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About this episode

The Punching Up crew discusses Nintendo's new mobile game Pictonico, recent game reviews, and Nintendo Direct rumors.

This week, the Punching Up crew discuss the brand new mobile game from Nintendo, Pictonico, new games added to NSO and more Nintendo Direct rumors.Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement.0:00:00 - Intro0:21:09 - LEGO Batman Reviews are in0:23:32 - Yoshi Reviews0:30:42 - LEGO says the first Zelda is scheduled to be retired this Year0:34:49 - New Nintendo Mobile Game0:39:33 - The Legend of Zelda Movie gets a new release date0:48:10 - What We’re Playing1:04:13 - The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales gets a new demo1:06:58 - Japanese Man arrested for threatening to blow up Nintendo HQ1:10:38 - 5 Virtual Boy games added to NSO1:14:52 - Nintendo Direct Rumors are starting once again1:26:00 - Closing Questions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Topics covered

• Nintendo mobile games
• Nintendo Direct rumors
• LEGO reviews
• Zelda movie
• NSO updates
• gaming news

Keywords

• Nintendo
• Pictonico
• LEGO Batman
• Zelda movie
• NSO
• gaming news
• Nintendo Direct

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nintendo, LEGO

Products: Pictonico

Books & works: The Legend of Zelda Movie

Places: Nintendo HQ, Japan

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