Nintendo Voice Chat

IGN's Nintendo show returns with a pair of special guests. Host Jose Otero and Peer Schneider are joined by John Ricciardi and Mark MacDonald -- Both are former members of the press who work at a video game localization company in Japan called 8-4 LTD. The crew kicks off the show with a discussion about Nintendo's hip social app, called Miitomo, and Pokemon's recent sales milestone. After the break, the crew takes a deep dive into history and resurrects an old IGN column called Hyrule Times as a special segment for NVC. Join Jose, Peer, Mark and John as they recall video games in the late '90s and the road to Nintendo's epic N64 masterpiece, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week comedian and writer for The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Mike Drucker, joins the cast of Nintendo Voice Chat! Drucker used to work for Nintendo Treehouse as a localization writer (and he joined IGN afterward as a writer on Up at Noon). Listen in, as Drucker tells host Jose Otero, Peer Schneider, and Brian Altano stories about his work on Super Mario All-Stars, Kid Icarus Uprising, Mario Party 9, and his surprise contribution to the Legend of Zelda series. After the break, the crew talks about negative feedback surrounding Paper Mario Color Splash, as the crew looks back on the success and failures of the series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join host Jose Otero, Peer Schneider, and Brian Altano, as the core NVC crew shares their reactions to the recent news and announcements delivered via this week's Nintendo Direct. Our overall thoughts Star Fox Zero SNES on New Nintendo 3DS Splatoon and Super Mario Maker updates 7 Wii U, 3DS Games Lighting Round Kirby & Paper Mario Wii U Metroid Prime Federation Force Star Fox Guard & Grippy's epic name Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, IGN's Nintendo show has a special double feature for you! First, host Jose Otero. Brian Altano, and Zach Ryan go in depth on The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD and the upcoming IGN review. Then, after the break Jose is joined by a panel of Pokemon experts: Armando Torres, Miranda Sanchez, and Kallie Plagge join the show to talk about why the series has endured 20 years and the announcement of Pokemon Sun and Moon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fire Emblem spent more than a decade as a Japan-only series. The first game never came to the US, at all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IGN's Nintendo show has a special episode for you! First we discuss your feedback to last week's question regarding Nintendo, NX, and E3 2016. Then, we bring you a spoiler-free segment all about Fire Emblem Fates Birthright & Conquest. Join host Jose Otero, Peer Schneider, and Brendan Graeber for another fun filled show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IGN's Nintendo show returns with host Jose Otero, Brian Altano, and Peer Schneider. This week the regular crew talks about the final DLC drop for Smash Wii U/3DS. Peer tells us how nice it is to have Pikachu by your side in Detective Pikachu. Jose shares his hands-on impressions of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD. Then, after the break, teh crew tackles a big topic: EA has announced it's moving its press conference out of E3 2016 regular rotation. Will Nintendo step up and unveil NX on stage at E3? We take a hard look at last year's digital event and come up with our best guesses. Finally, the crew tackles a discussion about Nintendo's next smartphone game after Miitomo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IGN's Nintendo show is back with another episode! This week, Meghan Sullivan joins host Jose Otero, Brian Altano, and Peer Schneider to talk about Final Fantasy Explorers and Linkle in Hyrule Warriors. Then, after the break, the core trio tackles the rumor of a Smash NX launch title (made by Namco) and the news that some changes will be coming to Fire Emblem Fates in the West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IGN's Nintendo Show returns with a two-hour special episode. In the first half, host Jose Otero is joined by Peer Schneider and Jared Petty to talk about Minecraft Stories, Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam, Hyrule Warriors Legends, and a bunch of NX rumors. Then, after the break, special guest Sean Velasco joins Jose and Brian Altano to talk about Shovel Knight's amiibo and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IGN's Nintendo show returns! Join host Jose Otero, Peer Schnieder, and Brian Altano for a fun episode, as the crew discusses: IGN’s Best of 2015 Awards Splatoon won best shooter and best competitive multiplayer Super Mario Maker won Best Wii U game Zelda: Tri Force Heroes won Best 3DS game   Why Splatoon Should’ve Been IGN’s Wii U Game of the Year   If NX is a 2016 Product, Nintendo Needs to Start Talking About It Now   2016 could be a big year for... Zelda (30th Anniversary) Nintendo has three Zelda-related projects on the books. Hyrule Warriors Legends, Zelda: Twilight Princess HD, Zelda Wii U First two new details dropped yesterday (max rupees count is higher and less tears to collect) based on Famitsu’s four pages of coverage.  Amazon France claims Zelda; Twilight Princess HD will have the following features: Hero Mode (duh) Wii U GamePad will be used to manage the player’s inventory in real-time Link, Toon Link, Zelda, and Sheik amiibo, when activated, replenish hearts or arrows Wolf Link amiibo is set to unlock a new dungeon, which loosely translates as “The Cave of Twilight.” **This could be big** Reminder: This amiibo is tied to new Zelda.  Metroid (30th Anniversary) This week, Metroid Zero Mission is finally released on VC. Question from Erik Osborne: "Even though I’ve been a big Nintendo fan for a long time, I've oddly never played a Metroid game outside of a few minutes here and there. I've been thinking of playing through the series due to there not being a lot of games. Would you recommend playing it in order of release, or chronological order story-wise? Thanks, love the podcast." Will Metroid Prime: Federation Force return? Will Samus return in 2016? Pokemon (20th Anniversary) Japan is getting Four Poke-themed 2DS bundles US and EUR are getting special New 3DS and 2DS bundles respectively Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices