{"id":137444,"date":"2026-06-04T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-202070"},"modified":"2026-06-04T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T16:00:00","slug":"donkey-kong-bananzas-next-dlc-event-begins-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/06\/04\/donkey-kong-bananzas-next-dlc-event-begins-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Donkey Kong Bananza&#8217;s Next DLC Event Begins Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/195f602d8cf4f\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/195f602d8cf4f\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"195f602d8cf4f\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Donkey Kong Bananza DLC\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/195f602d8cf4f\/donkey-kong-bananza-dlc.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/195f602d8cf4f\/donkey-kong-bananza-dlc.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Donkey Kong Bananza DLC\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/05\/donkey-kong-bananzas-latest-dlc-event-kicks-off-next-week\">&#8216;Rattlin&#8217; Snake Bananza&#8217;<\/a> event firmly in the rear-view, Nintendo has announced what&#8217;s next for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/donkey-kong-bananza\">Donkey Kong Bananza<\/a>&#8216;s DLC challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Next up is the &#8216;Kong Bananza Returns&#8217; event, which gets underway next week, on <strong>9th June<\/strong>, and will be sticking around until <strong>16th<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As the name suggests, there are some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wii\/donkey_kong_country_returns\">Donkey Kong Country Returns<\/a>-themed prizes up for grabs this time around. Those who meet the special Emerald Rush quotas can net <strong>Tiki Kong<\/strong> and <strong>Tiki Goon<\/strong> statues, adding to the already impressive DK Island collection.<\/p>\n<p>This one will take place on the <strong>Canyon Layer<\/strong> and, as ever, you&#8217;ll have to complete Void Kong&#8217;s challenges with a special set of limitations on your perks and abilities.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the exact time that the event will begin in your region:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\" first\"><strong>North America:<\/strong> 1am PDT \/ 2am MDT \/ 3am CDT \/ 4am EDT<\/li>\n<li><strong>UK\/Ire:<\/strong> 9am BST<\/li>\n<li><strong>Europe:<\/strong> 10am CEST \/ 11am EEST<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><strong>Asia\/Oceania:<\/strong> 5pm JST \/ 4pm AWST \/ 6pm AEST<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, you&#8217;ll need to have picked up the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/donkey-kong-bananza-dk-island-and-emerald-rush\">Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island &amp; Emerald Rush<\/a> DLC to take part in the event. If you want a reminder of all the events and rewards that have come before this one, you&#8217;ll find the full list in our guide below.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:192805 @ 1780596067 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Will you be taking part in this event? Swing down to the comments and let us know.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Life With the &#8216;Rattlin&#8217; Snake Bananza&#8217; event firmly in the rear-view, Nintendo has announced what&#8217;s next for Donkey Kong Bananza&#8216;s DLC challenges. Next up is the &#8216;Kong Bananza Returns&#8217; event, which gets underway next week, on 9th June, and will be sticking around until 16th. As the name suggests, there are some Donkey [&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-137444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137444","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=137444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}