At any point, players can flip on co-op mode from the main menu. Once activated, a second player gains control of Pauline as she sits on Donkey Kong’s shoulders. Their job? Simply point a cursor using mouse controls and blast rocks to help DK defeat enemies and blast through the environment.

Nintendo puts the gorilla back atop the food chain. After all, Donkey Kong was a video game star before Mario. Bananza leverages Nintendo's years of platformer experience and blends it with new action-adventure ideas to create the best 3D hop-and-bop title in some time.

While both games come from the same team, Donkey Kong Bananza evolves the Mario Odyssey formula with smarter pacing and richer platforming mechanics.