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Nintendo Switch Online Adds The Strangest Mario Game Ever

This month's Nintendo Switch Online additions are an odd lineup of unexpected and obscure SNES games.

Inverse

Nintendo Switch 2 US sales data for its first three months is in, and it's outpacing the previous record set by PlayStation 4

The PlayStation 4 sold 2.2 million units in the US in its first three months - Nintendo Switch 2 has just beaten that record.

TechRadar

Nintendo's official all-in-one Switch 2 case may be rammed full of storage space, but is it really worth its high asking price?

Nintendo’s official all-in-one Switch 2 case is rammed full of storage space – but I’m not convinced it's quite worth the high asking price.

TechRadar

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Shuhei Yoshida Reflects on the Sports-Powered Rise of PlayStation

Sports games laid the foundation for PlayStation's success.

Operation Sports

Nintendo's mystery Pikmin video was nothing more than a showcase for Nintendo Pictures, which will "continue to explore new creative possibilities through video content"

Close to You? Not even close to being right

Total Film

Over 32 years later, Nintendo has finally released the obscure Mario game from the creators of Pokemon outside of Japan

Mario and Wario was designed by Satoshi Tajiri, Ken Sugimori, and Junichi Masuda while Pokemon was still in development

GamesRadar

Xbox sees multiple games in the top 20 bestsellers for August in the U.S. — while NBA 2K26 takes the top spot

The August 2025 sales charts from Circana show multiple Xbox games in the top 20 bestsellers for the U.S, while NBA 2K26 claimed the top spot.

Windows Central

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Animal Crossing 'Knock-Off'? PlayStation 5 to Launch 'Anime Village Online'

'Anime Village Online' has an undeniable similarity to 'Animal Crossing: New Horizons' — Knock-off alert?

International Business Times UK

'Animal Crossing' Copycat Launching Soon on the PS5—Will Nintendo File a Copyright Lawsuit?

A new game coming to the PlayStation 5 is said to be a copycat of Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Player One

Nintendo's bizarre Pixar-style animation is actually genius

Did you guess what it was all about?

Creative Bloq

This ridiculously blatant Animal Crossing somehow made its way onto the PlayStation Store, but I have a hunch it won't be there long

Animal Village Online is one of the ballsiest clones of a Nintendo game I've ever seen

GamesRadar

Super Mario Galaxy has a "horribly inefficient" secret: the credits are always loaded in the background while you play, which has the "inadvertently heartwarming" side effect of making sure the platformer always remembers the Nintendo legends who made it

"4643 lines of text" can add up in the Wii's memory

GamesRadar

PlayStation immediately outperformed Nintendo and Sega in Europe at launch because neither had a "consistent marketing strategy," and Sony "didn't say no to things"

PlayStation made life easier for developers, too

GamesRadar

I picture Rockstar and Nintendo lawyers locking eyes as one bold dev creates slick Zelda meets GTA action game Vice: Magic City Mayhem – "You ain't gettin nowhere without yo s***. Take this"

A retro GTA Zelda-like was not on my bingo card, but I like the look of it

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Mario Kart 8 has outsold Mario Kart World for 2 months straight in the US, but since "over 80%" of Switch 2 owners already have World via console bundle, that "kind of makes it impossible" to outdo the 11-year series GOAT

Not even a new Mario Kart can stop 8's reign of sales supremacy

Operation Sports

Sega Says Sonic Racing: Crossworlds Rewards Skill, Unlike “That Kart Racing Game”

Shots fired!

GamesRadar

Pikmin fans are vindicated as Nintendo reuploads its mysterious baby short film with visible Pikmin, but still refuses to elaborate on what it's actually teasing

The return of Pikmin Short Movies?

The Guardian - UK

What the Xbox Game Pass price hike says about the rising cost of playing games

In this week’s newsletter: The almost 50% increase in the cost of Microsoft’s game-streaming service is step closer to the model of TV, music and film

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NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, October 9 (game #851)

Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

Player One

'Red Dead Redemption 2' Leak: Switch 2 Port, Next-Gen Update for PS5, Xbox Are Coming Soon

Rockstar Games has massive plans for Red Dead Redemption 2's modern availability, according to the latest leaks.

Operation Sports

Nintendo’s Piracy Lawsuit Shows Why Sports Game ROM Sharing Is Riskier Than Ever

How Nintendo's lawsuit could have an adverse effect on the sports gaming community.

Inverse

Nintendo's Mysterious New Short Film Might Be Hiding a Secret

Nintendo has dropped a new gorgeous animated short seemingly out of nowhere, and it might have some interesting connections to Pikmin.

GamesRadar

PS1-era Sony nearly fell out with one of its most legendary studios because the "traitors" put Wipeout on Nintendo 64: "What the f*** was Psygnosis doing on the N64?"

"At one of the E3s when it appeared on Nintendo… it just arrived on the booth"

Destructoid

Players are actually supporting Nintendo in this piracy lawsuit because of the defendant’s decisions

That's a first in my book.

GamesRadar

Mysterious Nintendo teaser film has Pikmin fans like me who spent a decade waiting for the series' Switch comeback ready to lose it

Some think it's something to do with the Mario Galaxy movie, but that'd be less cool

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