Nintendo Stock (NTDOF) Rockets on Donkey Kong Bananza Direct
Nintendo (NTDOF) stock saw a strong rally on Wednesday as investors and gamers reacted to the latest Direct focused on Donkey Kong Bananza. This is a new game that will be released for the Switch 2 on July 17, 2025.
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The Donkey Kong Bananza Direct provided a wealth of new information about the game, giving gamers an idea of what to expect when it is released. The presentation went over well, with this new game taking inspiration from Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. These were two of the best-selling Switch games, with combined sales of $69.05 million units.
Nintendo and its investors no doubt expect the new Donkey Kong game to perform well, considering the state of Switch 2 sales. The video game console sold 3.5 million units in its first four days on the market, setting new records for Nintendo and the game industry. With those sales under its belt, and a month to go before Donkey Kong Bananza is released, there's huge potential for the game to sell well. Today's presentation could also help boost Switch 2 sales ahead of the game's release.
Nintendo Stock Movement Today
NTDOF stock soared 6.27% higher on Wednesday, extending the company's year-to-date rally of 58.51%. Additionally, this propelled Nintendo shares to a new all-time high of $90.97. Switch 2 sales data, new game releases, and more could be significant catalysts that send NTDOF stock higher in 2025.
Is Nintendo Stock a Buy, Sell, or Hold?
Turning to Wall Street, the analysts' consensus rating for Nintendo is Moderate Buy, based on eight Buy, two Hold, and a single Sell rating over the past three months. With that comes an average NTDOF stock price target of $92.41, representing a potential 1.58% upside for the shares.
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They're classified under different standards that enable different features like higher resolutions, faster refresh rates, and HDR. The most current standard is HDMI 2.1, which supports 4K video at 120Hz. The Switch 2 can't go quite that far, but it can output 4K video at 60Hz or, optionally, lower-resolution 1080p (HD) or 1440p (QHD) video at 120Hz. You'll probably want to use the sharpest 4K60 video most of the time, and for that, you need an HDMI 2.0 port. HDMI 2.0 is very common now and can be found on almost all 4K TVs made in the last several years. If your TV is older, though, it might only have HDMI 1.4b, which will accept 4K video but only at up to 30Hz. It also might mix and match the HDMI port standards between those three. Look at the ports on the back of your TV and check if there are any identifiers beyond 'HDMI.' Most TVs mark their ports clearly as resolution and refresh rate combinations like 4K60, 4K120, 4K144, or as the HDMI standards themselves. 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PCMag editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. Whether it's the price of technology or tariffs, the Switch 2 is Nintendo's most expensive system yet at $449.99. That's a big ask when the Switch is $299.99, the Switch OLED is $349.99, and the handheld-only Switch Lite is just $199.99. The Switch 2 is still less expensive than a PlayStation 5 or an Xbox Series X, but not by much. Game prices are also moving upward. Mario Kart World is $80. That's higher than the current $70 "normal" of many console games, after decades of the market settling around $60 for major releases. Accessories, like the Switch 2 Pro Controller ($85) and Joy-Con 2 ($90 per pair), are also about $10 more than their Switch equivalents. Winner: Switch The Switch 2 is the first Nintendo console to take the previous system's name and put a simple "2" after it. 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Winner: Switch 2 The Switch 2 has voice chat; the Switch doesn't. The right-hand Joy-Con 2 features a new C button that enables GameChat, the built-in communication system. After pressing it, you can speak to in-game friends using the console's integrated mic. It's an obvious feature Microsoft and Sony figured out some time ago, but it's new for Nintendo, and it's better than the strange smartphone app the company offered with the original Switch. Winner: Switch 2 The Switch 2's new Accessibility menu lets you enable various features to help you use the system if you have visual, auditory, or verbal difficulties. You can tweak the size of system text, toggle a screen zoom, invert colors or set them to grayscale, use a speech-to-text screen reader, and make other adjustments based on your needs. The Switch has a button remapping menu, but that's about it. Winner: Switch 2 The Switch 2 runs almost all Switch 1 games. 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PCMag editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. Just as the Nintendo Switch launched with the Switch Pro Controller to use in lieu of its detachable Joy-Con, the Switch 2 launches with the Switch 2 Pro Controller. Like the Switch 2 to the Switch, the $84.99 Switch 2 Pro Controller is a solid upgrade over its predecessor, with a higher price to match (the original Switch Pro is $69.99). It adds new features like programmable rear buttons and a headset jack that help justify the premium, along with several material refinements that give the gamepad a much more high-end feel. So while it's pricey, the Switch 2 Pro should be the first controller you reach for if you frequently use the system in docked mode, and that makes it our Editors' Choice award winner. If the name doesn't make it clear, the Switch 2 Pro Controller is intended to work with the Switch 2. It will not officially work with any other device, including the original Switch or a PC. However, enthusiasts will likely create some form of workaround to let it function as a PC gamepad. Official Steam support might come down the line, just like with the first Pro Controller. The Switch 2 Pro Controller looks similar to the original, with long grips and gentle curves that fit comfortably in your hand. Its shell is a satiny plastic that's smoother than the subtly textured grip of the original and pleasant to touch. The gamepad isn't completely black like the previous Pro Controller, though; it has light gray accents around the analog sticks, top panel, and shoulder buttons. The package looks and feels a bit more polished than the slightly glossy and partially translucent Switch Pro Controller. The main control layout is almost completely unchanged, with offset analog sticks, large A/B/X/Y face buttons, a plus-shaped direction pad, and two pairs of bumper/trigger buttons. Although they're arranged the same, some components have been refined. The analog sticks are silky smooth in motion and are almost silent when pushed to their limit (instead of tapping loudly against the gamepad's casing). The face buttons and direction pad are also quieter, without losing any of their springiness. The plus and minus buttons are slightly raised, making them easier to press. Subtle refinements are only the start of the upgrades. The Switch 2 Pro also has three important features that the original lacked. First, it joins the Joy-Con 2 controllers in GameChat functionality via a small, square C button located between the direction pad and right analog stick. Like on the Joy-Con 2 pads, this button launches the GameChat menu and lets you start or join voice and video groups. Second, the gamepad has a 3.5mm headset jack just like the DualSense and Xbox Wireless Controller. So, if you have a wired gaming headset, simply plug it into the controller and use it instead of the Switch 2's microphone and your TV's speakers. The jack is located on the gamepad's bottom edge between the grips, where the status LEDs were on the original Pro Controller (those lights are relocated to the top panel next to the USB-C port and pairing button). Third, the Switch 2 Pro Controller follows in the footsteps of other high-end gamepads like the DualSense Edge and the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller by adding programmable rear buttons. These GL and GR buttons sit flush on the back of the grips, right where your middle fingers naturally rest. You can set them to act like any single digital control input, such as the face buttons, shoulder buttons, direction pad presses, and analog stick clicks. You access the GL and GR button-mapping menu by holding the Home button for a second. This lets you change what the buttons do with only a few presses. These settings are saved on a per-game basis, which is convenient. For example, you can have GL and GR act as LB and LR in Street Fighter 6 (Drive Impact and Drive Parry) or as LT and RT in Mario Kart World (Items and Drifting). Quick menu GL and GR settings are separate from the full-button remapping available in the Switch 2's Accessibility menu. You can completely rearrange the Pro Controller's controls on a system level and save presets. These customizations are the same across all games and must be manually switched. Besides the physical controls, the Switch 2 Pro Controller has the same extra functions as the first one, including motion controls and an NFC sensor for reading Amiibo. It also has vibration, specifically the same HD Rumble 2 as the Joy-Con 2 controllers, which gives detailed feedback in games that support it. Nintendo estimates the Switch 2 Pro Controller's battery to last about 40 hours between charges, which seems in line with my tests. According to the console, two dozen hours of gaming took the gamepad a bit below the 50% mark. That's comparable with the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller and far longer than the DualSense Edge's meager six-hour battery life. I played several games with the Switch 2 Pro Controller, and they worked perfectly. Precision platforming in Hollow Knight felt natural, and I could reliably perform moves and counters in Street Fighter 6. The analog sticks made for effortless steering in Mario Kart World, and the motion controls were accurate while aiming in Splatoon 3. The Switch 2 Pro Controller simply feels better as a full gamepad than the Joy-Con 2 in the system's included gamepad grip. It's more comfortable to hold, and its components are better suited to the control style since they aren't designed around Joy-Con 2's modular, portable aspects. 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