Nintendo Week

Colin returns to announce his new life chapter as an indie game developer! Learn all about Royalty Free-For-All, a brand new platform fighter reimagining worlds from the public domain! Learn more at http://linktr.ee/aaaagames and wishlist on Steam at https://store.steampowered.com/app/3176720/Royalty_FreeForAll/

Colin sits down to welcome new listeners through the major chapters of Nintendo Week's history.

Hey everybody! Special announcement here from Nintendo Week. Give it a listen for all you need to know. It's been a great run, and I can't thank you enough for the support throughout the years. Much love, — Colin

The gang gets back together to discuss this summer's Nintendo Direct

Join Alex and Colin as they catch up on the latest Switch releases and the latest trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.   00:00 — Introduction 02:18 — Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters 09:12 — Episode Preview 11:09 — Pokémon Stadium NSO 16:51 — Advance Wars is Here 20:15 — Indie World Showcase 23:39 — Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Trailer #3

  Join your favorite April fools, Colin and Alex, for a huge catch-up on Nintendo. This week we reminisce about the past generation of eShop (now closed); games we've been playing like Pokémon SV, Mario Kart, and Breath of the Wild; our last thoughts before the Mario Movie opening this week; and of course the latest new gameplay demo of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.   01:27 — eShops Closed 24:52 — Pokémon SV (WWP)  34:30 — Mario Kart Updates 40:49 — Breath of the Wild (WWP) 44:06 — Tears of the Kingdom Bonanza 01:25:49 — Mario Kart's Future 01:31:30 — Super Mario Bros. Movie Pregame

The gang reunites to talk about Zelda, Metroid, Pikmin, and more from the latest Nintendo Direct

The gang unites to celebrate another year of Groosemas magic and ring in a wonderful 2023.

The world finally hears Chris Pratt's Mario voice, and surprise... It's his normal voice. So the gang discusses the incredible new trailer, as well as some Pokémon news debuting earlier today.

Technically it's still summer! The gang reunites post-summer-direct-predictions to react to a very very late Summer Nintendo Direct.

The gang gets back together to discuss predictions galore for the (presumed) summertime Nintendo Direct.

This week we dive into all things Pokémon from the miraculous Pokémon Day 2022... That might be overselling it, though, as we think Pokémon Day was a big underwhelming. As (spoilers) we do with everything else lately. Are we old or just tired? You decide!

Another Nintendo Direct is here full of wonderful news involving Kirby, Mario Kart, EarthBound, and so much more. Join your favorite crew as we discuss it all.

We're getting the band back together 'round the old Groosemas table to recount Nintendo's long pandemic-tinged year, and make our great Groosemas wishes for the next year to come. Merry Groosemas to all, and to all: please don't die.

[Updated w/ audio fix]  Nintendo Week is back, this time detailing Sora's recent release in Super Smash Bros., as well as all the big news surrounding Animal Crossing's free-and-paid expansion updates and the new Nintendo Switch Online pricing.

The gang reunites to discuss Sora's inclusion in Super Smash Bros. and keep historical record of all future Smash Speculation so it can finally be sealed until next time

....said in the most Chris Pratt voice you can imagine. Of course we'd talk about the Nintendo Direct! Wowza, let's dive in. (Mario movie cast talk starts at 53 minutes. also correction the Chris Pratt tweet was fake)

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Nintendo recently revealed more information on new games in their long-running series The Legend of Zelda and Metroid at this year's E3. Ben Lamoreux rejoins this week's episode for a deep dive into the most important lore you'll need to know for these upcoming masterpieces.

The gang hypes, theorizes, and discusses everything from Nintendo's 2021 E3, including Metroid Dread, Zelda, WarioWare, and more.

Mario Golf, Zelda stuff, and the all-important titular question. Let's ride.

The gang unites to discuss all the latest from Nintendo, including Game Builder Garage, New Pokémon Snap, the upcoming Mario movie, our E3 predictions, and more.

The gang is here to reminisce on the best features, games, and faces of one of Nintendo's greatest handhelds on the month of its tenth anniversary: Nintendo 3DS. Is it the greatest Nintendo console to date? Join the conversation and the fun @epicgamists on social media or write into epicgamists@gmail.com.

The gang is finally here for the promised March Megasode, featuring our beloved hosts as we catch up on everything in the world of Nintendo since from the Direct until Mario's Last Living Day.

Safe at home this Valentine’s Day?  Join the Nintendo Week Lonely Hearts Club to share everything we love about Pokémon, and what we want to see for the series’ 25th anniversary, including Sinnoh remakes, Smash Bros. Fighter choices, and much much more!  ft. Colin McIsaac, Alex Plant, Lee Albanese, and Veronica Marks.   Timestamps: 0:00 – 02:48 — Intro, Preamble 02:48 – 29:36 — Pokémon Restrospective 29:57 – 32:46 — Sinnoh Remakes 32:46 – 40:16 — Various Wishes 40:16 – 48:25 — Pokémon Fit for Smash  49:14 – [END] — Pokemon GO 

Quick update from Nintendo Week after a failed January podcast attempt

The season of giving is upon us, and once again Groose climbs aboard his mightly Loftwing to deliver the finest presents to every good Nintendo fan in the world. Join our heroes as they unite once again, to discuss their wishlists for the coming Nintendo Year.

Nintendo Week returns for November 2020 to discuss Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Nintendo's recent decision to shut down a popular Smash tournament, and all the best eShop savings you can find in this year's Black Friday sales, including Hades, Assassin's Creed, Pikuniku, and so much more.

Zelda, Pokémon, Luigi's Mansion... This week your hosts explore the spookiest experiences Nintendo has to offer. Listen... if you dare

The gang reunites with some fresh new faces to discuss all the news from our supersized gap year, including Animal Crossing, Xenoblade, Hyrule Warriors, Paper Mario, and of course some Super Smash Bros. DLC.

The gang reunites for a new episode pre-E3 2018. This week we discuss Pokémon Let's GO, Super Smash Bros., and make our predictions for E3 2018. This year's outro music is insaneintherainmusic's cover of Coconut Mall, from Mario Kart Wii.

Join Alex, Ben, and Colin as they join each other IN PERSON to discuss their experience at E3 2017, including Super Mario Odyssey, the Raving Rabbids, Splatoon 2, surprise Metroid games, and so much more. This week's outro music is "Jump Up, Superstar," by Mayor Pauline.

Join Colin, Alex, and Ben as they play catch-up from all of 2017 to discuss everything there is about Nintendo Switch and all its incredible games, followed by Alex and Colin's E3 predictions. This week's break music is Bulby's 8-bit rendition of Hau'oli City's theme from Pokémon Sun and Moon. This week's outro music is "Super Mega Ultra Pipe House," by DDRKirby(ISQ)

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Join Alex, Ben, and Colin for the first Nintendo Week of 2017, doubled in length as we emerge from our slumber with rusty podcasting skills and much to say about Nintendo Switch and all that surrounds it. We cover everything we learned from the Switch Presentation, including hardware, software, pricing, third-party relations, and so much more, before moving onto what all this tells us about Nintendo's prospective future. This week's outro music is insaneintherainmusic's rendition of "Dolphin Shoals," from Mario Kart 8.

Join Ben and Colin as they herald the end of 2016 by discussing tons of news about Nintendo Switch, Super Mario Run, Pokémon GO, and tons more. This week's outro music is InsaneInTheRainMusic's rendition of Vast Pony Canyon, from Pokémon Sun and Moon, featuring SwigglesRP.

Join Alex, Colin, and Ben, for an extra-long episode as we answer your questions all about Nintendo Switch in the Mystery House, including questions about 3D platformers, Mother 3's international release, Decidueye joining Smash Bros. to represent Pokémon Sun and Moon, and more. Then we hold a long discussion segment all about the overwhelmingly cool new trailer for Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which was revealed at The Game Awards earlier this week. This week's outro music is an acoustic cover of The Lich Yard, Specter Knight’s stage theme in Shovel Knight, by Streetwise Rhapsody on YouTube.

Join Alex, Colin, and Ben, as we break down another huge amount of Nintendo news, including EA's support for Switch, Phil Spencer's wish to see Banjo in Smash, what feels like yet another delay for Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and tons of reports about Nintendo Switch's software lineup. After the break, we sit down to talk about the newly-launched Pokémon Sun and Moon, and our full thoughts on what they do so right and so wrong. This week's break music is Bulby's 8-bit rendition of the Hau'oli City theme. This week's outro music is Theophany's rendition of the Deku Palace theme from Zelda: Majora's Mask, from his new album "Time's End: Part II."

Join Alex, Ben, and Colin as they boil down the last few weeks of Nintendo news, including tons of news and reports relating to Nintendo Switch, Animal Crossing's major new update, the official end of Wii U, Croagunk's inclusion in Pokkén Tournament, Game Freak's comments on future Pokémon remakes, and tons more. This week's outro music is insaneintherainmusic's rendition of "Still Alive," from Portal.

Join Alex, Ben, and Colin this week, as we open up with a Dream Land segment about our wishes for Mario Kart on Nintendo Switch, from characters, to courses, game modes, and more. Afterwards, we have a longer-form discussion about the future of the Virtual Console with Nintendo Switch, and the new ways Nintendo can continue releasing their back-catalogue of classic games. This week's outro music is "Dream Racing," a remix of Mario Kart 64's Rainbow Road theme, by prozax.

Join Alex, Ben, and Colin as they boil down an enormous week of news about Nintendo Switch, followed by stories on Pokémon fan games, Hyrule Warriors, and more in the News Block. After a quick look down Fortune Street, we take it to the Tea Table to discuss every single Nintendo-made game in the Wii U's library and call our bets on what's getting ported to Nintendo Switch. This week's outro music is timeaus222’s rendition of the Ferrum Stadium theme from Pokkén Tournament, called “Iron-Headed Pursuit.”

Join Alex, Ben, and Colin as they discuss a swarm of Pokémon topics from the past week, including the leaked full lineup of new Pokémon, Ultra Beasts, and Alolan Forms, alongside our experiences with the Sun and Moon Special Demo Version. Afterwards we shift to Colin's time with Nintendo's fall lineup, including the NES Classic Edition and Mario Party: Star Rush. And finally, after the break, it's the moment we've all been waiting for: Nintendo finally revealed the NX, now called "Nintendo Switch." This week's break music is Bulby's 8-bit rendition of Splatoon's final boss theme. This week's outro music is Colin's own orchestral rendition of the Sky Garden theme from Mario Kart: Super Circuit.

Colin travels by himself through semi-arid terrain on his ostrich horse. With a gaunt appearance and an empty stomach, he suddenly stops at the smell of something; he looks over to find a man cooking a large piece of meat over an open flame. Colin puts a hand over his gurgling stomach and moves the hand to his sword hilt. However, upon seeing that the man is traveling with a pregnant woman, he continues on. Now more tired and dehydrated than ever, Colin is struggling to maintain his consciousness. His vision becomes blurred as he presses on and he closes his eyes. A woman walking down a dark hallway with a hood appears. Colin opens his eyes again, but keeps his head down. Colin and Lee approach a large farm full of several kinds of hybrid pigs, that oink loudly as the two approach the house. Lee casually remarks that the noise is good because no one can ever sneak up on them. As Colin and his mother walk back through a courtyard, young Princess Lexie is attempting a cartwheel, but falls to the ground with a thud. Behind her Maddie runs forward and performs the move with ease, topping it off with several somersaults. Jealous, Lexie pushes her over and laughs. A young Mai sits uninterested against a tree, watching them; she turns, sees Colin walking through the garden, and diverts her gaze again, now blushing and smiling to herself. Lexie takes notice of this and whispers to Maddie, "Watch this." Maddie giggles as Lexie runs up to her brother and mother, asking if Colin would come play with them, stating that it is important for siblings to spend time together. After a small argument between Colin and Lexie, their mother makes him go and play with the girls. Colin's mother informs him that she has received a letter from his uncle in DC. In the letter, Chris says that "if the city is as magnificent as its obstructionism, DC must be something to behold." Continuing, he hopes they can come and see it one day, if he does not burn it to the ground first, to which Colin and Lexie burst out in laughter. He has also sent gifts for his niece and nephew. For Colin, a pearl dagger that belonged to the general who surrendered when Chris broke through the Outer Wall. The inscription on the dagger reads Never give up without a fight. Lexie, instead, receives an Earth Kingdom doll, much to her displeasure. Lexie comments that if Chris did not make it back from the siege, her father would be next in line to be Fire Lord. Her mother scolds her for saying such a thing, as Colin asks her how she would feel if Chris's son, Duncan, wanted their dad to die. Lexie simply retorts that she thinks "[their] dad would make a much better Fire Lord than his royal beer-loving kookiness" and sets her new doll ablaze. Their mother enters the room and tells them their father has requested an audience with their grandfather, Fire Lord George. Lexie disrespectfully inquires why Suzanne does not just refer to Fire Lord George as "grandfather" as "he isn't exactly the powerful Fire Lord he used to be". When she continues saying that someone was probably going to take his place soon, Suzanne scolds her once again for her brazen and callous speech and wonders to herself what is wrong with her daughter. In the Fire Lord's throne room, Scott asks Colin and Lexie how their great-grandfather Garfield won the Battle of Han Tui. While Colin stammers for an answer, Lexie decisively answers correctly. Pleased with his daughter, Scott asks her to show her grandfather the new moves she demonstrated for him. Okay this synopsis is way longer than I thought it would be when I started c/ping, I'm in too deep and need to stop.

GameXplain's Andre Segers joins Alex, Ben, and Colin this week for an episode dedicated entirely to Paper Mario: Color Splash. Andre and Colin's review copies are both in, so the four of us explore our experiences with the game and whether it's worth all the hype (and anti-hype). This week's outro music is an excellent rendition of the Toad Town music from the original Paper Mario, arranged and performed by Michelle Heafy, ThunderScott, and 8BitBrigadier.

Join Alex, Colin, and Ben, as we discuss the last few weeks of news, including the new series Pokémon Generations, new Ultra Beasts from Sun and Moon, Nintendo’s strategy for making mobile vs. console games, Nintendo’s new position for someone to enforce DMCA takedowns, Pokémon GO’s further-declining numbers, and tons more. This week's outro music is insaneintherainmusic’s live jazz rendition of the National Park theme, from Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal.

Join Alex, Ben, and Colin for a new segment called Indigo Plateau, where this week we explore our top five Wii U games, alongside our honorable mentions. We discuss games like Smash, Mario Kart, Shovel Knight, Splatoon, Donkey Kong, Pikmin, and tons more. This week's outro music is "Windmill Advisory,” a wonderful remix of the Windmill Hills theme, from Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, by Pumpkin King.

Join Alex, Ben, and Colin, as we discuss Nintendo and Apple's budding relationship kicking off with Mario’s first mobile game, before diving into tons of news from Pokémon Sun and Moon, Pokémon GO’s Apple Watch launch, and more. This week's outro music is "Mushroom Madness," a New Super Mario Bros. remix by Jredd.

Join Alex, Ben, and Colin in an extra-long episode as they discuss tons of news from the past few weeks, including Nintendo's involvement with eSports, Pokémon GO's decline in users, recent and extremely thorough reports about NX, and tons more. After the break we dig into this morning's Nintendo 3DS Direct to discuss Super Mario Maker, Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World, Zelda Amiibo, Animal Crossing, the 2D Pikmin game, and lots more. This week's break music is Bulby's 8-bit version of City Escape, while this week's outro music is Epic Game Music's cover of the Mario Maker title theme.

Join Alex, Ben, and Colin as they discuss their most-wanted features for Nintendo's NX in the Dream Land segment, and then settle the timeless question—what's the greatest Zelda game ever made?—in The Glitz Pit, Nintendo Week's podcasting debate game.

This week is filled with a lot more Pokémon in the News Block, followed by a super short round of Fortune Street and Gossip Stone, where we’re gonna talk about a new controller patent and the rumor that NX is launching with Mario and Pokémon games within its first six months. This week's outro music is insaneintherainmusic’s incredible jazz medley of several songs from the Pokémon series.

Join Alex, Ben, and Colin this week as we discuss the recent debacle surrounding AM2R, the fan-made Metroid II remake: all the joy it brought followed by Nintendo's unfortunate move to strike it down. Afterwards we take it to our Trainer Tips segment, to help listeners like you navigate the cold hard world of gaming on Nintendo platforms in 2016. There we discuss our recommendations for SNES, 3DS, and DS games, and the differences between the 3D Zelda games.