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Neal wrangled Scott on down to the Connectibies 3DS Release Date Round-Up and the two of them hooted and hollered over the hootenanny that is the 3DS late 2012 lineup. The gang celebrate games they want, like Paper Mario: Sticker Star and Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion, while lamenting the delay of Castlevania: Long-Ass Name 3D and Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon. Shoot us a line on the e-mails if you want to check in with us on news stuffs or just how we're doing. We generally like people. We'll even field alternate subtitles for Paper Mario.

Welcome to episode 46 of Connectivity, a podcast 65 million years in the making! We've got a dino-mite show for you this week. Leading the show off, Carmine, who recently attended the EA Summer Showcase, sits down with Neal to talk about the event. The pair discuss the relationship between Nintendo and EA before Carmine talks about his hands-on time with some upcoming Wii U games like FIFA 13 and Mass Effect 3. Let's hope the earth doesn't fall into an ice age, killing us all before the games come out! Next, Neal, Scott, Zach, and Mike debate the topic of Scott's recent editorial: are we suffering Mario fatigue? The gang talks about the Mario games of the 80's and 90's versus today, the quality of the New Super Mario Bros. series, and the future of 2D Mario. In the words of Dr. Ian Malcom: "You stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as you could, and before you even knew what you had, you patented it, and packaged it, and slapped it on a plastic lunchbox, and now you're selling it." After the outro, Zach finally gets to have his dinosaur segment. Since no one on staff is any way educated about dinosaurs, the questions instead come from forum users. Do fossil records indicate the evolution of the eye socket? Is there any science behind how we depict the colors of dinosaurs in pop culture? What's the biggest misconception about dinosaurs? Zach answers these questions and roar, er, more! If you have questions about video games, dinosaurs, or the career of Jeff Goldblum, you can send those to [email protected]. Have you also rated and reviewed us on iTunes yet? 46 episodes is a pretty good sample size! See you next week.

Neal is back from vacation and joins Patrick to discuss some Nintendo news. We now know what the Wii U game boxes will look like, and it is just one of the topics discussed on this week's show. Other items include the golden nunchuck, a new puzzle swap panel, and Skylanders. If you ever have anything you want to tell us, feel free to write in.

Welcome to episode 45 of Connectivity! We've got two segments for you this week. Kicking things off, Scott, Danny, and Zach sit down to talk about all the games they've been playing recently. While Zach has been enjoying the 8-bit Summer, Scott has been slowly making his way through Xenoblade Chronicles. Danny, on the other hand, has revisited the GameCube classic Eternal Darkness. Or is it an insanity effect? After that, the meat of the show arrives. Danny and Daan join Scott to talk about all the great things that haven't come to America yet, like the 3DS XL, New Super Mario Bros. 2, Oni Training, and more. If you live in North America and are patiently waiting for these things to arrive, this segment should be plenty to hold you over. As always, you can send us mail to [email protected]. If you get a chance to rate and review us on iTunes, that's be great, too. And I'm sure you are already planning on doing so, but be sure to tune into Radio Free Nintendo's 300th show this weekend. It should be a good one!

While Neal is still away on vacation, Ariel joins Patrick once again to talk more Nintendo news. The EA Summer Showcase took place and plenty was learned from the event. Other news this weeks involves the future of E3, Nano Assault EX, and the Nintendo Downloads. If you ever have anything you want to tell us, feel free to write in.

This is a show about video games, right? Well then, let's talk about them. First off, Carmine, Andrew, and Danny talk about their massive backlogs. How big is yours? I bet ours are bigger. Does the number 50 impress you, because it's pretty close to that. Yeah, I know, don't get me started. After that, Neal, Patrick, and Zach talk about the games they actually HAVE played. It's another installment of our evolving Game of the Year list, where we chronicle the best games of the year. I hope your favorite made the list. And since we couldn't help it, if you stick around after the "real" part of the show, you can listen to Neal, Scott, and Zach blabber on about The Dark Knight Rises. Warning: Spoilers are all up in this segment. We're fishing for questions, so send yours to [email protected]. And if you've got a moment, please rate and review the show on iTunes!

Newcomer Ariel joins Patrick to party on this weeks edition of Connectibites News Digest. After a brief introduction, Ariel and Patrick discuss Skylanders, Club Nintendo, eShop sales, and of course this weeks Nintendo downloads. After the news is covered there was enough time to discuss Ariel's impressions of the Wii U game, Rabbids Land. If you ever have anything you want to tell us, feel free to write in.

Welcome one and all to a fabulous podcast of the Nintendo variety: Connectivity. Episode 43, to be precise. To begin, we open with a segment from Scott, James, and Patrick about this summer's big licensed games. Did they all stink, or did perhaps one of them rise up from the pit of horrible licensed games hell to save us all? After that, we one-up our Jeopardy segments with a new game show inspired segment: Who Wants to be a Nintendoaire? Stick around if you'd like, after the show ends, for a bonus segment on The Amazing Spider-Man. Don't forget, you can email us at [email protected], and if you rate and review the show on iTunes we will love you forever.

Not much has happened in the past few days, but that doesn't stop us from delivering a Connectibite this week. Patrick and Neal talk about a new Club Nintendo reward, this weeks 3DS Virtual Console games, and tons of Heroes of Ruin. Look forward to next weeks show when we should be back to our normal day and length. If you ever have anything you want to tell us, feel free to write in.

Connectivity returns this week with episode 42, featuring the past, present, and future of Nintendo-related content. Kicking things off is the final installment in our Pikmin series, focusing this week on Pikmin 3. Join JP, Andy, and Carmine as they discuss what we know and what they hope is on the horizon for the Wii U launch title. If you can believe it, they even flirt with the idea of Pikmin 4, too. After that, Nicholas returns with another entry in his award winning* N-Focus series. This week's segment is all about the history of Game and Watch. Lastly, Neal, Scott, Danny, and Nate sit down to talk about their latest obsession - Theatrhythm Final Fantasy. If you are on the fence about this game, this segment should definitely win you over. And if you already have the game, well, you probably aren't listening to this because you are too busy playing. As always, you can click here to send us listener mail. Let us know what you thought about the three week long Pikmin series. If a big hit, we may just start doing more of those. Oh, and on a personal note, I (Scott) have now officially been with Nintendo World Report for one year. I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who listened, commented, emailed, tweeted me, and everything else. I can't put into words how amazing it is to be doing this show for such an excellent audience. Thanks for everything. See you next week. *Winner of the 2012 "Boner Jam" award, presented by Scott Thompson.