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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:

News

● Nintendo releases “Close To You” animated short, confusing the Internet

● Metroid Prime 4: Beyond will have two modes if you have supported displays on Nintendo Switch 2

● Circana says Nintendo Switch 2 sales are trending 77% ahead of aligned sales for Nintendo Switch

● Game Releases/Updates

Let's Discuss

● Blind Rank 5 Random “Best NES Black Box Games” - Part 1

Games we've been playing

● Fire Emblem Shadows

● Star Wars Outlaws

● Armada

● Super Mario Galaxy

● Super Mario Galaxy 2

● Mario & Wario

● Fortnitemares Fortnight

● LEGO Party!

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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:

News

● EA to be sold to a private consortium of investors, including Saudi Arabia

● Microsoft raises prices

● Game Releases/Updates

Let's Discuss

● Mystery Block Blind Rankings

Games we've been playing

● Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box

● Fire Emblem Shadows

● Star Wars: Outlaws

● Super Mario Sunshine

● Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2

● Hades

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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:

News

● Doug Bowser steps down as President of Nintendo of America on December 31, 2025

● Nintendo will begin outsourcing its customer support services

● New Nintendo Music Tracks!

● Tariff Issues? More like Profit issues!

● Drag x Drive is getting a free update

● Delays

● Game Releases/Updates

Let's Discuss

● Mystery Block Blind Rankings

Games we've been playing

● Kirby and the Forgotten Land: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star Crossed Worlds

● Discounty

● Super Mario Land

● The Mark of Erdrick manga

● Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island & Emerald Rush

● Gloomy Eyes

● Star Wars Outlaws

● Fire Emblem Shadows

● Hades II

● Hollow Knight: Silksong

● Dinkum Demo

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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:

News

● Nintendo Direct 9.12.2025

● Game Releases/Updates

Let's Discuss

● How good were our predictions?

Games we've been playing

● Gloomy Eyes

● Cross Pix

● Cross Pix 2

● Cross Pix 3

● Hollow Knight

● Donkey Kong Bananza DLC

● Platypus Reclayed

● Mega Man 9

● Mega Man 10

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Taken from our Live-React stream of Nintendo Direct 9.12.2025, this is our post-Direct conversation while we were still live-streaming.

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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:

News

● Nintendo Direct announced for Friday

● Ubisoft Dev says that Game Key Cards were used for STAR WARS: Outlaws vs. game-on-cart for technical reasons

● Nintendo wins in the courtroom against Genki

● Hollow Knight: Silksong gets patched

● Game Releases/Updates

Let's Discuss

● Our predictions for Friday’s Nintendo Direct

Games we've been playing

● Picross S8

● Picross S9

● Forsaken 64

● Hollow Knight: Silksong

● Bad Cheese

● Star Wars Outlaws

● Fruitbus

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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:

News

● Atari purchases 82% of Thunderful Games in a $5.2 million deal

● New features added to Game Boy Advance – Nintendo Classics

● People were wrong about Star Wars Outlaws on Switch 2

● Game Releases/Updates

Games we've been playing

● Sword of the Sea

● Acecraft

● Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

● Tetris 99

● Kirby and the Forgotten Land – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World

● Hollow Knight: Silksong – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition

● Professor Layton and the Curious Village

● Shinobi: Art of Vengeance

● Discounty

● The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD

● Hollow Knight

● SIWIQU/Antank S3 Max Nintendo Switch 2 Dock Station

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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:

News

● Digital Foundry claims that many devs have still not received Switch 2 devkits

● Nintendo Switch 2 has sold over 2 million units in the US

● New features are available for SNES on NSO

● Nintendo Alarmo will get seven different alarms in the near future

● Tetris 99 Event

● Game Releases/Updates

Let's Discuss

● What would you say are the most important Nintendo games in history?

Rumors

● ANOTHER Nintendo Direct is possibly coming on September 12th?

Time Out

● Parenting

Games we've been playing

● Donkey Kong Bananza, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound

● Split/Second

● Dangerous Driving

● Sword of the Sea

● Drag x Drive

● Mario Kart World

● Donkey Kong Bananza

● Above Snakes

● Kirby and the Forgotten Land: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star Crossed World

● Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution

● Discounty Demo

● Is This Seat Taken?

● Morgan: Metal Detective

● Professor Layton and the Curious Village

● PICROSS Records of The Shield Hero

● Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time

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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:

News

● Kirby Air Riders Direct

● Gamescom 2025

● Elden Ring is reportedly a "disaster" on Nintendo Switch 2

● Game Releases/Updates

Games we've been playing

● Discounty

● Morgan Metal Detective

● Mad Skills BMX 2

● Curse Rounds

● Mario Kart World

● Donkey Kong Bananza

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On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast:

News

● Nintendo of America and the ISEA partner to bring gaming esports to schools

● Game Releases/Updates

Let's Discuss

● What is one of your favorite games from Nintendo over each decade?

Games we've been playing

● Off

● Donkey Kong Bananza

● Drag x Drive Global Jam

● WWE 2K25 The Bloodline Edition

● Balatro

● Fortnite

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