
The Kit & Krysta Podcast
The Kit & Krysta Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted by Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang, who previously worked for Nintendo of America for over 10 years each and hosted the hit web show Nintendo Minute. Join us every Thursday for insider behind the scenes stories about what it's like to work for Nintendo, our analysis of breaking news from around the industry and lively discussion of all the great games we've been playing.
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Jul 3, 2025 • 1h 39min
177: How Can Nintendo Get Mario Kart World Back on Track? - Kit & Krysta Podcast
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Hello and welcome to episode 177 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! This week we want to dig into these issues plaguing Mario Kart World. Fans are very unhappy with the latest patch Nintendo put out but maybe even more troubling, the game doesn't seem to have the longevity or replayablilty we all hoped for. So what can Nintendo do to get the game back on track? We have a few ides that they can do in the near, mid and long-term to hopefully help the situation. Also in this episode, we finally learn what Nintendo and Amazon had been fighting about and we're still playing a TON of new games on our Switch 2. All this and so much more is coming right up!
0:00 - 3...2...1
10:15 - Can Nintendo get Mario Kart World back on track?
57:10 - Games we are playing
1:18:59 - News news news
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Ben Eichorn, MaruMayhem, Eigenverse, KissMyFlapjack, Mike Chin, Roy Eschke, Switchingitup_, vgmlife, Link The Hero of Winds, Angela Bycroft, Thomas O’Rourke, Kyle LeBoeuf, Roberto Nieves, Fredrik Ulf Konradsson, Andrew Youhas, Chilly, Simon, krashuri, Master Discord, Ash, Ajay Kudlass, Fortygig, Travis Torline, EchoLadair, That’sSoOLANELL, MSMPokegamer, Cameron, Rburns, Aigami, Kitt 10K, Adrien, Nafon Clover
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Jul 1, 2025 • 35min
Donkey Kong Bananza Hands-on Impressions
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Hi! We have a special guest on the podcast today - Nintendo Fan Girl! She was able to get some extensive hands-on time with Donkey Kong Bananza recently and she here to tell us all about it. We're getting so hyped for this game! Let us know if you're excited too!
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Jun 30, 2025 • 19min
Switch 2 Improvements We’d Like to See
Hello! We're having a lot of fun with our Switch 2 so far but we do have a few little things that we hope Nintendo will fix to make the system even better. Do you have any small gripes that you've experienced? Let us know in the comments below!
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Jun 26, 2025 • 2h 4min
176: Are Third Party Games Doomed on Nintendo Switch 2?
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Hello and welcome to episode 176 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! Today we're trying to make sense of this doom and gloom surrounding third party games on Nintendo Switch 2. There's been some data shared that these games are not doing well on Switch 2 but does that mean third party games are simply doomed to fail? Also in this episode, we react to the latest update on Nintendo's summer game Drag x Drive and the misinformation around Masahiro Sakurai's latest interview. We're still playing a ton of games on our Switch 2 with some new ones we're really excited about. We wrap it all up with questions from our wonderful Patreon community. Settle on in!
0:00 - We are DANGEROUSLY close to 100K! Please sub
12:05 - Are third party games doomed on Nintendo Switch 2?
1:08:00 - Games we are playing (Raidou Remastered, Ruffy and the Riverside, Deltarune, Bravely Default)
1:27:14 - News news news
1:39:12 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers
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Jun 20, 2025 • 28min
Five Donkey Kong Bananza Details That Have Us HYPED
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Wow! That was the best Nintendo Direct we've seen in awhile. We are now so hyped for Donkey Kong Bananza and this game seems to full of STUFF, we wanted to talk about the five things we're most hyped for! What are you most excited about in Donkey Kong Bananza? Let us know in the comments.
