#484: Penultimate Palindrome

**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 calls a plumber ● It was all a dream ● Show me the money ● F-Zero 99 joins Tetris 99 ● Talkin' About My Generation ● Assassin’s Creed Remakes are in the works ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Gaming Dad Spotlight ● A week removed from what many say is an ALL-TIME Nintendo Direct, how are we feeling? Games we've been playing ● Hogwarts Legacy ● Ghost of Tsushima ● Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door ● Cookie Cutter ● EA Sports College Football 25 ● Picross S+ ● Luigi's Mansion 2 HD ● Beyond Good & Evil 20th Anniversary Edition ● Stardew Valley ● Tavern Talk ● Driver ● Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble ● Moonstone Island ● Metroid: Zero Mission 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 ● Yacht Club Games Presents ● Nintendo Direct 6.18.2024 ● Limited Run’s LRG3 2024 ● Woman busted for smuggling Nintendo Switch games in her bra ● Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel gets its release date in Japan ● Nintendo Switch Online app gets an updated home screen ● Walmart cancels Nintendo preorders, again Let's Discuss ● What is your favorite memory from the past SEVEN years of this amazing console? Games we've been playing ● Monster Hunter Stories ● Sea of Stars ● Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door ● STAR WARS: Hunters ● Alan Wake 2 ● After Us ● Gran Turismo 7 ● PICROSS S NAMCO LEGENDARY edition ● Metroid: Zero Mission ● Ylands ● Garten of Banban ● Garten of Banban 2 Community Spotlight Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justin, Marty, and Tim find time in their workday to jump on a Zoom call to discuss the latest Nintendo Direct (June 2024)! We'll find out Jesse's thoughts on the upcoming podcast, but we're pretty sure he's happy about what he saw. 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 ● Midori is stepping away from leaking games again ● My Nintendo SUPER NINTENDO WORLD One-Year Anniversary Celebration Sweepstakes ● Not-E3 Nintendo Announcements ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● What has to happen on the Nintendo Direct in order for you to feel the direct was a success? Time Out ● Tim - Lorcana - Illuminator’s Quest “Deep Trouble” ● Marty - AEW Live Show Games we've been playing ● Pitfall II: Lost Caverns ● Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus ● Star Wars: Hunters ● Terror of Hemasaurus ● Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door ● MEGA MAN: DR. WILY’S REVENGE ● MEGA MAN II ● MEGA MAN III ● MEGA MAN IV ● MEGA MAN V 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 ● A Google employee with access to backend YouTube data has been confirmed to be responsible for Nintendo leaks ● Shovel Knight 10th anniversary presentation is happening next week ● Dads Night in with Nintendo ● Nintendo hired 400+ employees during the previous fiscal year ● Game Releases/Updates Rumors ● Nintendo sitting on a remake of Twilight Princess HD for Switch ● SEGA eyeing 2027 for Crazy Taxi ● Golden Axe supposed to launch in 2023, ● Splatoon 4 in development codenamed "Spiral" Let's Discuss ● Top 10 MUST-PLAY games for the Switch NOT published or developed by Nintendo Games we've been playing ● Elden Ring ● Hauntii ● Terror of Hemasaurus ● Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door ● STAR WARS: Hunters ● The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom ● PICROSS S NAMCO LEGENDARY edition 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 announces plans for new store in San Francisco ● LEGO Deku Tree revealed in first Zelda building toy collab with Nintendo ● Game Releases/Updates Rumors ● Midori also says Dragon Quest III HD -2D will be at June Direct, believes it's now Dragon Quest 1-3 ● Leaker Midori says SPRed project is in development at Nintendo, Red is the internal name for Mario Let's Discuss ● LEGO has approached you to design a brand new Nintendo LEGO set. What is it, and what is the price point? Games we've been playing ● Electronics Puzzle Lab ● PICROSS S NAMCO LEGENDARY edition ● Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door ● Little Kitty, Big City ● Hauntii ● The Exit 8 ● Pool Party ● Duck Detective: The Secret Salami 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 acquires Shiver Entertainment ● Atari acquires the Intellivision Brand ● Nintendo job opening hints at the future of packaging for products ● Data Miners uncovers code for 4K in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● If you had infinite time and resources, what is the one game you would remake and port to the Switch 2? ● June Direct Predictions Time Out ● Tim - Mario Bros. by Nintendo for Atari 5200 Games we've been playing ● MY HERO ONE'S JUSTICE 2 ● The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom ● Princess Peach: Showtime! ● Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes ● Tales of Kenzera: ZAU ● XDefiant ● Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door ● Little Kitty, Big City ● Lysfanga : The Time Shift Warrior ● The Exit 8 ● Lorelei and the Laser Eyes 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 ● Two Joy-Con drift lawsuits have been dismissed ● Square Enix plans to "aggressively pursue a multi-platform strategy that includes Nintendo platforms" ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● What is your favorite piece of video game music of all time? Rumors ● Leaker says a game starring Zelda as the main character is coming Nintendo’s code letters for the next console, like NX was for Switch, could be "O" Time Out ● Jesse - Electronics Updates ● Tim - Kirby Games we've been playing ● Various Intellivision Games ● Persona 3 Reload ● Picross S+ ● Endless Ocean: Luminous ● Geometry Survivor ● PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs ● Baseball ● Super Mario Land ● The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past ● Little Kitty, Big City ● The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom ● Please Fix the Road 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 ● Furukawa-san tweets ● Nintendo announces a new game via Twitter and YouTube ● Nintendo to discontinue integration between Nintendo Switch and X ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Nintendo's success has banked them a vast war chest of funds and you have been tapped to create a new peripheral for their upcoming system. It must be new. It must be unique. I can have a game attached to it. What would you create? Time Out ● Tim - Extra Life ● Marty - Konnoy on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@konnoy Games we've been playing ● Battle Minesweeper Online ● Persona 3 Reload ● Endless Ocean: Luminous ● Geometry Survivor ● Little Kitty, Big City ● Another Crab’s Treasure ● Planet of Lana ● Tales of Kenzera: ZAU ● Vampire Survivors ● Animal Well 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 ● More new Nintendo LEGO sets are coming in August ● Respected leaker Pyoro teases something relating to the Nintendo World Championship ● The Nintendo Ninjas strike again ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● You have been able to resurrect one long-dead Nintendo IP but at a cost. Your choice's resurrection must come at the sacrifice of a currently active Nintendo IP. Rumors ● Switch 2 information appears to be leaking with details on Joy-Con, screen size, and more Time Out ● Jesse - Box from Limited Run Games Games we've been playing ● Grounded ● Surmount ● Another Crab's Treasure ● Planet of Lana ● Tales of Kenzera: ZAU ● Stellar Blade ● S.O.L Search of Light ● Endless Ocean Luminous ● Vampire Survivors ● Persona 5 Reload Community Spotlight Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices