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Vytox Sets Record in Donkey Kong Bananza Under One Hour!

3/14/2026

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Vytox became the fastest player to finish Donkey Kong Bananza, clocking under one hour.
Donkey Kong Bananza blends 3D platforming with destructible environments and evolved from ideas in Super Mario Odyssey.
Kenta Motokura and Tatsuya Kurihara, game developers, discussed design at the Game Developers Conference.
They noted players find unexpected ways to navigate levels.
The voxel technology enables destruction and may shape future games to embrace ingenuity or limit paths.

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Story summary

Vytox became the fastest player to finish Donkey Kong Bananza, clocking under one hour.
Donkey Kong Bananza blends 3D platforming with destructible environments and evolved from ideas in Super Mario Odyssey.
Kenta Motokura and Tatsuya Kurihara, game developers, discussed design at the Game Developers Conference.
They noted players find unexpected ways to navigate levels.
The voxel technology enables destruction and may shape future games to embrace ingenuity or limit paths.