Donkey Kong Bananza-focused Nintendo Direct announced for Wednesday

by Danny Craig  · 
Donkey Kong Bananza-focused Nintendo Direct announced for Wednesday
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Nintendo has announced that a Direct presentation highlighting the upcoming title Donkey Kong Bananza will take place on Wednesday.

The details:

  • According to the Nintendo Today mobile app, the livestream will take place on June 18 at 6 a.m. PT / 9 a.m. ET / 2 p.m. BST on the company's YouTube channels. It will last 15 minutes and will focus on Donkey Kong Bananza, a Switch 2 exclusive platformer set to release on July 17.

  • The Direct will most likely reveal more about the game's story, gameplay, and characters, with one notable Mario series character set to appear based on now-removed key art shared by Nintendo Korea. However, as with previous Nintendo first-party releases, we're unlikely to learn who is actually developing the game during the stream, as fans had to sift through legal documents to discover the studio behind Mario & Luigi: Brothership last year.

  • Fans are also waiting for more information on Splatoon Raiders, a Switch 2 spin-off announced last week alongside a major update to Splatoon 3. Not much is known about the project, except that players will take on the role of a mechanic and "go on an adventure in the mysterious Spirhalite Islands alongside the splat-tacular Deep Cut trio."

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