The ape is the physics engine

Donkey Kong Bananza is a destruction sandbox wearing a platformer. You punch the world and the world gives. That sounds simple. In practice it is the kind of toy Nintendo still remembers how to make and almost nobody else does.

I died a lot and did not get mad, which is the tell. If you have a Switch in the house, this is the one that will be on the floor in front of the couch at 10 p.m. on a weeknight.

The most fun I have had with a gorilla in a long time. Play it on the big TV.