The Nintendo Drive Episode 06: Rating Nintendo's 2021 So Far!

This week, Sean played the Miitopia Demo and Knockout City. Caito played Geminose: Animal Popstars. 

Cleaning the Garage (placeholder for “house keeping”)

Welcome and Thank You to our newest Patron: Violet Blossom - Gold Member

E3 Predictions are coming. We’ll be recording with Justin Masson from the Nintendo Dads. Episode will air on June 6th. 

Typically Sean streams Mario Kart on Thursdays but this week, Sean will be a guest on The Nintendo Dads podcast - starting at 10PM Eastern at twitch.tv/nintendodads or youtube.com/nintendodads

The Playlist (placeholder) - we could also do ShoutOuts instead (ode to Bawby)

Caito: Geminose: Animal Popstars

Sean:  Shoutout to Drew Agnew from the House of Mario. Got me into Pokemon Cards!

Braking News 

It's been an interesting week on the Nintendo front, with a Bloomberg report suggesting the rumoured "Switch Pro" will be revealed before E3 begins. According to the same source, it's expected to be in the hands of consumers by September or October.
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/05/switch_pro_rumours_intensify_as_new_retailer_listing_appears_online 

Revealed during the 35th anniversary stream celebrating the Dragon Quest series, SquareEnix announced that Dragon Quest III will receive a remake. Dubbed as a "HD-2D" remake, the new Dragon Quest III will re-imagine the original game with updated high-quality sprites with 3D visuals--giving it a look that blends 2D animation with 3D scale and depth. The game will be planned for a simultaneous worldwide release, though no release date has been stated just yet.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/dragon-quest-3-hd-remake-announced/1100-6492061/ 

Sonic is celebrating his 30th anniversary this year. 

https://venturebeat.com/2021/04/29/a-new-pool-of-players-is-changing-ua   

https://venturebeat.com/2021/05/27/sonic-colors-ultimate-remasters-a-bright-spot-from-sonics-dark-age 

https://venturebeat.com/2021/05/27/sonic-team-teases-its-next-sonic-game 

Sega announced a new compilation, Sonic Origins, during its Sonic Central event. The package will include Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles, and Sonic CD.

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