Special Release: Donkey Kong Bananza

Special Release: Donkey Kong Bananza

Composed by: Naoto Kubo, Shigetoshi Gohara, Daisuke Matsuoka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, Tsukasa Usui (all uncredited)
Publisher	Nintendo
Release date	September 18, 2025^[1]
Format	Digital
System	Nintendo Switch 2
Number of tracks	9
Length	29:45^[2]

“To celebrate the release of the game's DLC, nine tracks from the Donkey Kong Bananza game have been added as a special release!”

—Recent highlights, Nintendo Music

Special Release: Donkey Kong Bananza is a partial digital soundtrack corresponding to the Donkey Kong Bananza game for the Nintendo Switch 2 system that was made available on Nintendo Music on September 18, 2025. As a special release, the soundtrack is formatted as a single playlist, and its tracks are not available in other playlists. In addition to eight tracks from the Donkey Kong Bananza base game, one track from the DK Island & Emerald Rush DLC is also included.

TracklistEdit

English title	Japanese title	Length
Lagoon Layer	貯水湖の階層 Chosuiko no Kaisō	03:47
Canyon Layer	荒野の階層 Kōya no Kaisō	04:03
Battle Challenge	チャレンジバトル Charenji batoru	01:27
2D Challenge Course 1 (DK Island Swing)	2Dチャレンジコース #1 (ジャングルレベル) 2D charenji kōsu #1 (Janguru reberu)	06:03
Kong Bananza	コングバナンザ Kongu Bananza	02:06
Zebra Bananza	シマウマバナンザ Shimauma Bananza	02:18
Ostrich Bananza	ダチョウバナンザ Dachō Bananza	02:30
Breaking Through (Heart of Gold)	Breaking Through (Heart of Gold)	04:43
Emerald Rush #1	エメラルドラッシュ #1 Emerarudo Rasshu #1	02:51

NotesEdit

This is the second game to have a special release on Nintendo Music prior to the full game's soundtrack, following Kirby Air Riders. Unlike that game, whose special release launched before the game itself, the special release for Donkey Kong Bananza launched two months after the game's release.
- This is not counting Kirby and the Forgotten Land, where some of the game's tracks released a few months before the rest of the game's tracks without being marketed as a special release.
The track "Emerald Rush #1" has the shortest time between its original appearance in a game and its release on Nintendo Music, with Special Release: Donkey Kong Bananza releasing just six days after the DK Island & Emerald Rush DLC.

ReferencesEdit

^ "Oh, a special release! A playlist featuring select music from Donkey Kong Bananza is now available on the #NintendoMusic app! Listen now: https://ninten.do/6013sWCPx" – Nintendo of America (September 18, 2025). https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1968850066669465946. X (English). Retrieved September 18, 2025.
^ Polley001. Nintendo Music Information Database. Google Sheets (English). Retrieved September 18, 2025.

[Edit] Donkey Kong Bananza
Playable characters		Donkey Kong • Pauline (Odd Rock)
Allies	Fractones	Architectone • Banandiumtone^a • Bloomintone • Chiptone • Collectone • Constructone • Exploritone • Fragment • Fragmentone • Glamtone • Groovetone • Growtone • Hiddentone • Iron Jailer • Quiztone • Securitone • Seekertone • Smashintone • Stufftone • Styletone • Trustytone
	Elders	Elephant Elder • Kong Elder • Ostrich Elder • Snake Elder • Zebra Elder
	Others	Cranky Kong • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Eel Family (Eelevator · Li'l Eelevator · Eeling · Great Harmoneel) • Elephant • Elephant Shopkeep • Monkey Shopkeep • New Donker • Ostrich • Ostrich Shopkeep • Prospector Monkey • Quawks^a • Rambi • Salvager Monkey • Snake • Snake Shopkeep • Squawks^a • Singing Blusterwing • Zebra • Zebra Shopkeep
Enemies	Void Company	Antickoid • Batteroid • Buzzoid • Crockoid • Glitzoid • Gloominoid • Illuminoid • Molevoloid • Muckoid • Munchoid • Peekaboopoid • Rolluskoid • Squeeloid • Stompoid • Trailfinoid • Trapantuloid • Wallopoid • VoidCo Bongo Blaster • VoidCo Spike-Ball Spitter
Enemies	Kremling Krew	Army • K. Wallopoid • Kaboom • Klaptrap • Kritter • Necky • Zinger
Bosses		Abracajabya • Grumpy Kong (King Crockoid) • Inflammonite • King K. Rool (K. Rool, King of Rot) • Muckety-Muck • Mad Mixer • Peekabruiser • Poppy Kong • Sinister Blusterwing • Stompenclomper • Void Kong
Obstacles		Crumbly Bridge • Fiery rain • Iron Ball • Poison plant • Ring of fire • Tornado
Bananzas		Elephant Bananza • Kong Bananza • Ostrich Bananza • Snake Bananza • Zebra Bananza
Terrain		Apple • Bacon • Banana^a • Banandium Melon • Banandium Mush • Boom Rock • Bread • Bright Ore • Cheese (Grated · Melty) • Concrete (Spiked) • Crumbly Crust • Crystal • Dirt • Fractonium • Glow Stone • Grass • Ice • Iron (Electrified · Slippery Iron) • Ketchup • Lava • Lettuce • Liftoff Ore • Meat • Melon (Green Rind · White Rind) • Metal • Muck • Mud • Neptunite (Slippery) • Orange • Pear • Potato • Pure Banandium • Pure Gold • Rubber (Fragile) • Salt • Sand • Shade Cloud • Shade Ore • Shifty Stone • Snow (Fresh) • Spikes • Strawberry • Switcheroo Goo • Stone • Thorns • Water (Freezing · Poison) • Wood
Items and objects		Ancient Record • Apple (Giant) • Apple Juice • Banana Burger • Banandium Melon • Balloon • Banandium Chip • Banandium Gem • Banandium Gem Map • Banandium Root • Barrel Cannon • Beach ball^a • Bed • Blast Barrel • Boom Bomb • Bopper Switch • Burger Switch • Chunk • Closet • Cloudy Platform • Crate • Disc • Egg Bomb • Emerald ore^a • Fossil • Fossil Map • Geyser • Gold • Golden root • Ice maker • Key • Melon Juice • Mine Cart • Music source • Pay-Dirt Piledriver • Poster • Red Balloon • Snake switch • Statue^a • Swap Harp • Synthetic Sun • Terravoider • Tire • Treasure chest • Updraft fan • Void Stake • Warp Gong • Zip line
Moves and abilities		Brake Blast • Charge Dash • Charge Jump • Charge Punch • Charge Slap • Chunk Jump • Dive Punch • Flutter • Glare • Glide • Hand Slap • High-five • Inhale • Jump • Jump Burst • Jump Shot • Make music • Meteor Punch • Pick up • Punch • Shout • Spin Jump • Spin Shot • Spin Slam • Tear off • Turf Surf / Surf Surf • Trunk Chunk
Locations	Layers	DK Island^a • Ingot Isle Cave-In • Lagoon Layer • Hilltop Layer • Canyon Layer • The Divide • Freezer Layer • Forest Layer • The Junction • Resort Layer • Tempest Layer • Landfill Layer • Racing Layer • Radiance Layer • Groove Layer • Feast Layer • Forbidden Layer • Planet Core
Locations	Others	Battle Challenge • Banana hoard^a • Bonus Stage • Challenge Course • Chip Exchange • DK's Tree House • Fossil Museum • Gangplank Galleon^a • Getaway • Ingot Isle • New Donk City • Stuff Shop • Style Shop • Underground World
Music		"Title Theme" • "DK Artist" • "Kong Bananza" • "Zebra Bananza" • "Ostrich Bananza" • "Elephant Bananza" • "Snake Bananza" • "Getaway" • "Closet" • "Challenge Course #1" • "Challenge Course #2" • "Challenge Course #3" • "Challenge Course #4" • "Challenge Course #5" • "Breaking Through (Heart of Gold)"
Miscellaneous		All-Mine Remote • Banandium Gem names in other languages • Bananergy • Bananza ceremony • Bananza Lesson • Bananza Rehearsal • Cave Dive • DK Artist • DK Island & Emerald Rush • Emerald Rush^a • Fossil names in other languages • Gallery • IntelliSense Specs • Inviseaux • Loading screen tips • Mind-Bender Mask • Nintendo Music (Special Release) • Propellerpack • Quotes (Pauline Getaway dialogue) • Rambi Rumble • Sound test • Squawkie-Talkie^a • Staff
^a Exclusive to the DK Island & Emerald Rush DLC

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	Game Boy	Dr. Mario (Game Boy)
	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Super Mario World • Mario Paint • Super Mario Kart • Donkey Kong Country • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island • Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest • Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
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	Nintendo Switch	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe • Super Mario Odyssey • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker • New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe • Super Mario Bros. Wonder
	Nintendo Switch 2	Special Release: Donkey Kong Bananza
Other		Gallery • Other soundtracks with Super Mario tracks • Playlists with Super Mario tracks

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Game soundtracks	Full releases	3D Hot Rally (1988) • DK Jamz (1994) • Super Donkey Kong Game Music CD Jungle Fantasy (1995) • Super Donkey Kong Original Sound Version (1995) • The Original Donkey Kong Country 2 Soundtrack (1995) • Super Mario: Yossy Island Original Sound Version (1995) • Super Mario RPG Original Sound Version (1996) • Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy Original Sound Version (1996) • Super Mario 64 Original Soundtrack (1996) • Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Original Soundtrack (1996) • Super Donkey Kong 3: Mysterious Kremis Island Original Soundtrack (1997) • Mario Kart 64 Race Tracks (1997) • Mario Kart 64 Original Soundtrack (1997) • Game Boy Gallery Musics (1997) • Music to Pound the Ground to: Yoshi's Story Game Soundtrack (1997) • Yoshi Story Original Soundtrack (1998) • Love, Peace & Happiness: The Original Yoshi's Story Soundtrack (1998) • Diddy Kong Racing Original Soundtrack (1998) • Da Banana Bunch: The Original Donkey Kong 64 Soundtrack (1999) • Mario Tennis 64 Original Soundtrack (2000) • Mario Party 3 Original Soundtrack (2001) • Nintendo All-Star! Dairantō Smash Brothers Original Soundtrack (2001) • Paper Mario Game Music Soundtrack CD (2001) • Game Sound Museum: Super Mario Bros. 3 (2004) • Game Sound Museum: Super Mario Bros. (2004) • Game Sound Museum: Donkey Kong (2004) • Game Sound Museum: Donkey Kong Jr. (2004) • Game Sound Museum: Wrecking Crew (2004) • Game Sound Museum: Donkey Kong 3 (2004) • Game Sound Museum: Mario Bros. / Super Mario USA (2004) • Mario Basketball 3on3 Original Soundtrack (2006) • Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack (2008) • Super Mario Galaxy 2 Original Soundtrack (2010) • Donkey Kong Returns Original Sound Track (2011) • Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack (2011) • Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack (2013) • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U: A Smashing Soundtrack (2015) • Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack (2015) • Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Original Game Soundtrack) (2017) • Super Mario Odyssey Original Soundtrack (2018) • Super Mario Sunshine Original Soundtrack (2020) • Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Original Game Soundtrack) (2022) • Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope – Post-Launch Compilation (Original Game Soundtrack) (2023) • Super Mario RPG Original Soundtrack (2025) • Super Mario RPG Original Sound Box (2025) • Super Mario RPG Original Sound Vinyl Box (2025)
