Episode 271: The Brains On This One

It’s a new year, the holiday season is over, and it’s time to convert your brain back from mush to something a little sharper – which is exactly what the games we’re discussing in this episode of the Random Nintendo Podcast can help you do! We share impressions of Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain and puzzle-platformer Unravel Two, alongside a broader discussion of our favorite puzzle games. Plus, we say goodbye to Nintendo Minute and hello to a few standout titles shown in December’s Indie World Showcase.

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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 locate the segments that most interest you. Enjoy!

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News

• [0:34] Genre Series: Puzzle Games
• [0:52 – 1:13] Indie World Showcase 12.15.2021 (YouTube)
• [0:52] Nintendo Announces Environmentally-Conscious Game, Endling: Extinction Is Forever, Is Coming To Switch (GameSpot)
• [0:55] Loco Motive is a LucasArts-inspired point-and-click comedy adventure (Eurogamer.net)
• [0:59] Switch-Exclusive Co-op Adventure ‘Aliisha: The Oblivion Of Twin Goddesses’ Launches In Spring 2022 (Nintendo Life)
• [1:04] Let’s Play! Oink Games Now Available On Nintendo Switch (NintendoSoup)
• [1:14] Nintendo Minute Video Series to End After Eight Years (Siliconera)
• [1:99] Nintendo Expanding Kyoto Development Facilities (Nintendo World Report)
• [1:22] PageBoy: Nintendo’s Lost Game Boy Add On Would Have Had Email (Kotaku)

Games

• [0:05] Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain (Official Site)
• [0:23] Unravel Two (Official Site)
• [0:52] Endling – Extinction is Forever (Nintendo.com Game Page)
• [0:55] Loco Motive (Official Site)
• [0:59] Aliisha: The Oblivion of the Twin Goddesses (Official Site)
• [1:04] Let’s Play! Oink Games (Official Site)