User talk:Nintendo101/references

@NewMarioURU

One of the sources listed here for New Super Mario Bros. U is the Russian YouTube channel "@NewMarioURU". I've encountered some reason to doubt that this channel is official. Given this and the fact that the channel only shows English footage, do you think this calls for it to be removed as a source? If there's nothing I'm missing, this channel isn't a citable source of any official Russian names.

AmossGuy (talk) 20:23, November 10, 2025 (EST)

This YouTube channel was created and supported by Nintendo of Europe GmbH, much like the ones they hosted in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. It is not fan ran.

Nintendo pulled its Russian websites shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and this has fragmented older sources of information. However, Nintendo officially did have a robust marketing presence directed towards Russian players, and this YouTube channel is one of the few ones that remains relatively accessible. This YouTube channel is as old as its European counterparts that do link to other channels (which are also viewable in these references), had videos published on the same schedule, and the descriptions in these videos are identical or only slightly modified from the ones provided in-game in the Russian localization of New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, which can be accessed in its entirety here. (Also, just like the YouTube videos themselves, the videos within New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe are also of the English version of the game). If this YouTube channel was not official, the fact that the descriptions are identical for most of these videos is an extraordinary coincidence. - Nintendo101 (talk) 23:14, November 10, 2025 (EST)

Ah, I see. Thank you for explaining so thoroughly. AmossGuy (talk) 23:22, November 10, 2025 (EST)

Any time! - Nintendo101 (talk) 23:26, November 10, 2025 (EST)