KongaCast - A Nintendo Podcast

With Ryan on hiatus, Adonis takes the helm to cover the initial HANDS-ON impressions of Mario Wonder, and boy is it just wonderful . Afterwords is the spookiest segment of the year, top 3 horror games of all time! Follow KongaCast on Twitter to stay updated! https://twitter.com/KongaCast?s=20&t=s0dNex3WZd97ReCIyll0ZQ For business inquiries: KongaCast@gmail.com Music: Above The Clouds by | e s...

Ryan and Adonis begin the week by covering the excellent news regarding Bobby Kotick’s inevitable departure from Activision-Blizzard-King following the Microsoft buyout. Although he is getting a ridiculous amount of money, which he values above all else, this may mean the turnaround that Acti-Blizz needs so desperately. Even more good news this week with the preliminary reviews for both Super Mari...

Hosts Ryan and Adonis begin the week with the extraordinarily large leaks surrounding Microsoft and Xbox. It seems that a rather substantial information dump regarding the future plans of the company was accidentally released in a public format! Next in the news is the near perfect run of Super Mario Bros has finally been achieved. Niftski, a popular speedrunner, has completed a speedrun of Super...

Hosts Ryan Carroll and Adonis Giovetis are joined by their good friend Joe Thompson to talk the latest awesomeness that came from the September Nintendo Direct, including the revival of F-Zero, Mario Kart DLC coming soon, a new trailer and name reveal for Princess Peach Showtime, and a whole heckin’ remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. The trio also discusses the two video game tournamen...

Hosts Ryan and Adonis are excited for the impending Nintendo Direct! They discuss the latest leaks regarding new games and even new hardware. Watch at your own risk, we have some convincing evidence this time! Follow KongaCast on Twitter to stay updated! https://twitter.com/KongaCast?s=20&t=s0dNex3WZd97ReCIyll0ZQ For business inquiries: KongaCast@gmail.com Music: Above The Clouds by | e s c p...

Hosts Ryan Carroll and Adonis Giovetis chat about the fantastic Super Mario Bros Wonder Direct, which raised the excitement for this game even more than beforehand. Adonis also goes into detail on how he’s liking Starfield so far as both guys give their thoughts on the reception of the game. The duo also discuss the release of Armored Core VI and the closing of Volition Studios, followed by what w...

Hosts Ryan Carroll and Adonis Giovetis discuss the news that Charles Martinet is retiring from his role as Mario. The guys reminisce about his incredibly long tenure along with some of their favorite lines. Up next is the controversy surrounding Larian Studios’ Baldur’s Gate 3 and its meteoric success. Developers of other studios have pushed back saying that this ‘should not be the new norm’. Adon...

Hosts Ryan Carroll and Adonis Giovetis discuss the latest rumblings coming out of Mercury Steam, including confirmation that the development company is working on “two large undisclosed titles.” The duo also talks about the announcement and release of Quake II Remastered and how fantastic it is, before finishing up with talking Red Dead Redemption on modern platforms, another common Blizzard L tha...

Hosts Ryan and Adonis discuss all the news surrounding the recent Pokémon Presents event and how it missed the mark for a large portion of the audience. Next up this week is Adonis' chance to gush about the new single-player action RPG Baldur's Gate 3, which has set the bar astronomically high with a 97% Metacritic rating with ~800,000 concurrent players on Steam! Lastly this week is Ryan...

Hosts Ryan Carroll and Adonis Giovetis discuss the latest rumors surrounding the successor to the Switch, with the most concrete rumors to date of what to expect out of the hardware. The duo also covers recent sales numbers for PS5 and Pikmin 4, followed by some discussion on the reveal of Nickelodeon All Star Brawl 2 and the release of some classic Zelda games on NSO. Follow KongaCast on Twitter...

Hosts Ryan Carroll and Adonis Giovetis discuss a recent study detailing the stunning amount of classic video games that are no longer accessible to the consumer due to the progression of the industry and outdated market policy. Settle in with a snack and something to eat, this is a juicy topic! As always, the week comes to a close with the guys catching up and talking about what they've been p...

Host Ryan Carroll is flying solo today as Adonis is enjoying a nice family vacation! Today, the show goes into the great reviews that have been poppin up for Pikmin 4 and the excitement surrounding the release. Ryan also touches on some decently credible rumors surrounding a potential Metroid Prime 2 Remaster and something Zelda related coming before the end of 2023. Follow KongaCast on Twitter to...

Hosts Ryan Carroll and Adonis Giovetis discuss the official reveal of the Mario Kart 8 Wave 5 DLC tracks in detail, as well as the news of Switch sales reaching record heights in Japan and the recent Switch 2 info drop in the Microsoft Acti-Blizz acquisition case. As always, the show ends with the guys talking about what they've been playing this week. Follow KongaCast on Twitter to stay updat...

Hosts Ryan Carroll and Adonis Giovetis discuss the remaining news bits from Nintendo’s June Direct, including talking Pokémon, Metal Gear Solid, and some more Mario games. The duo wrap up the show discussing what they’ve been playing recently.  Follow KongaCast on Twitter to stay updated! https://twitter.com/KongaCast?s=20&t=s0dNex3WZd97ReCIyll0ZQ For business inquiries: KongaCast@gmail.com Mu...

DISCLAIMER: Ryan had an audio input issue this week so please bare with us and it will be back to normal next week, thank you :) Hosts Ryan Carroll and Adonis Giovetis discuss the most recent Nintendo Direct and what stood out the most to them, some of those including Super Mario Wonder, the Mario RPG Remake, and Pikman 4. Next week they will be covering the smaller news tidbits as well as some of...

DISCLAIMER: WE WILL BE COVERING ALL THINGS RELATING TO THE JUNE 21ST NINTENDO DIRECT NEXT WEEK! Hosts Ryan Carroll and Adonis Giovetis discuss the latest on the newsfront for Metroid Prime 4 (or lack thereof) following the 6 year anniversary of the game’s reveal. The duo also comments on the latest rumblings surrounding a potential Illumination Zelda movie before wrapping up the show with each per...

Welcome back everyone! Ryan and Adonis kick off the week by covering the GROUNDBREAKING news regarding the Everybody 1-2 Switch game releasing soon and how it truly is not so groundbreaking. Also in the news is the recent announcement of Kirby Tilt & Tumble and Harvest Moon coming to NSO, as well as a possible Illumination + Nintendo deal regarding a Zelda movie in the works. Lastly in the new...

Welcome back everyone! This week Ryan and Adonis are joined by their good friend Ian, a long time listener, to talk about the new Playstation titles shown off in the most recent event. The most notable titles covered in the episode include the Plucky Squire, Spiderman 2, Metal Gear Solid Delta and Destiny 2's new expansion teaser. The gang also talk about Sony's newly unveiled attempt at a...

Hosts Ryan Carroll and Adonis Giovetis are joined by Alex Henager to discuss the latest news surrounding Activision-Blizzard. The trio then dedicates most of the the rest of the episode discussing what they have been playing recently (hint, it may be almost exclusively Zelda.) Follow KongaCast on Twitter to stay updated! https://twitter.com/KongaCast?s=20&t=s0dNex3WZd97ReCIyll0ZQ For business...

Welcome back everyone! The news was sparse this week, but Ryan and Adonis found some juicy bits of data on Nintendo's 2023 fiscal year earnings report. They both point out what took them by surprise, as well as discussing what the numbers may suggest for Nintendo's near and far future (Switch Pro 2024 confirmed of course). Next this week comes the first of impressions of Tears of the Kingd...

Season 2 is here! Hosts Ryan Carroll and Adonis Giovetis are joined by Andew Van Dyk to discuss the immense hype as the latest game in the Zelda franchise is mere days away from release. After discussing at length, the trio then goes into their other most anticipated games of 2023 before wrapping up the show with what games each person has been playing in 2023. Follow KongaCast on Twitter to stay...

Welcome back everyone, hope you all are having an excellent week! Before we get to the news, we have a quick update. We will be taking a brief break over the holidays to spend some time with friends and family (and to no-life some video games of course). Don't worry though, we'll be back early next year ;) NOW for the news. This weeks episode includes lots of interesting stuff regarding the Game A...

Hosts Ryan Carroll and Adonis Giovetis deliver all sorts of news relating to Smash World Tour’s cancellation and The Callisto Protocol. Adonis then goes absolutely all the way off when talking about his full experience with God of War: Ragnarok. The duo then discusses upcoming DLC for Elden Ring and Sonic Frontiers before wrapping up the show with what they’ve been playing recently. Follow KongaCa...

Welcome back everyone! Ryan and Adonis are joined by their good friend Andrew this week! They kick off this weeks episode by talking about the pros and cons of the new generation of Pokémon games, bugs and all. Next in the news is the recent story regarding one of the creators of Sonic the Hedgehog, Yuji Naka, who was reportedly arrested for insider trading. Lastly is an incredible amount of Mario...

Hosts Ryan Carroll and Adonis Giovetis are joined by Jason Morgan to geek about the release of God of War: Ragnarok and gush about how good the game is. The gang also discusses the nominations for The Game Awards and predict what game will win game of the year, along with some predictions for other categories. The trio then talks about the most recent Indie World from Nintendo before wrapping up t...