Episode 227: Fresh Out The Oven

We share impressions of the elusive Cooking Mama: Cookstar and updates galore with Super Mario Maker 2, Animal Crossing, and more. Plus, Switch sales and Smash Bros. spinoff potential.

Just because it’s fresh from the oven doesn’t mean it isn’t half-baked. In this episode of the Random Nintendo Podcast, we cut through the legal controversies for our impressions of the elusive Cooking Mama: Cookstar. We also check out the onslaught of game updates Nintendo surprised us with this past week, including Worlds in Super Mario Maker 2, the expanded event calendar of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and the resurgence of Splatoon 2 and our take on the Octo Expansion DLC. Plus, we discuss why now is the right time for all these updates, Travis Scott’s wild Fortnite appearance, Switch sales, and what a Smash Bros. spinoff game could look like. 

Have you gotten hold of Cooking Mama? Enjoying Mario Maker’s new Worlds? Let us know your thoughts in the comments. If you enjoyed the show, be sure to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play Music, YouTube, or your favorite podcast app. You can also follow us on Twitter @RandomNintendo. 

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 to make it easy to locate the segments that most interest you. Enjoy!

News

[0:03] Free Final Update to Super Mario Maker 2 Adds World-Building Mode and New Course Parts (Nintendo.com)
[0;20] Animal Crossing: New Horizons: How To Buy and Sell Turnips – Make Millions Of Bells The Easy Way (Nintendo Life)
[0:23] Getty now has an Animal Crossing: New Horizons art generator (The Verge)
[0:27] Animal Crossing: New Horizons fans are using the game for Tinder dates (Polygon)
[0:29] Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update Brings Redd The Art Dealer, Leif, Nature Day, And Museum Expansion (GameSpot)
[0:38] March 2020 NPD: Animal Crossing powers March to blockbuster game sales (VentureBeat)
[1:01] Animal Crossing: New Horizons has sold 5 million digitally – SuperData (VG247)
[1:04] More than 12 million people attended Travis Scott’s Fortnite concert (The Verge)
[1:12] Splatoon 2 Is Getting A Free Demo And Its First Splatfest In Nearly A Year (GameSpot)
1[:20] Cooking Mama Series Owner And Cookstar Publisher Issue Statements On New Game (Nintendo World Report)
[1:34] Nintendo Switch Firmware Update 10.0 Adds Button Remapping (Digital Trends)
[1:40] A new Switch with dual screens is hiding in the console’s latest firmware (Input)
[1:44] Genki tries to crack portable Switch docks with its new Covert Dock (The Verge)

Games

[0:03] Super Mario Maker 2 (Official Site)
[0:20] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Official Site)
[0:40] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Official Site)
[1:04] Fortnite (Official Site)
[1:12] Splatoon 2 (Official Site)
[1:20] Cooking Mama: Cookstar (Official Site)
[1:49] Overwatch (Official Site)
[1:58] Ding Dong XL (Nintendo.com Game Page)