Donkey Kong Bananza: The Unexpected 3D Adventure Born from Creative Requests

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Donkey Kong Bananza was developed after Nintendo executive Yoshiaki Koizumi asked the Super Mario Odyssey team to create a 3D Donkey Kong game, leading them to consult Shigeru Miyamoto and focus on Donkey Kong's distinctive features like his strong arms and actions, with voxel technology playing a key role in the game's destruction-based gameplay.
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