Our lengthy Mario Kart series retrospective finally concludes as we discuss the two big dogs vying for racing supremacy! Is 8 Deluxe still king of the mountain or has World pulled off a shocking defenestration to claim the crown for itself? Listen in as the Nutcase and Newcomer talk about what these two games do and don’t have in common in their first official volume of the Switch 2 era.

And stick around towards the back half to hear such things as the Nutcase breaking down into Buddhistic religious ecstasy over Mario Kart World’s soundtrack and each host presenting their definitive ranked list of every game in the series!

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The Nutcase is on a real one this time as he does his first SOLO show going over a whole bunch of things he’s done with the Switch 2 throughout the past month. You wanna hear about puns that are eight years old? How about building a philosophical lifestyle around the majesty of swords? Or maybe some inter-dimensional adultery?

Here’s a list of things covered in this episode—but not in order! Gotta keep the mystery alive somehow, eh?

• Switch 2 hardware and features
• Switch 2 accessories
• Switch 2 launch experieyi
• Switch 2 games (Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour)
• GameCube games (SouCalibur II, F-Zero GX)
• Switch 1 game (Super Mario Odyssey)

You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll quickly move on with your life and forget all about this episode for good once the final blooper ends. What more could you want out of an episode that took an entire month to deliver?!

And don’t forget to spread the word about this very fine podcast you are consuming. The Nutcase will go nuts with gratitude if ya do!

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CHOO CHOO! The hype train is flying off the rails faster than Doc Brown’s new time machine at the end of Back to the Future Part III, and Nick and Mira are here with their final pre-Switch 2 episode covering Mario Kat DS, Mario Kart Wii, and Mario Kart 7.

Be sure to stick around for the last half hour—or don’t—to hear the Newcomer and Nutcase devolve into a slap-happy delirium over old hat and Mushroom George. Ah, the joys of extreme sleep deprivation!

Finally, get in those DK lore questions and theories ahead of our pre-Bananza deep dive into Donkey’s absurd timeline.

Email: chat@switch2ludiclore.com

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Are your hype engines REVVED TO THE MAX for Mario Kart World? Regardless of your answer to that question, you simply cannot find a better way to pass the time while waiting for the Switch 2 than by listening to this episode of what very well may (or may not) be your new favorite podcast.

What does the Newcomer think of the first four games in the series given her Mario Kart baseline is 8 Deluxe? Why is the Nutcase so unreasonably harsh on the Rainbow Road music from Super Circuit? (It’s a good song, you buffoon!) And should Yoshis really accept taxation without representation? All of that and so much more on this episode of The Switch 2 Ludic Lore Cast!

Finally: Don’t forget to send in your questions, comments, or theories about any deep Donkey lore ahead of our Donkey Kong timeline episode. Trust us—that discussion is going to be bananza!

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The Switch 2 hype train is careening towards June 5th at a velocity that’s making Sonic blush even harder than he does when looking up fanart of himself, so let’s zip down the tracks with this beefcake of an episode covering all manner of Switch 2 accoutrements.

If you want to hear about how a former president vomiting on a foreign dignitary jeopardized a 75 million dollar-deal, Nintendo’s crackpot legal theory keeping them out of a dispute with wheelchair sporting association, and a ranked list of every Nintendo launch lineup that somehow lurches into ravine of lunacy without ever recovering, you’ve come to the right place.

And if you don’t want to hear about those things, you’ve still come to the right place! After all, what’s a few hours of drivel between friends?

Plus! Stick around to the very end as the Nutcase and Newcomer break down the harrowing tale that led to this 1.5 month delay between episodes. Hint: It involves Nick getting an organ cut out of his belly in a foreign country. If you’re a family member or friend who came to this episode just to hear that story, jump ahead to 3:04:45 for the full saga in all of its bizarre glory.

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That Switch 2 Direct sure was something, huh?

Come join your pals Nick and Mira as they dissect the Switch 2 blowout and pull apart what Nintendo’s marketing pitch says about their shift in mindset compared to the company’s January 2017 Switch 1 live show.

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This project is—and always will be—dedicated to Ana and Brody.

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Come meet your two new pals Nick the Nintendo Nutcase and Mira the Nintendo Newcomer as they introduce themselves and tell you all about the wacky and wise journey they'll be taking you on throughout the Nintendo Switch 2 era. In this volume, you'll learn about their two wildly different perspectives, hear the theory of the ludic spirit, and discover a frightening revelation about Nick's power of voodoo.

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