Episode 260: United We Pokemon

This episode of the Random Nintendo Podcast has lots of team spirit. We team up in Pokemon Unite to experience the franchise’s first foray into MOBAs, take one for the team by playing the latest Switch Online SNES games so you don’t have to, and are teaming with regret as we discuss games we missed from generations past. Okay, so only two of those really work and one completely misspells “teeming,” but the point is, there are a lot of games in here! And that’s not even including discussions of what’s next for New Pokemon Snap and Animal Crossing, plus rumblings of a live-action Pokemon TV show.

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

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News

• [0:28] Pokemon GO Catches $5 Billion in Lifetime Revenue in Five Years (Sensor Tower)
• [0:33] Pokemon Live-Action Series in Early Development at Netflix (Variety)
• [0:38] Nintendo’s next SNES Switch Online games include ‘Claymates’ and ‘Jelly Boy’ (Engadget)
• [1:11] Steam Deck, Valve handheld for PC games, announced for December release (Polygon)
• [1:16] Nintendo leak lists scrapped DS projects, including Pokemon Pinball, Geist DS (Nintendo Everything)
• [1:21] New Pokemon Snap Free Update To Add More Photogenic Monsters August 3 (GameSpot)
• [1:23] Free update adds fireworks to August in Animal Crossing New Horizons (Nintendo.com)
• [1:26] June 2021 NPD: Ratchet & Clank and Mario Golf set franchise records (VentureBeat)
• [1:27] Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp’s ‘Summer Vacation Vibes’ update brings under-the-sea summer fun (Nintendo Wire)
• [1:29] Nintendo gives Dr. Mario mobile game just 3 months to live (Polygon)

Games

• [0:02] Pokemon Unite (Official Site)
• [0:38] Switch Online SNES Games: Claymates, Jelly Boy, and Bombuzal (IGN Game Pages)
• [0:55] Donkey Konga (IGN Game Page)
• [0:59] P.N.03 (IGN Game Page)
• [1:03] The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD (Official Site)
• [1:08] Okamiden (IGN Game Page)
• [1:16] Geist (IGN Game Page)
• [1:21] New Pokemon Snap (Official Site)
• [1:23] Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Pocket Camp (Official Site)
• [1:29] Dr. Mario World (Official Site)