Donkey Kong Bananza Has Been Nominated For Even More Awards

Donkey Kong’s new outing for the Change 2 has already received some awards, and it is now within the working for much more.

The ‘twenty sixth Annual Sport Builders Alternative Awards’ is happening on twelfth March 2026 (in the course of the GDC Pageant of Gaming) and this week it has been revealed Donkey Kong Bananza is up for ‘Sport of the 12 months’ and a number of different awards.

Will probably be going up towards some robust competitors together with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which is a finalist throughout eight classes. Under are the awards Donkey Kong Bananza has been nominated for, and it additionally an honorable point out within the ‘Greatest Audio’ class.

Greatest Design

BALL X PIT (Kenny Solar & Pals / Devolver Digital)
Blue Prince (Dogubomb / Uncooked Fury)
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Cut up Fiction (Hazelight Studios / Digital Arts)

Innovation Award

BALL X PIT (Kenny Solar & Pals / Devolver Digital)
Child Steps (Gabe Cuzzillo, Maxi Boch, Bennett Foddy / Devolver Digital)
Blue Prince (Dogubomb / Uncooked Fury)
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Greatest Expertise

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
Dying Stranding 2: On the Seashore (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Leisure)
Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Leisure)
Cut up Fiction (Hazelight Studios / Digital Arts)

Sport of the 12 months

Blue Prince (Dogubomb / Uncooked Fury)
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Leisure)
Hole Knight: Silksong (Workforce Cherry)
Cut up Fiction (Hazelight Studios / Digital Arts)

As soon as once more, the winners of this “peer-based annual award present” shall be introduced at this yr’s GDCA ceremony, happening on twelfth March 2026 on the GDC Pageant of Gaming. There’s additionally a public vote, the place attendees of the GDC Pageant of Gaming can vote on their favorite sport of the yr from all of this yr’s GDCA finalists. Voting for this can open on twenty sixth January 2026.

If you have not already performed Donkey Kong Bananza, you’ll want to take a look at our evaluation right here on Nintendo Life. There’s additionally some paid DLC now out there for the title.