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Topics:

• Nothing important happened last week.

• Nintendo Switch 2 first-look trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itpcsQQvgAQ

• Nintendo Direct on April 2, 2025, Nintendo Switch 2 Experience to follow in cities around the world

• Two USB-C slots?

• Joy-Con mouse functionality? (SNES mouse functionality secretly exists in NSO already)

• Mario Kart 9

• 24 players?

• Wide, flat road? New gas mechanic maybe?

• Donkey Kong redesigned, all the characters cuter/more cartoony now?

• Bloomberg: Nintendo supply chain is ready to sell more than 20 million Switch 2 units in its first year

• A Nintendo Direct focusing on Switch 1 games is reportedly coming in February https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-nintendo-direct-focusing-on-games-for-the-original-switch-is-coming-next-month-its-claimed/

• PH Brazil says Switch to get one big final Nintendo game from “beloved” & “somewhat niche” series https://mynintendonews.com/2025/01/20/rumour-ph-brazil-says-switch-to-get-one-big-final-nintendo-game-from-beloved-somewhat-niche-series/

• Hideki Kamiya wishes curses upon Switch 2 leakers https://x.com/HidekiKamiya_X/status/1879917263803011499

• PlayStation has canceled 2 more live-service games from Bend and Bluepoint, respectively: Bluepoint was working on live-service God of War https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3lfvfm2febc2e

• NCSoft’s Horizon MMORPG has seemingly been canceled https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ncsofts-horizon-mmorpg-has-seemingly-been-cancelled/

• Insomniac Games’ Ted Price Announces Retirement After Three Decades https://sonyinteractive.com/en/news/blog/ted-price-announces-retirement/

• What’s next for Insomniac Games https://blog.playstation.com/2025/01/22/whats-next-for-insomniac-games/

• Earthblade canceled! https://exok.com/posts/2025-01-22-earthblade-final-update/

• Marvel Snap taken offline temporarily as part of the TikTok ban https://bsky.app/profile/benbrode.bsky.social/post/3lg35u52bxs2c

• EA blames ‘underperformance’ of Dragon Age and EA FC25, as it lowers forecast https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ea-blames-underperformance-of-dragon-age-and-ea-fc25-as-it-lowers-forecast/

• AAA sequels struggling https://x.com/GenePark/status/1882185444445782496

• Silksong is still real https://x.com/griffinmatta/status/1880523110816051696

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: What games do you think the Switch 2 will launch with? and which games do you hope it launches with or are in the launch window?

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What we’re playing:

Mary: Metaphor Re Fantazio ✅, Fire Emblem Blazing Blade ✅, Silent Hill 2 Remake

John: Star Wars Outlaws, Rockman & Forte

Greg: MARVEL RIVALS, Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut, Wario Land 3 (GameBoy Color)

Brett L: Ghost of Tsushimaf: Directors Cut ✅, Trepang2

Brett M: DKCR