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Hello and welcome to episode 116 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! Today, we'll be sharing with you a fond memory we both have of Satoru Iwata. We were so lucky to have worked under Mr. Iwata when we were at Nintendo and it might surprise you how often we got to see Mr. Iwata. He was consistently in our office and we spent a lot of time one-on-one with him. One of the many wonderful things about Mr. Iwata was he would not only talk to us about the Nintendo business but he would often share with us his own life philosophies. We learned so much from him and we still hold his lessons near and dear to our hearts to this day. Also in this episode, we react to the latest round of Switch 2 rumors and we share our impressions of the latest round of indie games that have come out on Nintendo Switch. We wrap it all up with some great questions from our Patreon subscribers. All this and much more is coming right up!

0:00 - May Spoilercast revealed!
15:41 - The most important advice Mr. Iwata ever gave us
35:42 - Drafting our dream Nintendo 64 games into NSO
49:48 - Games we are playing (Another Crab's Treasure, Surmount, Eiyuiden Chronicle, Wario Land 4)
1:14:04 - News news news (Switch 2 rumors, Paper Mario TTYD framerate, no Blizzcon in 2024)
1:33:20 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers

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Hi and welcome to episode 115 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! Today, we're diving into the topic of emulation and how Nintendo is handling the new Delta emulation app on the Apple App Store. Delta coming to Apple has changed the conversation around emulation a bit since it's made it feel more mainstream and accessible - something Nintendo is not going to be happy about, but what can they actually do about it? Let's dig into this topic! Also in this episode, we have a special guest joining us, Stealth40K who is a prominent member of the Nintendo fan community. We chat with Stealth about the state of Nintendo's relationship with fans and what they can do better as Nintendo prepares for the launch of Switch 2. We've played A TON of indie games this week after the Indie Game Showcase and we tell you all about the ones we loved in the games we're playing segment. We wrap it all up with questions from our wonderful Patreon community. All this and more is coming right up!

0:00 - It's go time!
15:19 - Nintendo vs Emulation... is it a losing battle?
53:08 - Special guest Stealth40K
1:29:13 - Games we are playing - new indie games
1:47:26 - Our new merch!
1:50:11 - Questions from our Patreon community

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- All Hail the Final Boss - Aaron Hash
- Thank you Superstars - Ben Eichhorn, MaruMayhem, Eigenverse, KissMyFlapjack, Mike Chin, Roy Eschke, Switchingitup_, vgmlife, Link The Hero of Winds, Angela Bycroft, Thomas O’Rourke, Kyle LeBoeuf, Roberto Nieves, Fredrik Ulf Konradsson, Andrew Youhas, Chilly, Brustache

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Hello and welcome to episode 114 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! This week, we're starting our fun podcast series diving into Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door! This game is coming out in about a month on Nintendo Switch and we can't wait to play it. Today we're going to be talking about everything you need to know before you play this game. It's really interesting because Kit has actually never played the game and Krysta has played it multiple times so there are some different perspectives. Also in this episode, we tell you why Nintendo is not attending Gamescom this year and react to John Cena's viral Zelda Instagram post. We're playing some new games this week and we're watching the new Fallout show and we wrap it all up with questions from our wonderful Patreon subscribers.

0:00 - It's paper and it's Mario!
11:29 - Everything you need to know about Paper Mario TTYD
59:18 - Games we are playing
1:18:34 - News news news
1:39:59 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers

Patreon shout-outs!
- All Hail the Final Boss - Aaron Hash
- Thank you Superstars - Ben Eichhorn, MaruMayhem, Eigenverse, KissMyFlapjack, Mike Chin, Roy Eschke, Switchingitup_, vgmlife, Link The Hero of Winds, Angela Bycroft, Thomas O’Rourke, Kyle LeBoeuf, Roberto Nieves, Fredrik Ulf Konradsson, Andrew Youhas, Chilly, Brustache

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Hi and welcome to episode 113 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! Today we'll be talking about what Nintendo can do to buy some time since it seems like the Switch 2 won't be out until 2025. We're entering an interesting time where after the summer, we actually don't know what Nintendo is planning and what games are coming out for the rest of the year. We have some ideas of what Nintendo could be doing to keep everything moving along and still make 2024 a great year. Also in this episode, we're playing a lot of new games but on some unexpected systems and we dive into the drama that's happening at Square Enix with the Dragon Quest development teams. We wrap it all up with questions from our wonderful Patreon subscribers. All of this is coming right up!

