The first Donkey Kong Bananza review has been published in the Japanese magazine Famitsu. According to Ryokutya2089, a site which regularly obtains Famitsu earlier than most, the magazine’s four reviewers gave Bananza scores of 9, 10, 10, and 9, for a combined review score of 38/40.

In the most predictable possible progression of events, the programmer performed surgery on a grape by attaching two fists to a Goomba. In a short clip shared by Nintendo, you can see the brown tyke walk around a rocky environment that crumbles under its mighty fists.

A few weeks ago, Nintendo confirmed an unusual piece of lore: Pauline is 13-years-old in Donkey Kong Bananza. This is an odd thing for Nintendo to have done. Historically, it doesn't include exact information about character ages in official communications. Heck, it won’t even say whether or not Waluigi is Wario’s brother, friend, rival, or enemy.

As many previews for the game have pointed out, Donkey Kong Bananza seems to have some performance issues thanks to its modular environment destruction system. However, it appears that the development team at Nintendo is well aware.