Episode 129: Comic-Con Resurgence

Get ready for a one-two punch of nerdom and nostalgia. In this episode of the Random Nintendo Podcast, we report back from San Diego Comic-Con 2016 with our takes on all the show had to offer. We tell of our adventures on the floor, and dive deep into three key parts of the ‘Con that put nostalgia front and center. First, we kick things off with Pokemon, discussing Pokemon Go’s impact and its panel in Comic-Con’s legendary Hall H, before turning our attention to future Pokemon projects like Sun & Moon and the surprise reveal of a Detective Pikachu movie. We then jump from the pop culture resurgence of Pokemon to the retro revival of the NES with our thoughts on the newly announced NES Classic Edition, which was shown for the first time in San Diego. From there, it’s all Sega as we weigh in on Sonic The Hedgehog’s two 25th anniversary games and go hands-on with the upcoming Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice for 3DS. Plus, a look at June sales numbers.

Pokemon Go was the talk of Comic-Con, but is it something you’re still playing? Leave a comment below and let us know why or why not. If you enjoyed this episode, don’t forget to subscribe to us on iTunes, Google Play Music, or your podcasting app of choice. Be sure to also follow us on Twitter @RandomNintendo to stay in the loop on upcoming site happenings, including our upcoming Comic-Con 2016 photo gallery.

As always, we’ve included links below for more information on the games and news discussed in this episode. Each link also lists a time stamp so you can easily locate the segments that most interest you. Enjoy!

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News

• [0:01] Comic-Con 2016 Impressions
• [0:14] Welcome To The Pokemon Go Election (Buzzfeed)
• [0:16] Rio’s mayor begs Nintendo to release Pokemon Go in Brazil in time for Olympics (The Washington Post)
• [0:16] Catch ‘Em All With Yelp’s New PokéStop Filter  (Yelp Official Blog)
• [0:!7] Pokemon Go data usage will be free on T-Mobile for a year (Polygon)
• [0:20] Pokemon Go: Google Maps hack makes it easier than ever to find Pokemon (BGR)
• [0:27] Pokemon Frenzy Rewrites Record Books for Tokyo Trading & Nintendo Market Value Passes Sony on Pokemon Go Frenzy (Bloomberg)
• [0:28] Nintendo stock tanks after ‘Pokemon Go’ investors realize company doesn’t own game (LA TImes)
• [0:29] Pokemon Go breaks Apple App Store record (CNET)
• [0:44] Meet Your Pokémon Go Team Leaders (Kotaku)
• [0:46] Pokemon Go finally goes live in Japan with McDonald’s the first sponsored location (TechCrunch)
• [0:49] LureDeals is a startup that wants to turn Pokémon Go players into your customers (VentureBeat)
• [0:55] ‘Pokemon’ Movie Rights Land at Legendary (The Hollywood Reporter)
• [1:01] Universal Studios Japan’s Mario section will ‘exceed’ Harry Potter (Destructoid)
• [1:03] Pokemon Sun and Moon brings new online, training features (Polygon)
• [1:19] Gimme! Nintendo Plays on Nostalgia With Tiny Retro 8-Bit NES (WIred)
• [1:30] The Mini-NES Won’t Get Games Beyond The Ones That Were Announced (Kotaku)
• [1:32] The Official Nintendo NES Classics Book Will Go Nicely With Your NES Mini (Nintendo Life)
• [1:35] Sega announces two new Sonic games (Eurogamer)
• [1:45] PlayStation 4 Leads June Hardware Sales In The United States (GameInformer.com)

Games

• [0:11] Pokemon Go (Official Site)
• [1:03] Pokemon Sun & Moon (Official Site)
• [1:37] Project Sonic 2017 (IGN Game Page)
• [1:40] Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice (Nintendo.com Game Page)