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Punching Up is a weekly show all about Nintendo, co-hosted by Dustin Furman, Gene Park, Dagan Moriarty, and Mama Micah. The goal of Punching Up is to discuss the latest news and games from Nintendo, as well as dive deep into the prestigious catalog of games from the past, all while keeping it fun and entertaining. The show is highly interactive, with plenty of questions and comments from the audience. New episodes are released every other Friday. To get early access to each episode, support the show on Patreon at patreon.com/laststandmedia

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Punching Up: A Nintendo Podcast

This week the Punching Up crew discuss The Game Awards, Switch 2 case leaks and Capcom revitalizing past franchises.

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:08:03 - Game Awards announcements
0:40:46 - Switch 2 carrying case leaks
0:49:27 - Capcom committed to revitalizing dormant IPs
0:54:50 - What we're playing
1:07:06 - More Tales of remasters coming
1:11:02 - Sonic
1:16:14 - Chained Echoes dlc
1:19:03 - Closing Questions
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Switch 2 Is on the Horizon

On this episode of Punching Up the crew go over Nintendo's 2024 and answer listener questions.

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Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:14:28 - 2024 game recap
1:04:21 - Pokemon Z-A
1:18:27 - Metroid Prime 4
1:22:41 - Alarmo
1:24:03 - What We’re Playing
1:46:31 - Nintendo Music
1:51:55 - Switch Follow Up
1:54:05 - Xenoblade X
1:57:22 - DK Returns
2:00:24 - Ending Questions

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Looking Back at Nintendo’s 2024

This week the Punching Up crew discuss all the latest Switch 2 leaks, Punch-Out, a possible new Nier game on the horizon and more!

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Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:15:59 - Switch 2 Leaks
0:38:34 - Punch-Out is dead
0:48:13 - What We’re Playing
1:12:13 - Japanese download rankings
1:18:41 - Sonic movie surpasses 1 billion in sales
1:32:48 - New Nier game?
1:35:37 - Closing questions
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The Switch 2 Leaks Keep Coming!

This week the crew talks about all the recent new Switch 2 news, the release of Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, old Sega IPs and more!

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Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:02:37 - Switch 2 reveal
1:01:01 - Donkey Kong Returns HD Out Now
1:05:50 - Ecco the dolphin trademark
1:09:50 - Animal Crossing Sea of Life UK
1:11:12 - Achievement exercises
1:17:41 - What We're Playing
1:49:56 - Wind Waker OST added to Nintendo Music
1:50:59 - Evo 2025
1:56:29 - Little Gator game DLC
1:59:05 - Ending questions
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The Switch 2 is Finally Official

This week the Punching Up crew discusses a variety of topics, including Silk Song, the possible end of Joy-Con drift, and Donkey Kong's new look.

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Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:35:27 - Silksong update
0:37:37 - End of Joycon drift?
0:42:15 - New MySims game
0:53:14 - Japan’s Best selling Physical games 2024
0:56:14 - What We’re Playing
1:22:41 - Super Mario World Vinyl release
1:31:07 - Balatro has sold 5 million copies
1:31:56 - Pokemon cards at McDonalds
1:34:50 - Ninja Five-O gets a new port
1:36:26 - Closing Questions

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Switch 2: We Have Questions

This week the crew discuss a variety of topics including new trademarks from Sega and Bandai Namco. More Xbox rumors for Switch 2, and more!

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Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:33:49 - New Trademarks
0:42:50 - Sega account
0:49:09 - New NSO Games
0:52:18 - Phil Spencer Interview
1:00:01 - What We’re Playing
1:28:56 - US Physical Game Spending
1:36:08 - Astral Chain Director may have quit PlatinumGames
1:44:48 - Closing Questions/Comments

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The Return of Some Old Classics?

This week the crew discusses new Nintendo's financials, new Xbox game rumors, new patents, and more!

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Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:20:54 - Mega Man Sales
0:30:15 - New Patent
0:35:09 - Relying on popular Nintendo series
0:40:44 - Ridge Racer 64 Now on NSO
0:44:40 - What We're Playing
1:16:06 - Some Xbox Games Coming to Switch 2
1:20:15 - Switch sales
1:31:46 - Closing Comments
1:55:41 - Onimusha 2 remaster coming 2025
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The Numbers Are In!

This week the Punching Up crew discuss Dragon Quest XII, Switch 2 price leaks, Wonder Woman woes, and more!

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Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:32:30 - Dragon Quest 12 Update
0:37:15 - Dragon Quest 2D-HD sales numbers
0:42:53 - Switch 2 price leaked?
0:47:28 - Warioland 4 coming to NSO
0:58:25 - Wonder Woman game is rebooted
1:10:28 - What We’re Playing
1:33:05 - Golden Sun OST added to Nintendo Music
1:34:08 - New ESA event
1:44:17 - Castlevania and Kirby rumors
1:54:24 - Ending Questions
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Switch 2 Price LEAKED?

This week the crew discuss Nintendo ditching Gold Points, the Dice Awards, games from the latest State of Play and Xbox's continued movement to third party.

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Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:16:44 - Nintendo getting rid of the gold points program
0:24:37 - Switch Games at State of Play
0:34:11 - Dice Awards
0:47:21 - More Xbox
0:57:54 - What we're playing
1:38:19 - Final Fantasy X Magic The Gathering
1:46:02 - Marvel Rivals Switch 2 and layoffs
1:53:43 - Anti-Palworld Patent update from Nintendo
2:02:13 - Closing Questions

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Why is Nintendo Getting Rid of This?

This week the Punching Up crew discuss the recent layoffs at Warner Bros., Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition, Pokemon Presents predictions and more!

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Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:19:47 - Warner Bros. Layoffs
0:33:57 - Pokémon Presents
0:39:43 - Pokémon Concierge
0:41:13 - Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition
1:08:23 - Tony Hawk is Back
1:14:42 - Mario Wonder Switch OLDED Bundle
1:15:33 - Nier 15 livestream
1:18:40 - What We're Playing
1:40:03 - Tanuki Pon's Summer
1:43:06 - Bloober team teams up with Konami Again
1:49:05 - Dauntless shutting down
1:51:10 - Closing Questions
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Is Xenoblade Chronicles X Still Great?

Nintendo recently presented their yearly financial results and set a new net profit record. In fact, the Switch era has been more profitable than 1981 to 2016. With that, there's a lot riding on the transition to the “Switch successor”. Join us as we discuss the financial results, the upcoming June Direct, and much more!

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:09:30 - Paper Mario gut check
0:28:11 - Nintendo Financial report
1:19:38 - Square Enix Multiplatform approach
1:26:23 - Nintendo World Championships NES Edition
1:31:58 - Quickies
1:33:21 - What we’ve been playing
2:09:19 - Ending questions
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Nintendo’s June Direct + Switch 2 Confirmed

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