European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Brussels had a “strong plan” to counter incoming American tariffs, as countries scrambled to prepare for the levies.

Her remarks came ahead of US President Donald Trump’s long-touted April 2 announcement of still-unspecified reciprocal tariffs — followed by the implementation of wide-ranging duties on steel, aluminum, and cars — fears of which have sparked a stock market selloff, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq closing out their worst quarters since 2022.

Though some countries, such as Vietnam, are slashing duties to address American concerns, Brussels has taken a harder line: Among the EU’s “counterstrike” options are tougher restrictions on Silicon Valley and American banks, Politico noted.

Our favourite day of the year has arrived here on Nintendo Life and developers around the globe are already sharing all sorts of funny jokes…

To be fair, Level-5 has published a decent video – transforming the Fantasy Life series into a knock-off version of Animal Crossing called Life Crossing: Fantasy Horizons. The video uploaded (which even nails the narration voice over) offers a guided tour of the ”Fantasy Getaway Package” led by a ”raccoon” known as ”Tim Crook”. He’s actually just a guy in a suit as highlighted at the end of the video, but it will do.

Level-5: ”On April 1st, our annual April Fool’s project returns! We’ve uploaded a questionable (but definitely funny) video. Please watch with an open mind.”

Apple has gotten a lot of flack for talking up Apple Intelligence while delivering very little of it, and now it seems Amazon is about to do the exact same thing.

A new report citing internal company documents suggests that Alexa+, Amazon’s equivalent of the new Siri, will also launch without many of its headline features …

Apple Intelligence embarrassment

Apple promised a new, conversational Siri and a whole lot more, but what has actually launched is essentially just tinkering around the edges.

I’m sidestepping the desperate attempts at April 1 shenanigans and focusing on the imminent Nintendo Direct broadcast, which is likely to confirm rumors and sink others.

The last few Switch 1 games have been revealed, meaning tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct: Switch 2 presentation, kicking off at 9AM ET / 6AM PT will be all about the new console — no distractions. (Although, I’d be cool with a Silksong release date, finally.)