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After over a decade of waiting, Pikmin 4 is finally here! Seth's played a bunch of it and... it might already be his favorite entry in the series? Let's talk about that AND A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF! ★ LINKS ★ ► Support The Nintendo Drive on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/WR3qcXJq9n ► Get your Nintendo Drive merch: h...

Nintendo has been around for over 100 years and have been making video games since the 70s. We think it's time to ask: are we living in Nintendo's best era of games? WITH SPECIAL GUEST MILES OF AMANDA! ★ LINKS ★ ► Support The Nintendo Drive on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/WR3qcXJq9n ► Get your Nintendo Drive mer...

At this point, "Nintendo Kart" or "Super Smash Kart" seems inevitable. But which Nintendo characters need to hop into the kart and throw a few Blue Shells? ★ LINKS ★ ► Support The Nintendo Drive on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/WR3qcXJq9n ► Get your Nintendo Drive merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/ ► C...

We're getting Wave 5 of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass next week and honestly... at some point, we have to just accept that this game is the GOAT. Right? Like what do we even WANT out of a Mario Kart 9 anymore? ★ LINKS ★ ► Support The Nintendo Drive on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/WR3qcXJq9n ► Get your...

When Super Mario Bros. Wonder was revealed at last week's Nintendo Direct, we finally saw a new 2D Mario game for the first time in over a decade. And it has us thinking. Up to this point... which 2D Mario game is the best? So we're pitting them against each other in a good ol' fashioned TIER LIST! Make your own tier list: bit.ly/3CNRpJs ★ LINKS ★ ► Support The Nintendo Drive on Patreo...

Ryan, Sean and Seth ASSEMBLE to break down, talk about and get HYPED over the June 2023 Nintendo Direct! ★ 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.com/ ► Check us out on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/carpoolgaminglive ► Subscribe on Y...

Against all odds, we have a summer Nintendo Direct after all! Let's put on our predicting caps, talk about what we think might be at the show and - maybe most importantly - JUDGE EACH OTHER FOR OUR PREDICTIONS! ★ LINKS ★ ► Support The Nintendo Drive on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/WR3qcXJq9n ► Get your Nintendo Driv...

People are so hung up on the Summer Game Fests and the Ubisoft Forwards and the Xbox Showcases of the world... that they completely slept on the BEST showcase of this entire season. And in fact, we get the feeling that a lot of people have misunderstood an entire subset of gaming in general. So let's talk about it! ★ LINKS ★ ► Support The Nintendo Drive on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolg...

Summer Game Fest 2023 is here and we've gathered the Carpool Gaming crew to break down everything we saw! #summergamefest #discussion #podcast ★ 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.com/ ► Check us out on Twitch: https://tw...

With Summer Game Fest 2023 happening tomorrow, the Carpool Gaming crew comes together to predict what we'll see at the show tomorrow! ★ 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.com/ ► Check us out on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/c...

We've officially entered the summer gaming news cycle! With Tears of the Kingdom having just released and a few odd marketing decisions, we have to wonder... are we even getting a typical summer Nintendo Direct at all this year? ★ LINKS ★ ► Support The Nintendo Drive on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/WR3qcXJq9n ► Get...

We've talked a LOT about Tears of the Kingdom here on the show. There's so much GAME there to talk about, after all. But this week... maybe it's time we looked at it from a different perspective. Could Tears of the Kingdom possibly be *too* big? ★ LINKS ★ ► Support The Nintendo Drive on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.com...

It's been ten days since Tears of the Kingdom released, our hours have populated and... well, some of us haven't been sleeping well, it seems. IT'S A GOOD GAME OKAY ★ LINKS ★ ► Support The Nintendo Drive on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/WR3qcXJq9n ► Get your Nintendo Drive merch: https://carpoolgaming.com/ ►...

Well, it's here. Tears of the Kingdom has now been out for several days, somehow. We've played it. We've streamed it. And it's very quickly become dangerous for our physical and mental well being. EARLY IMPRESSIONS INCOMING! ★ LINKS ★ ► Support The Nintendo Drive on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/WR3qcXJq9...

This episode will be the last episode of The Nintendo Drive prior to the release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. This week, you will hear Sean and Seth as boys. Next week, you will hear them as MEN. Check out  Hari Sivan's "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo Switch 2017 Trailer Music - Piano": https://youtu.be/isyJJ5vEaQ8 ★ LINKS ★ ► Support The Nintendo...

Sean's BACK and with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom right around the corner at this point... it's time for him and Seth to prepare Carpool Gaming's TOTK coverage BATTLE PLAN! ★ LINKS ★ ► Support The Nintendo Drive on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/WR3qcXJq9n ► Get your Nintendo Drive merch: https://...

With Tears of the Kingdom hot on everybody's minds, we've decided to take it a step further. Tears of the Kingdom? More like TIER LIST of the Kingdom. Because this week, we're putting together a tier list of the BEST WAIFUS IN THE ZELDA FRANCHISE! Make your own tier list: https://tiermaker.com/create/zelda-waifus-15748175 ★ LINKS ★ ► Support The Nintendo Drive on Patreon: https://patre...

Listen. I'm sure there's plenty of lore and story to dissect from the final Tears of the Kingdom trailer. But who cares about any of that? Besides, would it be SO awful if we just... let this Ganon win? Would it be SO bad? Think about it. ★ LINKS ★ ► Support The Nintendo Drive on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/WR3...

We really can't believe it... but the most wholesome Nintendo podcast on the Internet is celebrating its 100th episode! Let's reminisce about the history of the show together and chat about where we might want to go with The Nintendo Drive in the next 100 episodes... with some submissions from YOU! 🎉 ★ LINKS ★ ► Support The Nintendo Drive on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Jo...

After nearly 30 years, Mario has returned to the big screen with Illumination's The Super Mario Bros. Movie. We've seen it and we HAVE to talk about it, but don't worry: NO SPOILERS! And we're joined by Cheezy from the Nintendo Powercast to give you our spoiler-free thoughts! Be a part of The Nintendo Drive Episode 100 next week by submitting your favorite moments, memories of clip...

After a long period of silence, we finally got to see Tears of the Kingdom in motion. How are we feeling about it? Where are our hype levels? Will we be scrambling to pre-order yet another Nintendo Switch? ★ LINKS ★ ► Support The Nintendo Drive on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/WR3qcXJq9n ► Get your Nintendo Drive merch:...

The time is finally upon us. In just a few days, the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Wii U eShops will be closing their doors forever. There's plenty of discussion to be had about the nature of video game preservation, piracy and emulation and blah blah blah. But let's just talk about the *games*. ★ LINKS ★ ► Support The Nintendo Drive on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our ama...

Matt joins Seth on the show this week! With the latest wave of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass, Nintendo has not only added a ton of new courses to the game, but a new character and the promise of even MORE new characters in the future. So... we might as well embrace it! Which characters do YOU want to see added to the game? ► Metroid Mike's Super Mario Maker 2 Maker ID: 0G9-XN4-FNF ★...

There have been recent reports that the eventual successor to the Nintendo Switch will be difficult to make backwards compatible with games on the current Nintendo Switch we all have. The Internet has, of course, responded in a very measured and calm way. ★ LINKS ★ ► Support The Nintendo Drive on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.com/i...

So, yeah. Let's talk about Pokémon Presents, I suppose. Oh! Kirby and Octopath Traveler came out! Also, I think Sean finished Fire Emblem: Three Houses? SHOULD BE A GOOD TIME THIS WEEK! ★ LINKS ★ ► Support The Nintendo Drive on Patreon: https://patreon.com/carpoolgaming ► Join our amazing Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/WR3qcXJq9n ► Get your Nintendo Drive merch: https://bit.ly/cpgme...