Nintendo Dads Podcast

Taken from our Live-React stream of Nintendo Direct 9.12.2025, this is our post-Direct conversation while we were still live-streaming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Nintendo Direct announced for Friday ● Ubisoft Dev says that Game Key Cards were used for STAR WARS: Outlaws vs. game-on-cart for technical reasons ● Nintendo wins in the courtroom against Genki ● Hollow Knight: Silksong gets patched ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Our predictions for Friday’s Nintendo Direct Games we've been playing ● Picross S8 ● Picross S9 ● Forsaken 64 ● Hollow Knight: Silksong ● Bad Cheese ● Star Wars Outlaws ● Fruitbus Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Atari purchases 82% of Thunderful Games in a $5.2 million deal ● New features added to Game Boy Advance – Nintendo Classics ● People were wrong about Star Wars Outlaws on Switch 2 ● Game Releases/Updates Games we've been playing ● Sword of the Sea ● Acecraft ● Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds ● Tetris 99 ● Kirby and the Forgotten Land – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World ● Hollow Knight: Silksong – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ● Professor Layton and the Curious Village ● Shinobi: Art of Vengeance ● Discounty ● The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD ● Hollow Knight ● SIWIQU/Antank S3 Max Nintendo Switch 2 Dock Station Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Digital Foundry claims that many devs have still not received Switch 2 devkits ● Nintendo Switch 2 has sold over 2 million units in the US ● New features are available for SNES on NSO ● Nintendo Alarmo will get seven different alarms in the near future ● Tetris 99 Event ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● What would you say are the most important Nintendo games in history? Rumors ● ANOTHER Nintendo Direct is possibly coming on September 12th? Time Out ● Parenting Games we've been playing ● Donkey Kong Bananza, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound ● Split/Second ● Dangerous Driving ● Sword of the Sea ● Drag x Drive ● Mario Kart World ● Donkey Kong Bananza ● Above Snakes ● Kirby and the Forgotten Land: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star Crossed World ● Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution ● Discounty Demo ● Is This Seat Taken? ● Morgan: Metal Detective ● Professor Layton and the Curious Village ● PICROSS Records of The Shield Hero ● Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Kirby Air Riders Direct ● Gamescom 2025 ● Elden Ring is reportedly a "disaster" on Nintendo Switch 2 ● Game Releases/Updates Games we've been playing ● Discounty ● Morgan Metal Detective ● Mad Skills BMX 2 ● Curse Rounds ● Mario Kart World ● Donkey Kong Bananza Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Nintendo of America and the ISEA partner to bring gaming esports to schools ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● What is one of your favorite games from Nintendo over each decade? Games we've been playing ● Off ● Donkey Kong Bananza ● Drag x Drive Global Jam ● WWE 2K25 The Bloodline Edition ● Balatro ● Fortnite Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● IndieWorld Showcase - 8.7.2025 ● My Mario Merchandise is announced to be available in the Nintendo Stores in Japan ● Nintendo’s Latest Numbers (Q1 2026) ● Game Releases/Updates Games we've been playing ● Shinobi, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound ● UFO 50 ● The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales Demo ● Donkey Kong Banaza ● Gradius Origins ● Mina the Hollower Demo ● Is This Seat Taken? ● NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound ● SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance Demo ● Mario Kart World ● Chillin by the Fire ● Spy Drops ● EA SPORTS Madden NFL 26 ● TETRIS 99 ● Donkey Kong (1981) ● Donkey Kong Jr. Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase 7.31.2025 ● Nintendo sold over 512,000 Switch 2 Pro Controllers in June ● Mario Paint is now available for NSO ● Mario Kart World receives a hefty update ● Game Releases/Updates Games we've been playing ● Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program ● Donkey Kong Bananza ● Donkey Kong (1981) ● Pokémon Friends ● Liar’s Bar Poker ● Mario Kart World Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 15% at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Pokemon Presents Recap ● LEGO Gameboy, coming! ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Question of the week (Microtransactions) Time Out ● 3D Printing Games we've been playing ● Donkey Kong Bananza ● Pokémon Friends ● Shadow Labyrinth Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ● PICROSS Records of The Shield Hero● WWE 2K25 (Switch 2 Edition) ● Piczle Lines 2● Monument Valley III ● Mega Man 9 ● Super Mario Party Jamboree: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 15% at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program ● It's a Donkey Kong Bananza bonanza as the guys give their early impressions of Nintendo's newest release! ● The Legend of Zelda movie has had the cast announcements for their lead characters ● A Drag X Drive demo test event is planned for August ● Pokémon Presents tease ● Nintendo and Universal register trademark for a Donkey Kong movie ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Not this week Rumors ● Could a Nintendo Direct be coming later this month? Nate the Hate Say "yes" Games we've been playing ● Donkey Kong Bananza ● Lost in Random: The Eternal Die ● Mario Kart World ● Cyberpunk 2077 ● Fortnite ● The Alters Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Nintendo Switch Game Voucher Program scheduled to end ● GameStop is auctioning off the stapler used to attach receipts to Nintendo Switch 2 boxes during launch night for charity ● Donkey Kong Bananza is being developed by the team behind Super Mario Odyssey ● New Batch of Icons Available for NSO Subscribers ● Nintendo considers "shorter development periods" on some games as costs rise ● Animal Crossing collaboration with Crocs is