Episode 155: The Spectacular Comic-Con

Like any good comic book, this episode of the Random Nintendo Podcast has heroes and villains. On the hero side, you’ve got San Diego Comic-Con 2017. We report back from pop culture’s biggest expo with hands-on impressions of the upcoming New 2DS XL, Hey! Pikmin, and Flip Wars, plus a discussion of how video game adaptions are finally going right. We then turn to the villainous as we talk gaming gone wrong with the snafus of last weekend’s Pokemon Go Fest and the surprising complexity of Nintendo’s Switch Online app. But like with any good story, this episode ends on a positive note as we conclude with a discussion of new third-party Switch games and the sales success of ARMS.

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As always, we’ve included links below for more information on the news and games 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] Hands-On: New Nintendo 2DS XL
• [0:08] New Nintendo 3DS discontinued (Eurogamer.net)
• [0:25] Trademark listings potentially point towards a Nintendo 64 mini console (GoNintendo)
• [0:53] New Mario Kart Arcade GP VR details, images (Nintendo Everything
• [0:57] Comic-Con 2017: New Sonic Comic Book Partnership Announced (IGN)
• [1:07] ‘Catfish’ Directors Board ‘Mega Man’ Movie for Fox (Variety)
• [1:13]  Pokemon Go Fest plagued with server issues as fans demand fixes from Niantic (Polygon)
• [1:19] Nintendo’s new online service looks like it could be every bit as bad as you feared (Eurogamer.net)
• [1:31] UNIOM Wireless Adapter Aims to Make Nintendo Switch Voice Chat Easier (Nintendo Life)
• [1:34] Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 for Switch launches September 22 in the Americas and Europe (Gematsu)
• [1;35] Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition Arriving September 12, 2017 (Siliconera)
• [1:36] Nintendo Switch Getting Major League Baseball Game RBI Baseball 17 (GameSpot)
• [1:41] WWE 2K18 Now Coming to Nintendo Switch (IGN)
• [1:44] June 2017 NPD: Tekken and Injustice roundhouse kick the sales chart (VentureBeat)
• [1:46] Nintendo dominates gaming brands in June’s TV advertising (VentureBeat)t
• [1:48] Nintendo ‘Arms’ Update 2.0: Update brings new character, stat tracking and more (Mic.com)
• [1:52] Evo Japan will mark Arms’ fighting game tournament debut (Polygon)
• [2:02] Mayo and ketchup go head to head in Splatoon 2’s next Splatfest (Destructoid)

Games

• [0:13] Hey! Pikmin (Official Site)
• [0:22] Flip Wars (Nintendo.com Game Page)
• [0:53] Mario Kart Arcade GP VR (Super Mario Wiki Page)
• [1:13] Pokemon Go (Official Site)
• [1:19] Splatoon 2 (Official Site)
• [1:34] Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (Official Site)
• [1:35] Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition (Official Site)
• [1:36] RBI Baseball 17 (Official Site)
• [1:41] WWE 2K18 (Official Site)
• [1:48] ARMS (Official Site)