Episode 68: The Real Deal

A game about buying games. An island where the faces of Miis fly off their heads and into outer space. A fighting game where a ninja frog wears his tongue as a scarf. Yes, Nintendo got weird these past few weeks and we’ve got it all covered in this episode of the Random Nintendo Podcast. We kick off the show with an in-depth discussion of the recent Nintendo Directs for both Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS and the newly announced Tomodachi Life, analyzing the fighter’s big changes and the life sim’s more passive approach to gaming. We then cover a variety of other news, including product placement in Mario Golf: World Tour, third party announcements, and March’s sales numbers. The episode concludes with the pooch pictured above as we share full impressions of Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball, a 3DS free-to-download title that combines baseball with a washed up dog strapped for cash.

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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 interest you. Enjoy!

News

• [0:03] Super Smash Bros. Direct – 4.08.2014 (Nintendo.com)
• [0:46] Tomodachi Life Direct – 4.10.2014 (Nintendo.com)
• [0:52] Tomodachi Life Could Be Nintendo’s Next Animal Crossing (IGN)
• [0:58] Mario Golf: World Tour to include regional and worldwide online tournaments (VG247)
• [1:04] Atlus Publishing Citizens of Earth for PS4, 3DS, Wii U, More (IGN)
• [1:09] Ubisoft’s online store lists Watch Dogs’ Wii U version for Fall 2014 launch (Polygon)
• [1:13] Titanfall tops chart, but PS4 leads hardware again in March – NPD (GamesIndustry International)
• [1:21] Five Nintendo 3DS games receive permanent price cuts (Joystiq)
• [1:24] Nintendo Joins with the National Park Foundation to Support the 2014 White House Easter Egg Roll (GoNintendo)

Games

• [1:28] Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball (Official Site)
• [0:03] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS (Official Site)
• [0:46] Tomodachi Life (Official Site)
• [0:58] Mario Golf: World Tour (Official Site)
• [1:04] Citizens of Earth (Official Site)
• [1:09] Watch Dogs (Official Site)