coming ● Amazon stocks Nintendo Switch 2 directly for the first time in the US ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● How is the Nintendo Switch 2 fitting into your life? Do you still use your original Nintendo Switch? Rumors ● Monolith Soft Tokyo is developing another Xenoblade Chronicles game Games we've been playing ● Super Mario Strikers ● Lost in Random: The Eternal Die ● Squeakross: Home Squeak Home ● PICROSS Records of The Shield Hero ● Mario Kart World ● Hogwarts Legacy ● Street Fighter 6 ● Ticket to Ride ● Patapon 1+2 Replay ● Cyberpunk 2077 Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Digital Foundry says that Switch 2 is an "impressive upgrade marred by sub-par display." ● Nintendo gives answers as to why non-Mario characters weren't included in Mario Kart World ● Speaking of Mario Kart, some people are upset the game’s latest patch ● SakurAI? Masahiro Sakurai sees AI as a potential key to the video game industry’s future ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● The Nintendo Switch 2 has 256 GB of storage, with only 8 GB set aside for system use. Do we truly need a memory card? Can you survive on just what the system gives you? Games we've been playing ● Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo ● The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim ● Monster Hunter Wilds ● Magic: The Gathering Arena ● Squeakross: Home Squeak Home ● Deltarune ● Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess ● Mario Kart World ● Chronicles of the Wolf ● Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour ● Lost in Random: The Eternal Die Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Donkey Kong Bananaza Direct ● New Nintendo Switch 2 Update allows for more backward compatible games to be playable, including Pikmin 3 Deluxe ● Cyberpunk 2077 is the best selling third-party game on Nintendo Switch 2 ● Third party publisher say “very low sales” ● IGN 7 Switch review ● Nintendo is banning Nintendo Switch 2 systems that have used a MiG Switch to load games ● Game Releases/Updates Games we've been playing ● Picross: Juufuutei Raden’s Guide for Pixel Museum ● Squeakross: Home Squeak Home ● Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S ● Mario Kart World ● Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition ● Yakuza 0 Director's Cut Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast with guest Nick Pompa from lootlock.com: News ● Nintendo announces that 3.5 million Nintendo Switch 2 units have been sold in the first 4 days ● Splatoon spinoff game announced ● Nintendo announces that some Nintendo Switch 2 units may not show the correct battery charge level and offers multiple ways to fix it ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Nintendo Switch 2 has been out for exactly one week....now that it's in your hands, we want to know YOUR thoughts? Games we've been playing ● Mario Kart World ● Baldur’s Gate 3 ● World of Warcraft ● Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess ● Sid Meier's Civilization VII – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ● Fast Fusion ● HITMAN World of Assassination - Signature Edition ● The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ● Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour ● Ruffy and the Riverside ● Picross: Juufuutei Raden’s Guide for Pixel Museum ● Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S ● The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ● The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker ● Hogwarts Legacy ● Street Fighter 6 Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: Let's Discuss ● Nintendo Switch 2 Launch Day Experiences News ● Multiple new games announced at Sony State of Play will be coming to Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 ● Business: Analytics firm says More Switch 2 consoles will be sold in 2025 than PC gaming handheld landscape has sold in entirety ● Game Releases/Updates Time Out ● Tim - Magic The Gathering and New Card Box Games we've been playing ● Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour ● Picross: Juufuutei Raden’s Guide for Pixel Museum ● Cyberpunk 2077 ● Mario Kart World Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update ● Nintendo Switch 2's available storage ● Summer Game Fest 2025 ● Nintendo Apps updated ● Splatoon's 10th Anniversary ● Pokémon Presents ● Game Releases/Updates Games we've been playing ● Pinball Spire ● Sea of Stars: Throes of the Watchmaker ● Strings Theory ● Power Sink ● Hotshot Racing ● Monster Train 2 ● Remnants of the Rift ● Rally Arcade Classics Demo ● Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping ● Fortnite ● Super Mario Wonder ● Capcom Fighting Collection 2 Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Mario Kart World information from “Ask the Developer” blog post ● The $80 game price "crisis" extends to Borderlands 4… ● GameChat to require a phone number to work ● What is our Switch 2 launch gameplan? ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Top 25 Switch Games as voted on by our community Games we've been playing ● Texas Hold ‘em Poker ● The Legend of Zelda: Echos of Wisdom ● Fortnite ● American Arcadia ● Hotshot Racing Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Journalists confirm that they will not have Nintendo Switch 2 reviews before launch ● Nintendo updates its EULA ● 12 Games getting Free Updates: Details are now available ● Game Releases/Updates Games we've been playing ● Powerwash Simulator ● Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake ● Piczle Lines 2: Into the Puzzleverse ● Fortnite ● Strings Theory ● South of Midnight ● American Arcadia Let's Discuss ● Top 25 Switch Games (#5 - #1) Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Nintendo's stock is currently at an all-time high ● Nintendo Switch update 20.0.0 ● New Mario Kart and Animal Crossing LEGO sets leaked ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Our Top 25 Switch Games (6-15) Games we've been playing ● Blue Prince ● SteamWorld Quest Hand of Gilgamech ● All In Abyss: Judge the Fake ● Fortnite Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices