Chris Brandrick

picking a winner for this now — keep an eye on your inbox if you entered!

it was very uneven

Ah, any help to mark as not spam will be helpful if you can. Sending a reply to an email is as good a signal as you can send too if you fancy trying that.

Looks like Microsoft have been a bit trigger happy of late: www.theregister.com/2026/03/04/u...

Win Pokémon Pokopia competition

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BTW, everyone should go check out @lukospicturehouse.com thread here. A lovely dose of nostalgia: bsky.app/profile/luko...

Oh no! That’s not good. Gmail by chance?

The new Pokemon making waves - Hanafuda Report

The latest edition of my free Nintendo newsletter features links to @andyrobinson.bsky.social, @brianpshea.bsky.social, @luigiblood.bsky.social, @naveedmohebbi.bsky.social, @drewgmackie.bsky.social and others. 🤙

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I've got the Pragmata demo downloaded, this has reminded me to take it for a spin!

Massive Pokémon Pokopia ad takes over the Shibuya 109 building (UPDATE) Now THAT's a billboard!

this building used to have its own emoji

I played all of Resident Evil Requiem on Nintendo Switch 2 and came away pleasantly surprised | VGC Capcom’s Switch 2 version of RE9 proves the hybrid console can do big blockbusters justice…

Love to hear it. Bodes well for other ports on the platform.

Congrats on the launch! 🚀

The Great Plateau in Zelda: Breath of the Wild

nine years ago we all started dropping rocks on koroks heads

anyway, here's wonderwall

Nintendo's partners have sold $2 billion in shares — here's what that actually means - Hanafuda Report Update, Tuesday March 3rd, 2026: Nintendo has confirmed the share buyback is now complete. Some 11.4 million shares have been repurchased for just over ¥99.9 billion. Here’s a breakdown of who sold th...

Nintendo has now confirmed the share sale and subsequent buybacks. These repurchased shares will be cancelled at the end of the month.

Holding a LEGO set

The LEGO Scorpion Tracker 5918

Bag of LEGO bits and instructions delivered in a little cereal box

mission accomplished 🤩

Shigeru Miyamoto x Shigesato Itoi – 1989 Interview - shmuplations.com This lengthy interview captures a high-level meeting of the minds between Shigesato Itoi, Shigeru Miyamoto, and author Seiko Itou.

Today we have an amazing interview from 1989 with Shigeru Miyamoto and Shigesato Itoi. Conducted shortly after the release of Mother, it's full of deep musings about realism, creative exhaustion, the moral panic over kids & gaming, and prescient visions of the future. shmuplations.com/itoimiyamoto/

The N64 selection of games on the NSO.

Started playing Jet Force Gemini on NSO. Never played it before, and ohhhh boy, imma need to tweak the controls.

The Pokemon Pokopia logo, but it says win pokopia instead

I'm giving away a copy of Pokemon Pokopia over on @hanafuda.report 🤙 hanafuda.report/competition/

One of my all time faves.

curious as to why the Japanese version is 10 minutes longer

Nintendo schedules an Indie World Showcase for tomorrow Nintendo has announced a new Indie World presentation, set to take place on Tuesday, March 3rd. The showcase, which was announced first on the Nintendo Today app, will premiere at 2PM UK time and last roughly 15 minutes — a perfect post-lunch appointment. As is typical, the video presentation will highlight a slew of upcoming […]

It will feature roughly 15 minutes of upcoming indie games.

A subway car decorated with Ditto artwork

An overhead handle in a subway car, but its purple and has a Ditto face motif.

all aboard the ditto train!

The new Pokemon making waves - Hanafuda Report

🌸 Issue 472 of Hanafuda Report is out now!

My thanks to @trulyavaporeon.bsky.social for sharing their lovely Pombon, Gecqua & Browt watercolour. 😊

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Pokemon Pokopia

🎁 Win Pokémon Pokopia for Nintendo Switch 2!

I'm giving away a digital copy to one lucky winner.

➡️ Enter free: hanafuda.report/competition/

Bonus entries for:
- Hanafuda Club members
- YouTube subscribers
- Reposting this post

Closes 4 March at 2PM GMT. Open worldwide. 🎉 Good luck!

Who you picking?

Gen 10. Coming in 2027.

i've got wind

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　はじめまして！
　ポケット　モンスターの　せかいへ　▼
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#ポケモン30周年

Young me (in a questionable bucket hat) playing Pokemon Stadium on the N64 on a CRT TV.

happy 30th pokemon

Nintendo’s partners are selling $2 billion in shares — here’s what that actually means Nintendo announced Friday that several of its long-time partners, including DeNA, will sell off some ¥300 billion in company shares. However, this isn’t some money-raising initiative or cause for concern, more so an action that’s part of a broader shake-up of Japan’s corporate shareholding practices. This sizeable change, as reported by Miho Uranaka for Reuters, […]

Nintendo is about to have a big chunk of its shares sold — but it's really just boring corporate plumbing.