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Everything announced at the Nintendo Direct September 2025

Super Mario Galaxy movie! Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave! More!

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Former Nintendo marketing leads explain the company is "very good" at curbing leaks – unless they're from third-party games, "then it becomes much harder for Nintendo to control"

There are "Nintendo ninjas" who "investigate leaks" internally

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Former Nintendo marketing lead says rumored Direct "is probably a sure thing" given the Switch 2 games still set to release this year: "Some sort of an update on Metroid Prime 4, hopefully, please, my god"

And maybe Hyrule Warriors

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Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto spent an entire New Super Mario Bros. Wii test demo just sliding around with the Penguin power-up, former Nintendo marketing leads recall: "That's all he was doing"

"He definitely experiences games in a much different way"

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Kirby Air Riders should be delayed to 2026 if anything is "not going perfectly," former Nintendo marketing leads say, because it's not worth burning out Smash Bros creator Masahiro Sakurai

Plus Mario Kart World and Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds are pretty heavy competition

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Former Nintendo marketing lead says it's "not normal" we still don't have release dates for Elden Ring, Metroid Prime 4, and more Switch 2 games: "That's not the Nintendo that I know"

It's August and there are five big 2025 Switch 2 games we don't have release dates for

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Former Nintendo marketing lead says rumors of a Direct later this month "make a lot of sense" due to the lack of a Metroid Prime 4 release date

A Nintendo Direct is rumored to take place after Donkey Kong Bananza launches

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Don't expect Animal Crossing for Switch 2 anytime soon, former Nintendo marketing lead warns: "It's maybe a little bit early"

Kit Ellis explains Nintendo typically focuses on the hardcore fans for a console's early years

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A 3D Mario game for the Switch 2 could be "many years away" as former Nintendo marketing leads also speculate Donkey Kong Bananza is being made by the Super Mario Odyssey team

"3D Mario is probably coming very late" if the team has been busy with Donkey Kong, they suggest

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"When they do a business analysis, Nintendo doesn't show up": Ex PlayStation boss says Sony's only real competition outside Japan is Xbox, even though they have "huge respect for what Nintendo does"

"We all feel it's great to have Nintendo continue to be successful" because some of its younger fanbase "might graduate into more mature systems like PlayStation or Xbox"

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Switch 2 is Nintendo's fastest-selling console despite high prices, former Nintendo marketing leads say "you're basically teaching them that they can continue to do this"

The ex-Nintendo employees say the company's strategy for dealing with backlash was usually to "pretend it didn't happen"

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As fans reject Switch 2 game-key cards, former Nintendo marketing leads say it's unlikely that physical games will ever "100% go away," because "they realize the importance of that"

Nintendo knows that fans "have this emotional tie to their brand, and they want to cultivate that"

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Nintendo "won't know" if the Switch 2 eShop will crash on launch day as everyone rushes to download Mario Kart World, former marketing leads warn, but "they're prepared"

Nintendo will be ready to fix any issues if they happen, say Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang

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Switch 2 leakers beware, even former Nintendo marketing leads found it "surprising" how good the company was at tracking people down: "They will find who it is"

Nintendo "can get pretty precise," says Kit Ellis

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Amid ongoing Switch 2 confusion over everything from features to games, former Nintendo marketing leads say the company should "just give people all the information" in one place

It should be fans' to "parse through"

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Nintendo won't "rush" major Switch 2 game announcements like a new 3D Mario to sell the console, say former marketing leads: "There's no way from a development side"

Kit Ellis believes Nintendo already has "at least the rest of this year mapped out in terms of game announcements"

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Nintendo needs to be "super transparent" with potential paid Mario Kart World DLC for Switch 2, former marketing leads say, as "people are already questioning the $80 price tag"

Add Funky Kong and the people will pay anything

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"This isn't Ubisoft": Former Nintendo PR managers say the company's mantra of "respect the value" is why Switch games "don't go on sale"

"You're paying a Nintendo mark-up"

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Nintendo is likely surprised, panicked, and having a full "war room" response to the outrage over Switch 2 pricing, former marketing leads say

"They haven't had a need to do a lot of crisis communication for eight years"

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Nintendo Switch 2 news live: all the latest Nintendo Treehouse gameplay and reaction

Follow all the highlights of Nintendo Treehouse: Live day two with us right here

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Nintendo Switch 2 Direct live: all the Switch 2 reveals as they happen

The latest Switch 2 news as it happens from the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct presentation

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The Nintendo Switch 2 era could be bittersweet, as former staff point out that 40-year veterans like Shigeru Miyamoto and Zelda and Metroid legends are nearing their retirements

"It may not mean that the games are going to be bad, it's just going to feel different"

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"If it can run on Steam Deck, it can probably run on Switch 2": Ex Nintendo marketing leads say Baldur's Gate 3 and Elden Ring prove there's a market for big AAA games on Switch 2

The Switch 2 could be a home for big AAA third-party games

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Former Nintendo marketing leads say the Wii U flopped so bad that getting third-party support on Switch was "really hard," but the Switch 2 marks a new era: "There's no more proving yourself"

"The transition from Wii U to Switch 1 was pretty tough from the Nintendo third-party side"

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Nintendo didn't anticipate that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was 'going to be the juggernaut' for the Nintendo Switch when it was ported to the console, according to former employees

According to two former Nintendo employees, Nintendo didn't expect Mario Kart 8 Deluxe to perform so well on the Switch.

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