The NXpress Nintendo Podcast
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Episodes
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
NXpress 293: Kirby’s Dream Buffet Reaction + Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course!
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
Ready for another mouthful? This week on the NXpress Nintendo Podcast, Cameron Daxon, Marc Kaliroff, and Campbell Gill react to the jaw-dropping news that not only is there going to be a new Kirby game soon, but it’s also set to be the most adorable game of the year. With Kirby’s Dream Buffet being announced over Twitter on a random Tuesday morning, it’s up to the gang to pick apart every detail of the announcement trailer, theorize what eldritch horrors might await in this Fall Guys-esque multiplayer bash, and predict the exact date and time it will release on the Switch eShop. Kirby fans are eating well this year!
But the buffet doesn’t stop there, as Marc serves up a delicious last course…Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course, to be precise! 2017’s Cuphead was beloved for its brutal difficulty and beautiful style, and its ambitious DLC expansion delivers a hearty new serving of all that and more! Could a piece of DLC be one of 2022’s best Switch games? Just as punishing yet endearing as ever, The Delicious Last Course could be exactly that.
Last up, the gang pursues one of life’s most elusive questions: why does the N64 controller look like that? Marc and Cameron share their thoughts on the NSO member-exclusive N64 Switch controller and explore how much it can (and can’t) improve the experience of playing N64 game son Switch. In the meantime, Campbell wonders why people ever bothered with this controller to begin with. All this and, as always, so much more!
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Playlist:LFXIV – NXpress Intro01:00 – Kirby’s Dream Buffet Reaction“Title Screen” – Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course21:20 – Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course Review“Bootlegger Boogie” – Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course48:30 – NSO N64 Controller Impressions“Botanic Panic” – Cuphead
Saturday Feb 19, 2022
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 272: In Loving Memory, Wii U and 3DS eShop
Saturday Feb 19, 2022
Saturday Feb 19, 2022
Wii U and 3DS eShop Closure Reactions
This week on the NXpress Nintendo Podcast, Cameron Daxon, Marc Kaliroff, and Campbell Gill pour one out for the end of an era. With Nintendo having recently announced the effective end of the Wii U and 3DS eShops, the hosts open the show by taking some time to reflect on the long-term impact of this decision: not only does this hammer the final nail in the coffin of Nintendo’s ill-fated last generation, but it also spells the end of the long-running Virtual Console. Will Switch Online ever fill the VC-shaped hole in our hearts? At least Nintendo provided a neat site to recall your Wii U and 3DS memories…
Next up, Marc gives the hosts a rundown of The Cuphead Show! and its disappointing adaptation of the Cuphead universe for the silver screen. Its animation may be beautiful, but it seems like not even Wayne Brady as King Dice can save this show and its crippling lack of substance.
Lastly, the hosts close things out with a good old-fashioned indie spotlight on Infernax, a brutal yet infectiously fun retro action platformer, and Ocean’s Heart, a Link to the Past-esque adventure game that’s sure to scratch that Zelda itch. With some impressions of the Switch port of Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments thrown in for good measure, the show ends with a well-rounded spotlight indeed!
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Playlist:LFXIV – NXpress Intro00:52 – Opening topic: Wii U and 3DS eShop Closure Reactions“Floral Furry” – Cuphead23:40 – The Cuphead Show! Review“Botanic Panic” – Cuphead40:20 – Indie Games Spotlight“Ruse of an Ooze” – Cuphead
Friday Apr 19, 2019
Friday Apr 19, 2019
On April 21st, 1989, Nintendo unleashed the Game Boy proving that power isn’t the most important thing when making a video game console.
The Game Boy was the first internationally successful handheld gaming system, and upon its release in the United States, it sold 40,000 units on the first day and its entire shipment of one million units within a few weeks. It was a global phenomenon and together, the Game Boy and Game Boy Color sold over 118m units worldwide.
This week on the NXpress Nintendo Podcast we look back at 8-bit handheld video game device and its influence on the video game industry – but before that, the NXpress crew chimes in on the recent debate surrounding difficulty in video games. All this and more.
Playlist
LFXIV – NXpress IntroNintendosage: What we haven't been playing.Game Boy Commercial ClipNintendosage Part 2: The ongoing debate of difficulty settings in video games.Game Boy Commercial ClipBonus Content: Remembering the Game Boy, thirty years later.Tetris Theme Song
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