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Two more rewards have been added to My Nintendo to celebrate the launch of Super Mario Odyssey. Both are up for grabs in North America.

First, you can nab a Super Mario Odyssey pixel wallpaper here. It’ll set you back 50 Platinum Points.

A Prima starter guide for Super Mario Odyssey is also available here. The guide costs 10 Gold Points. You’ll gain access to 28 pages from the guide, including basic controls, control schemes, a detailed map and walk-through for Cap Kingdom, and more. A 15% discount on the full guide is also included.

Blackbelly Skatepark, a returning stage from the first Splatoon, is now available in Splatoon 2. Get a look at some footage below.

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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta celebrate the launch of Super Mario Odyssey with a rousing game of bingo. Check out the full episode below.

In the English version of Super Mario Odyssey, Kate Higgins plays the role of Pauline and is behind the “Jump Up, Super Star!” song. Higgins has been involved with many anime including Naruto, plus a bunch of different games like Fire Emblem Awakening, Xenoblade Chronicles X, and Sonic.

With Higgins’ important role made known, Game Informer caught up with her for some interview questions. Higgins spoke with the publication about recording for Nintendo’s new song and voicing Pauline in Super Mario Odyssey.

Read what Higgins shared on these topics below. Game Informer has the full interview here.

THQ Nordic issued a new hero spotlight for Battle Chasers: Nightwar. Below, you can find a video focusing on Calibretto.

LEGO Worlds just released its newest update, which adds some exciting movie-making features. The most noteworthy addition to the game is the camera car, which allows you to record movies ingame. You can watch the informative update trailer below.

This video also shows the evolution of LEGO Worlds:

TIME was among the outlets granted an interview with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime this week. The interview included a few different topics, including how Wii and Wii U led to Switch with innovation being key, 3DS’ continued importance, and third-party games for Switch.

You can read Reggie’s comments about these subjects below. The full interview is located here.


SEGA uploaded a new piece of music from Sonic Forces today. The track is Eggman’s Facility (Rhythm and Balance Remix), which was handled by Tomoya Ohtani. Listen to the track below.

The reviews for Super Mario Odyssey dropped yesterday, and Nintendo couldn’t have hoped for a better reception. Switch’s new game earned heaps of praise from all sorts of outlets.

On GameRankings, which archives reviews across generations, Super Mario Odyssey is now the highest rated game of all time with a score of 98.92%. Nintendo actually owns the full top five on the site. Super Mario Galaxy is #2 at 97.64%, followed by Zelda: Ocarina of Time at 97.54%, Super Mario Galaxy 2 at 97.35%, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 97.28%.

Super Mario Odyssey has many, many Power Moons to collect. We’re talking hundreds. It’ll take some effort to collect them all, but there is something waiting for you at the end of the road. If you’d like to see what that is, continue on below.


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