Responded to allegations about the validity of one's Donkey Kong world record, maybe
11A
Features of an airliner or supermarket
13A
N64 puzzle game whose name is technically incorrect because some of the pieces are made of 3 squares, not 4, and the playfield is actually a torus
15A
Musician Reznor who is apparently not known in Japan as "Buibui"
16A
Feature of a katana
17A
Hall partner
19A
Mo. before 22-Across
20A
Becomes liquid
22A
Mo. after 19-Across
25A
Andean camelid
27A
____'s Challenge (puzzle game popularized on Windows 3.1)
29A
Picture that a talentless hack proudly shows off without noticing that it contains 13 fingers or 3 arms, maybe
31A
13-Across game mode where the player must find a robot hidden in the core of the playfield
34A
Jab-cross combo
35A
Anthropomorphic rabbit Peppy whose surname is about as clever as the names of his crewmates Fox and Falco
36A
"Pizza delivery for a Mister... Seymour _____?" "There's no one by that name here, or anywhere. I hope that in time you'll realize what an idiot you've been."
37A
Org. that was on strike for 4 months in 2023
Verticali
1D
Thing that should simply not end in Nov. and just be year-round instead
2D
Piano performance requiring 4 hands
3D
Like games that are 20 years old, or maybe 10 years old, depending who you ask, but it can't possibly be 10, because that would mean Mario Kart 8 is on the verge of being this, and that's clearly unacceptable
4D
I regret to say that I just couldn't think of a clue to put here. I can't tell you how much I say from the bottom of my heart I'm so very, very sorry as there's a drive into deep left field by ______. It'll be a home run, and that will make it a 4-0 ballgame.
5D
Tear
6D
Tennis great Arthur
7D
Snow day vehicles
8D
Chrono Cross protagonist who shares his name with a suit fabric
10D
YouTuber who realized he had broken Minecraft speedrun rules, yet denied it for months because, he claims, "the community had been through enough drama"
12D
Ooze
14D
AMD alternative
18D
Exhibiting seriousness and self-restraint
21D
Nintendo series that features everybody except Waluigi, casually
22D
Nickname for ESPN8, with "The"
23D
Home country of developer miHoYo
24D
They regularly go in and go out and absolutely cannot be explained
26D
Neighborhoods
28D
Strokes Cerberus (but only on the one head that enjoys it, obviously)