Game Scoop! 823: Are These Really the Best & Worst Nintendo Franchises?

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🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Welcome back to IGN Game Scoop!, the ONLY video game podcast! This week your Omega Cops -- Daemon Hatfield, Sam Claiborn, and Justin Davis -- are discussing the best and worst Nintendo franchises, Call of Duty, Monster Hunter Wilds, Factorio, and more. And, of course, they play Video Game 20 Questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So Metacritic ranked every Nintendo franchise ever.
0:03.9	It is our duty as a mega-cops to police the list.
0:06.9	We will weigh in on how we would rank every Nintendo franchise.
0:09.6	Plus, Capcom has an interesting theory about Monster Hunter Wilds,
0:12.7	and a Call of Duty movie has just been greenlit at Paramount.
0:15.6	It's all coming up on Games Group right after these messages.
0:32.5	What's up, everybody?
0:33.5	Welcome to Tai Chiang Game Scoop.
0:34.7	I'm your host, Damon Hatfield.
0:36.2	And joining me this week are Sam Claiborne.
0:37.6	Hey, greetings, everybody. And Justin Davis. Scoop. We got a great show Damon Hatfield. And joining me this week are Sam Claiborne. Hey, greetings, everybody.
0:54.3	And Justin Davis. Scoop. We got a great show for you this week. Capcom seems a little confused as to what the issue is with Monster Hunter Wilds. And a call-duty movie has officially been greenlit from Paramount, and they're using Top Gun Maverick as their guiding light. It's kind of interesting. and there is a baked-in legitimate reason for Justin to talk about Factorio later on. I didn't know about that.
1:00.1	Yeah, I didn't know about that either. I thought that was just a goof to get him on the show.
1:03.9	Yeah. Please be excited for that. But first, I noticed over on Metacritic, the website Metacritic,
1:10.6	they have a new list.
1:12.3	They've ranked every Nintendo franchise ever, from best to worse.
1:18.2	I'm so sorry, from worst to best, obviously.
1:19.9	Every, like they have Urban Champion on there?
1:22.1	Arms.
1:24.6	What makes something a franchise?
1:26.1	More than one release.
1:27.7	RV and Champion got the 3-day remake on 3DS.
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