If you’ve already maxed out everything to do in Donkey Kong Bananza, the game is getting a paid update that launches later today.
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Rockets and TNT replace shells and bananas, but the fun factor remains.


The latest Resident Evil, Requiem, is making its way to Nintendo’s console on February 27th. Additionally, the previous two entries in the series are also being ported on the same day.




If you’re jonesing for a little more Zelda, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment will be out pretty soon, launching on the Switch 2 on November 6th. Here’s a taste of what to expect.
Nintendo keeps announcing games due out next spring, and the latest is Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, which continues to look delightfully bizarre.
The first entry in the Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy is finally coming to Nintendo platforms with a launch on the Switch 2 on January 22nd.
During the Nintendo Direct Showcase, Big Red showed off the latest weird-ass thing to come out of it’s design lab — a talking flower. Specifically, the talking flower that shows up all over Super Mario Wonder (and is voiced by the new Mario himself, Kevin Afghani.) We know it talks, but is not an interactive toy which begs the question...why? A question that, knowing Nintendo, will never truly be answered.
The excellent side-scroller Super Mario Bros. Wonder is getting a Switch 2 edition, which will include some new co-op gameplay. It’s out next spring.
A new Yoshi platformer is incoming, called Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. As the name suggests, it has a storybook theme and aesthetic, and it looks like a cozy little adventure. It’s out on the Switch 2 next spring.
Mario Tennis is back with the impressive looking new sports title Fever. Among the changes for the new game are specialized rackets that do things like shrink your opponents of freeze them with ice. Plus, there are 38 characters to play as. It sounds like it’ll be a hefty title when it launches on February 12th.
Nintendo Today was updated to version 2.0 today with a new Kirby theme and exclusive content for the Nintendo Live 2025 event in Tokyo. But it will only be accessible at the event using an inaudible sound broadcasted at the venue the app will listen for to verify attendance.
Nintendo has decided to give us all a welcome break from doomscrolling with its latest Direct livestream, which is happening very soon at 9AM ET. It’ll last around an hour, and you can watch it either via the YouTube embed below, or through Nintendo’s news app.
We’re rather fond of Mechanism accessories around here, and Siri’s latest is something I’ve never seen before: a credible, folding way to attach your handhelds to an airplane seatback without becoming a Reddit meme. Hopefully. $19, shipping today, or bundled with a Magsafe adapter for your phone for $25.
Everything about The Pokémon Company’s “My Friend Malamar” Pokémon Legends Z-A marketing blitz has felt unsettling as hell, but this new video spells it all out pretty clearly: the Dark/Psychic squid monster is using enhanced telepathy to warp people’s minds. Fun!
So soon after the Kirby Air Riders Direct, Nintendo has announced yet another presentation for Friday, September 12th at 9 AM ET, which will last around an hour. I think its safe to expect more info on Metroid Prime 4: Beyond or something celebrating the 40th anniversary of Super Mario Bros which launched on September 13th, 1985. Feel old yet?




Dragonite came first, then there was Victreebel, and now Hawlucha has joined the ranks of pokémon who are getting snazzy new Mega Evolution forms when Pokémon Legends: Z-A drops this fall. Sorry to this Machamp.
There isn’t really a cuter way to start your day than with this collection of animated shorts that Nintendo has been posting on its Japanese YouTube channel. Now I just need a game in this style.
According to market research firm Circana, Nintendo’s latest console has now sold more than 2 million units in the US since it launched in June. The firm says that the Switch 2 is “currently 75 percent ahead of the unit sales pace set by the original Nintendo Switch.”
The Switch 2 had a very good launch month
The jury is still out on whether Entei, Suicune, and Raikou are based on cats or dogs, but the trio of legendary beasts are definitely the headliners for Secluded Springs, Pokémon TCG Pocket’s latest set that’s dropping on August 28th.
Bananza is about the joy of smashing things; turns out those sounds are real! Punch an apple? That’s a real apple bite you’re hearing. But watermelons were more difficult, sound director Naoto Kubo reveals: he smashed the fruit all autumn, but had to wait for ripe ones the following year.


Horror survival has never really been the Pokemon franchise’s vibe, but Nintendo is teasing something about Legends Z-A that looks very Silent Hill-y.
Nintendo will preview Kirby AirRiders on Tuesday, August 19th at 9AM ET with game director Masahiro Sakurai. I’m so ready for a 45-minute look at the new game (and hopefully a revamp of my favorite vehicle, the Wagon Star).
We knew next year’s Pokémon World Championships would be taking place in San Francisco, but it turns out that the city will also be hosting the first Pokémon XP, a new Pokémon-themed convention that you’ll be able to buy tickets for beginning next month.



























