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NWR Connectivity
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NWR Connectivity is a weekly podcast that is focused on connecting the listeners to the going-ons at Nintendo World Report. It highlights key stories and features from the site while also pulling in a variety of staff members to talk about different topics, such as new releases and important news stories. This is your ticket into the minds behind Nintendo World Report, for better or worse.
Episodes
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Connectivity Cookie Catastrophe Nintendo Direct Reaction
After a fissure in space time opened in Chicago, multiple eras of Connectivity hosts were pulled together into an Air B and B. Then completely unrelated Nintendo decided to have a Nintendo Direct so we quickly and poorly recorded a podcast with whatever we had sitting around. Connectivity has...
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Episode 399: ReCore Connectivity Game Club
John Rairdin arrives with his pick for the Game Club and let's just say it doesn't go over quite as well as Outer Wilds did. Join us as we look back at what should have been an incredible spiritual sequel to Metroid Prime, but was instead a budget title developed in an afternoon. Connectivity has...
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Gamescom 2024 Special
John is joined by Willem Hilhorst fresh off his trip to Gamescom 2024. Willem shares a bit about his work in games preservation and a brief summary of Gamescom as a convention, before diving into everything he did while he was there. As a special treat this episode is also available in video form...
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Episode 398: The Outer Wilds - Connectivity Game Club
The NWR Connectivity Game Club returns with the cast each picking a game for the rest of the crew to play. Up first is The Outer Wilds as submitted by Melanie Zawodniak. We do our best to avoid spoilers for the first half of the episode, but we strongly recommend that if you have any interest in...
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Announcing the Connectivity Game Club
While John and Neal take a break from weekly Connectivity episodes, we've decided to pivot to a new format inspired by our popular Game Club episodes. Starting in July we'll be posting monthly (hopefully) episodes of a brand new Game Club. But this time, rather than basing games around a specific...
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Episode 397: Nintendo is Releasing Something This Fall
John and Neal return after a month off with a new, somehow even less structured, podcast format. Nintendo has announced release dates for all of their confirmed 2024 games and they cut off in June. Nintendo has something unanounced happening this fall. Could it be Metroid? Mario Party? Hyrule...
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Episode 396: Xbox Does Exactly What They Said They Would and Everyone is Scared
John and Neal provide the NWR podcast update on the Xbox Business Update. Ultimately it's pretty much all exactly in line with what Xbox (and John and Neal) have been saying they would do for the past decade. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date…
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Episode 395: The Best of Classic Literature on NES
A bit of listener mail sends John and Alex down a winding path of replaying games they've already finished. Alex is drawn in by the siren song of Earthbound. John decides to see if he can beat Star Fox Zero without motion controls (for science). Then the fellas turn their attention to listing off...
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Episode 394: Games Take a While to Make
Some listener mail leads us down a discussion of the development of Metroid Prime 4 before turning our attention to some recent Microsoft news (We recorded this before they laid off 1.9k staff). Finally Neal revisits a classic Pokemon game and John expresses his thoughts on the recent Palworld...
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Episode 393: Sell Me Your Games as NFTs Ubisoft
Alex joins John for a short episode as we enjoy the calm before the storm. 2024 gets off on the right foot with Prince of Persia. The NSO adds two games we hope we like as much as we remember. And finally Ace Combat is apparently making its way to Switch. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be…
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Episode 392: The Slightly Delayed Game of the Year Episode
Neal returns to join John for a countdown of the personal game of the year lists. But first, the fellas turn to some listener mail to discuss one of 2024's most mysterious upcoming games. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements....
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Episode 391: The Fallen Switch Timeline
We're back from our December break! Matt and Alex join John to discuss what they've been playing the past few weeks before diving into a ranking of Switch release schedules. Don't forget if you're an NWR Patreon supporter you have a bonus episode of NWR Connectivity available now! Connectivity…
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Episode 390: Words Mean Things Geoff
In this raw unedited episode, John and Neal give their predictions for the show that drives God ever further from His children, otherwise known as the Game Awards. But first, listener mail! Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any…
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Episode 389: A Game in the Life
NWR Reviews Editor, Jordan Rudek joins John and Neal to discuss his new book A Game in the Life. You can find store links where you can purchase A Game In The Life here. Next, Jordan and Neal dive deep into Super Mario RPG while John takes a nap. The boys wrap things up with a discussion of media...
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Episode 388: Neal's Trials in the Desert
Neal returns from a successful expedition to Super Nintendo World to give his impressions of Universal's Nintendo themed park. Afterwards John puts his claim of being able to separate art and artist to the test and visits the wizarding world (while flipping off its original creator) to discuss...
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Episode 387: Average Tuesday Night Zelda Announcement
Neal is lost in the desert and chaos has broken loose. Matt's talking about Fortnite, John is playing JRPGs, Link is a real boy, and Alex... well Alex played Shadow of the Colossus which is honestly pretty great. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to...
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Episode 386: The One Where We Talk About Super Mario Bros Wonder
The 2D Mario Game Club squad plus Alex assemble to to discuss the very good new Mario game. They of course also get distracted by other stuff. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We are wanting more listener participation…
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Episode 385: Super Sonicstars
Noted Sonic fan John Rairdin gives his initial impressions of Sonic Superstars. Surely this time he'll like Sonic. Meanwhile Microsoft completes their purchase of Activision, Blizzard, King, and most importantly, our hearts. Finally we round things off with some follow up thoughts on the New…
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Episode 384: The New Super Mario Quadrilogy
In the final part of our 2D Mario Game Club leading up to Super Mario Bros Wonder, we discuss the New Super Mario Bros series. And also for some reason Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate. Were these games good? How do they compare to the rest of the series? Can they inform our…
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Episode 383: Alex and Neal Embrace Their Inner Pupa
Neal and Alex enjoy what may be a surprise late contender for Game of the Year in Cocoon. John meanwhile has mostly been playing with his new thermostat which can likely run Doom. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We are...
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Episode 382: Sports Talk With John
We got a review copy of the new NOT FIFA game FC 24. John played it like the massive sports person that he is. Meanwhile Neal was playing things John is well known for not liking, such as F-Zero. It's a weird start to the episode. The fellas then turn to some listener mail and a quick discussion…
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Episode 381: We Recorded This Before Xbox Leaked Everything
John, Neal, and Alex gather at the beginning of what would surely be a normal and not exciting week. Neal gives his thoughts on the Nintendo Direct (having been busy listening to a wide assortment of brass instruments), and John finally has a chance to talk about Starfield. The gang also catches…
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Episode 380: Nintendo Announces Princess Peach... again
John and Alex react to the September 2023 Nintendo Direct. John tries to say nice things about Paper Mario. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We are wanting more listener participation, so feel free to ask questions, they...
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Episode 379: Super Mario Land, World, and Land 2
The gang returns to talk about Mario's arrival on the Super Nintendo, along with his two Game Boy titles. Has Super Mario World truely stood the test of time? And are the land games good or just delightfully weird. Find out in this episode of NWR Connectivity! Connectivity has joined Twitter, so…
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Episode 378: Sea of English Majors
Alex joins Neal and John to discuss the release of Sea of Stars and our incredibly positive opinions of it. Even John played it... for a few minutes. Alex then touches on his review of Bombrush Cyberfunk before we turn to a small backlog of listener mail. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be…
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Episode 377: Neal Embraces His Inner Sad Dad
John and Neal reunite after a series of scheduling issues. Without John's weekly guidence we find that Neal has been led astray by the temptations of the world and purchased a Playstation 5. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any...
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Episode 376: The Alex and John D and D Show
John and Alex recently discovered that they were both playing Baldur's Gate 3. They both really like it. Like game of the year level of like it. So in this episode they talk about it a bunch. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any...
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Episode 375: 2D Mario Game Club - The NES Era
Matt joins John and Neal to talk through the titles that redefined console gaming. How has the original Super Mario Bros. aged? What's the best version of Mario 2? Can anyone think of anything bad to say about Mario 3? And is anyone even watching Marvel Secret Invasion? Connectivity has joined...
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Episode 374: Fireside Chat by the Burning Pikmin
John is yet again lost in space so Neal is joined by returning editor Alex de Freitas for a chill chat about Pikmin and the new Pikmin 4 demo as well as an obligatory check-in with Tears of the Kingdom. Then the duo round out the show with a fun piece of listener mail. Connectivity has joined...
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Episode 373: A Festival of One or More Games
NWR's Summer Game(s) Fest team of Alex Orona and Joel DeWitte join John to discuss our first in-person experience with not E3. But before that we hear Joel's thoughts on Tears of the Kingdom and Alex's expiriences with Final Fantasy XVI on something called a Playstation 5. This episode is brought...
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Episode 372: The Fall and Rise of the June Direct
In this unedited raw episode John and Neal sit down to talk through yesterday's Nintendo Direct. It got off to an oddly slow start before suddenly picking up speed 10 minutes in. Who's making Mario RPG? Should we be worried by vague 2024 announcements? What do Mario's staunchly stated republican...
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Episode 371: Summer Extended Direct Showcase of Games 2023
Now that there is no centralized event, it's kind of weird that we all (except Nintendo) just hold press conferences in the same week in June. Anyway, they were largely pretty good! Except for Geoff's. Geoff's was boring. This episode is brought to you in part by Wongo Puzzles. Use our special…
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Episode 370: Only 2,190 Days Until the Next Zelda
Pikmin 4 is just around the corner and perhaps so is a Pikmin 4 Direct. John and Neal discuss the possibilities of the next Nintendo Direct before turning their attention to the sustainability of 6-year development times on The Legend of Zelda. The boys then turn their attention to what they've...
