Let’s go older than old school! We take a look at Nintendo’s origins in this episode’s feature on hanafuda, a traditional Japanese card game that was Nintendo’s first product. Hanafuda expert and YouTuber Omitsu joins me to chat about this ancient game and how to become a koi koi master. Is koi koi the best game ever? Find out as I rank all 51 games in Clubhouse Games for Switch. I also chat about my final thoughts on Elden Ring, and the news is filled with Final Fantasy shirts, Yoshi pajamas, Kirby stickers, and Earthbound plushies.

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omitsu_hanafuda/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaIuCUXkqPxZ73Bqymj7wHw

(0:00) - Intro

Feature

(2:42) - Hanafuda with Omitsu

Games

(13:46) - Ranking all 51 games in Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics

(32:56) - Elden Ring endgame thoughts

News

(47:30) - Xenoblade 3 moved up to July

(50:58) - Nintendo purchases land in Kyoto

(51:35) - Nintendo Switch Online Game Boy/Game Boy Advance emulator leak

(54:07) - Final Fantasy Uniqlo and Super Mario Gelato Pique clothing campaigns

(55:14) - Sonic Origins and Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising get dates

(57:43) - GrimGrimoire OnceMore and Bugsnax coming to Switch

(59:08) - Pokemon TCG Dark Phantasma

(59:53) - Kirby and Mother/Earthbound pop up shops in Tokyo

(1:01:57) - Japanese software and hardware sales

(1:03:22) - Japanese Gaming Phrase of the Week (裏技 urawaza)

(1:03:55) - Japanese Tweet of the Week: https://twitter.com/pokeyugami/status/1513062298604433410?s=20&t=Gqct_jtZhfkoeWJqO2J_ag

(1:04:28) - Closing

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