Donkey Kong Bananza: Essential Collectible Tips for 100% Completion on Nintendo Switch

Donkey Kong Bananza, the latest platforming adventure from Nintendo, continues the franchise tradition of offering players a wealth of collectibles to discover.

Much like Super Mario Odyssey, Bananza features an impressive array of items to gather—ensuring that completionists have plenty to engage with as they explore each vibrant level on the Nintendo Switch.

While comprehensive collectible location guides can take time to compile, there are already proven strategies that players can use in Bananza’s early layers to fast-track their progress toward 100% completion. One of the most effective ways to improve your odds of finding hidden items in Donkey Kong Bananza is by investing Skill Points in Donkey Kong’s enhanced sonar ability.

Activated with the R button, this move enables DK to perform a ground slap that highlights treasures concealed inside nearby walls.

Upgrading the sonar ability not only widens the detection radius for buried fossils and bananas but also simplifies your search throughout levels such as the game's introductory Lagoon Layer. Further boosting your collectible-finding efficiency is the valuable Treasure Tie, available for purchase in the Lagoon Layer’s style shop.

After acquiring the Treasure Tie, players can use fossils gathered with the improved sonar ability to level up this accessory to Level 3.

A fully upgraded Treasure Tie significantly increases the probability that smashing terrain will spawn a treasure chest, which may contain either abundant gold or rarer items like fossil maps and Banandium Gem maps. With new maps in hand, players can seamlessly track and pin the precise locations of hidden fossils and Banandium Gems.

Once these items are pinned on the map interface, pressing the L button will activate a whistling mechanic, making the objectives more visually apparent and indicating the distance remaining to each collectible.

This suite of mechanics is available to players from the very start of Donkey Kong Bananza, offering an accessible path to progress for both newcomers and series veterans. To maximize the number of treasure chests uncovered with the Treasure Tie equipped, players are encouraged to repeatedly smash the terrain in each area.

Utilizing powerful charge punches through the Kong Bananza move or enlisting a co-op partner such as Pauline can further accelerate the process.

In fact, cooperative play is proven to speed up the collection of treasure chests, while also adding a dynamic and engaging layer to gameplay. It’s important to note that not all Banandium Gems and bananas are accessible during a first playthrough; certain areas and items remain locked until the main story is completed.

However, implementing the strategies above from the outset will help players steadily close in on 100% completion.

Donkey Kong Bananza is available now exclusively on Nintendo Switch, following its global launch as part of the latest Nintendo Direct announcements.

For those seeking additional accessibility options, Nintendo has also acknowledged feedback related to motion sickness and is actively addressing player concerns. Stay tuned to our site for future detailed collectible location guides and more updates on Donkey Kong Bananza as players worldwide continue their quest to uncover every secret the game has to offer.

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