	Partial soundtracks	Super Mario Bros. Original Soundtrack (1986) • Mario Kart 64: Greatest Hits Soundtrack (1997) • Diddy Kong Racing Soundtrack CD (1997) • Donkey Kong 64 Official Soundtrack / Soundtrack CD (1999) • Donkey Konga: The Hottest Hits (2004) • Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle: The Official Soundtrack (2017) • Super Mario Odyssey Sound Selection (2017)
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Compilation albums		Famicom Music (1986) • Famicom Records (1986) • Famicom Music Vol.2 (1987) • Game Boy Graffiti (1990) • Super Mario World (1991) • Nintendo Super Famicom Game Music (1992) • Super Famicom Magazine Vol.5 Special Supplement (1992) • Toutes les musiques de l'émission Micro Kid's (1992) • Play it Loud! Original Soundtrack Volume 1 (1996) • Donkey Kong Country Trilogy (1996) • Nintendo 64 COOL CUTS (1996) • Nintendo 64 Original Soundtrack Greatest Hits (1996) • Las mejores bandas sonoras de Nintendo 64 (1997) • Nintendo 64 Trilogy (1997) • Nintendo Sound Adventures (1998) • TRIBUTE to NINTENDO (1998) • N64Y2K Millennium Trax (1999) • Nintendo Sound Selection Vol.1: Healing Music (2003) • Famicom 20th Anniversary Original Sound Tracks Vol.1 (2004) • Famicom Sound History Series: Mario the Music (2004) • Disk System Selection Iitokodori CD SIDE A (2004) • Nintendo Sound Selection Vol.2: Loud Music (2004) • Happy! Mario 20th - Super Mario Sound Collection (2005) • Nintendo Sound Selection Vol.3: B-Side Music (2005) • Mario & Luigi RPG: Sound Selection (2009) • Super Mario History 1985-2010 (2010) • The Year of Luigi Sound Selection (2013) • Nintendo FAMICOM MUSIC (2013) • Nintendo Sound Selection: Endings & Credits (2015) • The 30th Anniversary Super Mario Bros. Music (2015)
Musical arrangements		Donkey Kong Goes Home (1983) • Mario no Daibōken (1986) • Mario no Daibōken/GO GO Mario!! (1986) • Sound Mario Bros. (1986) • Super Mario Bros.: Mario Syndrome (1986) • TOY MUSIC ~Dancing Super Mario Brothers~ (1988) • Fantasic World of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) • Super Mario Bros. 3 ~ Akihabara Electric Circus (1988) • Super Mario Land (1989) • Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, 3, Hop! Step! Jump! (1989) • Famicom Graffiti: Nintendo Cartridge Edition (1990) • Famicom Graffiti: Nintendo Disk Card Edition (1990) • Super Mario Bros. Special (1990) • Game Music Graffiti - Nintendo Complete Works Collection (1990) • FAMICOM MUSIC: BEST SELECTION (1992) • Super Mario Compact Disco (1993) • Tanoshii Beyer Heiyou Super Mario World Complete Music Collection (1993) • Tanoshii Beyer Heiyou Nintendo Super Famicom Game Music (1993) • Super Donkey Kong Game Music CD Jungle Fantasy (1995) • Mario Kart 64 on Club Circuit (1997) • Donkey Kong - Ashita ni Nattara... (2000) • Super Smash Bros. Melee: Smashing...Live! (2003) • Mario & Zelda Big Band Live CD (2003) • Mario Sports CD: Mario Tennis GC & Mario Golf Family Tour The Best (2004) • TONGARI KIDS I (2005) • SUPER MARIO BROS. 25th Anniversary Special Sound Track PRESS START Edition (2010) • memória! / The Very Best of Yoko Shimomura (2014) • Super Mario Compact Disco: The iOS Release (2016) • Super Mario Compact Disco – 35th Anniversary Edition (2020) • Rare Treats: DONKEY KONG 64 Revisited (2024)
Non–Super Mario music		Super Mario Bros.: Favorite Mushroom Party Hits!!! (1989) • Fivelandia 8 (1990) • White Knuckle Scorin' (1991) • Go Ape! (1994) • Club Nintendo Hits (1995) • Donkey Kong Hits (1995) • Super Mario Dance (1997) • Dessins Animés - Le Disque D'Or - Vol. 13 (1998)