Episode 47: Turning Over a New Leaf

We’re going green in this episode of the Random Nintendo Podcast with full impressions of Animal Crossing: New Leaf and New Super Luigi U! But before we can talk up our roles as mayors and second-fiddle plumbers, we have news to cover. Lots of news. The show kicks off with a look at newly announced Wii U indie games, including a claymated point-and-click adventure and a new title from the man behind Conker’s Bad Fur Day. We then turn our attention to a large serving of E3 2013 leftovers, discussing a slew of interviews that shed new light on big games such as Mario Kart 8 and the next Super Smash Bros., Nintendo’s plans for free-to-play gaming, and more. We round out the news by focusing on the May sales charts, examining what went right with 3DS and what continues to go wrong with Wii U.

As an added bonus, this episode also includes the return of our occasional third chair to provide an additional perspective on all the big stories. Feel free to us know what you think of the tweaked dynamic by posting a comment below, and while you’re at it, we’d also love to hear your thoughts on any of the topics discussed! Be sure to also subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and follow us on Twitter @RandomNintendo to stay in the loop on all site updates.

Below, you can find links to all of the news and games discussed in this episode. As always, each link includes a time stamp to let you easily locate the sections of the show that most interest you. Enjoy!

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News

• [0:03] Steampunk Puzzle Platformer Teslagrad Looks Gorgeous, And It’s Coming To Wii U (Nintendo Life)
• [0:06] Earthworm Jim Creator’s Armikrog Set for Nintendo Wii U (Cubed3)
• [0:13] Exclusive: Conker’s Bad Fur Day Creator Chris Seavor Is Bringing Rusty Pup To Wii U (Nintendo Life)
• [0:17] Indie RPG Soul Saga set for Wii U release (Nintendo Insider)
• [0:22] Star Wars Pinball cloned on Wii U July 11 (Joystiq)
• [0:33] E3 2013: Nintendo’s Hideki Konno Pulls Back The Curtain On ‘Mario Kart 8’ (MTV Multiplayer)
• [0:40] NowGamer’s Super Smash Bros Interviews: ‘We Don’t Have Time To Bring All Characters Back’ and Pokemon: How They’re Selected (NowGamer.com)
• [0:51] Smashing the Definition of Smash Bros. (GameSpot)
• [0:59] Pikmin 3: Little plants in the shadows of giants (Polygon)
• [1:08] Hometown Story: Once more with feeling (Polygon)
• [1:12] Angry Birds flying furiously onto Wii U (GamesRadar)
• [1:16] Don’t Get Your Hopes Up For F-Zero (IGN)
• [1:21] The Future of Nintendo Game Development (IGN)
• [1:25] Nintendo’s Free-to-Play Game is Steel Diver (IGN)
• [1:33] Nintendo E3 Analyst Briefing – Q&A (Nintendo Investor Site)
• [1:37] Nintendo is open to making a free-to-play Animal Crossing (VentureBeat)
• [1:39] 3DS System Update 6.0 Brings New Games to StreetPass Mii Plaza in Europe and Japan (Nintendo World Report)
• [1:48] E3 2013: Reggie Fils-Aime Weighs In On E3, The Wii U, And The Digital Landscape (MTV Multiplayer)
• [1:51 – 2:05] NPD Sales Results for May 2013 (NeoGAF)
• [1:55] Analysis: Xbox 360 poised to pass Wii in US sales by year’s end (Arstechnica)
• [2:06] WBIE: We’re a believer on Wii U (GamesIndustry International)
• [2:07] For Nintendo, the Impossible is Possible (IGN)
• [2:08] Nintendo: Saying Next-Gen is Only Sony vs. Microsoft Is So 2006 (Kotaku)
• [2:09] Nintendo CEO: ‘We Are to Blame’ for Poor Wii U Sales (CNBC)
• [2:10] Nintendo Boss Didn’t Say He’d Quit, Yo (Kotaku)

Games

• [2:13] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Official Site)
• [2:34] New Super Luigi U (Official Site)
• [0:03] Teslagrad (Official Developer Blog)
• [0:06] Armikrog (Official Site)
• [0:13] The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup (Giant Bomb Game Page)
• [0:17] Soul Saga (Official Site)
• [0:22] Star Wars Pinball (Official Site)
• [0:33] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo.com E3 Game Page)
• [0:40] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS (Official Site)
• [0:59] Pikmin 3 (Nintendo.com Game Page)
• [1:08] Hometown Story (IGN Game Page)
• [1:12] Angry Birds Trilogy (Official Site)
• [1:25] Steel Diver Free-to-Play (IGN Game Page)