The Nintendo Drive
Welcome to The Nintendo Drive, a weekly podcast from Carpool Gaming. Hosts Lockleth, Amanda, Sean, and Seth take a cozy and relaxed approach to exploring the world of Nintendo. New episodes drop every Friday at 9AM ET. Listeners can support the show on Patreon to get early, ad-free access and an exclusive post-show segment.
Episodes
The Nintendo Drive 272: Somehow, Star Wars Returned
Thank the Maker we have our expert panelist Amanda on the podcast for all of the times Star Wars is randomly mentioned during this episode.★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/► Check us out on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/carpoolgami
The Nintendo Drive 271: A Link to the Concert
Well, now that we've recorded it on a podcast, I think that means we MUST link up in 2027 to go to the Zelda concert together.★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/► Check us out on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/carpoolgaminglive► S
The Nintendo Drive 270: Early Thoughts on Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
While we haven't had a TON of time to spend with Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave yet (mostly for EB Games-related reasons...), we've still got plenty of thoughts from our first few hours. And special guest Ryan is here to share theirs with us too!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyAB
The Nintendo Drive 269: The Eve of the Weave
We're mere HOURS away from Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave at this point! Are we prepared? What's our battle plan?!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/► Check us out on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/carpoolgaminglive► Subscri
The Nintendo Drive 268.5: 9.9.2026 Nintendo Direct Breakdown
Two Nintendo Directs in as many days! We have THOUGHTS on this one! Featuring special guests Tony Baker and Ryan Turford!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/► Check us out on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/carpoolgaminglive► Subscribe
The Nintendo Drive 268: The Ocarina of Time Remake Looks Kinda Incredible
Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct! Our first real look at the Ocarina of Time remake! Sean and Seth played Orbitals! We finally get to hear Amanda's thoughts on Elden Ring! What a week!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/► Check u
The Nintendo Drive 267: Hold Me Closer, Tarnished Dancer
We're just a couple'a Elden Johns talkin' about Elden Ring this week on the show. Featuring community member Gizmoto!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/► Check us out on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/carpoolgaminglive► Su
The Nintendo Drive 266: From Dusk(bloods) Till (South of) Midnight
Look man, we're really just killing time until Elden Ring releases on Switch 2 later this week. But! We've got thoughts on the Duskbloods network test, South of Midnight, Gamescom and poop!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.c
The Nintendo Drive 265: Which Pokémon Would Make a Tasty Donut?
You may not be able to secure Pokémon donuts at Krispy Kreme... but which Pokémon *should* be turned into a delicious donut? Consider the horrific implications of this for as long as you'd like!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.
The Nintendo Drive 264: Dreaming of Fire Emblem Spin-Offs
Everyone's still riding the high from last week's Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave Direct. But how do we inject even MORE Fire Emblem into our veins? What free ideas can we give Shiggy and Reggie for some Fire Emblem spin-offs?★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool
The Nintendo Drive 263: We're HYPED for Fire Emblem
Hot off the heels of the Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Direct, we share our excitement about this new look at the game and all of the beautiful people (like Fabio) that await us in September.★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/
The Nintendo Drive 262: Splatoon Raiders for the Birthday Boy
It's Sean's birthday today - and there's no better way to cap off the celebrations than by talking about Splatoon Raiders and whatever other kinda nonsense we'll get into!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/► Check
The Nintendo Drive 261: The One Where Ryan Tells Seth About Hannah Montana for the Nintendo Wii
Ryan joins Seth this week on the show to discuss the reasons you might make Nintendo Switch 2 your new primary platform, the realities of the all-digital future and how third parties aren't supporting upgrades properly, and the ins and outs of Hannah Montana: The Movie for the Nintendo Wii!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discor
The Nintendo Drive 260: 10(ish) Games for OUR GameCube Mini
Nintendo doesn't seem to want to make a GameCube Mini, so we're gonna do it. Which 10 games (give or take) NEED to be on this hypothetical console? Let's hash it out. Surely everyone will be happy by the end.★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch:
The Nintendo Drive 259: Seth's Away; Chaos Ensues
Seth's gone, Lockleth's here, and I think they were talking about Canadian television icon Fred Penner for a weirdly long time.★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/► Check us out on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/carpoolgamingli
The Nintendo Drive 258: We Need to Talk About Star Fox (2026)
Yeah okay so literally everybody on the Internet has shared their thoughts and opinions on yet another remake of Star Fox 64. Most seemed to have made up their mind before the game even released. But now that it's finally out and in our hands... how is the *actual video game*? Let's get into it.★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazi
The Nintendo Drive 257: Switch 2's First Year BRACKET BATTLE w/ Andross
The Switch 2 just crossed its first year mark, so how can we possibly resist seizing this opportunity for the sake of content? Let's take EVERY exclusive game released in the Nintendo Switch 2's first year and throw them into a tournament bracket!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg
The Nintendo Drive 256: The Whole Fam Damnly
It's amazing what some Internet troubles and cat poop incidents can make happen.★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/► Check us out on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/carpoolgaminglive► Subscribe on YouTube: https://youtube.com/carpo
The Nintendo Drive 255: Talkin' About the June 2026 Nintendo Direct
We have SO MUCH to talk about! Ocarina of Time remake! New Xenoblade! Kingdom Hearts IV? HUH?!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/► Check us out on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/carpoolgaminglive► Subscribe on YouTube: https://youtube
The Nintendo Drive 254: If We Ran Nintendo (The Nintendo Drive Edition)
Let's face it. As Nintendo fans, we are often left slightly disappointed and scratching our heads asking... why? Where is our Super Mario Galaxy 3? Why isn't a new Animal Crossing out yet? Bring back Kid Icarus Uprising! Seriously! And... what were you THINKING with the Virtual Boy (on Nintendo Switch 2)? Well, sit back as The Nintendo Drive crew does just that. That's right - this is
The Nintendo Drive 253: Will We Invest in YOUR Nintendo Pitches?
This week on the show, it's NINTENDO SHARK TANK! The panel of Sharks have $1,000,000 to invest and they'll hear YOUR Nintendo pitches. What will the payoff be? Who knows! It's just a dumb fun idea!► Support Amanda's fundraiser: https://raceroster.com/events/2026/112177/the-2026-asics-falmouth-road-race/pledge/participant/46388720★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https:
The Nintendo Drive 252: It's Almost Yoshi Time, Baby
We're mere days away from the release of Yoshi and the Mysterious Book - but are we excited to play it? Thankfully, we have known Yoshi superfan Amanda on the case.★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/► Check us out on Twitch:
The Nintendo Drive 251: Reacting to YOUR Nintendo Hot Takes!
This week on the show, we crave *spice* -- so we've asked y'all for your hottest Nintendo takes and we're gonna give our takes on your takes. Just takes all the way down. Take that.★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/►
The Nintendo Drive 250: Who The Hell Knows
It's The Nintendo Drive's first Lockless episode and we don't know what to do. I mean, we'll be *fine* -- but Amanda needs help deciding her next Switch 2 game! So let's figure that out for a semblance of structure!► Check out Seth in Passerine: https://youtu.be/i7UgRF4AUyE?si=lSFKE30sKxjOCxdO★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join
The Nintendo Drive 249: Lockleth's Graduation
It's Lockleth's final episode. Let's send our favorite pigeon off with all of our love underneath her wings.★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/► Check us out on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/carpoolgaminglive► Subscribe o
The Nintendo Drive 248: Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Impressions
Now that we've been able to spend some time on our islands and make some Miis in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, only one question remains. So... what'd you think?► Submit your favorite Lockleth memories, moments and/or clips for her graduation episode next week: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1S8S6U_MgLBchiInpEiIBcWF_6oPj8lLG?usp=drive_link★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our P
The Nintendo Drive 247: Ready to Live Our Tomodachi Lives
In just a couple of short days, we'll have Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream and we can finally embrace whatever weird garbage our Miis are gonna get up to. We're pretty excited about that! Also, Fulya is here and we'll talk about video games!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8
The Nintendo Drive 246: SPOILER-FREE Thoughts on The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is out and it's gonna make infinity dollars... but none of that matters. What matters is what WE thought about it. So we're gonna talk it out with a good ol' review discussion - and don't worry, there'll be NO SPOILERS! Check out our Patreon if you wanna hear those.★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Joi
The Nintendo Drive 245: Don't Believe Nintendo About Meetup in Bellabel Park
Is the new Meetup in Bellabel Park DLC for Super Mario Bros. Wonder actually as multiplayer-centric as Nintendo has been marketing? Carpool Gaming's resident Mario sicko has 100%d the new content - specifically the SINGLE PLAYER content - and has many thoughts! And his mostly uninterested cohosts will be forced to listen to them! Hooray!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://pa
The Nintendo Drive 244: Revealing Our All-Time Favorite Pokémon!
We still very much have Pokopia on the brain, so we thought... why not just sit in the pocket of Pokémon love a little while longer? We're each gonna reveal our top three favorite Pokémon of ALL TIME... and we're gonna hear which ones are YOUR favorites too!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.
The Nintendo Drive 243: Ranking Nintendo's GREENEST Characters
We're recording on St. Patrick's Day, so we figured... why not make a silly tier list ranking Nintendo's greenest guys? Which character will come out victorious; the most un-pinchable? Join us and find out!Make your own tier list: https://tiermaker.com/create/green-nintendo-characters-18388568★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our ama
The Nintendo Drive 242: Pokémon Pokopia is Somethin' Special
In just the few short days it's been out, Pokémon Pokopia has become a total phenomenon... and for good reason! We can't stop playing it! It's an excellent video game for the Nintendo Switch 2 system! That we will talk about in length on this very podcast!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discor
The Nintendo Drive 241: Pokémon Winds & Waves | Indie World March 2026
THERE IS SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT THIS WEEK between Pokémon Winds & Waves being revealed, a (very good!) Indie World showcase and Pokémon Pokopia releasing in just a couple of days. IT'S ENOUGH SLICES!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoo
The Nintendo Drive 240: The Virtual Boys Are Back in Town
Finally, we have more ways to line Nintendo's pockets with more of our hard-earned money to play some Virtual Boy games that mostly aren't even particularly good! But hey, the thing's got Wario Land; that counts for something.★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carp
The Nintendo Drive 239: Hopes & Dreams for Pokémon Day 2026
Pokémon Day 2026 is coming up and it's the big 30th anniversary celebration... so what do we hope to see?★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/► Check us out on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/carpoolgaminglive► Subscribe on YouTube:
The Nintendo Drive 238: Catching Up With the Partner Showcase
We did indeed have our first big Nintendo Direct of 2026 last week - and it was a Partner Showcase! But was it any GOOD? I guess we should probably talk about that.★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/► Check us out on Twitch: http
The Nintendo Drive 237: IS THIS TOMODACHI LIFE?!
The game that we didn't think would ever get a sequel NOT ONLY got a sequel... but it got its very own Nintendo Direct! So we're gonna talk about it and get a hype check on Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https:
The Nintendo Drive 236: Nintendo Directs in Every Direction
We just had a Super Mario Galaxy Movie Direct. There's gonna be a Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Direct later this week. Rumors are already swirling about ANOTHER Nintendo Direct NEXT WEEK. How will we ever survive this?!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming
The Nintendo Drive 235: Get In Loser, We're Playing Animal Crossing
I mean, yeah dude, the new 3.0 update and Nintendo Switch 2 Edition came out for Animal Crossing: New Horizons and almost the entire crew is hooked all over again. What more do you want from me? ALSO FULYA IS HANGING OUT WITH US YAY!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool G
The Nintendo Drive 234: ACNH 3.0 Will Change LIVES
It's the last episode of The Nintendo Drive before the massive 3.0 update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons drops! You might separate these time periods into pre- and post-3.0 if you'd like. For your personal records. For the history books.★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get
The Nintendo Drive 233: Predicting Nintendo's 2026
We're BACK, baby! It's a new year and you know what that means! Time to predict ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING Nintendo's gonna do in 2026 - as well as look back at our predictions from 2025! I'm sure it all went great!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming m
The Nintendo Drive 232: Ranking Nintendo's 2025
It's our FINAL episode of 2025 and it's time to discuss how Nintendo did this year! What better way to do that than with a silly tier list? Thanks for your support this year - we'll see you in 2026!► Make your own tier list: https://tiermaker.com/create/nintendos-2025-15748175★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord comm
The Nintendo Drive 231: More Like MEHtroid Prime 4/10 Amirite
It's been a long time coming, but Metroid Prime 4 is FINALLY out... and we've got Carpool Gaming's resident Metroid expert - THE Ryan Turford - joining us to share thoughts! Was it worth the wait? Find out!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: ht
The Nintendo Drive 230: Holiday Gift Basket Battle Royale 2025
It's offically December and THE Fulya has come by for 2025's holiday gift baskets: curating holiday bundles of Nintendo Switch & Nintendo Switch 2 games!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/► Check us out on Twitch: htt
The Nintendo Drive 229: Kirby Air Riders Impressions
Amanda's most anticipated game possibly EVER has FINALLY released and we just have one question. So... what do you think? Join us tonight as we talk Kirby Air Riders!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/► Check us out on Twitch
The Nintendo Drive 228: 10 Games To Get To Know Us
In this week's episode, the gang reveals their ten chosen games to get to know them. Not necessarily their *favorite* games of all time, but the ones that best illustrate who they are as people, their gaming tastes, et al. THE RESULTS MAY SHOCK YOU!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U
The Nintendo Drive 227: Post-Extra Life Blues Support Group
We're all back home from an amazing Extra Life 2025 where we all got to hang out in-person and raise over $11,000 for sick kids... and now we just miss each other. So for this week, we're firing up a special episode to just kinda hang out again. Maybe we'll even talk about Nintendo, who knows!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our ama
The Nintendo Drive 226: Animal Crossing's 3.0 Update is WILD
We honestly can't believe it, but Nintendo threw Animal Crossing fans a bone. There's a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition of Animal Crossing: New Horizons coming in January, alongside a MASSIVE 3.0 update... so you know we've gotta talk about it!★ LINKS ★► Donate to Extra Life 2025: https://extra-life.org/participant/carpoolgaming► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoo
The Nintendo Drive 225: The Halloween 2025 Spooktacular
Halloween is just a few short days away and we're getting into the spirit of the season! Hanging out, talking about games and answering a bunch of spooky-themed questions from the community. Which Nintendo character would you want with you during a zombie apocalypse? Which Nintendo character is equivalent to candy corn? Find out!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.co
The Nintendo Drive 224: Pokémon Legends: Z-A Impressions
Pokémon Legends: Z-A is out and Seth has played a bunch of it! Does it suck? Find out! Also, Sakurai's doing another Kirby Air Riders Direct and it's gonna be AN HOUR LONG? That's crazy dude!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolga
The Nintendo Drive 223: Who Ordered The Z-A?
We're just days away from a brand new Pokémon game and... are we excited? Are we ready to be hurt again? Do we trust the (actually pretty positive!) reviews? Are we part of the problem? Does none of this matter because we're probably just gonna buy it regardless?★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://dis
The Nintendo Drive 222: What's Nintendo Teasing With "Close To You"?
Nintendo released a mysterious animated short called "Close To You" earlier today... and nobody knows what the hell this could be about. So let's do what we do best here on the Internet: wildly speculate and blow this completely out of proportion.★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eB
The Nintendo Drive 221: The One with the Food Questions
I'm not quite sure what happened this week. Was there collusion among the Carpool Gaming community? Some sort of shadow council that held court, with us talking about food on the podcast as its dark purpose? Either way, the joke's on you: we're happy to. So let's have some food with our video games.★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Jo
The Nintendo Drive 220: Nintendo's Fall 2025 Hype Check
Now that we have a general idea of what the rest of Nintendo's 2025 looks like... how excited are we about it? Let's record ourselves talking about that topic into microphones together on the Internet in order to create Content™!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpo
The Nintendo Drive 219: September 2025 Nintendo Direct (The Mario Galaxy One)
We all woke up far too early for another big Nintendo Direct last Friday morning and, of course, we've gotta talk about it. We're a Nintendo podcast after all, at least sometimes. We should probably talk about it. There was a Pokemon farming sim and Virtual Boy a bunch of Mario Galaxy stuff, it was goin buck wild over there.★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com
The Nintendo Drive 218: The Silkiest Song
Seth's been playing a whole bunch of Silksong and he's here to tell you if he thinks it's overly difficult garbage or not! Also, I'm sure we're gonna talk about a whole bunch of stuff. I heard Amanda somehow found a golfing RPG.★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get
The Nintendo Drive 217: One True Pairing
Lockleth's back from her break this week - and honestly, unhinged Nintendo ships is probably the perfect topic for her return.★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/► Check us out on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/carpoolgaminglive► Su
The Nintendo Drive 216: LEGO-ify These Franchises
With the recent announcement of a new LEGO Batman game (and Amanda playing her first LEGO game recently), we thought it'd be fun to talk about the franchises that need their very own LEGO game treatment! We wanna play more of these on Nintendo Switch 2!★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyAB
The Nintendo Drive 215: Kirby Air Riders Got Us Kirbin' Out
I'm not really sure what that means either. Anyways, there was a Kirby Air Riders Direct and it gave us our first real look at the game! For one of us, this is basically a dream game... I wonder if you'll be able to guess who.★ LINKS ★► Get Exclusive Perks on on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool G
The Nintendo Drive 214: The UFO 50 Game on the Nintendo Switch System
UFO 50 shadowdropped on Switch during the Indie World showcase last week and it's all Seth has been able to think about ever since. Unfortunately for you all, Seth is who writes these descriptions and makes the thumbnail for YouTube. So that's how we've arrived here.★ LINKS ★► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: http
The Nintendo Drive 213: Somehow, Indie World Returned
After nearly a year, Nintendo has FINALLY announced that a new Indie World showcase is happening on Thursday! I think that's pretty exciting! We'll probably talk about that and a bunch of other unrelated things! ★ LINKS ★► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: h
The Nintendo Drive 212.5: 7.31.25 Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase Reactions
There was a Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase to close out July and uh... we have thoughts! So we thought we'd assemble a little panel and talk it out for a special mini episode!★ LINKS ★► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/► Check us out
The Nintendo Drive 212: Can You Paint With All The Colors of the Mario
Sean's birthday this year really was a happy birthday after all, because we got Mario Paint on NSO... with full Joy-Con 2 mouse controls! Hell yeah! So let's talk about how cool that is and probably a bunch of other unrelated stuff!★ LINKS ★► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Car
The Nintendo Drive 211: Pokémon Concierge Season Two HYPE
There was a new Pokémon Presents this morning and while it didn't give us a ton of new information on much of anything, it *did* give us a new look at Pokémon Concierge Season Two! And honestly, isn't that worth it in the end?★ LINKS ★► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool G
The Nintendo Drive 210: DK Bananza Got Me Saying "OH, BANANA!"
Ryan Turford joins us this week to share some early impressions of Donkey Kong Bananza! Because if we have to stop playing Donkey Kong Bananza in order to record a podcast, that podcast may as well be about playing Donkey Kong Bananza.★ LINKS ★► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool
The Nintendo Drive 209: It's Been... One Month With Nintendo Switch 2
Is the honeymoon phase over? Have our rose-tinted glasses finally fallen slightly down our noses? After more than a full month with Nintendo Switch 2 - have we shaken loose the coils of launch hype? Or is it a fool's errand to try to compare the launch of Nintendo Switch 2 to other console launches altogether? Are we, as Nintendo fans, fresh out of things to complain about? Let's find out.
The Nintendo Drive 208: Don't Call It A Comeback
Sean's BACK and we're very excited about that! It seems like he was waiting for the Mario Strikers redemption arc to make his grand return - and who can blame him?★ LINKS ★► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/► Check us out on Twitch
The Nintendo Drive 207: The Nintendo Items We'd Date
Maybe we've finally full lost the plot with this show. Maybe it was all a mistake. Maybe this is where we finally went too far. We do, however, refused to be judged for our actions during this (or any) episode. Let he who has never wanted to date an inanimate object in a Nintendo game cast the first green shell.★ LINKS ★► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Jo
The Nintendo Drive 206: Donkey Kong Bananza Looks SO GOOD
It's tempting to just write "PAULINE" in all caps and call it a day, but I guess I'd better do a bit more than that. We got a Nintendo Direct focused on Donkey Kong Bananza, revealing a TON of new info about the game... and y'all, July 17th really can't get here quickly enough.★ LINKS ★► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazin
The Nintendo Drive 205: It's Been... One Week With Mario Kart World
If the episode title got the song stuck in your head, it may be time to join me in registering for AARP. We've had the Switch 2 and its flagship launch title - Mario Kart World - for about a week now. So how good *is* the game, anyway? We have THOUGHTS and we're gonna share them on this PODCAST!★ LINKS ★► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazin
The Nintendo Drive 204: Switch 2 Launch Day Impressions
The day has finally arrived and special guest Fulya is coming to hang out! We're gonna talk about our first impressions of Switch 2, what it's like on the other side of the counter selling these things, and maybe even say a few nice words about Switch Juan.★ LINKS ★► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg
The Nintendo Drive 203: The Spiciest Nintendo Characters Tier List
Amanda and Lockleth create THE SPICIEST Nintendo characters Tier List! Which Nintendo characters are we calling Daddy and Mommy?★ LINKS ★► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U ► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/ ► Check us out on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/carpoolgaminglive ►
The Nintendo Drive 202: Which Nintendo Characters Are We Marrying?
Amanda and Lockleth decide which Nintendo characters they want to Play with, Marry, or Kill...It won't get weird right?★ LINKS ★► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/► Check us out on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/carpoolgaminglive► Subscribe
The Nintendo Drive 201: (Im)Patiently Waiting for Switch 2
Just... three... weeks... to... go. We can do this. We can survive until the Switch 2 comes out. We'll make it. Together.★ LINKS ★► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/► Check us out on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/carpoolgaminglive► Subscri
The Nintendo Drive 200: Celebrating 200 Episodes!
To quote Shania Twain in 1997: Looks like we made it. Look how far we've come, my Nintendo Drive. Okay, she didn't exactly say that, but I'd like to think that's what she meant. Join us as we look back at 200 episodes of this silly show and share some of YOUR precious momes and mems!★ LINKS ★► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Di
The Nintendo Drive 199: WE GOT TO PLAY SWITCH 2 EARLY!
Seth was lucky enough to play the Switch 2 and a bunch of games at the Nintendo Switch 2 Experience in Dallas last weekend and he's got a TON of thoughts... but he's not sharing them alone! This week on the show, we're also joined by special guest Ryan Turford, who got to attend the Nintendo Switch 2 Experience in Toronto! Surprise!★ LINKS ★► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://
The Nintendo Drive 198: Switch 2 Pre-Order War Stories
April 24th, 2025. The day that we pre-ordered our Nintendo Switch 2s. A day that will live in infamy and a day that has left us forever changed; forever shaken. But at the end of it all? When the dust settles and we recover a semblance of ourselves again? We did win.★ LINKS ★► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.
The Nintendo Drive 197: There Was Certainly a Mario Kart World Direct
Special guest FULYA joins us to break down the Mario Kart World Direct! Although we're probably gonna talk about a bunch of stuff because... there's not much new info to break down lol. Look man. They didn't really need to sell me any further on Mario Kart World. The game looks great and Pauline's in it.★ LINKS ★► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming
The Nintendo Drive 196: Bring These Games to Switch 2!
We've seen Xbox games like Grounded and Pentiment come to Switch. Recently, PlayStation games like Patapon and Hot Shots Golf were announced to be coming to Switch. It seems like just about everything is on the table at this point -- so what OTHER games from other platforms would we like to see on Switch 2?★ LINKS ★► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join ou
The Nintendo Drive 195: Switch 2 Direct Reactions | Mario Kart World | Donkey Kong Bananza
We've got over an hour's worth of Switch 2 Direct to unpack... who knows what's gonna happen? All we can know for sure is that Amanda will freak out about GameCube and Kirby Air Ride.★ LINKS ★► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/WR3qcXJq9n► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgam
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