Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Nintendo just had their latest Direct announcing a whole lot of 1st party news for both the Switch 2 and the Original Switch. Multiple Mario games celebrating Mario's 40th anniversary, a new Yoshi game, new Fire Emblem, updates on Zelda Hyrule Warriors, Donkey Kong Bananza, Metroid Prime 4, Pokemon Legends Z-A, and more. An absolutely dense Direct with games of all kinds, and somehow a Virtual Boy reveal in 2025. Here's my thoughts.