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Wyrdness on 16 March 2026

The Cloud and Spin Drill power ups from Super Mario Galaxy 2 are in The Super Mario Galaxy movie!pic.twitter.com/rRTHVwegt8
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curl-6 on 16 March 2026

Finally settled an old score; I owned Doom 3 on the original Xbox way back in the day, but I never quite managed to beat it as I got stuck on the second last boss.

Today, on Switch, I finally finished the campaign. Feels good to finally see it through. Great game.

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Wyrdness on 16 March 2026

This is an early prototype version of the Forest Layer in Donkey Kong Bananza. It looks VERY different when you compare it to the final game.

You can learn even more about Bananza's development in my newest Beta64 episode on YouTube! Watch it here 🍌 https://t.co/DdPyDwHbnc https://t.co/Ofw1yogAoI pic.twitter.com/z6hahAgb1t
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Wyrdness on 16 March 2026

Nintendo wants to ensure Donkey Kong and Mario games feel different from one another https://t.co/nLFExgcJUh pic.twitter.com/mN1QPksNfL
— GoNintendoTweet (@GoNintendoTweet) March 15, 2026

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Wman1996 on 16 March 2026

Wyrdness said:

Nintendo wants to ensure Donkey Kong and Mario games feel different from one another https://t.co/nLFExgcJUh pic.twitter.com/mN1QPksNfL
— GoNintendoTweet (@GoNintendoTweet) March 15, 2026

Probably one of the reasons Nintendo doesn't publish and develop a lot of 3D platformers. They usually take more effort than 2D platformers thus they don't want them to be so similar. We finally got a 3D platformer for Kirby years ago, and Yoshi might get one by the end of Switch 2 or early Switch 3.

The next 3D platformer is going to be Mario though.

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Otter on 16 March 2026

Just a note that Metroid Prime 4 is still in the UK top 30 (25 this week), been pretty consistent in the chart so far this year. Doesn't sound like a lot but its the exact kind of performance that results in surprising LT sales when all is said and done. I think it will be the best selling game in the Metroid franchise in the long run

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CaptainExplosion on 16 March 2026

Wyrdness said:

The Cloud and Spin Drill power ups from Super Mario Galaxy 2 are in The Super Mario Galaxy movie!pic.twitter.com/rRTHVwegt8
— Stealth (@Stealth40k) March 16, 2026

YAY!! 😁

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KLXVER on 16 March 2026

Wyrdness said:

The next Pokémon Legends game:

Pokémon Legends: Galar / Project Ringo (2028 or later) — a Pikmin-like game where you command groups of up to 30 Pokémon.

🗺️ Set in ancient Galar, 1000 years before Poké Balls didn't exist.
🤝 Form wild alliances with Pokémon to battle massive… pic.twitter.com/pW3FGpOY4t
— Light (@Light_88_) March 15, 2026

If true this would make Legends more of an experimental branch of Pokemon rather than a series with a set approach.

Well Z-A is quite different from Arceus, so they seem to be kinda prototypes for the main series. Its a shame because I really enjoyed Arceus and did not enjoy Z-A very much.