
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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Oct 3, 2024 • 2h 6min
138: Is The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Meeting our Expectations?
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Hello and welcome to episode 138 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! Today we're back from Japan and we've been playing a TON of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. We'll be talking about whether the game is meeting our expectations so far. Don't forget that this will also be our spoilercast game for this month so we hope you look forward to a ton more discussion about this in a couple weeks. Also in this episode, we talk about all the games we played at Tokyo Game Show (it's a lot) and we react to the recent interviews Shigeru Miyamoto did around the opening of the Nintendo Museum. All this and much more is coming right up in this episode!
0:00 - Echoes, so many echoes
19:01 - Is The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom meeting our expectations?
1:10:54 - Games we are playing (Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake, Monster Hunter Wilds, Fantasy Life, Professor Layton, Yakuza Pirates in Hawaii)
1:31:44 - News news news (Miyamoto interview, Assassin's Creed Shadows delay, Ghost of Yotei announcement)
1:46:26 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers
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Sep 26, 2024 • 1h 9min
137: Tales From our Adventures in Japan
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Hi and welcome to a VERY special episode of the Kit & Krysta Podcast. TODAYYYY! We're coming at you from Tokyo, Japan! We're about halfway through our trip and we want to tell you all about it. We've already done so many fun thing and seen so many amazing people and there's even more to come for the rest of this week. Also in this episode, we talk a bit about the games we played on the plane including The Plucky Squire, Yars Rising and Marvel VS Capcom! We hope you enjoy our stories so far and definitely be on the lookout for the vlogs from our trip.
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Sep 19, 2024 • 2h 23min
136: Stories We’ve Never Told From Our Trips Inside Nintendo HQ
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Hello and welcome to episode 136 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! This is a really special week because we are FINALLY going to Japan. To celebrate, we're going to open the vault on some never before told stories about our trips to Nintendo headquarters in Kyoto, Japan. We have so many fun and strange memories from our trips that we can't wait to share with you. We also have a massive Games We're Playing section where we share our final thoughts after finishing Astro Bot. Is this our game of the year? In the news section we react to the PlayStation Pro news and the strange drama around Annapurna Games. We wrap it all up with questions from our Patreon family. A huge episode is coming right up!
0:00 - Off to Japan!!
10:38 - Untold stories from Nintendo HQ in Japan
1:09:17 - Games we're playing (Astro Bot, Star Wars Outlaws, Yars Rising, Monster Jam, Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster)
1:46:41 - News news news
2:02:38 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers
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Sep 12, 2024 • 2h 4min
135: Debate - Is Story Actually Important in Zelda Games?
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Hello and welcome to episode 135 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! With The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom on the horizon, we wanted to talk about the big elephant in the room for Zelda games - the story. We're debating if story is actually important and needed in Zelda games. With the timeline a work in progress (putting it nicely!) and Nintendo refusing to officially acknowledge or put any importance on the story, should fans care? Let's discuss. Also in this episode, we talk about our impressions playing Astro Bot which has taken the world by storm! We discuss how Nintendo might be feeling with PlayStation making a game that feels like a Nintendo game. Does Nintendo care? Are they panicking about Sony copying them? We also react to the latest round of Switch 2 rumors. Do we think there's any truth to the system potentially getting revealed soon or are we getting a bit tired of all this? All this and more is coming right up.
0:00 - Long ago in a land called Hyrule...
12:02 - Debate: Is story in Zelda game ACTUALLY important?
45:28 - Games we are playing (Astro Bot impressions and how Nintendo is feeling about this game)
1:29:10 - News news news (Switch 2 rumors, PS5 Pro announcement)
1:38:00 - Questions from our Patreon community
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Sep 5, 2024 • 2h 25min
134: Honest Thoughts After Playing Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
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Hi and welcome to episode 134 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! We have a monster of an episode today where we tell you all about what we thought after playing The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. We also dig through all the info released during the latest Zelda trailer and see if it answers our lingering questions about the game. We also share in this episode our live panel from PAX West where we tell a special Nintendo storytime all about a Penny Arcade comic we created for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. We dig into some news on Mario & Luigi Brothership and wrap it all up with questions from our awesome Patreon community.
0:00 - What do we REALLY think about Echoes of Wisdom
14:06 - Games we're playing (The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Super Mario Party Jamboree, Star Wars Outlaws, Emio, Ace Attorney Investigations Collection)
1:24:28 - News news news
1:42:14 - Nintendo Storytime - How a Zelda Skyward Sword Penny Arcade Comic come to be
2:03:20 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers
Patreon shout-outs:
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Aug 29, 2024 • 2h 11min
133: What’s Next After Nintendo’s Direct Shake-Up?
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Hello and welcome to episode 133 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! This week we have a whole heap of Nintendo news that we're going to be digging into. We were a bit surprised that there was a double whammy Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase AND an Indie World Showcase that dropped this week. This is a bit unlike Nintendo's usual schedule of having these in mid-late September so what could this mean? Also, there was a Nintendo Direct last week showing us this Nintendo Museum and while we're excited to finally see it, we do have some thoughts and feelings about if this museum lived up to our expectations. We've also been jamming through a ton of games and getting ready for our next spoilercast on Emio: The Smiling Man Famicom Detective Club. We got a big episode coming up!
0:00 - What's next for Nintendo?
15:47 - NEWS NEWS NEWS (Nintendo Direct discussion, Switch 2 Announcement plans, First Party games in 2025, Nintendo Museum thoughts)
1:27:10 - Games we are playing
1:47:42 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers
Patreon shout-outs!
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- MaruMayhem, Eigenverse, KissMyFlapjack, Mike Chin, Roy Eschke, Switchingitup_, vgmlife, Link The Hero of Winds, Angela Bycroft and her pig Molly, Thomas O’Rourke, Kyle LeBoeuf, Roberto Nieves, Fredrik Ulf Konradsson, Andrew Youhas, Chilly, Brustache, Simon, krashuri, Master Discord, Ash, Ajay Kundlas, Fortygig
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Aug 22, 2024 • 1h 56min
132: A Nintendo Legend Retires, Nintendo Won't Rush Switch 2, Sept Direct When?
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Hi and welcome to episode 132 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! We've got a lot of goodness jammed into this episode. Let's start with talking about a Nintendo legend who just retired. Don James has worked at Nintendo for over 40 years and had a huge impact on the company but many might not know too much about him so let us tell you! We also react to the latest round of Switch 2 news with developers saying they don't expect the system to launch any earlier than April 2025. In our Never a Minute segment, we test our spelling skills with an exciting Pokemon spelling bee. Spoiler, we did not do well. We're playing a ton of new games with a few hidden gems that we can't wait to tell you about and we wrap it all up with questions from our wonderful Patreon subscribers.
0:00 - TODAYYYYY
12:44 - This Nintendo Legend retires, Switch 2 is coming later in 2025 and MORE news
58:06 - Pokemon spelling bee
1:08:28 - Games we are playing
1:30:25 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers
Patreon shout-outs!
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Aug 15, 2024 • 2h
131: Are Traditional Zelda Dungeons Finally Back in Echoes of Wisdom?
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Hello and welcome back to episode 131 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! Today we want to dig into everything we know so far about The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and talk about what we're excited about and what questions we still have about this game. There are some big glaring ones like whether dungeons are finally coming back or what the combat going to feel like. Also in this episode, we finally beat Arranger and have some thoughts about the ending and we started the new Cat Quest! In our news section we discuss why the new Borderlands movie totally bombed and if Microsoft delaying Avowed was a good idea. We wrap it all up with questions from our amazing Patreon subscribers. Settle on in and let's get started!
0:00 - TOP DOWN!
10:30 - Everything we know about The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
1:01:04 - Games we are playing
1:15:43 - News news news
1:33:35 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers
Patreon shout-outs!
- All Hail the Final Boss - Aaron Hash
- Thank you Super Stars - MaruMayhem, Eigenverse, KissMyFlapjack, Mike Chin, Roy Eschke, Switchingitup_, vgmlife, Link The Hero of Winds, Angela Bycroft and her pig Molly, Thomas O’Rourke, Kyle LeBoeuf, Roberto Nieves, Fredrik Ulf Konradsson, Andrew Youhas, Chilly, Brustache, Simon, krashuri, Master Discord, Ash, Ajay Kundlas, Fortygig
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Aug 8, 2024 • 2h 2min
130: The People ACTUALLY in Charge at Nintendo Will Surprise You!
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Hello and welcome to episode 130 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! Today, we're going to peel back the curtain and reveal who actually is in charge at Nintendo. Everyone knows Miyamoto or Furukawa but there are five other super important and influential people at the company that we both worked closely with making the actual big decisions that impact us all. Let us tell you all about them! Also in this episode, we talk about the new The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom trailer and the terrible shutdown of Game Informer. We're still playing a ton of great indie games and even beat one of them that might be the best indie game we've played all year. We wrap it all up with questions from our wonderful Patreon family. All this and more is coming right up!
0:00 - Gather 'round the campfire
8:25 - The puppet masters at Nintendo revealed
49:55 - Games we are playing
1:17:49 - News news news
1:36:01 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers
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Aug 1, 2024 • 2h 14min
129: This Gross Moment Changed the Way We Look at Nintendo
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Hello and welcome to episode 129 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! Today we're telling you about something truly gross and bizarre that Nintendo made its employees do. We swear that we are not making any of this up but you might think we are because it was truly unhinged. Also in this episode, we talk about the debacle that is the Splatoon 3 World Championships and Ubisoft's Davide Soliani leaving the company after over a decade of working on the Mario & Rabbids series. We're playing a TON of new indie games and of course we wrap it all up with questions from our awesome Patreon family. All this and much more is coming right up!
0:00 - Get comfy and maybe grab a barf bag
17:55 - Nintendo made its employees do a super gross thing
1:01:16 - Games we're playing
1:22:29 - News news news
1:41:45 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers
Patreon shout-outs!
- All Hail the Final Boss - Aaron Hash
- Ben Eichhorn, MaruMayhem, Eigenverse, KissMyFlapjack, Mike Chin, Roy Eschke, Switchingitup_, vgmlife, Link The Hero of Winds, Angela Bycroft and her pig Molly, Thomas O’Rourke, Kyle LeBoeuf, Roberto Nieves, Fredrik Ulf Konradsson, Andrew Youhas, Chilly, Brustache, Simon, krashuri, Master Discord, Ash, Ajay Kundlas, Fortygig
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