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The Kit & Krysta Podcast

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  • The Kit & Krysta Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted by Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang, who previously worked for Nintendo of America for over 10 years each and hosted the hit web show Nintendo Minute. Join us every Thursday for insider behind the scenes stories about what it's like to work for Nintendo, our analysis of breaking news from around the industry and lively discussion of all the great games we've been playing.
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  • 117: We Worked on the Playboy Video Game and Visited the Playboy Mansion

    117: We Worked on the Playboy Video Game and Visited the Playboy Mansion
    May 9 2024
    Thank you to Notion for sponsoring this video. Visit http://notion.com/kitandkrysta to support this podcast!

    Our limited edition merch is available until the end of June. Get it before it's gone http://pixelempire.com/kitandkrysta
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    Hello and welcome to episode 117 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! This week we're telling you a wild and crazy story about the time Kit worked on the Playboy video game, how he ended up at the Playboy Mansion and on an autograph tour with a Playboy Bunny. Wow! In our Never A Minute segment, we're playing a fun game and building our perfect Switch 2 launch year line-up. We made a whole separate video about the Switch 2 news so in this podcast, we're talking about some other things like Nintendo's ESRB leak around the Nintendo World Championship game and all that drama around Helldivers 2. We still playing a lot of new indie games and we've started our playthrough of Metal Gear Solid for our May spoilercast. We wrap everything up questions from our wonderful Patreon subscribers.

    0:00 - Let's bunny hop to it!
    11:20 - Kit's wild and crazy adventures working on the Playboy video game
    49:52 - Never A Minute - You have $15 to build your perfect Switch 2 launch year line-up
    1:06:24 - Games we are playing
    1:34:42 - News news news
    1:57:39 - Questions from our Patreon community

    Patreon shout-outs!
    - All Hail the Final Boss - Aaron Hash
    - Thank you Superstars - Ben Eichhorn, MaruMayhem, Eigenverse, KissMyFlapjack, Mike Chin, Roy Eschke, Switchingitup_, vgmlife, Link The Hero of Winds, Angela Bycroft, Thomas O’Rourke, Kyle LeBoeuf, Roberto Nieves, Fredrik Ulf Konradsson, Andrew Youhas, Chilly, Brustache

    Follow Us!
    https://www.patreon.com/kitandkrysta
    https://twitter.com/kitandkrysta
    https://www.tiktok.com/@kitandkrysta
    https://www.instagram.com/kitandkrysta/
    http://www.facebook.com/kitandkrysta/

    -Kit & Krysta
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    2 hrs and 20 mins
  • 116: This Advice from Satoru Iwata Changed Our Lives

    116: This Advice from Satoru Iwata Changed Our Lives
    May 2 2024
    Thank you to Squarespace for sponsoring this episode. Visit http://www.squarespace.com/KitKrysta and get 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code KITKRYSTA
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    Hello and welcome to episode 116 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! Today, we'll be sharing with you a fond memory we both have of Satoru Iwata. We were so lucky to have worked under Mr. Iwata when we were at Nintendo and it might surprise you how often we got to see Mr. Iwata. He was consistently in our office and we spent a lot of time one-on-one with him. One of the many wonderful things about Mr. Iwata was he would not only talk to us about the Nintendo business but he would often share with us his own life philosophies. We learned so much from him and we still hold his lessons near and dear to our hearts to this day. Also in this episode, we react to the latest round of Switch 2 rumors and we share our impressions of the latest round of indie games that have come out on Nintendo Switch. We wrap it all up with some great questions from our Patreon subscribers. All this and much more is coming right up!

    0:00 - May Spoilercast revealed!
    15:41 - The most important advice Mr. Iwata ever gave us
    35:42 - Drafting our dream Nintendo 64 games into NSO
    49:48 - Games we are playing (Another Crab's Treasure, Surmount, Eiyuiden Chronicle, Wario Land 4)
    1:14:04 - News news news (Switch 2 rumors, Paper Mario TTYD framerate, no Blizzcon in 2024)
    1:33:20 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers

    Patreon shout-outs!
    - All Hail the Final Boss - Aaron Hash
    - Thank you Superstars - Ben Eichhorn, MaruMayhem, Eigenverse, KissMyFlapjack, Mike Chin, Roy Eschke, Switchingitup_, vgmlife, Link The Hero of Winds, Angela Bycroft, Thomas O’Rourke, Kyle LeBoeuf, Roberto Nieves, Fredrik Ulf Konradsson, Andrew Youhas, Chilly, Brustache

    Follow Us!
    https://www.patreon.com/kitandkrysta
    https://twitter.com/kitandkrysta
    https://www.tiktok.com/@kitandkrysta
    https://www.instagram.com/kitandkrysta/
    http://www.facebook.com/kitandkrysta/

    -Kit & Krysta
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    2 hrs and 3 mins
  • 115: Nintendo VS Emulation - What Happens Next?

    115: Nintendo VS Emulation - What Happens Next?
    Apr 25 2024
    Thank you to Square Space for sponsoring this episode. Visit http://www.squarespace.com/KitKrysta and get 10% off your purchase of a website or domain
    Thank you to the Kirby Conversations Podcast for sponsoring this episode. Give them a listen and enter for a chance to win a Nintendo Switch Shopping spree here: https://gleam.io/HFrXY/win-a-500-nintendo-switch-shopping-spree
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    Hi and welcome to episode 115 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! Today, we're diving into the topic of emulation and how Nintendo is handling the new Delta emulation app on the Apple App Store. Delta coming to Apple has changed the conversation around emulation a bit since it's made it feel more mainstream and accessible - something Nintendo is not going to be happy about, but what can they actually do about it? Let's dig into this topic! Also in this episode, we have a special guest joining us, Stealth40K who is a prominent member of the Nintendo fan community. We chat with Stealth about the state of Nintendo's relationship with fans and what they can do better as Nintendo prepares for the launch of Switch 2. We've played A TON of indie games this week after the Indie Game Showcase and we tell you all about the ones we loved in the games we're playing segment. We wrap it all up with questions from our wonderful Patreon community. All this and more is coming right up!

    0:00 - It's go time!
    15:19 - Nintendo vs Emulation... is it a losing battle?
    53:08 - Special guest Stealth40K
    1:29:13 - Games we are playing - new indie games
    1:47:26 - Our new merch!
    1:50:11 - Questions from our Patreon community

    Check out our NEW merch shop at https://www.pixelempire.com/Kit-Krysta - our new limited edition "icons" lineup will be available through the end of June!

    Patreon shout-outs!
    - All Hail the Final Boss - Aaron Hash
    - Thank you Superstars - Ben Eichhorn, MaruMayhem, Eigenverse, KissMyFlapjack, Mike Chin, Roy Eschke, Switchingitup_, vgmlife, Link The Hero of Winds, Angela Bycroft, Thomas O’Rourke, Kyle LeBoeuf, Roberto Nieves, Fredrik Ulf Konradsson, Andrew Youhas, Chilly, Brustache

    Follow Us!
    https://www.patreon.com/kitandkrysta
    https://twitter.com/kitandkrysta
    https://www.tiktok.com/@kitandkrysta
    https://www.instagram.com/kitandkrysta/
    http://www.facebook.com/kitandkrysta/

    -Kit & Krysta
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    2 hrs and 19 mins
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Running out of material

I was a huge fan of Kit & Krysta in Nintendo Minute and was really excited when I heard they were starting their own podcast! Sadly, the show just doesn't seem to have staying power.

The first month or so was great, with them sharing a lot of interesting, behind the scenes info about working at Nintendo, but after that initial release, the show quickly went downhill. Most episodes now are extremely generic, focusing mainly on random lists/activities that are a dime a dozen from amateur content creators on YouTube.

Worst of all now though, is lately the show is full of non-stop plugging! Every episode starts with them asking for more Patreon subscribers, to the point they're now begging people to pay for them to take a vacation in Japan. Reminders about Patreon occur multiple times per episode and it's horror really uncomfortable. On top of this, they now also have sponsored ads that very abruptly start playing out of nowhere, sometimes in the middle of a sentence!

I don't want to sound mean, because I used to be huge fans of theirs. But after almost a year of listening, the show is very disappointing and kind of awkward to listen to.

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