Donkey Kong Bananza has beaten out Nintendo’s own Mario Kart World and been awarded Best Family Game of the year at The Game Awards 2025. The creative and destructive monkey mayhem of Bananza has won over the hearts, and wallets, of early Nintendo Switch 2 adopters this year.
Bananza Time! #DonkeyKongBananza wins Best Family Game at #TheGameAwards!
Thank you for joining Donkey Kong and Pauline on an underground adventure! pic.twitter.com/qmwwXOqQfl
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) December 12, 2025
If you’ve been one of the many who played Donkey Kong Bananza this year, you can now take comfort in knowing that you’ve played one of the winners from The Game Awards 2025. Personally, we would have liked to have seen DK nominated for Best Video Game Soundtrack of 2025 too! Congrats DK & Pauline!
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Written by Matthew Powers
Nintendo has been Matthew’s preference for fun video gaming since 2004. In addition to his love for all things Mario, Metroid and beyond, Matthew also enjoys heavy metal, roller coasters, pinball machines, and being a proud cat dad.
