General Nintendo

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Casa Brutus, a Japanese magazine focused on design and architecture, recently spoke with Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto in celebration of Super Mario’s 40th anniversary.

As we know, Miyamoto isn’t as involved with game development these days. Still, he plays roughly the first 30 minutes of each title to ensure that Nintendo is still capturing that Mario feel.

Miyamoto said:

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Is there a chance of Crash Team Racing 2 happening? Fans believe that the possibility exists after finding new evidence this week.

Beenox, the studio behind the original game, recently updated its banner art on X. The piece contained images from several of the company’s past projects, including 2019’s Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled. Where things get interesting is that there’s also concept art showing Crash in his kart. It’s noteworthy as the art uses his Crash Bandicoot 4 design – remember that Crash Bandicoot 4 launched after Crash Team Racing.

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Another Fire Emblem: Three Houses figure has been announced, this time being a female Byleth in the dancer outfit. The figure is planned to release in October of 2026, with pre-orders now open.

Here’s some more information about the figure via its product listing:

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August 7: Today, Nintendo unveiled a new “My Mario” series of products targeted at young children. Merchandise will begin to be available on August 26, 2025 at Nintendo Tokyo / Osaka / Kyoto with select items coming elsewhere in 2026.

Nintendo says that this series is something that parents and children can enjoy together. Partner companies will be included in offering products, and more items will be added in the future.

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According to Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo isn’t simply interested in growing in numbers. 

Miyamoto was speaking about the company’s approach to movies and other videos. In order to enter that space, Nintendo began “considering what we could do together with people creating videos around the world.” Rather than simply growing so that it does everything internally, the company decided to partner with others – such as Illumination on The Super Mario Bros. Movie and the upcoming film based on Super Mario Galaxy.

Miyamoto said the following during an investor Q&A today:

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Could a game other than Mario Kart take the crown as the best-selling game on a Nintendo platform? Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario and The Legend of Zelda, has weighed in.

On Nintendo Switch, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is by far the best seller at almost 70 million – Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the next closest at nearly 50 million. It now looks like we could see something similar with Mario Kart World as it has sold over 9.5 million copies with Nintendo Switch 2 itself at an install base of just over 10 million.

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Although Nintendo is prioritizing games for Switch 2 and making games for that platforms, it will continue to support Switch 1.

We already heard that Nintendo Switch hardware will continue to be produced. As for actual games though, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has confirmed that the system will continue to receive games.

Furukawa said the following during the Q&A session of a financial results briefing today:

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Nintendo has just released an official Nintendo Store App. iOS and Android users should be seeing the app in their respective app stores.

The application allows users to browse and purchase Nintendo products from the Nintendo eShop and the Official Nintendo website, synced through your Nintendo Account. On top of that, you can review your play activity in specifics, redeem platinum points for My Nintendo rewards, and check in at Nintendo stores and events for platinum points.

Here’s a full description of what you can do on the app:

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie was Nintendo’s big return to the big screen, and it doesn’t sound like the company has any plans of slowing down.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie released in 2023. Next year, we’ll be seeing The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. There’s also a live-action movie based on The Legend of Zelda slated for 2027.

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Nintendo has spoken about one of its major principles, which is “fostering long-term relationships with consumers”.

During a financial results briefing today, president Shuntaro Furukawa shared spoke a bit about what this means. Ultimately it comes down to having “a connection with our consumers throughout the various stages of their lives, so that their experiences with Nintendo entertainment resonate with them and become cherished memories.” The “ideal cycle” is to make a connection when a player is a child, playing games with their kids as an adult, and spending time with grandchildren with Nintendo products.

Furukawa noted the following:
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