Nintendo Releases a Pikmin Animated Short | Game Mess Mornings 10/08/25

Jeff Grubb is joined by Mat Piscatella to chat about the August 2025 Circana report and US gaming trends, the mysterious Nintendo short, Clair Obscur hits 5 million in sales, skin prices in 2XKO, and more! 00:00 Intro 05:43 August 2025 U.S. Video Game Market Highlights Thread from Circana 17:03 Majority Of US Gamers Buy A Max Of Two Games Annually, Analysts Say 28:01 Today's episode is brought to you by The Stage Select! 29:42 Yooka-Replaylee reviews 32:09 Little Nightmares 3 reviews 36:16 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sales top five million; free major update in development 43:16 Call Of Duty Hits The Emergency Red Button To Prevent A Battlefield Comeback 47:30 Nintendo’s Mysterious Animated Short Was A Pikmin Tease After All 50:09 PowerWash Simulator 2 launches on October 23 52:31 The Only Way to Get 2XKO's Arcane Skins for Vi, Jinx, and Ekko Is to Pay for a $100 Bundle 55:13 Polls & outro