The Duel Screens Podcast
333 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsHosts Stephen Fontana & Andy Asimakis, bring you The Duel Screens Podcast - an interview show with industry guests.
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Nintendo Duel Screens 111 – Going Viral | Guest Host: Will Traxler | Exception
August 12, 2019 15:00Our computer may be infected! Thank goodness Will Traxler is here to save our hard drive and give us the lowdown on his exceptional indie game Exception! Nintendo drops a bit of Sword & Shield news that leaves us feeling a little hangry. Loot Boxes become a lot less scummy – we see you sweating…
Nintendo Duel Screens 110 – A Tale of two Launches | Guest Host: Rob Maher | Blossom Tales
August 05, 2019 15:00It’s dangerous to go alone. Fortunately we have Rob Maher of Castle Pixel to guide us through the fantastical world of Blossom Tales. Fire Emblem brings down the house and launches with some incredible sales figures. Nintendo provides its first details for the Switch release in China. And finally, The Hype Zone taps into your…
Nintendo Duel Screens 109 – Game Thierry | Guest Host: Thierry Boulanger | The Messenger
July 29, 2019 15:00We’re going to forgo our usual format to bring you something extra special. [That you may or may not have accidentally listened to last week but we digress…] It is our incredible honor to be joined by Thierry Boulanger, game designer, director, and writer of The Messenger one of the most critically acclaimed indie games in recent memory. So grab your blade, and watch your cloud-step, because things are about to get deep. This is Nintendo Duel Screens: Episode 109!
Nintendo Duel Screens 108 – A Rogue’s Legacy | Guest Host: Matt Dabrowski | Streets of Rogue
July 22, 2019 12:00Did we screw up the original upload and accidentally release 109 a week early? Maybe…But WE FIXED IT! So please stop writing all that hate mail! On THIS week’s show.. We are joined by Matt Dabrowski, a man who simply wants to watch the world burn. Oh, and he’s also the creator of Streets of…
Nintendo Duel Screens 107 – Little Ship of Horrors | Guest Host: Aleix Ortuño Velilla | Professor Lupo and his Horrible Pets
July 15, 2019 12:00In space, no one can hear you scream…unless you’re an intern – then no one cares. Fortunately we have Aleix Ortuño Velilla on board to hear our cries and help us survive Professor Lupo and his Horrible Pets. Luigi’s Mansion 3 haunts us with a rumored October release date, and Nintendo sheds some light on…
Duel Screens Bonus Stage 0-5 | Switch Light Reactions
July 11, 2019 12:00Nintendo has dropped the Nintendo Switch Lite on us out of NO WHERE and we MUST react. We record this one LIVE on twitch.tv/duelscreensstreams and take questions from the chat! Nintendo Duel Screens is officially on Patreon! With as little as $1, you can get access to NDSPodcast’s Super Secret Discord Channel and…
Nintendo Duel Screens 106 – Lord of the Wings | Guest Host: Nick Gregory | Eagle Island
July 08, 2019 15:00Nick Gregory is here to give us a tour of Eagle Island – an im-peck-able 2D platformer that will surely ruffle a few feathers. WayForward let its hair down in a stunning opening animation for Shantae 5. If that wasn’t enough, WayForward is also taking us back to River City in an announcement that is…
Nintendo Duel Screens 105 – Two Finger Salute to Freedom! | Guest Host: Jim Dirschberger | Freedom Finger
July 01, 2019 15:00Jim Dirschberger of Wide Right Games is here to give us the finger, FREEDOM FINGER, that is! 505 Games lets us know that Iga aims to make Bloodstained on the Switch suck a little less. Also… SEGA brings back ActRaiser. Seriously. This is Nintendo Duel Screens: Episode 105! Nintendo Duel Screens is officially…
Nintendo Duel Screens 104 – The Fast & the Frivolous | Guest Host: Lee Thomas | Speed Brawl
June 24, 2019 12:00What do you get when you combine Sonic the Hedgehog and Streets of Rage? You get Speed Brawl – a vibrant 2D combat-racer all about moving fast and hitting hard! And we got Lee Thomas of Double Stallion Games here to tell us why this game belongs in your Switch library. GameFreak disappoints Pokemon fans…
Nintendo Duel Screens 103 – A Miserable Little Pile of Games | Guest Host: Roberto Piraino | Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
June 17, 2019 12:00Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is finally here! To celebrate our Iga-mania, we welcome back Roberto Piraino of 505 Games to discuss the long-awaited Castlevania successor. Also, E3 2019 is over, came and went faster than a blue shell blast in the ass. We go over our highlights and noteable takeaways from this year’s E3…
Nintendo Duel Screens 102 – Man vs. Machine + E3 2019 UN-Predictions | Guest Host: Scott Tykoski | The Video Game Machine
June 10, 2019 12:00Ever dream of making your own game but suck at pretty much everything? No? Just us? In any case we got Scott Tykoski here to help us tap into our inner game dev and make us suck a little less. Also, it’s E3 week and nothing else matters! So forget about The Hype Zone and…
Nintendo Duel Screens 101 – Kickin’ It | Guest Host: Jonah Wallerstein | KungFu Kickball
June 03, 2019 12:00We kick back with Jonah Wallerstein and talk about his ballsy fighting sports game KungFu Kickball! Speaking about balls, Nintendo unleashes a Pokemon Press Conference that no one asked for, and it has no effect! (speak for yourself, Andy!) Mario Maker 2 builds up its pre-release hype by laying out its multiplayer online features…and collapses…
Nintendo Duel Screens 100 – Episode 100!
May 27, 2019 12:00We are here! It is episode 100! Over the course of the last 2 years we have grown from a humble podcast struggling to find its footing, to launching a patreon, interviewing over 50 industry veterans, covering Pax East, and launching a humble Twitch channel. We are thankful for all your support and your love.…
Nintendo Duel Screens 99 – Battle of the Beards | Guest Host: Brett Pennings | MageQuit
May 20, 2019 15:00It’s a Battle of the Beards! Brett Pennings of BowlCut Studios casts a spell and enchants us with his indie game MageQuit! Nintendo makes the most out of its Mario Maker 2 Direct. The Switch overtakes PS4 sales!!!!…in Japan. And finally, The Hype Zone makes us rock hard. This is Nintendo Duel Screens: Episode 99!…
Nintendo Duel Screens 98 – The Super Sprite Bros. | Guest Host: Ian & Aidan Cid | Sky Devil Palm
May 13, 2019 15:00We are joined by Ian and Aidan Cid, a pair of pixel-perfect siblings and indie game devs currently working on…a game of some kind, apparently. They haven’t really told us so…this should be fun. Nintendo announces its E3 2019 plans, so let the speculation begin! We also got a bombshell report from an anonymous game…
Nintendo Duel Screens 97 – LSD Soundsystem | Guest Host: Adam Nickerson | Ding Dong XL
May 06, 2019 12:00Things get a bit trippy as Adam Nickerson joins us to talk about his neon-infused, arcade-romp Ding Dong XL…and we really try to keep the dick jokes to a minimum – we can’t make any promises though. Cadence of Hyrule may be ready to hit the dance-floor soon than you think, and it looks like…
Nintendo Duel Screens 96 – Shock & Awe | Guest Host: Richard Epcar | Mortal Kombat Franchise
April 29, 2019 12:00Mortal Kombat Month is officially over! It’s been an amazing ride and we super-thrilled to end things with a man that needs no introduction: the voice of the Thunder God himself, Richard Epcar. Having voiced over 700+ roles in the video game and anime industry, the man is the literal embodiment of voice acting. Atlus…
Nintendo Duel Screens 95 Part II – Fan Boys | Guest Host: Katalin Ogren | Mortal Kombat II
April 22, 2019 15:00You didn’t think we’d forget about Mortal Monday, did you? Well, you can all breathe a ‘sai’ of relief because the OG Outworld Princess, the clone that spits out your bones, Katalin Ogren is here! But hey, Mortal Kombat isn’t the only thing we are celebrating today. It’s also the Gameboy’s 30th birthday…man do we…
Nintendo Duel Screens 95 Part I – Looking Cool, Joker! | Super Smash Bros. 3.0 Update
April 22, 2019 12:00We are delivering a one-two punch of content! There is just so much news to report on that we just had to record an extra show – bet you never saw that coming! Speaking of things you never saw coming…Joker finally has joined the battle, and he’s glorious! The Nintendo Switch gets a firmware update…
Nintendo Duel Screens 94 – Cage Match | Guest Host: Master Pesina | Mortal Kombat Franchise
April 15, 2019 12:00Action choreographer. Motion Capture Pioneer. The Mortal Kombat legend himself Master Pesina is here…and we totally forgot to wear our cups. Speaking of Mortal Kombat, MK11 has got a pretty nutty Premium Edition up for grabs, but is it worth it? Octopath Traveler embarks on its journey to PC. And finally, The Hype Zones throws…
Nintendo Duel Screens 93 – Ice Ice Baby | Guest Host: Tony Chung | Mortal Kombat 11
April 08, 2019 12:00It’s a Mortal Kombat takeover! That’s right – we are kicking off our month long celebration of all things MK, and who better to break the ice than Sub-Zero himself, model Tony Chung is here, and he is snow joke. Nintendo completely jumps on the VR bandwagon because why not? Best Buy does a better…
Nintendo Duel Screens 92.5 – PAX East Part II – The Awards Show
April 05, 2019 12:00As promised, here is PART II of our PAX East 2019 coverage! In this show we start things off with the last of our interviews, all from day 4 of our trip. After that we go right into our 2nd annual Pax East Awards. What will win our Game of the Show Award?…we may not…
Nintendo Duel Screens 92 – PAX East 2019 Indie Invasion – Part I | Days 1,2 & 3
April 01, 2019 12:00On this weeks show it is an all out invasion! We have taken PAX East 2019 by STORM! This episode strays from the normal type of show. There will be no Hype Zone, Retro Game Club, or any of the normal segments. Instead what you will have is OVER AN HOUR of interviews with 21…
Nintendo Duel Screens 91 – Gravity Crush | Guest Host: Jay Kidd | Collapsus
March 25, 2019 12:00It’s a PRE-PAX East Party, and we got Jay Kidd of Wraith Games to kick off our upcoming trip the great Bay State! Oh, and we’ll talk about his award-winning, block-crunching puzzle game Collapsus. Spring has sprung, and so have the indie games as we go over the highlights of the Nindies Showcase. Dead Cells…
Nintendo Duel Screens 90 – Paint It Black | Guest Host: Don Bellenger | Black Future ‘88
March 18, 2019 12:00Death never looked so good…or sounded so good for that matter. Don Bellenger is here to help us survive his synth-punk roguelike shooter Black Future ‘88…and hopefully keep our hearts from exploding. Cross-Play gets Crossed-OUT on the Nintendo Switch…but at least we can still play Yoshi with our friends. We may have a BEHEMOTH of…
Nintendo Duel Screens 89 – Virtual Boys
March 11, 2019 12:00Nintendo enters VIRTUAL REALITY! That’s right, the Virtual Boy is back, BABY! (not really). A pair of legendary games join NES Online, and Turok – the dinosaur hunter himself – is coming to the Switch. And finally, The Hype Zone takes us on an express elevator…TO HELL! This is Nintendo Duel Screens: Episode 89! The…
Nintendo Duel Screens: Episode 88 – Java Jabronis | Guest Host: James Deighan | Coffee Crisis
March 04, 2019 13:00IT’S AN ALIEN INVASION!!…and they are stealing our…wifi? Thank the caffeine gods that James Deighan of Mega Cat Studios is here to grind the beans out of those extra-terrestrial asshats. Nintendo did a Nintendo and gave us all of 36 hours to prepare our bodies for a Pokemon Direct. The Pokemon Direct’s eight blissful minutes…
Nintendo Duel Screens 87 – Mind Games | Guest Host: Patrick Hickey Jr. | The Minds Behind the Games
February 25, 2019 13:00We welcome author Patrick Hickey Jr. to discuss The Minds Behind the Games. Speaking of great video game minds, Nintendo is losing one of its best very, very soon. We got a pair of rumors to breakdown – one being insanely credible and the other just downright insane. And finally, The Hype Zone confirms the…
Nintendo Duel Screens 86 – Can We Be Direct? | Guest Host: Bill | Nintendo Switch Craft
February 18, 2019 13:00We are going to need all the help we can get to go over the latest Nintendo Direct. Fortunately for us, we got Bill of RunJumpStomp & Nintendo Switch Craft here to lend a hand! Moonlighter receives a game changing update, and Hollow Knight is set to charm us all over again with a full-blown…
Nintendo Duel Screens 85 – When it Rains…
February 11, 2019 13:00It’s raining men…and a woman! We are super thrilled to welcome indie game dev VIDEOCULT, seriously the entire team is here…kinda to talk about the super stylized and super challenging Rain World. Xbox Live is coming to the Switch…cause who wants to buy an Xbox anyway. Mega Man is making some mega-sales for Capcom. And…
Nintendo Duel Screens 84 – Knight Life | Guest Host: Eva Gaspar | Cursed Castilla EX
February 04, 2019 13:00Eva Gaspar of Abylight Studios blesses us with her presence to talk about Cursed Castilla EX – which is out right now for the Nintendo Switch! Speaking of the Switch, Nintendo’s 2019 line-up apparently has one delightful surprise that we should all be looking forward to. And finally, The Hype Zone checks us into the…
Nintendo Duel Screens 83 – Retro Recourse | Guest Hosts: Dave Oshry | DUSK
