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After nearly a year, Nintendo has FINALLY announced that a new Indie World showcase is happening on Thursday! I think that's pretty exciting! We'll probably talk about that and a bunch of other unrelated things!

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There was a Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase to close out July and uh... we have thoughts! So we thought we'd assemble a little panel and talk it out for a special mini episode!

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Sean's birthday this year really was a happy birthday after all, because we got Mario Paint on NSO... with full Joy-Con 2 mouse controls! Hell yeah! So let's talk about how cool that is and probably a bunch of other unrelated stuff!

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There was a new Pokémon Presents this morning and while it didn't give us a ton of new information on much of anything, it *did* give us a new look at Pokémon Concierge Season Two! And honestly, isn't that worth it in the end?

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Ryan Turford joins us this week to share some early impressions of Donkey Kong Bananza! Because if we have to stop playing Donkey Kong Bananza in order to record a podcast, that podcast may as well be about playing Donkey Kong Bananza.

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Is the honeymoon phase over? Have our rose-tinted glasses finally fallen slightly down our noses? After more than a full month with Nintendo Switch 2 - have we shaken loose the coils of launch hype? Or is it a fool's errand to try to compare the launch of Nintendo Switch 2 to other console launches altogether? Are we, as Nintendo fans, fresh out of things to complain about? Let's find out.

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Sean's BACK and we're very excited about that! It seems like he was waiting for the Mario Strikers redemption arc to make his grand return - and who can blame him?

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Maybe we've finally full lost the plot with this show. Maybe it was all a mistake. Maybe this is where we finally went too far. We do, however, refused to be judged for our actions during this (or any) episode. Let he who has never wanted to date an inanimate object in a Nintendo game cast the first green shell.

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It's tempting to just write "PAULINE" in all caps and call it a day, but I guess I'd better do a bit more than that. We got a Nintendo Direct focused on Donkey Kong Bananza, revealing a TON of new info about the game... and y'all, July 17th really can't get here quickly enough.

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If the episode title got the song stuck in your head, it may be time to join me in registering for AARP. We've had the Switch 2 and its flagship launch title - Mario Kart World - for about a week now. So how good *is* the game, anyway? We have THOUGHTS and we're gonna share them on this PODCAST!

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