The Nintendo Pipeline

The long rumored Nintendo Partner Direct finally reared its head last week, and 1up (Jared) and CMM (Clay) are here to give their impressions of the presentation! And yes, we do talk a little bit about Mother 3. Nice!

NOTE: Mild echo sometimes appears in this episode. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Another Smash Remix update means another developer podcast! With Smash Remix 1.5's inclusion of Banjo, Ebisumaru and Dragon King, there's a lot to talk about here! Hear about Banjo's design philosophy, how certain moves came together for Dragon King, the wide selection of music, and tons of miscellaneous features!

After a long hiatus, the podcast is BACK with a deep dive into Super Mario Bros Wonder! CMM (Clay) and 1up (Jared) are joined by Mario-expert Theorymon as they break down the game and share their thoughts on 2D Mario's new direction!

On this episode, we discuss the latest Nintendo Direct and all of the bodies in Mario's trunk. We love it when that boy jumps! We also love Pikmin, WarioWare, Super Mario RPG, and more! Peace--

After a long hiatus, we're back! Since E3 didn't happen this year, we had presentations including Summer Games Fest, Xbox + Starfield Direct, and more! 1up and CMM join up to talk about our favorite games shown off and announced recently, and we also give our thoughts on the presentations in general! Too many games!

CMM is back from PAX East 2023, and there's plenty to share! 1up asks about Nintendo's presence at the show as well impressions for Mina the Hollower, Antonblast, and many more! Get a sense for what PAX is like, and find out if it's something you might like to attend some day! (Please forgive CMM for being totally wrong about Mina's flasks...)

Last week we got our first Nintendo Direct of 2023!  Special guests Mina and Poochy join us as we go through each of the announcements and share our thoughts! What were our favorites? What drove James mad? How wild is it that we got Metroid Prime Remastered as a shadow drop? Level-5 is BACK?

At long last, it's time for another completely arbitrary Game of the Year list!  What did we think of Nintendo's 2022 releases, and what were our favorite games last year? Find out and weep!

Just in time for the holidays is Wave 3 of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC! Watch as Nintendo Pipeline comes together for some holiday racing fun!

What do Chris Pratt, Arthur Morgan, Sloshers, and obscure Sega CD games have in common? Well, not much, but we'll talk about all that and more this week (Okay, for real though-- it's half about the new Mario Movie trailer and half about games we've been playing)! 

Nintendo's Indie World presentation for November has come and gone, and the gang comes together to chat about what our favorite showings were! Did we dig (drill?) the presentation? You also get another lecture on Pikmin Bloom because of course you do.

Splatoon 3 is here and we’ve played it! Enjoy our impressions as we discuss all aspects of the Splatoon 3 experience. Is it the new goo or old crusty putty? Find out on this week's Nintendo Pipeline Podcast!

After some brief talk about the recent Mario movie teaser, the gang gathers to hear about Fork's trip to Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan! Learn the details about the park, its rides, and all of the other touches it features! We've even got food reviews! A special thank you to Fork and Gartooth, our resident theme park enthusiast, for joining us this week!

Apologies for sound issues this week! Thank you for listening and for your patience!

You can find Fork and his podcast, Tokyo Game Life, in the following places:

Audio Podcast: http://www.tokyogamelife.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpuRpKHGfsC3_45I3QVocxA
Twitter: @TokyoGameLife
Instagram: @TokyoGameLife

Nintendo finally came through with another packed Direct! The gang returns to go through each announcement and share their thoughts on the presentation! Hear about our love for Threatrhythm, find out what our favorite surprise announcement of the Direct was, and even a bit about the very special holes in Hyrule!

We've had a lot of inky, squishy, messy Nintendo news lately! This time it's all about the recent Splatoon 3 Direct and Kirby's Dream Buffet! Are we excited for more splatting? What is the mode we most want added to Dream Buffet? What if we told you it was already partially in the game? We also talk about the Kirby 30th Music Fest, what we've been playing, and a good bit about Pikmin Bloom! 

Join us for a fun and chaotic journey through the second pack of Booster Pack DLC courses for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Nintendo has put out a lot of updates and news the past few weeks! The main podcast crew is reunited as we primarily look at this past week's Pokemon Presents and the second wave of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC courses!!  We also talk about what we're playing, Final Fantasy XIV spoilers, and some Ace Attorney recommendations!  Join us!

It's been 30 years of Mortal Kombat! Join CMM and special guest TehDrewsus as we talk about how we got into Mortal Kombat! After that, we take a deep look at Ultimate Mortal Kombat Plus Beta 2, a rom hack of the original game that adds tons of new content and features. As lead developer of Beta 2, Drew gives us the breakdown on how the game ticks, how certain features were created, and the philosophy behind Plus's design!

Find TehDrewsus here:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tehdrewsus_MK

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TehDrewsus

For more on the Mortal Kombat Plus project (including UMK3+ and patch files)

Website (Currently Unavailable): http://www.mortalkombatplus.com/

Discord: https://discord.gg/uxRsW7cuTw

The Pac is back! And so are we, your favorite Nintendo Podcast, to talk about Pac-Man and other less important games announced in the recent Pa(cman)rtner Direct! With us today is 1upmuffin, James, and special guest Noise.

We may not have E3 this year, but we're still getting plenty of juicy announcements! We decided to talk about our hopes, dreams, and predictions for Nintendo's as-of-yet unannounced summer Direct for our 50th episode! Special thanks to our guest SuperNintendad for joining us this week!

This week, CMM is joined by special guest Zalman as we go through the ins and outs of Switch Sports! We talk about every sport, the customization and online aspects of the game, and how we feel about the overall package.  And yes: the Sportsmate vs Mii war continues!

It's been awhile since Kirby's first fully 3D adventure landed on Nintendo Switch, and CMM and 1up have both had the time to digest it! This week's episode is all about our thoughts on Kirby and the Forgotten Land, and we leave no star block unturned, so beware of spoilers! The first part of the episode is spoiler-free, though, so you can listen for a bit until we move on into the nitty gritty (puffy wuffy?) details.

On this week's triumphant return to the Pipeline Podcast, we talk about the Blue Blue himself and Sonic games new and old. Also, it's not the Bob Saget you are thinking of.

Cast: Jared, Barry, and Bob Saget

This week on the Nintendo Pipeline Podcast we have TWO guests: original cast member Raccoon and friend of the pod Tender. Sit back and relax as we caress your eardrums with a deep dive into the upcoming 2022 games for the Nintendo Switch, and the delay of the Untitled Sequel to Breath of the Wild.

In this episode, we are previewing the upcoming Speed Stuff 4 Trans Lives event!  Join us as we go through the schedule and tell you about all the hot speedruns you're not going to want to miss!  Friend of the podcast nes underscore is our special guest host this week, and we are also joined by piner, another organizer of SS4TL!  Make sure to tune in on Twitch starting at 12pm ET on April 8th-April 10th to join the fun as we raise money for Equality Texas!!

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/speedstuff4charity

Schedule: https://horaro.org/ss4tl/ss4tl1

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ss4cmarathon

Now that Switch Firmware 14.0 is out, we can all organize our Switch games into groups! Watch CMM try to wrangle his Switch games into Groups while 1up and James heckle him. Plus, what have we been playing lately? (Sorry in advance: CMM uses light mode!)

With the first wave of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass DLC out (that's a mouthful!), it's time to try out all of the new courses online! Some of them are really tough, but it seems the toughest part of all was selecting the right course.  Thank you to so many community members for joining in on the fun!

HAL's cutest pink demon is turning 30 this year, and the gang has gathered to celebrate!  Hear about our favorite Kirby games, our favorite spin-offs, our favorite soundtracks, and much more!!  Plus, check out our thoughts on the recently released demo for Kirby and the Forgotten Land! We apologize for our bad character impressions.

Mina joins us as we talk about Pokemon Legends for 5 hours and then Gen 9 for 5 minutes. Have you had enough Pokemon yet? I have. Make it stop.

