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Platform:<\/b> Switch
Publisher:<\/b> Nintendo
Developer:<\/b> Nintendo
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This week’s episode of All Things Nintendo is all about celebrating the first five years of the Nintendo Switch. The anniversary is right around the corner, so Brian invites\u00a0Game Informer\u00a0<\/em>online content director Ben Reeves back to talk about the biggest milestones of the Switch’s first half-decade, as well as share some stories from the last five years covering the system.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> Brian is out on assignment this week, so this episode was recorded a week early. If any noteworthy news hit over the last week, All Things Nintendo will cover it next week.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you’d like to follow the people from this episode on Twitter:\u00a0Brian Shea (@brianpshea)<\/a>,\u00a0Ben Reeves (@benjaminreeves)<\/a><\/p>\n

The All Things Nintendo podcast is a weekly show where we can celebrate, discuss, and break down all the latest games, news, and announcements from the industry’s most recognizable name. Each week, Brian is joined by different guests to talk about what’s happening in the world of Nintendo. Along the way, they’ll share personal stories, uncover hidden gems in the eShop, and even look back on the classics we all grew up with. A new episode hits every Friday!<\/p>\n

Be sure to subscribe to All Things Nintendo on your favorite podcast platform. The show is available on\u00a0Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0Spotify<\/a>, and\u00a0Google Podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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00:00:00 \u2013 Introduction
\n00:04:57 \u2013 Five Years of Switch: Pre-Launch
\n00:17:31 \u2013 Five Years of Switch: 2017
\n00:26:31 \u2013 Five Years of Switch: 2018
\n00:38:14 \u2013 Five Years of Switch: 2019
\n00:50:50 \u2013 Five Years of Switch: 2020
\n00:57:00 \u2013 Five Years of Switch: 2021
\n01:02:41 \u2013 Why is the Switch So Successful?
\n01:09:52 \u2013 Top Five\u00a0Selling Games of Switch
\n01:12:28 \u2013 Definitive Ranking: Switch Games So Far
\n01:20:34 \u2013 eShop Gem of the Week: Owlboy
\n01:24:15 \u2013 Personal News from Ben<\/em><\/p>\n

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If you’d like to get in touch with the All Things Nintendo podcast, you can do so by emailing\u00a0AllThingsNintendo@GameInformer.com<\/a>, tweeting to Brian (@BrianPShea<\/a>), or by joining the official\u00a0Game Informer<\/em>\u00a0Discord server. You can do that by linking your Discord account to your Twitch account and subscribing to the\u00a0Game Informer<\/em>\u00a0Twitch channel<\/a>. From there, find the All Things Nintendo channel under “Community Spaces.”<\/p>\n

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For more Game Informer podcasts, be sure to check out\u00a0The Game Informer Show<\/a>, which covers the weekly happenings of the video game industry, and\u00a0Video Gameography<\/a>\u00a0with host Ben Reeves, which explores the history of video games \u2013 one series at a time! We also have\u00a0From Panel to Podcast<\/a>\u00a0from host Andrew Reiner, covering everything from the world of comic books, including the shows, movies, and games that spawn from them!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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