The NXpress Nintendo Podcast
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Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
This week, we react to the latest sales figures from Nintendo’s earnings report and discuss the positive side of Nintendo Switch Online.
This week on the NXpress Nintendo Podcast, Cameron Daxon, Marc Kaliroff, and Campbell Gill work through yet another busy show packed with news, reviews, and impressions! The gang starts out by diving into the latest record-breaking sales updates from Nintendo’s latest earnings report, including the Big N’s incredible sales numbers for hardware and software, potential film adaptations, and even hints at an eventual Switch successor released sometime in the next several decades.
Next up, the gang shares their most recent impressions of the classic games offered as part of the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack. Despite some justified pessimism about the add-on’s high price of entry, there’s plenty to love in the classic games on offer, from stone-cold classics like Super Mario 64 to hidden gems like Sin and Punishment. With an excellent selection of titles along with generally high-quality emulation, the Expansion Pack provides a hearty helping of old-school goodness.
Lastly, Campbell shines a brief indie spotlight on Tunche, a tried-and-true beat ’em up set in the Amazon rainforest that represents indigenous folklore and culture in a solid action-packed romp. As always, all this and so much more in this week’s show!
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Playlist:LFXIV – NXpress Intro00:43 – Talking Points: Nintendo Earnings Report Reactions“Yoshi’s Story” – Super Smash Bros. 23:00 – Main Event: Nintendo Switch Online Expanded Impressions“Star Wolf” – Star Fox 6454:20 – Indie Snippet: Tunche“Bonus Stage” – Super Smash Bros.
Wednesday May 10, 2017
Wednesday May 10, 2017
When Donkey Kong Country 3 first hit store shelves in November of 1996, it was just over two months after the hardware debut of the Nintendo 64 and by that time, most players including us here at Goomba Stomp had already moved on to Super Mario 64. And with the N64, most of us never looked back. This week we continue our year-long Donkey Kong retrospective by reviewing the third and final entry in the original DKC series and let you know what we think of Rare's 16-bit swan song. Before that we discuss why Nintendo should embrace physical copies of games and ending the show is a short review of Mr. Shifty, the debut title from Australian four-man group Team Shifty and Kamiko, a game styled around Japanese Shinto beliefs. All this and more.
Sunday Jan 24, 2016
Best of Rare’s Soundtracks
Sunday Jan 24, 2016
Sunday Jan 24, 2016
Over the years, Rare developed some of our favourite video games, but what many people often forget (and sometimes don’t acknowledge) is the superb soundtracks composed for their critically acclaimed games such as Donkey Kong Country, GoldenEye 007, Banjo-Kazooie, Perfect Dark, and Conker’s Bad Fur Day. Working with such musicians as Robin Beanland, David Wise Eveline Fischer, Graeme Norgate, Grant Kirkhope and David Clynick, Rare put together one of the most prolific teams of composers in a game company. Be it the music that plays when you pause Battletoads or the haunting melodies of the Goldeneye 007 score, the music has always been an important component in any of the company’s games, and sometimes as recognizable as the popular characters that populate these games. In conjunction with our month-long spotlight on Rare, I’ve put together a mixtape sampling my favourite tunes from some of my favourite games developed by Rare since the NES days. Enjoy.
Wednesday Jul 08, 2015
NXpress Nintendo Podcast #14: Deciding Nintendo’s best console
Wednesday Jul 08, 2015
Wednesday Jul 08, 2015
The Virtual Boy proved to be a dismal failure for Nintendo but in many ways, it was ahead of its time. The Nintendo DS came at the perfect time, long before mobile games, and remains the second best-selling video game console of all time (beaten out by the PlayStation 2). The Gameboy is the toughest gaming console ever made, sturdy enough to survive a bomb. The Game Boy Advance helped further advanced sprite-based technology. WII led the “console wars” selling more than 101 million units in the first quarter of 2012. Wii U is still home to four of the greatest games Nintendo has ever made. Nintendo 3DS keeps Nintendo relevant as the Wii U suffers in sales. The Gamecube was home to a stellar lineup of fantastic games. Nintendo 64 had a collection of genre-busting, industry-redefining, titles. The NES helped revitalize the US video game industry following the video game crash of 1983 and introduced a plethora of now-iconic video game characters, a ton of accessories and it forever changed the relationship of console manufacturers and third-party software developers. Super NES took the formula established by the NES and made it bigger, faster, and better in every way imaginable. But what is the best Nintendo console? This week we duke it out, and boy does the conversation get heated. Joining us is Sound On Sight contributor Matt De Azevedo.