Nintendo Dads Podcast

Dive into a nostalgic journey as the hosts reminisce about classic franchises like Power Rangers and He-Man while exploring the potential of new games. Updates on the anticipated Kirby Air Riders and performance issues with Elden Ring on the Switch 2 spark lively debate. Hear personal anecdotes about navigating home renovations and the warmth of family support. With a spotlight on upcoming titles and community engagement, the enthusiasm for gaming remains infectious, blending humor and heartfelt reflections on the gaming landscape.

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Nintendo of America and the ISEA partner to bring gaming esports to schools ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● What is one of your favorite games from Nintendo over each decade? Games we've been playing ● Off ● Donkey Kong Bananza ● Drag x Drive Global Jam ● WWE 2K25 The Bloodline Edition ● Balatro ● Fortnite Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● IndieWorld Showcase - 8.7.2025 ● My Mario Merchandise is announced to be available in the Nintendo Stores in Japan ● Nintendo’s Latest Numbers (Q1 2026) ● Game Releases/Updates Games we've been playing ● Shinobi, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound ● UFO 50 ● The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales Demo ● Donkey Kong Banaza ● Gradius Origins ● Mina the Hollower Demo ● Is This Seat Taken? ● NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound ● SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance Demo ● Mario Kart World ● Chillin by the Fire ● Spy Drops ● EA SPORTS Madden NFL 26 ● TETRIS 99 ● Donkey Kong (1981) ● Donkey Kong Jr. Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase 7.31.2025 ● Nintendo sold over 512,000 Switch 2 Pro Controllers in June ● Mario Paint is now available for NSO ● Mario Kart World receives a hefty update ● Game Releases/Updates Games we've been playing ● Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program ● Donkey Kong Bananza ● Donkey Kong (1981) ● Pokémon Friends ● Liar’s Bar Poker ● Mario Kart World Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 15% at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Pokemon Presents Recap ● LEGO Gameboy, coming! ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Question of the week (Microtransactions) Time Out ● 3D Printing Games we've been playing ● Donkey Kong Bananza ● Pokémon Friends ● Shadow Labyrinth Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ● PICROSS Records of The Shield Hero● WWE 2K25 (Switch 2 Edition) ● Piczle Lines 2● Monument Valley III ● Mega Man 9 ● Super Mario Party Jamboree: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 15% at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program ● It's a Donkey Kong Bananza bonanza as the guys give their early impressions of Nintendo's newest release! ● The Legend of Zelda movie has had the cast announcements for their lead characters ● A Drag X Drive demo test event is planned for August ● Pokémon Presents tease ● Nintendo and Universal register trademark for a Donkey Kong movie ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Not this week Rumors ● Could a Nintendo Direct be coming later this month? Nate the Hate Say "yes" Games we've been playing ● Donkey Kong Bananza ● Lost in Random: The Eternal Die ● Mario Kart World ● Cyberpunk 2077 ● Fortnite ● The Alters Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Nintendo Switch Game Voucher Program scheduled to end ● GameStop is auctioning off the stapler used to attach receipts to Nintendo Switch 2 boxes during launch night for charity ● Donkey Kong Bananza is being developed by the team behind Super Mario Odyssey ● New Batch of Icons Available for NSO Subscribers ● Nintendo considers "shorter development periods" on some games as costs rise ● Animal Crossing collaboration with Crocs is coming ● Amazon stocks Nintendo Switch 2 directly for the first time in the US ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● How is the Nintendo Switch 2 fitting into your life? Do you still use your original Nintendo Switch? Rumors ● Monolith Soft Tokyo is developing another Xenoblade Chronicles game Games we've been playing ● Super Mario Strikers ● Lost in Random: The Eternal Die ● Squeakross: Home Squeak Home ● PICROSS Records of The Shield Hero ● Mario Kart World ● Hogwarts Legacy ● Street Fighter 6 ● Ticket to Ride ● Patapon 1+2 Replay ● Cyberpunk 2077 Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Digital Foundry says that Switch 2 is an "impressive upgrade marred by sub-par display." ● Nintendo gives answers as to why non-Mario characters weren't included in Mario Kart World ● Speaking of Mario Kart, some people are upset the game’s latest patch ● SakurAI? Masahiro Sakurai sees AI as a potential key to the video game industry’s future ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● The Nintendo Switch 2 has 256 GB of storage, with only 8 GB set aside for system use. Do we truly need a memory card? Can you survive on just what the system gives you? Games we've been playing ● Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo ● The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim ● Monster Hunter Wilds ● Magic: The Gathering Arena ● Squeakross: Home Squeak Home ● Deltarune ● Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess ● Mario Kart World ● Chronicles of the Wolf ● Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour ● Lost in Random: The Eternal Die Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Donkey Kong Bananaza Direct ● New Nintendo Switch 2 Update allows for more backward compatible games to be playable, including Pikmin 3 Deluxe ● Cyberpunk 2077 is the best selling third-party game on Nintendo Switch 2 ● Third party publisher say “very low sales” ● IGN 7 Switch review ● Nintendo is banning Nintendo Switch 2 systems that have used a MiG Switch to load games ● Game Releases/Updates Games we've been playing ● Picross: Juufuutei Raden’s Guide for Pixel Museum ● Squeakross: Home Squeak Home ● Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S ● Mario Kart World ● Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition ● Yakuza 0 Director's Cut Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast with guest Nick Pompa from lootlock.com: News ● Nintendo announces that 3.5 million Nintendo Switch 2 units have been sold in the first 4 days ● Splatoon spinoff game announced ● Nintendo announces that some Nintendo Switch 2 units may not show the correct battery charge level and offers multiple ways to fix it ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Nintendo Switch 2 has been out for exactly one week....now that it's in your hands, we want to know YOUR thoughts? Games we've been playing ● Mario Kart World ● Baldur’s Gate 3 ● World of Warcraft ● Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess ● Sid Meier's Civilization VII – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ● Fast Fusion ● HITMAN World of Assassination - Signature Edition ● The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ● Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour ● Ruffy and the Riverside ● Picross: Juufuutei Raden’s Guide for Pixel Museum ● Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S ● The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ● The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker ● Hogwarts Legacy ● Street Fighter 6 Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices