Good morning and good day. Welcome to Wednesday, maybe essentially the most meh day of the week. You ain’t not Friday, however you aren’t as dangerous as Monday. Anyway, welcome to newest version of Morning Checkpoint, Kotaku‘s daily roundup of gaming news and culture. Today, we’re taking a look at a cool new field set from Nintendo, checking in on the Recreation Awards, getting updates for video games you possibly can’t purchase anymore, and remembering how cool Day of the Tentacle was and nonetheless is in 2025.
Nintendo’s $180+ Breath of the Wild vinyl soundtrack launch is a check
On October 29, Nintendo introduced a new 8-LP Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild soundtrack box set that includes 134 remastered songs. The newly introduced soundtrack shall be accessible in June 2026 and could be pre-ordered beginning at present. The field set will even embody archival paintings created by the event staff.
It is a uncommon transfer for Nintendo, which usually doesn’t launch bodily soundtracks for its video games in america. However this new field set, in addition to a less expensive double LP providing up 34 choose tracks from the sport, is getting used as a strategy to “gauge” how many individuals over right here need one thing like this, in keeping with Nintendo.
“In the Japanese market, CD is still a pretty prominent format there, and they do a lot of video game soundtracks on CD in Japan, and they’ve been doing that for years and years,” Nintendo VP of participant & product expertise Bill Trinen told Variety. “Here in the U.S., we haven’t been releasing much in the way of physical soundtracks at all. And so partly, this is a little bit about us trying to gauge and understand what is the demand for physical soundtracks in the United States. Part of this is also simply an interest in trying to bring video game music to a broader audience, and it’s part of a few steps that we’ve taken.”
Apple is now on the Recreation Awards advisory board
Apple’s gaming push continues, with the tech big now turning into a member of the Recreation Awards advisory board alongside firms like Rockstar Video games, Sony, EA, and Epic. VGC spotted the news by way of the official Game Awards website, which was lately up to date to incorporate Apple on the record of board members. To be clear, the advisory board doesn’t have any involvement in what video games are nominated, or which of them win. So Apple gained’t be serving to choose this 12 months’s Recreation of the 12 months at Geoff Keighley’s annual trailer extravaganza (that includes some awards), however it is going to be rubbing elbows with extra of the gaming trade. What number of Apple Arcade commercials will we see this 12 months? My guess is at the least two!
Tremendous Mario 3D All-Stars will get one other Change 2 replace, nonetheless not on the market once more
Keep in mind Tremendous Mario 3D All-Stars? It was that superior assortment of 3D Mario video games—SM64, Galaxy, and Sunshine—that Nintendo launched in 2020. After which stopped promoting after simply six months as a part of a limited-time celebration of the franchise’s thirty fifth anniversary. 5 years later, Nintendo nonetheless hasn’t made the video games accessible once more to purchase on its retailer (properly, aside from Galaxy which lately acquired a remaster that prices $40 all by itself). However in case you do personal 3D All-Stars, excellent news: It simply acquired one other replace to assist it run higher on Change 2. This retains taking place, with the collection getting an update in July, and it’s extraordinarily irritating. Why is that this bundle not available for purchase on Change and Change 2 in 2025? Come on, Nintendo, let individuals offer you cash.
The Resident Evil 2 remake has now bought over 16 million copies
The most effective-selling Resident Evil recreation continues to promote properly. Resident Evil 2 remake has now bought over 16 million copies, according to Capcom’s latest financial report. However apparently, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard is catching up. This newest report reveals the tender reboot of the horror franchise has now reached 15.9 million copies bought. With Resident Evil 7 making the leap to Switch 2 in 2026, it’s possible that this entry may overtake the RE2 remake to develop into the most important recreation within the survival horror collection.
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