Nintendo Voice Chat

There's a new open-world fantasy game that has everyone buzzing but it's not a Zelda game. At all. Is Nintendo's masterpiece at risk of losing the title of "best open world game, ever" to Elden Ring? Seth is joined by Casey DeFreitas, Brian Altano and Sam Claiborn to talk about all things Nintendo on this, episode 600 of the best Nintendo podcast on Earth made by humans. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:57 - 24 Hours Remain 00:18:29 - Show and Tell 00:31:00 - Elden Ring is the Soulsborne Breath of the Wild 00:48:45 - Seth's Soapbox 00:50:19 - NVC Best Ever Console Remaining Four 00:56:30 - What We've Been Playing 01:05:49 Question Block Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Kat and Seth are joined once again by Jon Cartwright and Jared Petty. Jon will walk us through his 'WaddleDeeKnows' rumor account experiment, while both Jon and Jared will join us to talk about the 3DS and WiiU eShop closures and what that means for game preservation (it's not good). 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:22 - Say Goodbye to the Wii U and 3DS eShops 00:22:24 - WaddleDeeKnows: The Inside Insider Scoop! 00:37:50 - Kat Take! 00:45:29 - NVC Best Ever Console Tournament Update 00:53:52 - News Updates 00:55:12 - What We've Been Playing 01:09:15 Question Block 01:12:07 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Kat, Peer and Seth are joined by Brian Altano to talk about Nintendo Direct, Mario Kart's 48 new DLC tracks, Xenoblade 3 and what we got and what we didn't get from the February 9 Nintendo Direct. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:30 - Mario Kart Nein 00:13:00 - New Games Announced! 00:52:38 - Kat Take! 00:55:53 - NVC Best Ever Console Tournament Update 01:09:58 - Question Block 01:18:00 - Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Kat, Peer and Seth are joined by Jon Cartright to talk about Nintendo's earnings report, Pokemon Arceus and when we think we'll be getting another Direct. We also have an interview with Krysta Yang and Kit Ellis, formerly of The Nintendo Minute, on what it was like working for Nintendo and what they have in store for the future. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:05 - So Where Exactly Is The Nintendo Direct? 00:09:19 - Nintendo Earnings! 00:24:04 - Krysta and Kit Interview 00:44:42 - Let's Talk Pokemon Legends Arceus 00:55:20 - Kat Take! 01:01:55 -What We've Been Playin 01:10:44 - Question Block 01:14:16 - Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcooome to Nintendo Voice Chat, Pokemon fans! This week, join Seth Macy, Peer Schneider, Kat Bailey, and Rebekah Valentine as they discuss IGN's thoughts on Pokemon Legends: Arceus. Hear everything you need to know about the next evolution for the Pokemon series, including why we're torn on the game. Plus, an update to IGN's top 25 Switch games, why Shigeru Miyamoto hates Ocarina of Time's Navi, and more. 00:00:00 - Welcome! 00:00:50 - Pokemon Legends Arceus 00:26:06 - Top 25 Nintendo Switch Game List Update 00:35:50 - Shigeru Miyamoto Hated Navi 00:41:55 - Kat Take 00:47:58 - News Rundown 00:54:15 -What We've Been Playing 01:01:30 - Question Block! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Nintendo Voice Chat! This week, Kat Bailey is joined by Peer Schneider, Rebekah Valentine, and special guest Imran Khan to talk about how Xbox's huge Activision acquisition impacts Nintendo moving forward. Hear the panel discuss the potential fate of franchises like Overwatch and Crash Bandicoot on Switch, and the crazy scenario where Microsoft tried to go after Nintendo 20 years ago. Plus, some quick Nintendo sales news, Banjo-Kazooie coming to Nintendo Switch online, and a whole lot more. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:09 - Activision Blizzard impact on Nintendo 00:24:29 - Nintendo sales numbers 00:39:52 - Banjo-Kazooie on Switch 00:51:00 - News undown 00:56:04 - Kat Take 01:06:15 - What we’ve been playing 01:14:15 - Question Block 01:19:23 - Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What are the most under-the-radar games coming to Switch in 2022? Find out on this week's NVC, where Seth Macy, Peer Schneider, Kat Bailey, and special guest Dan Ryckert talk TMNT: Shredder's Revenge, Metal Slug Tactics, Triangle Strategy, and other upcoming titles they're looking forward to. Plus, the crew dives into the latest Mario Kart rumors, the new Kirby and the Forbidden Land release date news, and more. Timecodes: 00:00:00 - Welcoooome! 