Completionists Beware! Donkey Kong Bananza is a Nightmare to 100%

I love collectibles. I love exploring nooks and crannies for collectibles, even if they don’t do anything. However, completionists might find that too many collectibles hinder the fun. Case in point, some completionists are saying that Donkey Kong Bananza can be a complete nightmare to 100%.

Completionists Want to Smash Everything

When Will Jagielski-Harrison of The Gamer first booted up Donkey Kong Bananza, he didn’t go straight for the golden banana, or Banandium gem, in front of him. Instead, he went around smashing everything in the cave. I had a similar experience when I first booted it up. Donkey Kong was dropped in a cave with a big shiny banana just a few feet away, but instead of grabbing it, I went to work smashing up the cave. There was gold everywhere. Even though I didn’t yet know what the gold was for, I kept smashing around to grab more of it.

There lies the first problem for completionists. Gold and banana chips are buried virtually everywhere in Donkey Kong Bananza, meaning that people with certain types of brains may feel an urge to smash through anything and everything to collect every last bit. In addition, the terrain resets when you restart from a previous save, meaning you might want to smash the same terrain again for more gold. After all, you might need that gold to buy items or set up resting points.

That’s a Lot of Collectibles

Donkey Kong 64 became infamous for having too many collectibles, and Donkey Kong Bananza took plenty of inspiration from that game. In addition to the gold and banana chips that are everywhere, there are Banandium gems tucked away in various out-of-the-way locations. Collect enough Banandium gems and you earn skill points – and there are 777 gems in total. There are fossils all over the map, which you can exchange for outfits for Donkey Kong and Pauline. In addition, you have buried treasure chests that might contain gold, helpful items, or maps to find fossils or Banandium gems.

Then there are the records. Records provide songs that you can listen to at the resting points, but there aren’t any maps to tell you where they are, meaning that you have to randomly smash everywhere you go to find them. Some of them are tucked off in obscure places, as well.

Conclusion

Donkey Kong Bananza is an amazing game, but if you’re a completionist, you might want to try training your brain to slow down a little. Remember that you don’t need every bit of gold to complete the game. However, if you want every collectible, you’re going to be smashing for a while.