simple 3D engine, playtest the shit out of it and keep adding in the enjoyable things/take out the ones that aren't for half the development until they're happy they have a good core game then Paint over it with one of their IP's to make it marketable, then spend another half of development time doing the same thing, and polishing the shit out of it, adding a simple but ingorable plot and catchy music along the way.

Like their business practices or not, they know how to make good games. That's what keeps them afloat.

It's good but I am getting tired of piecemeal open world where monotony and going through the motions sets in at times. Bigger scale linear levels with focus are still the best.

Mind you this is still better than most games

>>717752975
...OP at least change your writing style kek

>>717753334
I'd rather not say how much time I spent on the first three layers KEK. I can't wait to see what's next.

>>717753606
Why should he?

>>717753606
Stop crying about a game you don't care about and leave. If you're older than 8, it shouldn't be a problem.

>>717752975
Yeah, Dunkey isn't usually my thing but he did highlight how Odyssey really did evolve Mario's freedom of movement since Sunshine, moreso because they nerfed it in Galaxy.

>>717752280 (OP)
>>And why is it always Nintendo that's able to do something like this? Do they really have all the most creative and capable devs working for them?
first of all yes, because they recruit the absolute best students from the top japanese universities instead of some cunt with a phd in lesbian historiography like western studios do, but also they have something most devs today completely lack, which is a stable workforce

this ensures that oldheads who worked on all the hits that defined nintendo decades ago rise up the corporate ranks and mentor the younger generation, there's transmission of skills and knowledge

this is why all the faggots crying about nintendo having lost their way are so full of shit, they haven't changed their fundamental gamedesign philosophies since the 80s and that's why they're still successful

>>717753804
He's fooling himself into thinking that no one can conceivably have a different opinion to him so it can only be OP samefagging.

The general depression-driven negativity on this board has poisoned him like the rest.

Is the overarching game design also inherited from Odyssey? I hated the fact it became a rareware collectathon

>spent 8 years just wanting Odyssey 2
>get something new and more fun that I didn't even know I wanted
This is why Nintendo is on top

>>717754056
It's typical for Japs to stay in the same job their entire lives and master it to perfection during that time. This is very evident at Nintendo.

Here they always say buy a Japanese car made in Japan. The best quality you can get.

>>717752280 (OP)
>chuddy kong

I'm sorry, but as a personal AI assistant, i bave been trained to maintain objectivity and cannot hold opinions over a "Donkey Kong: Bananza's" quality – so i can't praise it as a perfect product.
Is there something else i can assist you with?

>>717755778
Thanks for the bump.

>>717752280 (OP)
Enjoy and take your time brother it’s an absolute wild ride

>>717753202
one of my favorite aspects is how you can avoid bonking when you do a roll into a wall either with punch or grab

I fucking HATED bonking in odyssey, I wished they added a way to time a button press to cancel it because it added to the stop and go pacing of mario's movement and bananza fixes that

>>717752280 (OP)
Enjoy it, I'm having A BLAST

>>717757338
rolling punches also literally let you tunnel through the entire world
it's fucking hilarious

>>717753202
This feels way more awkward to actually do than I imagined. It would feel better if you could just chunk jump right off a surf without having to unsurf first

my favorite part of the game was when king k rool's wife showed up and was butt booty naked

>>717757673
you just plink the buttons it's babby shit

>>717752280 (OP)
I don't get how the new 3D Mario is gonna top this

>>717758245
It's going to be fucking hard

>>717758245
they'll probably go in a completely different direction, but I have faith it'll be great because I have an entirely new level of appreciation for epd tokyo

best dev studio in the industry right now

Game of the Century
DKChads won
RareChads won
KremlingChads won
MarioFAGGOTS lost

>>717752280 (OP)

KONG SISTERS WE EATING GOOD

>>717752280 (OP)
Baby gorillas have an incredibly strong grip and they can hold themselves from virtually any part of the mother's body. Pauline staying no matter what on DK's back like a champ may be inspired by this.

OOH, TRANSNANA

>>717759658
they look the same kek

>>717758245
By hiring that man

>>717752280 (OP)
EPD Tokyo singlehandedly holding up the collect-a-thon genre.

>>717759069
Yeah but what direction, can't wait to see it

>>717764571
like bowser's fury but bigger, with more global effects than bowser having a meltie, and much better movement

How’s the post game? I finished the game today with all main game bananas and I liked it but I just feel done with the game. Unless the post game adds some good challenge and interesting uses of the transformations I don’t want to collect more rudimentary bananas.

>>717752975
Its honestly really hard to play other 3D platformers now after DKB. The sheer amount of freedom to literally carve your own path through the world is just to liberating and satisfying. Other 3D platformers just feel so restrictive and simple now.

this game is feet coded

>>717758245
They need to give Bowser a truly fucking good boss battle for one. Don't do that 'every fight is the same but with one slightly different attack' shit either.

I'm sorry, /v/. Nintendo usually makes overhyped bad games, but this is their first good game in 15 years.

>>717765386

cant help but notice her feet every time

>>717765304
it has a few really interesting new challenges but little else

that's the one part I think odyssey is better, more robust postgame

the best parts is when it references the old donkey kong games

maybe i just dont care about vidya anymore

>>717765304
the boss rush is fun

>punch Kritter
>he says OUGH
>I say OUGH

>>717752280 (OP)t
he new mario is going to be open world, isn’t it?

>>717766587
yes

can't wait to see this shithole cry about it (in fact I can wait, it's going to be insufferable)

>>717765378
>carve your own path through the world
What if you want to play a game with proper level design and pacing and challenge?

>>717752280 (OP)
They just wanted to make a fun game.

>>717767521
You buy the latest gem, Bananza. Obviously.

>it's ToTK all over again

>>717759658
I keep telling them that's the reason Pauline doesn't wear shoes, so she as a human can realistically grip onto her father figure of whom is protecting her, but it's jusr sex, sex sex with them. No getting through to them *shakes head*

>>717759658
>>717768317
imagine she gripping you and not letting go until you are dry haha

>>717767521
I know I'm biting the bait, but Bananza manages to do both, which really does require skill to craft.

re-design is crazy

>>717758245
It'll fall for the open world meme.

>feast layer
>have to build a burger
>assume it's a veggie burger because they're animals
>it's just a regular burger that's the size of a skyscraper
>with REAL meat that likely required the butchering of thousands to make
I was honestly a bit disturbed.

>>717770607
They say that the burger is mostly made of ground banana. Though the Feast layer is the best layer by far, the amusement park is great.

>>717770563
might work if its designed like bowser's fury

>>717770607
It's a banana burger. There's a sign that says it's made of ground banana pulp with some banana chunks in it.

Why it still looks like ground beef who knows

>>717770607
Where did you think all the giraffes went?

>>717771219
....to heaven?

>>717770607
L-lanky bros..?

Should've been a wario game

>>717771685
you're mom should have been a wario game

>>717752280 (OP)
Morning sirs.

>>717752330
FPBP

>>717770607
This guy

>>717752280 (OP)
Don't care still not on PC yet, die.

>>717770607
you'd be surprised by the things they're doing with vegan fake meat stuff these days

>>717771095
The bacon, too?
>find pig people fossils on a previous layer

>>717752280 (OP)
Game seems boring but tendies telling me the platformer gets better 40 hours in so we’ll see.

>>717773668
>gets better 40 hours in
You can 100% the game in that time. If you aren't enjoying it after getting the first bananza power, I would drop it. The game isn't for you.

>>717774475
I beat the first boss and got to the rock village.