Weelccooomme to Nintendo Voice Chat, IGN’s Nintendo podcast. This week, host Casey DeFreitas is joined by Brian Altano, Zach Ryan, and Peer Schneider to share some important updates – like the change of plans for NVC 500 Live, now an interactive live-stream from 3pm to 4pm PT on IGN’s YouTube and Nintendo Voice Chat’s YouTube.
The crew also discusses their favorite indie games shown during Nintendo’s Indie World Showcase (a pseudo-Nintendo Direct!) – including Baldo, The Last Campfire, Moving Out, and more.
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You can watch NVC Episode 499 in the video above!
Then, they move on to discuss some changes in GameStop, Pokemon Go, and physical game orders due to recent events, a big Square Enix sale, a wholesome Animal Crossing: New Horizons story. Finally, they chat about games out this week and what they’ve been playing and watching being stuck at home.
Timecodes!
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00:00:00 Why we’re all at home recording this ~
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00:04:35 Our favorites from the Indie World Showcase
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00:17:30 Square Enix eShop Sale & Trials of Mana Demo
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00:22:00 How COVID-19 is Affecting GameStop, other stores, game sales
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00:27:30 Pokemon Go’s recent changes to make playing easier
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00:31:55 Wholesome Animal Crossing News
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00:33:00 Games Out This week: Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Exit the Gungeon, Doom 64, Travel Mosaics 2: Roman Holiday
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00:42:00 We’re playing (and watching): Ring Fit Adventure, Last of Us, SMITE, something secret, and more.
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00:54:00 Question Block!
Finally, NVC shirts and sweatshirts are now available at the IGN Store! Use the code nvc10 to get 10% off your purchase of NVC clothes. Multiple styles and colors are available. It’s not just IGN merch though. The store also has Star Wars shirts and officially licensed Nintendo shirts too, among other designs – like Animal Crossing, which are on sale BYGO 50% off right now!
NVC is available on your preferred platform!
You can also Download NVC 499 Directly Here
You can listen to NVC on your preferred platform every Thursday at 3pm PT/6pm ET. Have a question for Question Block? Write to us at nvc@ign.com and we may pick your question! Also, make sure to join the Nintendo Voice Chat Podcast Forums on Facebook. We’re all pretty active there and often pull Question Block questions and comments straight from the community.
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Casey DeFreitas is NVC’s host and lover of monster catching and slaying. Find her on Twitter @ShinyCaseyD.
Source: IGN.com Baldo is Our Favorite Nintendo Indie World Showcase Game – NVC 499