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Nintendo has restructured and rebranded a division that is now dedicated to developing films featuring the company’s characters, such as Mario and Zelda. Now titled Nintendo Stars, the subsidiary is tasked with “implementing and licensing various ancillary uses in films” of Nintendo intellectual property, the company announced today, in order to “familiarize people around the world with Nintendo IP and …

A fresh Nintendo Direct broadcast will air in September, according to a new report. Speculation around the next major Nintendo Direct date has been rife following a series of other presentations over the past few months focusing on third-party games or individual titles, including a recent deep dive on Kirby Air Riders. Now, VGC has said it has heard of …

Image: Nintendo Following an announcement earlier this month, Nintendo’s free Switch eShop and smart device application Hello, Mario! is now available to download. This game is designed for parents and their children and is only available in Japan right now. If you want to download the game on your Switch or Switch 2, you’ll need to have access to a …

Noland Arbaugh, the first person to get a brain chip implant by Elon Musk’s Neuralink, has shared how the new technology has transformed his life 18 months after the surgery. Notably, Arbaugh had dislocated two of his vertebrae during a swimming accident in 2016 and thereafter lost sensation and movement below his shoulders. Arbaugh had received the implant in 2024, …

Image: Abxylute Abxylute – which has previously made a name for itself releasing streaming handhelds – is producing the world’s first glasses-free 3D handheld PC, reports The Verge. The massive portable PC – dubbed the Abxylute 3D One – is actually based on a prototype co-developed by Intel and Tencent that was demoed at CES earlier this year. Called “Sunday …

More than two decades after Kirby Air Ride launched on GameCube, Kirby Air Riders is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 on November 20. Director Masahiro Sakurai announced the news in a Nintendo Direct that aired today, alongside a detailed look at the upcoming racing game. “It basically is like Mario Kart,” Sakurai says. The sequel is also the first Kirby …

Image: Nintendo Mario Kart World has received a new update this week, bumping the Switch 2 exclusive up to Version 1.2.1. This is the first update for August, and it’s a small one compared to the previous updates, addressing some bug fixes. As usual, to continue playing online, you’ll need to install this latest update. Here’s the full rundown, courtesy …

Nintendo just released the next update for Mario Kart World with version 1.2.1. All Nintendo Switch 2 owners can download it now. While the last update was massive, this one is on the other end of the spectrum. Nintendo is addressing a singular issue for its latest patch. The full rundown is as follows: Mario Kart World version 1.2.1 update …

Mattel has already released a whole bunch of Mario Kart vehicles and next up is a “special edition” Pauline release, which was originally revealed at San Diego Comic-Con this year. It’s arriving on 26th September 2025 and will be available for $22.00 / £20.00, with pre-orders now live. It comes with the Hot Wheels Mario Kart Pauline, the vehicle body …

November 2024 marked the grand return of the Mario & Luigi series after almost ten whole years without a new game. As someone who’s 100 percent completed the game (and spent well over 60 hours doing so), this is an incredibly polarizing RPG. On one hand, the visual style is excellent – the characters are expressive, the core gameplay of …