Nintendo Watcher Podcast

Welcome to the second episode of Nintendo Watcher Plays: Final Fantasy, a years-long dive into the entire mainline Final Fantasy series of JRPGS. Justin and Matthew play through the iconic franchise to figure out what works and what doesn’t.

The past few weeks have been a lull for new Nintendo Switch games, but things are heating up for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. Matthew and Justin get together to talk about what non-Nintendo games they've been playing lately.

In a followup to our previous episode, Matthew and Justin discuss their favorite 3D Zelda games and rank them.

There's something special about 2D Zelda games, and in this week's episode, Matthew and Justin discuss their favorite 2D Zelda games before ranking them.

Matthew and Justin are back to talk about the games they're playing in anticipation of the release of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, including Matthew's recent playthrough of the first six Resident Evil games and his tips for playing horror games as a self-described coward.

For podcast #42, we have a very special guest with us, Raya, also known as the Glimmering Harpy!

Leading up to the release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Matthew and Justin dive into 2004's The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, Capcom’s third Zelda game and one of the Game Boy Advance games now available on the Nintendo Switch Online.

The Watchers are back to talk about their reactions to the latest announcements from the Pokemon Company and what's coming next for Pokemon in general. Justin and Matthew talk about Pokemon Sleep, what's coming from the DLC for Scarlet and Violet, the Pokemon Trading Card Game Classic, and more in this wide-ranging Pokecast.

The guys close the pod with a rundown of their favorite Pokemon from three distinct categories: aesthetics, combat, and evolutionary line.

Welcome to the first episode of Nintendo Watcher Plays: Final Fantasy, a years-long dive into the entire mainline Final Fantasy series of JRPGS. Justin and Matthew play through the iconic franchise to figure out what works and what doesn’t.

How does this fledgling entry hold-up in 2023? Do the Watchers see why it was able to save a floundering Squaresoft? What is the ideal party composition?

Give it a listen and find out.

Plus, Justin and Matthew discuss their game recommendations of the week.

For episode 39 of the Nintendo Watcher Podcast, the Watchers sat down to talk about what might be the most well-rounded Nintendo Direct we've ever seen. Justin and Matthew are joined by Jake Martin of Bitbloggist.