Nintendo Dads Podcast
Nintendo Dads Podcast 466 episodes Nov 6, 2026
A few guys, that are Dads, raised on Nintendo and now raising their own gamers.
Episodes
#603: Dolphin Jokes Always Got a Porpoise
On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:News● Nintendo’s Latest Numbers● Pikmin Day Direct 11.1.2026● Game Releases/UpdatesLet's Discuss● The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of TimeTime Out● Extra LifeGames we've been playing● The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time● Yet Another Zombie Survivors● Winds of Viridia Demo● RACCOIN: Chaos Max Edition Demo● Bao Bao’s Cozy Cleaning Services● C
#602: Closest I’ve Ever Got To Doing Drugs
On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Indie World 10.28.2026
● Pokémon UNITE to end service
● New Nintendo Switch 2 Bundle announced in Japan
● Halloween Monthly Mayhem
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discuss
● Nintendo policy reportedly keeps games on Game Key Cards from being reissued fully on cart
Time Out
● Trump Accounts
● Universal Parks
● NES Deconstructed Mu
#601: Peppy Kuehl
On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Halloween Monthly Mayhem
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discuss
● Street Fighter the Movie - Spoiler-free takes!
Games we've been playing
● Nintendo Switch Sports Resort
● Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave
● Dave the Diver
● Orbitals
● Star Fox
● LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
● Tetris 99
● Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers
#600: Till Tape
On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Overview trailer for Nintendo Switch Sports Resort on the Nintendo Switch 2 dropped last week
● Nintendo also dropped the Overview Trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
● Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Card sales SPIKE in 2026
● Nintendo Switch 2 was the best-selling video game hardware in the United States for August 202
#599: Wario’s Underpants
On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Nintendo updates Switch 2 firmware to 23.0.1
● Mario Kart Tour is DEAD - did it walk so Mario Kart World could run?
● More Star Fox tracks added to Nintendo Music
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discuss
● Preparing for something EPIC
● SUPER CRAWLER DUNGEON WORLD Update
Rumors
● Nintendo Switch Online App datamine
Games we've b
#598: Granola and Monster
On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Bad News, Splatoon Raiders Fans…
● The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is getting some pretty sweet pre-order bonuses
● Can you imagine an Ubisoft and Nintendo collab on The Legend of Zelda
● Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Info Drop
● Toys 'R' Us IS BACK
● Activision and Halo?
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discuss
● What is an a
#597: Unscientific Study
On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Zelda Direct eclipsed Gamescom Opening Night Live and State of Play
● Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave features Nintendo's least-liked feature
● More WarioWare: Move It! tracks added to Nintendo Music
● Rated NES carts could bring in "millions" of dollars?
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discuss
● Delays, delays, and more delays!
Ga
#596: Yelling at Oatchi
On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Nintendo Switch 2 System Update 23.0.0
● The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct - 9.8.2026
● Nintendo Direct - 9.9.2026
● Nintendo Announces Customer Appreciation Sale
● Game Releases/Updates
Games we've been playing
● Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault, Onimusha: Way of the Sword
● FINAL FANTASY RESONANCE Demo
● Carmageddon
#595: Vincent and the Turks
On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Wii U to Switch games get Switch 2 Updates
● CRKD Nitro Deck 2s are in the Wild, and we got a couple of them!
● Paper Mario Drops on Nintendo Music
● Developer Level-5 has announced a special showcase event
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discuss
● Best Video game intros
Rumors
● Did Just Dance accidentally tell us when the next
#594: No Treble
On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● New Nintendo Switch 2 bundles announced
● LEGO Super Mario sets have officially been revealed
● Other Nintendo updates from Gamescom
● Playdate Passing Tariff Refunds to Customers
● 2K Games confirmed NBA 2K27 will play at 60 FPS in Performance Mode on Nintendo Switch 2
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discuss
● Last week’s Contro
#593: All the Yes’s
On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● My Nintendo is offering a collectible card set for completing the DK Challenge
● Warren Spector is retiring
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discuss
● Genki's new MANTA controller has launched on Kickstarter, and you can back it at $189
Rumors
● LEGO Super Mario minifigure set prices leak
Time Out
● Has your child taken money fr
#592: Sweaty Doughnut
On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Nintendo Switch 2 kiosks updated to warn people about the upcoming price increase
● Pokémon Bank will end services in February 2027
● Pokémon Donuts drop at Krispy Kreme 8/18
● Candidates for The Duskbloods network test have been revealed
● The Game Awards to run on December 10
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discuss
● Why wait t
#591: Console Wars X
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Nintendo’s Latest Numbers
● Game Releases/Updates
Games we've been playing
● Splatoon Raiders
● Culdcept Begins
● Pokémon Pokopia
● Plungeez
● CloverPit
● Big Walk
● PowerWash Simulator 2
● ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs
● The Legen
#590: Kermit, Direct to You
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Hot off the presses: Dark days loom over Isle Delfino
● Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Switch 2 Edition): The digital version launches today
● Ocarina of Time Rated by the ESRB
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discuss
● Clair Obscur: Expedition 3
#589: I am Now a Granddad!
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Review Roundup: Splatoon Raiders
● Miyamoto defends Nintendo’s reliance on remakes
● Nintendo says it has no legal duty to pass the US Tariff refunds back to you
● FromSoftware's The Duskbloods Closed Network Test signup OPEN
● Call of D
#588: Let’s Discuss Gentlemen
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Duskbloods Closed Network Test scheduled for next month
● Nintendo celebrates Mario's 40th Anniversary with some awesome pins
● More Donkey Kong Bananza songs swung onto Nintendo Music
● Square Enix continues to support Nintendo Switch 2
#587: Gobots of Pokémon
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Nintendo addresses Pokémon TCG scalping
● Switch, Switch Lite, and Switch OLED will be discontinued in February 2027 in the EU
● Revised Switch 2 and accessories with replaceable batteries will be available in EU regions from Autumn 2026
#586: Puking While Flying With Falco
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Splatoon Raiders Direct
● US: Nintendo Switch sold nearly 6 million units in its first year
● PlayStation Transitioning to Digital-Only for New Games
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discuss
● Nintendo apparently is in talks to bring the S
#585: Bundle of Bundles
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Claude Guillemot died in a plane crash in La Baule, France
● Nintendo Switch 2 sales surpass PS5 disc drive model in Japan
● Sonic the Hedgehog 35th Anniversary
● Grand Theft Auto Pre-orders are now open
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's D
#584: HR Violations with Wajustin
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Hackers steal data from Nintendo
Nintendo offers a free month of NSO + Expansion Pass to buyers
Dispatch on Nintendo Switch gets censorship toned down
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discuss
● Switch 2 has been out for a full year!
Games
#583: Game-a-palooza 2026 Part 2!
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Nintendo Direct 6.9.2026
● Summer Game Fest Announcements
● Super Mario Galaxy movie has now surpassed $1 billion globally
● Pomni and Jax from the Amazing Digital Circus will join Fortnite
● Mina the Hollower sells 500,000+ copies
● Gam
#582: Mid-Year Game-a-palooza! 2026
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Nintendo confirms future Switch 2 model compliant with EU battery regulations
● Nintendo Music app Update!
● Switch 2 Exclusive game by Atlantis Studio
● Rayman Legends Retold Announcement
Question of the week: What do you want out of N
#581: Bayou Timmy
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Updates from the Dragon Quest Team
● Call of Duty is Back on Nintendo: Modern Warfare 4 coming to Switch 2
● Game Releases/Updates
Games we've been playing
● Black Jacket
● DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince
● Mina the Hollower
● In
#580: I Speak Engrish
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is out now! What do we think?
● Nintendo announces a brand new mobile game, Pictonico!, available on May 28th
● Nintendo hiring for a new role: Movie Project Promotion Manager
● LEGO is retiring The Legend o
#579: Pepperidge Farm Remembers
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Nintendo Switch 2 Price Increases announced
● Nintendo Switch 2 Bundles are coming back
● Nintendo’s Latest Numbers
● The 2026 World Video Game Hall of Fame Inductees have been announced
● Game Releases/Updates
Games we've been playing
#578: Love to All the Mums Out There
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Star Fox Direct 5.6.2026
● It wasn't just you
● Target dropped a whole line of Pokémon merch, and people responded entirely appropriately, right?!
● The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is poised to become the first billion-dollar film of 2026
●
#577: Bottle of Crack
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Super Mario Galaxy movie crosses the $800 million mark at the box office
● Nintendo and Illumination have untitled film set for 2028
● Final Fantasy XIV is coming to Nintendo Switch 2
● Yacht Club Games' Mina the Hollower has gone gold,
#576: Twinkle Star Sprites
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Artwork for The Legend of Zelda movie has shown up online giving us a look at Link and the Master Sword
● Pragmata is an absolute hit for Capcom, surpassing 1 million units sold in 2 days
● THQ Nordic has SEVEN unannounced Nintendo Switc
#575: Super Hamster
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Nintendo adds THREE new games to NES NSO
● Splatoon Raiders has been rated by PEGI
● The Legend of Zelda movie wraps filming
● Game Releases/Updates
Games we've been playing
● Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream
● *redacted*
● Galactic Pin
#574: Walk the Dinosaur with Yoshi
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● The Super Mario Galaxy Movie had the biggest opening day of 2026
● From April 12 through May 9, anyone buying a Nintendo Switch 2 with either the retail copy or a digital code for Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 for Nintendo Sw
#573: Star Fox: Tornadoes
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Super Mario Galaxy Movie Discussion with Spoilers
● The Super Mario Galaxy 1+2 themed Tetris 99 Maximus Cup
● Pokémon Home version 4.0.0
● Earn Platinum Points for using GameChat
● New Zelda Art book by Dark Horse is coming
● Game Releas
#572: Nintendo is Dooooomed! (again)
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Nintendo to offer different MSRP for physical and digital
● Nintendo to create a revision of Nintendo Switch 2 with a replaceable battery for the EU, following "Right to Repair" legislation
● Bloomberg: Nintendo to cut Switch 2 productio
#571: Tom Nook has You ...
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Nintendo Switch 2 adds “Handheld Mode Boost” for Switch 1 games and other updates
● GameChat Free Trial ENDS SOON
● THQ Nordic has announced a range of titles for the Nintendo Switch 2 and the original Nintendo Switch
● Tunic to get Swit
#570: Data Brokers
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Direct 3.9.2026
● Nintendo of America sues the US Government due to tariffs
● Goro Abe retires from Nintendo
● Amazon raises Pokémon Pokopia prices after stock constraints
● LEGO announces new Mario sets with
#569: We Want Rufus
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Pokémon Presents: 2.27.2026
● Indie World 3.3.2026
● Capcom Spotlight
● Evercade reveals Super Pocket Rare Edition
● Game Releases/Updates
Games we've been playing
● Escape from Ever After
● Poker Night at the Inventory
● Pokémon FireRe
#568: Monkey Paw
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Nintendo offers refunds for the Xenoblade Chronicles X Nintendo Switch 2 upgrade
● Balatro gets a Nintendo Switch 2 edition
● Nintendo Treehouse shows off
● Donkey Kong Bananza and Kirby Air Riders receive updates
● Super Mario Galaxy Mo
#567: Serious Talk
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Nintendo shadow drops Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition today
● Virtual Boy NSO app is now available!
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discuss
● The way the current market is going, will you be buying a
#566: A Frying Pan: Who knew?!
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Do we have the fever?
● Pokémon 30th Anniversary website opens
● PlayStation State of Play (Games coming to the Switch)
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discuss
● Mickey Burgett’s Blind Rank Game - Part 1
Games we've been playing
● Mortal
#565: I Feel Myself Slipping Away
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Dispatch Update
● Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase 2.5.2026
● Nintendo’s Latest Numbers
● Game Releases/Updates
Games we've been playing
● Escape from Ever After
● DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition
● FINAL
#564: Super Hero Dong
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Direct
● The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Direct 1.25.2026
● Hideki Konno leaves Nintendo after 40 years
● Virtual Boy Overview video drops
● The Disney Afternoon Collection announced for Nintendo Switch and
#563: Your Mom’s Going To Japan
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Super Mario Bros. Wonder Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park Overview Trailer
● Nintendo Patches and Updates
● New Nintendo Toys
● Bowser joins Hasbro
● Ubisoft Restructures; cancels games
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's D
#562: 2026 Predictions - Justin Owes Someone a Pizza
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● The Disney Afternoon Collection to be released on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 according to an ESRB listing
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discuss
● Mystery Block (Blind) Ranking Game - Franchises we want to see on Nintendo Swit
#561α: 2026 Fantasy Critic Draft
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#561: 2025 Game of the Year
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Gaming Anniversaries in 2026
● New Joy-Con 2 colors will be available on February 12
● My Mario Product line
● Hulu app on Nintendo Switch to be discontinued
● Mario Tennis Fever overview trailer
