Players usually want to get through intros and tutorials as quickly as possible. After all, that’s when the real game begins. But with Donkey Kong Bananza, it seems to be the other way around.
If you exclude narrative games like The Last of Us or Red Dead Redemption 2, players usually want to get through the intro as quickly as possible. Tutorials often feel like a necessary evil to learn the mechanics. But the real fun only starts after that!
Not so with the new Donkey Kong Bananza, if Reddit is to be believed. One player proudly posted that he spent three hours in the cave at the very beginning – and received almost 8,000 upvotes.
Fun instead of progress
User popper_topper amusingly shares on Switch Reddit that he spent an impressive three hours in the first cave of Donkey Kong Bananza to get to the bottom of every single secret (or just to smash everything to pieces).
spent 3 hours clearing the intro cave..
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It’s not really a big deal; everyone plays how they want to. What’s impressive is the nearly 8,000 upvotes and hundreds of comments reporting similar experiences with the new Nintendo game.
This kind of childlike enthusiasm for gaming is sometimes lost in adulthood. If you find yourself stuck in a boring routine, a game like Donkey Kong can help. If that doesn’t work, we’ve collected some more tips that will (hopefully) bring back the fun of gaming.
Playing like in the old days: Reddit feels the same way
One user writes under the post that he managed to get out of the cave after two hours. Another comment simply states that he’ll have to try again to beat the original poster.
Another comment admits that they’ve been destroying things for 30 minutes and haven’t even begun to tackle the tasks. Most posters agree that the simple gameplay has surprising depth and is just a lot of fun, even though you’re mainly breaking things.nbsp;
Nintendo proves once again that you don’t need a flood of content, rewards, or service elements to keep players engaged. Simple but well-designed mechanics are often enough to make us feel like kids again for a few hours.
Which game have you spent way too much time on content that could have been quickly checked off? Let us know in the comments!