During its June Direct, Nintendo revealed games like Super Mario Bros. Wonder, the Super Mario RPG remake, and a new WarioWare game. I’m guessing we’ll hear more about all of those during the September Direct, which starts at 10AM ET.
Mishaal Rahman’s got the details in a thread on X (formerly Twitter):
Android 14 introduced the API for reading the measured battery state of health, but it was restricted “not due to privacy but [due] to eng[ineering]” as there weren’t any “usecases [sic] where an application would require this permission.” However, it seems things have changed, as there are now use cases planned for it, so they’re making it publicly accessible.
I wonder what this would be used for?
Tears of the Kingdom producer Eiji Aonuma spelled it out for NPR:
In an emailed response, Aonuma wrote that in Tears of the Kingdom, “we were able to implement all of the elements that we wanted to achieve in this world and this story, so there will not be any DLC. Please continue to enjoy the vast world of Hyrule.”
He recently told Famitsu something similar, as reported by IGN. If Tears DLC is on your bingo card for Thursday’s Nintendo Direct, you might want to take it off.
If you’re looking for gaming news between the hours of Nintendo o’clock and Sony o’clock, you can watch CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 show about the upcoming expansion, Phantom Liberty. The show starts at 11AM ET, one hour after Nintendo’s Direct kicks off. The expansion is scheduled to launch on September 26th.
Adam Mosseri says he tested the feature out on Wednesday for a quote post. Quote posts are one of the biggest omissions from the Threads web experience, so I’m really hoping it launches soon.
Now we just need Threads to not default to the “For You” feed every time I open it up.
iOS 17 comes out on September 18th, but a few announced features won’t be baked into it that day. 9to5Mac dug through a huge PDF of iOS 17 features to see which upgrades will be coming to your iPhone later this year.
The new MonHun AR game from Capcom and Niantic is officially available ahead of the original September 14th release, according to Android Police. You can grab it from Google Play and the App Store.
