It’s the big December award show you’ve all been waiting for. No, not The Game Awards (although we talk about that too). It’s our fifth annual Quarantinis! We crown all our favorite content we consumed in 2024, including games, movies, shows, music, anime, and more. Plus, what’s an award show without a preshow? So before getting to our picks, we discuss the aforementioned 2024 Game Awards, its big reveals, and the recent wave of Switch 2 leaks.

What were your 2024 favorites? Comment and let us know.If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, or your favorite podcast app. You can also follow us on Twitter @RandomNintendo.

Happy holidays and we’ll see you in 2025!

The Quarantinis Preshow

• [0:04] The Game Awards 2024
• [0:35] Switch 2 leaks and theories

The 2024 Quarantinis

• [0:51] Favorite Games
• [1:00] Favorite Shows
• [1:21] Favorite Anime
• [1:25] Favorite Movies
• [1:31] Favorite Manga / Literature
• [1:42] Favorite Album / Soundtrack / Audio Experience
• [1:53] Favorite Podcast
• [1:59] Favorite Thing You Did
• [2:04] Miscellaneous Favorites

What’s in this episode of Randomer Nintendo? It’s as easy as 1-2-3! As in 1 set of initial Mario & Luigi: Brothership impressions, a 2nd round of Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket impressions, and the 3 of us all casting our predictions for which The Game Awards nominees will walk away winners. Plus, we discuss the unexpected quality shift in Blue Lock, the return of Linkin Park with new album From Zero, and some truly weird AI-generated cat videos.

Which games do you think will win big at The Game Awards? Comment and let us know. If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, or your favorite podcast app. You can also follow us on Twitter @RandomNintendo.

Enjoy!

Topics

• [0:13] The weird world of AI cat videos
• [0:20] Linkin Park’s From Zero
• [0:29] Mario & Luigi: Brothership 
• [0:50] Blue Lock
• [1:07] Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket
• [1:35] Casting our The Game Awards predictions

it turns out a lot can happen when we miss a regularly scheduled episode! Angel’s back from his trip to Japan with many a tale to tell, Kevin’s got Metaphor impressions, and Jason has thoughts on everything Nintendo’s suddenly doing to bolster Switch Online and why. The show then becomes impressions galore as we discuss our experiences with the Nintendo Music app, Alarmo, and Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket. Plus, thoughts on this week’s Super Nintendo World Direct for Donkey Kong Country.

Thoughts on any of this episode’s topics? Comment and let us know. If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, or your favorite podcast app. You can also follow us on Twitter @RandomNintendo.

Enjoy!

Topics

• [0:01] Angel’s Japan trip
• [0:34] Super Nintendo World Direct: Donkey Kong Country
• [0:41] Metaphor
• [0:55] Nintendo’s setting their next-gen table
• [1:09] Nintendo Music
• [1:22] Alarmo
• [1:31] Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket

Sound the Alarmo, Nintendo’s getting weird again! We make sense of Nintendo’s new Sound Clock, plus discuss their unexpected side quests into Pikmin sushi collabs, the new Lego Super Mario World set, and whatever the mysterious Switch Online Playtest is all about. Along the way, we also share our thoughts on animated movies Look Back and Piece by Piece, plus dive into our video game turn-offs – the single aspect of a game that makes us loose interest in it entirely.

Are you getting an Alarmo? What’s your gaming turn-off? Comment and let us know! If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, or your favorite podcast app. You can also follow us on Twitter @RandomNintendo.

Enjoy!

Topics

• [0:08] Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo
• [0:35] Look Back
• [0:48] Pikmin x Kura Revolving Sushi Bar collab
• [0:50] Lego-palooza: Super Mario World set and Piece By Piece
• [0:57] Our video game turn-offs
• [1:29] The great Switch Online Playtest mystery

We take you from Hyrule to Cybertron to the soccer pitch in this episode of Randomer Nintendo. We share our impressions of the Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and make a bet on whether Jason will actually beat it. Before that though, we share our thoughts on Transformers One, Monkey Man, and the impact of endings with The Wild Robot and Jujustu Kaisen. Plus, we talk the rebirth of style in CG animation and the drama of “futball” team management with Welcome To Wrexham.

What do you think of Echoes of Wisdom? Comment and let us know! If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, or your favorite podcast app. You can also follow us on Twitter @RandomNintendo.

Enjoy!

Topics

• [0:04] Monkey Man
• [0:15] Transformers One
• [0:30] The Wild Robot
• [0:38] Jujutsu Kaisen’s ending
• [0:52] Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
• [1:16] Welcome to Wrexham

It’s an episode with a couple of Pros that come with a few cons. Apple’s new iPhones and the PlayStation 5 Pro, that is. But before we got there, we have a bunch of impressions to share from Pizza Tower to the unexpectedly twisted conclusion of Emio: The Smiling Man (no spoilers, though!) to watching Dandadan in theaters. Plus, our resident Linkin Park fanboy Jason reports back from not one, but two of their big comeback shows.

