Nintendo News Report

Donald is joined by Justin, Bryan, and Xander part-way through as they break down everything that happened in what might be the strongest Direct ever for third parties, but the big deal is Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE coming back from the Wii U. Recorded Sept 4.

It's the first Nintendo Direct-related show of the new era. Donald and Justin bat around some predictions and look ahead to the Nintendo Direct.

Apologies for mic trouble and the break, but Donald and Xander are here to talk Shovel Knight, Overwatch Switch?, a Direct next week?, the Aladdin/Loin King (sic) collection, and the Mega Man Zero and ZX Compilation.

Donald is joined by Brett Posner in his NWR podcast debut to talk about today's Pokemon announcements, see off Ducktales Remastered, and tell off Activision for adding gratuitous microtransactions to Crash Team Racing.

Donald is joined by anime/fighting/anime fighting expert Matt Zawodniak to talk about everything that went down at EVO 2019, give a quick shoutout to the Mario Tennis trial, and look ahead to the week's releases. Sadly, one of them is Sword Art Online.

Donald and Neal have a quick chat about: The Hero is here, Nintendo's Q1 earnings, Captain Toad VR, and the arrival of The Outer Worlds on Switch down the road a bit.

Welcome to the first episode of NNR20, the new, thrice-weekly version of Nintendo News Report that aims to wrap up the news in 20 minutes. Today, Donald and Neal talk Doom, give a Fire Emblem voice actor update, and run down the week's releases. Don't forget to subscribe on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/nwr

In the final episode of NNR recorded on Google Hangouts, Donald, Neal, and Zach talk Omega Labyrinth, Joy-Con drift settlements, the Switch Mini and upcoming revision, everybody wanting a Three Houses VA gone for wildly different reasons (UPDATE: He gone!), the Mario Maker 2 upgrade, and just how we're doing the show in a post-Hangouts world. (Recorded July 25.)

This week Donald and Justin discuss: Cadence of Hyrule, how rolling credits on FFX means you're 20% done, the lows and lows of E3 from a press perspective, Mario Maker 2 hype and lack of styluses and Mystery Mushrooms, the Bloodstained kerfuffle, SolSeraph aka an actual ActRaiser tribute in 2019, and of course, fantasy book Smash Bros DLC. (Recorded June 27.)

With regular host Donald Theriault out in Los Angeles covering E3, the inmates run the asylum as Neal Ronaghan, Alex Culafi, Justin Berube, and Zach Miller take you through E3 2019 from their perspective at home. (Recorded June 12.)

Donald, Alex, and Justin break down the Pokemon Direct, hit a couple of quick news stories, then roll through a mess of E3 predictions - both their own and from the NWR Patrons - ahead of the final non-PAX E3 show next week. (Recorded June 5.)

Following last week's technical unpleasantness, Donald, Neal, Justin, and returning guest Alex talk Mario Maker 2 from the New York event, all of the night's announcements about Pokemon selling your information to insurance companies, the Belgian ban on lootboxes, Mario Kart Tour, and Nippon Ichi not being able to survive on busted gacha and 1500 sales of launch week games. (Recorded May 29.)

After an extended Golden Week, Donald, Justin, and Neal talk Tetris 99 Big Blocks, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Mahvel, psyching a rookie up for his first in-person E3... oh, who are we kidding, it's 30+ minutes of Super Mario Maker 2 chat related to the day's Nintendo Direct. (Recorded May 15.)

Anime is happening this week as Donald and Zach are joined by Bryan and Matt Z. to discuss: Nintendo's four-comma revenue and other things from the annual earnings, the stuffing of Switch sales, just how well is Mario U Deluxe selling anyway, the China move, the packed July release schedule, the NPDs, Persona 5 Scramble, and a giant enemy crab attacking Hungrybox's weak point for massive damage. (Recorded April 26)

This week Donald, Justin, Neal, and Xander talk Labo VR, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, Cuphead, Final Fantasy VII, Smash 3.0 including why we can't have nice things, what the hell is up with July, Switch 8.0 and the continuing missing folders, and the PlayStation 5's return to five hundred and ninety nine US dollars. (Recorded April 18)

This week Donald corrals Neal, Zach, and Justin to talk: PAX East games, Yoshi's Crafted World, Donkey Kong 3 to Switch, Fate/Extella LINK, Downwell, Baba Is You (And GOTY?), Hellblade's release date, the NES lineup for April while trying to wound scalpers, Atlus is on their BS again, Best Buy's leaking again (with a reason for LttP) and the hottest Shan-takes. (Recorded April 3)

In a rare Sunday recording, a cold-addled Donald is joined by Daan to discuss: Baseball Stars 2, Xenon Racer, Lyrica, Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, Gearbox's "panel" with Bulletstorm, Yacht Club's first publishing project, Nintendo's E3 plans, the possibility of two new Switches, almost all of the Sega FES announcements, and OH HAY LOOK SHANTAY with a side of Apple Arcade. (Recorded March 31)

Full service finally resumes with Donald, Justin and Zach talking the Nindies Showcase, what Xbox Live will be on Switch - spoilers, not much - the upcoming Konami collections, the NPDs, request a F in the chat for Crackdown 3, reluctantly chat about Google's revival of OnLive, and... HOLY CRAP NECRODANCER ZELDA CROSSOVER. Plus, the Battleblock Theater trailer and a special eff you to Badland Games. (Recorded March 20)

As the ides of March pass, Donald runs down the news of the week with the following topics: Zelda II is playable in a sane fashion after 31 years, NISA has more RPGs coming, Sega threatened the world at SxSW, and we look ahead to big events with the potential for Nintendo news in the form of GDC and PAX East. (Recorded March 17)

On this Mar10 day, a still-not-100% Donald talks Pokemon Sword and Shield, Labo VR, the Switch Online update, EVO, THQ Nordic's extremely public PR fiasco, and previews the week ahead. (Recorded March 10)

This week Donald, Justin, and Zach talk the Direct, Yoshi's Crafted World, Tetris 99, Daemon x Machina, the New York Toy Fair, Reggie's retirement, quick sales numbers, Microsoft x Nintedo, and... Nintendo VR? (Recorded February 21)

This week Donald, Neal, and John break down the February 13 Nintendo Direct in all of its Link's Awakening, Fire Emblem Three Houses, Super Mario Maker 2 glory. But after that, you get to hear the rough audio from our predictions video and see where we got it all completely wrong. (Recorded February 13 and 12)

On this week's Nintendo News Report Mini, Donald talks the Xbox Live extension on Switch, the expansion of Fortnite-style voice chat, free money for Switch buyers, the new NES games, another block of big RPGs, and looks ahead to this week... what the hell is the deal with FF7 Switch, anyway? (Recorded February 10)

This week Donald, Justin, and Zach discuss the following: Smash Ultimate 2.0 feat. Piranha Plant, find out you cannot use Amiibo in the Spirit Board, talk about Senran Kagura and Steins;Gate (guess who had those and win a No-Prize), Nintendo's financials and the news out of that, and finally have a chance to discuss the Metroid Prime 4 tea-tabling and reboot. Also, Donald is the maestro of the Nintendo Trade System. In honour of its closure, the opening and closing music this episode is Wii Shop Bling. (Recorded February 1)

This week, Donald, Justin, and Neal are joined by special guests Matt and Carmine to take an insane list of games and bring it down to the ten biggest newsmakers of 2018. Recorded live as part of the 9th NWR Live Telethon for Child's Play - donations are still open until Saturday, and you could make Daan play Mario Party 5. Or even do worse - it's for the kids! (Recorded January 26)

This week Donald, Bryan, and a late-arriving Daan (internet trouble) talk about the NES Online additions, Nintendo Selects, Persona Q2 getting rated, Puyo Puyo, Travis Strikes Again, Giga Wrecker Alt, Mortal Kombat 11's voice choices and possible delays, and break down into a discussion of WWE just in time for Takeove... the Royal Rumble. (Recorded January 18)

This week Donald and Zach discuss the joys of graphics card upgrades, Tales of Vesperia Remastered, Yoshi's Crafted World and Kirby dates, the NES and Famicom Online additions for January, the possible drunkeneness of SquareEnix launching three Final Fantasy games in two weeks, and the collateral damage being inflicted on Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen. (Recorded January 12)

This week, Donald, Justin, and Zach run down their top five lists for the year, as well as hopes and dreams crushed during the course of the year. Pretty sure we're the only show where Horizon Chase Turbo can get serious consideration. The rumored Smash leaks and the Persona 5 tease are also briefly touched upon. (Recorded January 4)

Donald takes time out from New Year's Eve prep to quickly hit some news that landed between Christmas and New Year's. Discussed: Damon Baker's departure from NoA, the first Switch game announced has a (Japanese) release window, Persona movement, the Switch sales kept coming, and how to get 100% completion in World of Light. See you in 2019! (Recorded December 29.)

SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN GAMES. Ahem. Donald and Justin talk Smash including the realm of the Elite, where's my Earthbound, the insane game sales, the insane Smash sales, the insane Switch sales, the... impending sanity for the eShop, debate Nintendo's 2018, and holiday plans. Donald continues to be undefeated in the Feats of Strength. (Recorded December 20.)

A bilateral panel of Donald and Daan talk about Smash, a game where Santa beats up Jesus, Gris, what Sunsoft did for six freaking years before discovering mahjong games, the FlipGrip, Smash Ultimate 1.2 (plus a glitch?), updates to Overcooked 2 and Stardew Valley, the Kinda Funny Games Showcase, the 1 cent eShop game, too many games, and a possible name change in 2019. Give us folders, you cowards. (Recorded December 14.)

This week, Donald, Justin, and special guest Bryan talk the following: Super Smash Bros Ultimate (early impressions) and The Game Awards* announcements consisting of Persona 5's Joker as DLC #1 for Smash, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 from the combo that brought you Metroid Other M, Mortal Kombat XI gets over here, Donut County (from @PeterMolydeux) is coming to Switch, and so is Crash Team Racing. For some reason. (Music this week is Last Surprise from the Persona 5 soundtrack, and thanks to @DrForester for the album art. Recorded December 7.)

This week, Donald, Justin, and Neal discuss the following: A look ahead to the Keighlies, Pokemon Let's Go, Donald's belligerent and numerous eShop buys on Black Friday, Toki, Smash Bros Ultimate, The Turkey Five, an act of trolling from Eiji Aounuma, WayForward as Tom Henke, and RIPieces to the Nintendo Creator's Program. Recorded November 29, and "spoiler free" refers to the Smash talk specifically.

Donald, Justin, and Zach talk Bug Butcher, Outrun and Outrun tributes, Pokemon Let's Go, the anniversary of everything... ok, two Zelda and two Smash games, the monster Switch and other eShop sales, early returns on Let's Go, and dip into the chatroom for another revival question. Recorded November 21.

Excelsior! (RIP Stan Lee) This week, Donald and Justin talk Let's Go Pikachu, SNK 40th Anniversary, You Don't Know Jack, the ramipercussions of Sony having jack and squat to show at E3 2019, the Detective Pikachu trailer, cheating in Gradius, and because we want Youtube juice Five Nights At Freddy's. Recorded November 16.

Donald and Justin celebrate the show being viewable on Youtube with the following: Games of the week, RIP Mario Segali, Sakurai's DLC statement, a new Nintendo shareholder question session, the next Switch online dump, and 42 games in one week. Recorded November 9.

It's Donald, Neal, Justin, and Zach talking about Smash Ultimate. And Yoshi's Crafted World, and Switch sales + the first leaks of Black Friday, but it's mostly Smash Ultimate. Also, help Donald out by deciding if Twitter is worth using: http://www.strawpoll.me/16762142 (Original record date: November 1)

This week Donald, Justin, Neal, and Zach talk Diablo III, SNK 40th Anniversary Collection, God of War 2018, Starlink, sales news from the UK and US, Meltan, and a whole lot of chatter about Smash Ultimate in light of rumors that aren't happening. (Original record date: October 25)

Donald and Justin are joined by Daan Koopman to talk about games that are better on Switch - Valkyria Chronicles, Diablo III: Eternal Collection, Starlink, and Dead Cells - then it's the Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee postgame content (spoilers for Breath of the Wild, there's a reason), discover a lost Kingdom Hearts game, and ferret out the Switch bundle of choice this year.

Alex has a major announcement at the top of the show, then it's talk about Mega Man 11, Torna, TWEWY: Final Remix, the possibility of a new Switch, more news on Meltan, and the rest of the week in Nintendo news.

With the normal News Report crew unable to assemble due to holidays and other travel, Donald grabs the bull by the horns for a quickie monologue on the rumors of a new Switch and his early game thoughts on The World Ends With You: Final Remix.

Hey everyone! Join us this week for Nintendo News Report as we record the 100th episode since we pivoted to, uh, audio. Alex, Donald, and Justin will talk about the news of the week, mostly centered around the discovery of a new Pokemon.

Hey everyone! This week, join Donald, Justin, and Zach for this week's Nintendo News Report. We were mostly going to talk about the week's online launch and grill Zach about why Senran Kagura: Enjoy Your Massage exists, but we'll also be providing the latest news about a major Switch third party.

Hey everyone! This week, join Nintendo News Report for a wild and woolly Nintendo Direct recap. Donald and Justin are joined by Neal, Xander, and Bryan as we talk Nintendo Switch Online, Luigi's Mansion 3, Isabelle in Smash, why Hiroshi Yamauchi is spinning in his grave at Mach 2, and so much more.

Oh hi there! This week on Nintendo News Report, Alex, Donald, and Justin discuss the Nintendo Direct delay (and make a few predictions), Final Fantasy XV (but not that one), Mega Man 11's demo, Valkirya Chronicles 1 and 4, and Travis Strikes Again.

Hey everyone! We're here with Donald and Justin talking about the week's news. On the docket tonight: A maintenance scare, another wave of indie announcements including Shovel Knight, and another attempt to fix the Pro Controller.

Hey everyone! Join Alex and Donald for this week's Nintendo News Report. The news of the week includes two different indie onslaughts, big bucks in the US, and Xenoblade 2 goes anime beach episode.

Hey everyone! Alex returns tonight to talk the news of the week with Donald and Justin. On the show, we talk the announcements of Diablo III Eternal Collection and Doom Eternal, and if there's time someone will relieve the despair of high school, with a shade more murder.

Hey everyone! It's Smash Direct day, and our Nintendo News Report team is going to break it all down for you. Join Donald, Justin, and Zach as we talk Belmonts, Echoes, and oh so much more.

Hey everyone! A trio of Nintendo News Reporters are here for a brisk look at some games and a busy week in the financial sector. Welcome to a world in which the best selling hardware in a month is the NES, and it's not 1990.

Hey everyone! Join Alex, Donald, and Justin for the week's Nintendo News Report. We talk about the new Labo variety kit, the return of Taiko drumming to North America, and Donald's about ready to declare Switch game bankruptcy.