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discuss
●
#560: Extremely Profitable
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Doug Bowser has left the building
● Metroid Prime 4’s Timeline
● 30th Anniversary of Pokémon Franchise
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discuss
● Top 10 Games of 2025 ... next week
Games we've been playing
● Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
● Poké
#559: The First 6 Months
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Game Releases/Updates
Rumors
● Publisher ININ claims Nintendo now offers smaller Switch 2 game cartridges, Nintendo’s made no official statement
Let's Discuss
● Switch 2 - The First 6 Months
Time Out
●
Games we've been playing
● Esc
#558: The Real Lost Media
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast with guest host Joey Ferris:
News
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discuss
● Q&A with Joey Ferris
● Guess the arcade game #2
Time Out
● Marty - Hand-Drawn Guides Mega Man Book
Games we've been playing
● Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
● Assassin’s C
#557: The Game Awards 2025
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Reminder that Nintendo Switch Game Vouchers are available to purchase until January 30, 2026
● No Gravity Games will be doing their annual game giveaway starting on Friday, December 12, for 8 days, with three games to be given away on the 19
#556: Disassociated from the Podcast
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Tetris 99 50th MAXIMUS CUP
● Mario Kart World has received a substantial update
● Drag x Drive also received a large update
● Donkey Kong theme
● Ball x Pit sells over 1,000,000 units and has three free updates planned for 2026
● Game Releas
#555: Pokémon Turkey
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Nintendo acquires Bandai Namco Studios Singapore to be renamed Nintendo Studios Singapore
● Game Releases/Updates
Games we've been playing
● Hades II
● Hollow Knight: Silksong
● Star Wars: Outlaws
Community Spotlight
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#554: Bidet Man is Number 2
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● The Game Awards 2025 Nominations
● Nintendo FINALLY shows more of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
● First official screenshots from The Legend of Zelda movie have been shown
● Xbox Partner Preview
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discuss
● Marty’s Mys
#553: The Valve GabeCube
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Super Mario Galaxy Movie Direct
● Switch System Update 21.0.0 is out now
● Nintendo Announces Holiday Offers for Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2025
● ● https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/holiday-gifts/
● ● https://play.nintendo.com/explore/ni
#552: Type-3 Diabetes
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Metroid Prime 4: Beyond trailer dropped
● Nintendo’s Latest Numbers
● Nintendo Store App available on mobile devices
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discuss
● One year in with Nintendo Music, how much are you using this service?
● Marty’s Mys
#551: De Plane, Boss! De Plane!
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Mario will be a balloon in the 99th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to celebrate Super Mario’s 40th anniversary
● Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 Update and Nintendo Switch 2 Editions coming early 2026
● From Mat Piscatella: Pokémon Legends
#550: Hasbro’s Cease and Desist
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Gaming industry mourns the passing of Tomonobu Itagaki
● Kirby Air Riders Direct #2 10.23.2025
● The Nintendo Today app has an update that will allow sharing with some news articles
● Nintendo is in the process of renewing the Virtual Consol
#549: Pokémon Dads
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Pokémon Legends Z-A is out!
● Pokémon GO reworks levels to go from a Level 50 maximum to a Level 80 maximum
● PokéLeak?! Have the Pokémon Company's plans through 2030 really been leaked to the internet?
● Pokémon Questions from the Community
#548: Making Babies
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Nintendo releases “Close To You” animated short, confusing the Internet
● Metroid Prime 4: Beyond will have two modes if you have supported displays on Nintendo Switch 2
● Circana says Nintendo Switch 2 sales are trending 77% ahead of aligne
#547: Double Dipping
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● EA to be sold to a private consortium of investors, including Saudi Arabia
● Microsoft raises prices
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discuss
● Mystery Block Blind Rankings
Games we've been playing
● Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
●
#546: Quit Having Fun
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Doug Bowser steps down as President of Nintendo of America on December 31, 2025
● Nintendo will begin outsourcing its customer support services
● New Nintendo Music Tracks!
● Tariff Issues? More like Profit issues!
● Drag x Drive is getting
#545: These Made Me Want To Cuss!
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Nintendo Direct 9.12.2025
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discuss
● How good were our predictions?
Games we've been playing
● Gloomy Eyes
● Cross Pix
● Cross Pix 2
● Cross Pix 3
● Hollow Knight
● Donkey Kong Bananza DLC
● Platypus Reclayed
●
#544.5: Post-Direct Discussions
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#544: Trust Us, We’re Professionals!
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Nintendo Direct announced for Friday
● Ubisoft Dev says that Game Key Cards were used for STAR WARS: Outlaws vs. game-on-cart for technical reasons
● Nintendo wins in the courtroom against Genki
● Hollow Knight: Silksong gets patched
● Game
#543: Wonky Doodles
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Atari purchases 82% of Thunderful Games in a $5.2 million deal
● New features added to Game Boy Advance – Nintendo Classics
● People were wrong about Star Wars Outlaws on Switch 2
● Game Releases/Updates
Games we've been playing
● Sword of
#542: Maybe You’re a Placeholder Graphic
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Digital Foundry claims that many devs have still not received Switch 2 devkits
● Nintendo Switch 2 has sold over 2 million units in the US
● New features are available for SNES on NSO
● Nintendo Alarmo will get seven different alarms in the
#541: The Nostalgia of My Nostalgia has Expired
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Kirby Air Riders Direct
● Gamescom 2025
● Elden Ring is reportedly a "disaster" on Nintendo Switch 2
● Game Releases/Updates
Games we've been playing
● Discounty
● Morgan Metal Detective
● Mad Skills BMX 2
● Curse Rounds
● Mario Kart World
#540: Link In Park
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Nintendo of America and the ISEA partner to bring gaming esports to schools
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discuss
● What is one of your favorite games from Nintendo over each decade?
Games we've been playing
● Off
● Donkey Kong Bananza
● D
#539: Chop Chop (Roll)
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● IndieWorld Showcase - 8.7.2025
● My Mario Merchandise is announced to be available in the Nintendo Stores in Japan
● Nintendo’s Latest Numbers (Q1 2026)
● Game Releases/Updates
Games we've been playing
● Shinobi, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
● U
#538: Voilà (Wala?)
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase 7.31.2025
● Nintendo sold over 512,000 Switch 2 Pro Controllers in June
● Mario Paint is now available for NSO
● Mario Kart World receives a hefty update
● Game Releases/Updates
Games we've been playing
● N
#537: Knowing is Half the Battle
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Pokemon Presents Recap
● LEGO Gameboy, coming!
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discuss
● Question of the week (Microtransactions)
Time Out
● 3D Printing
Games we've been playing
● Donkey Kong Bananza
● Pokémon Friends
● Shadow Labyrinth Nintendo Switch 2 E
#536: Jesse's PC is Fried! And Donkey Kong Bananza!
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program
● It's a Donkey Kong Bananza bonanza as the guys give their early impressions of Nintendo's newest release!
● The Legend of Zelda movie has had the cast announcements for their lead characters
● A Drag X Drive demo tes
#535: Their Bananas in One Basket
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Nintendo Switch Game Voucher Program scheduled to end
● GameStop is auctioning off the stapler used to attach receipts to Nintendo Switch 2 boxes during launch night for charity
● Donkey Kong Bananza is being developed by the team behind Sup
#534: Watching People Play Switch 2 Through the Window
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Digital Foundry says that Switch 2 is an "impressive upgrade marred by sub-par display."
● Nintendo gives answers as to why non-Mario characters weren't included in Mario Kart World
● Speaking of Mario Kart, some people are upset the game’s
#533: This is Fire and it Slaps
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Donkey Kong Bananaza Direct
● New Nintendo Switch 2 Update allows for more backward compatible games to be playable, including Pikmin 3 Deluxe
● Cyberpunk 2077 is the best selling third-party game on Nintendo Switch 2
● Third party publisher
#532: Toilet Story
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast with guest Nick Pompa from lootlock.com:
News
● Nintendo announces that 3.5 million Nintendo Switch 2 units have been sold in the first 4 days
● Splatoon spinoff game announced
● Nintendo announces that some Nintendo Switch 2 units may not show the
#531: Nintendo Switch 2 Launch Day
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
Let's Discuss
● Nintendo Switch 2 Launch Day Experiences
News
● Multiple new games announced at Sony State of Play will be coming to Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2
● Business: Analytics firm says More Switch 2 consoles will be sold in 2025
#530: Now in 4K
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update
● Nintendo Switch 2's available storage
● Summer Game Fest 2025
● Nintendo Apps updated
● Splatoon's 10th Anniversary
● Pokémon Presents
● Game Releases/Updates
Games we've been playing
● Pinball Spire
●
#529: Let Them Cook
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Mario Kart World information from “Ask the Developer” blog post
● The $80 game price "crisis" extends to Borderlands 4…
● GameChat to require a phone number to work
● What is our Switch 2 launch gameplan?
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discu
#528: Marty’s Dusty Hat
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Journalists confirm that they will not have Nintendo Switch 2 reviews before launch
● Nintendo updates its EULA
● 12 Games getting Free Updates: Details are now available
● Game Releases/Updates
Games we've been playing
● Powerwash Simulato
#527: "Live" from Boston!
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#526: Geez-o-Pete’s
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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:
News
● Nintendo's stock is currently at an all-time high
● Nintendo Switch update 20.0.0
● New Mario Kart and Animal Crossing LEGO sets leaked
● Game Releases/Updates
Let's Discuss
● Our Top 25 Switch Games (6-15)
Games we've been playing
● Blue
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