Dads After Dark Show - A Nintendo Podcast · Drew and John

#205: Can Nintendo Save a Sleepy 2024?

·2 hr 6 min

Episode 205 is recorded on Sunday, June 2, 2024. It opens with Drew and John trading a joke about a grandpa on Viagra and the grandma who has to live with it, then the conversation drifts straight into summer grumbling. June is not their favorite. One of them says the three hot months are the worst stretch of the year, points to mowing and working from home, and treats November 1 like a personal holiday because football and cooler weather are finally back. That complaint sets the tone: summer is something to get through, while the end of the year feels like relief. Then the Nintendo talk shows up. The hosts say they have a new monthly mayhem update to cover, work through the details, and ask whether the June Nintendo Direct can bring some juice back into 2024. One audience question gets folded in as well. The show stays loose and conversational instead of polished, so the whole exchange keeps its friend-to-friend cadence. The middle stretches into Zelda LEGO territory. They talk about the Great Deku Tree set, admit that a giant brown tree is an odd choice, and keep coming back to the price, which feels too high for what is basically a wooden centerpiece. The details still matter. They point out hidden bits on the back, including a Korok seed, Skulltulas, and the Ocarina of Time tree-house area, and they note that the set includes figures such as Link and Zelda from Breath of the Wild, plus an Ocarina of Time Link figure of some kind. It is clever, but not obviously $300 clever. They wonder why Nintendo and LEGO did not choose something bigger or cleaner, like Hyrule Castle, Epona, or a Goron Mountain area that would feel easier to justify on a shelf. The preference lands on familiar ground: one host leans Ocarina of Time, the other Breath of the Wild, and the pink flowers plus the blue-style Link and Zelda presentation help tip the balance. That is the kind of argument this show likes, ending in a mix of jokes, memory, blunt preference, and Nintendo fandom that never tries to sound tidy.

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A loose Nintendo hangout that mixes summer gloom, monthly updates, and a grounded debate over the LEGO Great Deku Tree.

Episode 205 starts with a blunt joke, then moves through the monthly updates, a check on whether the June Nintendo Direct can give 2024 a lift, and one listener question.

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You want a loose Nintendo hangout that opens with a filthy joke and drifts into summer complaints and a LEGO debate.

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