Is Nintendo’s Mobile Strategy Working? - NVC 477

Nintendo Voice Chat

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Technology, Video Games, Leisure

4.6 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2019

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Welcome to Nintendo Voice Chat! After mixed reception for Mario Kart Tour, the NVC crew sits down to discuss if Nintendo’s mobile plan needs to change. Then, stick around to hear about fresh Pokemon Sword and Shield details. Nintendo also announced a new Brain Age game alongside an official Nintendo Switch stylus! Plus, the panel discusses AlphaDream filing for bankruptcy, the Overwatch director’s recent comments about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and more. Finally, hear your listener queries answered on Zach’s favorite “game,” Question Block. Timecodes! 00:00:01 Welcome! 00:00:57 Peer is back from Japan! 00:03:45 Nintendo’s mobile strategy 00:19:40 New Brain Age announced 00:22:18 Pokemon Sword and Shield 00:31:16 More news! 00:46:15 Games out this week 00:50:15 What we’re playing 00:57:20 Question Block Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to NBC IGN Stentino podcast. I'm your host Kisey DeFritis and today I'm joined by Zach Ryan.
0:12.2	Zach Ryan. Zach Ryan. Josh. I was thinking like, Pear is finally back from Japan.
0:17.1	About Ryan. About.
0:19.3	And Tom Marx. Hello. Hey, Happy Birthday, Tom. I didn't expect to hear our jingle and it totally threw me off.
0:27.0	Yeah. Yeah. Usually no one can hear it. It's only for you guys. Yeah, where did that come from? I don't know. I'm so confused now.
0:33.8	Where did that come from? It's good to have it. Well, never know. There's no way to know, right? Okay.
0:38.6	Hey, so this week we're going to be talking about a ton of Pokemon stuff. Of course, because Game Informer had a huge exclusive.
0:44.4	I'm not salty at all. You're salty. We're also going to be talking a little bit about Nintendo's mobile strategy and if it's working because we finally got a review out for Mario Kart tour.
0:53.2	And like way too much news, just all of the news. A lot of news this week. Yeah. But first, Pear, you're back from Japan.
1:00.3	I'm back. I went to Japan to deliver my first child to a foreign nation. My daughter is studying in that.
1:05.8	As is Japanese custom. She passed Japanese custom. She is. She's studying in Tokyo. So, you know, bittersweet.
1:15.1	So I spent some time there with her and my wife setting her up and going to various government offices.
1:19.6	And of course, eight way to much food, drank way to much and explored all of Tokyo again. I went to college there when I was a wee young lad.
1:26.8	I brought you guys some stuff. Just tiny little things. Gifts, gifts, gifts. Let me see. I got my beautiful little gift bag here.
1:35.9	Look at all those brands. I have something for Brian, Autono, but he's not here.
1:40.4	Not on the show this week. Well, I'll give it to him later. For Brian, I have the latest Mario candy and a note pad made from pepperoni.
1:48.6	Okay, good. Literally made. No, it just looks like pepperoni.
1:53.6	For you, because I know your favorite game character, I got you Kirby gummy candy.
1:59.6	And then the newest pink kit cats. Japan is this crazy thing about having different kit cats in the free town.
2:08.1	But this is different. This is a new cranberry one.
2:11.2	I think you like the cranberry kit cats.
2:13.9	For KC, because I like her favorite thing is to eat things that are made out of Pokemon.
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