Special guests including Rogersbase join Damiani to discuss the big announcements from the recent Pokémon Direct including Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl and Pokémon Legends Arceus.

Pokémon of the Wild

A podcast for the latest and greatest Nintendo News, hosted by Michael Damiani. Releases every other Wednesday.

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Brad and Damiani dive into our Patron questions about the highly anticipated, but still yet-to-be announced Nintendo Summer Direct.

Nintendo Summer Direct 2022 Expectations

Nintendo CEO Shuntaro Furukawa expresses his desire to ensure a smooth transition from the Switch to its eventually successor in a recent Q&A session with inventors. We discuss how Nintendo can achieve this and avoid a repeat of the Wii to Wii U transition.

Can Nintendo Achieve a Smooth Transition?

We say farewell to Brandon Jones as he regales us with tales of his early days with Nintendo, as well as his thoughts on the upcoming Mario movie from Illumination.

Thanks for Playing, Brandon Jones

Simmons and Damiani originally talk about video game adaptations in the wake of the Streets of Rage movie announcement before diving into the NSO Game Boy Advance leak, but Nintendo dropped a bombshell today with a massive Xenoblade Chronicles 3 info dump, new trailer, and a new release date (It's not a delay).

Xenoblade 3 Arrives Early!

Special guest RogersBase joins Brad and Damiani to regale them with his tales of adventure in Final Fantasy XIV before the trio dig into the recent announcement of Breath of the Wild 2's delay to spring 2023.

Pokémon of the Wild

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