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Brian Shea and guest Hayes Madsen discuss the latest Nintendo Direct and review Pokémon Pokopia's expansion.

This week on All Things Nintendo, longtime games media member Hayes Madsen joins the show to break down the Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Nintendo Direct. Brian also reviews Pokémon Pokopia's first expansion, Bubbly Basin. But first, they talk about Nintendo's latest sales numbers, Crazy Taxi: World Tour, and a new Shigeru Miyamoto interview. If you'd like to follow Brian on social media, you can do so on his Bluesky @BrianPShea or Instagram @BrianPShea. You can follow Hayes on Bluesky @solfleet. You can subscribe to his RPG newsletter on ghost.io. You can subscribe to Game Informer at GameInformer.com/Subscribe. A massive thanks to composer Tee Lopes for providing the theme song for All Things Nintendo! You can check him out at ⁠⁠⁠TeeLopesMusic.com⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠follow him on YouTube⁠⁠⁠. If you want to support All Things Nintendo, be sure to leave a review on your podcast platform of choice! You can also ⁠⁠⁠join the Patreon page⁠⁠⁠ to gain access to bonuses like the community Discord, priority for interactive episodes, and early/ad-free episodes. If you're interested in All Things Nintendo merchandise, you can ⁠⁠⁠find t-shirts, hoodies…

People in this episode

Host: Brian Shea

Guest: Hayes Madsen

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Organizations: Game Informer, All Things Nintendo, Bluesky, Instagram, ghost.io, allthingsnintendo.dashery.com

Products: Pokémon Pokopia, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave

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