Who is Emio? Why is Ethan? What has Tylor been doing in a helicopter? Which caves has Ethan been frolicking in? Why is Smark revisiting The Lands Between?

All this and much, much, much, much, MUCH more. Much.

Hidden within:

• Nintendo horror games

• Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble

• Luigi's Mansion 2 HD

• Tales of the Shire

• Nintendo naming conventions, or lack of them

• Elden Ring and what Nintendo DLC we'd like in it

• Skyrim

• Breath of the Wild

• TMNT Shredder's Revenge/Unleashed/Splintered Fate

• Antonblast

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Alternate titles:

• Hitting that longbottom leaf

• They'll pull off his head and it'll be Wario

• FOMO got the better of me

• Oozing swamp of death

• Slapping a fish

• Hanging out the side of a Royal Navy helicopter

• Get a couple of whacks in

• I'm still skinning cats in the proverbial sense

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With kisses and squeezes to:

Ben Congalton, for 'NX Theme'.

Daniel Ward, for 'Mario or Smario Theme' and NX art.

With Ethan summering in The Lakes, we've managed to corral famous podcasting duo and mountain wannabes 'Ben Lewis' for this special NX breakdown on the June Nintendo Direct. Opinions, takes, thoughts, moisturising regimens; it's all here. Enjoy. Or don't. But thanks for taking part.

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With hugs and cheeky pinches to:

Ben Congalton, for 'NX Theme'.

Daniel Ward, for 'Mario or Smario Theme' and our podcast logo design.

It's May 2024 and so of course we're chatting all things Skyrim and Wii Sports. But we do make room for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the Great Deku Tree (now in LEGO), our June Direct predictions, and Mario or Smario. Plus, we play a new game: Guess which part of London Ethan is describing... (let us know if you'd like this to become a regular segment...).

Games discussed:

• Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
• Wii Sports
• Skyrim
• Telltale's Game of Thrones
• Tails Of Iron
• The Curse Of The Golden Idol
• Super Mario Land

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Alternate titles for this episode:

• I Have Got Two Leg Straps
• Flagons, Wenches and the Like
• A Link for the Two of You
• Not Stews of Koroks
• A Penchant for Local Meaderies
• I Can’t Imagine That Golf Was Not Available

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With thanks and kisses to:

Ben Congalton, for 'NX Theme'.

Daniel Ward, for 'Mario or Smario Theme' and our podcast logo design.

In which Smark tries to use the Jedi mind-trick on Ethan to find out why in Kenobi's name anyone would choose, in 2024, to rewatch Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace. At least, that was the plan. It goes off the rails quickly. So, as per...

*Bintendo Chat episodes are bonus recordings made before or after the main show, and published on the alternate week to tide you over. No topic is off the table. You have been warned*

Smark, self-confessed 'Ant-head' Ethan, and special guesticle, Lewis*, merge via audio for all your Nintendo needs. Topics mangled include:

- Ant & Dec - which is who and who is which

- Fallout: New Vegas, F-Zero X, Extreme G, Disco Elysium, Super Impossible Road

- Behaving good or bad in RPGs

- "Switch Next Model" - a timeframe for a potential timeframe

- Nintendo year-end financials

- Nintendo World Championships: NES edition

- Switch and Twitter: The shocking breakup

- A game of Mario or Smario

*Lewis would like to sheepishly apologise for his dodgy audio, and the sounds of opening and closing his cupboard. The lad's rusty, okay.

Find out whose brother is an orc, why Ethan has been swapping Switching for Witching, and how many bodies it takes to make a problem (three); all with Tylor lurking like a silent ninja.

Indie World! New NSO games! Silksong? Don't be daft. We've got the lot on the world's most relaxed Nintendo podcast. Here's the full rundown:

- Why F-Zero X is the greatest racing game of all time by Smark Maultby.

- Why Pokemon Violet is quite shite by Tylor

- The unappreciated charms of Rainworld by Smark Maultby

- To rename or not rename in Chrono Trigger and other JRPGS by Tylor and Ethan

* Indie World? Is it a world, really?

* ⁠Mario or Smario by Tylor

Look. Every episode I try to inject some personality into these descriptions that nobody reads, but it's a bank holiday today, and quite frankly I can't be arsed. So instead, below is the exact message Smark sent me about this episode:

Games discussed - Dune 2 (not a game), Chrono Trigger, Mario vs DK, Metroid Prime HD, Vampire Survivors, Pokemon Violet

News/Topics - F-Zero is it shite?

Princess Peach review round-up

EShop Sale

Easter Gaming feature

Mario or Smario