Who Needs a New 3D ‘Mario’ When We Have ‘Donkey Kong Bananza’? | Button Mash

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🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Ben Lindbergh and Jessica Clemons begin with a roundup of game adaptation news, covering the ‘Mortal Kombat II’ trailer, Netflix’s live-action ‘Assassin’s Creed’ series, the ‘Legend of Zelda’ casting announcements, and an apparent animated ‘Donkey Kong’ movie. Then they dive deep (both in game and on mic) into new Nintendo masterpiece ‘Donkey Kong Bananza,’ touching on the history of the Donkey Kong character, the lineage of Nintendo 3D platformers, what makes the latest game great, why the Switch 2 sorely needed it, and what’s next for Nintendo and its new, hot-selling system. Intro (0:00)Game adaptation news: 'MKII,' 'Zelda,' 'Assassin’s Creed' (3:30)'Donkey Kong Bananza' reviews (28:34)Outro (1:31:15) Host: Ben LindberghGuest: Jess ClemonsProducer: Devon RenaldoAdditional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, Danny Hyphitz here from the Ringer Fantasy Football Show.
0:02.8	We're coming to you multiple times per week to tell you who to draft, who not to draft.
0:07.0	Honestly, that's kind of most of it.
0:08.3	The Ringer Fantasy Football Show, YouTube, Spotify, wherever get your podcast, The Ringer Fantasy Football Show. Hello and welcome into the Ringerverse, your Nexus feed for all things fandom.
0:35.7	I'm Ben Lindberg, Senior Editor for the ringer, Buttmash host, and
0:39.7	joined today by my old partner in crime, sometimes my current partner in crime. Jessica Clemens,
0:46.7	welcome back. It's the OG button mash duo back together again. Hello, Claries. We're not
0:53.2	talking about that today. No, it's never a bad time
0:56.2	to talk about that, but we do have a lot to get to today because it's quite a special occasion
1:02.0	that we have brought you back for here. We will be discussing and dissecting Donkey Kong Bonanza,
1:09.5	the new 3D platforming Nintendo masterpiece?
1:13.8	Is that giving too much away if I say that's what it is?
1:17.0	Do you like this game as much as I do, which is a lot?
1:19.7	I love this game.
1:20.7	You texted me and was like, this game's great.
1:22.8	And then I went, oh, I'm excited.
1:24.6	And then I simply became obsessed.
1:27.3	It is a great, great game.
1:29.0	It's so good.
1:29.8	All right, this is going to be just good feelings,
1:32.6	just euphoric feelings about video games that we will talk about here.
1:35.9	But there's a lot to discuss about what makes this game so good.
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