Nintendo Switch 2 Review (6 Months Later) - Kinda Funny Gamescast

Summary

Kinda Funny Gamescast: "Nintendo Switch 2 Review (6 Months Later)" – Detailed Summary
Date: December 5, 2025
Host: Tim Gettys
Panel: Greg Miller, Blessing Adeoye Jr., Andy Cortez, Barrett

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Episode Overview

This episode is an in-depth, spirited look back at the first six months of the Nintendo Switch 2, blending hands-on impressions, critical analysis, and live community feedback. The crew, with their signature mix of banter and industry expertise, weigh the highs and lows of Switch 2’s launch window, compare it to previous Nintendo generations, and discuss Nintendo’s major 2025 milestones in hardware, software, and events.

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Table of Contents

• Nintendo’s 2025 – Notable Events & Announcements
• Switch 2: Six Month Personal Reviews
• Hardware & Software Discussion
• Game Awards, Releases & NSO
• Community SuperChats & Wrap Up
• Memorable Quotes & Moments
• Key Timestamps

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Nintendo’s 2025 – Notable Events & Announcements

• Nintendo Today App Launch (Mar 27)
  • The new daily Nintendo news platform. Panel agreed it's still “finding its flow.”
  • Blessing: “I feel like the best is yet to come with Nintendo Today.” (06:20)
• Opening of Nintendo Store in San Francisco (May 15)
  • Hosts reminisced on their visits; store has become a regular spot for Greg.
  • Greg: “I am there at least once every two months... it's always a delight.” (07:14)
• Super Nintendo World (Orlando/ Epic Universe) (May 22)
  • Addition of Donkey Kong Country area and new rides previously exclusive to Japan.
• Casting for Zelda Live Action Film (Jul 16)
  • Revealed Benjamin Evan Ainsworth and Bo Bragason as Link and Zelda.
• Leadership Change: Doug Bowser → Devon Pritchard (Sept 25)
• Nintendo Pictures’ First Animated Short: Pikmin’s 'Close to You' (Oct 7)
• Mario Galaxy movie trailer & cast reveal (Nov 12)
  • Brie Larson as Rosalina, Benny Safdie as Bowser Jr. (an inspired/crazy casting, panel reacts)
• Bandai Namco Studio Singapore acquisition → Nintendo Studios Singapore (Nov 28)
• Mario Galaxy Mario balloon at Thanksgiving Day Parade (Nov 27)

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Switch 2: Six Month Personal Reviews

Greg Miller

Score: 9/10 (Personal Experience)

• Switch 2 revived Greg's Nintendo fandom. He’s using it far more than Switch 1 in later years.
• Loves the form factor, screen (not bothered by lack of OLED), and new first-party lineup.
• Most played recent platforms: PC (Rog Ally / Razer laptop) & Switch 2.
• Games that hooked him: Donkey Kong Bonanza, Metroid Prime 4, Pokémon Legends: ZA.
• Greg: "I am nothing short of amazed by this... falling in love with IPs that I’ve never been before." (20:24)

Blessing Adeoye Jr.

Score: 6.5-7/10 (Personal), 8/10 (On Paper)

• For Blessing, Switch 2 is less exciting than Switch 1’s launch year; priorities have shifted to Steam Deck and PC gaming.
• Lack of OLED screen makes handheld play less compelling.
• Only Donkey Kong Bonanza is a true “banger” for him; Air Riders, Pokémon, etc., didn’t individually click.
• Acknowledges on paper, software support and expansions are impressive, but personally feels underwhelmed as a longtime Nintendo fan.
• Blessing: "When I look at Switch 2 and the circumstances around it... just how my gaming life has evolved playing the Steam Deck..." (22:57)

Andy Cortez

Score: 6–7/10

• Less usage than he expected; hardware upgrades good, but not enough old games have meaningful Switch 2 updates (still stuck at 30fps).
• Disappointed with limited upgrade support for huge titles; some old games still look and run poorly.
• Not a fan of LCD over OLED; handheld play is a letdown, prefers docked or only uses handheld when traveling.
• Major titles (Donkey Kong, Mario Kart World, Pokémon ZA) didn’t quite hook him personally.
• Loves the Pro Controller 2—"best feeling controller I've ever held in my hand" (33:01).

Barrett (Producer/Editor, Special Commentary)

Score: 7/10

• Appreciates Switch 2 (especially docked) as a return to Nintendo’s ecosystem after moving to Steam Deck.
• Hardware improvements are enough to keep him around, but third-party support is inconsistent; many indies/third party games lack Switch 2 versions.
• Criticizes Nintendo’s slow/dev-kit-limited rollout for indie devs compared to Switch 1's launch.

Tim Gettys

Score: 9/10 (Docked), 8.5/10 (Handheld)

• Consistently gravitated to Steam Deck for multi-platform titles due to OLED and performance.
• Switch 2’s docked experience is stellar, modern, and checks most of his “Switch Pro” wish list boxes—120hz, 4K UI, form factor, system speed.
• Values the launch window’s “constant drip” of fun content, and is especially pleased with Switch 2 Edition re-releases and expansions—even if some are lazy.
• Notes the gap between personal preferences and general recommendations—does not feel everyone “needs” a Switch 2, especially with pricing.
• Tim: “I almost want to give two scores... docked vs. handheld... Screen isn’t OLED, and six months in, I can’t get over it.” (39:48)

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Hardware & Software: Impressions, Gripes, and Surprises

Praise:

• Build quality, ergonomics (“sexy device”), great tactile feel (except LCD).
• Seamless dock/undock, save transferring, Pro Controller 2 (back paddles, battery life, satisfying buttons).
• Quick load times, much-improved UI, and general “modern” feel.

Criticism & WNDs (Weird Nintendo Decisions):

• Lack of OLED damages the handheld experience for many.
• Not all old games got upgraded (or performant) Switch 2 Editions (Astral Chain/Metroid Dread/Fire Emblem/Animal Crossing still missing).
• Hardware and software pricing; Mario Kart World at $80, Donkey Kong HD rebuy, expensive controllers/amiibo.
• Inconsistent box art, spine art is great; game key card confusion and excessive text on some packaging.
• Amiibo: Too expensive, quality control declined even as design gets more fun and weird.

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Game Awards, Game Releases, and Nintendo Switch Online (NSO) Updates

• Game Awards 2025

  • 3 out of 6 GOTY nominees are on Switch.
  • 2 are Switch 2 console exclusives.

• First Party Releases

  • 8 new first party games.
  • 6 DLC/expansions (noted for quality, but variable in value).
  • 3–4 major re-releases: Xenoblade X, Mario Galaxy 1 & 2, Donkey Kong Returns HD.

• Third Party

  • Exclusive launches: Hades II, Silksong.
  • Over 30 third-party games scored above 80 on OpenCritic.

• NSO Expansion

  • GameCube now on NSO: F-Zero GX, Wind Waker, Soul Calibur II, Mario Strikers, Chibi Robo, Luigi’s Mansion.
  • Future promises: Fire Emblem Path of Radiance, Pokémon Colosseum/XD, Super Mario Sunshine.
  • Complete Virtual Boy library coming in February.
  • Game Boy, NES, GBA, N64 additions. Not all compelling—e.g., “kind of a dud year” for N64.
  • Tim: “I never thought we were actually going to get GameCube games on NSO—and we did.” (61:30)

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Community SuperChats & Audience Feedback

• Many Switch 2 owners are loving it for “nonstop gaming,” especially in indies/exclusive first party experiences.
• Some feel disappointed by premium upgrades and region-specific pricing ("$115 Canadian dollars is insane!").
• Praise for quality-of-life upgrades but concern that game prices and hardware remain high, making PS5/PC more competitive for some buyers.
• The restart of Animal Crossing islands and returning to older franchises is seen as key for some fans.
• Users note an absence of new Joy-Con colors and variants.
• Amiibo and Metroid Prime 4 soundtrack unlocks (debunked some misinformation: can also be unlocked in-game).
• SuperChat: “Switch 2 has become my main console since launch—DK, Hades 2, Silk Song, Air Riders, Metroid...” (02:27)

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• Greg Miller
  “I am nothing short of amazed by this. And I would say a nine, a nine out of ten... falling in love with the device and as you see with Metroid, with Pokemon, like I'm falling in love with IPs that I've never been before.” (20:24)

• Blessing Adeoye Jr.
  “When I look at the Switch one’s first year, for me that is probably the best, the greatest first year of a console period... When I look at Switch 2 and... just how my gaming life has evolved... I'm playing Switch 2 this year just wasn't the most exciting thing for me.” (22:57)

• Tim Gettys
  “I almost want to give no nuance score... docked vs. handheld... It’s a 9 out of 10 [docked]. 8.5 handheld. Six months in, can't get over it not being OLED, it really takes down my experience.” (39:48)

• Andy Cortez
  “If I told you, hey, you got this 4K OLED TV... we're going to replace it with an updated model... but it’s LCD. And you go, no, no, no, give me back OLED.” (28:54)
  “Nintendo Pro Controller 2, best feeling controller I’ve ever held in my hand. It’s like they got this from like Wakanda.” (33:01, 34:04)

• Barrett
  “The hardware upgrades compared to the Switch do enough for me to want this to be like my main console of choice. But so many third party/devs still don’t have dev kits.” (29:39)

• Panel banter (re: amiibo/paint jobs):
  Greg: “If I end up buying a Samus amiibo... I need you to paint.”
  Andy: “I'll paint it on stream.” (58:19)

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Key Timestamps for Segments

• [02:27] — Opening with audience superchats; Nintendo 2025 preview.
• [06:00–15:00] — Nintendo's major announcements, movie/parks, leadership transition, store openings, and pop culture moments.
• [15:34–18:25] — Game Awards, releases, and console stats.
• [17:30–21:40] — Greg Miller review (9/10).
• [21:49–24:45] — Blessing review and contextual explanation; reflection on Switch 1 vs. 2.
• [25:53–29:28] — Andy review; LCD/OLED comparison, missed opportunities for old games, personal game experiences.
• [29:29–32:53] — Barrett discusses third-party switch to dev kit rollout, indie support.
• [33:01–34:38] — Hardware shoutout, pro controller, amiibo paint banter.
• [39:48–41:43] — Tim’s review—docked and handheld comparison, Switch 2’s “constant drip.”
• [48:24–50:45] — Directs, 2025 release schedule, and upcoming titles.
• [54:41–58:19] — NSO expansion, amiibo criticisms, paint job tangent.
• [61:30–62:56] — NSO GameCube/Virtual Boy, retro gaming future.
• [63:43–65:53] — Greg: Reflections on sharing Switch 2 with his son, generational Nintendo impact.
• [66:09–69:11] — Community feedback via SuperChats, pricing/upgrade criticism, new Joy-Con variants.
• [69:22–end] — Final thoughts, wrap-up, previews for next episodes.

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Final Takeaways

• The Nintendo Switch 2’s first six months have been marked by robust first-party offerings, a modernized hardware experience docked, and ongoing refinements to the Nintendo ecosystem (e.g., NSO, stores, themed events).
• Panel’s verdict: For die-hard Nintendo fans and players without an OLED habit, Switch 2 is “a delight”—but a fraught value proposition for others, especially at current game/hardware prices and with certain software gaps.
• Nostalgic joy, real hardware gripes, and a hopeful eye toward 2026 define the current Switch 2 era.

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A must-listen for all Nintendo fans—especially those weighing a Switch 2 purchase or wondering what the post-launch landscape really feels like.

Transcript

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[Tim Gettys]

Welcome back to the Kind of Funny Games cast for Friday, December 5, 2025. Of course. I'm your host, Tim Gettys. I'm joined today by Blessing. Adio. Yay, junior.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Good day, Tim.

[Tim Gettys]

Greg Miller.

[Greg Miller]

Good day, Tim.

[Tim Gettys]

And Andy Cortez.

[Andy Cortez]

Great day, Tim.

[Greg Miller]

We had such a great Games Daily tgif.

[Tim Gettys]

You did. That was a good one. Big news. Big news, everybody. Yeah, Crazy stuff. Sad times. Oh, I covered it.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Can't believe you got soul. Shocking. It announced huge news, everyone.

[Tim Gettys]

This is the Kind of Funny Games cast. Each and every weekday, we get together to talk about the biggest reviews, previews and topics and video games live on YouTube, Twitch and podcast services around the globe. If you love what we do. Please support us with the kind of funny membership on Patreon, YouTube, Spotify or Apple podcast to get all of of our shows ad free and a daily exclusive show. For a chance to be part of this show. Submit your thoughts and opinions as YouTube super chats as we go. What did you think of Nintendo's 2025? What do you think of the first six months of the Nintendo Switch 2? Do you have one? Do you not have one? Are you thinking of getting one? I want to hear all of it. YouTube super chat away. Just like Joey Radstone already did saying Switch 2 has become my main console since launch. I had a blast with DK. Now I'm spoiled with new games like Hades 2, Silk Song, Air Riders, Metroid. So yeah, get them super chats in and we'll get through them throughout the show. Remember, we are an 11 person business all about live talk shows. You already got Games Daily. That was Greg and Andy, a killer show talking all about Netflix buying Warner Brothers and what that is going to mean for the video game industry at large. After this we got an episode of kind of Funny Game Showdown. Do you have anything to tease there, bless?

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Kind of Fes back.

[Greg Miller]

We're doing it again, baby.

[Tim Gettys]

Let's go. Beauty, baby. Then after that, Bless and I are going to kill Slim Shady and Hitman and I can't wait.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Cannot wait.

[Tim Gettys]

I just want to how deep they get with the references. How much are we gonna notice?

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I'm looking forward to it. I hope, I hope that is filled with Eminem in there.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, if you're kind of funny. Member Today's Greg weighs 20 minutes on Greg's first night with Metroid Prime 4 Beyond until Roger honks at him and ruins it. Roger, I'm so happy that it seems like you like this game, Greg. That warms my heart. Did you get to start it yet? Bless her, Andy.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah, I started it last night. Yeah. Well, I got to the same part of the preview after the preview, but still like it was much cooler this time around than the preview. Although miles annoying factor did go up a little bit for me. But the music was much better because I think at the preview we had just like kind of speakers playing at us and it was like now I was getting everything. It was awesome.

[Tim Gettys]

Hell yes. Thank you to our Patreon producers, Carl Jacobs, Omega Buster and Delaney the Psalm Twining. For now, let's start with the topic of the show. I didn't mean to do that to you. There we are.

[Andy Cortez]

I saw him do a dodge Roll in there too.

[Tim Gettys]

Like I was saying, we were talking about Nintendo's 2025 last year. Bless. Andy and I sat down and graded Nintendo's 2024 just around this time in early December. So we're going to do that again here, but with the framing, more of our review of the Nintendo Switch 2 so far. Obviously the system is something we've all been looking forward to and we've now had it for six months. So we're going to kind of give our updated thoughts on it because it's always kind of silly to review hardware like when it first drops. We still do it because, you know, it's fun content. But like, I feel like now it's a little bit more like we're reviewing our time personally with the first six months of this console. But before I get into your thoughts on all of that stuff, what I want to do is go through some of just the top headlines of Nintendo in 2025. We'll talk about that. I'll give some key things out there with. We'll get our thoughts and then we'll talk a little bit more in depth about the games and everything that happened this year. So starting off in, on March 27, 2025, Nintendo today was released. Oh, can you believe that was this year? No, it seems like a last year thing.

[Greg Miller]

It has changed my life.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I weirdly can believe it was. Yeah, no, it feels, I feel like it hasn't, it hasn't reached its peak potential yet.

[Greg Miller]

You know what I mean?

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I still feel Nintendo Today is trying to find its flows, trying to find what it is. And we've gotten like a few headlines that are like, oh, this big ish thing got announced here. That's crazy. But I feel like the best is

[Greg Miller]

yet to come with Nintendo Today.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh yeah, I feel like they're going

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

to drop a bomb in there one day where it's like, oh, shit, Nintendo bought Warner Brothers.

[Tim Gettys]

I think the best is yet to come and the weirdest has yet to come as well. Yes, there was a couple very funny things they posted, but nothing as wild as I expected from Nintendo Today so far.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Not yet.

[Tim Gettys]

Not yet.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

It'll happen.

[Tim Gettys]

But yeah, obviously March 27, that was right around their kind of directs leading into the announcement of the Switch 2 or the reveal of the Switch 2. And then they're also talking about their movie projects and their theme park projects. So there's a lot to talk about every day on Nintendo Today. And then on May 15, 2025, the Nintendo Store San Francisco opened. We were there for the debut of that we did an episode of the Games Cast where we brought our halls back and showed them all off. How many times. Oh yeah, you're wearing it.

[Greg Miller]

I'm wearing right now.

[Tim Gettys]

How often you go to that store, Greg?

[Greg Miller]

Way more than I thought I would.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I really.

[Greg Miller]

They're often and I am there at least I would say once every two months. Maybe a little. Maybe once a month I walk through there and it's always a delight.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

I can't. I'm so stoked to go back now for the Christmas stuff that they have there.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

See the Christmas decorations and see this Christmas sweater. I probably won't buy the Christmas sweater. It's like a. It's like a was. It's not Chris or nintendoine. Oh no, trust me, that's not the problem. They keep adding animal crossing shit when I'm there I'm like oh fuck. Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

They got a whole Metroid line now.

[Greg Miller]

I know they had it before, right? Did they?

[Tim Gettys]

They had a Metroid corner.

[Greg Miller]

Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

And that's being generous.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

They had a shelf. A Metroid shelf. But now they have a lot more Metroid.

[Andy Cortez]

Guys, I'd like to apologize. I may have. I may have made a little bit of a boo boo. I think I added every Nintendo calendar event to our kind of funny calendar from the app. From the Nintendo Today app. So can you check just maybe to get a little double check just to make sure the calendar just a double check.

[Greg Miller]

Like what. Where would I see this?

[Andy Cortez]

Like it should be all over the place. Ranked battles 3 Metroid 2, Return of Samus Monthly mission. Nothing.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

It's probably to your like cuz you

[Andy Cortez]

have don't worry about you kind of

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

funny calendar but under your kind of funny email they'll calendar.

[Andy Cortez]

That may have been it.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Can you imagine the level of blunder

[Andy Cortez]

Just go delete, Delete the last 30 seconds we don't need. Seems like it got added still to his calendar.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah but wonder.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Yeah but that's his thing. You can just.

[Tim Gettys]

I've been loving the Nintendo store down here. Haven't had too many opportunities to go down there but it's been where I've been trying to relegate myself to buying my Nintendo physical games.

[Greg Miller]

Nice.

[Tim Gettys]

Just to make a little event out of. Yeah.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

You know what I mean?

[Tim Gettys]

Make it feel a little extra special.

