Ben Lindbergh

And so...

You know, I'm coming to this from a different perspective as a washed man who's as old as Mario is as a franchise, essentially.

So, you know, Mario's 40.

I'm turning 40.

Like, this is our perspective.

So if the kids discover the wonders of Nintendo through these movies, then...

I'm all for it.

And, you know, it arrives at an interesting time in terms of the Switch's lifecycle or the Switch 2, because Nintendo reportedly is cutting Switch 2 production in the U.S.

after a slow holiday sales season that has been blamed in part, you know, yes, it's prices and probably several consoles increased in price while we have been recording this episode, but it's also a lack of the flagship first-party system sellers

Even though there's Mario Kart, even though there's Bonanza, even though there are multiple Pokemon games that are really kind of carrying for Nintendo right now, you haven't had the Zelda game yet, understandably, and you haven't had the 3D Mario.

And...

leaker Nate the Hate, who is one of the more reputable Nintendo leakers, I suppose, recently reported Nintendo's upcoming plans.

And, you know, this is someone with a fairly solid track record of having been accurate in the past.

And according to the leaker, there's an Ocarina remake of some sort coming later this year and a new Star Fox game.

So if that's the case, you can sort of see what's happening here, right?

So you re-release Galaxy and Galaxy 2.

You get people familiar with those properties, excited for the movie.

You know, you put out a Mario Tennis game in which baby Mario and Luigi play a major part, and then that comes back into play in the movie.

Then you introduce Star Fox into the movie, and then you roll out the first Star Fox game in a decade, right?

And...