Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Nintendo's Vietnam Production of Switch 2 Is Going Almost Entirely to the US - Bloomberg Link Nintendeal claims that most GameStop stores "are expecting ~100 Switch 2 consoles available at launch," but games/accessories "extremely limited" https://x.com/Nintendeal/status/1911810754099249648 Streets of Rage, Super Thunder Blade, ESWAT: City Under Siege Join NSO Genesis game https://x.com/NintendoAmeric...
Apr 17, 2025•2 hr 13 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Doug Bowser explains why Switch 2 costs $150 more than Switch: 1) "a lot of improved features" with Joy-Con 2, LCD screen, and CPU/GPU processing power, and 2) the social features like GameChat - CNBC Video “the Super Mario Bros. 2 movie” will be released next March (movie hasn’t been described as a “2” before) Bowser offers iffier quote about price to CBC that went viral https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ninte...
Apr 10, 2025•1 hr 59 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Nintendo Switch 2 launches June 5 for $449.99, Mario Kart World costs $80 https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/nintendo-switch-2-launches-june-5-bringing-new-forms-of-game-communication-to-life/ About Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/featured-games/switch-2-edition/ Important information about compatibility of Nintendo Switch games with Nintendo Switch 2 https://www.nintendo...
Apr 03, 2025•2 hr 4 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Nintendo Direct Reactions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OqoRxXUjGA / https://businesswire.com/news/home/20250327383212/en/Latest-Nintendo-Direct-Reveals-Nintendo-Switch-Games-Virtual-Game-Cards-and-a-New-Smart-Device-App-Nintendo-Today “Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games” are a thing https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/virtual-game-cards/ Nintendo joins the Accessible Games Initiative https://www.nintendo.com/us/whats...
Mar 28, 2025•2 hr 8 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition is launching to strong reviews https://www.metacritic.com/game/xenoblade-chronicles-x-definitive-edition/ Nintendo Switch 2 Set for Gaming’s Biggest Ever Launch Even at $400-Plus Price Point - Bloomberg Link FCC filing suggests that Switch 2 may get a GameCube controller https://famiboards.com/threads/new-fcc-filing-discovered-that-looks-a-lot-like-a-gamecube-nso-controller.12879/ M...
Mar 20, 2025•1 hr 59 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Switch 2 will have NFC and Wi-Fi 6, FCC filings show https://www.theverge.com/news/625931/nintendo-switch-2-fcc-nfc-wi-fi-6-usb Lego Mario Kart launches May 15 for $169.99 (1972 pieces) https://mynintendonews.com/2025/03/10/closer-look-at-lego-mario-kart-set-out-this-may/ Donkey Kong ‘94 and Mario’s Picross join Game Boy NSO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nna-zWXRjcg Niantic sells its game business to Scopely for $3.85 bill...
Mar 13, 2025•1 hr 44 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Pokémon Presents Press Release Pokémon Legends: Z-A launches late 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_KNDtKJJ-8 Pokémon Champions announced for Switch, iOS, and Android https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik6IGiCzFzQ Mar10 Day festivities are coming https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250304659858/en/Nintendo-Announces-Fun-Ways-to-Enjoy-MAR10-Day-Wherever-You-Are Super Soccer will be removed from NSO on March 28 https://...
Mar 06, 2025•2 hr 12 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Pokémon Presents on February 27 (tomorrow) at 9:00 a.m. ET / 6:00 a.m. PT Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition overview trailer https://mynintendonews.com/2025/02/26/xenoblade-chronicles-x-definitive-edition-overview-trailer/ NetEase’s Billionaire CEO Slashes Jobs and Games in Profit Push (Marvel Rivals over $200M revenue now but was considered for cancellation, Japanese devs are being thrown away) - Non-paywall Bloomb...
Feb 27, 2025•2 hr 21 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: My Nintendo Gold Points will be discontinued https://my.nintendo.com/news/97495f34d09fb076 "Nintendo Switch Game Vouchers cannot be redeemed for games exclusive to the Nintendo Switch 2 system." https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/45255/kw/voucher Nintendo establishes new Taiwan subsidiary https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-establishes-new-taiwan-subsidiary-raising-local-players-expecta...
Feb 20, 2025•2 hr 19 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con patent includes illustrations for the mouse functionality https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2025027803 Switch 2 patent suggests you can attach Joy-Con to Switch 2 upside down https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/switch-2-patent-suggests-the-console-can-be-rotated-to-change-headphone-and-usb-port-positions/ Take-Two ‘fully expects’ to support Switch 2 going forward https:/...
