The outlandish Donkey Kong Bananzaisn’t a game that makes you follow the conventional rules. It’s a chaotic destruction fest from start to finish, anda rather brilliant GOTY contenderof one at that.
It’s probably no surprise, then, that its players have forged their own unique paths through the game.One fan, asIGNreports, has gone to the remarkable lengths of completing Bonanza and not collecting a single banana along the way.
Now, you might be wondering: What is Donkey Kong without his beloved bananas? They are the very essence of the character, after all.
Well, the simple answer to that question is that,without them, he’s much, much more vulnerable. Imagine Sonic without any rings, only with a lot more fur.
AK shared confirmation of their nada ‘nana featon X:
Just beat Donkey Kong Bananza with 0 bananasHonestly a fun challenge I recommended doing as a NG+ run after 100%pic.twitter.com/ZM1S82gkb4
They notedthat “you die in 1-2 hits,” referencing the fact that, without bananas, the player is unable to acquire any more health.If you’ve ever completed a no Heart Containers challenge in a Zelda game, you’ll know that this is the furthest thing from the way the game is ‘intended’ to be played, as more ofa cavalcade of Banandium Gems to seek out.
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Embracing The Challenge
Your skill tree, similarly, will remain a wilted sapling for the whole game. Of course, that’s exactly the point.
In a Nintendo title, it’s often the case that the base content isn’t necessarily that difficult, and it’s in the optional stages that the difficulty really lies.Super Mario Galaxy, for instance, remixes some familiar stages in devious ways thanks to the Comets that change the rules.
For an additional layer of challenge and customization, of course, you can just impose your own rules onto a playthrough and see how you fare. That’s exactly what this X user opted to do, and the effort ended in success.
Some games are absolute blasts to play through the first time around,offering wonderful easter eggs, but don’t offer much in the way of replay value. Of course, whether this is the case withDonkey Kong Bananzais a question for individual players to answer for themselves.
One thing I can say, though, is thatmany of us are spending so long in each area ‘deconstructing’ the environments that it’s easy to feel as though you’ve had your fill of them on completion.
If that’s been the case for youin one of the year’s best releases so far, why not consider your own banana-free run? It’ll encourage you to reconsider the way you utilize DK’s arsenal and how carefully you approach combat situations. Be prepared, though, for an experience that’s far more limiting and difficult than the first time around.
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