Judging YOUR Nintendo Hot Takes! - NVC 804

Nintendo Voice Chat

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Technology, Leisure, Video Games

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🗓️ 20 March 2026

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Is Double Dash the worst Mario Kart? Is Nintendo out of ideas for Zelda games? Are $80 games actually a reason to like Nintendo? This week, join Logan Plant, Seth Macy, and Rebekah Valentine as they react to your Nintendo hot takes! There are so many we aren’t able to get to, but thank you so much to all the Super Ninfriendos who took the time to write in. Plus, the new Switch 2 update is a game changer for backwards compatibility in handheld mode, Reb interviewed the developers of Donkey Kong Bananza at GDC, and a lot more. 00:00:00 - Intro & Mario Kart Double Dash is the Worst Mario Kart 00:06:20 - Mario Sunshine is the best 3D Mario 00:12:14 - Star Fox 64 00:16:05 - Nintendo Online Prices are Fair 00:27:08 - Pokemon battle gimmicks need to stop. 00:33:58 - Nintendo President Should Not Be a Mascot 00:35:18 - Zelda Open World Games Vs. Traditional 00:49:39 - Super Mario Galaxy vs. Oddessey 00:53:24 - Donkey Kong Old Look vs New 00:54:46 - Mario 3D vs 2D 01:02:11 - Switch New Online Update Details 01:13:09 - Reb's Donkey Kong Bananza GDC Interview 01:18:16 - Hot Take: Old Gen Pokemon Should be Retrired 01:24:54 - Hot Take: Nintendo Does Not Need An Online Service Similar to Xbox 01:28:29 - GDC Games (Elden Ring, Kena, HOA 2, Mouse P.I. For Hire) 01:31:50 - Mina The Hollower, Colorbound, Toem 2, Jigrift & Outro #nintendo #gaming #ign Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Mario Kart Double Dash is the worst one.
0:06.0	What?
0:07.0	This is your Nintendo Hot Takes judged on Nintendo Voice Chat.
0:12.0	The show starts right now.
0:18.0	You've switched to Nintendo Voice Chat for the week of March 19th, 2026.
0:26.3	I'm your host Logan Plan, joined by Seth Macy.
0:28.9	Hello, that's not a hot take.
0:30.0	That's a bad take.
0:31.3	And Rev. Valentine.
0:33.1	It's a take?
0:36.2	We'll talk about it.
0:37.4	We'll talk all about Mario Kart, Double Dash Dash and dozens of your hot takes if we can get through them all.
0:42.4	Because this week we're judging your Nintendo Hot Takes on Nintendo Voice Chat after we gave ours last week.
0:47.2	We'll hear a couple from Reb later in the show, the one from Seth who we didn't get that we teased last week.
0:51.8	We'll also talk about that huge Nintendo Switch 2 update that's
0:54.9	a game changer for backwards compatibility and Rebs time at GDC, including a cool interview
1:00.5	with the devs of Donkey Kong Bonanza. But first, you're Nintendo Hot Takes. First, I got to say,
1:04.8	wow, you showed up. Thank you for sending your Hot Takes into NBC at IGN.com. We got over,
1:09.9	well over 100 submissions. It was
1:12.0	insane. So I'm sorry we are not going to be able to read all of them on the show today. I read every single one. I read every single word of every single one. So no, if you sent it in, I did read it. And I might respond to some too in the email. I like to do that when people email So I picked, I have about 20 on the sheet here.
1:29.1	Reb and Seth have not seen these.
1:30.7	We're going to talk about some too in the email. I like to do that when people email in. So I picked, I have about 20 on the
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