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Episode 369: Matt Brings News of the Pocket Monsters
Answering the call of his ancestral people, Neal returns to the mountains to undergo the sacred trials. Meanwhile, John asked Alex and Matt if they want to talk about video games. Matt has been watching new episodes of Pokémon that haven't even made it to the west yet, and everyone has been…
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Episode 368: Happy Thoughts on a Tearful Kingdom
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is out and we've been playing it non-stop. But before we get to our initial thoughts on Link's latest adventure, we answer some listener mail regarding Xbox and the Playdate. This episode is brought to you in part by Wongo Puzzles. Use our special link...
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Episode 367: Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeem Spoilercast
In a desperate attempt to keep the backlog under control, John, Neal, and Alex flew through Xenoblade 3's Future Redeemed DLC. We start with some general (mostly spoiler-free) discussion of gameplay before diving into what the ending of Future Redeemed means for the rest of the series.…
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Episode 366: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The 3D Zelda game club finally draws to a close (until next week). The panel is joined by special guest Lauren Ronaghan to discuss the game's place in history, its design, and its accessibility to a new group of fans. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up...
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Episode 365: Good Vibes of the Kingdom
Steve Bowling of Good Vibes Gaming fame joins John and Neal to discuss his recent preview of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Don't forget to check out Steve's full preview. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We...
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Episode 364: N64 Games for REAL Fans
When you think about the Nintendo 64 you probably think about Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, and Star Fox 64 but those weren't the only games we were playing in the back half of the 90's. John and Neal explore the often-ignored world of third-party Nintendo 64 games. Contrary to popular opinion there...
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Episode 363: The Greatest Seven Days In Video Game Movie History
John and Neal stumble into the podcast, covered in popcorn crumbs and ready to talk about movies. We hold off on the Mario spoilers until the end of the episode so join us for a discussion of the new animated film along with the car-chase filled Tetris movie. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so…
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Episode 362: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword - Game Club
The gang assembles to discuss the controversial title, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Is this the peak of what Link to the Past started? A dissaster that necessitated the soft reboot into Breath of the Wild? Some other sithian absolute? Find out in this episode of the 3D Zelda Game Club and...
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Episode 361: Xenologue Chronicles
With Neal out this week, Matt Zawodniak joins John to talk about some not-so-recent releases, Fire Emblem DLC both old and new, and The Last of Us (a show neither of them actually watched). Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any…
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Episode 360: Remaster Waialae Country Club: True Golf Classics You Cowards!
John and Neal take to listener mail once again to dig into the possibility of a major Gamecube Remaster. Keeping on that topic, the fellas explore their most desired remake from Nintendo 64 and Nintendo DS. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on...
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Episode 359: Here's the Mail
After spending most of February on very specifically themed episodes, we've built up quite a bit of listener mail. Alex joins John and Neal to answer your burning questions about the eShop, Gamecube remasters, and so much more! Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow…
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Episode 358: The Star Fox 30th Anniversary Episode
Fresh off the release of A Legacy in 3D: The Story of Star Fox, John and Neal sit down to discuss the understated importance of Star Fox to Nintendo as we know it. They quickly get sidetracked with Metroid Prime Remastered but its mostly about Star Fox! Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure...
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Episode 357: The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess
Special guest Super DQP joins the panel to discuss the edgiest of 3D Zeldas. Does Twilight Princess find its own identity or is it merely Ocarina of Time again? Does the HD version improve things? Could the dungeons possibly be the best in the series? Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure…
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Episode 356: Somehow Samus Returned
NWR News Editor Donald Theriault joins John and Neal to discuss what just might be one of the best Nintendo Directs... ever. Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We are wanting more listener participation, so feel free to…
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Episode 355: The Last Big Hitter
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is set to be the very last "big hitter" for Nintendo this year. Assuming of course you very specifically define "big hitter" as something that isn't Kirby, Metroid, Xenoblade, F-Zero, Star Fox, most Zelda games, Mario sports games, Donkey Kong, Fire…
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Episode 354: The Rush of Engaging in Horse Racing
Alex joins John and Neal for a new release focused episode. From Nintendo icons like Pocket Card Jockey and Fire Emblem, to a brand-new Xbox exclusive in Hi-Fi Rush, there are a lot of great games to talk about. But first, we take a look at the state of Amiibo. Do these small plastic folks still...
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Episode 353: Video Games In And Out Of Jeopardy
Zach joins John and Neal for a fund round of Jeopardy (Play along at home and let us know how you did). But first the gang covers recent news out of both Ubisoft and Microsoft. Is the situation as dire as it seems? Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to...
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NWR Connectivity is a weekly podcast that is focused on connecting the listeners to the going-ons at Nintendo World Report. It highlights key stories and features from the site while also pulling in a variety of staff members to talk about different topics, such as new releases and important news stories. This is your ticket into the minds behind Nintendo World Report, for better or worse.
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