The Nintendo Drive – Details, episodes & analysis

LISTEN... sometimes, things slip through the cracks. When you have so many games to play, inevitably there are going to be those games that are left behind. So which games did we miss - that have been left to languish in our ever-growing backlogs - that we want to *actually* go back to?

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There's no shortage of games we could (and probably should!) be playing as we head into the end of 2024. But here lately... there's just been something comforting about opening up some booster packs of digital Pokémon cards. And what's wrong with that, after all?

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★ ULTIMATE PRODUCERS ★

Johnathan Brown: https://linktr.ee/pme.jib

Cwagmire, who reminds you that the best babes are Xenobabes.

TechMike, who says "Whether you are Kevesi or Agnian, you're a Xenobabe at heart."

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Smokin Joe

Solo

The Captain

Tim Paullin

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Adam K

Anna

AwesomeDave1337

BobLoblaw

Brad Moore

Brian Reese

Cecily Carrozza

Dan & Luma

Dannohh

Emily O'Kelley

Hoppel

Jon32

LigerWoods330

OldMrFrump

Patrice Mallette

Peje EP

Shane Erickson

TheDonRob

The Jiggy Collector

Nintendo held a DOUBLE DIRECT this week: Indie World immediately followed by a Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase. This is pretty unprecedented... but were they any good? Let's talk about it.

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Johnathan Brown: https://linktr.ee/pme.jib

Cwagmire: Who reminds you that the best babes are Xenobabes.

★ PLATINUM PRODUCERS ★

CowboyDangerD

Peje EP

Smokin Joe

The Captain

Tim Paullin

★ GOLD MEMBERS ★

Adam K

Anna

AwesomeDave1337

BobLoblaw

Brad Moore

Brian Reese

Cecily Carrozza

Dan & Luma

Dannohh

Drellesh

Emily O'Kelley

Hoppel

Jon32

Kia Savoy

LigerWoods330

OldMrFrump

Patrice Mallette

Shane Erickson

Tech Mike

The Jiggy Collector

Tim Aulph

It's a new year, and you know what that means: it's time for us to give our totally accurate predictions for Nintendo in 2023! Hope you've got those Sports Almanacs handy, because you can take these to the bank.

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It's that time of the year again! All of Carpool Gaming has assembled to talk about the best games that we played in 2022! We also have a super special guest that joins us, as well as we hear from YOU, the Carpool Gaming community!

On behalf of all of us at Carpool Gaming, we wish you all a safe and happy holiday season!

Seth is out this week to celebrate Hanukkah with his family, so it's up to Sean and Lockleth to keep the Nintendo Christmas cheer! No Man's Sky is a cheery game, right? RIGHT?

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Platinum Producer: Markus McCracken and RJ Kern

Gold Members: Anna, Cecily Carrozza, Dallas Robbins, Drellesh, Emily O’Kelley, Fulish Fuji, Jonas Young, Jose Jimenez, Marcus O'Neill, Skinny Matt

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Congratulations to Johnathan Brown for the launch of "In My Element". We will feature Johnathan's music on We the GamerCast for all of January!

LinkTree: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/pme/in-my-element

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Join the Phoenix Overdrive Extra Life team

Website: https://www.phoenixoverdrive.com/

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Support Tony Baker and the Quest 4 Pixels Crew

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This week, all three of us are tasked with building an amazing holiday gift basket of Nintendo games. Five games. Draft pick style. Who will create the ULTIMATE Nintendo holiday gift basket?

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Thank you to everyone who supports us at http://patreon.com/carpoolgaming 

ULTIMATE Producers: Robby Bobby Miller (subscribe to Robby Bobby’s Twitch Channel at twitch.tv/robbybobbymiller), Trucker Sloth, Tony Baker from Quest 4 Pixels (please subscribe to youtube.com/quest4pixels today!) Dallas Ford (co-host of The Blame Game, support Dallas on YouTube to get these guys to 100 Subs), Johnathan Brown (The New EP from PME is called “GEMS” and is available on Spotify & Apple Music), Lee Navarro (the fearless leader of the Phoenix Overdrive Extra Life team) - please support our ULTIMATE Producers!

