The Nintendo Shack

Zelda week is finally here, and Donnie, Delvin, and Rebecca share their first impressions of the Ocarina of Time remake, including all of their detailed observations and critiques. The show is fairly spoiler-free, and they talk about their experiences up to pulling the Master Sword in the Temple of Time. They answer listener questions about the game, such as what is the biggest difference they’ve noticed so far, what have they seen from the younger generation enjoying the game, and when will Nintendo remake the original Legend of Zelda for a more modern audience.

Donnie, Delvin, and Rebecca chat about how their Halloween was last night as well as what they’ve been playing, including Rebecca’s experience with Switch Sports Resort. They talked about the recent Indie World showcase and the games they’re looking forward to, as well as other news from the week, such as Aonuma’s reservations about the Ocarina of Time remake, Pikmin Day, Pokemon Unite’s shutdown announcement, and more. As always, they answer listener questions, such as what’s the most expensive thing they’ve bought for a favorite franchise, what is some advice for someone playing OoT for the very first time, and how has Splatoon Raiders gotten no post-launch support. Next week, the trio will share their first impressions about the highly anticipated Ocarina of Time remake.PSVG Everything in one link: psvg.net

Delvin is back this week, so he joins Donnie and Rebecca to talk all about the latest Nintendo news in this nearly 3-hour long show. First they talk about the games they’ve been playing: Call of Duty, Switch Sports Resort, and Warrior Cats, including their first impressions of all three. They cover a variety of news topics from the week, such as Miyamoto being presented a prestigious award, Sakurai’s thoughts on AI in games, news about the Switch 2 starting to become jailbroken, and more. As always, they answer listener questions, such as which sport should be added to Switch Sports Resort, what Bioware game should have come to the Switch 2, and what’s the next franchise to get a Switch 2 special edition.PSVG Everything in one link: psvg.net

This week, Delvin is out having fun at Nintendo World so Donnie and Rebecca hold down the fort talking about this week in Nintendo news. They chat all about the 2.0 update in Pokopia and its Halloween event, Fire Emblem: Fortune Weave’s expansion pass, the overview trailer for the Ocarina of Time remake, and much more. As always, they answer listener questions, such as what graphical aesthetic hasn’t been used nearly as much as it should, and is Nintendo showing too much Ocarina of Time trailers and tidbits before it releases.PSVG Everything in one link: psvg.net

The show that almost didn't happen. This week the Shack trio is facing life on all fronts -- travel, loss, natual disaster, and more. However, against all odds, we still got the episode out. Topics this week;We have an AI conversation with all of the ports flooding the internet recently.FireRed & LeafGreen works w/ Pokemon HomeSwitch Sports Resort previewsGame Key Card SalesSwitch 2 Lite forecastingZelda spin off ideasListener Questions

This week, Donnie, Delvin, and Rebecca chat all about recent Nintendo headlines, including the new Star Fox update, Castlevania Belmont’s Curse demo, Shuhei Yoshida’s comments about a Switch 2 Lite model, and more. As always, they answer listener questions, such as a question about the Switch 2’s attach rate compared to the Switch 1’s attach rate, whether or not they care about preorder bonuses, what N64 game should get a remake, the best OST in a game, favorite N64 memories, and more.PSVG Everything in one link: psvg.net

Donnie, Delvin, and Rebecca join forces this week to talk about the BIG PROBLEM with Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave before they get into the week’s news. They talk about the revival of Splatoon 3, Nintendo’s big lawsuit win against piracy, a huge Ubisoft sale with games under $10, and some hot rumors about the Legend of Zelda movie. As always, they answer this week’s listener questions, including which 3 Pokemon they would bring into battle, will Rare revive their old IP under Activision’s leadership, top 3 Nintendo 64 games for its 30th anniversary, favorite mini-game inside of a game, and more.PSVG Everything in one link: psvg.net

This week in the Shack: The show opens with Donnie's recent animal expeditions in his backyard. From there we catch up with Rebecca’s many weddings and big walk, Delvin and Donnie’s Resident Evil theater experiences, and more before we finally jump into Donnie’s initial impressions of Fire Emblem Fortunes Weave. We catch up on Switch 2 news from Tokyo Game Show, Ocarina of Time in VRR as well as “mii culture”PSVG Everything in one link: psvg.net

The third shack of the week is here to recap how were feeling about the Switch 2 after weeklong onslaught of announcements. From there we catch up on what were playing (Big Walk, Metal Garden, Dynasty Warriors, etc) and jump into the big v. 23.0.0 update -- including the return of music to mii maker, VRR, system transfer and more. Finally, as always, we end with questions DIRECTLY from you.PSVG Everything in one link: psvg.net

So what did we think about Zelda's big 40th Anniversary Direct? You'll have to listen to find out. (we liked it)PSVG Everything in one link: psvg.net