Welcome to Nintendo Voice Chat! This week, Casey DeFreitas is joined by Brian Altano, Seth Macy, and Brendan Graeber to talk about the fifth anniversary of the Splatoon franchise. The crew shares their favorite parts about Nintendo's ink-splattering franchise, and looks ahead to what the series could do next. Then, stick around for conversations about Minecraft Dungeons and Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition. Plus, hear about all of the 2K games launching on Switch this week, and more. Finally, we'll wrap things up with another round of Question Block!

Timecodes:

• 00:00:00 Welcome!
• 00:01:15 Splatoon's 5th anniversary discussion
• 00:16:47 News: BlizzCon cancelled, Dead Cells update, and more
• 00:25:45 Games out this week
• 00:41:53 What we're playing
• 00:47:00 Question Block!

Games out this week:

• Minecraft Dungeons - 5/26, $20
• Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition - 5/29, $60
• XCOM 2 Collection - 5/29, $50
• BioShock: The Collection - 5/29, $50
• Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition - 5/29, $30
• Borderlands: The Handsome Collection - 5/29, $40
• Borderlands Legendary Collection - 5/29. $50
• Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling - 5/28, $25
• Shantae and the Seven Sirens - 5/28, $30
• Atomicrops - 5/28, $15
• Turmoil - 5/28, $15

Games we're playing:

• Brian: Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Seth: Minecraft Dungeons
• Brendan: Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Maneater

Welcome to Nintendo Voice Chat! This week, the NVC crew is here to discuss new information for two upcoming Switch games. Hear new details about Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition, and the panel's thoughts on the latest trailer for Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics. Before all of that, hear a discussion about if limited time events in games are fun or stressful. Finally, hear another round of your listener questions on Question Block.

Timecodes:

• 00:00:00 Welcome!
• 00:01:00 Are limited time events in games fun or stressful?
• 00:16:00 More info on Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
• 00:21:20 More news: Clubhouse Games, and more!
• 00:30:50 Games out this week
• 00:42:34 What we're playing
• 00:49:52 Question Block!

Games out this week

• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix - 5/15, $39
• The Wonderful 101 Remastered - 5/19, $40
• Golf With Your Friends - 5/19, $20
• What the Golf? - 5/21, $20
• realMyst: Masterpiece Edition - 5/21, $20
• Monster Prom: XXL - 5/21, $16

What we're playing:

• Casey: DDR
• Peer: Travel Mosaics 3, Golf With Your Friends
• Zach: Indivisible
• Tom: Golf With Your Friends

The NVC crew assembles for a short, standalone episode to discuss the surprise announcement of Paper Mario: The Origami King.

Welcooome to Nintendo Voice Chat! This week, Casey DeFreitas is joined by Tom Marks, Seth Macy, and Janet Garcia to discuss the last week of Nintendo news. First, the crew discusses Joy-Con drift, and why it's still a huge problem three years after the Switch's launch. Then, hear the panel's thoughts on Retro's cancelled Mario and Zelda spinoffs, the new Harvest Moon game recently announced for Switch, and more. Finally, it's your listener questions answered on another installment of Question Block.

Timecodes:

• 00:00:00 Welcome!
• 00:01:24 Joy-Con drift is still a huge problem
• 00:23:07 Retro's cancelled Nintendo spinoffs
• 00:28:06 More news!
• 00:33:14 Games out this week
• 00:38:06 What we're playing
• 00:48:57 Question Block!

Games out this week:

• Jet Lancer - 5/12, $15
• Huntdown - 5/12, $20
• Super Mega Baseball 3 - 5/13, $45
• Ion Fury - 5/14, $25
• Dungeon of the Endless - 5/15, $16

What we're playing:

• Tom: Jet Lancer, The Wonderful 101
• Seth: Picross S4
• Janet: Animal Crossing, Ring Fit Adventure, Picross S3, Bioshock

Welcome to Nintendo Voice Chat! This week, the NVC crew discusses EA's plan to release more games on the Nintendo Switch. Plus, hear about a recent fan-made Animal Crossing Direct, Nintendo reportedly postponing its June Direct, EVO's cancellation, and more. Then, after hearing what the panel has been playing this week, stick around to hear your questions answered on another installment of Question Block.

Timecodes: 

• 00:00:00 Welcome!
• 00:00:40 More EA games coming to Switch
• 00:14:04 The fan-made Animal Crossing Direct
• 00:19:40 Nintendo is reportedly delaying its June Direct
• 00:30:30 Games out this week
• 00:33:50 What we're playing
• 00:46:40 Question Block!

Games out this week:

• Lonely Mountains: Downhill - 5/7, $20
• Void Bastards - 5/7, $30
• SuperMash - 5/8, $20

What we're playing:

• Peer: Picross S4, Cooking Mama: Cookstar, Good Job
• Brian: Moving Out, Streets of Rage 4
• Tom: Animal Crossing