Our Nintendo Hot Takes! - NVC 803

Our Nintendo Hot Takes! - NVC 803

From Nintendo Voice Chat by IGN & Geek Media

March 13, 2026 · 1h 21m · Episode 803

About this episode

The hosts share their hot takes on Nintendo topics and discuss recent games and trailers.

Should Zelda be gritty and mature? Is the Switch the most important console of all time? And why is everyone always talking about the next Nintendo Direct? This week, join Logan Plant, Seth Macy, and Brian Altano as they share their Nintendo hot takes and judge each other for them. Next week, we’ll be talking about YOUR Nintendo hot takes, so be sure to email them to nvc@ign.com to be a part of the show. After things cool down, the guys discuss the wonders of Pokemon Pokopia and why it’s one of the best Switch 2 exclusives so far, and the new trailer for Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. 00:00:00 - Intro & Mario Movie is Ruining Nintendo's Legacy 00:13:07 - Nintendo Directs vs. Nintendo at E3 00:21:31 - Nintendo Direct Discourse Sucks 00:28:50 - Nintendo Does Not Need a Online Ecosystem Similar to Xbox 00:34:09 - Majora's Mask isn't a very good game 00:41:13 - Animal Crossing Now is a Different Genre to the Original 00:49:16 - Pokémon Pokopia Impressions 01:10:41:38 - Yosh and the Mysterious Book & Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Logan Plant, Seth Macy, Brian Altano

Topics covered

  • Nintendo hot takes
  • Zelda
  • Switch console importance
  • Nintendo Direct
  • Pokemon Pokopia
  • Yoshi and the Mysterious Book

Keywords

  • Nintendo
  • Zelda
  • Switch
  • Pokemon
  • Yoshi
  • Direct
  • Majora's Mask
  • Animal Crossing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nintendo, Pokemon

Books & works: Zelda, Majora's Mask, Animal Crossing, Pokopia, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book

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