Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (June 2025)
Our picks for the best eShop games on Switch 2
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- Switch eShop
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News Sega Teases New Sonic Racing Animation, Speeding Ahead This September
Launching the same month as CrossWorlds
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- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch
- Sega
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Poll Box Art Brawl: Duel - Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
Always two, there are
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- Polls
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- N64
- Star Wars
PSA Pokémon YouTube Channel Uploads The First Movie For A "Limited-Time"
The first three movies will be free to watch
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- Pokemon
- Movies
- Anime
News Nintendo Highlights Multiple Switch 2 And Switch Games Launching In July 2025
Wild Hearts, DK, Tony Hawk and much more
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- Nintendo Switch
- Upcoming Releases
News Switch Port Experts Share Thoughts About Switch 2's "Raw" Performance
The Virtuos team chimes in
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Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (June 2025)
Our picks for the best eShop games on Switch 2
Well well well — one month with the Switch 2, and we're still swimming in eShop games. Yep, it's time for eShop Selects for June 2025! Who needs Mario Kart World when you've got backwards compatibility, eh? Just because we have a new console, doesn't mean we're just looking at Switch 2 games. And...
- Features
- Switch eShop
- Nintendo Switch
- eShop Selects
- Polls
News Sega Teases New Sonic Racing Animation, Speeding Ahead This September
Launching the same month as CrossWorlds
Sega is promoting its upcoming release Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds in all sorts of ways, and apart from the game's opening theme reveal earlier this week, it's also recently teased a new animation. This new animation celebrating Sonic's latest racing game is scheduled to arrive this September (the same month as...
- Sonic
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch
- Sega
- Videos
Poll Box Art Brawl: Duel - Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
Always two, there are
Hello there, young Padawans, are you ready to continue your training in the art of Box Art Brawl? Before we become one with the Force, let's look back to last week, where we saw a duel (of the fates) between two covers for Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. It was the European and Japanese cover that took the high ground...
- Features
- Polls
- Box Art Brawl
- N64
- Star Wars
PSA Pokémon YouTube Channel Uploads The First Movie For A "Limited-Time"
The first three movies will be free to watch
Back when Pokémon was taking off in the late '90s, trainers around the globe were treated to the very first anime movie. It stars Ash, Pikachu and their friends, as well as a Pokémon battle "like never before" featuring Mew and Mewtwo. If you've never got around to watching Pokémon: The First Movie,...
- PSA
- Pokemon
- Movies
- Anime
News Nintendo Highlights Multiple Switch 2 And Switch Games Launching In July 2025
Wild Hearts, DK, Tony Hawk and much more
We're now past the halfway mark of the year and the Switch 2 has arrived with all sorts of games, but there's no slowing down anytime soon – with even more games arriving in July. Nintendo has now spotlighted a handful of these games in its own round up - highlighting some of its blockbuster releases out...
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch
- Upcoming Releases
News Switch Port Experts Share Thoughts About Switch 2's "Raw" Performance
The Virtuos team chimes in
Even now that we've got our hands on the Switch 2, there are still developers sharing their thoughts about the power of the system and where it fits in. In the same interview with Wccftech, the Virtuos team was asked how the new Nintendo device holds up in terms of "raw console performance" and if it's closer to an Xbox...
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Virtuos
Saturday5th Jul 2025
Talking Point One Month On, How Did Nintendo's Switch 2 Launch Go?
Are you satisfied with yours?
Yes, believe it or not, it's been a full month since the launch of the Switch 2 - it's certainly been a busy few weeks. Now that the dust has settled, let's take a look back at how the long-awaited console came out of the gate, from the perspective of Nintendo, players, and media... Coming in hot has been business as...
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- Features
- Nintendo
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- Polls
News Switch Port Specialist Believes Switch 2 Can Surpass Its Predecessor's Success
"The handheld market is growing right now"
One company that backed the Switch throughout its life was the port specialist Virtuos – working on games like Dark Souls and The Outer Worlds for the hybrid platform. It might just be the beginning of the Switch 2's life, but the same team is already sounding confident about the new hardware's future...
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch
- Virtuos
News Romero Games Reportedly Shut Down Following Xbox Layoffs
"More than 100 staff without jobs"
It's been another tough week for the video game industry and the fallout from Microsoft's layoffs led to funding cuts at John and Brenda Romero's studio, Romero Games. Now, following some claims the independant studio had completely shut its doors, Irish publication The Journal has got apparently got an official...
- Nintendo Switch
- Xbox
- Industry
- DOOM
Poll How Many Hours Have You Spent In Mario Kart World So Far?
Go on, tell us
We've now been glued to our Switch 2 for a whole month, and it's got us wondering how much mileage our community has gotten out of the new game Mario Kart World. While it might not be the launch title everyone was hoping for, it's still packed with plenty of things to do. This includes a new Knockout Tour mode, a whole world to free...
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Mario Kart
News Street Fighter 6 Reveals Special Collab Outfit Available For "One Year Only"
Update: Now available
[Tue 1st Jul, 2025 01:30 BST]: Following its Switch 2 release and the news of "five million global sales", Street Fighter 6 has now announced its latest collab. It's teaming up with the South Korean K-Pop group Aespa. Fighting fans can expect themed collab items, a limited-time Outfit 4 for Juri, and last but not least the...
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- Street Fighter
- Capcom
- Updates
News Perfect Dark Voice Actor Calls On Fans To Help Series "Survive"
Microsoft axed the studio behind the new project this week
Although the Perfect Dark series has been under Microsoft's control for more than two decades now, the news this week about the latest entry by The Initiative being axed has led to a lot of reactions within the Nintendo community. With this in mind, Joanna's voice actor Alix Wilton Regan...
- Xbox
- Perfect Dark
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (5th July)
Go on and tell us
The weekend is here, which means it's time to kick back, relax, and play some games. Looking back on this week first, Nintendo released Super Mario Strikers for the GameCube NSO app on Switch 2. It's a solid title, and you can see exactly where it lands in our GameCube ranking for Switch 2 so far. Elsewhere, it emerged that...
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- Talking Point
- Nintendo Switch
- What Are You Playing
Friday4th Jul 2025
Download both updates today
Nintendo has today released brand new updates for the Switch 2 and Switch versions of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild. So, if you boot up these games on either system, you should be prompted to update. These latest patches, which bump TotK to Version 1.4.2 and BotW to Version 1.8.2, reso
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch
- Zelda
- Updates
PSA You Can Play One Of The Greatest Platformers Of All Time In Street Fighter 6
In a Rush
If you've been playing Street Fighter 6: Years 1-2 Fighters Edition since its launch on the Switch 2, chances are you've been enamoured by its excellent gameplay and surprisingly deep story mode. Hidden within the main menu, however, is a cheeky little surprise. The title plays host to a section called 'Game Centre', and it contains a...
- PSA
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Capcom
Talking Point With Bigger GameCube File Sizes, Should Nintendo Let Us Download Individual NSO Games?
1.21 gigabytes!?
Switch 2 brought with it something we'd dreamt about on the original Switch: GameCube games on NSO. With the new GC controller giving Wind Waker, F-Zero GX, and SoulCalibur II that authentic feeling (while also adding wireless without a WaveBird and sneaking in some
- Talking Point
- Features
- Nintendo
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Polls
News Switch 2 Users Are Reporting Instances Of Their Consoles Overheating
"Without a fan, you can’t play for long"
With the addition of a fan in the Switch 2's dock, we all knew that Nintendo's new console would probably kick out a bit more heat than its predecessor in order to manage the more technically demanding games. According to some folks in Japan, however (thanks, Nintendo Soup), their consoles are actually...
- Nintendo
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Hardware
- Japan
News Switch 2 Welcome Tour Developer Gets Officially Revealed
From the team behind Mario Party
Following the confirmation of Donkey Kong Bananza's developer earlier this week, it seems a team has now been officially linked to Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour. As highlighted by GamesRadar+, it's the Mario Party team Nintendo Cube (
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Mario Party
- Nintendo
Video How Does Switch 2 Look On A CRT TV? Glorious
FREE WORKS
Who needs an OLED TV when you have a widescreen CRT TV? Okay, genuinely, CRT scanlines are gorgeous and we have a huge soft spot for these chunky units. Sitting on the floor, looking up at the screen as we ran around in Super Mario 64 or Ocarina of Time; pure bliss. The Switch 2, with its 120fps capabilities and VRR in handheld, is a...
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- Nintendo Switch 2
News Switch 2 Dock Supports VRR After All, But It Doesn't Actually Work With Console
What the 4K?
Remember all of the confusion around whether the Switch 2 supports VRR? One moment, it did both docked and handheld, before Nintendo started removing wording surrounding docked VRR from websites and then apologised "for the error". Well, The Verge (paywalled) has made an interesting discovery — the Switch 2's dock does support VRR,...
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Hardware
News Street Fighter 6's First Season 3 Character Arrives This August
Update: Sagat's Fighting Pass available today
[Fri 27th Jun, 2025 00:45 BST]: Capcom recently revealed the Season 3 DLC roster for Street Fighter 6, confirming Sagat, C. Viper, Alex and Ingrid would be joining the battle. Now, in an update during its Spotlight broadcast today, the company has locked in a date for the first fighter. Along with a...
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Street Fighter 6
- Capcom
- DLC
- Updates
News Switch 2 USB-C Chip Might Be Breaking Compatibility With Third-Party Docks
No one could USB-C this...
With the launch of the Switch 2, accessory manufacturers have been rushing to bring their products to the market in a bid to offer alternatives to Nintendo's own set, including docks. The latter has been causing headaches for many, and it seems Nintendo has put in place restrictions on the console's USB-C ports. The...
- Nintendo
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Hardware
News Miyamoto Shares Why Doll Company Exec Was Chosen For Outside Director
His appointment "could lead to an interesting future"
Shigeru Miyamoto has spoken about the appointment of Nintendo's newest outside director Kazuhiko Hachiya, director of the Japanese doll company PetWORKS. Speaking at the 85th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders Q&A, Miyamoto addressed a question on the increased number of outside...
- Nintendo
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Business
Random Of Course Helldivers Are Now Calling For A Switch 2 Port
"I'm doing my part"
Yesterday, Arrowhead Game Studios shell-shocked the games industry – announcing it would be bringing its PvE third-person shooter Helldivers 2 to the Xbox. Yes, the Sony-published game exclusive to PlayStation on consoles, is now making its way to Microsoft's hardware. Given the timing of all this, there are now...
- Random
- Nintendo Switch 2
- PlayStation
News Dredge Developer 'Black Salt Games' Isn't Working On A Sequel
But new catches, new games, and a new studio are in the net
Lovecraftian fishing game Dredge was a hit back in 2023, blending unsettling horror and sea creatures with atmospheric storytelling and some good ol' reeling in. Now, after some paid DLC and free updates, the New Zealand-based developer is ready to move on from the seas and create something...
- Switch eShop
- Upcoming Releases
News Pokémon Summer Stories Is A Series Of Adorable New Shorts On YouTube
Join Morpeko on his first outing
The Pokémon Company has kicked off a new series of shorts over on YouTube. The first one is out today, and it's utterly adorable. Shared by Serebii, Morpeko's First Outing is the first episode of a new series called Pokémon Summer Stories, which we can only imagine are cute little adventures focusing on the fun of...
- Nintendo
- Pokemon
Thursday3rd Jul 2025
News Nintendo Expands Switch 2's GameCube Library This Week
Take to the pitch in Super Mario Strikers
[Fri 27th Jun, 2025 02:05 BST]: If you're in the mood for some more Mario action, Nintendo has today announced it will be adding the "five-on-five" GameCube title Super Mario Strikers to the Switch 2 'Nintendo Classics' library. The 2005 Next Level release, also known as Mario Smash Football, will...
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch Online
- GameCube
- Super Mario
- Updates
Guide Every Nintendo Switch Online GameCube Game On Switch 2, Ranked
10 games, 4 now playable on NS2
Switch 2 brought some long-awaited GameCube games into the fold along with the other Nintendo Switch Online retro libraries when it launched. With The Wind Waker, F-Zero GX, and SoulCalibur 2 joining the system's launch lineup, Super Mario Strikers made it a foursome th
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch Online
- GameCube
- Best Games
- Retro
Review Super Pocket Neo Geo Edition - Unlike SNK's Original, This Handheld Won't Break The Bank
Time Extension The future is now (in your hand)
Blaze's HyperMegaTech brand has been pumping out Super Pocket handhelds for a while now, working with companies like Taito, Atari, Capcom and Technos to deliver budget-friendly and super-portable ways of leveraging the massive Evercade library. However, it's fair to say that the Super Pocket Neo Geo Edition is one...
- Reviews
- Evercade
- Hardware Reviews
- Neo Geo
Round Up Bandai Namco Summer Showcase 2025 - Every Switch Game
Find out what's on the way
Bandai Namco held a summer showcase this week and it featured trailers for multiple upcoming Switch titles. As all of these titles have already been announced for the Switch, what we've got here is some new footage and even some release dates for select titles. Along with this, we've also included the announcements and...
- Round Up
- Nintendo Switch
- Upcoming Releases
- Bandai Namco
News Donkey Kong Bananza Gets An Eight-Minute Overview Trailer
DK...Donkey Kong!
We're now just weeks out from the smashing arrival of Donkey Kong Bananza on the Switch 2 and Nintendo has now released an overview trailer. It uploaded plenty of these in the leadup to key releases during the Switch generation and this trend continues with eight minutes of footage for the new Switch 2 exclusive. It highlights DK...
- Videos
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Donkey Kong
- Nintendo
- Upcoming Releases
News This New Switch 2 Dock Could Be Perfect For GameCube Enthusiasts
Not just for show
A new Switch 2 dock accessory may soon become a reality if the upcoming Kickstarter campaign proves to be a success. From Retro Fighters, the BattleDock essentially turns your Switch 2 into a functional GameCube (well, sort of) with the inclusion of four ports for wired GameCube controllers. To be clear, this isn't a replacement...
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Accessories
- Kickstarter
- GameCube
Review Chronicles Of The Wolf (Switch) - A Spot-On Castlevania Tribute That May Test Your Patience
A Metroidvania with claws
Chronicles of the Wolf is a tough game to review. A decade or so ago, 2D Metroidvanias were rarer, but they now represent one of gaming’s most enduring and best-developed genres. But how do I assess a production like this that purposefully ignores many of the design changes that made the genre more accessible? This meaty...
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- Nintendo Switch
News Here's How Much Nintendo Switch Online Is Going Up In Canada
Yes, up, not down
Nintendo of Canada recently announced that it would be raising the price of pretty much all of its products and services excluding the Switch 2, with more concrete details to follow on 1st August 2025. The thing is, eagle-eyed fans have already discovered what the new pricing structure for Nintendo Switch Online will be, since...
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- Nintendo Switch Online
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Video 15 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 In July 2025
Tony Hawk! Donkey Kong Bananza! Patapon 1+2!
After last month, we bet you thought July was cooling off a little, right? Well... a little, but not much. The Switch 2 has been here for a month now, and we're swimming in games old and new on the new platform. And look, we all know what's top banana for many of you this month, and a new Switch 2...
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- Nintendo Switch 2
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- Upcoming Releases
News Wait, 'Busted' Member Is The Singer Of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds' Opening?
He said "I've been to the year 3000"
Sega has shared the opening theme to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds and, rather than pulling in familiar faces such as Crush40, Kellin Quinn, or Madeline Wood, there's a very familiar voice to a certain generation of people from the UK. James Bourne of the British pop-punk band Busted — yes, really — is the lead...
- Nintendo Switch
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Upcoming Releases
- Sonic
- Sega
News Romero Games Hit With Layoffs Following Microsoft Xbox Cuts
Funding for its unannounced FPS has been "cancelled"
Romero Games, the studio co-founded by DOOM co-creator and his wife, John & Brenda Romero, has been hit with layoffs after funding for an unannounced FPS was "cancelled". VideoGamer reports that the upcoming shooter was being funded b
- Nintendo Switch
- Xbox
- Industry
Nintendo Download 3rd July (North America)
Missile Command Delta! Touhou Artificial Dream in Arcadia! And...uh...
The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. After the chaos of June, it's a pretty quiet one this week, but Switch 2 NSO Expansion Pack owners can diver into Super Mario Strikers, at least!...
- Nintendo Download
- Nintendo Switch
- North America
Japanese Charts Tamagotchi Plaza Serves Up A Staggering Debut
But there's no shaking pole position
We are back with an updated look at the Japanese physical charts, courtesy of Famitsu, and while pole position has remained ever-steady, a couple of newbies have shaken up the rest of the proceedings. Surprising nobody, Mario Kart World is still in first place after having put up an additional 145,069 sales in...
- Nintendo Switch
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Japan
- Charts
News Digimon Story: Time Stranger Switch 2 Listing Surfaces Online
Fingers crossed
Bandai Namco ended its latest showcase with another look at Digimon Story: Time Stranger. If you were wondering about the possibility of a Nintendo release, there's reportedly been a new development. As highlighted by multiple sources, a new listing has popped up on the EAN database in Europe which includes a code for an apparent...
- Rumours
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Digimon
- Bandai Namco
Wednesday2nd Jul 2025
News Nintendo's Ability To Ban Switch 2 Consoles Has Landed It In Hot Water
Just another day for The Big N
Nintendo's ability to essentially 'brick' Switch 2 consoles has landed it a legal challenge from Brazil's consumer rights watchdog (thanks, IGN). Reports began to emerge recently which indicated that Switch 2 consoles in use with the MiG carts could be outright banned by Nintendo, restricting access to all online...
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- Nintendo Switch 2
- Legal
Guide Best Mario Sports Games Of All Time
Every Mario sports game, ranked
With Super Mario Strikers arriving on Nintendo Switch Online's GameCube service for Switch 2 tomorrow (3rd July), we thought now was a good time to re-share this list. Better than kicking a ball about, eh? Nintendo's mascot has never been shy of a spin-off, and while his karting exploits — not to mention his...
- Guides
- Best Games
- All Time
- Mario Tennis
- Mario Golf
News Two More Xbox Games Are Being Cancelled, Including Perfect Dark
Pure Xbox The Initiative has been shut down as a result
News about the Xbox layoffs continues to trickle in today, and these latest reports have left us pretty speechless - they say that both a new ZeniMax MMORPG and the Perfect Dark reboot (!) have now been cancelled. The ZeniMax game was being made by the Elder Scrolls Online team, and Bloomberg's Jason...
- Xbox
- Perfect Dark
- Cancelled
- Layoffs
- Industry
News Fantasy Life i's Latest Switch 1 & 2 Update Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
With some exclusive Switch 2 tweaks
Level-5 is showing no signs of slowing down with these Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time updates, as it has just rolled out another one for both the Switch 2 and Switch 1 editions of the game. Nintendo's new hybrid lands some exclusive tweaks this time around, with the ver. 1.4.0 patch adjusting some...
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- Nintendo Switch 2
- Updates
Round Up The Final Previews Are In For Donkey Kong Bananza
DK's Switch 2 outing is almost here
We're now just weeks out from the arrival of Donkey Kong Bananza for the Switch 2 and the final previews are now rolling in. Our very own Jim Norman has already shared his thoughts after three hours with this new 3D entry and he's already thinking it could be something special, despite some minor technical...
- Round Up
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Donkey Kong
- Upcoming Releases
News This "Lost" Zelda Commercial Is A Million Times Better Than The Ones Nintendo Gave Us
Time Extension "I always enjoyed the illustrations at the beginning of the NES manual as a kid"
When Nintendo released the original Legend of Zelda in North America in 1987, it promoted it with a pretty odd commercial, with actor and comedian John Kassir walking around a darkened room spouting the various enemy names from the game. While it was certainly...
- Nintendo
- Zelda
News Furukawa's Defence Of Game-Key Cards Ain't All That Convincing
Corporate talk in 3... 2... 1...
Nintendo has today published the transcript of its 85th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, in which company president Shuntaro Furukawa was asked to comment on the Switch 2's Game-Key Card releases. Unsurprisingly, he came to the defence of the format. Equally unsurprisingly, we're still not convinced. As...
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- Nintendo
- Nintendo Switch 2
News Final Fantasy 9 Gets Some Gorgeous New Artwork, And It Has Fans In A Frenzy
Can someone cast Haste on Square Enix?
Final Fantasy IX is about to celebrate its 25th anniversary; the incredible turn-based RPG launched on the PS1 on 7th July 2000, and in 2025, Square Enix has been busy building up to the event with frequent new merch drops (much to the chagrin of this author and her wallet). Over the past few days, the...
- Square Enix
- Final Fantasy
News First 4 Figures Teases Sonic The Hedgehog Title Screen, Coming Soon
Pre-orders go live next week
Sonic the Hedgehog is getting another First 4 Figures statue and if you're wondering what could be next, it's the classic and iconic title screen. To be precise, it's the screen from the Sonic the Hedgehog Sega Genesis release. As mentioned in the official description, it's got Sonic's "signature smirk and finger...
- Sonic
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- First 4 Figures
- SEGA
- Merchandise
News My Nintendo Store Adds A New Mario Kart World Reward (North America)
Take a trip around the world
Mario Kart World has been out for almost a month and Nintendo is now offering a new reward for it in North America. If you've got a spare 500 Platinum Points, you can now redeem the Mario Kart World Postcard Set from the My Nintendo Store. This collection of postcards will feature many of the famous locations from the...
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- Mario Kart World
- My Nintendo
- Nintendo
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