A preeminent Madden-on-Nintendo scholar dives deep into how EA went from more than 75 games on Wii to basically nothing and maybe back again.

Almost exactly 14 years before the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, EA’s then-CEO John Riccitiello took the stage at Nintendo’s annual E3 press conference on June 7, 2011 to talk about an unprecedented partnership with Nintendo on their upcoming console, the Wii U. “What Nintendo’s new console delivers speaks directly to the players of EA Sports and EA Games,” Riccitiello told the audience.

From the "never happening" to "aren't you legally required to deliver this?", there were things conspicuously missing this week.

The Partner Showcase was definitely something straight out of 2022 (complimentary): plenty of things for the RPG sickos, some games making their Nintendo debuts, and Borderlands 4 getting punted to the sizzle reel. But as the first post-Switch 2 launch showcase? I can definitely see why it fell flat in some circles. A grand opening of a Monster Hunter... Stories and a closing of two Square Enix HD-2D games does not an all-timer make.

Justin shares his ideas on how Nintendo can improve their Switch 2 launch title in the coming months and years.

Mario Kart World launched alongside Switch 2 and is undoubtedly going to be one of the best selling titles for years to come. While the game is fun I do feel there are several shortcomings that hold it back. I’ve played the game to near full completion now and have thoughts on how the product could be improved upon going forward.

A tale as old as 2007.

On the surface, the announcement of Switch 2 becoming the fastest selling console in the history of video games at a 3.5m+ clip during opening weekend makes the extreme paucity of Switch 2 announcements last week even less logical. As far as new game announcements, we had:

The GameCube Hater has logged on for the last time?

I had one of the smoothest preorder experiences possible for the Switch 2. Mostly because instead of fighting a losing battle against 200 million bots, I went to a physical location and preordered there. (It was GameStop, which contains store-like substances.) But I've been trying to figure out what... Read more...