January 28, 2019 13:00We welcome Dave Oshry of New Blood Interactive to take us on a redneck rampage through the backwater boondocks of DUSK. This one goes off the rails mighty quickly, folks, so strap in! Dave had us dying of laughter in this one pretty hard. Speaking of fresh corpses, Nintendo pulls the plug on Metroid Prime…
Nintendo Duel Screens 82 – Raze the Roof | Guest Host John Thompson | Warpfish Games | RAZED
January 21, 2019 13:00We raise some hell with John Thompson and talk all about Warpfish’s super-slick racing game RAZED. Our keen sleuthing skills dig up some totally reliable news on more live-action Pokemon movies. We got some good indie game news and some bad indie game news. And finally, The Hype Zone delivers a fatal blow to Mortal…
Nintendo Duel Screens 81 – Tired Classics
January 14, 2019 13:00Two tired classic boys, Andy and Steve, go over the possibility of some other tired classics hitting the Nintendo Switch in 2019 and beyond. The Hype Zone is a knock out this week as we build a bridge between twitch and switch. Also …the Retro Game Club RETURNS! And boy…Andy picks a tough one. All…
Nintendo Duel Screens 80 – Rumors Are Whack with Danomak | Guest Host Dan Colonna | Dinosaur Machines Podcast & Hit Buttons
January 07, 2019 13:00It’s a New Year’s Collaboration! Dan Colonna, co-host of Dinosaur Machines Podcast, long-time supporter of the show and all around awesome duderino, joins us to talk about all things Nintendo. 2019 is officially here and so are some totally official rumors. How about a January Direct that is packed to the brim with stuff that…
Nintendo Duel Screens 79 – NDS Awards 2018
December 31, 2018 13:00It’s time for the only awards show that matters: The NDSPodcast Awards!! THERE WILL BE NO NEWS. NO HYPE ZONE. NO RETRO GAME CLUB. We are sending off 2018 with a bang. And now please welcome your hosts – Stephen Fontana and Andy Asimakis!! This is Nintendo Duel Screens: Episode 79!! :::Insert really boring orchestra…
Nintendo Duel Screens 78 – Nintendo’s 2018 in Review PLUS 2019 PREVIEW! | Special Guest SnowBike Mike
December 24, 2018 13:00The holiday season is upon us and we are celebrating with Kinda Funny Best Friend & Twitch Streamer SnowBike Mike! 2018 has been a stellar year for Nintendo and 2019 looks to be even better. So to prepare ourselves for what’s to come, we take a look at 2019’s most hotly anticipated titles! The Hype…
Nintendo Duel Screens 77 – Super Smash Bros Ultimate Review
December 17, 2018 13:00Was Super Smash Bros. Ultimate everything we had hoped for? After putting in countless hours, we are finally ready for a proper review! As for the news, our boy Reggie explains just how Nintendo got its mitts on Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3. We also go over some bloody awesome rumors that could turn out to…
Nintendo Duel Screens 76 – The Dark Side of the Moon | Fryda Wolff | Bloodstained: RotN,Darksiders III, Octopath Traveler
December 10, 2018 17:00We welcome the big bad-ass wolf herself, Fryda Wolff to talk about her MASSively EFFECTive career… Nintendo drops a bunch of surprises during The Games Awards that we never saw coming. And finally, The Hype Zone steals the crown away from Bowsette. This is Nintendo Duel Screens: Episode 76!! Nintendo Duel Screens is officially…
Nintendo Duel Screens 75 – The Game Awards Prediction Rundown
December 03, 2018 13:00The Game Awards are right around the corner and we have PREDICTIONS! Nintendo has an explosive Black Friday and absolutely shatters all of the records. Niantic is bringing Trainer Battles to Pokemon Go – seriously what took so long? And finally, The Hype Zone proves that pink is the toughest color of them all. This…
Nintendo Duel Screens 74 – Talkin’ Shop | Guest Host: Javier Gimenez | Moonlighter
November 26, 2018 13:00We get a crash course in proper shop-keeping courtesy of Javier Gimenez of Digital Sun Games, developer of the critically acclaimed indie title – Moonlighter. Let’s Go Pikachu + Eevee is a MASSIVE success for Nintendo…just don’t delete your save file or you might regret it. And finally, The Hype Zone gives us a closer…
Nintendo Duel Screens 73 – The New Mutants | Guest Michael Mendheim | Mutant Football League
November 19, 2018 13:00Ready…Set…HUT!! Are you ready to hit the gridiron and tear out some spleens? Michael Mendheim, the commissioner of all things Mutant Football League, is here to give us a few pointers. Also, Warner Bros. USES Detective Pikachu Trailer and IT HAS NO BUSINESS LOOKING THAT GOOD! And finally, after last week’s bit of lunacy, The…
Nintendo Duel Screens 72 – Sword & Strife | Guest Host: Teddy Lee | Rogue Legacy, Full Metal Furies
November 12, 2018 13:00Cellar Door Game’s very own Teddy Lee joins us to talk about Rogue Legacy & Full Metal Furies! – that’s right:TWO GAMES! Nintendo reveals that it has already selected it’s DLC fighters for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (come on, Bill & Lance!). Also, is Breath of the Wild getting additional content?! – we sure as…
Nintendo Duel Screens 71 – MegaBEN! | Guest Host Ben Diskin | Actor | Mega Man 11
November 05, 2018 13:00The Blue Bomber is here! That’s right – Ben Diskin – the voice of Mega Man – joins us to talk about Mega Man 11 and his legendary career. Nintendo unleashes a Final Smash…Direct (see what we did there) that manages to both excite and confuse the heck out us. And FINALLY, The Hype Zones…
Nintendo Duel Screens 70 – The Man Behind the Mask | Nate Schmold | Friday The 13th: Killer Puzzle
October 29, 2018 12:00He’s back!! The man behind the mask – Nate Schmold – makes his hotly anticipated return to NDSPodcast to talk about Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle – out now for the Switch!! Super Smash Bros. gets leaked as EFF, and we have a Hype Zone proves there is no God. All this and more on…
Duel Screens – Bonus Stage 0-4 – “Cool Greg” Gettys & The 90’s Cartoons Smackdown
October 26, 2018 12:00We are thrilled to be joined by “Cool Greg” Getty’s of Kinda Funny to talk about our favorite 90’s cartoons. Surprisingly, there are WAY too many good ones, but we do our best to crown one network the King of the 90’s Cartoons. Plus we answer tons of questions from Kinda Funny Best Friends and…
Nintendo Duel Screens 69 – Super Mario Party Review
October 22, 2018 12:00WE REVIEW A GAME! Remember when we used to do that…cause we sure as hell don’t. We got updates on some of our most hotly anticipated games of 2019. Nintendo explains why Pokemon Rivals are no longer jerks. And lastly, Ubisoft is really, REALLY eager to make use of Nintendo’s IPs… All this and more…
Nintendo Duel Screens 68 – The Hyper Funk Zone | Special Guest Greg Johnson | ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove
October 15, 2018 12:00We get our groove on as Greg Johnson, co-creator of ToeJam & Earl, takes us on funk-a-delic journey nearly 30 years in the making. Nintendo’s latest mobile game is already making big bucks…surprisingly. And finally, The Hype Zone leaves us with egg on our faces… Nintendo Duel Screens is officially on Patreon! With as…
Nintendo Duel Screens 67 – The Switch 2.0 Cometh
October 08, 2018 12:00Is Nintendo planning a Switch 2.0? Andy & Steve go over the latest rumors and discuss what we would like to see in a potential Switch upgrade. Also, a bunch of our favorite indie games get a ton of updates (see – it really does pay to be a guest on our show). And finally,…
Nintendo Duel Screens 66 – Lewd Awakening | Mikael Forslind & Kevin Andersson | Elden Pixels | Alwa’s Awakening
October 01, 2018 12:00We are super excited to have Mikael Forslind and Kevin Andersson of Elden Pixels, developers of Alwa’s Awakening. Alwa’s Awakening just released on Switch and the boys are gushing with nostalgic love. The crew talks about the 400lbs gorilla…erm…turtle dinosaur in the room, Nintendo tossing the ban hammer around all willy nilly and of course…