Nintendo's Triple Screen Switch? | Punching Up: A Nintendo Podcast, Episode 13

Nintendo can't seem to resist a gimmick with new hardware, and some recent patents show they may be up to their old tricks. The patents show a device reminiscent of the Nintendo DS, but with an extra screen on the outside shell. Could this be a glimpse into the future of Nintendo's hardware? Maybe not, as Nintendo, along with many other companies, loves to patent any idea for safekeeping. Even without the patent news, Nintendo has been on fire in the last few weeks with the release of Super Mario Bros. Wonder. So how is it? We dive deep (but spoiler-free) into the latest release. Finally, we dive into your questions: What are our favorite holiday gaming memories? What happened to Nintendo Selects? It's time for Punching Up, so please enjoy!

0:00:00 - Intro
0:08:45 - How are we feeling about Mario Wonder?
0:41:33 - Does Switch 2 have multiple screens like the DS?
0:53:53 - Doug Bowser talks about backwards compatibility and performance
1:06:20 - Analogue has announced an FPGA Nintendo 64
1:16:33 - Quickies
1:16:56 - What have we been playing?
1:44:22 - Do we remember the Player’s Choice and Nintendo Selects branding?
1:52:07- Are we nostalgic for certain games during the holidays?

[daniel_najar]

“Being a Nintendo Lawyer is one of the most secure jobs in the world” Genes 100% right 😂

[matthewwalsh]

0:46 - My boy Dustin...well done Sir, well done!! 🙂🥰

[Not_Liquid]

To be fair, MGS1 was also not on the PS3 disc in the Legacy Collection. It was just a download code for the PSN. There hasn’t been a physical release of MGS1 since the Essential Collection on PS2.

[Sushiemoji]

An Analogue PS1 could also double as a badass CD player

[christiangimeno]

Great job guys! Always love your content. Keep punching up!

[mecharobots]

Had the same issues on xsx for Alan wake 2 as Gene . Thankfully they have fixed it now . Strange though that spiderman 2 and Alan wake ( on other platforms ) glitches was not mentioned in reviews

[Appl_Jax]

I 100% Wonder within 20hrs and my only real complaint was that there was just not a lot to do in the post-game. I made sure to get everything all at once and not missing things so I wouldn't have to backtrack and had a blast. Special World was woefully short. I was hoping for something along the lines of Star Road... I hope there are plans to fill out what feels like are gaps in the game.

[synysterpain]

Yay new punching up. Dagan is missed but im excited for the first new episode since the wedding:]
I still need to pick up Mario wonder lol

[djiuetr]

Man Chris having to miss Colin’s wedding due to catching COVID right before is some seriously unlucky shit. I’d be devastated if I were either one of them. One of Colin’s best friends not being able to make it and on Chris’ end, missing one of your best friend’s most important life-moments. Truly shitty.

[atomneely]

re: players choice games. I bought Oddessy and MK8 digitally when they came out and have been waiting for them to get some sort of cheap reprint. At this point i'm going to wait for switch 2 to hopefully drop the price of switch 1 games a bit.

[westleymullins]

a radio free nintendo and punching up cross over would be cool

[ChrisWTube]

My biggest problem with the MGS Master Collection is that there is no in-game deep controller remapping as this should be in every game, new or released. I have been playing Metal Gear since it came out on PS1. I could design a better control layout for MGS without breaking the gameplay.

[buttonmasher]

Can I request when game recommendations are being made especially for lesser known titles - at the end of talking about it to please repeat the title :)

[benmckee]

Punching up... A Nintendo podcast in which we talk about Alan Wake 2 😅

[ChrisWTube]

I could see Remedy doing a streaming version of Alan Wake 2 for Switch or maybe native for the next console

[AlexCaste]

This Suika Game sounds a lot like a game called "1024" that I played on Android (Google Play) about 10 years ago. LOL

[MrNineties]

I have to know which level Micah was referring to as “bridge in the sky”!?

[gp]

There's no Switch Selects coming ESPECIALLY if the next Switch is BC. They want to continue charging you full price for the evergreen titles on the next system.

[ArkhamInmate]

Oh no LSM lost all its producer tier patrons

[jermelpurse]

If you are a business and you design technology, like Nintendo does whenever someone that works for you develops something new some new idea do you patent it because if you don’t, that person could theoretically go work for someone else and create that idea, and every business has one nightmare scenario It’s the one that got away. Some idea that some employee that used to work for you came up with they take it somewhere else and make billions with it no business wants to see their employee leave and say I had an idea over there they shot it down. Let’s build it here. So you patent anything they come up with no matter how dumb so that if they leave, they can’t take it with them or rather, they can take it with them, but they can’t create it without your consent.