Donkey Kong Bananza Staff Had Tense Watermelon-Eating Session to Create the Nintendo Switch 2 Exclusive's Digging Sound, Producer Reveals

Wesley Yin-Poole
9/23/2025

Released back in July for the Switch 2, Donkey Kong Bananza lets you go bananas as Nintendo’s giant ape character Donkey Kong. Players can explore and find goodies by freely punching, smashing and digging their way through bizarre and colorful open-world levels. The game’s quirkiness and fruit-obsession extends to the varied sound effects — many of which were made by the staff themselves. Apparently, a lot of biting and eating was involved…...

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