Nintendo Cartridge Society

Pokemon Sun and Moon is out and Patrick and Mark share their impressions of the early hours of the game. Next, they ride the Highway to the Rumor Zone to discuss the Switch launch line-up rumors. The show rounds out with a visit from the ghost of Hiroshi Yamauchi compelling your hosts to come up with a list of 30(ish) games for a hypothetical NES Classic Edition 2.

Patrick and Mark discuss the NES Classic Edition, Switch Rumors and the My Nintendo Holiday Sweepstakes Give-Away, before digging into Nintendo’s chronic problem with hardware scarcity (or at least the perception thereof). Later, a listener question prompts a discussion of game compilations.

Patrick and Mark discuss the additions to Animal Crossing New Leaf, and (don’t worry) sneak in some Pokemon-related news, before relaying their experiences with the first 15 years of Nintendo hardware. Afterward, a reader-listener (listener-reader?) question prompts a serious discussion of Nintendo’s consistently conservative views on social issues.

Patrick and Mark discuss Pokemon preorders, Nintendo Karen and the new (handheld) Mario Party. Later, they’re joined by comedian / chemical engineer Fadl Saadi to discuss the 2001 classic Luigi’s Mansion and answer the age-old question: What Would Luigi Do?

After discussing the Pokemon Sun and Moon demo, Patrick and Mark launch an all out conversational offensive on the reveal of the Nintendo Switch.

Patrick and Mark discuss Indie Games on Nintendo, Pokemon, Paper Mario Color Splash, Animal Crossing New Leaf, Severed before digging deep on The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Plus, they make up their own Nintendo mash-up franchise and ask whether NES games were harder than the games we play now.

On the first episode of Nintendo Cartridge Society, Patrick and Mark discuss the Famicom Classic Edition, Pokémon news, and declare a moratorium on NX rumors. Plus, they lay out their reasons for loving Nintendo as they do, their vision for the future of the Metroid series.