..and that was the Switch’s last full year

The Nintendo Switch 2, as described by Dbrand — The CEO of Dbrand notes that the company now has ‘actual dimensions’ of the Nintendo Switch’s successor (and shared a glimpse at a case to go with it — see above). We’re getting closer folks.

Jay Peters and Sean Hollister // The Verge

Switch pirate dodges Nintendo’s multimillion-dollar lawsuit — I saw some posts on Bluesky earlier this weekend, noting how the guy Nintendo was looking to sue for streaming pirated pre-release Switch games, was avoiding being served papers. I hunted down the fresh court filings to confirm, and yep true enough, Nintendo’s lawers have tried to serve five times now to no success. Here’s my story on it.

Chris Brandrick // overkill

▶ NES & Game Boy – December 2024 Game Update — This is pretty sweet: Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov shares a celebratory message about Tetris for NES (and Tetris DX) landing on NSO as part of the puzzler’s 40th anniversary. It’s kinda a big deal as this marks the first time the NES version has been available since 1989. BTW, if you wanna indulge in a bit of Tetris history the movie dramatization of how the hit game came to be the Game Boy pack-in that’s on Apple TV+ is half decent and worth a watch I’d say.

Nintendo // YouTube

The Game Awards left us with one big question: Will any of this run on Switch 2?

Gavin Lane // Nintendo Life

Nintendo acquires remaining shares of Monolith Soft

Sophie McEvoy // Games Industry

Nintendo’s Donkey Kong theme park adds extra a-peel to Super Nintendo World — Didn’t think I’d be sharing reviews of a Nintendo theme park ride in this newsletter when I first started it, but here we are. 😅

Andy Robinson // VGC

Antonblast plays like a Wario Land made by the devil

Michael McWhertor // Polygon

REVIEW Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind — ” does an admirable job of channeling the ‘90s show and video game era “.

Jordan Rudek // Nintendo World Report

Idea Factory cancels four localizations citing contents “not complying with the Nintendo guidelines” — A rare instance of Nintendo actually having some guidelines on the eShop.

Donald Theriault // Nintendo World Report

The Plucky Squire may have just fixed its hand-holding problem

Ian Walker // Polygon

The NES Expansion Port is finally emerging from the the darkness. Why not?

Ernie Smith // Tedium

We’re still living in the World the Nintendo DS built, 20 years later

Robin Bea // Inverse