0:00 - Settle on in
13:52 - Nintendo can still save 2024
59:02 - Games we are playing
1:27:10 - News news news
1:35:28 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers

Patreon shout-outs!
- All Hail the Final Boss - Aaron Hash
- Thank you Superstars - Ben Eichhorn, MaruMayhem, Eigenverse, KissMyFlapjack, Mike Chin, Roy Eschke, Switchingitup_, vgmlife, Link The Hero of Winds, Angela Bycroft, Thomas O’Rourke, Kyle LeBoeuf, Roberto Nieves, Fredrik Ulf Konradsson, Andrew Youhas, Chilly, Brustache

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Hello and welcome to episode 112 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! We surprised ourselves over the last few weeks because we've both been playing our Nintendo 3DS again. If you would have asked us in 2024 whether we'd be doing this, we would have thought it impossible. Recently, we played Mario Kart 7 with our Patreon community since the online servers are about to shut down and we recently revealed that our April spoilercast game is Chrono Trigger so we've been playing that on 3DS as well. It's actually so nice to play true handheld games again and it really made us think that dedicated handheld games are not really a thing anymore in gaming and we really miss them! Also in this episode, we tell you all about Nintendo's unique relationship with Nickelodeon and Krysta covering the Kid's Choice Awards from the Orange Carpet. We jump into games we're playing which again is a lot of handheld games! In our news section we tell you what we think about Nintendo's big shake-up to their product testing department and them laying off contractors. We wrap it all up with questions from our Patreon community.

0:00 - Settle on in!
10:36 - Nintendo x Nickelodeon x Krysta
37:10 - Games we are playing (why we miss handheld games!)
1:15:39 - News news news
1:30:04 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers

Patreon shout-outs!
- All Hail the Final Boss - Aaron Hash
- Thank you Superstars - Ben Eichhorn, MaruMayhem, Eigenverse, KissMyFlapjack, Mike Chin, Roy Eschke, Switchingitup_, vgmlife, Link The Hero of Winds, Angela Bycroft, Thomas O’Rourke, Kyle LeBoeuf, Roberto Nieves, Fredrik Ulf Konradsson, Andrew Youhas, Chilly, Brustache

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Hi and welcome to episode 111 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! Today, we're going to take you through what a typical work day is like at Nintendo. We usually focus on bigger moments but we realized we've never told you what a normal day during a normal week is like. We'll go through our full schedule so you can get a sense of what working at Nintendo is really like. Also in this episode, we have a monster games we are playing segment with a ton of new games we saw at GDC. We also react to the news about the recent aggressive Pokemon takedowns of modded games. We wrap it all up with questions from our Patreon community.

0:00 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIT!!!!
16:34 - A day in the life of a Nintendo employee
1:11:48 - Games we are playing
1:46:15 - News news news (Pokemon mods, Baldur's Gate sequel, new Marvel game)
1:59:36 - Questions from our Patreon community

Patreon shout-outs!
- All Hail the Final Boss - Aaron Hash
- Thank you Superstars - Ben Eichhorn, MaruMayhem, Eigenverse, KissMyFlapjack, Mike Chin, Roy Eschke, Switchingitup_, Sephazon, vgmlife, Link The Hero of Winds, Angela Bycroft, Thomas O’Rourke, Kyle LeBoeuf, Roberto Nieves, Fredrik Ulf Konradsson, Andrew Youhas, Chilly, Brustache

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Hello and welcome to episode 110 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! Today, we're going to discuss if leakers will ruin the reveal for Switch 2, what Nintendo is doing right now to try to stop this and most importantly if we even care. Do we just want to know so badly what this next system is going to be that we'll take the information any way we can get it? Also in this episode, we got a chance to chat with Tomm Hulett from Wayforward to talk about developing Contra Operation Galuga. In games we're playing, we share our spoiler-free thoughts about Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth but get ready for our full spoilercast on the game dropping at the end of the month. We discuss the rumored PS5 Pro in our news section and wrap it all up with questions from our wonderful Patreon community.

0:00 - Switch 2 where are you?
13:40 - Will leakers spoil the Switch 2 reveal?
53:39 - Welcome Tomm Hulett - let's chat about Contra Galuga
1:22:31 - Games we are playing (Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story)
1:45:08 - News news news
1:59:14 - Questions from Patreon community

Patreon Shout Outs!
- All Hail the Final Boss - Aaron Hash
- Thank you Superstars - Ben Eichhorn, MaruMayhem, Eigenverse, KissMyFlapjack, Mike Chin, Roy Eschke, Switchingitup_, Sephazon, vgmlife, Link The Hero of Winds, Angela Bycroft, Thomas O’Rourke, Kyle LeBoeuf, Roberto Nieves, Fredrik Ulf Konradsson, Andrew Youhas, Chilly, Brustache

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Hi and welcome to episode 109 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! This week we're joined by our good friend Stephen Totilo - games journalist extraordinaire! Stephen has been covering video games and Nintendo for decades and has so many insider stories. When we were at Nintendo, there were so many people on our team who were scared at the prospect of talking to Stephen and we never understood why! We dig into all of that with him today. Also in this episode, we recap all the news that came out during Mario Day and reflect on the tragic passing of the legendary Akira Toriyama. We've also been playing some other games other than Final Fantasy VII Rebirth so we tell you what we think of those. We wrap it all up with questions from our wonderful Patreon subscribers.