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Jun 19, 2025 • 2h 26min
175: Former Nintendo Employees Review Nintendo Switch 2
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Hello and welcome to episode 175 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! This week we're doing a full review of Nintendo Switch 2 AND Mario Kart World. We usually don't review things on this channel BUT there is always the exception for stuff that we've been totally immersed in. We feel like we've spent enough time with the system and game to share our honest thoughts about the good and the bad. Also in this episode, we're playing even more Switch 2 games and we react to the news about Switch 2's initial sales and the newly announced Splatoon Raiders. We wrap it all up with some great questions from our Patreon community. All this and much more is coming right up!
0:00 - We're ready to review some stuff!
13:33 - Nintendo Switch 2 review
1:12:35 - Mario Kart World review
1:35:08 - Games we are playing
1:52:45 - News News News (Switch 2 sales, Splatoon Raiders, Silent Hill remake)
2:05:50 - Questions from our Patreon community
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Jun 17, 2025 • 28min
Why It’s So Important to Find Out Who is Making Donkey Kong Bananza
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Hi! The Donkey Kong Bananza Nintendo Direct has been announced and it's got us thinking about a very important question about the next big Nintendo Switch 2 game. WHO at Nintendo is actually developing this game? It actually has a ripple effect that could mean more than you might realize so let's dig into it here in this video. Thanks for watching and we'll see you soon!
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Jun 16, 2025 • 53min
Shuhei Yoshida On What PlayStation ACTUALLY Thinks About Nintendo
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Hello! We're joined today by the one and only Shuhei Yoshida, former ex-PlayStation boss and all around amazing guy. We're here to finally get to the truth and dig into what Sony actually thought about Nintendo. Yoshida-san also shares his thoughts about Nintendo Switch 2 and his feelings about the future of the games industry. We had a great time chatting with him so we hope you enjoy this video!
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Jun 11, 2025 • 2h 31min
174: What Did Nintendo Learn from the Record Breaking Switch 2 Launch?
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Hello and welcome to episode 174 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! We are officially past the launch weekend for Nintendo Switch 2 and we wanted to dig into an interesting topic about the lessons Nintendo learned from this launch. This is something we know Nintendo is discussing right now inside the company as they examine what went wrong and right with this launch. They did some things well but they also had some challenging moments too but most importantly, did Nintendo learn some "wrong" lessons? We discuss it all here. Also in this episode, we have some fresh thoughts about Switch 2 after spending a whole weekend with the system and we are playing A TON of new Switch 2 games (over 10 wow!). We wrap up a beefy episode with questions from our Patreon subscribers. All this and so much is coming right up!
0:00 - Launch weekend for Switch 2 is behind us!
12:22 - What lessons did Nintendo learn from the Switch 2 launch?
49:29 - Our first weekend with Switch 2 - new thoughts
1:05:25 - Games we are playing (Mario Kart World,Deltarune, Cyberpunk 2077, Hitman World of Assassination, Rune Factory Guardians of Azuma, Fast Fusion, Street Fighter 6, Kunitsu Gami, Welcome Tour)
1:45:41 - News news news (Xbox Showcase, Summer Game Fest, Peach/Toad voice actor, Zelda movie delay)
2:09:54 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers
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Jun 6, 2025 • 2h 8min
173: Our First 24 Hours with Nintendo Switch 2
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Hello and welcome to a very special episode of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! This is our very first episode in the Nintendo Switch 2 era and we are SO excited. Today, we'll be talking about our first 24 hours with Nintendo Switch 2 and all our thoughts and feeling about the system and the games we are playing on it! It's been a drama-filled 24 hours so we can't wait to tell you all about it. Also in this episode, we react to what everyone else has been saying about Switch 2. There are some interesting things people are finding out about the system now that it's finally launched. We wrap up this episode with some questions from our incredible Patreon community!
0:00 - The first podcast episode in the Nintendo Switch 2 era begins...NOW!
8:59 - Our first impressions of Switch 2, Mario Kart World and Welcome Tour
1:31:57 - News news news (what everyone else is saying about Switch 2)
1:49:01 - Questions from our Patreon community
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