Episode 274: Legends Has It

We share impressions of Pokemon Legends: Arceus and break down the news from the latest Nintendo Direct and numbers from Nintendo's holiday quarter financials.

It wasn’t enough for Nintendo to release the first major shakeup of Pokemon in two decades. Nor their holiday quarter financials. Nor the first Nintendo Direct of 2022. No, they had to do all three, leaving us with one jam-packed episode of the Random Nintendo Podcast! We share impressions of Pokemon Legends: Arceus, dive into all the news of what’s now coming to Switch this spring and summer, and break down the financial report details that help explain the hows and whys of those decisions.

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As always, we’ve included links below for more on the many games and news discussed in this episode. Each link also lists a time stamp to easily find the segments that most interest you. Enjoy!

News

[0:23] Pokemon Legends Arceus Reaches 6.5 Million Players In One Week (GameSpot)
[0:31] The Nintendo Switch has now outsold the Wii (The Verge)
[0:32] Financial Results Explanatory Material: 3rd Quarter of Fiscal Year Ending March 2022 (Nintendo Investor Relations)
[0:35] January 2022 NPD: Pokémon tops the charts (VentureBeat)
[0:36 – 1:45] Nintendo Direct – 2.09.2022 (Nintendo.com)
[0:36] Mario Strikers: Battle League Coming To Nintendo Switch June 10 (Kotaku)
[0:47] Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes Announced for Nintendo Switch (IGN)
[0:53] ‘Nintendo Switch Sports’ brings bowling, tennis and more on April 29th (Engadget)
[1:04] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe to get 48 Remastered tracks before 2024 (Polygon)
[1:13] Fire Emblem Heroes Has Generated Nearly $1 Billion In Revenue After Five Years (Nintendo Life)
[1:16] Nine Months Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ending March 2022 – Q&A Summary (Nintendo Investor Relations)
[1:21] Hello Games on No Man’s Sky for Switch, been in the works for two years (Nintendo Everything)
[1:27] Kirby and the Forgotten Land will feature new abilities like ‘Mouthful Mode’ (Polygon)
[1:34] Splatoon 3 Trailer Teases New Salmon Run, Summer Release Date Window (GameSpot)
[1:40] Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series Comes To Switch In July (Game Informer)
[1:42] Portal: Companion Collection is coming to Nintendo Switch (VGC)

Games

[0:05] Pokemon Legends: Arceus (Official Site)
[0:36] Mario Strikers: Battle League (Nintendo.com Game Page)
[0:47] Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (Nintendo,com Game Page)
[0:53] Nintendo Switch Sports (Official Site)
[1:04] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Official Site)
[1:23] No Man’s Sky (Official Site)
[1:27] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Official Site)
[1:34] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo.com Game Page)
[1:40] Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series (Official Site)
[1:42] Portal: Companion Collection (Nintendo.com Game Page)