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timeextension.com/features/b… Okay, apparently it was actually worked on alongside the Japanese version. (Ctrl+F "Super Mario Bros. comic")

Many such cases in voice actor auditions, from what I've heard.

Was Super Mario Adventures actually written in Japanese first? I believe it actually came out in English first, at least. And I know the story and art are credited to Japanese people, but I was under the impression that NP wrote all the original English dialogue from scratch.

Hmm... I suppose that's not as bad, although it seems rather arbitrary.

Fair enough, but I would argue Nintendo seemingly not allowing third-party Switch 2 games on Game-Key Cards to be reprinted on regular Game Cards is a rather strict restriction itself.

It's not like they're "protecting the consumer" out of the goodness of their hearts though. This is seemingly about preventing market confusion and any further negative PR they could get from publishers flip-flopping, both of which are more about protecting their own bottom line.

If anything, I think Nintendo should be disallowing that practice instead.

I get not wanting publishers to take advantage of people who already bought the key card version, but it still feels like a shame to me that they don't even have the opportunity to course-correct when they end up making the wrong call when it would otherwise be a win-win.

What about cases where the publisher seemingly underestimated how well a game would perform when they decided to release it on a key card? Pokopia seems like a pretty clear example of this. I doubt it would have been on a key card if they expected it to do as well as it did.

Perhaps they didn't want to introduce a whole different set of outfits for them from what Bananza was going to bring to the table, but didn't want to spoil them either or otherwise conflict with how they were promoting and presenting that game?

I've honestly been convinced that this was the case ever since those two noticeably launched with less outfits than nearly all the others (and I assume it most likely had something to do with Bananza and its own outfits for those characters).