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Subscribe from just £3 Takes you closer to the games, movies and TV you love Try a single issue or save on a subscription Issues delivered straight to your door or device From£9.99Subscribe now Battlefield 6 SDCC 2025 schedule Switch 2 Starter Pack Recommended reading Donkey Kong Donkey Kong Bananza players have managed to blow it wide open in less than a week, and the speedrun potential is bananas: "It's wild how much of the game you can bypass with the right tricks" Donkey Kong I'm glad to announce Donkey Kong Bananza has the Super Mario Odyssey sauce: it's taken less than a day for players to skip a boss fight entirely with speedrunning tech Donkey Kong Donkey Kong Bananza player spends over 4 hours pushing its destruction to the absolute limit by smashing up an entire level: "Well, that took a while" Platforming Games Where to find Bananas in Donkey Kong Bananza Platforming Games 10 Donkey Kong Bananza tips we wish we knew before going to the Planet Core Donkey Kong Nintendo icon Shigeru Miyamoto spent his time testing Donkey Kong Bananza "smashing and digging" in one spot, which tracks following his hour-long Breath of the Wild playtesting stint "just climbing trees" Platforming Games All Donkey Kong Bananza Nostalgia Country banana locations Platforming Games Donkey Kong Donkey Kong Bananza Donkey Kong Bananza can be beaten without collecting a single banana, meaning the "Potassium Deficiency%" speedrun is entirely possible Scott McCrae 28 July 2025 If you're the type of sicko who would deprive an ape his bananas... When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Nintendo) Donkey Kong Bananza players are testing the game's limits; almost instantly, they were able to find a skip for the Canyon Layer that allowed them to skip an entire boss fight, and, in the time since, they've beaten Bananza while skipping the majority of its typically necessary transformations. This madness seems possible thanks to the game allowing players to absolutely level its environment. Just beat Donkey Kong Bananza with 0 bananasHonestly a fun challenge I recommended doing as a NG+ run after 100% pic.twitter.com/ZM1S82gkb4July 27, 2025 So since players have already mastered skipping transformations, the natural next step is beating Bananza without collecting any of its 777 Banandium Gems – which is also entirely possible. Twitter user Akfamilyhome posted their attempt recently, saying, "Just beat Donkey Kong Bananza with 0 bananas. Honestly a fun challenge, I recommended doing as a NG+ run after 100%." Unlike something like Super Mario Odyssey, Donkey Kong Bananza's main collectible doesn't actually gate progression. Until the post-game Bananza Rehearsal challenges, no part of the game requires you to have any bananas. You may like Donkey Kong Bananza players have managed to blow it wide open in less than a week, and the speedrun potential is bananas: "It's wild how much of the game you can bypass with the right tricks" I'm glad to announce Donkey Kong Bananza has the Super Mario Odyssey sauce: it's taken less than a day for players to skip a boss fight entirely with speedrunning tech Donkey Kong Bananza player spends over 4 hours pushing its destruction to the absolute limit by smashing up an entire level: "Well, that took a while" However, the Bananas do contribute to DK's skill tree, which does add a layer to the no-banana challenge. As Akfamilyhome puts it, "It's pretty much smooth sailing at the start, figuring out some neat ways to bypass certain sections during the mid-game, and then suddenly, the endgame forces you to lock in, because you die in 1-2 hits." So while it's going to be a bit of a nightmare for players to beat Bananza without bananas, a bananaless run is possible. One user suggested it as a speedrun category called "Potassium Deficiency%." However, it doesn't seem like the devs of Donkey Kong Bananza expected players to play the game this way, as AK notes there's no unique dialogue for beating the game without bananas – unlike beating the game while missing Bananzas, which does give you a bit of dialogue after you conquer the game's final boss (as the post-game isn't possible without them). Donkey Kong Country's DK designer is once again defending Bananza's redesign: "I'm not sure why I even made him brown – the gorilla I based him on was gray." 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