Kirby Direct Ahead of GamesCom (News from 8/19/25)

Nintendo Cartridge Society

Patrick is joined by special guest host Jeremy Schmidt (Video Games: A Comedy Show) to pick apart all of the pre-GamesCom teases and announcements of announcements. Is Nintendo poised to give us another 2023? Or even a 2017? Or just a 2019? And yes, those years actually mean very specific, discrete things.

The guys also talk about:

Discovering Mooncat, Camouflage, and Bushido Ball in UFO 50
An embarrassment of riches in Donkey Kong Bananza's End Game
Chibi-Robo! filling out the GameCube NSO library
How much time is too much time to commit to Kirby Air Riders in a Nintendo Direct and why is it 45 minutes?
A killer year for Indies on Switch
What's next for Pokemon and Pokemon Champions
Borderlands 4 on Switch 2 lacking split-screen support
PETA's crusade to change Cow's design in Mario Kart World (and why they're probably right)
Sega villains that aren't Dr. Eggman (trick question - no one can talk about that)

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