[Greg Miller]

That's what I was telling you yesterday. I feel like you told me you see it. So I don't know what the difference is but like I feel like they could be better at advertising stuff Me and Ben showed up there November 1st, and they were like, oh, yeah. Well, like yesterday we had a whole Halloween. Gengar was here, and they got first off, shout out to the employees there. You know, you go to certain places and you like, I don't want to throw shade against anybody, but, like, the Nintendo employees are like video game fans. I get recognized by them every time I'm there. Like, oh, hey, Greg Miller from Kind of Funny. Or just, oh, you used to work at ign. Like, not even like, their fans, but, like, they know what's going on in the industry. I think that's cool. Anyways. Oh, yeah, Gengar was here and he's showing me the fixtures on the phone. I was all bummed out. I would have brought Ben to that. You know what I mean? But I didn't know that was happening. And so I'm. Now I'm trying to figure out the best way to know what the fuck I asked you. Like, did they do a midnight launch for Metroid? It would have been cool to go do stuff.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, Very, very cool that. That it's here. And we're very lucky. I am very unlucky that I am not in Orlando, Florida, in some ways, because on May 22, 2025, Super Nintendo World opened at Universal Epic Universe, featuring Super Mario Land and Donkey Kong country, something that the Super Nintendo Land does not have in California. They also have Mario Kart Bowser's Challenge, like we do here. But they also have the two additional rides that used to be Japan exclusive dk Minecart Madness and Yoshi's Adventure. One day we'll make it over there.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Oh, yeah, I see what you mean, Greg. It's not. It doesn't give holiday.

[Greg Miller]

I'm going to toss it in a little cardigan sweater they made here.

[Andy Cortez]

Can I just say right now, you.

[Greg Miller]

Can I say something? You can say whatever you want. It's no Judgment Friday.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Oh, that's my favorite kind of Friday.

[Andy Cortez]

Bless you. Looks so good in that color.

[Greg Miller]

I've said that as well.

[Andy Cortez]

God damn. It's like the blue and the red.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I need to, like, get more colors.

[Andy Cortez]

I think that's.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I wear a lot of, like, black shirts.

[Andy Cortez]

But now, since Greg said no Judgment Friday, I'm gonna make. I was gonna make that statement way more sexual.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Do you want to do it again? Make it more sexual?

[Tim Gettys]

What hoodie are you wearing?

[Andy Cortez]

I don't worry about it, Tiny Tina,

[Tim Gettys]

because I thought it was Ballon Wondered World. No, I mean, that would be.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh, my God.

[Tim Gettys]

That'd be the best Thing of all time.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

That statement. No, I just like the color of the sweatshirt, which is why I wear it.

[Barrett]

Christmas cardigan.

[Greg Miller]

Well, I mean, it's. It's their winter essential.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I mean, I would rock this though.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh, I thought this was like a little baby's thing. It looks like a baby's sweater. Why you keep saying baby like that?

[Tim Gettys]

Commoners talking about Nintendo.

[Andy Cortez]

Like, why does it. Why is it proportioned like that?

[Greg Miller]

This is a big blanket. It's a big blanket behind me.

[Andy Cortez]

No, but the sweater just looks so tiny. Babies say baby one more time.

[Greg Miller]

I do. Like, I thought it looked. I like the beanie. I like it with a star on there and then the Mario. And you know what does look like

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

a baby beanie though?

[Andy Cortez]

Thank you.

[Tim Gettys]

Melissa the wise says the.

[Andy Cortez]

Andy's right. Looks like a pregnancy announcement. Thank you. Like, it just looks like a little baby sweater. I don't know why. Maybe the buttons are so big or something.

[Greg Miller]

I'm hoping there's more merch when you get there that's more wintery.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

On July 16, 2020 because I'm so

[Greg Miller]

in the Metroid tank. I'm like, do I need to buy an amiibo?

[Tim Gettys]

Yes, I do. That fucking motorcycle.

[Greg Miller]

Come on now.

[Tim Gettys]

What are we talking? God, that amiibo. That's what, 900. On July 16, 2025, Link and Zelda's actors were revealed for the live action Legend of Zelda movie. Benjamin Evan Ainsworth and Bo Bragason. They look awesome. We've since seen pictures of them revealed in full costume. And then there's been some like set leaks and things like that for the movie coming out in 2027. On September 25, Doug Bowser announced he will step down and Devin Pritchard will be the new Nintendo of America president as of December 1st.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Wow. Soon.

[Tim Gettys]

What you got, Andy? What you smiling at?

[Andy Cortez]

I was thinking of a. An old dumb joke I did on Games Daily one time where I was like. Doug Bowser responded.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I thought you're going to reference the joke Nick made when this news came out where he said, in other news, Mario's villain is now being renamed to Pritchard after the news.

[Andy Cortez]

Ah, damn.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I thought it was funny.

[Andy Cortez]

That's not a bad one, Nick.

[Tim Gettys]

Sometimes.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

But I like your joke better though. Thank you.

[Tim Gettys]

On October 7, 2025, Nintendo Pictures first animated short film close to you based on Pikmin released and no one was confused at all.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I like Nintendo.

[Tim Gettys]

I love it.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Weird sometimes.

[Andy Cortez]

Was there nothing in between that I feel like that just happened and the Doug Bowser News was like so much earlier than that.

[Tim Gettys]

Less than a month. Less than a month. A couple weeks and a half.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Yeah. I mean you're rocking like a month.

[Tim Gettys]

September 25th to October 7th.

[Greg Miller]

You know, that's not a month and a half. That's not even a month.

[Andy Cortez]

Close to you was in October.

[Tim Gettys]

And then on November 12, 2025, we already earlier in the year got the Mario Galaxy name reveal and teaser. But on this day we got the trailer and cast reveals of Brie Larson as Rosalina and Benny softy as Bowser Jr.

[Barrett]

Feels like I'll never forget you being so taken aback and you were convinced for a second that Greg and I were fucking with you.

[Tim Gettys]

I legit thought like because Benny softy as Bowser Jr. Makes no sense. And I had to stop and think like, how did they get Jack Black to say those things? It was crazy, but somewhat.

[Barrett]

I saw this somewhere on social media. Andy will appreciate this chat. You might have to confirm. Apparently the cast for the Japanese voice acting for Bowser Jr. Is the Japanese voice actor for Deku.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh, cool.

[Barrett]

Because the voice actor for Bowser is the voice of all might shut up.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh, that's tight.

[Barrett]

Which is really cute chat. I might need you to to confirm that one for me. So I just like that idea.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

The Internet has ruined the Deku voice for me. There's been like a lot of like tick tocks of people that are like

[Tim Gettys]

cringe, yeah, cringe shit.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Doing the Deku voice. So now that's. I just associate that voice with cringe.

[Barrett]

Let's get off. Tick tock.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I'm addicted.

[Tim Gettys]

On November 27th, everyone strapping for this one. November 27th, a new Mario balloon based on his Mario Galaxy appearance debuted in the Thanksgiving Day parade.

[Andy Cortez]

I didn't see it.

[Tim Gettys]

It was a big deal. He was all like, like.

[Andy Cortez]

But what was there anything galaxy about it?

[Tim Gettys]

It's kind of like it's his pose from when he's like, okay, fly. Yeah. Just looking at though it doesn't scream galaxy to me. I' ma say that as a huge Galaxy guy, but he was up there in them skies. And then on November 28, 2025, Nintendo purchased Bandai Namco Studio Singapore, renaming it Nintendo Studios Singapore. And then on December 3, 2025, Greg just added Mario Kart at loud volume.

[Greg Miller]

Oh my God. What a great moment.

[Andy Cortez]

That was normal.

[Tim Gettys]

Wow. Jumping through some quick little stats. Before we get into your thoughts here, talking about game awards Game of the year stats for Nintendo. 3 out of 6 of the game Awards Game of The year nominees are on the Nintendo Switch and two out of six of them are Nintendo SW console exclusives. Nintendo released eight new first party games. There's an energy, there's no judgment. Friday, Friday new first party games, six first party DLC new content expansions. So for that I counted any Switch 2 editions that actually added new stuff to the game as well. Like a plus, star crossed world or whatever. 3 to 4 first party re releases with Xenoblade Chronicles X, Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 and then Donkey Kong Country Returns HD. We had one third party console exclusive, Hades 2. If there's any more, let me know. I was trying to do a deep dive and I don't think that there was deltarune. Come on.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I'm locked in.

[Tim Gettys]

He's fucking locked. Come on.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I'm locked in.

[Tim Gettys]

Locked in. He's locked in. I guess I didn't find that because it didn't like maybe because it was just. It's not the full game. Right. It was like Episode at this point.

[Barrett]

Like I just fucking associate the Episodes as their own entries in a series.

[Tim Gettys]

Cool. It wasn't coming up on anything I found. So thank you for that. So then, two third party console exclusives and 32 third party games over an 80 on open credit. 32 third party games over an 80. That's where I want to stop all that stuff for now because I want to get into our reviews. Six months in to the Nintendo Switch. Who should I start with at this table? Who wants to go first? Greg. I choose you. Good.

[Greg Miller]

I love the Nintendo Switch 2. I think, you know, obviously we talk all the time about your mileage is gonna vary. I think my Switch 1 became a criminally underused console. It started off strong, obviously, but then as the years wore on, the quality of the visual fidelity of games on there, my life and what kind of games I was looking to play, I wasn't finding those on Switch anymore. Or maybe I wasn't making the time for them. Might be a better way to put it. Right. And so with the Switch 2 launching and having this jolt of excitement, I think having a incredibly sexy device that feels great to hold, has a great screen. I know it's not oled, but it's not a problem for me. I was wowed with it at launch. Mario Kart wasn't the jam for me, but I was able to partner it with the launch with an updated Pokemon. Right. To jump back into Violet and continue to go. And to continue go fucking off as the new voice of Pokemon here.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Altairia level 100, right? Altaria.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Everybody was impressed. Everybody was impressed on my stream.

[Andy Cortez]

Who is that? Who is that?

[Tim Gettys]

He's the bird. He's the fluffy bird. Bird, you know.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah, okay.

[Greg Miller]

But then to roll from that into Donkey Kong Bonanza, a game that I fucking adored. Sorry. And still do. And you know, my holiday break. I am. I just miss him, you know what I mean? I'm excited to go back to his furry arms this break and finish it off for Game of the year and top 10 and all that jazz. And then, yeah, for me personally, then to go from there to Zah, right, and have that Pokemon game that I love so much and have had so much fun with, to have that DLC here. And even right now, it's fun to be doing this conversation where I'm at personally, right. Wrapping the Octopath Traveler review. It was cool. My next big thing is the Pokemon DLC next week, but I get to insert Metroid here to connect with Metroid the way I did yesterday. Like, holy shit, I really like this. Want to play more of it. To have Pokemon next week and then to theoretically finish those two and then go back to Bonanza, right? You're Talking about the Switch 2 getting a whole lot of use. Not to mention that once I'm done with those, it then becomes cool. Animal Crossing is on the horizon. No pun intended. I need that January 15th update is right around the corner. I want to get my island whipped into shape a little bit. So I'm ready to jump in and really see if that can get another couple months double digit hours out of me, hopefully of what I find and making all the new stuff there. So I've had a real banner year with Switch 2 and thinking about it honestly since it released, which I know is, you know, half a year now, six months. The shocking stat is that for sure. With me, Greg Miller, it goes most played platforms, PC with that Rog Ally, that Razer laptop and then switch to like that would be like how it's netted out in terms of like, these are the two handheld. Go with me, plug in the dock, be wherever I am. And with the game, I want to play systems that have been rocking it for me this year.

[Tim Gettys]

If you were to give it a score on the kind of funny scale, what would your first six months with the Nintendo Switch to be, Greg?

[Greg Miller]

I mean, right now I'm going from feelings, not from facts. I think as we go, you know, you've listed all this and you have all these open critics and you have all These scores and you have all this different stuff. I can only speak to my personal experience with it and I am nothing short of amazed by this. And I would say a nine, a nine out of ten. And I understand why other people would be down. It's been fun to see the chat, go back and argue and do all these different things. But for me, Greg Miller, the man with no Nintendo nostalgia, right. Like I don't begin till N64, really. Like I have fallen in love with the device and as you see with Metroid, with Pokemon, like I'm falling in love with IPs that I've never been before. So I get for people where it's well worn territory or whatever, but as someone who had a Switch and I've had every Nintendo console since N64, right. Well, we. You. I had through you having it around or whatever and you know, whatever. But like I. For my entire life cycle of being a Nintendo fan or owning Nintendo consoles, I'm only ever turning to them once, maybe twice a year for an exclusive. Right. A Mario game or something to that effect. So to have something that I'm getting this much use out of, to have something right now that I'm so excited for the future of, to have something where it's like again, there are three Nintendo games right now that I wish I could just stop time and play, like that's impressive for me.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. And yeah, so you're reviewing that from your perspective, your experience for the first six months. So Andy, bless. Like that's the context here that I want you guys to kind of score your experience. So bless.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

What is your experience that changes my score then?

[Tim Gettys]

Because you can explain both scores if you want, if you want to have two different ones. But I do want to hear your score about your experience. Experience.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I mean my score with my experience would be like a 6.5 or a 7. Right. But I do think that is underselling what is on the page for the Nintendo Switch 2. That's me just purely talking about my own interest on the games that they're releasing and then also just my own happenstance of where I'm at as far as experience. Because when I look at the Switch one's first year, for me that is probably the best, the greatest first year of a console period, as far as in my experience and what I look for out of a console. When you're talking about 2017, getting games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, getting Legend of Zelda, Breath of the Wild, getting Mario Odyssey and experiencing that indie rush, the Indie Revolution that I'll call it on Switch. When you're talking about games like Dead Cells, Golf Story and the amount of experiences that really made that first year special, I look at Switch 2 and I look at the circumstances around the Switch 2 things like just how my gaming life has evolved playing the Steam deck and being more involved on just playing PC games in general and how that's affected the amount of time that I want to put on Switch too. Because when I look at the indie games that I'm playing, when I look at a Hades 2 that we're calling a console exclusive, I played that all on PC because I had the Steam deck because I had this, you know, my ultra wide that I wanted to play off of and all this stuff. Right. And if I had a Steam Deck oled that would just double down on that as well.

[Tim Gettys]

Right.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

The switch to not having OLED I think really does a lot as far as me going, ah, then why would I play this year instead of on there? So for me that's a big factor. I looked a list of games and really the one big banger for me this year has been Donkey kong bonanza on Switch 2. For me that is a game that I'm looking at as oh, this is one of the best games of the year. And that's an experience that I can only have on the Switch too. When I go down the list of other first party games or exclusive games. Mario Karter World, Mario Kart World was one that I liked a lot. I really enjoyed that game. But it came and went for me, right? A Kirby Air Riders. I was just talking to Roger about it of like, you know, he came in, he was like, yo, you like Air Riders? And I'm like, what does the word like really mean?

[Andy Cortez]

You know what I mean?

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Like what does what is calling a game? Good, bad. I, that's a game that I experienced that I, you know, what I did like. But also it's not like a game of the year. It's not like something that's gonna stick with me as damn, y' all all gotta play Kirby Air Riders. You gotta play Kirby Air Riders if you're interested in a fucking weird ass video game. But that's a whole other conversation. I then go down the list of Pokemon Legends. Za not really being for me. Hyrule warriors not really being for me. Dragon Drive come. That was for.

[Greg Miller]

No, that was for nobody. Yeah.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I was like, you know, I look at this compared to I guess just Switch one and I'm like, ah, man, this doesn't bring what that brought. But if I'm to look at the full scope on a piece of paper, as far as what the games are, I think it's an 8 out of 10. Right. Like, they did have those expansions, they did have the Switch two editions that I think really brought those games up, made them run better, added new content, and I think that's an exciting thing on paper.

[Andy Cortez]

But.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

But yeah, for me, as somebody who grew up as a Nintendo fan, I'm playing Switch 2 this year just wasn't the most exciting thing for me.

[Greg Miller]

If I could interject, not go for it. Something I want to bring on to my conversation again of, you know, okay, behind the Rog and the Razer, you know, PC gaming is my. I think it could have usurped those, except for you could have flipped those if we lived in a different world. Again, one of the benefits for PC gaming for all of us is that so many times the codes that we get for review are available on PC and all the other platforms are going to come closer to launch. And I think Octopath is a great example where Octopath 1 and 2 were. They were only, I guess, at launch back then, Switch games, right? But Octopath Traveler 0, I would have gladly played on Switch to have what I want out of my, you know, PC handheld to Xbox, Xbox play anywhere experience. Right. Of just having one system, docking it so nice with Metroid, with Pokemon, pick it up. We all know this, right? But if I could have had Octopath at review on Switch, I would have done it on Switch. And I think there's a few other games you go back, indie things, Hades 2, whatever, where it's like, oh, this is what came in and what's available. Let's go right away. And I want to jump in that way.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. Andy, Switch to six months. In your personal review.

[Andy Cortez]

My personal review, I'd put it around an okay to a, to a good, you know, six to seven. I don't. I. I'm not using it as much as possible. Oh, God. I'm not using it as. As much as I thought I would be. And, you know, I applaud them for doing the, you know, Switch two versions and updating, but it's such a missed opportunity to not do it more. And there's so many games that have just been kind of left out to dry. And like, maybe they're working on those things for the future. But it's like, it would have been so awesome if you plug this in and everything that you need that you had played like all the big important games that you'd played just ran better and looked sharper. And it's just such a bummer that that's not the case, that some things still are trapped in 30 frames per second land. And so that, that's kind of a big bummer for me. And I'm not a fan of that. Don Kong Bonanza kind of came at a weird time for me where it just wasn't. It's something that was mildly interested in. Then I just kind of just largely skipped and I'm not quite sure why. Mario Kart World, I think a really big missed opportunity. I think that it's, it had so much more potential and largely underwhelmed when it comes to what we thought it could be. And maybe a lot of that was just us projecting what this sort of like Forza Horizon like world could be, but ended up not being for me. And then I think of as much as I'm enjoying Pokemon ZA Legends right now, I don't know if I'd be enjoying it if I wasn't streaming it. I don't know if I would be sticking with it if it wasn't to stream. I think it's like a content gold mine because of how silly and absurd these games are. Like, they're, they're fun, they're, they're, they're inherently like good video games. Like a lot of the more recent Pokemon games, whether it just be for silly dialogue or funny moments, weird visuals, whatever it may be. But I don't know if I'd be sticking with it if it wasn't to stream and make content and do jokes and voice act and whatever the hell. And Then Metroid Prime 4 booted that up last night. And, you know, I'm, I'm super in. After playing through a decent amount of Metroid prime remastered and going to the preview event in New York to play Prime 4. I think it's pretty awesome so far and I can't wait to stick through it and continue through that adventure because it's, it's, you know, already I got the vibes of what we were hearing, you know, Logan Planet. And you mention on the review regarding this sort of Zelda, like nature and rhythm and I think it's awesome so far. But the, I mean, it's like, it's like, Tim, if I told you, hey, you got this 4k OLED TV in your bedroom or in your living room, everybody comes by, they love this 4k OLED. They love it and they Go. We're going to replace it with an updated model. It's 8K, but it's LCD. And you go, no, no, no, give me back OLED. And it still, like, as much as we've talked about being disappointed with it, I'm. I'm of the mind that like, I think I'm harsher on it than I should be because it's like, I don't even think it's like a good looking LCD anymore. And maybe that's just me like being really salty about having an awesome screen with. Not only with the Switch 1 OLED and how that looked, but my Steam Deck OLED. I just don't want to really play this game handheld unless I'm traveling somewhere. And that's, that's kind of a bummer.

