The Future of Nintendo | The Video Game Pals Episode 21

On this week's show, The Pals follow up on PewDiePie & the SNES Classic, dig through last week's Nintendo Direct, and discuss the future of Nintendo post-Switch. PLUS: Thompson takes his nipples very seriously. -What We've Been Playing -RANDOM QUESTION OF THE WEEK DA NEWS: 1. Ubisoft announced a new experimental FPS releasing today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPvmKeEpzWk https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/atomega/ 2. thatgamecompany, announced at last week’s apple conference that their next game “Sky” will launch first on Apple TV, iPhone, iPad this winter: http://thatgamecompany.com/first-details-announced-next-game-sky https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/907662619019845632?fref=gc&dti=833038996839182 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX3QP7yX_IA 3. Naughty Dog’s Bruce Straley is leaving the studio after 18 years: https://www.naughtydog.com/blog/a_messsage_from_bruce_straley 4. Felix Kjellberg a.k.a. PewDiePie has made a public statement regarding the backlash around him saying the n-word during a livestream of PUBG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLdxuaxaQwc&fref=gc&dti=833038996839182 5. It only took a week for PUBG to break the last Steam record: https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/16/16320052/playerunknown-battlegrounds-concurrent-users-steam 6. SNES Classic/NES Classic Update: https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/907594720288718848?fref=gc&dti=833038996839182 7. The latest update for the Nintendo Switch Online app has solved one of the app’s most glaring flaws: https://www.polygon.com/nintendo-switch/2017/9/13/16300794/nintendo-switch-online-voice-chat-update 8. Breaking down last week’s Nintendo Direct: http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/09/13/heres-all-the-news-from-todays-nintendo-direct Meat and Potatoes: 6 months in to the Nintendo Switch’s lifespan, it seems like Nintendo is back on top. Is this a new Nintendo, or are we just in an abusive relationship that’s hit a good patch? Music: "Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - @adhesivewombat The Video Game Pals is The Pals Network's weekly video game podcast where we talk about video games, the news and how it all makes us feel. The Pals: Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete Andy: twitter.com/Tiger_Millions Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire