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News Nintendo Updates Two DS And 3DS Game Trademarks

But why?

Nintendo has updated two trademarks relating to Magical Starsign on the DS and Tomodachi Life on the 3DS. As highlighted by Mike Odyssey over on X, the trademarks are currently under examination as of 2nd September 2025 before full publication, which is normal. As for why they've been updated, well... that's up for debate. Odyssey...

• Wed 10th Sep 2025
• Nintendo
• DS
• 3DS

News Switch Online's GBA App Has Been Updated (Version 3.0.0)

New features, but no game update

Switch Online's 'Nintendo Classics' library has this week been expanded with Forsaken 64 and the Japan-only release, Magical Vacation. Although the GBA title hasn't been made available locally, the app here has received an update, bumping it up to Version 3.0.0. Firstly, the official banner and icon for this app...

• Thu 4th Sep 2025
• Nintendo Switch 2
• Nintendo Switch
• Nintendo Switch Online
• Nintendo Classics
• GBA

News Brownie Brown's GBA Title 'Magical Vacation' Returns This Week (Japan)

Joining the 'Nintendo Classics' library tomorrow

Nintendo's Switch Online + Expansion Pack service in Japan is this week adding Brownie Brown's 2001 Game Boy Advance RPG, Magical Vacation. This Japanese exclusive will show up for the service on 4th September 2025. That's the same date as the release of Forsaken 64 on the mature N64 app locally. In...

• Wed 3rd Sep 2025
• Nintendo Switch 2
• Nintendo Switch
• Nintendo Switch Online
• GBA
• Updates

News Japanese GBA Exclusive Magical Vacation Now Playable In English

Summer holiday

Brownie Brown might sound like a delicious cookie, but for fans of Secret of Mana it translates into something even more delicious. The company - currently operating under the name 1-UP Studio - was setup by Nintendo from hand-picked ex-Square employees, namely folks that had worked on both Game Boy and SNES Mana titles. The first...

• Thu 9th Jun 2016
• Retro
• GBA
• Hacking