#549: Pokémon Dads

**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 ● Pokémon Legends Z-A is out! ● Pokémon GO reworks levels to go from a Level 50 maximum to a Level 80 maximum ● PokéLeak?! Have the Pokémon Company's plans through 2030 really been leaked to the internet? ● Pokémon Questions from the Community ● Nintendo was also reportedly hacked ● Kirby and the Forgotten Land comes to Alarmo! ● Business Talk! Without Business Justin! ● Nintendo Co. has asked suppliers to produce as many as 25 million units of the Switch 2 by the end of March 2026 ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Blind Rank 5 Random “Best NES Black Box Games” - Part 2 Games we've been playing ● Pokémon Legends: Z-A ● Hollow Knight: Silksong ● Hades 2 ● Star Wars: Outlaws ● Fire Emblem Shadows ● Super Mario Galaxy 2 ● CiniCross Demo ● Pay 2 Win: The World is Mine Demo ● Absolum ● Mega Man X 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 releases “Close To You” animated short, confusing the Internet ● Metroid Prime 4: Beyond will have two modes if you have supported displays on Nintendo Switch 2 ● Circana says Nintendo Switch 2 sales are trending 77% ahead of aligned sales for Nintendo Switch ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Blind Rank 5 Random “Best NES Black Box Games” - Part 1 Games we've been playing ● Fire Emblem Shadows ● Star Wars Outlaws ● Armada ● Super Mario Galaxy ● Super Mario Galaxy 2 ● Mario & Wario ● Fortnitemares Fortnight ● LEGO Party! 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 ● EA to be sold to a private consortium of investors, including Saudi Arabia ● Microsoft raises prices ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Mystery Block Blind Rankings Games we've been playing ● Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box ● Fire Emblem Shadows ● Star Wars: Outlaws ● Super Mario Sunshine ● Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 ● Hades 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 ● Doug Bowser steps down as President of Nintendo of America on December 31, 2025 ● Nintendo will begin outsourcing its customer support services ● New Nintendo Music Tracks! ● Tariff Issues? More like Profit issues! ● Drag x Drive is getting a free update ● Delays ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Mystery Block Blind Rankings Games we've been playing ● Kirby and the Forgotten Land: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star Crossed Worlds ● Discounty ● Super Mario Land ● The Mark of Erdrick manga ● Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island & Emerald Rush ● Gloomy Eyes ● Star Wars Outlaws ● Fire Emblem Shadows ● Hades II ● Hollow Knight: Silksong ● Dinkum Demo 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 9.12.2025 ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● How good were our predictions? Games we've been playing ● Gloomy Eyes ● Cross Pix ● Cross Pix 2 ● Cross Pix 3 ● Hollow Knight ● Donkey Kong Bananza DLC ● Platypus Reclayed ● Mega Man 9 ● Mega Man 10 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

Taken from our Live-React stream of Nintendo Direct 9.12.2025, this is our post-Direct conversation while we were still live-streaming. 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 announced for Friday ● Ubisoft Dev says that Game Key Cards were used for STAR WARS: Outlaws vs. game-on-cart for technical reasons ● Nintendo wins in the courtroom against Genki ● Hollow Knight: Silksong gets patched ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Our predictions for Friday’s Nintendo Direct Games we've been playing ● Picross S8 ● Picross S9 ● Forsaken 64 ● Hollow Knight: Silksong ● Bad Cheese ● Star Wars Outlaws ● Fruitbus 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 ● Atari purchases 82% of Thunderful Games in a $5.2 million deal ● New features added to Game Boy Advance – Nintendo Classics ● People were wrong about Star Wars Outlaws on Switch 2 ● Game Releases/Updates Games we've been playing ● Sword of the Sea ● Acecraft ● Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds ● Tetris 99 ● Kirby and the Forgotten Land – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World ● Hollow Knight: Silksong – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ● Professor Layton and the Curious Village ● Shinobi: Art of Vengeance ● Discounty ● The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD ● Hollow Knight ● SIWIQU/Antank S3 Max Nintendo Switch 2 Dock Station 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 claims that many devs have still not received Switch 2 devkits ● Nintendo Switch 2 has sold over 2 million units in the US ● New features are available for SNES on NSO ● Nintendo Alarmo will get seven different alarms in the near future ● Tetris 99 Event ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● What would you say are the most important Nintendo games in history? Rumors ● ANOTHER Nintendo Direct is possibly coming on September 12th? Time Out ● Parenting Games we've been playing ● Donkey Kong Bananza, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound ● Split/Second ● Dangerous Driving ● Sword of the Sea ● Drag x Drive ● Mario Kart World ● Donkey Kong Bananza ● Above Snakes ● Kirby and the Forgotten Land: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star Crossed World ● Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution ● Discounty Demo ● Is This Seat Taken? ● Morgan: Metal Detective ● Professor Layton and the Curious Village ● PICROSS Records of The Shield Hero ● Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time 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 ● Kirby Air Riders Direct ● Gamescom 2025 ● Elden Ring is reportedly a "disaster" on Nintendo Switch 2 ● Game Releases/Updates Games we've been playing ● Discounty ● Morgan Metal Detective ● Mad Skills BMX 2 ● Curse Rounds ● Mario Kart World ● Donkey Kong Bananza 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