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A massive Smash Bros. leak comes courtesy of a wild story filled with some impressive internet sleuthing and crazy plot twists. Do these new characters really sound believable? Is a promotional piece from the upcoming Grinch film the smoking gun to put us on the side of #TeamReal? Or is this one of the most elaborate fakes in recent memory? We'll let you decide, but we only have to wait a few days for the truth to come out.

The Nintendo news well is still very dry, so we dive into Patron submitted questions this week with Ian and Huber.

Kyle and Brad join the panel to judge Patron submitted ideas for achievements for Nintendo games. We rate whether we like them or not, whether or not Nintendo would actually implement them, and how rare would they be.

Nintendo delivers its big fall direct, revealing new games like Luigi's Mansion 3 and Animal Crossing as well as providing updates to others like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Yoshi's Crafted World.

Ian and special guest Ash Paulsen of GameXplain join us on this week's episode to discuss the recent Nindies Direct.

Not much Nintendo news came out of Gamescom 2018, so we focus on answering 10 different Patron submitted questions which just so happen to cover almost all of the small news stories from the past two weeks.

Special guest Matt Simmons of YoVideoGames joins Bosman and Damiani to share their initial reactions to the recent Super Smash Bros. Direct, Nintendo updating the official Zelda Timeline, and settle once and for all how to pronounce NES.

Ian and Damiani return from San Diego Comic Con and share their thoughts on the convention with Huber before diving into hands-on impressions of Mega Man 11, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and Resident Evil 2 Remake.

Blood and Jones dive into Sakurai's latest comments about the Smash series, what's up with Nintendo's stock prices, and what unannounced games for 2018 are in store for us.

Huber and Bosman join the panel to give their final thoughts on Nintendo's showing at this year's E3 and whether or not the decision to heavily focus on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate paid off.

Special guest Ash Paulsen joins the panel to discuss our expectations for this year's E3, from first party game like Smash Bros and Metroid Prime 4 to what third party surprises might be in store.

Correction: I say 9.99 for the 1 year Switch Online plan, but it's 19.99 and I even had it in the notes. Ben and Blood join the panel to discuss the Switch's paltry online details, Capcom announcing Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate for Switch, just how good is Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, and is Retro Studios really working on a Star Fox racing game.

Friend Code is back! Bosman and Bloodworth join Damiani to parse through the recent Nintendo Financial Briefing for Fiscal Year 2017 and discuss Nintendo's new incoming president, Kirby Star Allies' performance, Breath of the Wild's sales and what impact they'll have on the future of Zelda, and Nintendo's plan to support the 3DS into 2019 and beyond.

Huber and Brad are hyped up as we discuss all the new announcements from the most recent Nintendo Direct.

The Switch hits the one year mark, Sonic's designer reveals the mascot almost ended up being a human boy, datamined DLC outfits found in Super Mario Odyssey, and Diablo 3 might head to the Switch.