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12.01.2022

Nintendo surprised us with a new look at the Super Mario Movie this week, and it actually got us all more excited than the previous reveal. That's just good marketing, friends.

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12.01.2022 Super Mario Movie Direct: It Looks Great! - NVC 639 Nintendo surprised us with a new look at the Super Mario Movie this week, and it actually got us all more excited than the previous reveal. That's just good marketing, friends.
11.18.2022 Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Review Roundtable: How Does It Compare to Pokemon Legends Arceus? - NVC 638 Pokemon Scarlet and Violet reviews are here, and we’re joined by Polygon’s Nicole Carpenter and returning trainers Reb Valentine and Casey Defreitas to dive into all of the details about the latest generation!
11.10.2022 Sonic Frontiers Review Discussion - NVC 637 Sonic Frontiers is a good 3D sonic game, and we have the review and the reviewer to prove it. We're also going to dive into everyone's favorite subject: Nintendo financial numbers! Specifically, how many Nintendo Switch consoles have been sold?
11.03.2022 Does Nintendo Need Achievements? - NVC 636 This week we're wondering about a few things. Like, does Nintendo need an achievement system? How about Nintendo VR? We also premiere a new segment called RAPID RANK, answer your questions in Question Block, but most of all, have fun.
10.27.2022 Bayonetta 3 Reviews Are Great - NVC 635 This week, Kat and Seth are joined by Mitchell Saltzman and Logan Plant to talk about Bayonetta 3 and Mitchell's shining review, where it shines and were it comes off a little dull.
10.21.2022 We Played Pokemon Scarlet and Here Are Our Thoughts - NVC 634 This week on Nintendo Voice Chat, Casey DeFreitas shares her hands-on impressions of Pokemon Scarlet! Dan Stapleton also joins the crew to talk about his review of Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope.
10.13.2022 The Super Mario Movie Trailer: One Week Later - NVC 633 It's been a week since the Mario Movie trailer was released, and we finally have answers to the question "What if Mario from the hit video games sounded like Chris Pratt from the hit dinosaur movies?"
10.06.2022 NVC Special: Our Live Reactions to the Mario Movie Trailer! - NVC 632 Join IGN as Nintendo reveals the first trailer for the upcoming Super Mario Movie, starring Chris Pratt and Anya Taylor-Joy.
09.29.2022 October 2022 Is An Exciting Month for Switch Owners - NVC 631 This week, we're looking at all the exciting games for the Switch in October!
09.23.2022 The Wii Is Retro Now - NVC 630 Is the Wii a vintage console? As much as the olds don't want to admit it, it certainly seems that way.
09.13.2022 We React to the Nintendo Direct Our Bodies Have Been Craving - NVC 629 We got the thing, the "thing" in this case being a fall Nintendo Direct, and what a roughly 40 minutes that was, am I right?
09.08.2022 The Biggest Nintendo Switch Games Holiday 2022: Pokemon, Mario + Rabbids, Splatoon 3 and More - NVC 628 It's almost The Holiday Season, whether you want to admit it or not.
09.01.2022 Ranking the Most Important Nintendo Franchises in 2022: The Conclusion - NVC 627 We did it! We officially unofficially ranked every major, and even minor, Nintendo franchise into one neat and tidy tier list that is legally binding.
08.26.2022 NVC 626 - Ranking the Most Important Nintendo Franchises in 2022 With Splatoon 3 almost here, it’s time to take stock of the biggest Nintendo franchises.
08.25.2022 NVC 626 - Ranking the Most Important Nintendo Franchises in 2022 With Splatoon 3 almost here, it’s time to take stock of the biggest Nintendo franchises. We use Tiermaker to build a ranking of Zelda, Mario, Fire Emblem, and more. Where do they stand? Find out! Plus, Gamescom headlines, Question Block, ...
08.19.2022 NVC 625 - Should Nintendo Hold Its Biggest Games for the Switch's Successor? We posed the question to our community: Nintendo should… what? And after a difficult narrowing down process, we picked some of the best and people have ideas. This week Kat, Seth and Peer are joined by fan-favorite Zach Ryan, so ...
08.18.2022 NVC 625 - Should Nintendo Hold Its Biggest Games for the Switch's Successor? We posed the question to our community: Nintendo should… what? And after a difficult narrowing down process, we picked some of the best and people have ideas. This week Kat, Seth and Peer are joined by fan-favorite Zach Ryan, so ...
08.11.2022 Splatoon 3 Adds 33.3% More Splatfest - NVC 624 It's another episode of the greatest Nintendo podcast ever, Nintendo Voice Chat! This week Kat and Seth are joined once again by Reb Valentine as well as Steve Bowling making his NVC debut. We had thirty minutes of Splatoon 3 ...
08.11.2022 NVC 624 - Splatoon 3 Adds 33.3% More Splatfest It's another episode of the greatest Nintendo podcast ever, Nintendo Voice Chat! This week Kat and Seth are joined once again by Reb Valentine as well as Steve Bowling making his NVC debut. We had thirty minutes of Splatoon 3 ...
08.04.2022 Can Pokemon Find Its Breath of the Wild Moment? - NVC 623 On this week's NVC we're diving into the latest Pokemon Presents reveals and asking, "When Will Pokemon Get its Breath of the Wild Moment?" Also, how cute is Fidough?
07.28.2022 Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Review Roundtable: A True Top-Tier Nintendo Franchise? - NVC 622 Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is here at last and we’re joined by Digital Foundry producer John Linneman, IGN contributor Travis Northup, and Axe of the Blood God co-host Nadia Oxford to break down the Nintendo Switch’s massive new RPG!
07.21.2022 NVC 621 - Live A Live Was Worth the Wait + NSO’s Impressive Retro Library Live A Live makes its way to us for the first time in glorious HD2D this week and Nintendo is at San Diego Comic Con (sort of). Plus, Super Mario Strikers gets a content update, but will it be enough ...
07.21.2022 Live A Live Was Worth the Wait + NSO’s Retro Gems - NVC 621 Live A Live makes its way to us for the first time in glorious HD2D this week and Nintendo is at San Diego Comic Con (sort of).
07.14.2022 The Real Nintendo Direct Was the Friends We Made Along the Way - NVC 620 Kirby's Dream Buffet and Bayonetta 3's release date announcement makes it seem like maybe we won't be getting a Nintendo Direct after all, and that's fine!
07.08.2022 NVC 619 - E3 Is Coming Back! It's official: E3 2023 is a thing, a thing which is going to happen in the second week of June next year. This is tremendously exciting news, but it's so far away, so we also talk about more recent news. ...
07.07.2022 E3 Is Coming Back! - NVC 619 It's official: E3 2023 is a thing, a thing which is going to happen in the second week of June next year.
06.29.2022 NVC 618 - Mini-Direct: Persona 5 Is Coming to Nintendo Switch Nintendo and its partners brought us some pretty generous news considering this was a "Mini-Direct." We talk about the surprises like Persona finally coming to Switch later this year, Portal and Portal 2 coming to Switch today, and we also ...
06.28.2022 Nintendo Mini-Direct: What We Liked and What Was Missing - NVC 618 Nintendo and its partners brought us some pretty generous news considering this was a "Mini-Direct." We talk about the surprises like Persona finally coming to Switch later this year, Portal and Portal 2 coming to Switch today, and we also ...
06.24.2022 NVC 617 - Chronicling the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Direct This week, Good Vibes Gaming's Derrick Bitner joins the show to talk all things Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Plus, hear the verdict on Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes, and why we absolutely need to see a Mario Warriors game on Switch. ...
06.16.2022 NVC 616 - TMNT: Shredder's Revenge Is an Absolute Delight Join Peer Schneider, Kat Bailey, Brian Altano, and Seth Macy, four radical post-teens, for this week's Nintendo Voice Chat as we talk Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, which is just the best possible game going right now. We also ...
06.11.2022 NVC 615 - Where the Bleep Is the Nintendo Direct? Nintendo is the Squidward glaring down on Sony and Xbox’s Patrick and Spongebob right now, but Kat, Reb, Alex, and Peer still have a few announcements to break down from Geoff Keighley’s Summer Games Fest. Meanwhile, Nintendo Direct rumors continue ...
06.02.2022 NVC 614 - Everyone Is Thirsty for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's Professors If you want to be the very best, like no one ever was, then this episode is for you. Casey DeFreitas and Tom Marks return to lend us their vast Poke-knowledge as we talk about Lechonk, those new professors, the ...
05.26.2022 NVC 613 – When Is a Game an Homage and When Is It a Clone? Welcome to another exciting episode of Nintendo Voice Chat, the only Nintendo podcast on Earth that we're aware of at this moment. This week Seth Macy and Peer Schneider are joined by the amazing Casey DeFreitas and Samuel Claiborn to ...
05.19.2022 NVC 612 – Top Nintendo Rumors Heading Into Event Season We're about to hit Event Season, which used to mean E3, but we all know how that's going this year (spoiler: it isn't). What it does mean is plenty of exciting rumors and speculation about what Nintendo has up its ...
05.12.2022 NVC 611 – Was Metroid Dread a Flop? This week we go over Nintendo's recently reported sales numbers and ask what everyone wants to know: Is Metroid Dread a big ol' flop? Well… 2.9 million copies sure seems like a success, but in the pantheon of Nintendo Switch ...
05.05.2022 NVC 610 – 5 Things We Learned From Reggie's Book Reggie Fils-Aime's book Disrupting the Game is available everywhere and we learned some pretty cool stuff from it. On the flip side, Kat put together a report about what it's like to be a contractor working for Nintendo, and it ...
05.04.2022 Our Bodies Are Ready: The NVC Interview With Reggie Fils-Aimé In this very special episode of Nintendo Voice Chat, Seth Macy, Kat Bailey, and Peer Schneider sit down with Reggie Fils-Aimé, former President of Nintendo of America. We talk about his new book “Disrupting the Game: From the Bronx to ...
04.28.2022 NVC 609 – Is Square Enix "No Good?" Balan Wonderworld was a famously bad game, but did you ever … wonder… why? Well, former director Yuji Naka took to Twitter to tell us his side of the story. We also talk about Nintendo Switch Sports and how it ...
04.21.2022 NVC 608 – Just Give Us Game Boy Advance Games on Switch, Please It's a pre-PAX East episode of Nintendo Voice Chat, just in time to completely gloss over the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 release date announcement. Just kidding! We're talking about it, as well as deliciously tantalizing new rumors about Game Boy and ...
04.14.2022 NVC 607 – Which is Better: Link to the Past vs. Breath of the Wild? This week we talk about the best Zelda game of all time: A Link to the Past… or is it Breath of the Wild? That's kind of what we're getting at here, pitting the two against each other in a ...
04.07.2022 NVC 606 – A Mario on the Streets, Sonic in the Sheets Come on, step it up with another blazing fast episode of Nintendo Voice Chat. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 opens in theaters and we take a look back at a time when video game movies were bad and Sonic and Mario ...
03.31.2022 Nintendo Holding Its Breath… of the Wild Sequel - NVC 605 Tom Petty once sang "The waiting is the hardest part," and little did he know at the time he was singing about the still-unnamed Breath of the Wild sequel, officially delayed to Spring 2023. No one is even mad, Nintendo. ...
03.24.2022 Kirby Swallowed My Soul - NVC 604 Kirby and the Forgotten Land comes to Nintendo Switch tomorrow and Tom Marks is here to talk about it, his review, and why it's so damn charming. We also talk about the Ocarina of Time PC port, the arrival of ...
03.17.2022 Mario Kart's DLC Drop and We Want to Know: Is Link Irish? - NVC 603 Casey DeFreitas and Jada Griffin join Kat Bailey and Seth Macy to talk about Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's first batch of DLC tracks, as well as an extended talk about Monster Hunter's June expansion, Sunbreak, some new additions to Pokemon ...
03.15.2022 Triangle Strategy, F-Zero, Ninja Turtles -- It's a Nintendo Nostalgia Overload - NVC 602 What's old is new again, and this week is jam-packed with Nintendo oldies but goodies. OK, technically Triangle Strategy is a new game, but it's got a slick retro aesthetic and who doesn't like that? There's also F-Zero news for ...
03.03.2022 Pokemon Gen 9 Is Exactly What No One Expected - NVC 601 Serebii.net's own Joe Merrick joins Casey, Kat and Seth on this Pokemon-packed panel to discuss the 9th generation reveal of Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet, as well as talk about Arceus one month later, can the Steam Deck unseat the ...
02.25.2022 Did Breath of the Wild's GOAT Status Just Get Unseated by Elden Ring? - NVC 600 There's a new open-world fantasy game that has everyone buzzing but it's not a Zelda game. At all. Is Nintendo's masterpiece at risk of losing the title of "best open world game, ever" to Elden Ring? Seth is joined by ...
02.17.2022 How to Make a Successful Nintendo Rumor Account Without Knowing Any Actual Nintendo Rumors - NVC 599 This week Kat and Seth are joined once again by Jon Cartwright and Jared Petty. Jon will walk us through his 'WaddleDeeKnows' rumor account experiment, while both Jon and Jared will join us to talk about the 3DS and WiiU ...
02.10.2022 You Want Mario Kart 9? We Have Mario Kart at Home - NVC 598 This week Kat, Peer and Seth are joined by Brian Altano to talk about Nintendo Direct, Mario Kart's 48 new DLC tracks, Xenoblade 3 and what we got and what we didn't get from the February 9 Nintendo Direct. 00:00:00 ...
02.03.2022 When Are We Getting Another Nintendo Direct? - NVC 597 This week Kat, Peer and Seth are joined by Jon Cartright to talk about Nintendo's earnings report, Pokemon Arceus and when we think we'll be getting another Direct. We also have an interview with Krysta Yang and Kit Ellis, formerly ...

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Nintendo Voice Chat episodes:

Super Mario Movie Direct: It Looks Great! - NVC 639

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Review Roundtable: How Does It Compare to Pokemon Legends Arceus? - NVC 638

Sonic Frontiers Review Discussion - NVC 637

Does Nintendo Need Achievements? - NVC 636

Bayonetta 3 Reviews Are Great - NVC 635

We Played Pokemon Scarlet and Here Are Our Thoughts - NVC 634

The Super Mario Movie Trailer: One Week Later - NVC 633

NVC Special: Our Live Reactions to the Mario Movie Trailer! - NVC 632

October 2022 Is An Exciting Month for Switch Owners - NVC 631

The Wii Is Retro Now - NVC 630

We React to the Nintendo Direct Our Bodies Have Been Craving - NVC 629

The Biggest Nintendo Switch Games Holiday 2022: Pokemon, Mario + Rabbids, Splatoon 3 and More - NVC 628

Ranking the Most Important Nintendo Franchises in 2022: The Conclusion - NVC 627

NVC 626 - Ranking the Most Important Nintendo Franchises in 2022

NVC 626 - Ranking the Most Important Nintendo Franchises in 2022

NVC 625 - Should Nintendo Hold Its Biggest Games for the Switch's Successor?

NVC 625 - Should Nintendo Hold Its Biggest Games for the Switch's Successor?

Splatoon 3 Adds 33.3% More Splatfest - NVC 624

NVC 624 - Splatoon 3 Adds 33.3% More Splatfest

Can Pokemon Find Its Breath of the Wild Moment? - NVC 623

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Review Roundtable: A True Top-Tier Nintendo Franchise? - NVC 622

NVC 621 - Live A Live Was Worth the Wait + NSO’s Impressive Retro Library

Live A Live Was Worth the Wait + NSO’s Retro Gems - NVC 621

The Real Nintendo Direct Was the Friends We Made Along the Way - NVC 620

NVC 619 - E3 Is Coming Back!

E3 Is Coming Back! - NVC 619

NVC 618 - Mini-Direct: Persona 5 Is Coming to Nintendo Switch

Nintendo Mini-Direct: What We Liked and What Was Missing - NVC 618

NVC 617 - Chronicling the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Direct

NVC 616 - TMNT: Shredder's Revenge Is an Absolute Delight

NVC 615 - Where the Bleep Is the Nintendo Direct?

NVC 614 - Everyone Is Thirsty for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's Professors

NVC 613 – When Is a Game an Homage and When Is It a Clone?

NVC 612 – Top Nintendo Rumors Heading Into Event Season

NVC 611 – Was Metroid Dread a Flop?

NVC 610 – 5 Things We Learned From Reggie's Book

Our Bodies Are Ready: The NVC Interview With Reggie Fils-Aimé

NVC 609 – Is Square Enix "No Good?"

NVC 608 – Just Give Us Game Boy Advance Games on Switch, Please

NVC 607 – Which is Better: Link to the Past vs. Breath of the Wild?

NVC 606 – A Mario on the Streets, Sonic in the Sheets

Nintendo Holding Its Breath… of the Wild Sequel - NVC 605

Kirby Swallowed My Soul - NVC 604

Mario Kart's DLC Drop and We Want to Know: Is Link Irish? - NVC 603

Triangle Strategy, F-Zero, Ninja Turtles -- It's a Nintendo Nostalgia Overload - NVC 602

Pokemon Gen 9 Is Exactly What No One Expected - NVC 601

Did Breath of the Wild's GOAT Status Just Get Unseated by Elden Ring? - NVC 600

How to Make a Successful Nintendo Rumor Account Without Knowing Any Actual Nintendo Rumors - NVC 599

You Want Mario Kart 9? We Have Mario Kart at Home - NVC 598

When Are We Getting Another Nintendo Direct? - NVC 597

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