Donald is joined by Justin, Bryan, and Xander part-way through as they break down everything that happened in what might be the strongest Direct ever for third parties, but the big deal is Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE coming back from the Wii U. R

NNR20 Episode 6: September 3, 2019

Sep 4th, 2019 24m 45s

It's the first Nintendo Direct-related show of the new era. Donald and Justin bat around some predictions and look ahead to the Nintendo Direct.

NNR20 Episode 5: August 29, 2019

Aug 29th, 2019 22m 29s

Apologies for mic trouble and the break, but Donald and Xander are here to talk Shovel Knight, Overwatch Switch?, a Direct next week?, the Aladdin/Loin King (sic) collection, and the Mega Man Zero and ZX Compilation.

NNR20 Episode 4: August 7, 2019

Aug 13th, 2019 22m 40s

Donald is joined by Brett Posner in his NWR podcast debut to talk about today's Pokemon announcements, see off Ducktales Remastered, and tell off Activision for adding gratuitous microtransactions to Crash Team Racing.

NNR20 Episode 3: August 5, 2019

Aug 6th, 2019 20m 21s

Donald is joined by anime/fighting/anime fighting expert Matt Zawodniak to talk about everything that went down at EVO 2019, give a quick shoutout to the Mario Tennis trial, and look ahead to the week's releases. Sadly, one of them is Sword Art

NNR20 Episode 2: July 31, 2019

Aug 1st, 2019 22m 35s

Donald and Neal have a quick chat about: The Hero is here, Nintendo's Q1 earnings, Captain Toad VR, and the arrival of The Outer Worlds on Switch down the road a bit.

NNR20 Episode 1: July 29, 2019

Jul 29th, 2019 20m 30s

Welcome to the first episode of NNR20, the new, thrice-weekly version of Nintendo News Report that aims to wrap up the news in 20 minutes. Today, Donald and Neal talk Doom, give a Fire Emblem voice actor update, and run down the week's releases

Episode 134: Joy-Con Drift, Fire Emblem Uses Nihil, And The End Of An Era

Jul 27th, 2019 49m 5s

In the final episode of NNR recorded on Google Hangouts, Donald, Neal, and Zach talk Omega Labyrinth, Joy-Con drift settlements, the Switch Mini and upcoming revision, everybody wanting a Three Houses VA gone for wildly different reasons (UPDAT

Episode 133: YO THEY MAKING ACTRAISER

Jul 4th, 2019 40m 55s

This week Donald and Justin discuss: Cadence of Hyrule, how rolling credits on FFX means you're 20% done, the lows and lows of E3 from a press perspective, Mario Maker 2 hype and lack of styluses and Mystery Mushrooms, the Bloodstained kerfuffl

Episode 132: New Zelda, Banjo-Kazooie, And E3 From Afar

Jun 24th, 2019 1h 10m

With regular host Donald Theriault out in Los Angeles covering E3, the inmates run the asylum as Neal Ronaghan, Alex Culafi, Justin Berube, and Zach Miller take you through E3 2019 from their perspective at home. (Recorded June 12.)

Episode 131: E3 Predictions Get Dynamaxed

Jun 8th, 2019 1h 7m

Donald, Alex, and Justin break down the Pokemon Direct, hit a couple of quick news stories, then roll through a mess of E3 predictions - both their own and from the NWR Patrons - ahead of the final non-PAX E3 show next week. (Recorded June 5.)

Episode 130: Mario Maker 2 Had ONE JOB

Jun 2nd, 2019 55m 34s

Following last week's technical unpleasantness, Donald, Neal, Justin, and returning guest Alex talk Mario Maker 2 from the New York event, all of the night's announcements about Pokemon selling your information to insurance companies, the Belgi

Episode 129: Mario Maker 2 Even More Super

May 16th, 2019 50m 53s

After an extended Golden Week, Donald, Justin, and Neal talk Tetris 99 Big Blocks, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Mahvel, psyching a rookie up for his first in-person E3... oh, who are we kidding, it's 30+ minutes of Super Mario Maker 2 chat relate

