Nintendo Shack 361 - No Gold For You

This week, Donnie, Rebecca, and Delvin dive into Nintendo’s latest shake-up: Gold Points are going away. Starting March 25, 2025, players will no longer earn Gold Points from purchases, and Switch Game Vouchers won’t apply to Switch 2 titles. What does this mean for digital rewards and eShop discounts? The crew breaks it down.Meanwhile, Pokémon Go developer Niantic is reportedly in talks to sell its gaming business to Saudi-owned Scopely for $3.5 billion. HAL Laboratory celebrates its 45th anniversary, and Hello Kitty Island Adventure tops the eShop charts for February. Plus, a LEGO Game Boy set leaks, Pokémon Presents is officially set for February 27, and rumors swirl about a Super Mario Bros. Wonder Switch OLED bundle.In listener questions, the Shack crew discusses Pokémon Day predictions, the future of Metroid: Other M, Switch 2 storage solutions, and—most importantly—whether Nintendo’s next-gen cartridges will still taste awful.PSVG Everything in one link:⁠psvg.taplink.ws