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**The Nerd Nest – A Video Game Podcast**

Welcome to the Nerd Nest, a Video Game podcast hosted by Bill Fairchild, I’m joined by other content creators as they talk about all things gaming. From the Steam Deck and PC gaming to Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo and even the cloud! Each episode covers gaming news as well as discussions of the industry all without the console wars tribal mentality. So join the millions that have watched or listened to Nerd Nest Video Game discussion and Subscribe!

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Aniversary, Switch 4.0.0, Stardew Valley mid review, and the longest lightning round ever. Oct 19, 2017

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  - Gyzmo2615 - Awesome Show!! This is my go to podcast on iTunes. I started listening to this a couple of months ago and stop what I’m doing to listen to the episode when it's posted. When that’s dont I’ll listen to some of the first episodes. This is how much I love the way the content is delivered and it's always fun to hear what the speculations of the Switch were before launch. RJS., keep up the great work. I appreciate you taking time out of your busy schedule to produce such an awesome show. There is no reason why your show shouldn’t be listed as the #1 show for the Nintendo Switch.
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  - Switch Games Absent
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News
- The Switch was announced one year ago tomorrow.
- Switch updated to 4.0.0 (I made a video
  - Video
    - We were discussing it on Discord last night right after the news dropped. Keeping the last 30 seconds of video in ram all the time.
      - I downloaded a video I made on twitter. The video was 29 seconds long, and was 9.17 MB (720p 30fps 3000kbps)
      - I bet farther down the road we’ll see longer times.
      - Don’t expect the times to be too long though as keeping that data in ram means that the game can’t use the ram for that. (Unless the game is using space on the SD card as virtual ram?)
    - Eearslya on discord said - So I'm surprised a) that there's enough RAM there with room to spare for the game itself, and b) that constantly recording doesn't seem to impact performance
  - System Transfer
    - Both a source console and a target console are required to transfer user information and save data.
  - Pre-purchase
  - Also updates the firmware on the joy-cons, no clue what that does.
    - Right joycon takes l

Thimbleweed Park Review, Play some Bball with your friends, games on sale and more! Oct 18, 2017

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- Review
  - Krimson32 - Much praise and a quick question, Love the show! As a recent Switch owner I have been soaking up all of the information I can find for my new favorite console. Of all the podcast that I subscribe to, yours is the one I look forward to most! Keep up the excellent work. My question is about customization. Have you seen the replacement joycon shells on Etsy and Amazon? Do you think that we’ll see any of the more popular styles released by Nintendo? I want the atomic purples ones so bad! Just not 180 bucks bad.
    - More likely to get JoyCons as a whole rather than shell replacements from Nintendo
    - Capt_Logun from Discord actually has some of these
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  - Switch Games Absent
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  - Voicemail from Justin
    - Everyone knows it because of the advertising coke.
    - Can you get spoiled?
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News
- NBA2K18 now lets you play with friends
  - Time to make it happen FIFA
- Games on sale section in the eShop Thanks Wyvern
- Doom coming 11/10 (Thanks @capt_logun)
- New Nintendo 2DS XL Bundle with Super Mario 3D Land
Gameplay
- Thimbleweed Park
  - Point and click adventure
  - Twin peaks
  - X files
  - Good voice acting
  - Clunky interface (Portable mode is great with touch screen)
  - I keep trying to like these games
  - If you like point and click adventures AND you’re interested in playing it on touch screen then pick this

Yono and Barbarian Reviews, Monopoly price and Disapearing games Oct 14, 2017

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  - One Iron Auto said - I was told to leave a reveiw - Great show! Much info!
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  - RJS:
    I’m avoiding learning about Super MARIO Odyssey, I’ve obviously seen it and obviously it will be a day one purchase. Anyway I was at the mall, walked in the GameStop and noticed a Switch setup to be played, so I just tried it. It was already in a game .. so I started playing and it was Odyssey and I’m like, wow this is different. This is really great. I’m not sure what the secret sauce they did to up their game (no pun intended) .. that’s going to be an awesome game. But I’m going radio silent again on it.
    Geoffgg
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News
- Square explains why the Secret of Mana remake isn’t coming to Switch
- Monopoly coming 10/31 for $40 bucks!
- MS calls out SONY for not being like Nintendo
- Games that have disappeared.
  - Pocket Rumble
  - Payday 2
Gameplay
- Tiny Barbarian review
Lightning Round
- Crazy Justice will be cross platform multiplayer.
- Popular Science gives Nintendo the award for Entertainment Innovation of the Year
  - Too early?
- NBA2K18 patched for Switch (1 day later than other platforms)
- FIFA limited to only 4 players on the Switch locally (other consoles 8 players)
- WWE

Amazon is not Amazing, Mario Odyssey, Earth Atlantis Review Oct 12, 2017

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- Review
  - Tnrt-iTunes called it the only switch podcast you need in your feed. - What do you need from a switch podcast? Consistency, professional quality a down to earth and enjoyable host. Reliable and current content with fairly unbiased opinions… you get all this and more with Run Jump Stomp’s Switch Craft. The shorter more frequent format is perfect for busy gamers and listeners to aren’t able to invest 1.5-2 hour shows. RJS also invests time and care into his community, regularly interacting with listeners on Twitch, Discord and Twitter, if you’re not hooked, you will be. Give it a go!
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News
- People are buying games on the Switch Neurovoider
  - Steam vs eShop competition
  - Low profile game (not widely known)
- SNES Amazon nonsese
  - Pre-orders delayed
  - Treasure truck
  - Pre-orders cancelled.
  - Other retailers are getting restocks
- Nintendo trademarks the Gameboy
- Edge Magazine gives SMO a 10
  - EDGE 10/10 Games so far.
    Super Mario 64 (1996)
    Gran Turismo (1997)
    The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
    Halo: Combat Evolved (2001)
    Half-Life 2 (2004)
    Halo 3 (2007)
    The Orange Box (2007)
    Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
    Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)
    LittleBigPlanet (2008)
    Bayonetta (2009)
    Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010)
    Rock Band 3 (2010)
    The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011)
    The Last of Us (2013)
    Grand Theft Auto V (2013)
    Bayonetta 2 (2014)
    Bloodborne (2015)
    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
    :rjsHype: :rjsHype: Super Mario Odyssey (2017):rjsHype: :rjsHype:(edited)
Gameplay
- Earth Atlantis
  - Bullet hell shooter
  - Amazing art style super unique.
    - Would have been amazing on the 3DS

Pankapu review, Nintendo World Championships, Sonic Forces and more! Oct 10, 2017

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  - Good morning Bill, hope you are well.
    I have just read that since the Switch launched in march, there are 130 games for the console. (Which is crazy!)
    Quick question, Have you played and enjoyed a game on Switch which no one else has heard of, a game which did not release to fanfare, or set the charts ablaze ?
    My choice would be Shephy, A single player card game involving sheep!
    The amount of games coming out is great, but some good/great games must get buried and quickly forgotten.
    Thanks.
    - Honestly it is so tough to keep up. I've had just a passing experience with the game, Quest of Dungeons is a fantastic roguelike game that I highly recommend. If you're looking for multiplayer action. Astrobears is a shallow but really fun party game for $5. Thanks for listening.
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News
- Nintendo World Championships (No big announcement)
  - Old and new games (Fantastic variety)
    - Breath of the Wild (shield surfing)
    - Smash Wii U
    - Metroid: Samus Returns
    - Balloon Fight! (RIP Mr. Iwata)
    - Smash Wii U (again)
    - Bird and Beans
    - MK8 Deluxe
    - Donkey Kong Country Returns
    - Splatoon 2
    - Tetris
    - ARMS
    - Mario Party 2
    - Super Mario Maker
    - Super Mario Bros. Deluxe vs.(Gameboy Color)
    - Mario Odyssey (big surprise)
- ARMS 3.2 coming this month
  - Badges! (Achievements)
- SEGA talks about how Sonic Forces is coming to the Switch.
Gameplay
- Robonauts
- Finished SteamWorld Dig 2
- Pankapu
Lightning Round
- Xenoblade combat explanation on treehouse

