IGN has published an extensive interview with Nintendo of America’s Vice President of Product and Player Experience, Bill Trinen, and the conversation naturally gravitated towards finding out which development studio at Nintendo is behind the incredibly promising Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive Donkey Kong Bananza. Mr. Trinen simply would not spill the beans, instead telling the site that “we’ll have some information to share about the developer in due time.”
…”The second that I started playing it, I just felt the DNA of Super Mario Odyssey and Mr. [Yoshiaki] Koizumi’s team all over this in so many ways. Are they the ones that are working on this?”
Trinen: It’s a very good question. You’ll have to stay tuned. We always like to start by showcasing the game and getting people focused on the gameplay, but we’ll have some information to share about the developer in due time.
IGN: Okay. Can you tell me, is this internally developed? Because there hasn’t been an internal Donkey Kong game since I believe Jungle Beat was the last one?
Trinen: Jungle Beat was the last one.
IGN: You had the NST (Nintendo Software Technology) do the Mario vs. Donkey Kongs, but…
Trinen: NST has done the Mario vs. Donkey Kong games, but this is going to be a fun one.
IGN: So nothing more on that?
Trinen: Nothing more on that yet.