[Tim Gettys]

Barrett.

[Barrett]

I. Whenever there's an opportunity, I would love to jump in and kind of add on to Andy's thoughts because I, I share a lot of his sentiment for the first six months as well.

[Tim Gettys]

Go for it.

[Barrett]

I, I think like, yeah, the, the first party stuff hasn't hit as much as like the first year of Nintendo Switch 2, which feels like an unfair comparison. I think on the opposite side of you, Andy, like, I am really happy with the hardware and I think that's, you know, for 2025. I think it's not where I want it to be. But compared to what the Nintendo Switch was, which was such a primary source of gaming for me for so long, and then I kind of like went away from it once I got a Steam deck right. Like, I was kind of missing being in that Nintendo ecosystem. So I was really looking forward to the Switch two to like get back into the Nintendo ecosystem. I think the hardware upgrades compared to the Switch do enough for me to like, want this to be like my main console of choice. On top of a lot of what you said, I think the other thing that has kind of kept me from it being my main console of choice is, you know, Tim, you have this like third party games at a glance and it's like so many of these don't have Switch two versions in this list, right? That like, you know, Absolum, I think only has a Switch 1 version. Shinobi Art of Vengeance only has a Switch 1 version that, that looks not good. And like the, the main third party stuff that I had there was just silksong and Hades 2 and that's really all I got out of it in terms of it being like a main console choice this year. So I think, I think their decision to Weirdly, this weird rollout of dev kits, kind of like stunting support early on, feels like such a, I don't know, weird choice compared to what the launch of the Switch one was, that I just don't feel like I was. I've been really naturally grabbing for the Switch two in the last few months. Like I would.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah. And it's so bizarre, Baird, because leading into this with all of the reveals, like, I remember just being so blown away by the fact that on the reveals we're seeing 120Hz and like numbers. You're like, Nintendo doesn't talk about numbers. Like, well, this is a digital foundry. What are we doing? And. But being so giddy about that stuff and going, wow, developers are going to be so unlocked with the power that this thing can put out. And I know how capable this machine is and we've seen what it can do. But the fact that there's just so many devs going, yeah, we don't have a dev kit yet.

[Barrett]

And especially with like, I know Silksong is a different story, but like, to give like one indie team, like obviously like a dev kit to be able to like have a Switch to launch and to. To not give like, I don't know, spread the love, especially in the end indie scene, which I feel like was such a big boon for what the Switch one was. I don't know.

[Andy Cortez]

I need Jason try to get to the bottom of this.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Barrett]

It's just a weird decision. And wnd.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

And it came from Japan. Guarantee it.

[Barrett]

Yeah. And that's one where it's like six months in. I'm at like a seven. I think it's been a good experience so far. I want it to be more though, and I want it to be the reason I keep like, I want there to be more reasons for me to keep going to the back to this console outside of just the. For big first party releases every few months.

[Andy Cortez]

Right now, that being said, The Nintendo Pro Controller 2, best feeling controller I've ever held in my hand.

[Barrett]

It's like silky.

[Andy Cortez]

What?

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Here's the thing.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh, no, here's the thing.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

We have one Pro controller in the apartment right now. That Michael Hyam Clayton's is his and I swear to God it's mine. But he said he was like, I think this is mine. I'm like, hey, that's what it is. And I haven't been able to find another Pro controller. I'm 80% sure that was my Pro controller.

[Andy Cortez]

Do it. The Dexter meme, though,

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

it's The Dexter meme, me sitting in my car, I know this my controller, but I can't prove that is my pro controller. And so like even yesterday for Metroid Prime 4 booted up and I was like, gotta play on this ass switch one.

[Tim Gettys]

God damn.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah, the controller feels amazing though. The battery life is so damn good on it. I be nice still. It does. Still it feels like they're the only company to have this patent on this.

[Tim Gettys]

The way it feels. No, the way it feels. Dude.

[Andy Cortez]

I don't get it. I don't know how they decided on that and why nobody else has like had like. It feels like they got that, like they got this from like Wakanda. It's like.

[Barrett]

It's like a weird space rock that they molded it from.

[Andy Cortez]

It's crazy. It's awesome. I love the way it feels. The buttons are great.

[Barrett]

It really changed the game for me for how I played Silksong. Right like that downward diagonal like thing at that you really only have access to at the beginning of the game was such a weird thing to get used to with just a thumbstick. But having those back paddles to like like help with that and to have like my back right button kind of be the another input for down on the thumbstick was like such a big like helpful moment for me that I've. I really adore that controller because of

[Andy Cortez]

stuff like that and being able to remap in any game by holding the home button to the back paddles. The fact that it has back paddles. Awesome. Or you know, the, the two back buttons. Love it. Love the ease of use there. It's the. There are so many wnds which is weird Nintendo decisions in the opposite way where it's like oh, this is a really helpful thing. That's kind of crazy like and it sucks to say that but you know, we, we know how they can be sometimes. Tim, what are your thoughts?

[Tim Gettys]

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[Greg Miller]

Tim Yes, I want your thoughts.

[Tim Gettys]

I have so many thoughts.

[Andy Cortez]

Greg.

[Tim Gettys]

Obviously I'm me. I'm Tim Gettys. It's interesting talking about like our kind of consoles of choice over the years and like where we, where we choose to play things and like when that changes based on oh I'm going on a trip so I need it portable so I'm going to take the graphics hit, you know, and play on Switch or whatever and how different that is now. And I say all this because like I was just thinking about it with Greg saying how little he's played PlayStation really. And it's like like the only game I played this year on my PS5 was metal or solid 3.

[Greg Miller]

Oh wow.

[Tim Gettys]

The only one. Everything else was on south of Midnight was on Xbox and then it was either a Nintendo game or as PC and it was if I had the choice between it being on my Nintendo Switch 2 or my Steam deck. Every single time I went Steam deck, Hollow Knight, Hades, plethora of other ones. So just like just putting that out there before we even get into it and just giving context to my thoughts on my time with the Switch 2 because I almost want to give no nuance score. Yeah, I mean I almost want to give two scores and that to me is the docked experience versus handheld where my docked experience, my personal Tim Gettys review of my six months with the Switch 2 that I'm not trying to sell anybody on. I don't give a what you have to say about it. It's a 9 out of 10. I had an amazing 6 months with this thing on the handheld side it's an 8.5. It was great because most of the things are still there but I really 6 months in can't get over it not being OLED, it really takes down my experience. And Hades and Silksong are two games that I probably would have played on the Switch instead of the Steam Deck. Because of just how portable the Switch 2 is compared to even the Steam deck, how thin that tablet is, how little space it all takes up. Like it is incredible hardware. It's just they made some decisions that I'm like. For me personally, it's just non starter like looking at Metroid dread on a Switch 2 versus a Switch 1. It looks better on Switch 1. That sucks. The screen's huge though. And comparing it, even Steam Deck 2 Switch, it's like that 8 inch screen. I didn't think I was going to care about it. I thought that was even too big. It's not. I think that it is like a stunning screen for the size. It's just there's a couple things holding it back for me that I just literally cannot get over. But as somebody that loves Nintendo games, loves 10 out of 10 ones, and loves 7 out of 10 ones, I'll even love a 5.51 sometimes. Like this year just kept delivering me things to do throughout the year before the Switch 2 and especially after the Switch 2. And I really can't find it in myself to recommend anybody buy a Switch to like. I don't think that it's like something that I'm like you need to get one of these like for the either exclusives or even just for the best place to play games that are cross Gen with Switch 1 this year in a very weird way. Metroid prime and Pokemon Za both seem to run excellently on the Switch 1. If you have a Switch 1 you can play those games there. That's great. You know, I had a friend of

[Andy Cortez]

mine who really hated the way Harry Potter source what's it called. It was like is the Switch you gonna make this not look like ass? And then I sent her a video of how and she was like oh my God, I gotta get a Switch.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Andy Cortez]

And that was a game changer for it.

[Tim Gettys]

That is a big difference though because that's one of the RA third party games that actually they put a lot of time into making essentially a different version for Switch 2.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

And you have to do the paid upgrade thing there. But we talked for years about a Switch Pro and what we want from it. I am that the perfect Venn diagram of wanting Nintendo games and wanting, I don't even want to say the highest tech, although I do. I just want modern tech. I want the menus to be in 4K. And I got that.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

And I'm cool.

[Andy Cortez]

Little colorful borders.

[Tim Gettys]

I'm super in and like so many of the things I've wanted the Switch to just checked off. Checked off, checked off. I can't believe we're getting 120 frames per second. But we are. I just played Metroid prime that way. It was amazing. I love that so many games have delivered for me and in some ways maybe not blown me away. Mario Kart World is something that I know I'm way higher on than it seems like everyone on the planet. But even with that it's like the game didn't over deliver for me. It's not Forza Horizon 5 but to me it's like I spent 40 hours with that game. I'm probably gonna spend another 40 hours if they do DLC the way I think they're going to over time. And I loved Bonanza. Kirby Air Riders. What a joy. What a weird thing. The GameCube era of Nintendo is one of my favorites. We're back baby. We're getting that type of stuff. And I just felt like I was constantly having something, some reason to pick up my Switch too. A lot of those reasons were old things. Those old things are Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 playing and looking better than they ever have. I'm not complaining there. Kirby Star Crossed World. You're telling me I'm getting more Kirby in the forgotten land. Sign me the fuck up. Give me an excuse to play a game that I loved a couple years ago, but it's even better now. And there's new stuff. I've loved the Switch 2 editions. There's been some duds. I think Mario Party was a major mistake. I think the way that they handled the Zelda, Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild. Clearly they're selling that as an NSO update. They're not like there it is literally a ten dollar thing. But like, like that's the laziest of the Switch 2 editions so far. But also those games are perfect and now they're more perfect and I'm. I love that. And I'm definitely on a different side than Andy in terms of the like, I just wish that it would like make all the games run better. In my opinion it does. Like, I think that there's like a 10% of games that there are still some games that I'm like, oh man, I wish those would get a FPS update or those would get a resolution bump. But the amount of games that, that already are covered There like the links Awakenings, the Mario Odysseys that didn't get proper switch 2 editions but run the way I need them to. I am shocked at how much coverage we already have. Six months in. And when it comes to Switch two editions for any of the weird games that it's like, why aren't they there? Animal Crossing, Smash Brothers, whatever, Super Mario Wonder, we're starting to get those answers right. Like, I do think that we still very similar to the Switch one from Wii U era of we got. We had to get through all those ports. I think we have a handful of Switch 2 editions that are still going to be coming up. We already know Animal Crossing, Mario Wonder. We're going to get a smash ultimate switch 2 edition to some extent. And that thrills the hell out of me.

[Andy Cortez]

I disagree though. There's a massive, massive game missing from the list and it's the only one that matters. And it's Astral Chain.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, there are examples.

[Andy Cortez]

I mean that's the only one I could really think. Yeah, but like I threw that one

[Tim Gettys]

up and like another.

[Andy Cortez]

Ah, still looks like dookie.

[Tim Gettys]

Super Mario Thousand Years.

[Andy Cortez]

I didn't get a 60.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh wait, dread was 60.

[Andy Cortez]

But dread didn't get the like the higher res or nothing.

[Tim Gettys]

The loads are a little faster just because the nature of the machine. But it's like. No, there's not like a resolution bump. There's not like the. The Nintendo patch update.

[Andy Cortez]

Unlock it.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, exactly like there. There are. There are examples for sure. Fire Emblem three houses being you pay

[Andy Cortez]

me minimum wage Nintendo. I'll go in there and I'll just unlock it.

[Tim Gettys]

He'll do it.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah, the engine and just put like 60 instead of.

[Greg Miller]

Wow, you do that.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah. 720. 1080 now.

[Tim Gettys]

But yeah, and just with even like all the DLC packs coming out, there's been like a big range on Are they good or Donkey Kong Bonanzas. Trash. I put that in the trash category. The fact that they charge for that garbage nonsense. Pokemon Za Mega Dimension. I'm excited. It's way sooner than a DLC has ever been for a Pokemon game. Like, I think that's a good sign that like they're continuing to give us things that we want to do. So yeah, as somebody that all the game, all the first party games that we're talking about, I enjoyed I don't care about Dragon Drive and welcome Tour. Should have been better and should have been free. But it's like everything else. I'm like, yeah, I had a great time with it at the Very least. But a lot of my experiences were

[Andy Cortez]

amazing and especially massive. Just talking about how it goes up against the other consoles where like you still. You can't play Hades 2 anywhere else except for console except for the Switch and that's still like what a massive W that is.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, sure.

[Barrett]

And shout out for them like having that like very ease of transferring saves

[Andy Cortez]

right at the jump too. Like.

[Barrett]

Like being able to again wanting the Switch 2 to kind of be my main source of gaming handheld wise and other. Right. Transferring my early early access save of Hades2 that I hadn't touched in a year a half over to the Switch 2 was so easy and just picking it up from there was just like so good.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. I mean just going back a year and talking about all of us predicting how they were going to handle the upgrade additions or whatever that was going to look like. In my opinion this is. Is beyond best case scenario. I know there's some pricing discrepancies that are egregious and they're bad but overall it's like Yo Mario Link's Awakening. You didn't need to pay anything and it just runs the way we wish that it would. That's crazy. You know. And you multiply that by the Switch two editions giving a chance to go back to games and give them DLC expansion packs. When Loving Care is put into that, it's amazing or it's great. Like Star Crossed Worlds. I want more of that new Animal Crossing content. Like you wouldn't have got Animal Crossing DLC otherwise.

[Barrett]

Like.

[Greg Miller]

No, no, no, no.

[Tim Gettys]

So yeah. Will it be good? That's we hope. Right. But it'll be more.

[Greg Miller]

Right. Yeah. Will it be enough to engage me? Re energize this audience that was so massive. Will we wait and see?

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. And then the last thing I want to say is I. I think Nintendo's done a really good job of announcing games and releasing them in a timely fashion. Like so many of the games that were announced. Granted it is the launch console of a system but like the things that they announced in the last couple directs this year we either have or we know the next couple months what we're going to be getting for like the next wave into spring. And I don't think that that's going to slow down. Like I don't think that we're going to have nearly as much of a drought like we did with the Switch one after the first like year and a half and then it kind of just halted for a bit before we got into that second swing. Like, I think that we're like, we're pushing through.

[Andy Cortez]

So where are we on the cycle of directs or indie. You know it. Are we kind of mid cycle? I kind of forget where we are. What? The last one was usually like September and February. Okay.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

And like what? June for the big ones.

[Tim Gettys]

Got some stats for you here. We had 11 Nintendo Directs in 2025. Three were full Nintendo, three were full Nintendo Directs. One was pre Switch 2 if you remember. That was the one where they.

[Andy Cortez]

No switch to.

[Tim Gettys]

It was. It was prime four. Oh, what are we doing talking about prime for two weeks or whatever before that was.

[Barrett]

That was the one where we scarred you for like.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. Oh, that was. That was. One was a partner showcase, one was an indie world showcase, two were Pokemon Presents and four were single game specific. Andy, can you name them?

[Andy Cortez]

Yes, I can. Air riders. Got two of them.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

There you go.

[Andy Cortez]

That's the big secret. That's the big action.

[Greg Miller]

But you can't catch Andy.

[Andy Cortez]

But I don't know the other one. So.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Got it.

[Andy Cortez]

Do I have it?

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

You? Yeah, you got it. Do I have it? It's not that hard.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah, but my memory just doesn't really work. What are the two Big bonanza.

[Greg Miller]

Yes. Yes.

[Andy Cortez]

And then Metroid Prime.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Mario Kart World.

[Andy Cortez]

Mario Kart World.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, yeah. I thought you're getting caught up with the fact that there was two Kirby. There's ones. God bless Sakurai.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

So amazing.

[Andy Cortez]

Marart World. That's right. I did get one.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. So we'll probably be getting another one in probably February, maybe early March somewhere around there. Talking about a lot of the games.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

There's Dust Bloods.

[Tim Gettys]

There's the question. Right. Like looking at some of the announcements made for games coming up. We got my tennis fever.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

In early February. Yes.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Wait, that's early February.

[Tim Gettys]

February 12th.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Why did I think that was summer?

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Like they. They have a whole rollout plan that they're sticking to. We have Pokemon Pocopia, March 5, Yoshi and the Mysterious Books, Spring 2026, Tomadachi Life is in Fall. And then the games that have 2026 year. But no more info. There is Fire Emblem, Fortune's Weave, Professor Layton in the new world of Steam and rhythm, Heaven Groove. And the one game that they have announced that doesn't even have a year attached is Splatoon Raiders, which is the single player splatoon game.

[Andy Cortez]

So I am pumped.

[Tim Gettys]

A ton of stuff to look forward to there.

[Andy Cortez]

I'll give a shout out to the Splatoon 2 version where it just did get the download. There wasn't like any extra purchase. And like it looks so good. It's so sharp and 60 perfect. Like no frame. Amazing. This is.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

This is kind of unrelated but like February 2026. We're gonna have to have a conversation soon because it's getting fucking crazy in there because that's Romeo is Dead is a dead man, which we just talked about the Release date on KFC. That comes out the 11th. Mario Tennis fever comes out the 12th. Neo 3 is the 6th. Reanimals. The 13th. Fucking Resident Evil Requiem is coming out that month. Month. That's all.

[Greg Miller]

A lot of stuff.

[Tim Gettys]

A lot of stuff. And new first party content expansions. We have Animal Crossing New Horizons on January 15th, so that's very soon. And then Mario Bros. Wonder Switch 2 Edition plus meetup in Bell Bell park coming early 2026. Imagine that'll be tied with the movie.

[Greg Miller]

Probably.

[Tim Gettys]

We have third party console exclusive. The dust bloods coming 2026. That's all we know about it. Do y' all think we see the Game Awards?

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Yeah, I mean, I was thinking the February direct. But Game Awards does make sense.

[Andy Cortez]

I would. I would feel like February Direct.

[Barrett]

What about the statue? Duskbloods related.

[Tim Gettys]

That's interesting.

[Andy Cortez]

I don't want to look at this statue anymore.

[Barrett]

I know you hate it.

[Greg Miller]

I know. He said this on Games Daily. He's over the statue. Please take the statue down. Please take it down.

[Barrett]

I know he hates it, but we just have to acknowledge it a little.

[Greg Miller]

Also. How have you lived with this man for so long and he hasn't played any of the goddamn Batman games.

[Andy Cortez]

You don't think of me as like, I'm not a Batman guy, you know, like.

[Greg Miller]

But again, you. You just every no out of. You beg for money. This is such an easy win for your audience.

[Barrett]

It needs to be a series. Him playing them for the first time.

[Greg Miller]

You dress as Batman.

[Barrett]

He's just similar to my Metal Gear Solid series. We should have Andy play through the Arkham series.

[Andy Cortez]

Do you want me to. Do you want to peek behind the curtain right now? Yeah, a little peek behind the curtain. When we did Batman Begins in review, Kevin lied about seeing it. That's me going off the record. He didn't watch it.

