Mario Day REACTIONS + RIP Akira Toriyama Father of Beloved IP

Press X

Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw 

Topics:

• Unpacking all the Mar10 Day news https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/nintendo-celebrates-mar10-day-with-games-movie-news-and-a-variety-of-mario-themed-activities/

• Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door launches May 23

• Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD launches June 27

• Game Boy NSO adds Dr. Mario, Mario Golf, and Mario Tennis on March 12

• Lego Mario Kart is coming

• A new Super Mario Bros. movie will hit theaters on April 3, 2026

• Former Sega artist and designer Satoshi Okano seems to tease a "Capcom X Sega" collaboration https://twitter.com/okanotion/status/1766820349533098487

• Demo for PS5 exclusive Stellar Blade appears, and quickly pulled, from PlayStation Store https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/demo-for-ps5-exclusive-stellar-blade-appears-and-quickly-pulled-from-playstation-store/

• Here’s the full gameplay demo from before it was pulled https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7y6163hO28

• Remembering Akira Toriyama: Dragon Ball (and Dr. Slump, Sand Land, etc.), Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger, Blue Dragon, and influencing a trillion things after that

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: This question is mostly for Mary but everyone can answer. What's your favorite cookie?

What we’re playing:

Mary: Inscryption, FF7 

John: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Unicorn Overlord 🦄👑

Greg: Princess Peach Showtime (demo), Apex Legends, Halo Infinite, Helldivers 2

Brett L:  Final Fantasy VII Rebirth not Assassins Creed Odyssey

Brett M: Baldur’s Gate 3 (beat), Persona 3 Reload, Soul Hackers 2, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood