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4 days remain.

The source on this being a "large US retailer" in WITSEC makes me think that it could be US-specific, or even specific to that retailer. I would be shocked if this was a globally adopted thing, because that would be impossible for Nintendo to keep tabs on. The only they would be able to come close to trying to implement it would be through some absolutely obscene and draconian methods. Plus, if anything, the ideal time for pre-orders to go up is to not have such a huge heads-up that we know the when and where of it all too far ahead of time, because otherwise scalpers will be able to make preparations of their own which will screw a lot of people out of the chance to get their own Switch 2 pre-order in. I'm going to be shocked if pre-orders aren't up by the end of next Thursday (3rd) over here, and am half expecting them to drop randomly in the afternoon/evening on Wednesday following the Direct, somewhat similar to what we saw happened with the PS5 (went up late evening/early morning following that September 2020 event earlier in the evening).

An unnamed large US retailer - are they in witness protection or something? What did the [unnamed large US retailer] do?! - has apparently leaked how things will be going down on the other side of the pond. Per Insider Gaming: Related to pre-orders, just wondering ahead of Wednesday's Switch 2 Direct: could it be worth having a dedicated Switch 2 pre-orders thread? Just thinking it might make it easier for people to parse when and where pre-order drops are happening, as well as talk about what they've managed to put in an order in for, rather than those posts inevitably getting buried in a general Switch 2 thread and people potentially missing out simply because they hadn't seen a post about pre-orders dropping at X or Y retailer?

How about for people born over a decade after the first film and haven't seen it, but did watch the 2014 remake?

Take it back before they read it man! Those damn Ninjas are everywhere!

Damn it man how bad does the world need to get for the C-button to be for a churro dispenser?! In all seriousness, this is totally wild and very silly, and there are obviously potential pitfalls to the idea...but that makes it sound absolutely Nintendo. They need to get DS games on there somehow, because the DS/3DS catalogue is otherwise going to be the only big Nintendo catalogue you can't reasonably play on the system. If this is how they do it – I mean, I don't care how they do it, I'm totally game The fact it would probably boost Switch sales post-Switch 2 launch is kind of hilarious to think about too. And would probably be good for the environment in a weird way (people's Switch consoles not getting thrown away as soon as they get a Switch 2). EDIT: just seen the source is eXtas1s...yeah...idk man...

Yeah, been watching these spill out over the last few days, and it's reminded me of how mad I was about a certain something back in the day, which I'll get in to below. This purported leak this has come out of an old build of the game from the massive Game Freak - FREAK LEAK - a few months ago. I'll just post the list in a spoiler tag here: Oh, and another thing which apparently came from these purported leaks...

Nintendo Today! already getting some use, damn. Really wasn't expecting anything of substance until after the Switch 2 Direct. Lovely little 25-second clip backed with the classic Zelda theme. Kind of shocked they haven't posted it to their YouTube channel, at the very least as a Short.

5 days remain.

Here's your friendly reminder that the games announced last week are now available!

Absolutely crazy metrics for the video of chairs ft. RDJ: Between this and Nintendo doing a standard Direct 6 days ahead of the Switch 2 Direct? Been one hell of a week for marketing experiments

Video on the Virtual Game Cards announced in today's Direct: If you're looking for a more concise explanation on how it'll work:

I agree to an extent – but, like you say, similar to other IP of theirs, it's the absolute mismanagement of the IP by Ubisoft which I think did that game in. Botched the revival of the IP with a Sands of Time remake which is now stuck in development hell after a terrible first showing; released that roguelike Prince of Persia in early access; then "actually" came back with Lost Crown, which I don't think did nearly enough to differentiate itself on the surface from other games in an INCREDIBLY stacked genre. It also then wasn't backed by them, that game came and went very quickly, yet Outlaws – one of the biggest AAA fumbles of an IP, I mean it's open world Star Wars game for crying out loud, how do you fumble that? – got a marketing budget which likely dwarfed the production budget of anything Prince of Persia we've seen in the last 5 years. Hell, it probably dwarfed all three projects combined! One of those rare instances in this industry where I think they've reaped what they sowed talking about the big wigs when I'm saying that, obviously; 19000+ people employed and I don't want to imagine how they're feeling right now after getting this update.

Firstly, think this looks incredible. Still waiting on that release date so I can figure out when I'm playing III HD-2D (though honestly I might just play it over the summer...if it gets a Switch 2 boost I might even play it on a handheld!) My favourite touch from the trailer was at the end, with the 'III' splitting into the 'I' and 'II' in the logo – such a simple yet effective way to speak to those characters being descendants of Erdrick, and the games taking place after III. Super classy. Reminiscent of that initial reveal for I & II following the latest trailer for III where they continued to pan from the art for Erdrick to unveil the heroes of I & II.

Bit late in the day for it to be considered "Dawn", and I totally didn't nearly forget to update following today's Direct, but alas: 6 days remain.

The faceless button on the Switch 2's right Joy-Con has been confirmed to be long-rumoured C-button by some of the promotional graphics for the Nintendo Today app.

It's up on Android and iOS now. You get to choose a theme, making for some nice looking calendars! Oh, and also, zoom in on the Switch 2 and... ...the previously faceless button has been confirmed to be the C-button!

Makes a lot of sense, honestly I'm surprised they hadn't landed sooner, just shuffled into some past Direct during a montage or something. Seems like the perfect game for the Switch, might finally check these out!

Urgh, don't give them ideas Cube! It's bad enough that new prints of PS4 games with PS5 upgrades available have it... The latter Switch releases having it would definitely spoil how clean some of those covers can look

Fire Emblem remake missing too, which has more of a reason to be believed to exist than possibly any other game Agreed, it was a weird Direct, though I think because of the burden placed on it by its timing and us viewers which suggested it would serve as something of a swansong Direct for the system, which it still was in a way (last Direct with the Switch 2 not firmly in the picture) but it was anything but when it came to announcements, specifically Agreed. I'm surprised they didn't make more of a song and dance about the Switch 2 Direct being next week with as many viewers as it had, think it was only briefly mentioned in the Nintendo Today! app section? And even that was just saying the app would give daily updates on the Switch 2 following next week's Direct...

I know they mentioned it briefly when going over the Nintendo Today! app, but I'm shocked there wasn't more said about next week's Switch 2 Direct I reckon the first bit of news on there might be relating to the Switch 2 Direct, maybe the runtime for next week's event?

I mean, I'd assume that they're also coming to PlayStation and maybe PC too But yeah, totally agree, could definitely see some of those smaller IPs coming back being licensed to Bandai Namco or others. Makes a lot of sense of they're just going to sit there unused otherwise, and it makes sense to get them on other platforms, too. We'll see what else comes but hey, I'm a fan of the idea!

Trailer from today's Direct – still just Late 2025. Everyone's reaction to the ranking system and the title of the game: