Small yet fascinating titles hit the Switch recently including the mind-bending Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain, the minimalistic yet addictive Dungeon Encounters, and the newest game from Drakengard alumni, Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars. This episode also dives into Japan’s biggest Nintendo store, Nintendo Tokyo, and other amazing gaming merch stores located in the expansive PARCO Shibuya. Plus news about upcoming Switch titles, The Game Awards predictions, and the hottest topic sweeping the internet: Megaton Musashi sales figures!

(0:00) - Intro

Games

(2:28) - Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain

(11:17) - Dungeon Encounters

(22:58) - Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars

News

(31:18) - 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim coming to Switch

(32:34) - Enigma Archives: Rain Code

(33:11) - Advance Wars 1 + 2 Reboot Camp delay

(35:01) - Japanese sales figures with Pokemon BDSP and Megaton Musashi

(37:53) - Pokemon TCG Start Deck 100

(38:58) - Hori’s Pokemon Legends Arceus peripherals

(39:17) - The Game Awards Predictions

Feature

(40:53) - Nintendo Tokyo and PARCO Shibuya

(58:36) - Japanese gaming word of the week (理論値 rironchi)

(59:04) - Japanese tweet of the week: https://twitter.com/plasmaclusterha/status/1463380562106732549?s=20

(59:51) - Mail: Do Japanese Nintendo games have English options?

(1:01:03) - Closing

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