Nintendo Partner Direct July 2025 - SNGP 127

While looking forward to a future where Magic: The Gathering become the Fortnite of CCGs, David Radd tried to produce all the value in Balatro and encountered some of the grossest pixel art ever in Mother Russia Bleeds.  Meanwhile, Tuesday   had to put shoes on Pauline’s feet in Donkey Kong Bananza and played Digimon Cyber Sleuth, where the police and internet are figments of our imaginations.  In the news, itch.io and Steam remove adult content after objections by payment processors, Sony acquires parts of Bandai Namco while announcing a new powersave feature and suing Tencent over a Horizon clone.  Circana reports on the record setting launch of the Switch 2 in the U.S. and how Microsoft is the top publisher now on Sony platforms, while other reports place Deltarune as the top Switch 2 digital product and the Switch 2 shatters records in Japan.  For the topic, David and Tuesday talk about the Nintendo Partner Direct for July 2025, discuss the ports and the new games, what third-party support looks like for Switch 2, the presence of so many sports games and note that Silksong wasn't present yet again.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 3:27 Housekeeping
• 7:42 What's Been Lighting Up Your System
• 1:01:12 News
• 1:54:12 SNGP Topic: Nintendo Partner Direct July 2025
• 1:54:48 SNGP Topic: Nintendo Partner Direct - Ports
• 1:59:06 SNGP Topic: Nintendo Partner Direct July 2025 - Larger Announcements
• 2:21:08 SNGP Topic: Nintendo Partner Direct - Reviewing the Direct, Evaluating Switch 2's Upcoming Third-Party Slate