Episode 128: Switch Scramble - The Sales Striker

May 3rd, 2019 55m 35s

Anime is happening this week as Donald and Zach are joined by Bryan and Matt Z. to discuss: Nintendo's four-comma revenue and other things from the annual earnings, the stuffing of Switch sales, just how well is Mario U Deluxe selling anyway, t

Episode 127: Joker, Joker, Joker

Apr 26th, 2019 1h 41m

This week Donald, Justin, Neal, and Xander talk Labo VR, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, Cuphead, Final Fantasy VII, Smash 3.0 including why we can't have nice things, what the hell is up with July, Switch 8.0 and the continuing missing folders, a

Episode 126: Let Us Off Atlus's Wild Ride

Apr 7th, 2019 1h 14m

This week Donald corrals Neal, Zach, and Justin to talk: PAX East games, Yoshi's Crafted World, Donkey Kong 3 to Switch, Fate/Extella LINK, Downwell, Baba Is You (And GOTY?), Hellblade's release date, the NES lineup for April while trying to wo

Episode 125: PAX East and the Switch's Split Evolution

Apr 3rd, 2019 53m 54s

In a rare Sunday recording, a cold-addled Donald is joined by Daan to discuss: Baseball Stars 2, Xenon Racer, Lyrica, Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, Gearbox's "panel" with Bulletstorm, Yacht Club's first publishing project, Nintendo's E3 p

Episode 124: The Cadence of Cuphead

Mar 21st, 2019 51m 3s

Full service finally resumes with Donald, Justin and Zach talking the Nindies Showcase, what Xbox Live will be on Switch - spoilers, not much - the upcoming Konami collections, the NPDs, request a F in the chat for Crackdown 3, reluctantly chat

Episode 123: Zelda II The Way It Was Meant To Be

Mar 20th, 2019 15m 52s

As the ides of March pass, Donald runs down the news of the week with the following topics: Zelda II is playable in a sane fashion after 31 years, NISA has more RPGs coming, Sega threatened the world at SxSW, and we look ahead to big events wit

Episode 122: Catching Up With Sword and Shield

Mar 11th, 2019 19m 50s

On this Mar10 day, a still-not-100% Donald talks Pokemon Sword and Shield, Labo VR, the Switch Online update, EVO, THQ Nordic's extremely public PR fiasco, and previews the week ahead. (Recorded March 10)

Episode 121: Reggie Rides Into The Sunset

Feb 27th, 2019 1h 8m

This week Donald, Justin, and Zach talk the Direct, Yoshi's Crafted World, Tetris 99, Daemon x Machina, the New York Toy Fair, Reggie's retirement, quick sales numbers, Microsoft x Nintedo, and... Nintendo VR? (Recorded February 21)

Episode 120: February Direct Reaction + Predictions

Feb 17th, 2019 1h 56m

This week Donald, Neal, and John break down the February 13 Nintendo Direct in all of its Link's Awakening, Fire Emblem Three Houses, Super Mario Maker 2 glory. But after that, you get to hear the rough audio from our predictions video and see

Episode 119: The Redmond Duo Team Up

Feb 11th, 2019 16m 53s

On this week's Nintendo News Report Mini, Donald talks the Xbox Live extension on Switch, the expansion of Fortnite-style voice chat, free money for Switch buyers, the new NES games, another block of big RPGs, and looks ahead to this week... w

Episode 118: Smash Blows The Doors Off

Feb 3rd, 2019 54m 3s

This week Donald, Justin, and Zach discuss the following: Smash Ultimate 2.0 feat. Piranha Plant, find out you cannot use Amiibo in the Spirit Board, talk about Senran Kagura and Steins;Gate (guess who had those and win a No-Prize), Nintendo's

Episode 117: The Top 10 Newsmaking Games Of 2018

Jan 28th, 2019 1h 2m

This week, Donald, Justin, and Neal are joined by special guests Matt and Carmine to take an insane list of games and bring it down to the ten biggest newsmakers of 2018. Recorded live as part of the 9th NWR Live Telethon for Child's Play - don