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Episodes
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
This week, Jake gives us his impressions of the recently ported The Outer Worlds and discuss some of the gaps between console generations. We also dive into Nintendo's newest party game, Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics, then wrap up with this episode's NintenGem, Wii Sports!
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Snap into a NintenGem as we give some first impressions on the newly-ported indie, Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling, and then suit up your mech with Braydon's breakdown of last year's Daemon x Machina. Finally, for this week's NintenGem, we look back on the award-winning N64 classic, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Wednesday May 20, 2020
Wednesday May 20, 2020
From the depths of pandemic shines a brand new episode of NintenGems! Nintendo surprised us with a trailer for Paper Mario: The Origami King, so we put the announcement into context. We also catch up on a number of games that we've played in the months since our last episode. Perhaps most importantly, we discuss the recent release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons and rope in this episode's NintenGem, Animal Crossing for the GameCube!
Timestamps:
Upcoming games - 2:00
Paper Mario: The Origami King - 4:50
Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 19:20
La-Mulana - 48:00
Baba Is You - 50:00
Saint's Row 4 - 51:30
Resident Evil Triple Pack - 52:30
Shinsekai: Into The Depths - 53:45
Labo Variety Kit - 56:20
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon DX - 58:15
Wonderful 101 Remastered - 1:05:00
Animal Crossing GameCube - 1:08:30
Monday Sep 23, 2019
Monday Sep 23, 2019
Welcome back to NintenGems, your favorite spring of Nintendo wisdom! Jake is out this week, but never fear, Connor is here! Covered in this episode are the ever-flowing updates on Pokemon Sword and Shield, Ring Fit Adventure and potential Joy-Con upgrades, Braydon's final thoughts after completing The World Ends With You: Final Remix, and Connor unleashes his old school knowledge on Wario's Woods and this week's gem: Star Fox for the SNES.
Friday Sep 06, 2019
Friday Sep 06, 2019
We're back in the ring for a round against this week's Nintendo Direct that covered nearly a year's worth of upcoming titles, including some heavy hitters like Overwatch, Banjo for Smash, the SNES Digital Library and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Special guest Connor - the producer of our theme song - joins Jake in giving first impressions of the new Switch stunner, Astral Chain, with the gem of the week, Diddy Kong Racing, wrapping up the show.
Check Connor's music out at weav.bandcamp.com
Tuesday Sep 03, 2019
Tuesday Sep 03, 2019
Hop on board for another trip through Nintendo Land! This episode, Jake and Braydon recap the news from the Pokemon World Championships, discuss new Marvel Ultimate Alliance DLC as well as new E-Shop releases. Jake played Rad by Double Fine and Konami's Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution, while Braydon brought this week's gem, The World Ends With You for both DS and Switch.
Saturday Aug 24, 2019
Saturday Aug 24, 2019
Jake and Braydon are off this week, so that calls for a little bonus episode action to tide you over until the next full-length episode.
Special guest Hannah (Braydon's wife) is the judge for the Pokémon battle of the century! In one corner is Pokémon Snap, the N64 legend brought to you by Jake; in Braydon's corner is Pokémon Ranger, the Nintendo DS oddity that's spawned several sequels. Which is the better game?!
Thursday Aug 15, 2019
Thursday Aug 15, 2019
A wild podcast appears! Thanks for returning for Episode 4; this time, Jake and Braydon break down the new Pokemon trailer, discuss Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's popularity, wrap up Undertale remarks, explore the world of Yo-kai, and gush over the beauty of this week's gem, Yoshi's Island!
Tuesday Aug 06, 2019
Tuesday Aug 06, 2019
Welcome back to the NintenGems podcast, you're a good friend for sticking around for three episodes. This time, Jake and Braydon discuss top-selling Switch games, Smash Bros Ultimate 4.0 and Hero, drama with EA, more Fire Emblem, Undertale nonsense, and this week's gem, Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak for the Game Boy Advance!
Timestamps:
Top 10 Best Selling Switch Games- 1:39
The Outer Worlds- 7:55
Pokemon Go Reaches 1 Billion- 11:40
Captain Toad has Labo Support- 14:44
EA Explains Why They Don't Put Games on Switch- 17:14
3DS Youtube App Shutting Down- 23:25
Nintendo is going to Gamescom!- 26:17
Smash 4.0 Update Details- 27:27
Switch Online Adds Game Trials- 30:54
New Switch Model Begins to Appear in the Wild- 34:30
Fire Emblem: Three Houses Sold Really Well- 35:53
Fire Emblem: Three Houses Part 2- 37:09
Undertale- 47:07
The Hero Joins Smash- 52:00
Doom 1993 Switch Port- 55:43
SolSeraph- 57:40
Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak- 1:00:35
Wednesday Jul 31, 2019
Wednesday Jul 31, 2019
Welcome back to the still-rare-but-slightly-less-valuable second edition of the Nintengems Podcast! In this episode, Jake and Braydon discuss updates about the Joy-Con lawsuit, Nintendo's ventures into iOS and Android gaming, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, and this week's "gem", The Legend of Zelda for NES.