0:00 - Kit's industry heartbreak
17:55 - Welcome Stephen Totilo!
1:19:32 - Games we are playing (Balatro, Mediterrenea Inferno, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth)
1:45:23 - News news news (Mario Day announcements, Akira Toriyama, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth sales)
2:07:35 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers

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Hi, we're celebrating the 7th anniversary of Nintendo Switch an incredible story about playing Switch before it launched with the one and only John Cena and before you even think it, yes, we COULD see him. You never know working with celebrities but John Cena turned out to be the nicest guy and a true Nintendo fan. Now we have such a great memory of launching this iconic video game system and playing with the one and only John Cena! Also in this episode, we talk about the recent Nintendo lawsuit against game emulator Yuzu. We also had a big week digging into Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth and tell you what we think of it so far. We were also lucky to go to Capcom a few weeks ago to play even more of Dragon's Dogma II early. In our never a minute segment today, we're doing something really fun which is opening packs of Pokemon Cards! Should we get into Pokemon TCG? We wrap it all up with questions from our wonderful Patreon subscribers.

0:00 - Happy 7th anniversary Nintendo Switch!
13:58 - Playing Switch with John Cena on a mountaintop in the desert!
48:22 - Opening packs of Pokemon cards
58:21 - Games we are playing (Final Fantasy VII - Rebirth and Dragon's Dogma II)
1:35:03 - News news news (Nintendo vs Yuzu lawsuit, Sony and EA Layoffs, Mario Day rumors)
1:59:05 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers

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- All Hail the Final Boss - Aaron Hash
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Hello and welcome to episode 107 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! We have a very special Nintendo storytime to share with you today. Since we just had a Nintendo Direct, we wanted to share the origin story of Nintendo Direct. Some of you may be surprised to find out how it all started and it's wild to think that its humble origins led to what a Nintendo Direct is today. Also in this episode, we're celebrating the launch of Final Fantasy: Rebirth by sharing our top 3 and bottom 3 Final Fantasy games. We also have a lot of news to talk about including our reactions to Mother 3 coming to the Japan NSO but not the US. We are dabbling in a few of the new games and demos that were released after the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase. Get comfy and let's get started!

0:00 - What is the first Nintendo Direct you watched? Tell us in the comments!
13:45 - The untold origin story of Nintendo Direct
58:39 - Our top 3 and bottom 3 Final Fantasy games
1:20:14 - News news news
1:34:36 - Games we are playing (Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On, Contra Operation Galuga, Pepper Grinder)
1:47:40 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers

Patreon shout-outs!
- All Hail the Final Boss - Aaron Hash
- Thank you Super Stars - Ben Eichhorn, MaruMayhem, Eigenverse, KissMyFlapjack, Mike Chin, Roy Eschke, Switchingitup_, Sephazon, vgmlife, Link The Hero of Winds, Angela Bycroft, Thomas O’Rourke, Kyle LeBoeuf, Roberto Nieves, Fredrik Ulf Konradsson, Andrew Youhas, Chilly, Brustache

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Hi and welcome to episode 106 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! We have a jam-packed show this week to talk about all of the drama that's been happening in the games industry. The big three all had some issues this week from Xbox's business update to Sony's poor financials to Nintendo's rumors around the delay of Switch 2. We discuss why Nintendo is still coming out on top of a bad week and the future for Switch 2 is still bright. Also in this episode, we share a really interesting storytime about Mr. Iwata and the head of Ubisoft Yves Guillemot. We also do a fun Princess Peach transformation bracket and see which transformation comes out on top! In the games we're playing section, we're talking about Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth and of course the game du jour Helldivers II. We wrap it up with questions from our wonderful Patreon subscribers.

0:00 - Let's go!
2:05 - News News News (How Nintendo benefits from Xbox and PlayStation's bad news)
51:41 - Princess Peach transformation bracket
1:08:41 - Nintendo storytime - Mr. Iwata, the head of Ubisoft and Kit are trapped in a closet...
1:22:17 - Games we are playing (Helldivers II, Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth, Impact of Iwata)
1:41:26 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers

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- All Hail the Final Boss - Aaron Hash
- Thank you Super Stars - Ben Eichhorn, MaruMayhem, Eigenverse, KissMyFlapjack, Mike Chin, Roy Eschke, Switchingitup_, Sephazon, vgmlife, Link The Hero of Winds, Angela Bycroft, Thomas O’Rourke, Kyle LeBoeuf, Roberto Nieves, Fredrik Ulf Konradsson, Andrew Youhas, Chilly, Brustache

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