[Greg Miller]

He didn't watch Batman.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

The energy.

[Andy Cortez]

He said he forgot. That's a big confession right there.

[Tim Gettys]

Throw it out.

[Greg Miller]

We gotta do all the Batman in review again.

[Andy Cortez]

Great redirection.

[Tim Gettys]

A reveal for what, 20, 20 years ago. And then other third party ports we

[Andy Cortez]

gotta title this as a big reveal at the end of this episode of

[Tim Gettys]

Gamescast Third Party Ports. We have coming up we Final Fantasy 7 Remake intergrade January 22nd Rebirth coming, but we don't have a date for that yet. Elden ring tarnished editions 2026. Hopefully they figure that out and fix it. Indiana Jones and the Great Circles also being ported next year. And then Resident Evil 7 and Village coming out on the 27th of next year alongside Resident Evil 9. Requiem.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Crazy.

[Tim Gettys]

So that's kind of wild. And it seems like most of the big third party games announced so far, including 007, First Lights, Lego Batman, Legacy of the Dark Knight and the more obvious ones like Dragon Quest 7 reimagined stuff will be coming to the switch to Barrett. What's up?

[Barrett]

Sorry, I was. I didn't see Dragon Quest on the list. I just wanted to shout that out because that's an exciting one. I remember from Roger's preview of like him saying like, damn, that actually runs and looks really good on the switch too. So I'm just, I'm excited for to have that as like a handheld experience.

[Andy Cortez]

Experience. Tim.

[Tim Gettys]

Yes.

[Andy Cortez]

What are the odds that Nintendo at any point decides we don't really like this Switch to Design box, text box at the bottom. We don't like it either. We'll put it somewhere else. Do you think that ever happens? Because I hate that thing.

[Tim Gettys]

No, I. I don't. Andy. I think we're. I think it's there and I think it's gonna stick to the end.

[Andy Cortez]

Even like. Okay, but. Oh, but only for games that also run on both. Right?

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. But there's also just game key card ones that have an insane amount of text down.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh, go to hell.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Andy Cortez]

Ah, yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

So one of the sections I did put down here is just Discourses. Discourses of the year.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I love that.

[Tim Gettys]

And some of them I had game key cards. That was a big one. Just prices in general, how insane they were, whether it was for the console itself, the controllers, the games, the tariffs, the amiibos and yeah, just ugly box art. God awful ugly box art.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Was Mario Kart World still the only $80 video game?

[Tim Gettys]

Mario Kart World is the only 80 Outer Worlds.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

You tried it?

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. They're like, no, no, no.

[Greg Miller]

Sorry, sorry.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Played Outer Worlds 2. Now that's crazy. $80 for that game.

[Barrett]

If you didn't own Tears of the Kingdom and you want it on Switch 2 for the first time purchase, that's technically also 80.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

But that's kind of like a game plus DLC.

[Barrett]

But it doesn't have DLC though.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

What?

[Barrett]

The Tears of the Kingdom DLC.

[Andy Cortez]

What's that?

[Tim Gettys]

No, the. The note stuff. Oh, gotcha. Comparing that to Star Crossed World, it's like. No.

[Barrett]

And then in Breath of the Wild's case, they took away the DLC for Switch 2 version and charged more for that game.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Oh, that's crazy. Wait, it doesn't come with a dlc?

[Barrett]

No, the DLC is not supported for Switch.

[Tim Gettys]

Really? Yeah, you can't even. So if you have it on the Switch 1 and then you update to the Switch 2 Edition.

[Barrett]

The Switch 2 Edition, I believe, does not have the DLC in it. If you want to play the DLC, you have to play the Switch 1 version. No shot from my understanding.

[Tim Gettys]

Interesting.

[Barrett]

I could be crazy, I don't think.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, let's figure that out.

[Barrett]

Prove if I'm crazy or not.

[Andy Cortez]

I could be.

[Tim Gettys]

Right. Because to me, I think the craziest thing is the fact that Donkey Kong Country HD was a full price game. Because that's just like insane.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Donkey Kong Country HD returns.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh, yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

That's the most egregiously priced game of the year, in my, my opinion. Then just random cool things on the. I love random cool things. Switch 2 Edition cartridges work on Switch 1. So if you're planning on buying a Switch 2, you can buy Metroid prime, play that cartridge on the Switch 1. Pokemon Z, buy the Switch 2 version playing on the Switch 1. That's kind of nifty. And in opposition to ugly box art, awesome spine art. The side looks so sick.

[Andy Cortez]

Not just this, the same looking text all over. Yeah, it's so nice to him.

[Tim Gettys]

Very, very nice. On the hardware side of things, there was a shit ton of amiibos. A lot of surprising ones. But the biggest problem is still price and quality. I feel like the quality of amiibos has went down the toilet over the last 10 years.

[Barrett]

Chad is correcting me here. There is an upgrade, but you have to rebuy the dlc. Like you don't get the DLC through like the Nintendo Switch Online upgrade or whatever it is.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Yeah, yeah.

[Barrett]

Which is still kind of.

[Andy Cortez]

Tim, what if. What if you and Greg and, and Nick in, in a founders meeting said, Andy, we don't. We don't see you doing this for very much longer.

[Greg Miller]

Remember, just remember what's happening in January on. On the anniversary.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh, you're firing Nick.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

That's right.

[Andy Cortez]

Exactly. Okay, well, what if you said, Andy, you know, we appreciate everything you've done, but we see a new Future for you here at the company. You're. We're going to hire you to full time paint miniature paint my amiibos.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Oh, wow.

[Tim Gettys]

I like that.

[Andy Cortez]

Just think of that.

[Barrett]

Because I like.

[Andy Cortez]

Because here's what happened recently, Tim. I have my little Link's awakening keychain and it's all scuffed up. And then I bought some paints and I was like, oh, let me paint. And it's the same miniature paint and it blessing. Let me tell you, like this is gonna be. This could become.

[Greg Miller]

Every time you guys have.

[Tim Gettys]

I can't even imagine.

[Greg Miller]

I can't even imagine anymore what that's like.

[Andy Cortez]

This could become a problem. Yeah. So I painted it and I was like, I want to paint manage pictures and I really want to paint amiibos and make them look sick as hell. So if y' all could like just.

[Greg Miller]

Okay, so this is interesting because if I end up buying a Samus amiibo for no reason other than I just like her now I need you to paint.

[Andy Cortez]

I'll paint it on stream because there's a.

[Greg Miller]

There's an. There's a colorway I like a lot in the game that I. Oh, okay.

[Barrett]

Greg Miller, biggest Metroid fan.

[Greg Miller]

I'm the voice of the new Metroid generation.

[Barrett]

Is there a way for us to like kind of like take off the. The paintings of the Amiibo? Like take the color off to get you like the full power washer it. Yeah, power wash it and give you full white amiibo that you can just dip it into.

[Greg Miller]

Into like Jen does pottery so she could make me a metro, you know, a samus pottery statue that you paint.

[Andy Cortez]

I was thinking, I was thinking, are you doing like a. What's the poetry where you're like slam poetry? Jen does pottery so she can make me.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

First of all, don't slain your slam poetry. I did a lot of slam poetry.

[Tim Gettys]

Banderasan and a couple people in the chat were calling out me saying the quality of Amiibo has gone down. I want to be very, very clear. I think the quality of the designs is incredibly high and I'm very happy that we're getting as many as we are as the DK Bonanza ones and the like Viola from Metroid prime and like the Kirby air writer stuff. I love the designs and stuff. It's the quality of them themselves.

[Andy Cortez]

The paint.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, the paint. Like their eyes. Like I bought the tears of the Kingdom ones and like Zelda's like all stuff. She's goofy looking, dude. She got hit in the head she got kicked by. Yeah, she kicked by a mule. Like, that's the thing is like. And let's just be real. That's what I'm talking about. But no, I am thrilled. Like, it. The problems and then, like, good things on the good side. I love how weird they're getting with the amiibos. And, like, we're getting Street Fighter amiibos.

[Greg Miller]

We are.

[Tim Gettys]

We're getting so much like. And I think that's very cool.

[Andy Cortez]

So I may be missing this misremembering this, this. That was a tough. That was a struggle. But when I went to The Metroid Prime 4 event, they're like, all right, remember, you can only take photos of this, but, like, you can't take pictures of this and that, or you cannot take pictures of those amiibos. I was like, oh, okay. Fascinating. And. And then after the event, I went to the Nintendo Store, and it was a guy buying the Metroid Prime 4Amiibo. I was like, why couldn't I take pictures of the Amiibo? There's for sale right now. It was a very odd thing.

[Tim Gettys]

I mean, the weird thing that that event was they had the. The book. The art book.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh.

[Tim Gettys]

And they're like, you can't talk about the art book. You can't talk about anything in the art book. It's like, I had the. I literally have the art. But. And then one thing that I wanted to talk about in my review, but I forgot to. That I really want to touch on is we got GameCube, we got Nintendo, and that means so much to me. And of course, I wish that. Just like the NSO always is, I wish they were a little better about consistently putting things out. But so far on GameCube, we got F0GX, Zelda, Wind Waker, Soul Calibur, 2, Super Mario Strikers, Chibi Robo, and Luigi's Mansion. And like, let's just be real. That is a good chunk of the GameCube library that you want to play. There's many more to come. They already have teased Fire Emblem, Path of Radiance, Pokemon Coliseum and xd, Gale of Darkness and Super Mario Sunshine. Those are all other ones that I can't wait to play. Want them to keep doing this, but I never thought we were actually going to get GameCube games on NSO. And we did.

[Barrett]

Did.

