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Nintendo has given fans a rare peek behind its development curtain, and a look at how upcoming Switch 2 platformer Donkey Kong Bananza would have looked on Switch 1.

Donkey Kong Bananza is out later this week, but a heap of physical copies seem to be finding their way into the hands of gamers, including one lucky Aussie who had the game almost a week early thanks to a Harvey Norman store in Sydney.

Asked how Bananza sits alongside other Donkey Kong games, Motokura continued by saying that the 3D Mario team considered this project to epitomise a new 3D Donkey Kong "branch", separate to the DK's 2D platformers — leaving the door open to both kinds of games still existing in future.

The limitations of the original Switch hindered DK Bananza enough that the developers decided to wait for Switch 2.

Best Buy will reportedly restock Switch 2 consoles next on July 17, which coincides with the release of Donkey Kong Bananza. The Nintendo Switch 2 is finally available in the US, but it's still pretty tough to find it in stock online anywhere.

Coinciding with the launch of Donkey Kong Bananza, Nintendo’s going bananas with this restock.