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66: Is Tears of the Kingdom Meeting Our Expectations? May 18, 2023

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Hello and welcome to episode 66 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! Today we're shuffling a few things around so we can really dive into our initial impressions of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. We're excited to share our thoughts playing through the initial parts of the game and see if it's meeting our expectations. Also in this episode, we dig into Nintendo's latest financials, talk about our feelings with the Nintendo Power Podcast ending and answer questions from our wonderful Patreon community. Big SPOILER FREE Tears of the Kingdom impressions coming up right now!
0:00 - Let's skydive right in!
16:16 - Games we're playing - Tears of the Kingdom discussion
1:33:31 - News news news - Nintendo financials, Nintendo Power Podcast ending, Game Freak's new game
1:48:10 - Questions from our Patreon community
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65: What’s Next for Nintendo After Tears of the Kingdom May 11, 2023

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Hello and welcome to episode 65 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast. Zelda Week is in full swing and we are mere hours away from the launch of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Are you excited? We are very relieved that this game is finally coming out. We have a Hinox sized episode filled with Zelda goodness. In a very special Nintendo Storytime, we finally tell part 3 of our Mr. Aonuma story but we're joined by a special guest. Rob Tunstall worked on the Localization team at Nintendo and we worked really close together on all things Zelda at Nintendo. In our Never A Minute segment, we keep the good vibes going and share our top 3 favorite Zelda moments. We have a handful of games we've been playing that we talk about before we transition fully to Tears of the Kingdom come next week. We also have a pretty big news section where we talk about Zelda leaks, the recent Nintendo Live updates and if we think there will be a Nintendo Direct in June. We wrap it all up with questions from our amazing Patreon family. Open your eyes...and ears and let's get to it.
0:00 - Hours to go until Tears of the Kingdom!!
10:25 - Nintendo Storytime with special guest who worked on the localization team at Nintendo
47:24 - Our Top 3 Zelda moments
1:10:24 - What happens at Nintendo AFTER Tears of the Kingdom launches
1:26:14 - Games we are playing
1:40:46 - News News News (Zelda Leaks, Nintendo Live Updates, June Nintendo Direct predictions)
2:02:52 - Questions from our Patreon family
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64: Countdown to Tears of the Kingdom - Our Final Thoughts May 04, 2023

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Hi and welcome to episode 64 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast. This week we're sharing our final thoughts about The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom with you since we're about a week away from launch. Did Nintendo do enough to market this game? What needs to be in the game for it to be game of the year? And we talk about our final expectations. Also in this episode, we tell you a story about a time when Krysta messed up big time in front of Mr. Aonuma working on the launch of A Link Between Worlds. Oops! We continue our Zelda game rankings from last week this time sharing number 5 - 10. In the games we're playing segment, we share with you our thoughts after getting a chance to play Street Fighter 6 early. We wrap up with news and questions from our Patreon subscribers. All this and more is coming right up!
0:00 - Let the Tears of the Kingdom countdown BEGIN
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13:20 - Nintendo Storytime - the time one of us really messed up in front of Mr. Aonuma
26:28 - Our Zelda game rankings number 5 - 10
46:04 - Tears of the Kingdom final thoughts discussion
1:08:33 - Games we are playing
1:31:45 - News news news
1:48:36 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers
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63: Nintendo has Peaked...What Happens Next? Apr 27, 2023

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Hello and welcome to episode 63 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! We have a huge episode today with a ton of goodness so let's get into it. We're going to be talking about Nintendo and if they are at the tippy top of the company's long history right in this moment. With The Super Mario Bros Movie about to make a billion dollars, the Nintendo Switch having an extended life and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom about to launch, this might be the peak for Nintendo. But as they say, when you get to the top of the top there's no where left to go but down. Can Nintendo keep this momentum or will there be some sort of inevitable crash? In our Nintendo Storytime, we'll be tell you a story about The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks and how the launch of it well... went off the tracks (sorry we couldn't help ourselves). We'll have Zelda themed storytimes from now until Tears of the Kingdom launches so we hope you'll look forward to that! We continue with the Zelda theme in our Never a Minute segment and tell you our current top 5 Zelda games. We go through a lot of news and wrap with questions from our wonderful Patreon subscribers. It's a long one people so get nice and settled.
0:00 - We begin at the beginning
17:24 - Nintendo Storytime - when Spirit Tracks went off the tracks
32:20 - Our current Top 5 Zelda games
1:00:16 - Games we are playing
1:27:29 - News news news
1:28:34 - Has Nintendo peaked? What's next?
1:58:50 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers
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62: Honest Feelings about the Zelda Mod Situation Apr 20, 2023

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Hi and welcome to episode 62 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast. This week we wanted to talk a bit about this situation with Nintendo and creators who make Zelda mods. We share some of our opinions and give you some insight into what Nintendo thinks about when they do things like this. We've also been thinking a lot about Tears of the Kingdom since we all watched (and loved) the final trailer. We talk about how we're currently feeling about the game and if we can just lock it in now for Game of the Year. We share a really fun storytime about working on the Zelda 25th Anniversary Symphony and why it's one of our favorite memories of all time. This week we're skipping our "Never A Minute" segment because we have a MONSTER news section filled with tons of stuff to talk about. We wrap it all up with games we're playing and answering questions from our wonderful Patreon family. All this and more is coming up right now!
0:00 - Let's begin, shall we?
20:58 - Nintendo Storytime - Working on the Zelda 25th Anniversary Symphony
42:44 - Games we are playing
1:01:22 - News news news
1:19:08 - Nintendo VS Creators who make mods
1:47:17 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers
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61: Iwata's Impact on the Mario Movie, On the Road w/ Miyamoto, Game of the Year Check-In Apr 13, 2023

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Hello and welcome to episode 61 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast. Today we're going to be spotlighting one of our favorite people of all time, Mr. Iwata. We'll tell you why The Super Mario Bros. Movie is actually the culmination of Mr. Iwata's vision for Nintendo that he was championing over 10 years ago. We miss him so much and we're grateful to have known him. We know that seeing the success of the Mario Movie would have made him proud. Also in this episode, we tell you a really fun story about Mr. Miyamoto and his favorite food. It's the end of the first quarter of 2023 so we do a little check in on the games we've played so far and if there is a GOTY contender among them. One of us beat Resident Evil 4 Remake so we go into that in detail in the games we are playing segment. We dig into the news and answer some great questions from our wonderful Patreon subscribers. All this and more is coming up.
0:00 - Let's-a go
11:16 - Nintendo Storytime - Mr. Miyamoto loves In N Out (he has good taste)
24:22 - Quarter year GOTY check in
39:14 - Games we are playing
56:18 - News news news + Mr. Iwata's vision discussion
1:23:46 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers
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60: Mario Movie Premiere Stories, RIP E3, (Finally) Some Respect for Sonic Apr 06, 2023

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Hi and welcome to episode 60 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! It's been a very exciting few days because we were invited to The Super Mario Bros. Movie world premiere. Can you believe it? This is the first Nintendo event we've attended since we've left the company and we knew there would be some very important Nintendo people there. That made us a little bit nervous because we weren't sure how those interactions would go. Not to bury the lede but we did have a mini reunion with Mr. Miyamoto and we'll tell you all about how that went in the episode. We're in the Mario movie spirit so for our Never A Minute segment we're doing our very fun and scientific character bracket to determine who is the best character from the movie. We also talk about the games we're playing with some updates on both our progress in Resident Evil 4. We go through a handful of news and talk a bit more about the official cancellation of E3 and wrap it up with some questions from our wonderful Patreon community. It's jam-packed to in the words of Mario LET'S-A GO!
0:00 - 3-2-1 start!
10:10 - Reunited with Mr. Miyamoto at the Super Mario Bros. Movie Premiere... how did it go?
37:33 - Super Mario Bros. Movie character bracket
59:50 - Games we are playing
1:18:23 - News news news (E3 cancellation)
1:32:20 - Questions from our Patreon community
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie Review (NO MAJOR SPOILERS) Apr 04, 2023

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Hi, so we don't do video game reviews BUT apparently we do movie reviews. Welcome to a very special edition of the Kit & Krysta Podcast where we review The Super Mario Bros. Movie! We got a chance to see the movie early at the world premiere. If you haven't seen our vlog from the event, check it out now! We can't wait for you to see the movie and tell us what you think. Let us know in the comments below some of your favorite moments and easter eggs. As always, thanks for watching and we'll see you later!
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59: The Debate Around Tears of the Kingdom Marketing, The End of E3, Resident Evil 4 Impressions Mar 30, 2023

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Hello, and welcome to episode 59 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! We've had a busy week with the new game play from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom dropping. This got us thinking about the latest discussion around people being disappointed about not knowing much about this game and if that's going to hinder them from buying. We're here to call shenanigans on that! It seems like no matter what Nintendo does with the marketing of Tears of the Kingdom a huge percentage of people are going to buy this game regardless of what they are saying now. Maybe all this complaining is just for the sake of complaining? Also in this episode we tell you a story about a Nintendo event we know you've never heard about. Unfortunately, it was one of the worst events ever. We also have a really fun segment where we take all our big gaming questions to the AI robots (ChatGPT) and let them predict the future of video games. We go through the games we're playing and it's quite a long list since we started Resident Evil 4 and we were at GDC and saw a ton of stuff. We wrap up with a handful of news and a fistful of questions from our wonderful Patreon family. It's a good one so let's get this going!
0:00 - Let's go!
15:40 - Storytime: Nintendo's worst event you've never heard about
30:09 - Letting AI predict the future of video games
42:49 - Games we are playing
1:12:26 - News news news (Tears of the Kingdom sales discussion)
1:32:25 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom New Gameplay Analysis & Theories Mar 28, 2023

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Hello, did you miss us? We're here with a special mini edition of the Kit & Krysta Podcast to do some deep analysis and theories on the latest The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom gameplay that we saw today. We wanted to talk about how we did on our predictions and dive into some of the new stuff we saw and what this means for the skeptics out there who are still on the fence about this game. What did you think about today's new footage? Let us know in the comments below!
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