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Monkeying around has never been more fun! (Donkey Kong Bananza in review)

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     When I was a kid, I got Donkey Kong 64 along with my Nintendo 64, even though I picked it up a long time after they were off the market. It was the Nintendo Wii's time and I saw an old Nintendo 64 with the Expansion Pak in it, which is what you needed to play this one massive game. I loved that game, though I never got even close to the end of it. Why am I talking about Donkey Kong 64 ? This was the one and only fully 3D adventure game for the ape for over 25 years. It came out in 1999, and beyond that, there hasn't been any type of Donkey Kong focused game to come out since Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze in 2012. It's for this and so many other reasons that I was really excited for this new adventure with everyone's favorite tie-wearing gorilla, Donkey Kong. There are many reasons for DK to get less love, for one thing, the rights are all weird with Rare, the creators of the Donkey Kong Country series on the SNES, as well as the aforementioned DK64. Donkey...