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Fresh off his review of Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Jordan joins us to discuss his experiences plus picking up Dicey Dungeons for $2. Neal and John round of the game talk with Paradise Marsh and One True Hero. The panel then weighs in on the evolving story of Bayonetta 3, Hellena Taylor, and voice actor compensation, in what has become an odd multilayered series of events. Finally we round things off with some listener mail concerning, you guessed it, Star Fox. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We are wanting more listener participation, so feel free to ask questions, they may show up in the show! Please send in some hard-hitting questions for the Connectivity gang to ponder over: the address is connectivity@nintendoworldreport.com

The UK court case discussing Microsoft's bid to purchase Activision Blizzard is getting spicy, and we're sure it has nothing to do with how much money PS5 has printed in the UK. It's the sort of story that one day will have a book written about it, much like several Nintendo games (that's our other topic). Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We are wanting more listener participation, so feel free to ask questions, they may show up in the show! Please send in some hard-hitting questions for the Connectivity gang to ponder over: the address is connectivity@nintendoworldreport.com

Matt joins John and Neal to discuss the Super Mario Bros. Movie and the wider world of video game adaptations. Matt and Neal also now have Steam Decks and a 50% success rate at turning them on between the two of them. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We are wanting more listener participation, so feel free to ask questions, they may show up in the show! Please send in some hard-hitting questions for the Connectivity gang to ponder over: the address is connectivity@nintendoworldreport.com

John and Neal are gone and have left the studio door wide open for the return of the Castlevania Game Club Crew. Alex de Freitas is joined by Matt Zawodniak who is reviewing the excellent port of Nier Automata on Switch and Joe DeVader who woke up one day and decided to review every indie game in a week (or at least just Wayward Strand, Beacon Pines, Jack Move and Potion Permit). The gang closes the episode with some barely relevant hololive ERROR talk followed by very relevant (but somewhat sour) Splatoon 3 talk. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We are wanting more listener participation, so feel free to ask questions, they may show up in the show! Please send in some hard-hitting questions for the Connectivity gang to ponder over: the address is connectivity@nintendoworldreport.com

John and Neal have been playing a lot of games recently. Neal explores a fresh new take on Shovel Knight, in Shovel Knight Dig. John stumbled upon a love for Beyond Oasis on Sega Genesis which leads into a wider discussion of Genesis games on NSO. John also got a sneak peek of the upcoming ARK Survival Evolved update for Nintendo Switch and even found some time to try out XIII on Switch. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We are wanting more listener participation, so feel free to ask questions, they may show up in the show! Please send in some hard-hitting questions for the Connectivity gang to ponder over: the address is connectivity@nintendoworldreport.com

Neal, Alex, and John sit down to discuss what has been universally praised as the single greatest piece of streamed gaming media of all time. Is Zelda's marketing sufficient for nerds like John? Is Pikmin pre-rendered? Does Fire Emblem have enough hair variety? That and more on this episode of Connectivity. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We are wanting more listener participation, so feel free to ask questions, they may show up in the show! Please send in some hard-hitting questions for the Connectivity gang to ponder over: the address is connectivity@nintendoworldreport.com

The calm before the storm if Direct rumors and speculation are to be believed. Neal and John have each been playing a Sonic game, though Neal had an easier time hooking his up to a modern TV. Neal also cheked out Temtem, a Pokemon-like which recently left early access. Finally, some listener mail pitches us on various spinoffs and asks us to pick our favorite. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We are wanting more listener participation, so feel free to ask questions, they may show up in the show! Please send in some hard-hitting questions for the Connectivity gang to ponder over: the address is connectivity@nintendoworldreport.com

John returns after a journey into the world of Pac-Man. Neal has also been feeling those retro vibes with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cowabunga collection. He's also been doing a little puzzle solving with Mixolumia. But the main meat and potatoes is of course, the Nintendo Direct that might happen this month. Will there be Zelda, Metroid, or Star Fox? Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We are wanting more listener participation, so feel free to ask questions, they may show up in the show! Please send in some hard-hitting questions for the Connectivity gang to ponder over: the address is connectivity@nintendoworldreport.com

John is out so Neal and Alex sit down to cover the biggest headlines in gaming. Headlines such as Sakurai announcing a Youtube channel! (and I guess Gamescom too). The boys also talk about the breakdown between Nintendo's outsourced projects and their "in-house" production. Neal also speaks fondly of Kirby Dream Buffet, the crew answer a Splatoon 3 email and we round out the show with another bonus segment for Xenoblade 3 after the outro. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We are wanting more listener participation, so feel free to ask questions, they may show up in the show! Please send in some hard-hitting questions for the Connectivity gang to ponder over: the address is connectivity@nintendoworldreport.com

Alex joins John and Neal once again to discuss the latest in the world of Nintendo. A slightly adjusted noise pattern on Mario Kart 8's grass texture means Nintendo's perceived laziness has dropped by roughly 40%. With that out the way we can concentrate on whether the second round of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC is actually fun. We also check out the new DioField Chronicle demo and are pleasantly surprised to see Square Enix managed to invent the entire RTS genre. Finally, we had a half out Splatoon 3 Nintendo Direct which left us somewhat hesitant about the new entry. After the credits roll, we circle back around with Alex to let the spoilers fly after he completed his playthrough of the original Xenoblade. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We are wanting more listener participation, so feel free to ask questions, they may show up in the show! Please send in some hard-hitting questions for the Connectivity gang to ponder over

Editor Alex joins John and Neal who have each been playing a different Xenoblade. Neal has finally started Xenoblade 3, Alex is getting into the series for the first time with the original, and John has returned to his old favorite Xenoblade X. John's also been playing a bunch of the F-Zero inspired Redout 2, Alex has been solo streaming some Fire Emblem, and Neal beat Mario Odyssey... again. Finally, some listener mail draws into question what exactly makes a unique Mario character. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We are wanting more listener participation, so feel free to ask questions, they may show up in the show! Please send in some hard-hitting questions for the Connectivity gang to ponder over: the address is connectivity@nintendoworldreport.com

Daisy is in Mario Strikers Battle League now. Do you feel different? Jordan Rudek joins the fellas to discuss his recent review of Live a Live, its historical significance, modern reception, and the limitations of HD-2D. In a strange twist of fate John has been playing a turn-based JRPG so we spend some time discussing Xenogears. Neal meanwhile has returned to the field of battle with Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. Finally, we got some listener mail that may have been targeted directly at John. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We are wanting more listener participation, so feel free to ask questions, they may show up in the show! Please send in some hard-hitting questions for the Connectivity gang to ponder over: the address is connectivity@nintendoworldreport.com

Finally free of the shackles of the review embargo John can give his unfiltered thoughts on Xenoblade 3's gameplay while still steering clear of actual plot spoilers. Some listener mail causes us to question who needs additional pants. And finally, Neal ends the show by generating random Nintendo franchises and trying to find developers to match with them. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We are wanting more listener participation, so feel free to ask questions, they may show up in the show! Please send in some hard-hitting questions for the Connectivity gang to ponder over: the address is connectivity@nintendoworldreport.com

The Switch we've been waiting for is finally here! That's right, the Splatoon 3 OLED model! Also John has been playing Xenoblade 3 and Alex is pretty sure there's a Klonoa game coming out despite all evidence to the contrary. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We are wanting more listener participation, so feel free to ask questions, they may show up in the show! Please send in some hard-hitting questions for the Connectivity gang to ponder over: the address is connectivity@nintendoworldreport.com

Nintendo has aired a Nintendo Direct focused on third-party developers, leading many to question why Nintendo hates their customers. With this in mind Neal and John explore the absolutely inexcusable release schedule Nintendo has announced thus far for the rest of the year. Does it matter that Nintendo has at least one first-party or major third-party release scheduled every month for the rest of the year? No. Why? Because these goal posts have a very high agility stat. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We are wanting more listener participation, so feel free to ask questions, they may show up in the show! Please send in some hard-hitting questions for the Connectivity gang to ponder over: the address is connectivity@nintendoworldreport.com

Many once believed that the Mayans predicted the end of the world in 2012. Of course we now know they were merely refering to Nintendo's showing at E3 2012 and the subsiquent launch of the Wii U. Ten years later, in honor of those tragic events, Nintendo has hosted a Nintendo Direct about Xenoblade 3. A game where apparently everyone only has ten years to live. Coincidence? Yes. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We are wanting more listener participation, so feel free to ask questions, they may show up in the show! Please send in some hard-hitting questions for the Connectivity gang to ponder over: the address is connectivity@nintendoworldreport.com

If E3 is dead that why do the spirits of the damned still haunt our souls (along with a surprising number of dark spooky space stations)? As their cries fill the empty halls of the LA convention center, we're subject to a barrage of new game announcements. Honestly, perhaps too many. But within all that are a few glimmers of hope. Pinpricks of light emanating softly from within the piles of corpses. But is it enough to save us? Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We are wanting more listener participation, so feel free to ask questions, they may show up in the show! Please send in some hard-hitting questions for the Connectivity gang to ponder over: the address is connectivity@nintendoworldreport.com

John and Neal wanted to talk about Metroid Prime Federation Force and dream of Metroid Prime 4. So who better to do that with than RoyboyX, the Deputy Creative Director of Shinesparkers? The fellas share their initially impressions and experiences with Metroid Prime Federation Force, and how it holds up in a modern context. Of course you can't talk about Federation Force without talking about Metroid Prime as a whole, and that includes the illusive fourth entry. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We are wanting more listener participation, so feel free to ask questions, they may show up in the show! Please send in some hard-hitting questions for the Connectivity gang to ponder over: the address is connectivity@nintendoworldreport.com

We're back with another E3 retrospective but first we've got some games to talk about. Neal tried out the demo for Trinity Trigger, a mana style RPG currently limited to Japan. John puts on his boxing gloves for a round with Kao the Kangaroo and Neal went on an adventure with The Big Con. Then they turn their focus to E3 2007 where Nintendo was making insane amounts of money despite not showing a single trailer in an hour and a half. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We are wanting more listener participation, so feel free to ask questions, they may show up in the show! Please send in some hard-hitting questions for the Connectivity gang to ponder over: the address is connectivity@nintendoworldreport.com

This week it's all about winding back the clock! For some reason John started playing Dante's Inferno on his Xbox Series X. Meanwhile Neal has been winding things back in a much more physical sense on his crank equipped Playdate. Speaking of going back and time, the fellas have been reading Reggie's partially true book, Disrupting the Game. This leads to a look back at E3 2002 as we remember the now dead trade show. Boy 2002 was a great year for Nintendo at E3. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We are wanting more listener participation, so feel free to ask questions, they may show up in the show! Please send in some hard-hitting questions for the Connectivity gang to ponder over: the address is connectivity@nintendoworldreport.com