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Another suspiciously Animal Crossing-like game has appeared on the PlayStation Store | VGC

Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 1h

For me the issue here isn't that someone's tried to rip off Animal Crossing yet again, it's that these games keep happily wandering onto console digital stores when any content moderator with the slightest shred of gaming knowledge should be able to say "wait a minute"

VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 1h

Another apparent Animal Crossing clone has appeared on the PlayStation Store, following the removal of a similar game earlier this year.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/another...

Anime Village Online is the second apparent clone of Nintendo’s game attempting to make it onto PS5…

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Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 2h

I don't know if the mouse necessarily sold badly, I'm just assuming that Mario & Wario sold badly because the potential customer base was only players who had the mouse, and obviously not all of them will have bought it. So it would have been a fraction of a fraction

Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 2h

At the time most Nintendo games were released in Japan first, so my guess is that it sold badly there (because it required the mouse, which hardly anyone had) so they just decided it wasn't worth the effort

Switch Online’s SNES library gets three more games, including a Mario game’s first ever release outside of Japan | VGC

Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 2h

When Switch 2's mouse controls were confirmed and people started thinking Mario Paint, I started thinking Mario & Wario instead.

Delighted to see another Mario game being removed from the Japan-only list ❤️

VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 2h

Three more SNES games have been added to Switch Online, including the first Bubsy game and a Mario title receiving its first ever release outside of Japan.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/switch-...

Mario & Wario, Bubsy and Fatal Fury Special join the Nintendo Classics line-up…

This year’s Fortnitemares event in Fortenite adds Jason, Scooby-Doo, Ghostface and more | VGC

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Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 13h

Was disappointed earlier when Jason was confirmed for Call of Duty because I don't play that. Will be all over the Fortnite one, and Ghostface too.

VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 13h

This year's Fortnitemares event in Fortenite starts tomorrow, adding such skins as Jason Voorhees, Scooby-Doo, Ghostface, Huggy Wuggy, Doja Cat and more.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/this-ye...

Huggy Wuggy and Doja Cat are also coming to the Halloween themed event…

Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 21h

Good, because this character assassination would have killed him

Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 21h

Right underneath it, bawjaws

Nintendo’s mysterious Close to You animation is revealed to be based on Pikmin | VGC

Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 21h

AND THAT'S THE BULLSEYE

VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 21h

Nintendo has posted a new version of its mysterious Close to You video from yesterday, revealing that the baby's room was full of Pikmin.

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A new second version of the video reveals the hidden Pikmin…

EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami from KPop Demon Hunters: Golden | The Tonight Show

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Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 1d

Was wondering if she could hit that high note live.

Absolutely nailed it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y-V...

YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 1d

The latest VGC Off-Topic podcast is out now on Patreon.

Off-Topics include The Muppets, Brass Eye, and WWE's Don't Try This At Home.

Plus: @jordanmiddler.bsky.social delivers some terrible news to @scully1888.bsky.social.

Listen: www.patreon.com/posts/off-to...

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Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 1d

Also, not that it means anything but one of the shots in that Maybe Pikmin Movie video still has the filename in the corner, doesn't give anything away, just a funny error

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Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 1d

Pikmin in the background (half speed then normal speed)

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Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 1d

There's a hidden Pikmin that runs under the bed too, so now I'm leaning that way

Nintendo posts mysterious ‘Close to You’ animated short film | VGC

Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 1d

You also ask why I didn't call him a "neo-Nazi" in the story. You can call him that all you like on here when it's not your job but when our site deals wholly facts, that's legally actionable if we call him that in our story. And I'm pretty sure he can afford the legal fees.

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Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 1d

Rosalina backstory in the Super Mario Galaxy movie, calling it.

VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 1d

Nintendo has posted a mysterious animated short film called Close to You.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintend...

It’s not clear whether the clip relates to a game or a movie…

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Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, I'm glad you like them!

Game site denies founder has ‘day to day’ involvement after he imitates ‘Elon Musk salute’ | VGC

Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 1d

And don't forget that we already covered that when it was relevant to the story.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/game-si...

Update: God is a Geek’s entire editorial staff has quit…

Elon Musk says his xAI company will release a ‘great AI-generated game’ by the end of 2026 | VGC

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Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 1d

And the context in the story is that Microsoft has also shown its hand with AI-generated games, and the reaction was mainly negative.

I could write 5,000 words on Musk and all the shit he's done but everyone knows how they feel by now. The news here is that he thinks he's going to make a game now.

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Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 1d

I'm far from Elon Musk's biggest fan - the guy's a fucking maniac in my opinion (hardly a hot take, I know). But ever since VGC started, our job has been straight news. We report what was said and what happened, and the reader draws their own opinion from it. Not one word in that article is false.

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Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 1d

Believe it or not, we're not actually allowed to make up quotes. The story is that he said something so yes, I'm going to have to go with "Musk said" when covering it.

To be fair, it's frankly bizarre that your sticking point here appears to be the fact that I'm accurately quoting someone.

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Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 1d

It's one of the most controversial people in the Western world pledging commitment to one of the most controversial developments in video game creation. It's clearly newsworthy.

We didn't report on the stuff you listed because we're a video game news website.

Also, reporting is not endorsing.

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Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 1d

No, I'm a video game journalist reporting on something that was said about video games?

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Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 1d

Will ye, aye

VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 1d

Elon Musk says his XAI company will release a ‘great AI-generated game’ by the end of 2026.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/elon-mu...

Musk says his “xAI game studio” will be able to generate games…