5 Exciting Games We’re Eager to Dive Into This Weekend

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Play it on: Switch 2. So, the mission—well, if you can call it that—is to dive into the planet’s core. Yeah, that’s right. Not sure why I picked that goal, but here we are.

Listen, where do I even start? Banana. Yep, banana. And not just any banana. Think Donkey Kong Bananza style. Why am I talking about bananas? It’s simple really. The game’s about smashing stuff up, feeling that wild movement, and all those zany transformations. It’s like a rollercoaster, you know? But then there’s Donkey Kong himself. The big guy’s got a new look, and he’s less of that slick operator from the old days and more like… I don’t know, a happy-go-lucky goofball who just loves bananas and his buddy Pauline.

There’s this moment—oh, it caught me off guard—where Pauline’s feeling down, and she looks into Donkey Kong’s big dopey eyes, and suddenly she’s singing her heart out. Seriously, don’t we all need someone like that? Someone who makes us feel like rockstars just by believing in us? Anyway, DK’s kind of an icon now, right? I’m stoked he’s back, and honestly, this might just be his best adventure yet. Who’d have thought? — Carolyn Petit