March 14, 2021

Episode 250: Choose Your Weapon

1 hour 24 minutes

It’s the swords of Pyra/Mythra versus the guns of Apex Legends. In this milestone episode of the Random Nintendo Podcast, we share our impressions of the latest Smash Bros. Ultimate fighter and the arrival of EA’s free-to-play battle royale on Switch. Plus, we discuss new reports of a 4K Switch and our wishlist of features and February sales numbers.

But wait, there’s more! In celebration of 250 episodes, we’re also hosting a giveaway to win a $25 eShop gift card! Since this episode is all about competitive games, we want to know your favorite, Nintendo or not. Leave a comment below telling us your fav orite competitive game and why for your chance to win. We’ll announce the randomly chosen winners in our next episode on March 28, so make sure you don’t miss it by following us on Twitter @RandomNintendo and subscribing to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, YouTube, or your favorite podcast app.

As always, we’ve included links below for more on the news and games discussed in this episode. Enjoy and thanks for listening!

News

[0:03] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Mr. Sakurai Presents “Pyra/Mythra” (YouTube)

[0:17] Monster Hunter Mii Fighters coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Polygon)

[0:23] ARMS graphic novel series seemingly cancelled (Nintendo Everything)

[0:28] Sakurai first toyed with the idea of combining Rex and Pyra for Xenoblade Chronicles 2’s Super Smash Bros. Ultimate fighter (Nintendo Wire)

[0:38] Apex Legends On Switch Will Offer Cross-Play But Not Cross-Progression – For Now, At Least (Nintendo Life)

[1:01] How PopCap ported the first Frostbite game to Nintendo Switch | How Games Make Money (VentureBeat)

[1:02] Nintendo Plans Switch Model With Bigger Samsung OLED Display (Bloomberg)

[1:12] February 2021 NPD: Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury tops the charts (VentureBeat)

Games

[0:03] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Official Site)

[0:23] ARMS (Nintendo.com Game Page)

[0:38] Apex Legends (Official Site)

Official Contest Rules: All registrants must be age 13 or older. The contest begins on March 14, 2021 at 12:00 AM PDT and ends on March 26, 2021 at 11:59 PM PDT. Visitors may only enter the contest once by leaving a comment below. Any additional entries that a given visitor makes will be disqualified. One (1) commenter will be chosen at random and receive one (1) digital code each redeemable for $25 in credit on the US Nintendo eShop. Random Nintendo staff members may not participate in this contest. Random Nintendo reserves the right to disqualify any entry for any reason. The winner will be chosen at random on March 27, 2021, announced in Episode 251 of the Random Nintendo Podcast, and then notified via email.

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