Why we don't see F2P on the Switch. Oct 07, 2017

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  - Adm.L - What a great voice. Great show. #bringBackTheBeard
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  - Hey dude podcast is good. I already reviewed your podcast on apple. I happen to have one little question maybe you could spend 1/2 a second on. here it is I am a physical game buyer mostly to because I do not want to blow a lot of money on an expensive sd card. However I do have a 128 gb card and am thinking of buying games digital or start to and I notice the switch hasa quick archive option so does that mean if an sd card is full or close to full you can use that option to free space on the card. Its my understanding that only the game downloads to the card and the saved file of the game data saves to the switch and do you think a 128 sd card is good for buying all digital I mean worst case buy another that size and switch them out?
    Look forward to your feed back,
    John
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News
- Never Stop Sneaking From the creators of Dust: Elysium Trail
- Mario Odyssey does Amiibo right!
- Why free to play games aren’t on the Switch yet
Gameplay
- Steamworld Dig 2
Lightning Round
- Invisible players on FIFA
- Nintendo Internship Japan Only
- New Splatfest announced for Next weekend.
  - NA Werewolves vs Vampires
  - EU Toilet Paper front vs back
  - JP Agility vs Tenacity (Duallies vs Brella)
Coming soon!
- Oct 10
  - 88 Heroes - 98 Heroes Edition
  - Tiny Barbarian DX
  - Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle
That is all we have

Sonic Fixed. 2 million Switch, EA gets cagey Oct 05, 2017

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- Review
  - Johnnnnnnnnnr726 - I switch from NVC to your podcast. You are short and right to the point on Switch news. These games like Skyrim and Doom I’ve never played. I am more of a sports game person. With my birthday coming up FIFA and NBA are a must. But for the holiday season not sure what game I would get. And your show keeps me changing my mind. Keep up the good work.
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  - re: the NES and SNES Classics... after wasting several months of my life
    trying to score an NES Classic (and later an SNES Classic), I finally
    got fed up with Nintendo's incompetence and went ahead and built an
    emulation station using a Raspberry Pi. I now have a better experience,
    with more games, including non-Nintendo consoles, and wireless
    controllers. I can only devote so much time of the day stalking online
    sites (even using services like NowInStock which often didn't respond
    fast enough for the handful of minutes things become available), so if
    Nintendo isn't going to take these devices seriously enough to want my
    money, then lots of people like me are going to have moral shifts in
    order to obtain the same (or better) experience.
    Re: Metroid poll... I actually jumped from the original NES right to the
    Wii (having switched to PC gaming in the interim) so I'd happily play
    whatever Metroid games for Switch get produced. Metroid is my second
    favorite franchise, after Zelda. Despite having a emulation box, the
    appeal of playing portably and in HD would be sufficient for me to buy
    remakes of games I already can emulate the originals of.
    re: FIFA18 sales... not all Nintendo Switch owners are sports fans. Not
    all sports fans are FIFA/soccer fans. And not all Switch-owning soccer
    fans are fans of bloated, crippled games where the savefiles are almost
    the size of the entirety of Super Mario Odyssey, and you can't play
    online with your friends. Incompetence and laziness should not be
    rewarded, and if EA is going to use this as a metric for whether they
    bring additional games to the Switch, well that's their loss and
    meanwhile we've got plenty of other games to play. There are only so
    many hours in the day anyway.
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News
- Sonic Home Menu fixed (Thanks @Wyvrn on Discord)
- Nintendo ups production to 2 million units per month.
- EA

SNES Classic Hands on, Steamworld Dig 2 review, FIFA news. Oct 03, 2017

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  - Space_Escalator - Just a great show. Exactly the content I want, a great length and frequency for news - type content, and excellent voicing. What more could I ask for?
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  - Hey Bill, first things first. I sent you a friend request. I’m Nintendork with the weird looking mii, and blue hair. Second thing I’m getting Super Mario Odyssey when it comes out, but one thing I don’t like is how much Nintendo is spoiling it. I’ve been trying to avoid as much Mario Odyssey coverage as I can. Because I want to be surprised about how cool the game is. What do you think of how much Nintendo spoils their games?
    Thanks
    Joseph
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News
- FIFA for Switch only accounted for 1% of all copies sold.
- Don’t expect remakes for Metroid anytime soon
Gameplay
- SNES classic
  - Menu Music is awesome.
  - Not reviewing the games right now. Perhaps I’ll do a retro review segment in the future.
    - So far I’ve only played Super Mario RPG.
  - Artwork that goes on the sides of the 4x3 content is very nice.
  - Controllers are spot on, cord is long enough, but could be longer.
    - Awesome that it comes with two.
  - Bonus that the controllers can be used on the NES classic (if you’re lucky enough to have both)
  - Rewind feature - Right now I can’t see myself using this much but it's really cool to have. You load a save and hit rewind and then you chose the moment to start playing again.
- Steamworld Dig 2
  - http://store.steampowered.com/app/571310/SteamWorld_Dig_2/
Lightning Round
- F-Zero Interview
- Stardew Valley 5 Oct.
Coming soon!
- Oct 3
  - Lovers in a dangers spacetime
- Oct 5
  - Axiom Verge
  - Tumblestone
  - Volgarr The Viking
  - Stardew Valley
That is all we have time for today, if there

Are Switch supply issues gone for good? Sep 30, 2017

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  - I couldn’t figure out how to see the name, but someone reviewed the show in the podbean app (which I didn’t know you could even review shows there) Anyway they said, I love this podcast. SwitchCraft is my favourite source of Nintendo News.
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  - Hi Bill,
    We are starting to see some of those graphically intensive games like NBA 2K18 and FIFA 18 played on the Switch. They seem to have a lot of problems running on the Switch.
    Do you think we will have the same problem as we did with the Wii U where 3rd party developers will stop trying to make these games on the Switch?
    Seems like they are having the same problems bringing games to the Switch that they had for the Wii U. The big difference is the success of the Switch versus the failure of the Wii U. Developers have a big incentive now to get their games on the Switch where they didn’t have that on the Wii U. It just seems like too big of a task and I imagine it’s a lot of work for these developers to try and put these games on the Switch.
    Should we accept the Switch as a system mainly for Nintendo made games and smaller indie type games?
    Love the show.
    Thanks,
    Trevor
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  - Per your comment on the podcast, I still play ARMS and love that game. No Pokken for me either. - Crzylgs15
  - agreed @crzylgs15. ARMS is a much more fresh fighting game than Pokken
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News
- ARMS 3.1 is here
- Nintendo Creators program update
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    Live streaming on YouTube falls outside the scope of the Nintendo Creators Program. This means that you cannot broadcast content on YouTube Live from the account you have registered to the Nintendo Creators Program. Please check the user guide for details.
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- Darkest Dungeon announced for the Switch
- Mario Odyssey is playable at some Best Buy locations.

Too Many Games Sep 28, 2017

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  - Titan886- Good stuff! Short and Sweet, I have listened to 3 or 4 episodes, and I highly recommend it. I can tell from listening that he is really engaged with his fans, which is amazing. I think it would be cool to have guests on the show, and hear their opinions. Just friends of Bill would be cool, and maybe bigger names later. Great Job!
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  - Hi Bill.
    I have been a long time Nintendo fan and have had all their main line home consoles that have come to the UK.
    Since buying the Switch I have been listening to lots of podcasts to keep up-to-date date with the latest news.
    The two I have settled on are Switchcraft and NVC. I feel that NVC gives me the multi voiced, multi opinionated mainstream view and Switchcraft gives me a more considered, nuanced and intimate experience.
    I love the shorter but more frequent format, I think about 30mins is about the sweet spot.
    Anyway keep up the good work.
    Julian
    From sunny Essex, Uk.
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  - I’ll be streaming the SNES classic on Friday after I pick it up.
News
- Stardew Valley news - Thanks to Eearslya in Discord.
  - If it releases this year it will probably be only the single player with multiplayer coming to PC first. Switch gets it first on console next year.
- Jackbox 4 coming to Swtich October 19th. Just in time for Thanksgiving!
- New ARMS stage coming tomorrow!
- Nintendo World Championships
  - Metroid Samus Returns will be one of the games played.
    - Participants were sent a new 2DS with the game, so they could practice.
  - October 7th 5PM
  - Free admission
  - I’ll be hosting it on my stream.
Gameplay
- Death Squared (review copy) 80 levels
  - Move boxes around changes things in the level
    - Transparent barriers
    - Lazers
    - Spikes to kill you.
  - Son didn’t care for it. He got bored