Episode 175: Now You’re Playing With Cardboard

Ready, set, fold! In this episode of the Random Nintendo Podcast, we literally go hands-on with the Switch’s cardboard wunderkind, Nintendo Labo. We also dive deep into the news and numbers of Nintendo’s year-end financial briefing, examining the company’s plans for Switch’s second year, their shifting mobile game strategy, and the surprise retirement of president Tatsumi Kimishima. Plus, we discuss the rise of battle royale games and the perks of gaming beyond the Switch.

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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 find the segments that most interests you.

Enjoy!

News

• [0:03] Discussion: Nintendo Labo Impressions
• [0:18] Eight Crazy Custom Nintendo Labo Creations (Digital Trends)
• [0:27] UK Schools Want To Bring The Cardboard Creativity Of Nintendo Labo Into The Classroom (Nintendo Life)
• [0:29] Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ended March 2018 [PDF] (Nintendo Investor Relations)
• [0:30] Nintendo Switch drives staggering 500 percent profit jump (The Verge)
• [0:36] Kirby Star Allies crushes the series’ debut month sales record (VentureBeat)
• [0:52] Splatoon 2’s new Splatfest is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-themed (Polygon)
• [0:57] Nintendo outlines plans for E3 2018 (Nintendo.com)
• [1:03] Nintendo And Game Freak’s Latest Patent Hints At A New Direction For Pokemon On Switch (Nintendo Life)
• [1:09] Wave Race Producer Teases Series Revival For Switch (Fandom)
• [1:15] 16 Promising New Battle Royale Games Coming Out in 2018 (IGN)
• [1:22] RUMOR: Call of Duty ‘Battle Royale’ Coming to Nintendo Switch (Gaming INTEL)
• [1:26] Sources: There are No Current Plans to Bring Fortnite Battle Royale to the Switch (USgamer)
• [1:29] Pocket Rumble on Switch lives, was playable at EGX Rezzed (Nintendo Wire)
• [1:32] Sonic Mania Plus upgrade for original Sonic Mania players to cost $4.99 (Nintendo Everything)
• [1:38] Nintendo Announces Mobile Game Partnership With Cygames, Co-Developing RPG Dragalia Lost (GameInformer.com)
• [1:43] Video game loot boxes are now considered criminal gambling in Belgium (Ars Technica)
• [1:47] Sales increase for amiibo figures during the last fiscal year (Nintendo Wire)
• [1:50] Nintendo Promises Support for the 3DS Through 2019 and Beyond (IGN)
• [1:56] Nintendo Hands Switch Over to Famicom-Generation President (Bloomberg)
• [2:05] Discussion: Life with a Switch and PS4

Games

• [0:03] Nintendo Labo (Official Site)
• [0:36] Kirby Star Allies (Official Site)
• [0:38] Mario Tennis Aces (Official Site)
• [1:22] Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (IGN Game Page)
• [1:29] Pocket Rumble (Nintendo.com Game Page)
• [1:32] Sonic Mania Plus (Official Site)
• [1:39] Dragalia Lost (Official Japanese Site)