February 06, 2025

156: We Spent Two Weeks with the Masterminds Behind Nintendo Switch

2 hours 13 minutes

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Hello and welcome to episode 156 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! Today, we're sharing a really special story about our time with Shinya Takahashi and Yoshiaki Koizumi - the two masterminds behind Nintendo Switch and the developers who are likely now working on Nintendo Switch 2! We had the great opportunity to spend two weeks with both of them on a cross country tour when Nintendo Switch launched in 2017 and it was amazing to get to know them and truly absorb from the geniuses themselves the philosophy and inspiration behind Nintendo Switch. We haven't seen or heard from the developers in awhile but we think they'll make an appearance for Switch 2 and we can't wait to see them again. Also in this episode, we play a fun game of "guess the developer" and we have a massive "games we're playing" segment. We're playing seven games right now! We also talk about the latest Nintendo sales information and what is going on with the trading feature in Pokemon TCG Pocket in our news section. We wrap it all up with some great questions from our Patreon subscribers. All this and more is coming right up!

0:00 - Let's gooo BIG Nintendo storytime

14:31 - 2 weeks with the masterminds behind Nintendo Switch

56:44 - Guess the developer (play along with us)

1:06:02 - Games we're playing

1:40:27 - News news news

1:51:37 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers

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