Lego Super Mario ANNOUNCED! + Pokemon IP Sells over 10 BILLION But Still Looks Like Poop

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Topics:

• Lego Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi launches October 1 for $129.99 https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/super-mario-world-mario-yoshi-71438

• Nintendo stores in Japan are selling gacha keyrings of classic Nintendo controllers, and they're ultra popular https://x.com/scully1888/status/1815686715379798266

• Mario & Sonic at the Olympics Games series is reportedly finished; Olympics wanted to pursue esports, NFTs https://www.eurogamer.net/olympics-ditched-mario-sonic-series-to-explore-nfts-and-esports

• Original tweet that spurred this discussion https://x.com/leecocker/status/1816536884304327017

• Original storyboards for Super Smash Bros. on Nintendo 64 unearthed https://x.com/davidvkimball/status/1817780037078434113

• The Pokémon Company retail sales for 2023 were $10.8 billion https://x.com/bogorad222/status/1816243189860213065

• (Point of reference: Nintendo net sales for the past fiscal year were basically the same $$ as above)

• Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns expansion launches September 24 for $49.99 ($39.99 on Switch), adds Ghostface, Noob Saibot, Sektor, Cyrax, Conan, and T-1000 https://www.gematsu.com/2024/07/mortal-kombat-1-expansion-khaos-reigns-and-dlc-characters-ghostface-noob-saibot-sektor-cyrax-conan-and-t-1000-announced

• The Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver I & II Remastered seemingly leaks at SDCC https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/legacy-of-kain-remasters-spotted-at-comic-con/

• The PSVR 2 Steam app launches on August 6 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2580190/PlayStationVR2_App/

• PC adaptor required, costs $59.99 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstation-vr2s-steam-app-is-officially-launching-next-month/

• Gamers mourn Xbox 360 after digital store shutdown https://www.polygon.com/24209001/xbox-360-store-shutdown-rip

• World of Warcraft development team has unionized https://variety.com/2024/gaming/news/world-of-warcraft-union-microsoft-response-1236083616/

• Udon Entertainment Announces New Mega Man Comics for 2025 https://www.rockman-corner.com/2024/07/udon-entertainment-announces-mega-man.html

• Mega Man X DiVE: Official Complete Works book coming in Q2 2025, plus new Mega Man manga https://www.rockman-corner.com/2024/07/udon-announces-mr-mega-man-little-mega.html

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