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Mario & Nintendo News

The soundtrack from the Nintendo GameCube version of Luigi's Mansion (pictured) was made available on the Nintendo Music app on April 7, 2025.
New details were revealed about the Nintendo Switch 2 in the Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Switch 2 presentation broadcast on April 2, 2025, including a voice and video chat feature called GameChat, enhanced versions of Nintendo Switch games including Super Mario Party Jamboree, the addition of Nintendo GameCube games (including Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Strikers, and Luigi's Mansion) to the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack service, and the system's release date of June 5, 2025. The Mario Kart game for the system was revealed in full as Mario Kart World and is set to be released at the system's launch. A new 3D Donkey Kong game titled Donkey Kong Bananza was also revealed, set to be released on July 17, 2025.
In the Nintendo Direct presentation broadcast on March 27, 2025, a type of software management was revealed for the Nintendo Switch called virtual game cards, which enables users to load digital games from one Nintendo Switch to another in a similar manner to inserting physical game cartridges, and is planned to launch in late April 2025 via a system update, with Nintendo Switch 2 support confirmed for the future. Furthermore, Shigeru Miyamoto unveiled a news application titled Nintendo Today!, which was released shortly after the Nintendo Direct.
The soundtrack from the NES version of Dr. Mario was made available on the Nintendo Music app on March 17, 2025.

Did You Know?

In the opening cutscene of WarioWare: Get It Together!, structures from Santa Monica and Century City in California are used to depict Diamond City (pictured).
Only one Spring Vault appears in Super Mario Galaxy 2.
In Super Mario World, Pokeys spawn with five segments instead of three if Mario is riding Yoshi.
A prototype version of Super Mario Kart features unique animations for ranking 2nd or 3rd place in a championship.