{"id":135748,"date":"2026-01-20T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-196436"},"modified":"2026-01-20T17:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:45:00","slug":"donkey-kong-bananzas-first-dlc-in-game-event-of-2026-is-now-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/01\/20\/donkey-kong-bananzas-first-dlc-in-game-event-of-2026-is-now-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Donkey Kong Bananza&#8217;s First DLC In-Game Event Of 2026 Is Now Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d36d9cb5d53ac\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d36d9cb5d53ac\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"d36d9cb5d53ac\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Donkey Kong Bananza - Freeze Break\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d36d9cb5d53ac\/donkey-kong-bananza-freeze-break.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d36d9cb5d53ac\/donkey-kong-bananza-freeze-break.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" alt=\"Donkey Kong Bananza - Freeze Break\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nintendo is showing no sign of slowing down on the in-game events for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/donkey-kong-bananza\">Donkey Kong Bananza<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/donkey-kong-bananza-dk-island-and-emerald-rush\">Emerald Rush<\/a> DLC, as the latest challenge is now underway.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Freeze Break&#8217; event kicked off today (<strong>20th Jan<\/strong>) and will be sticking around until <strong>27th Jan at 7:59am GMT \/ 8:59am CET \/ 11:59 PT (26th)<\/strong> \u2014 so there&#8217;s plenty of time to get in and grab the rewards.<\/p>\n<p>Much like previous events, this one sees another pair of familiar faces from the DK series get the statue treatment. It&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wiiu\/donkey_kong_country_tropical_freeze\">Tropical Freeze<\/a> in the limelight this time, with Tucks and Lord Fredrik statues available to all those who meet the event quota.<\/p>\n<p>As we&#8217;ve seen previously, &#8216;Freeze Break&#8217; will challenge you to complete the Emerald Rush roguelike mode only using a limited number of perks and upgrades. This one takes place entirely on the Freezer Layer, fittingly, so prepare to mix up your approach with whatever boosts are available.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:187829,192805 @ 1768994406 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Will you be taking part in this DLC event? Swing down to the comments and let us know.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Nintendo is showing no sign of slowing down on the in-game events for Donkey Kong Bananza&#8216;s Emerald Rush DLC, as the latest challenge is now underway. The &#8216;Freeze Break&#8217; event kicked off today (20th Jan) and will be sticking around until 27th Jan at 7:59am GMT \/ 8:59am CET \/ 11:59 PT (26th) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}