I owe the data analysts at Nintendo an apology. My first 20 minutes of Donkey Kong Bananza were spent in the tutorial room with the “Press Y to punch” message persistently, or desperately, reminding me to follow instructions and proceed with the game. Please understand, Nintendo. The tutorial was clear and effective, and I wasn’t stuck. I was systematically demolishing everything in sight and hoarding as much gold as possible.

This behavior is new for me. Normally, I’m so bored with standard collectibles in Super Mario games that I never even bother with them. Although in my defense, Nintendo doesn’t do much to make collecting those gold coins particularly........

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