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No matter how much we would love to see him, it looks like everyone’s favourite bounty hunter Boba Fett won’t appear in Disney+’s Star Wars spin-off series, The Mandalorian.

When asked on Good Morning America (via Slashfilm) about if we would see Boba Fett in the Disney+ show, the writer and executive producer Jon Favreau shot down the hopes of fans.

“Boba Fett is not, they’re all new original characters.” said Favreau, adding “There’s a thirty year stretch of story time that hasn’t been explored at all except in the extended universe.”

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In a presentation following the September 2019 Nintendo Direct, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai detailed the game’s newest fighter: Banjo and Kazooie. The bird-and-bear pair, which are arriving in Ultimate today, bring with them a new stage, 10 music tracks, and a moveset that’s been faithfully adapted from the original Banjo games.

Sakurai gave a full rundown of Banjo and Kazooie’s moves and some strategies associated with them, which you can watch above. Highlights include their Down Special, a grenade egg that Kazooie can fire from behind (inspired by Banjo-Tooie’s egg selection); their sprint, which is a direct adaptation of the pair’s Talon Trot move, in which Kazooie comes out of the backpack to walk; and their Side Special, a Wonder Wing attack with limited uses per stock. Banjo and Kazooie’s Final Smash, the Final Jinjonator, is taken directly from the final boss fight in Banjo-Kazooie.

Their new stage is Spiral Mountain as it was in Banjo-Kazooie, complete with honeycomb pieces, the intact entrance to Grunty’s Lair, and Banjo’s house in the background. The stage rotates around the top of Spiral Mountain, and platforms will appear periodically. You can also spot a number of characters in the stage, including Bottles the mole, Banjo’s sister Tooty, the shaman Mumbo Jumbo, Jinjos, and Grunty herself.

As for music, Ultimate is getting 10 Banjo-inspired tracks, seven of which are new arrangements. Grant Kirkhope, who composed music for the original Banjo games, contributed to the arrangements. They include a number of tracks from Banjo-Kazooie–Mumbo’s Mountain, Gobi’s Valley, and Treasure Trove Cove, for example–as well as mini-boss themes from Banjo-Tooie, including Vs. Klungo.

Banjo and Kazooie will be available in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate from today. The bear and bird were first announced during Nintendo’s E3 2019 presentation.

Nintendo and Larian Studios announced and surprise-released Divinity: Original Sin 2 on Nintendo Switch today, September 4, and it includes what could be the first instance of a particular feature.

The game supports cross-saves between Nintendo Switch and Steam on PC. That is a big deal because it appears to be the first, or among the first Switch games, to allow that.

With cross-saves, people can play at home on PC and then pick up where they left off on Switch when they’re out and about. Divinity: Original Sin 2 is a very long game, so those who started on PC but didn’t finish, and now want to play on Switch, can do so as well keeping their saves.

Divinity: Original Sin 2 is out now on Switch, so players can start taking advantage of the cross-save functionality right away. For now, Divinity: Original Sin 2 only supports cross-saves between Switch and PC; there is no cross-save support with PlayStation 4 or Xbox One.

All Divinity: Original Sin 2 players are getting a special treat, as Larian Studios is handing out a “Gift Bag” of free DLC on every platform. The new gift bag, which follows a previous release earlier this year, comes with new recipes and items to craft, a new icon on the hotbar that lets you toggle sprint on and off, and an “Animal Empathy” feature that lets you talk to animals without spending talent points to do. Also new in the DLC is a Magic Mirror, located in the Arena of Fort Joy, that lets you respect before moving to a new act of the game. On top of this, Larian is giving everyone an increase to their base maximum action points to 8. Finally, there is now a herb garden in the game that players can use to grow plants.

For more on the September Nintendo Direct, check out all the big news in our recap.

It’s about time, Sans from Undertale has made it to the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster, sort of. During the latest Nintendo Direct, it was announced that Sans would be available as a Mii fighter. Sans gets his own custom outfit and uses the Gunner moveset. You also get a new arrangement of the iconic song “Megalovania” by Undertale creator himself, Toby Fox.

Along with several other Mii fighters (Team Rocket, Zero from Mega Man, and others), Sans will be available for $0.75 USD later today.

According to Smash Ultimate director and designer Masahiro Sakurai, Toby Fox visited his house and was able to keep up with him competitively; Sakurai admitted that they split matches with an even 50/50 win-loss ratio, being the best guest he has played.

For all the biggest Switch news from today, be sure to catch up with our Nintendo Direct news roundup or read up on all our stories below.