When it comes to Nintendo announcements, we have to admit there are some that leave us incredibly confused. There’s the Nintendo Switch Online app, whose sole purpose seems to be to provide voice chat for the four people on the planet without a Discord account. There’s the Labo VR stuff, where random old Switch games got half-assed VR functionality to promote a system that no one ever ended up using…
And then there’s the focus of this blog post; Nintendo Today!
Announced by Miyamoto at the end of today’s Direct as another way to keep up with Nintendo news, it’s a mobile app whose sole purpose is to provide daily updates from the company. Here’s the trailer if you haven’t seen it already:
As you can tell, it’s basically an official Nintendo news app. Okay, there’s the odd extra bit of content hinted at, like comics based on Nintendo titles, or random articles about odd subjects.
But for the most part, it’s pretty much bite-sized pieces of Nintendo news on the regular, with a Nintendo Direct archive thrown in. And this just leaves us wondering…
Why?
Why is this a thing?
Because to be honest, we don’t really get the appeal here. Yeah, it’s technically an official way to get news about Nintendo’s games. Yeah it could theoretically have extra content like comics or exclusive Switch 2 news.
But is this really something we need a specialised app for in 2025? Is this something people will actually use on a regular basis?
We’re very sceptical. After all, the internet already exists with more news than you can ever hope to read, including about Nintendo games and consoles.
So, in a world where the likes of GoNintendo and Nintendo Life exist, and every social network under the sun is flooded with stories about Switch 1 and 2 games…
We have to question the usefulness of an official app for the same thing. It’s like the Switch News app on the console itself, and that was already useless enough as is.
Ah well, what are your thoughts? Are you actually excited to try out this whole ‘Nintendo Today’ thing? How can Nintendo make it worth using when so many unofficial sources exist for the same information?
Leave your thoughts in the comments below, or on our Discord server today!
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