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The Super Mario Bros. Movie dropped in theatres around the world last week, and it’s jam-packed with Nintendo references, incredible animation, and even new lore! In this episode of Nintendo Everything Refresh, your hosts Nick and Nicolas will share all their favorite moments from the film (with spoilers – you’ve been warned!), talk about the implications of a potential sequel, and weigh whether all the concerns about voice acting were warranted. In our news segment, we’ll be talking about the Xenoblade 3 OST release. the impending launch of Pokemon Stadium on Switch Online, the next Harvest Moon game, and more!

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Super Bomberman R 2 release date

Original (4/9): Konami has come through with a final release date for Super Bomberman R 2. According to a Japanese eShop listing, the title will launch on September 14, 2023.

Super Bomberman R 2 was previously announced for Switch last summer. Konami provided a general 2023 launch window at the time.

The game will include numerous features, including a stage editor. More information can be found in the following overview:

Zelda Tears of the Kingdom art book leaker identity

A couple of months ago, a massive leak surfaced for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom that essentially revealed everything from the game’s art book. It was a surprise for a few reasons. For one thing, the leak happened several months before the official launch. We also don’t typically see leaks of that scale for Nintendo products.

Nintendo understandably wasn’t happy with the situation, and is now looking to track down the original leaker. TorrentFreak reports that the company “has homed in on a specific Discord user and is now trying to obtain their identity.”

Mario movie backstory

Mario games are always about the gameplay, with the story often having a minimal impact. However, with The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the plot and its characters needed to take center stage. This created an interesting dilemma of sorts for Nintendo.

If you’ve seen The Super Mario Bros. Movie or any of its trailers, you obviously know that there’s more to Mario compared to the games – including a bit of a backstory. But Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto said Nintendo felt some hesitation there since “we want Mario to be without restrictions” and going into more of his character “might become a disadvantage for future games.”

A new month started up last week. Now that we’re in April, we want to know what you’ve been playing.

Have you been playing through some of the more recent releases on Switch like Atelier Ryza 3? Maybe you’re playing one of the latest classics that have been added to Nintendo Switch Online? No matter the case, let us know in the comments below.

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Mario parents mom dad

The Super Mario Bros. Movie director Aaron Horvath has revealed that Nintendo previously made sketches of Mario’s parents that went unused. However, they resurfaced from the company’s vault for the new film.

The Mario family is brought in a bit for the new movie, and it turns out that Nintendo was “fully on board with this cinematic representation of Mario and knowing that he’s not just going to be a guy who appears from a pipe and says ‘Wahoo!’ and then he’s off on his adventure,” according to Horvath. He told Polygon that the idea here was to show that “he’s a real guy with a real life and real problems.”

Nintendo movie adaptations

Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto has discussed why Nintendo has been hesitant to have its games adapted into movies.

To say this is a field that Nintendo hasn’t explored much would be an understatement. After taking Mario to the big screen with a live action film in 1993, the company hasn’t done much with other adaptations. That finally changed this week with The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which was created in partnership with Illumination.

Rhapsody Marl Kingdom Chronicles release date

NIS America shared a final release date for Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles today. In North America, it will be available on August 29, 2023. Those in Europe can grab it on September 1. Finally, it’ll launch on September 8 in Oceania.

Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles includes  Rhapsody II: Ballad of the Little Princess and Rhapsody III: Memories of Marl Kingdom. These two RPGs are seeing their English debuts for the very first time.

Pupperazzi

It’s time for the newest North American Nintendo Download report for the week of April 6, 2023. The latest releases include Melon Journey: Bittersweet Memories, Pupperazzi, Tron: Identity, and more.

Here’s the full roundup:

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows:


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