Platinum Producer: Markus McCracken and RJ Kern

Gold Members: Anna, Cecily Carrozza, Dallas Robbins, Drellesh, Emily O’Kelley, Fulish Fuji, Jonas Young, Jose Jimenez, Marcus O'Neill, Skinny Matt

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Congratulations to Johnathan Brown for the launch of "In My Element". We will feature Johnathan's music on We the GamerCast for all of January!

LinkTree: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/pme/in-my-element

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Join the Phoenix Overdrive Extra Life team

Website: https://www.phoenixoverdrive.com/

--

Support Tony Baker and the Quest 4 Pixels Crew

Subscribe on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/Quest4PixelsGaming

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Check out The Blame Game with Dallas Ford and ARGO

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Seth reviewed the game when it came out, but what did some of the other Carpool Gaming crew think of Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope? Sean and Garret are here to have an in-depth discussion about the Switch's sleeper hit of 2022.

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Thank you to everyone who supports us at http://patreon.com/carpoolgaming 

ULTIMATE Producers: Robby Bobby Miller (subscribe to Robby Bobby’s Twitch Channel at twitch.tv/robbybobbymiller), Trucker Sloth, Tony Baker from Quest 4 Pixels (please subscribe to youtube.com/quest4pixels today!) Dallas Ford (co-host of The Blame Game, support Dallas on YouTube to get these guys to 100 Subs), Johnathan Brown (The New EP from PME is called “GEMS” and is available on Spotify & Apple Music), Lee Navarro (the fearless leader of the Phoenix Overdrive Extra Life team) - please support our ULTIMATE Producers!

Platinum Producer: Markus McCracken and RJ Kern

Gold Members: Anna, Cecily Carrozza, Dallas Robbins, Drellesh, Emily O’Kelley, Fulish Fuji, Jonas Young, Jose Jimenez, Marcus O'Neill, Skinny Matt

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Congratulations to Johnathan Brown for the launch of "In My Element". We will feature Johnathan's music on We the GamerCast for all of January!

LinkTree: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/pme/in-my-element

--

Join the Phoenix Overdrive Extra Life team

Website: https://www.phoenixoverdrive.com/

--

Support Tony Baker and the Quest 4 Pixels Crew

Subscribe on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/Quest4PixelsGaming

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Check out The Blame Game with Dallas Ford and ARGO

Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgtW0EnHOsxa4jkGBFfSCIg

All three of us are in cramming mode as we try to stuff the games we still want to play into the final weeks of the year. It's GOTY season!

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Thank you to everyone who supports us at http://patreon.com/carpoolgaming 

ULTIMATE Producers: Robby Bobby Miller (subscribe to Robby Bobby’s Twitch Channel at twitch.tv/robbybobbymiller), Trucker Sloth, Tony Baker from Quest 4 Pixels (please subscribe to youtube.com/quest4pixels today!) Dallas Ford (co-host of The Blame Game, support Dallas on YouTube to get these guys to 100 Subs), Johnathan Brown (The New EP from PME is called “GEMS” and is available on Spotify & Apple Music), Lee Navarro (the fearless leader of the Phoenix Overdrive Extra Life team), links are in the show notes, please support these ULTIMATE producers. 

Platinum Producer: Markus McCracken and RJ Kern

Gold Members: Anna, Cecily Carrozza, Dallas Robbins, Drellesh, Emily O’Kelley, Fulish Fuji, Jose Jimenez, Marcus O'Neill, Skinny Matt, and The Snack Network.

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Congratulations to Johnathan Brown for the launch of "In My Element". We will feature Johnathan's music on We the GamerCast for all of January!

LinkTree: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/pme/in-my-element

--

Join the Phoenix Overdrive Extra Life team

Website: https://www.phoenixoverdrive.com/

--

Support Tony Baker and the Quest 4 Pixels Crew

Subscribe on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/Quest4PixelsGaming

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Check out The Blame Game with Dallas Ford and ARGO

Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgtW0EnHOsxa4jkGBFfSCIg

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