212: Pokemon Winds & Waves Launching in 2027 Blew Up Nintendo’s Calendar

The Kit & Krysta Podcast

Technology, Society & Culture, Video Games, Leisure

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🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Hello and welcome to episode 212 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! This week we want to go deeper on what it means for Nintendo's 2026 Switch 2 release calendar now that Pokemon Winds and Waves is launching in 2027. Does this mean the deck is cleared for a 3D Mario or 3D Zelda game? Is Nintendo surprised by this at all? We get into all the details here. Also in this episode, we both finished Resident Evil Requiem! We share a few thoughts here but to hear more be sure to tune into our spoilercast on the game coming later this month. We also answer a handful of juicy questions about the Zelda 40th anniversary and also if we think Nintendo needs to refresh the Nintendo Direct formula. All this and more, coming right up!

0:00 - Happy podcast day!
11:07 - News news news
39:54 - What big game will Nintendo release this year?
1:25:56 - Games we are playing

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0:00.0	Today!
0:01.0	We are still making sense of the fact that Pokemon Wind and Waves is not coming out in the year
0:15.0	2026 this year, but it's coming out next year, which is fine.
0:20.0	But what does that mean now for Nintendo's big 2026 release calendar?
0:26.4	What do they have cooking now that it's not Gen 10 Pokemon?
0:32.7	Yeah, last time we talked, we said,
0:35.2	this release date is great news for Pokemon because they have more time to polish the game, make the game as good as they want it to be, but it's bad news for Nintendo because they have a big gaping hole in their holiday schedule. Is it?
0:49.4	I don't know. Or is it?
0:51.4	Could they already have lots of stuff up there? Get out of the way, Pokemon. That could be it too. Anything is possible. It could be like... I got 3D Mario, I got Zelda, I got the next Smash Bros. I got the Animal Crossing. They're all coming. 2026. You get an Animal Crossing and you get a Smash Brothers and you get a 3D Mario. Oprah Winfrey's in the house. And you get a Ford truck or whatever.
1:13.5	A Ford Bronco.
1:14.2	A Ford Bronco.
1:15.7	A water and dryer.
1:17.6	And a 10 speed bicycle.
1:20.1	Only 10?
1:20.8	Only 10.
1:21.2	Why so low?
1:21.8	Oprah.
1:22.1	I'm sorry.
1:22.7	Because you're getting 3D Mario.
1:23.7	Oh, I'm spoiled.
1:24.7	Sorry.
1:25.3	I'm spoiled.
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