Author Oscar Bown joins to chat about Club Nintendo, the rewards program that was the predecessor to My Nintendo which featured dozens of amazing, one of a kind items. We explore the history of Club Nintendo, talk about the weirdest rewards, and dig into our guest’s upcoming book featuring every single Club Nintendo item! In the games section, I aim for the top with Nintendo World Championships. Plus some news including new games and happenings in Tokyo!

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Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oscarbown/an-unendorsed-anthology-of-club-nintendo

Website: https://www.oscarbown.com/

(0:00) - Intro

Feature

(0:57) - Club Nintendo w/ Oscar Bown

Games

(20:37) - Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition

News

(31:44) - Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club

(33:00) - koRobo from Chibi Robo devs

(34:01) - SvC Chaos returns

(35:03) - Splatoon 3 Grand Fest

(36:00) - New Nintendo merch

(37:26) - New Tokyo events

(38:13) - Closing

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