{"id":274373,"date":"2025-07-19T09:32:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T09:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/274373\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T09:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T09:32:14","slug":"gallery-donkey-kong-bananza-players-show-off-dk-artist-masterpieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/274373\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallery: Donkey Kong Bananza Players Show Off &#8216;DK Artist&#8217; Masterpieces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Donkey Kong Bananza\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4aae34bf9d813\/donkey-kong-bananza.large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1752917533_685_donkey-kong-bananza.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"562\" alt=\"Donkey Kong Bananza\"\/><\/a>Image: Nintendo<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re now a few days into the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/donkey-kong-bananza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donkey Kong Bananza<\/a> and apart from the new world to explore, there&#8217;s also DK Artist.<\/p>\n<p>In case you missed it, this is a creator tool mode you can access before entering the main game, and it allows you to use the Switch 2&#8217;s mouse controls to carve out, smoothen, paint, and sculpt works of art.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\"><p>Unleash your creativity with DK Artist mode! Use mouse controls to carve, smoothen, paint and sculpt to your heart\u2019s content. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DonkeyKongBananza?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#DonkeyKongBananza<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dFKklQfdm1\">pic.twitter.com\/dFKklQfdm1<\/a>\u2014 Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoAmerica\/status\/1935327276897333253?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As more players have now had some time to check out the new game, more creations are being shared online. So, here&#8217;s a quick look at some of the creative designs DK fans are going bananas for right now.<\/p>\n<p>Many of these designs are doing the rounds on the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/donkeykong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donkey Kong subreddit<\/a> as well as social media. First up, we&#8217;ve got a cat:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/donkeykong\/comments\/1m37bk7\/tabby_cat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tabby cat<\/a><br \/>by<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Fishwife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">u\/Fishwife<\/a> in<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/donkeykong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donkeykong<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Next is Leo Luster \u2013 a throwback to the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/donkeykong.fandom.com\/wiki\/Leo_Luster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donkey Kong Country TV Show<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/donkeykong\/comments\/1m3awp4\/i_made_leo_luster_in_dk_artist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I Made Leo Luster in DK Artist<\/a><br \/>by<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/More_Yellow_3701\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">u\/More_Yellow_3701<\/a> in<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/donkeykong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donkeykong<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For anyone calling for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/n64\/banjo-kazooie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Banjo-Kazooie<\/a>, tell us what you think of this recreation:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\"><p>I made Banjo with the DK artist mode in Donkey Kong Bananza!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oq0Ap8LZKD\">pic.twitter.com\/oq0Ap8LZKD<\/a>\u2014 AS112 (@AS_12239) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AS_12239\/status\/1946236566633914702?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mario&#8217;s brother Luigi might not be in the new DK outing, but he&#8217;s still there in spirit:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/donkeykong\/comments\/1m30dhx\/did_second_best_nintendo_guy_here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Did second best nintendo guy here<\/a><br \/>by<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Chrononaut_X\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">u\/Chrononaut_X<\/a> in<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/donkeykong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donkeykong<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And how about this classic recreation of DK:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/donkeykong\/comments\/1m27xy2\/my_dk_artist_mastapies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My DK artist Mastapies<\/a><br \/>by<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/SINESTESIS\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">u\/SINESTESIS<\/a> in<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/donkeykong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donkeykong<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s just a small sample of the sculptures so far, and it&#8217;s still early days, so we&#8217;re sure there&#8217;ll be plenty of other amazing creations going forward. You can see our full thoughts about this particular mode in our Donkey Kong Bananza review (spoiler: we didn&#8217;t mind it).<\/p>\n<p>Have you tried out DK Artist yet? Made anything impressive? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text source\">[source <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/kotaku.com\/donkey-kong-bananza-artist-mode-mario-paint-switch-2-1851786555\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/donkey-kong-bananza-artist-mode-mario-paint-switch-2-1851786555\" target=\"_blank\">kotaku.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Related Games<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<\/dd>\n<dt>See Also<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744183269_17_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Liam Doolan\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Liam is a news writer and reviewer across Hookshot Media. He&#8217;s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Nintendo We&#8217;re now a few days into the release of Donkey Kong Bananza and apart from the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2914,16494,270,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-274373","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-donkey-kong","9":"tag-gallery","10":"tag-nintendo-switch-2","11":"tag-technology","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114879210773087997","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}