In a recent interview it has been revealed that work began on Donkey Kong Bananza immediately after the competition of the acclaimed Super Mario Odyssey. Once development of the last mainline 3D Mario adventure was completed the team set to work on Bananza. As previously mentioned Donkey Kong Bananza was originally a Nintendo Switch game until the successor was ready.
When did the development of Donkey Kong Bananza start?
Motokura: Although it cannot give you very precise details, I can tell you that we started developing it after finishing Super Mario Odyssey (2017).
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Yes the same team who developed Super Mario Odyssey came back with Bananza. 🍌
I’m sure Grunty will be happy to hear this.