#489: K-A0S Sounds Like a Final Fantasy Villian

**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 ● Platinum Games purchases Wonderful 101 trademark from Nintendo ● Nintendo submits a new wireless device to the FCC that is not the Switch or upcoming Switch ● Super Mario Party Jamboree gets an extensive trailer highlighting features ● Nintendo Museum merch appears ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● How do you Zelda? Do you prefer the series in its 2D roots or prefer 3D adventuring better? Time Out ● A community member's experience with GameStop ● Transformers x Monster Hunter Games we've been playing ● The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom ● Yars Rising ● Balatro ● Atari 50th: Wider World of Atari DLC ● The Plucky Squire ● BZZZT ● Caravan SandWitch ● Astro Bot ● Star Wars Outlaws 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 Holiday Bundles Announced ● Nintendo and The Pokémon Company file a patent infringement lawsuit in Tokyo District Court against Pocketpair, Inc. ● Splatoon 3 is done ● Lots of developers got invited to Nintendo this week ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Do YOU believe the supposed leaks of the Switch 2 are real? Why or why not? ● Special Guests Patreon Producer Jacqueline Amira and Rick Stafford Games we've been playing ● Marvel's Spider-Man 2 ● Fallout 76 ● Balatro ● Peglin ● Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door ● The Plucky Squire ● Persona 3 Reload: Episode Aigis -The Answer- DLC ● The Elder Scrolls: Castles ● SteamWorld Heist II ● Selfloss ● Wild Bastards 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 ● Sony recently unveiled the PS5 Pro which will be released this November at a base price of $700 ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Knowing that Nintendo has the Switch's successor coming soon, how much are you willing to pay for what's next? Games we've been playing ● The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening ● Balatro ● Helldivers 2 ● Eldin Ring ● ASTRO BOT ● Yars Rising ● Persona 3 Reload: Episode Aigis -The Answer- DLC ● SteamWorld Heist II 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 ● Pauline gets added to Super Mario Party Jamboree ● Nintendo shows off Echoes of Wisdom's Still World and Zelda's Swordfighter form ● Nintendo's new Zelda timeline ● Nintendo ALSO ● The Grand Festival Splatfest is coming ● A Minecraft Movie teaser trailer has dropped ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● The Nintendo Ninja Fairy wakes you up one night with a sprinkle of magic dust and grants you the ability to make sure ONE (and only one) thing is included in the Switch 2 Rumors ● Switch 2 will be previewed soon according to Chris Dring Time Out ● Tim - Linkin Park Games we've been playing ● SteamWorld Heist II 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 8.27.2024 ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Spotlight on John ● What is your favorite 3DS memory? Time Out ● John - Super Nintendo World ● Jesse - Class starts again Games we've been playing ● SteamWorld Heist II ● Balatro ● Peglin ● Pizza Tower ● Final Fantasy III ● Fortnite ● Crypt Custodian ● Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed Demo ● Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club Demo ● Castlevania Dominus Collection 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 Museum Opens October 2, 2024 ● Nintendo to shut down Servers for Animal Crossing Pocket Camp ● Game Awards 2024 scheduled ● New Nintendo Console and GTA VI to Boost Gaming Industry ● Animal Crossing book from Kelsey Llewyn available https://pinkgorillagames.com/collections/books/products/animal-crossing-by-kelsey-lewin ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● If Nintendo does have another Direct this year, what would you want to see in that direct? it may not be as good as the last Direct, but it could be very informative. Or if they show a teaser announcement for Switch 2, would that make it another banger? Maybe we'll get a Mother 3 announcement? Rumors ● Another Nintendo Direct is coming - and it's not the museum direct Time Out ● Tim - Golfing Games we've been playing ● Final Fantasy II ● Fortnite ● DOOM + DOOM II ● NASCAR Arcade Rush ● Phantom Spark ● Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club Demo ● F-Zero 99 ● SteamWorld Heist II 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 ● Rachel Lillis, the voice actor of Misty and Jessie from Pokemon, has passed away ● Chris Dring and Eurogamer say that Switch 2 will not be available before April 2025 ● Switch 2 hardware speculation ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Who are your favorite dynamic duos in gaming? Games we've been playing ● SteamWorld Heist II ● Thank Goodness You're Here! ● Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team ● Arcade Paradise ● Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King ● Final Fantasy II ● Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition ● Fortnite Community Spotlight 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’s Latest Numbers for Q1 2025 ● Game Informer to Shut Down After 33 Years ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Sadly, the Dads After Dark show recently announced they will end with episode 200. John and Drew have brought so many laughs and so much joy to our communities, now is our time to give back to them. Take a moment to leave a personal message or voicemail for the DAD guys and we will share them with the community this week on the show. Time Out ● Tim - MTG: Bloomburrow ● Jesse - Colonoscopy Games we've been playing ● Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure ● SteamWorld Heist II ● Cat Quest III ● Fortnite ● Thank Goodness You’re Here! Community Spotlight 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 ● Sony's Bungie is shrinking from 1,300 people to 850 ● Pokemon Company retail sales for 2023 was $10.8 BILLION ● Game Freak will have a big recruitment event on August 30th ● Nintendo announced "Mega Multiplyer Festival” for the month of August ● Game Releases/Updates Time Out ● Alzheimer's Sucks ● Arby’s Potato Cakes are false advertising Games we've been playing ● Magic The Gathering Arena ● Arranger A Role Puzzling Adventure ● MARS 2120 ● Star Wars: Bounty Hunter ● Conscript ● Trinity Fusion ● Final Fantasy II ● Fortnite Community Spotlight 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 ● SAG-AFTRA video game voice/performance actors are going on strike at midnight tonight ● Nintendo announced the "Grand Festival" Splatfest ● Warner Bros. acquires Multiversus developer, Player First Games ● Nintendo offers gacha-style fidget key rings at its stores in Japan ● Super Mario World: Mario and Yoshi LEGO set confirmed for this Fall ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● If you could sit down with one creator/dev for coffee, who would it be and why? Games we've been playing ● Death Road to Canada ● Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles ● Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition ● Boomerang Fu ● Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus ● Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration ● Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure ● Trinity Fusion ● MARS 2120 ● STAR WARS: Bounty Hunter ● Vegas Infinite ● SirKwitz ● THE NEW DENPA MEN ● YEAH! YOU WANT “THOSE GAMES,” RIGHT? SO HERE YOU GO! NOW, LET’S SEE YOU CLEAR THEM! 2 Community Spotlight Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices