Episode 112 This episode Josh is joined by fellow maniac Drew Agnew - who is the host of The House of Mario podcast! They go over Nintendo's entire 2025 - including the highlights, lowlights and the downright silly. You can find Drew and all of his work here:The House of Mario: ⁠https://thehouseofmario.captivate.fm/...X/Twitter: @idrewby @thehouseofmarioYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@iDrewby Support Us! If you would like to support Nintendo Maniacs, please consider giving us a 5 star rating on Spotify/Apple Podcasts and click on the Linktree below to see our Patreon, Rebbubble store and socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Join our Discord for free: https://discord.gg/47TSQv6c4M Patreon! For monetary help please check out our Patreon page. We have multiple tiers with varying perks, including exclusive discord access, advertising and opportunities to contribute questions and topics to upcoming shows. We’ve also introduced a tier that gives you access to our Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack Family Account (plus access to our discord and show shoutout). So if you haven’t got Nintendo Switch Online yet do consider checking this out as it’s cheaper than buying an individual membership. Limited spots so get in quick. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LINK: https://discord.gg/47TSQv6c4M Thank you so much to our Patrons:SwitchingItUp_Game Buoy GamesSumo About Nintendo Maniacs! Nintendo Maniacs is a fortnightly, Nintendo-focussed podcast. Each episode Josh is joined by a special guest and they chat about what they love about Nintendo, and the special ways they show their passion. The host, Josh, has been a lifelong Nintendo fan who grew up on playing Nintendo consoles and handhelds. He has great memories of playing local multiplayer games with his brothers and friends and enjoys the pure fun that Nintendo brings to gaming. Josh enjoys Nintendo gaming so much that he created this podcast to force people to join him and chat about it!

Episode 111

In this episode Josh is joined by Joey Ferris, a Nintendo YouTuber with his own channel and has worked on CommonWealth Realm and GameXplain.

Chapters:

0:00 Cold Open, Maniac Chat

8:50 Metroid Success on Switch

12:50 Why Metroid rates high, sells low

17:20 Blind Ranking - Metroid Soundtracks

23:05 New Release Acquired: Metroid Prime 4 Beyond

Our Guest!

Joey was our guest. You can find more of their work at:

Website: youtube.com/ferriswheelpro?si=YAo9gVqFBT2AzV52

X: https://x.com/FerrisWheelPro

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ferriswheelpro/

Weird Nintendo:

Not this episode

Support Us!

If you would like to support Nintendo Maniacs, please consider giving us a 5 star rating on Spotify/Apple Podcasts and click on the Linktree below to see our Patreon, Rebbubble store and socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Join our Discord for free: / discord

Patreon!

For monetary help please check out our Patreon page. We have multiple tiers with varying perks, including exclusive discord access, advertising and opportunities to contribute questions and topics to upcoming shows. We’ve also introduced a tier that gives you access to our Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack Family Account (plus access to our discord and show shoutout). So if you haven’t got Nintendo Switch Online yet do consider checking this out as it’s cheaper than buying an individual membership. Limited spots so get in quick. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

LINK: / discord

Thank you so much to our Patrons:

SwitchingItUp_

Game Buoy Games

Sumo

About Nintendo Maniacs!

Nintendo Maniacs is a fortnightly, Nintendo-focussed podcast. Each episode Josh is joined by a special guest and they chat about what they love about Nintendo, and the special ways they show their passion. The host, Josh, has been a lifelong Nintendo fan who grew up on playing Nintendo consoles and handhelds. He has great memories of playing local multiplayer games with his brothers and friends and enjoys the pure fun that Nintendo brings to gaming. Josh enjoys Nintendo gaming so much that he created this podcast to force people to join him and chat about it!

Episode 108

In this episode Josh is joined by Jemma from the Pure Nintendo podcast!

Chapters:

0:00 Maniac Chat

10:45 Blind Ranking - Pokemon Starters

15:45 Nintendo at PAX Australia

31:47 New Release Acquired: Pokemon Legends ZA

1:14:00 Kirby Air Riders Direct 2

1:22:30 Shinobi, Ball X Pit and Plants vs Zombies

1:24:40 Weird Nintendo

Our Guest!

Jemma from Pure Nintendo, was our guest. You can find more of their work at:

Pure Nintendo

https://purenintendo.com/

Jemma’s Profile

https://purenintendo.com/author/jemma/

Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/PureNintendo

X

https://x.com/kajimi

Support Us!

If you would like to support Nintendo Maniacs, please consider giving us a 5 star rating on Spotify/Apple Podcasts and click on the Linktree below to see our Patreon, Rebbubble store and socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Join our Discord for free: https://discord.gg/47TSQv6c4M

Patreon!

For monetary help please check out our Patreon page. We have multiple tiers with varying perks, including exclusive discord access, advertising and opportunities to contribute questions and topics to upcoming shows. We’ve also introduced a tier that gives you access to our Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack Family Account (plus access to our discord and show shoutout). So if you haven’t got Nintendo Switch Online yet do consider checking this out as it’s cheaper than buying an individual membership. Limited spots so get in quick. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

LINK: https://discord.gg/47TSQv6c4M

Thank you so much to our Patrons:

SwitchingItUp_

Game Buoy Games

Sumo

About Nintendo Maniacs!

Nintendo Maniacs is a fortnightly, Nintendo-focussed podcast. Each episode Josh is joined by a special guest and they chat about what they love about Nintendo, and the special ways they show their passion. The host, Josh, has been a lifelong Nintendo fan who grew up on playing Nintendo consoles and handhelds. He has great memories of playing local multiplayer games with his brothers and friends and enjoys the pure fun that Nintendo brings to gaming. Josh enjoys Nintendo gaming so much that he created this podcast to force people to join him and chat about it!

Episode 107

In this episode Josh is joined by Jacob aka Mr A Game!

Chapters:

0:00 Maniac Chat

27:38 Blind ranking Zelda Food Items

31:40 PAX Australia

38:59 New Release Acquired: Super Mario Galaxy 1 +2

1:05:47 Close to You Pikmin Video

1:08:22 Mr A Game’s Collection/Switch 2 Review

1:2:17 Weird Nintendo

Our Guest!

Mr A Game (aka Jacob), was our guest. You can find more of their work at:

YouTube

youtube.com/@mragamelive

Merch

mragame.store

Instagram

instagram.com/mra_game

TikTok

tiktok.com/@mra_game

Twitter

twitter.com/MrA_Game

Support Us!

If you would like to support Nintendo Maniacs, please consider giving us a 5 star rating on Spotify/Apple Podcasts and click on the Linktree below to see our Patreon, Rebbubble store and socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Join our Discord for free: https://discord.gg/47TSQv6c4M

Patreon!

For monetary help please check out our Patreon page. We have multiple tiers with varying perks, including exclusive discord access, advertising and opportunities to contribute questions and topics to upcoming shows. We’ve also introduced a tier that gives you access to our Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack Family Account (plus access to our discord and show shoutout). So if you haven’t got Nintendo Switch Online yet do consider checking this out as it’s cheaper than buying an individual membership. Limited spots so get in quick. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

LINK: https://discord.gg/47TSQv6c4M

Thank you so much to our Patrons:

SwitchingItUp_

Game Buoy Games

Sumo

About Nintendo Maniacs!

Nintendo Maniacs is a fortnightly, Nintendo-focussed podcast. Each episode Josh is joined by a special guest and they chat about what they love about Nintendo, and the special ways they show their passion. The host, Josh, has been a lifelong Nintendo fan who grew up on playing Nintendo consoles and handhelds. He has great memories of playing local multiplayer games with his brothers and friends and enjoys the pure fun that Nintendo brings to gaming. Josh enjoys Nintendo gaming so much that he created this podcast to force people to join him and chat about it!

Episode 106

In this episode Josh is joined by N64 Josh who amongst many other things is the host of the Nintendo Power Cast!

Chapters:

0:00 Cold Open, Maniac Chat

20:48 Blind ranking 2D Super Mario games

28:42 New Release Acquired: DK Bananza DLC

53:30 Fire Emblem Shadows

1:01:27 Mario Kart World Update1:10:35 Nintendo of America Staff Changes

1:18:20 Weird Nintendo

Our Guest!

N64 Josh, from the Nintendo Power Cast, was our guest. You can find more of their work at:

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/@N64Josh

Twitch

twitch.tv/n64josh

Instagram

instagram.com/n64josh

Facebook

facebook.com/n64josh

Twitter

twitter.com/n64josh

N64Josh.com

n64josh.com

Support Us!

If you would like to support Nintendo Maniacs, please consider giving us a 5 star rating on Spotify/Apple Podcasts and click on the Linktree below to see our Patreon, Rebbubble store and socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Join our Discord for free: https://discord.gg/47TSQv6c4M

Patreon!

For monetary help please check out our Patreon page. We have multiple tiers with varying perks, including exclusive discord access, advertising and opportunities to contribute questions and topics to upcoming shows. We’ve also introduced a tier that gives you access to our Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack Family Account (plus access to our discord and show shoutout). So if you haven’t got Nintendo Switch Online yet do consider checking this out as it’s cheaper than buying an individual membership. Limited spots so get in quick. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

LINK: https://discord.gg/47TSQv6c4M

Thank you so much to our Patrons:

SwitchingItUp_

Game Buoy Games

Sumo

About Nintendo Maniacs!

Nintendo Maniacs is a fortnightly, Nintendo-focussed podcast. Each episode Josh is joined by a special guest and they chat about what they love about Nintendo, and the special ways they show their passion. The host, Josh, has been a lifelong Nintendo fan who grew up on playing Nintendo consoles and handhelds. He has great memories of playing local multiplayer games with his brothers and friends and enjoys the pure fun that Nintendo brings to gaming. Josh enjoys Nintendo gaming so much that he created this podcast to force people to join him and chat about it!

Episode 105

In this episode Josh is joined by Dan (aka SwitchingItUp_) who is a writer for Quest Daily!

It’s a pure Nintendo Direct episode so no time stamps this episode.

Our Guest!

Dan, from Quest Daily, was our guest. You can find more of their work at:

https://questdaily.com.au/

Socials:

TikTok @switchingitup and on Insta @switchingitup__.

Support Us!

If you would like to support Nintendo Maniacs, please consider giving us a 5 star rating on Spotify/Apple Podcasts and click on the Linktree below to see our Patreon, Rebbubble store and socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Join our Discord for free: https://discord.gg/47TSQv6c4M

Patreon!

For monetary help please check out our Patreon page. We have multiple tiers with varying perks, including exclusive discord access, advertising and opportunities to contribute questions and topics to upcoming shows. We’ve also introduced a tier that gives you access to our Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack Family Account (plus access to our discord and show shoutout). So if you haven’t got Nintendo Switch Online yet do consider checking this out as it’s cheaper than buying an individual membership. Limited spots so get in quick. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

LINK: https://discord.gg/47TSQv6c4M

Thank you so much to our Patrons:

SwitchingItUp_

Game Buoy Games

Sumo

About Nintendo Maniacs!

Nintendo Maniacs is a fortnightly, Nintendo-focussed podcast. Each episode Josh is joined by a special guest and they chat about what they love about Nintendo, and the special ways they show their passion. The host, Josh, has been a lifelong Nintendo fan who grew up on playing Nintendo consoles and handhelds. He has great memories of playing local multiplayer games with his brothers and friends and enjoys the pure fun that Nintendo brings to gaming. Josh enjoys Nintendo gaming so much that he created this podcast to force people to join him and chat about it!

Episode 104

In this episode Josh is joined by Marc Kaliroff, the co-owner of the website Kirby Informer!

Chapters:

0:00 Cold Open, Maniac Chat

11:00 Blind ranking Kirby Copy Abilities

16:30 General Nintendo Direct Predictions

39:10 New Release Acquired: Star Crossed World (Kirby and the Forgotten Land DLC)

1:04:00 Hollow Knight: Silksong

1:14:55 Weird Nintendo

Our Guest!

Marc, from Kirby Informer, was our guest. You can find more of their work at:

Website: https://www.kirbyinformer.com/

X: @TheMarcKalInstagram: @themarckal

Linktree: linktr.ee/themarckal

Weird Nintendo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BjijPlmecM

Support Us!

If you would like to support Nintendo Maniacs, please consider giving us a 5 star rating on Spotify/Apple Podcasts and click on the Linktree below to see our Patreon, Rebbubble store and socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Join our Discord for free: https://discord.gg/47TSQv6c4M

Patreon!

For monetary help please check out our Patreon page. We have multiple tiers with varying perks, including exclusive discord access, advertising and opportunities to contribute questions and topics to upcoming shows. We’ve also introduced a tier that gives you access to our Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack Family Account (plus access to our discord and show shoutout). So if you haven’t got Nintendo Switch Online yet do consider checking this out as it’s cheaper than buying an individual membership. Limited spots so get in quick. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

LINK: https://discord.gg/47TSQv6c4M

Thank you so much to our Patrons:

SwitchingItUp_

Game Buoy Games

Sumo

About Nintendo Maniacs!

Nintendo Maniacs is a fortnightly, Nintendo-focussed podcast. Each episode Josh is joined by a special guest and they chat about what they love about Nintendo, and the special ways they show their passion. The host, Josh, has been a lifelong Nintendo fan who grew up on playing Nintendo consoles and handhelds. He has great memories of playing local multiplayer games with his brothers and friends and enjoys the pure fun that Nintendo brings to gaming. Josh enjoys Nintendo gaming so much that he created this podcast to force people to join him and chat about it!