Losing digital storefronts sucks. This week, join us along with special guests nes underscore and pokeDrago as we mourn the loss of the Wii U and 3DS eShops. After we take in the news, we also have a ton of Wii U eShop recommendations for you to pick up before it's too late!

With last week's Nintendo Direct out of the way, we have some time to talk about Nintendo's recent earnings release!  Our special guest Mina hosts  this week as we talk about Switch momentum and milestones! We also share our thoughts on the sales performance of Metroid Dread, Pokemon BDSP, Mario Party Superstars, and more! Spoilers: The units sales are high!

The first Nintendo Direct of 2022 dropped this week, and it was a doozy!  Join us and special guest Mina as we pore over all of the presentation's surprises and details in our longest episode to date!  Yes, we do talk about Mii characters, too.

On this week's Nintendo Pipeline Podcast, the Pit Crew discusses the recent Yacht Club Games presentation, which featured updates to the SKEU (the Shovel Knight Extended Universe) games, as well as a BRAND NEW GAME reveal, Mina the Hollower, and also some Ninja Gaiden game I can't recall the name of.

We decided to play a little game this week!  Our special guest and recently crowned editor, nes underscore, joins CMM as a judge for a game of Nintendo word association! Who will win between 1up and James?

At long last, part two of our SNES 30th Anniversary celebration is here!  Tender joins us as we talk about even more fantastic SNES games that you should play! Here's to another 30 years of SNES!  

Please also welcome our new editor, nes underscore!

This week on the Nintendo Pipeline podcast we use this relaxing no news week to talk about what we've been playing, as well as what we're excited for in 2022.

On this episode we welcome James to the team in style, by ranking every single Nintendo published video game in 2021 (plus a few others). We rank them whether we've played them or not, and our list is definitive. See a screenshot of the list in our discord.

Happy Holidays! On this episode we share our favorite gaming related holiday memories with special guest SeafoamGaming, as well as discuss what games remind us most of the holidays.

You can find SeafoamGaming on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/c/seafoamgaming !

This week we talk about the newest Pokémon remakes, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, with special guests James and Will (Splendor) from the Discord. 

Crew: Mina, James, and Will

We've got something different for you this week! Join us and this week's guest, Fork, as we make our own dream anniversary Game & Watches! We of course give our thoughts on the recently launched Legend of Zelda Game & Watch, too, so come join us for some creative fun!

You can find Fork's podcast on anchor.fm and on Twitter @TokyoGameLife !

Cast: Clay, Jared, and Fork

The final update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been out for awhile now, so we invited James to chat with us about all the new goodies, Happy Home Paradise, and how we feel about the content complete version of the game!

Cast: Clay, Jared, and James

At  long last, we bring you part two of our GameCube celebration episode!  We covered a lot of ground the first time, but now we have Hawk and Mina  here to talk about some of their favorite GameCube hits! It's a few  days past GameCube's 20th US anniversary, but it's never too late to try  out a new recommendation!

Cast: Clay, Jared, Mina, and Jon.

(Audio was a bit messed up before, hopefully this fixes it)

This week on the Nintendo Pipeline Podcast, we share our thoughts on the latest title in the long running Mario Party franchise. Enjoy!

Cast: Clay, Jared, and Dominic

Nintendo 64 and Genesis, together at last...? The NSO Expansion Pack is here and we're here to tell you if it sucks like Echo the Dolphin or rules like Mario 64. Find out this week, on the Nintendo Pipeline Podcast.

Cast: Clay and Jared

Skipper93653 joins us as we look at what's hiding beneath the surface of Planet ZDR. This week is all about Metroid Dread! We first give our spoiler free thoughts on the game, and then we move into full spoiler territory, so beware! If you haven't played it yet, what are you waiting for?

The Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct came and went, so we get into all the sorted details this week! Our special guest, Poochy, joins us as we rave about the 2.0 update and the Happy Home Paradise DLC expansion! Tortimer lived, bitch!!

This time, we Dive into the Heart of Sora's reveal and Mr. Sakurai's final presentation for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate! pokeDrago also joins us this week as our resident Kingdom Hearts aficionado and lore expert to keep us in line!