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Justin D. Berube
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Nintendo World Report Features Editor
The King Nintendo Fanboy
Nintendo Collector
Former NSider Sage
@KingNintendoFan on Twitter
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A written version of my presentation from the Save the Games Symposium given at The Strong National Museum of Play is now available on Nintendo World Report! It includes some cut content.

Feature: The Importance of Video Game Merchandise Preservation

www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/6838...
The Importance of Video Game Merchandise Preservation - Feature
www.nintendoworldreport.com
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I wish people would acknowledge that Jennifer Hale was never the only actress to play Samus in Metroid Prime. Samus' voice as early as Prime 1 was a mix of recordings from both Jennifer Hale and Vanessa Marshall, and no one EVER talks about Marshall's contribution.
ign.com IGN @ign.com · 9h
Legendary voice actress Jennifer Hale has been replaced as the voice of Samus in Metroid Prime 4, the new game's credits have revealed. https://bit.ly/4rEv7Cs
December 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Mr. Mime Mystery Slurpee (2019-2019): A "mystery-flavored" slush drink from 7-11, released as a promotional item for the film "Detective Pikachu". The flavor was actually a combination of passion fruit, orange, and peach.
December 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Looks like Kung Fu Tea has once again teamed up with Pokémon/Nintendo for a new promotion in honor of Pokémon Legends: Z-A. If I get to review these it will likely be a few weeks.
December 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Donations just opened up for VGHF's annual winter fundraiser. I'm working on one of the big December projects right now and it's going to be awesome. Give them money. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_JD...
VGHF Winter Fundraiser 2025 Starts Now!
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
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December 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Nintendo-themed clothes from the 1989 Sears Wish Book.
December 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
If you check in at Nintendo San Francisco you can get exclusive Nintendo Switch icons to use. Wish New York would get them too.

Details: my.nintendo.com/news/883234a...
December 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Happy 37th birthday to Zelda II: The Adventure of Link! We don't have much related to Zelda II in our archive (yet) but here's a cool fact: Did you know that there's a 16-bit version of the Zelda II title theme on certain versions of the SNES Burn-in Test Cartridge? We'd love to know who made it!
December 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Nintendo's new Mario Winter Collection items are now available in the Official Online Store.

www.nintendo.com/us/store/exc...
November 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Just finished the new Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 stuff in Super Mario Run. Not too hard, but you only have until January 22nd to complete it.
December 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Nintendo's new Mario Winter Collection items are now available in the Official Online Store.

www.nintendo.com/us/store/exc...
November 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Holiday weekend Mayu picture.
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I support this score.
haters can hate, I've been a fan of Federation Force for a long time :P
November 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
So Kirby Air Riders has timed events for exclusive stuff and I thought it would just take place over the weekend. But no, for seemingly no good reason it takes place in a few small two hours chunks over the weekend. Here on the east coast that's 6am, 2pm, and 10pm. Wtf were they thinking?
November 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving!
In honor of the FINAL WEEK before Metroid Prime 4 Beyond, here is one last Metroid Prime Hunters inspired render that I haven't posted here yet.
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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One week to go
November 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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In Clu Clu Land on NES, if you successfully uncover every gem in the bonus stage, you get a 3,000 point bonus. But due to a programming error, you only get 30 points added to your score.

The English language manual even acknowledges the bug. But it wasn't fixed until the Virtual Console release.
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago

so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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A Star Fox 64 zipper binder featuring character renders & the N64 logo.

#starfox #starfox64 #n64 #nintendo64 #Nintendo
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Told my family I'm bringing Apple Pie to Thanksgiving.
November 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Don't forget to earn your Chunky Kong and Lanky Kong statues in this week's Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island & Emerald Rush event, So Strong It's Funny.
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Holiday-themed merch
November 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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For North American My Nintendo members, you can enter a sweepstakes to win a copy of #Metroid Prime 1-3: A Visual Retrospective and the First 4 Figures Gravity Suit Statue! Details in the post on our website.

shinesparkers.net/my-nintendo-...
November 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Super Mario World artwork created for a 1991 calendar.
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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I love that Nintendo's social media manager has to pull from the same three Sylux descriptions that we've been pulling for lore content for nearly twenty years.
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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The original #Metroid makes a very brief cameo in a new ad from Target for Stranger Things' final season.

shinesparkers.net/metroid-make...
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM