To earn more skill points in Donkey Kong Bananza, you’ll need to find and collect Banandium Gems scattered throughout the layers. Once you find five Banandium Gems, you’ll get one skill point. The skills below apply to Donkey Kong all the time, whether he’s in or out of Bananza form.

The Donkey Kong Bananza sublayers and levels are massively varied both in terms of theme and size, with some being quick jaunts to find a way to go deeper or sprawling levels with all sorts of objectives. You'll get to delve into the likes of the idyllic Resort Layer, toxic Forest Layer, dusty Canyon Layer, and many more.

Donkey Kong Bananza is a 3D action platformer where you can dig holes, build bridges, and experiment in other ways as you burrow through various whimsical worlds on your way toward the planet core. Nintendo was so happy with its deformation tech that it decided to spin it off into an entirely separate artist mode.