[Tim Gettys]

And now that's just a added thing to the value of NSO that I've been harping on for years at this point. Also joining Virtual Boy coming next year. The entire Virtual Boy Library, if you want to get into that. I like weird Nintendo. I like that they're doing that. Nobody is asking for this. I am not asking for this. Virtual Boy sucks.

[Greg Miller]

But buy the thing though, right?

[Tim Gettys]

I. I have all the other ones.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, you got it.

[Tim Gettys]

But it's like for archival purposes and just for the history of video games. That's cool that you'll be able to play all these games on that. Starting in February.

[Andy Cortez]

Have we had any massive pricing or just any price increases on nso?

[Tim Gettys]

Well, they added the expansion pass.

[Andy Cortez]

That includes, you know, but there hasn't been like a. You know how every year and a half Netflix hits you with a two dollar increase or whatever? No, nothing like that.

[Tim Gettys]

And then nes, we had some highlights. These aren't every single game that they put out this year on NSO, but Battletoads and Ninja Gaiden 2, we had Mario Paint on July 29th, which I was really excited about. They added mouse support for from the the switch to Joy Con, which was awesome. And like, what a great way to celebrate such a special game. Game boy had Donkey Kong 94, one of the greatest games of all time, and Kid Icarus of myths and monsters, GBA. We finally got Wario Land 4 and Fire Emblem, the sacred stones. And 64. Kind of a dud. Year going to be Real Ridge Racer 64, Killer Instinct Gold and Forsaken 64. Barrett, I don't know where it is. I don't know what to tell it you.

[Barrett]

Where is it a year where a new 3D Donkey Kong game comes out? You don't want to be like, let's celebrate 3D Donkey Kong.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

And it's.

[Andy Cortez]

It's.

[Barrett]

It's. It's vast history.

[Tim Gettys]

It's wild. It truly is. Up and then Streets.

[Barrett]

I know why, I know why. Why people will play 64 and be

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

like, oh, no, this is better.

[Andy Cortez]

This is better.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

This is better than Bonanza. I'm with you, Barrett.

[Tim Gettys]

Then on the Sega Genesis, Streets of Rage 11 was added. So overall, specifically because the GameCube stuff, I really enjoyed the NSO offerings and I'm excited for more things to drop as a lot of the old libraries, jokes aside, are kind of finishing up. Like, we're running out of things to. To put on them, with the exception of DK64. But is there anything else y' all want to touch on before we get out of here?

[Andy Cortez]

I'm just googling how do wired mice connect to the switch and how do the buttons map and stuff like that? That. Because I keep hearing you just plug in a wired mouse into the Switch two for the mouse controls. You don't believe them, but I just don't know how that translates. And I can't imagine it's very friendly.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, we should get to the bottom of this.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Are there any surprises where we think are going to show up next year for Switch 2?

[Andy Cortez]

We finally get Ocarina of Time remake.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

That's what I was gonna say. God.

[Andy Cortez]

Ocarina of Time Remake. Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

I would love that. I would lose my.

[Tim Gettys]

We're getting a Zelda project. We get a Zelda project every year. So this year was the weirdest one with it being tears. I mean, yeah, I am. I've been the firmest supporter of Ocarina of Time Remake at some point.

[Greg Miller]

I have so much fun. My one thing that I didn't talk about in the, you know, my nine. In my six months with it, Barrett, I slacked on to assets, if you want to toss it up. Well, maybe.

[Tim Gettys]

I don't know.

[Greg Miller]

I think it's the best one I could find in the middle of a show. It's just Ben, you know, getting to experience the Switch alongside him. Yeah, that actually is my rock. Sorry, I was moving too quick. Quick. I was trying to find the vacation photos of me and him playing Pokemon together on the porch of the Airbnb.

[Tim Gettys]

We're in.

[Greg Miller]

Or whatever. But, like, Ben's love for Nintendo and Switch has also obviously greatly influenced mine. Right. Because I ran through the games I loved, and I've been playing a ton of times. But you go down there, and it's like the amount of times somebody will hit me up. Like, not somebody. Dan. Our friend Dan. Not record. But the Pooch hits me up and is like, hey, I saw you, Ron, playing this. I'm like, that's Ben playing. That's Ben playing something, you know. You know what I'm talking about?

[Tim Gettys]

I do. I do. They call him Pooch. What do you want me to do about it?

[Greg Miller]

I can't anyways. But it's Ben being on there and Ben making me play Wonder with him. Right. Like, Mario Brothers Wonder didn't. I wasn't craving it when it originally dropped. I showed it to Ben1 when he was super, super small. But, like, he loves playing that with me. He wanted to go play Galaxy. He's the reason we went back to 64. Like, his love of Nintendo. And even last night, you know, I was reading him his books in bed and then giving him his back scratches as he drifted off. You know, he's three posters above his bed, right? It's Superman, it's Donkey Kong Bonanza and it's the Halloween Pokemon one that we got at the Nintendo store, you know what I mean?

[Andy Cortez]

Like that's Egon.

[Greg Miller]

And last night when we were reading the books at his little table, he was like, he gave me halluchies like you can have Hawlucha. I was like, cool, can I take him to work? And he's like, no, he's got to stay in the house. But I want you to like, you know what I mean? Like Nintendo on that vibe and getting to live that Nintendo childhood through him is very exciting and cool.

[Tim Gettys]

I want to get to some super chats to close out super chats. Yalls reviews of the first six months of the Switch 2 kebab says for me it's like the new 3DS or Switch 1 Pro. It supplants the original and has nice improvements, but only has a handful of exclusives. Yeah, as a Switch 1 Pro, I think that's a great way to put it. Like I love it. Like that's why I'm so high on it is that's how I kind of see it. And that's all I needed. Jeff Bull Jr says Kirby Air ride and now Metroid coming out. It's dramatically increased my Switch 2 usage. Bander SN says love the Switch 2 so far non stop game since launch. First parties range from great to game of the year contender. Indies Cooked Silksong, Hades, Pip Estrello etc this Pip Estrello man. A lot of. A lot of love for it. I've been seeing in the last couple days and 88 on medic on open

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

credit streets with it.

[Barrett]

Yeah, I played the first few hours. It wasn't. It wasn't really hitting for me but it does. It does like it brings me back to that Game Boy advance era of just like really cool weird games that you wouldn't expect to be as good as they are. But yeah, people are really with it. But I'm.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I'm glad.

[Barrett]

I'm sad that I wasn't with it more than I was.

[Andy Cortez]

Was.

[Tim Gettys]

Was Pepper grinder this year. That was.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

That was last.

[Andy Cortez]

Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

Okay, good.

[Andy Cortez]

Thank God I played a decent. I think I played like four hours of pe Strello and kind of fell off.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Andy Cortez]

What do you. What do you say?

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Pip Estrello.

[Andy Cortez]

Pipistrello.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Pello feel like Peepee Strello Pestive.

[Andy Cortez]

I don't know. Yeah, maybe

[Tim Gettys]

that pee pee rose and jam. The Switch 2 has been amazing. Seems like a lot of games media has become very jaded because it's their job and Nintendo doesn't get enough credit for how much quality content in 2025. Samson XP says I love the form factor but I wish it got new releases faster like Dispatch. Been enjoying Pokemon but not much else. The paid Switch two upgrades still irk me the wrong way. Games are now 115 Canadian dollar.

[Andy Cortez]

This Amiibo Metroid Prime 4 soundtrack thing is crazy. I didn't know that was real. I thought I was being but the

[Tim Gettys]

thing with it is that there are ways to unlock it in the game too. Okay so there's just a lot of misinformation.

[Andy Cortez]

Okay, got you. Thank you.

[Tim Gettys]

He's bringing the truth tavin boel 5158 says got my switch 2 for Hades 2 since I've played catch up playing DK and MK and though those are good great games I can't recommend this console to friends due to the price they may as well get a PS5 or PC for more bang for the buck. Devon Colbert says my girlfriend brought me bought me a Switch 2 for my birthday in October Been playing Pokemon Z, Donkey Kong and Absolum. Very excited for everything in Nintendo's future King R says more Joy Cons and Where are the GameCube games? Yeah what is up? How are we six months in and haven't gotten a single Joy Con variant?

[Andy Cortez]

That's crazy.

[Tim Gettys]

Not for real no well it's cuz

[Andy Cortez]

they dug themselves into a hole with the way the colors match up with like how inside of the hardware the blue and the orange are there like they they that up should have left it all black or monochrome or whatever it will be fine but like you gotta like that goes you introduce new colors and like you got the design leads being like well now you're up my thing like that color inside for

[Tim Gettys]

reason sky says switch 2 has been good for me 85 plus hours into Hades 2 and restarted my outcrossing island. Haven't played many new games due to lack of personal interest I'd give switch to a 7 out of 10 so far.

[Greg Miller]

The mental fortitude it takes to restart an animal crossing island. I never I couldn't I just can't do it. Joey did it this they did it. Hats off to you. I got to go in there and weed the entire fucking place Start throwing some dirt bags off the island but I'll get it whipped into shape don't you worry.

[Tim Gettys]

Good for you Tears of the Kingdom on Switch to made an incredible game even better at 60, says Luke Gondos. Condor says, I know this is right before the Switch to drop, but has anyone at KF gone to Universal Super Nintendo World yet? No, you did.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh, wait, no, that not California. Yeah, yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Whole thing. Well, everybody, that's been our look at the first six months of the Switch 2 in the whole year of Nintendo in 2025. Of course, we will be doing doing prediction episodes about the next year. We'll be doing a whole bunch of looks at all the games coming out because we got a bunch January, February for Nintendo, baby. But we have a whole day of content for you. We have kind of funny game showdown next up. And then Bless and I are gonna go hunt Eminem. So until next time, I love you all. Goodbye.