00:00:41 - Mario Kart rumors 00:08:29 - The secret best Switch games of 2022 00:36:37- Kirby release date news 00:44:48 - News rundown 00:49:07 - Kat Take 00:57:27 - Best wrestling games 01:03:54 - What we’re playing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcoooome to 2022! This year could be a big one for Nintendo, and the NVC crew is back to preview the exciting months ahead. Join Seth Macy, Peer Schneider, Kat Bailey, and Casey DeFreitas as they break down the most exciting games scheduled for Switch this year. From Pokemon Legends: Arceus, to the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, tune in to hear the panel's thoughts on 2022's lineup. Timecodes: 00:00:00 - Welcome! 00:02:10 - Pokemon Legends Arceus 00:15:21 - Splatoon 3 00:22:12 - Bayonetta 3 00:25:21 - Bayonetta’s Makeup… Evolution…? 00:30:23 - Kirby and the Forgotten Land 00:35:10 - Thoughts on Breath of the Wild 2 00:44:19 - Predictions for Nintendo in 2022 01:00:20 - What We’re Playing & Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Holidays! This week’s episode, everyone’s here! In what can only be considered the most ambitious crossover event in podcast history (maybe?), all of your favorite IGN podcast hosts have come together for a very special end of year episode talking some of the best moments of the 2021 across the Playstation, Xbox, and Nintendo gaming universes. Join Daemon Hatfield – host of IGN’s Game Scoop! podcast, Ryan McCaffrey – host of Podcast Unlocked, Jonathan Dornbush – host of Podcast Beyond, and Seth Macy – host of Nintendo Voice Chat, as we look back at the best games of 2021 as well as looking forward to 2022.  From Halo: Infinite, to Returnal, to Metroid Dread and beyond, you’ll find it here. Let’s ring in 2022 the only way we know how: talking about the best video games of the year! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the final Nintendo Voice Chat for 2021! Join Seth Macy, Peer Schneider, Kat Bailey, and Brian Altano as they look at their most-played Switch games of 2021. Plus, a recap of the Indie World presentation, the new Analogue Pocket handheld, Breath of the Wild 2 gameplay hints, and more. We'll see you back here in 2022! Timecodes: 00:00:00 - Welcome! 00:00:55 - Tribute to NES Designer Masayuki Uemura 00:08:22 - Nintendo Indie World Recap 00:15:49 - Analogue Pocket Talk! 00:28:15 - Nintendo Switch Year In Review: Our Stats! 00:40:15 - Nintendo News Rundown 00:56:40 - Kat Take 01:05:00 - What We’ve Been Playing 01:15:10 - Question Block Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Nintendo Voice Chat! This week, Seth Macy is joined by Rebekah Valentine and Tom Marks to discuss the lack of Nintendo news at The Game Awards. It's not all doom and gloom, though, because some Switch games did show up at the big show, including Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak, Sonic Frontiers, Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're just a week away from The Game Awards, and some Super Ninfriendos are hopeful we might get a glimpse of Breath of the Wild 2 at the big show. Join Seth Macy, Peer Schneider, and Kat Bailey this week on NVC, as the panel shares what they want to see from Nintendo at The Game Awards. Plus, discussions on the most underrated Switch games of 2021, which dormant Nintendo series should be revived next in the wake of Metroid Dread, and a whole lot more. Timecodes: 00:00:05 - The Game Awards Wish List 00:16:14 - Most Underrated Games of 2021 00:29:04 - Kat Takes 00:38:28 - Top 100 Games: Super Metroid 00:48:29 - What Nintendo Series Should Get its “Dread” 01:01:29 - December Games 01:02:40 - What We’ve Been Playing 01:16:45 - Question Block & Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcooome to a special Thanksgiving edition of NVC! This week, join Seth Macy, Peer Schneider, and Kat Bailey, as they grade Nintendo's holiday lineup, from Metroid Dread to Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. Then, it's a Mega Question Block, as the NVC crew answers a cornucopia of your questions. 00:00:00 - Rating the Switch’s Holiday Season 00:26:07 - Top Nintendo Games: Mario 3 & Super Mario World 00:37:36 - Mega Thanksgiving Question Block! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another new Smash Bros.-like is joining the fray, but it's not coming to Switch! Hear the panel discuss WB's MultiVersus and why it's not coming to Nintendo's platform. Plus, it's been an up and down week for remakes and remasters, and the NVC crew talks about the merits and faults of Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, as well as the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy remasters. Stick around for your questions answered on another round of Question Block! 00:00:00 - Why Isn't MultiVersus On Switch? 00:08:11 - Legend of Zelda Game & Watch Review 00:15:38 - Thoughts on Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl  00:27:00 - Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Remaster Discussion 00:35:50 - Seth Takes: Transferring Saves on the Switch 00:43:41 - Top Nintendo Games: Earthbound & Pokemon Yellow 00:53:03 - News Blast: Nintendo Wii U Anniversary Chat 01:01:09 - Question Block! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grand Theft Auto games are finally on Switch, but the result is less than grand. This week on NVC, join Seth Macy, Peer Schneider, Kat Bailey, and Reb Valentine as they break down the ports of the classic PS2 GTA trilogy. On a more positive note, Animal Crossing's DLC is great, and the panel shares their impressions. Plus, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl have leaked, we may see a new direction for 3D Mario, and a whole lot more. 00:00:00 - GTA: The Trilogy Definitive Edition Chat 00:16:56 - Discussing Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl Leaks 00:27:29 - Thoughts on ACNH: Happy Home Paradise  00:42:20 - Kat Takes 00:53:52 - Top 100 Games: Final Fantasy VI 01:01:45 - News Blast 01:05:55 - What We’ve Been Playing 01:12:24 - Question Block! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nintendo dropped the new Animal Crossing update early, and we have impressions of the new features in New Horizons. And, with the rumor that Seth Rogen will star in a solo Donkey Kong animated film, we match other Nintendo characters with the Hollywood stars that should play them. Join Seth Macy, Peer Schneider, Kat Bailey, and Michael Swaim this week on Nintendo Voice Chat.  00:00:00 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons v2.0 Chat 00:12:29 - Donkey Kong Movie & Fan Casting Nintendo Characters 00:29:25 - Shin Megami Tensei V Thoughts  00:34:39 - Top Nintendo Games: A Link to the Past  00:41:25 - Kat Takes 00:45:41 - News Blast 00:50:34 - What We’re Playing 00:57:34 - Question Block Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a packed episode this week on Nintendo Voice Chat! First up, the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack is out, and there's some frustration over how the N64 games run on Switch. Join Seth Macy, Peer Schneider, Kat Bailey, and our old Ninfriendo Zach Ryan as they hash it all out. Plus, hear about IGN's Mario Party Superstars review, the new Pikmin AR game, and more. Stick around to hear some spoilery thoughts on Metroid Dread. Timecodes: 00:00:00 - N64 Expansion Pack chat 00:29:25 - Is Mario Party Superstars the best Mario Party? 00:33:32 - The new Pikmin AR game 00:37:51 - Top Nintendo Games #43: Metroid Prime  00:48:25 - Why Nintendo's history deserves better 00:55:10 - Metroid Dread SPOILERCAST Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Nintendo Voice Chat! After the recent news that next month's Animal Crossing update will be the final major content drop for the game, we're wondering if Nintendo stops supporting their games too soon. Join Seth Macy, Kat Bailey, Reb Valentine, and special guest Eric Van Allen as they discuss Nintendo's DLC philosophy. Plus, it's been five years since the Switch's reveal trailer, and the panel reflects on the big unveiling.  Timecodes: 00:00:00 - Animal Crossing and Nintendo's DLC strategy 00:18:25 - Nintendo Switch Reveal 5th Anniversary 00:36:57 - Shin Megami Tensei V discussion 00:50:10 - What we’re playing 01:13:20 - Question Block! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A ton of new content is on the way to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, including a huge DLC expansion. While the NVC crew is excited about the updates, they're less excited about the pricing news for Nintendo Switch Online that came bundled in with the announcement. Join Seth Macy, Peer Schneider, Kat Bailey, and Taylor Lyles as they react to all of today's big announcements. Plus, impressions of the Pokemon Gen 4 remakes, a new segment, and more! Timecodes: 00:00:00 - Welcome! 00:02:11 - Nintendo Switch Online's wild new pricing 00:16:18 - Animal Crossing Direct! 00:27:24 - Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Preview 00:36:47 - Kat's Take 00:50:05 - Question Block & Outro New this week! For an easy way to find NVC on your favorite platform, check out our new NVC Linktree! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcooome to Nintendo Voice Chat! Your new host Seth Macy is joined by Sam Claiborn, Kat Bailey, and Kate MacPherson to talk about a huge week for Nintendo! First up, the final Super Smash Bros. Ultimate character is Sora from Kingdom Hearts, and the panel reacts to the final trailer, and Ultimate as a whole. Then, Metroid Dread is out this week, and it's amazing! Hear all about IGN's Metroid Dread review, and how happy we are to have a new 2D Metroid after all these years. Plus, hear about the Switch OLED, which launches alongside Metroid Dread this week. Timecodes! 00:00:02 - Intro  00:01:42 - Sora Comes to Smash 00:16:02 - Metroid Dread Review 00:29:39 - Animal Crossing Nintendo Direct  00:36:50 - What We’ve Been Playing 00:46:34 - Question Block 00:52:10 - Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices