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The Super Mario Bros. Movie made an appearance at The Game Awards 2022 tonight. Keegan-Michael Key, the voice of Toad, stopped by to show off a new clip.

Toad naturally had a big focus here. In the clip, Mario is introduced to the big city as he makes his way into the Mushroom Kingdom.

Here’s the full video:

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The Game Awards 2022 will be kicking off soon, and we’ve got a live stream for the event ready to go.

The event starts at 4:30 PM PT / 7:30 PM ET / 12:30 AM in the UK / 1:30 AM in Europe. Things are technically starting with the “Opening Act”, but should be worth watching as it’ll have awards and a dozen world premieres, including multiple new game announcements.

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Microsoft dropped some surprising news this week, revealing that it had reached a 10-year commitment to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo platforms. Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has now followed up with some additional information. This comes as part of an interview with The Washington Post.

One of the main takeaways is that the goal would be for a new Call of Duty game to end up on a Nintendo system at the same time as other platforms. However, it’s unlikely for anything to materialize next year. If it’s not blocked by regulators, Microsoft’s acquisition deal of Activision Blizzard – including the Call of Duty franchise – wouldn’t happen until June 2023.

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During their latest podcast, former Nintendo of America staffers Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang (known for the long-running Nintendo Minute show on Nintendo’s YouTube channel) shared insight into the Big N’s presence at The Game Awards 2017, including how there was some internal concerns that the company wouldn’t win the coveted Game of the Year prize.

2017 was a massive year for Nintendo. The Switch itself launched in March, and a bunch of big games released, including The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey. In the end, it was Zelda that won Game of the Year.

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The new Veronica figure for Fire Emblem Heroes was only just announced a few days ago, but we already have news about its release date and pre-orders along with new photos.

Intelligent Systems is leading the way on the creation of the figure itself. It’s a 1/7 scale design of the princess of the Emblian Empire. Good Smile says that her “powerful appearance, imbued with the magic of the legendary dragon Embla, has been captured in figure form.”

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It’s been announced that Summer Game Fest will be returning in 2023 for its fourth year.

Once again, a live kickoff show will be held on Thursday, June 8, 2023. The world premieres, live gameplay demos, and announcements will take place in front of a live audience of fans for the first time at the state of the art YouTube Theater at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California. Of course, there will be a live stream as well across all major streaming platforms including YouTube and Twitch. Fans can purchase tickets to attend the event in early 2023.

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Original (7/21): Nintendo Live 2022 will be taking place later this year in Japan over a two-day weekend, Nintendo has announced.

The event has been on hiatus since 2019. However, Nintendo is now decided to bring it back, albeit with some cautions in place.

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Original: Nintendo and Illumination have released the official second trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Fans were treated to the video during a Nintendo Direct that just wrapped up moments ago.

Today’s trailer highlights new characters and explains more of the plot. Princess Peach (played by Anya Taylor-Joy) and Donkey Kong (played by Seth Rogan) were both present. Luigi (played by Charlie Day) was in the previous trailer, but had actual spoken dialogue this time around. Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto said during the Nintendo Direct that Donkey Kong was changed for the first time since Donkey Kong Country in order to give him a more comical personality and design similar to how his original character.

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The Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Fest was livestreamed earlier this year, and now Nintendo have uploaded part of this performance to their official Youtube channel. This video, which you can view below, will be available until Jan 30, 2023, and showcases Green Tree Memories from Super Kirby Clash and Welcome to the New World from Kirby and the Forgotten Land.

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie Direct is set to take place in just a bit from now, and we have the live stream ready to go. The fun begins at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET / 10 PM in the UK / 11 PM in Europe.

As previously announced, today’s presentation will include the official second trailer. It’s unclear what else we’ll be getting beyond that, if anything – just don’t count on any game news.

Here’s where you can watch The Super Mario Bros. Movie Direct live stream:

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