Nintendo News Report

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.