If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, or your favorite podcast app. You can also follow us on Twitter @RandomNintendo.

Dandadandandadandandadandandadan!

Topics

• [0:12] Pizza Tower
• [0:21] Final thoughts on Emio: The Smiling Man
• [0:31] Dandadan
• [0:46] Being part of something: Linkin Park’s comeback
• [1:18] Apple’s September happenings: iOS 18 and new iPhones
• [1:23] PlayStation 5 Pro

We slap, we rock, we GaaS, we watch Nintendo presentations. In this episode of Randomer Nintendo, we share our impressions of Switch slap fighter Rose & Camellia Collection and Famicom Detective Club visual novel Emio: The Smiling Man, along with a trip to Kevin’s new Live Service Corner for thoughts on everything from Deadlock to the sudden shutdown of Concord. We also discuss the video games up next from the recent Indie World and Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase double feature, plus go beyond games with Twisters in 4DX, a trip to Vegas for The Killers, and more.

What were your favorite announcements in the recent Indie World and Nintendo Direct? Comment and let us know. If you like the show, be sure to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, or your favorite podcast app. You can also follow us on Twitter @RandomNintendo.

Enjoy!

Topics

• [0:05] Rose & Camellia Collection
• [0:16] Twisters in 4DX
• [0:25] The Killers: Live in Vegas
• [0:38] Kevin’s Live Service Game Corner: Marvel Snap, Valorant, Deadlock, and Concord
• [1:16] Indie World / Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase
• [1:34] Emio: The Smiling Man – First Impressions

The past meets the future in this episode of Randomer Nintendo. We discuss the first look at the upcoming Nintendo Museum and go hands-on with Bakeru, an upcoming Switch game that draws inspiration from N64 platformers. Plus, we share our thoughts on Alien: Romulus, the Borderlands movie, Kite Man: Hell Yeah, and the Fork n’ Film experience of pairing a meal with Pixar’s Ratatouille.

Are you excited about the Nintendo Museum? Comment and let us know. If you like the show, be sure to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, or your favorite podcast app. You can also follow us on Twitter @RandomNintendo.

Enjoy!

Topics

• [0:18] Nintendo Museum Direc
• [0:34] Alien: Romulus
• [0:49] The Borderlands movie
• [0:59] Bakeru
• [1:10] Kite Man: Hell Yeah
• [1:14] Fork ‘n Film: Ratatouille

Comic-Con has come and gone, but the memories… well, that’s what this Randomer Nintendo is for! We cover all the big happenings from our annual trek to San Diego, including a Hall H Deadpool & Wolverine experience like no other, a trip to The Penguin’s Iceberg Lounge, and the lines. So many lines. Plus, we make sense of why Nintendo left Comic-Con through the lens of their latest financial report, discuss the next chapter of Switch’s marketing, and say an unexpected goodbye to Game Informer.

Have you seen Deadpool & Wolverine? Let us know your thoughts in the comments. If you like the show, be sure to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, or your favorite podcast app. You can also follow us on Twitter @RandomNintendo.

Enjoy!

Topics

[0:01] Wait, what are we on again?
[0:17] Tales of Comic-Con
[1:01] Nintendo’s latest financials and a potential Switch marketing pivot
[1:07] The new Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom trailer
[1:24] Spoiler Talk: Deadpool & Wolverine

Randomer Nintendo is now legacy media. As in, we’ve got an episode full of legacies. We speedrun through the NES’s legacy with impressions of Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, discuss the end of Childish Gambino and the power of shaping one’s own legacy, and curate our own dream Hollywood Bowl concerts that would celebrate the legacies of our favorite fandoms. We even find a way to work in the legacy of New York-style pizza. Plus, we talk about The Boys’ latest finale and more.

Are you playing Nintendo World Championships? Let us know what you think of it in the comments. If you like the show, be sure to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, or your favorite podcast app. You can also follow us on Twitter @RandomNintendo.

Topics

• [0:07] New York-style pizza in LA?!
• [0:20] Childish Gambino’s final album
• [0:38] Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition
• [0:56] The Boys
• [1:17] Our dream Hollywood Bowl concerts

Anime and monkeys and Bears, oh my! We kick off a busy month of conventions with Anime Expo and everything it entails, including our thoughts on Solo Leveling, Dandadan, and our latest with Demon Slayer. We then roll into the first new Super Monkey Ball in a decade with our impressions of the Switch-exclusive Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble. And to bring it all to the close, we discuss an animal of a different kind with The Bear Season 3, the current season of The Boys, and the online reactions to both.

We want to hear your takes, too! Let us know what you think about any of the topics discussed in this episode. If you like the show, be sure to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, or your favorite podcast app. You can also follow us on Twitter @RandomNintendo.

Enjoy!

Topics

• [0:02] Anime Expo 2024
• [0:15] Demon Slayer
• [0:25] Solo Leveling
• [0:35] Dandadan
• [0:39] Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble
• [0:59] The Bear – Season 3
• [1:13] The Boys and fandom switch-ups