Feb 13, 2025•2 hr 11 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Nintendo Switch 2 Direct will be at 9:00 a.m. ET, 6:00 a.m. PT on April 2 https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1887139391266558216 Nintendo fiscal results https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2025/250204_4e.pdf Total Switch sales are now at 150.86 million, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at 67.35 million units New game sales totals: Super Mario Party Jamboree: 6.17 million units, Echoes of Wisdom: 3.91 million units, Mario & Luigi: Bro...
Feb 06, 2025•2 hr 16 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Fatal Fury 2, Super Ninja Boy, and Sutte Hakkun join SNES NSO https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1882594637065355525 Super Mario RPG Soundtrack Releases in Japan on April 9 https://noisypixel.net/super-mario-rpg-soundtrack-release-2025/ Millions of dollars of prototype Pokémon cards may have been fake, it’s claimed https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/millions-of-dollars-of-prototype-pokemon-cards-may-have-been-fake-it...
Jan 30, 2025•1 hr 49 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Nothing important happened last week. Nintendo Switch 2 first-look trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itpcsQQvgAQ Nintendo Direct on April 2, 2025, Nintendo Switch 2 Experience to follow in cities around the world Two USB-C slots? Joy-Con mouse functionality? ( SNES mouse functionality secretly exists in NSO already) Mario Kart 9 24 players? Wide, flat road? New gas mechanic maybe? Donkey Kong redesigned, all the charac...
Jan 23, 2025•2 hr 10 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Switch 2 reportedly being revealed on Thursday, January 16 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-will-reportedly-reveal-switch-2-this-week/ NateTheHate: Microsoft Flight Sim and Halo MCC are coming to Switch 2 and PS5, and FFVII Remake and Rebirth are coming to Switch 2 and Xbox https://bsky.app/profile/knoebel.bsky.social/post/3lffjli6oec2z MGS Delta planned for Switch 2, 6+ Ubisoft games (mostly “late ports”) i...
Jan 15, 2025•1 hr 58 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Retro Studios was reportedly working on a “music RPG” before canceling it for Metroid Prime Remastered https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-relationship-between-nintendo-and-retro-unhealthy.1074522/#post-133880040 Punch-Out!! series may have stopped in part because of character stereotypes https://mynintendonews.com/2025/01/02/imran-khan-punch-out-series-effectively-dead-at-least-at-next-level-games/ Bloodstained 2 intended ...
Jan 08, 2025•2 hr 9 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Game of the Year 2024 discussion Questions from Discord: Joe & Brydude’s answers for GotY What we’re playing: Mary: Metaphor Re Fantazio John: still Fantasian Greg: MARVEL RIVALS, Apex (nothing sounds fun) Brett L: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Brett M: Blops 6, Twilight Princess, RE4 OG...
Dec 31, 2024•1 hr 43 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Mat Piscatella : Switch surpasses PS2 for lifetime total sales in the US, at 46.6 million units sold. Only trails DS now Sega considering Netflix-like game subscription service https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgnj7e8028o ‘Live and Learn’ musician suing Sega over ownership of iconic Sonic the Hedgehog song https://www.polygon.com/news/498953/sonic-music-live-and-learn-copyright-lawsuit-crush-40-sega OFF coming to Switch, S...
Dec 27, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Unpacking The Game Awards https://www.eurogamer.net/everything-announced-at-the-game-awards-2024 Too many highlights!: Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, Shadow Labyrinth (Pac-Man), Rematch (Sifu soccer), The Witcher 4, Elden Ring Nightreign, FFVII Rebirth PC in January, new Fumito Ueda game with Epic Publishing, The Outer Worlds 2 in 2025, Split Fiction, Borderlands 4, Virtua Fighter, Project Century, Turok Origins, Onimusha: Way of ...
Dec 17, 2024•2 hr 7 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: The Game Awards predictions (hyped by three separate journalists - Andy Robinson, Tom Warren , Jez Corden ) NateDrake expects Switch 2 reveal in January second half or February, event in May, release in June https://youtu.be/vi259NZ4ZLs?t=3013 Nintendo approached Acquire to make Mario & Luigi: Brothership based on its experience with RPGs (Octopath) and action games (Tenchu) https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-d...
Dec 11, 2024•2 hr 12 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Switch 2 Joy-Con design allegedly leaked in China, video shows magnet Joy-Con https://www.resetera.com/threads/nintendo-switch-2-joycon-designs-leaked-on-bilibili-magnets-confirmed-uploader-claims-that-production-volume-is-not-high-enough-for-a-march-launch.1049781/ Tetris to join NES NSO on 12/12, ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron, VectorMan, and Wolf of the Battlefield: Mercs join Genesis NSO Tetris / https://www.you...
Dec 04, 2024•1 hr 44 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Metroid Prime 1–3: A Visual Retrospective book announced https://www.piggyback.com/us/guide/metroid-prime-1-3-a-visual-retrospective/ Donkey Kong Land joins NSO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iYkwaVyGTY BS rumor: Weibo poster claims Switch 2 will be announced in January, launches in March https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/s/zY8xp8Q0Pu Sony Working on Handheld Console for PS5 Games to Rival Switch No-Paywall Li...
Nov 26, 2024•2 hr
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Stupid Game Awards reaction https://www.gematsu.com/2024/11/the-game-awards-2024-nominees-announced GOG Preservation Program announced – preserving old games for current and future PC setups https://www.gematsu.com/2024/11/gog-preservation-program-announced-preserving-old-games-for-current-and-future-pc-setups Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin spin-off Sakuna Chronicles: Kokorowa and the Gears of Creation announced https://www.gemats...
Nov 19, 2024•2 hr 1 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Donkey Kong Country park is revealed at Super Nintendo World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8OtALOr8JI Nintendo announces Black Friday offers https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/nintendo-announces-black-friday-offers-providing-even-more-ways-to-play-this-holiday-season/ Pocketpair details lawsuit filed against it by Nintendo and The Pokemon Company https://www.gamesindustry.biz/pocketpair-shares-nintendo-the-pokemon-compa...
Nov 13, 2024•1 hr 44 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Switch 2 will be backward-compatible with Switch 1 games https://x.com/NintendoCoLtd/status/1853972163033968794 Nintendo financial results https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2024/241105_5e.pdf 146.04 million Switch units sold total Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom sold 2.58 million units in 5 days, Paper Mario: TTYD sold 1.94 million units, LM2 sold 1.57 million units Nintendo reports 34% decrease in net sales, 31% drop in hardware, a...
Nov 08, 2024•1 hr 54 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition launches 3/20/25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meabXp-IFkM Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete launches December 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBwJdX8fnfQ Shadow Man & Turok 2: Seeds of Evil join NSO Expansion Pack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN6IbpsG9wM PH Brazil rumor: Nintendo is courting third-party game remasters for Switch while Nintendo works on Switch 2 games...
Oct 30, 2024•2 hr 13 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Super Nintendo World opens at Universal Studios Orlando on May 22, 2025, as part of Epic Universe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS3v1OC-mx8 Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program details revealed https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kfClf9A9jQnsHN6v91dZ7RVbUvpB1fGzG0ew0KLy7B8/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.4qsm8bne311c Banjo-Tooie joins NSO Expansion Pack on October 25 https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1847080296140706216 Mari...
Oct 23, 2024•2 hr
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Game Freak confirms massive data breach of 2606 items, allegedly 1 TB of data stolen in apparent phishing scheme Source code for HeartGold/SoulSilver and Gen 5 leaked, with huge amounts of prototype sprite art, models, and unused Pokemon Tons of planning and reference documents leaked for how they designed characters (example: Skyla was supposed to look like Jennifer Lopez) https://x.com/Pinacoin/status/1845312463803240525 E...
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 50 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Echoes of Wisdom sold 200,000 retail units in Japan in its first week, the second biggest Zelda launch on Switch behind Tears of the Kingdom https://x.com/GameDataLibrary/status/1841846709774655752 The Nintendo Museum shop is limiting sales of some items after just one day https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-nintendo-museum-shop-is-limiting-sales-of-some-items-after-just-one-day/ Saudi Arabia cuts stake in Nintendo ...
Oct 09, 2024•2 hr 14 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Big Echoes of Wisdom discussion? (dead news week) Ryujinx gone https://x.com/OatmealDome/status/1841186829837513017 Monolith Soft celebrates 25th anniversary with message to fans from studio head Hirohide Sugiura (use Google Translate lol) https://www.monolithsoft.co.jp/special/anniversary25th/ Horizon online game is reportedly Guerrilla’s next major product https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/horizon-online-game-is-rep...
Oct 02, 2024•1 hr 40 min
Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw Topics: Nintendo files lawsuit against Pocketpair, creator of Palworld, for patent infringement https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/en/2024/240919.html Pocketpair response: https://www.pocketpair.jp/news/news16 Echoes of Wisdom Ask the Developer interview: first female director, 2D and 3D Zelda will both continue, started as an “edit dungeon” game, took 9 days of “boot camp” to create the story https://www.nintendo.com/us/w...
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr 29 min
