{"id":422166,"date":"2026-01-22T04:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T04:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/422166\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T04:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T04:22:09","slug":"donkey-kong-bananzas-first-update-of-2026-is-now-available-heres-whats-included","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/422166\/","title":{"rendered":"Donkey Kong Bananza’s First Update Of 2026 Is Now Available, Here’s What’s Included"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Donkey<\/a> Image: Nintendo<\/p>\n

Alongside an update to Mario Kart World<\/a> today, Nintendo has also released its first patch of 2026 for Donkey Kong Bananza<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It also adds Polish language support. According to the patch notes, “several other issues” have been addressed to improve the overall experience, but as usual, no additional information has been shared. If we hear anything about this, we’ll provide an update.<\/p>\n

Here are the full patch notes via Nintendo’s official support page:<\/p>\n

Donkey Kong Bananza: Version 3.1.0 (Released January 21, 2026)<\/p>\n

General<\/p>\n

Added Polish as a supported language. If you set the language to \u201cPolish\/English\u201d in the Nintendo Switch 2 system, the text will become Polish.<\/p>\n

Several other issues have been addressed to improve the gameplay experience.<\/p>\n

In case you missed it, Nintendo is also currently hosting an in-game event for Donkey Kong’s Emerald Rush<\/a> DLC, where you can unlock two new statues. And yesterday it released a surprise update for Donkey Kong Country Returns HD<\/a>, adding Dixie Kong as well as some enhancements for the game on the Switch 2.<\/p>\n

Have you downloaded this latest update for Donkey Kong Bananza? Have you tried out the new update for Donkey Kong Country Returns HD yet? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n

[source en-americas-support.nintendo.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\tRelated Games<\/p>\n

\tSee Also<\/p>\n

\"Liam<\/p>\n

Liam is a news writer and reviewer across Hookshot Media. He’s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Nintendo Alongside an update to Mario Kart World today, Nintendo has also released its first patch of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[4263,1299,75,74,10704],"class_list":{"0":"post-422166","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-donkey-kong","9":"tag-nintendo","10":"tag-nintendo-switch-2","11":"tag-technology","12":"tag-updates"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}