The Nintendo Drive

Ryan Turford joins us this week to share some early impressions of Donkey Kong Bananza! Because if we have to stop playing Donkey Kong Bananza in order to record a podcast, that podcast may as well be about playing Donkey Kong Bananza. ★ LINKS ★ ► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U ► Get your Carp...

Is the honeymoon phase over? Have our rose-tinted glasses finally fallen slightly down our noses? After more than a full month with Nintendo Switch 2 - have we shaken loose the coils of launch hype? Or is it a fool's errand to try to compare the launch of Nintendo Switch 2 to other console launches altogether? Are we, as Nintendo fans, fresh out of things to complain about? Let's find out....

Sean's BACK and we're very excited about that! It seems like he was waiting for the Mario Strikers redemption arc to make his grand return - and who can blame him? ★ LINKS ★ ► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U ► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/ ► Check us out on T...

Maybe we've finally full lost the plot with this show. Maybe it was all a mistake. Maybe this is where we finally went too far. We do, however, refused to be judged for our actions during this (or any) episode. Let he who has never wanted to date an inanimate object in a Nintendo game cast the first green shell. ★ LINKS ★ ► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ►...

It's tempting to just write "PAULINE" in all caps and call it a day, but I guess I'd better do a bit more than that. We got a Nintendo Direct focused on Donkey Kong Bananza, revealing a TON of new info about the game... and y'all, July 17th really can't get here quickly enough. ★ LINKS ★ ► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our ama...

If the episode title got the song stuck in your head, it may be time to join me in registering for AARP. We've had the Switch 2 and its flagship launch title - Mario Kart World - for about a week now. So how good *is* the game, anyway? We have THOUGHTS and we're gonna share them on this PODCAST! ★ LINKS ★ ► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our ama...

The day has finally arrived and special guest Fulya is coming to hang out! We're gonna talk about our first impressions of Switch 2, what it's like on the other side of the counter selling these things, and maybe even say a few nice words about Switch Juan. ★ LINKS ★ ► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord...

Amanda and Lockleth create THE SPICIEST Nintendo characters Tier List! Which Nintendo characters are we calling Daddy and Mommy? ★ LINKS ★ ► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U ► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/ ► Check us out on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/carpoolgaminglive...

Amanda and Lockleth decide which Nintendo characters they want to Play with, Marry, or Kill...It won't get weird right? ★ LINKS ★ ► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U ► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/ ► Check us out on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/carpoolgaminglive ► Sub...

Just... three... weeks... to... go. We can do this. We can survive until the Switch 2 comes out. We'll make it. Together. ★ LINKS ★ ► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.gg/eBKUyABg8U ► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/ ► Check us out on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/carpoolgaminglive ► S...

To quote Shania Twain in 1997: Looks like we made it. Look how far we've come, my Nintendo Drive. Okay, she didn't exactly say that, but I'd like to think that's what she meant. Join us as we look back at 200 episodes of this silly show and share some of YOUR precious momes and mems! ★ LINKS ★ ► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing...

Seth was lucky enough to play the Switch 2 and a bunch of games at the Nintendo Switch 2 Experience in Dallas last weekend and he's got a TON of thoughts... but he's not sharing them alone! This week on the show, we're also joined by special guest Ryan Turford, who got to attend the Nintendo Switch 2 Experience in Toronto! Surprise! ★ LINKS ★ ► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https:...

April 24th, 2025. The day that we pre-ordered our Nintendo Switch 2s. A day that will live in infamy and a day that has left us forever changed; forever shaken. But at the end of it all? When the dust settles and we recover a semblance of ourselves again? We did win. ★ LINKS ★ ► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://disco...

Special guest FULYA joins us to break down the Mario Kart World Direct! Although we're probably gonna talk about a bunch of stuff because... there's not much new info to break down lol. Look man. They didn't really need to sell me any further on Mario Kart World. The game looks great and Pauline's in it. ★ LINKS ★ ► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgami...

We've seen Xbox games like Grounded and Pentiment come to Switch. Recently, PlayStation games like Patapon and Hot Shots Golf were announced to be coming to Switch. It seems like just about everything is on the table at this point -- so what OTHER games from other platforms would we like to see on Switch 2? ★ LINKS ★ ► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join...

We've got over an hour's worth of Switch 2 Direct to unpack... who knows what's gonna happen? All we can know for sure is that Amanda will freak out about GameCube and Kirby Air Ride. ★ LINKS ★ ► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/WR3qcXJq9n ► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoo...

Special guest CWAGGY - King of the XenoBabes - joins us this week for some early impressions of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition! But uh... also we had a big ol' Nintendo Direct? So we've got a LOT to talk about on this one. Buckle up, friends. ★ LINKS ★ ► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.co...

Our favorite smol pigeon makes her return to the show this week! And what better time than for the fifth anniversary of Animal Crossing: New Horizons? We're gonna share some of our ACNH memories -- and some of yours too! ★ LINKS ★ ► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/WR3qcXJq9n ► Get your Carpool...

With the spring season springing next week - and ahead of the big Nintendo stuff like Xenoblade and the Switch 2 reveal event... we thought it'd be nice to highlight some Nintendo games that really capture those sweet, sweet spring vibes! ★ LINKS ★ ► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/WR3qcXJq9n ► Ge...

Special guest Clayton Dwyer joins us this week to share his experiences traveling to the Nintendo Museum in Japan! We'll just be over here... pretending not to be incredibly jealous... ★ LINKS ★ ► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/WR3qcXJq9n ► Get your Carpool Gaming merch: https://carpoolgaming...

We woke up bright and early for our first proper look at Pokémon Legends Z-A during a special Pokémon Presents. But is it everything we were hoping for? Is it gonna redeem the franchise for us after Scarlet & Violet burned us? Are we ready to be hurt again? ★ LINKS ★ ► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.com...

There's a lot I'm sure we'll talk about on this episode. Everyone's hungry for Switch 2 news, some kind of February Direct, Pokemon Day, blah blah blah. But what we all REALLY need to be focused on is how Wario Land 4 recently dropped on NSO and it's one of the best dang platformers Nintendo has ever made. ★ LINKS ★ ► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpo...

Carpool Gaming's own Ryan Turford joins us on the show this week! And we're welcoming Ryan to the show with the *truest* Nintendo Drive experience... Hear Me Out: Nintendo Edition! What better way to celebrate this Valentine's Day than to hopelessly defend our wildest "hear me out" Nintendo characters? ★ LINKS ★ ► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpool...

Do you have gaming resolutions this year? Any goals for things you want to do with your gaming time? Some of us spread sheets, some of us allocate our planning to the sheets of our mind's eye. But it's fun to consider all the same. ★ LINKS ★ ► Support Carpool Gaming on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/WR3qcXJq9n ► G...

Carpool Gaming's own Ngachacha (of The PlayStation Drive fame) is gracing your feeds with his thoughts on Sunset Visitor's debut masterpiece and his personal GOTY 2024: 1000xRESIST!