The Nintendo Shack

The show that almost didn't happen. This week the Shack trio is facing life on all fronts -- travel, loss, natual disaster, and more. However, against all odds, we still got the episode out. Topics this week;

• We have an AI conversation with all of the ports flooding the internet recently.
• FireRed & LeafGreen works w/ Pokemon Home
• Switch Sports Resort previews
• Game Key Card Sales
• Switch 2 Lite forecasting
• Zelda spin off ideas
• Listener Questions

This week, Donnie, Delvin, and Rebecca chat all about recent Nintendo headlines, including the new Star Fox update, Castlevania Belmont’s Curse demo, Shuhei Yoshida’s comments about a Switch 2 Lite model, and more. As always, they answer listener questions, such as a question about the Switch 2’s attach rate compared to the Switch 1’s attach rate, whether or not they care about preorder bonuses, what N64 game should get a remake, the best OST in a game, favorite N64 memories, and more.

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Donnie, Delvin, and Rebecca join forces this week to talk about the BIG PROBLEM with Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave before they get into the week’s news. They talk about the revival of Splatoon 3, Nintendo’s big lawsuit win against piracy, a huge Ubisoft sale with games under $10, and some hot rumors about the Legend of Zelda movie. As always, they answer this week’s listener questions, including which 3 Pokemon they would bring into battle, will Rare revive their old IP under Activision’s leadership, top 3 Nintendo 64 games for its 30th anniversary, favorite mini-game inside of a game, and more.

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This week in the Shack: The show opens with Donnie's recent animal expeditions in his backyard. From there we catch up with Rebecca’s many weddings and big walk, Delvin and Donnie’s Resident Evil theater experiences, and more before we finally jump into Donnie’s initial impressions of Fire Emblem Fortunes Weave. We catch up on Switch 2 news from Tokyo Game Show, Ocarina of Time in VRR as well as “mii culture”

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The third shack of the week is here to recap how were feeling about the Switch 2 after weeklong onslaught of announcements. From there we catch up on what were playing (Big Walk, Metal Garden, Dynasty Warriors, etc) and jump into the big v. 23.0.0 update -- including the return of music to mii maker, VRR, system transfer and more. Finally, as always, we end with questions DIRECTLY from you.

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So what did we think about Zelda's big 40th Anniversary Direct? You'll have to listen to find out. (we liked it)

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This week in the Shack: Delvin is out this week, so Donnie and Rebecca take on the headlines after chatting about what they’ve been up to this week. They discuss the Nintendo related announcements from Gamescom, talk all about why everyone should be excited about Stage Tour, and more, and Donnie addresses Rebecca’s bombshell announcement from last week about Shack’s future. As always, they answer listener questions, such as will guest characters come to Mario Kart World, will a Switch 2 Lite release next year with Pokemon Winds and Waves, what have been the most impressive NS2 games so far, and much more.

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This week in the Shack: Donnie, Delvin, and Rebecca team up to talk about Donnie’s experience playing the Duskbloods network test and how it might secretly be the next “big thing.” They chat about other headlines from the week, such as Nintendo applying for a new trademark for Dr. Mario World, how Call of Duty might be faring when it comes to NS2, and a hot-off-the-press rumor about a new Ori game. As always, they answer listener questions, such as whether or not they bring/play games while on vacation, what happened to the rumored Switch 1 remakes like Metroid Prime 2/3 and Kirby Planet Robobot, and what are some of the best forest areas in games.

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This week in the Shack: Once again Delvin, Donnie, and Rebecca join forces to talk about the past week in Nintendo, including the leaked images of the upcoming NS2 Zelda special edition, Pokemon Bank shutting down, and other headlines. They get the conversation going by asking listeners which special edition console was their favorite and if they are interested in the Zelda special edition. They also answer listener questions, such as what makes a game “good” or even “great,” and will they be getting the rumored Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald ports if they come to the Switch this fall.

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This week in the Shack: The Shack trio unites to talk about the latest games they’ve been playing, notably Quake Dawn of the Machine, Beast of Reincarnation, and Big Walk. They go over what was announced during the Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave direct, discuss Nintendo’s recent quarterly business update, and other headlines from the week. As always, they answer listener questions, such as which NS2 bundle they recommend, how would they rate this year’s first party output from Nintendo, and what was their first experience with Nintendo.

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