"We're fairly used to Nintendo making strange or iconoclastic decisions, whether it's releasing folding two-screen portable gaming devices or announcing a Virtual Boy peripheral for the Switch 2, but even now the Japanese games company is capable of surprises. It has just uploaded to its various worldwide YouTube channels a stunning four-minute animated short called Close to You, about a baby learning to take their first steps, and there's no explanation for why."
"Evoking Pixar in almost every possible way (complete with Incredibles-like faces), the short shows the mother of a baby just popping out of the room, after which the baby's toys begin to become animated. Wooden blocks hop about and a rattle rolls itself to the baby's foot. While enjoying the rattle, the kid's pacifier falls out of their mouth, and that too comes to life, playfully moving around and evading the baby's attempts to grab it back."
"There's obviously no way to know if this baby is a boy or a girl, let alone the child form of a particular character. Given the kid's white with blonde hair, it could be either Zelda or Link, or Samus, or pretty much any gaming character bar Mario or Toad. Hell, my hair was that blonde as a baby, maybe it is Mario. Someone has claimed that there's a Red Pikmin appearing in the video at 1:40."
Nintendo uploaded a four-minute animated short called Close to You portraying a baby's first steps. The animation evokes Pixar-style visuals and expressive, Incredibles-like faces. The plot shows a mother briefly leaving the room while the baby's toys animate: wooden blocks hop, a rattle rolls to the baby's foot, and a pacifier falls out then playfully evades the baby's attempts to retrieve it. The pacifier becomes lodged in a mobile above the crib, motivating the baby to reach higher and take first steps. The baby's identity is ambiguous, prompting fan speculation about Nintendo characters and a reported Red Pikmin sighting, while credits list only "Nintendo."
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