#570: Data Brokers

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 15% off plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Nintendo Switch 2 adds “Handheld Mode Boost” for Switch 1 games and other updates ● GameChat Free Trial ENDS SOON ● THQ Nordic has announced a range of titles for the Nintendo Switch 2 and the original Nintendo Switch ● Tunic to get Switch 2 update ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● We got a Partner Showcase and an Indie World Showcase, so what do you want to see in Nintendo's next Major Direct? Time Out ● Justin - Being Kind on the Internet ● Kids and Their Allowance Games we've been playing ● Baladins ● OCTOPATH TRAVELER 0 ● EA SPORTS Madden NFL 26 ● Poker Night at the Inventory ● Blue Prince ● Pokémon Pokopia ● Metroid Dread ● Mario Tennis Fever ● Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition ● Pokémon LeafGreen Version ● Planet of Lana II: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ● Minishoot' Adventures - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ● Dispatch ● Ball x Pit ● Pokémon FireRed Version 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 Spotify feed: https://open.spotify.com/show/3SACicqRHT2yxC9mlUP9PL 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% off plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Direct 3.9.2026 ● Nintendo of America sues the US Government due to tariffs ● Goro Abe retires from Nintendo ● Amazon raises Pokémon Pokopia prices after stock constraints ● LEGO announces new Mario sets with real minifigures ● Fortnite's "Save the World" mode coming to Nintendo Switch 2 ● Super Mario Galaxy 1+2 themed Tetris 99 Maximus Cup ● Sony is testing a controversial dynamic pricing model on the PlayStation Store ● Game Releases/Updates Games we've been playing ● DOKAPON KiNGDOM CONNECT ● Blue Prince ● Minishoot’ Adventure ● Pokémon Pokopia ● Poker Night at the Inventory ● Pokémon FireRed Version 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 Spotify feed: https://open.spotify.com/show/3SACicqRHT2yxC9mlUP9PL 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% off plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Pokémon Presents: 2.27.2026 ● Indie World 3.3.2026 ● Capcom Spotlight ● Evercade reveals Super Pocket Rare Edition ● Game Releases/Updates Games we've been playing ● Escape from Ever After ● Poker Night at the Inventory ● Pokémon FireRed Version ● DOKAPON KiNGDOM CONNECT ● Split Fiction ● Animal Crossing: New Horizons ● Blue Prince ● Minishoot’ Adventure ● Pokémon Pokopia ● Rotwood ● Scott Pilgrim EX 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 Spotify feed: https://open.spotify.com/show/3SACicqRHT2yxC9mlUP9PL 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% off plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Nintendo offers refunds for the Xenoblade Chronicles X Nintendo Switch 2 upgrade ● Balatro gets a Nintendo Switch 2 edition ● Nintendo Treehouse shows off ● Donkey Kong Bananza and Kirby Air Riders receive updates ● Super Mario Galaxy Movie Spoilers ahead ● What are we expecting to get out of the Pokémon Day’s Pokémon Presents event ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Mickey Burgett’s Blind Rank Game - Part 2 Games we've been playing ● DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined ● Escape from Ever After ● DOKAPON KiNGDOM CONNECT ● Caramageddon: Rogue Shift ● Resident Evil 7 biohazard Gold Edition ● Resident Evil Village Gold Edition ● Split Fiction ● Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ● FUR Squadron Phoenix ● The Disney Afternoon Collection ● Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition 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 Spotify feed: https://open.spotify.com/show/3SACicqRHT2yxC9mlUP9PL 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% off plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Nintendo shadow drops Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition today ● Virtual Boy NSO app is now available! ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● The way the current market is going, will you be buying a secondary system for gaming in the next generation? Rumors ● Nintendo Switch 2 Price Increase? ● Duskbloods Release Date Leaked? Time Out ● Serious Talk with Jesse Games we've been playing ● Virtual Boy – Nintendo Classics ● DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined ● TOKYO SCRAMBLE ● Dokapon Kingdom Connect ● Escape from Ever After ● Cakey's Twisted Bakery ● Mario Tennis Fever ● Carmageddon: Rogue Shift ● Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ● Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition 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 Spotify feed: https://open.spotify.com/show/3SACicqRHT2yxC9mlUP9PL 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% off plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Do we have the fever? ● Pokémon 30th Anniversary website opens ● PlayStation State of Play (Games coming to the Switch) ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Mickey Burgett’s Blind Rank Game - Part 1 Games we've been playing ● Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection ● Dokapon Kingdom Connection ● Maid of Salvation ● Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection Demo ● Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ● Mario Tennis Fever ● Carmageddon: Rogue Shift ● Dispatch ● CiniCross ● DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined ● Escape from Ever After 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 Spotify feed: https://open.spotify.com/show/3SACicqRHT2yxC9mlUP9PL 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% off plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Dispatch Update ● Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase 2.5.2026 ● Nintendo’s Latest Numbers ● Game Releases/Updates Games we've been playing ● Escape from Ever After ● DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition ● FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE ● Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ● Dispatch Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ● SUPER BOMBERMAN COLLECTION - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ● 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 Spotify feed: https://open.spotify.com/show/3SACicqRHT2yxC9mlUP9PL 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% off plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Direct ● The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Direct 1.25.2026 ● Hideki Konno leaves Nintendo after 40 years ● Virtual Boy Overview video drops ● The Disney Afternoon Collection announced for Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 ● Splatoon v11.0.0 Available Now ● Kirby Air Riders also get an update (v1.3.0) ● Walmart leaks new NSO games for GameCube ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Nintendo and Censorship ● Guess the arcade game #4 Games we've been playing ● DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition ● Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ● Demonschool ● GRID Legends: Deluxe Edition ● FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE ● Dispatch Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ● The Legend of Zelda ● Piczle Lines 2: Into the Puzzleverse 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 Spotify feed: https://open.spotify.com/show/3SACicqRHT2yxC9mlUP9PL 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% off plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Super Mario Bros. Wonder Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park Overview Trailer ● Nintendo Patches and Updates ● New Nintendo Toys ● Bowser joins Hasbro ● Ubisoft Restructures; cancels games ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Guess the arcade game #3 ● Nintendo’s Roadmap for 2026 Games we've been playing ● Street Fighter 6 ● Donkey Kong Country HD update ● PowerWash Simulator 2 ● Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ● Demonshool ● Split Fiction ● Dokapon Kingdom Connect ● MIO: Memories in Orbit ● DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition 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 Spotify feed: https://open.spotify.com/show/3SACicqRHT2yxC9mlUP9PL 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% off plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● The Disney Afternoon Collection to be released on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 according to an ESRB listing ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Mystery Block (Blind) Ranking Game - Franchises we want to see on Nintendo Switch 2 ● 2025 Prediction Results ● 2026 Predictions Games we've been playing ● DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined Demo ● DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition ● Grimvalor ● Spades ● Monopoly GO! ● Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ● Demon School ● Metroid Prime 4: Beyond ● Axis Football 2026 ● Suika Game Planet ● PowerWash Simulator 2 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 Spotify feed: https://open.spotify.com/show/3SACicqRHT2yxC9mlUP9PL Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices