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Former Sony exec says Nintendo can charge $80 for Switch 2 games because of its exclusives: "If it's the only place you can play Mario, then you get your wallet out"
News "And Donkey Kong and Zelda"
"Nintendo has been really good at supporting us": Hollow Knight dev Team Cherry has been on Nintendo's side for at least 7 years, so it's no wonder Silksong is immediately launching on Switch 2
News Team Cherry seems to have been Team Nintendo for a long time
Vampire Survivors dev says the chances of cross-save coming to PlayStation "are now very slim but not impossible" after running into "a legal issue" at the last minute
News Developer Poncle is "going to keep working alongside PlayStation to resolve these problems"
Nintendo wasn't sure about Mario Kart: Double Dash's central 2-driver gimmick, so the devs made a single-driver version simultaneously as an "emergency escape hatch"
News "The pressure is huge" to make worthy Mario Kart entries
Nintendo quietly clarifies that the Switch 2 GameCube controller will only work with the Online Classics library, potentially dashing my original console plans
News Small print included in Nintendo's Switch 2 GameCube trailer states that the controller will only work with the Online library and not regular games.
Analyst expects Nintendo to "stick with the $450 price" for the Switch 2 amid tariff concerns: "We believe that price point was reached with the threat of tariffs already looming"
News Pre-orders have yet to go live in the United States
Balatro solo dev Localthunk "is really rich now," says Final Fantasy 16 star while dressed as a clown: "He has shoes made of gold and he thanks you for making him that way"
News What a strange BAFTA award acceptance speech
"LocalThunk is really rich now": 2 weeks after winning yet another GOTY award, Balatro sends Final Fantasy 16 star to accept award in "suspiciously arousing" Jimbo attire
News "This is weird isn't it?"
"I just want people to be able to enjoy the game": Earthbound legend Shigesato Itoi is "glad" the SNES JRPG got the English localization changes it did
News One English line is even "pretty famous among Japanese fans as a really great example of a translation"
Mario Kart's infamous Baby Park was inspired by the 2002 Olympic ice skating track, and Nintendo knew it was going to be "a love-it-or-hate-it kind of course" even during development
News "I saw the short track they'd prepared for the ice skating and thought, 'We should make a track like that!'"
