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The Kit & Krysta Podcast

The Kit & Krysta Podcast

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The Kit & Krysta Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted by Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang, who previously worked for Nintendo of America for over 10 years each and hosted the hit web show Nintendo Minute. Join us every Thursday for insider behind the scenes stories about what it's like to work for Nintendo, our analysis of breaking news from around the industry and lively discussion of all the great games we've been playing. Science Fiction Social Sciences
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  • 240: Did the Double Nintendo Direct Deliver?

    240: Did the Double Nintendo Direct Deliver?
    Sep 9 2026

    Thank you to Factor for sponsoring this episode! Go to http://www.FactorMeals.com/KitAndKrysta50Off and use code KitAndKrysta50Off for 50% off your order + FREE breakfast!
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    Hello! We're wrapping up Day 2 of the double whammy Nintendo Direct week with a deep dive into today's big general Nintendo Direct. Nintendo is really trying something new here with the early promotion and the two separate Nintendo Directs and we're asking ourselves if this worked for them. There was a lot of stuff announced in the Direct so we dig into all these details and talk about what we're excited about. All this and more is coming right up!

    0:00 - Day 2 BABYYYY
    8:21 - Nintendo Direct deep dive and analysis
    1:07:47 - News news news

    - All Hail the Final Boss - Aaron Hash
    - Thank you Super Stars: Eigenverse, Mike Chin, Roy Eschke, vgmlife, Link The Hero of Winds, Angela Bycroft, Thomas O’Rourke, Kyle LeBoeuf, Andrew Youhas, krashuri, Master Discord, Travis Torline, MSMPokeGamer, RBurns, KITT 10K, Nafon Clover, TheSharkAmongMen, RainTech, KissMyFlapjack, Paul Gale Network, Cameron, Catsually Nerdy, Xudeverf, David Williams - Konke Gamers, David, Khalifa al Suwaidi, Fen O’Connor, Funkalifragilistic (Funky Fresh)

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    -Kit & Krysta
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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • 239: Everything You Need to Know About Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Switch 2

    239: Everything You Need to Know About Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Switch 2
    Sep 8 2026

    Thank you to Raycon for sponsoring this episode! Go to http://www.BuyRaycon.com/KitAndKrystaOPEN for 20% off your purchase
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    Hello and welcome to a special bonus episode of the Kit & Krysta Podcast. We're going deep on The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Nintendo Direct and tomorrow, we'll do it again for the general Nintendo Direct. In this episode, we share everything we learned about the Ocarina of Time remake for Nintendo Switch 2. We found some new information about the game that we want to talk about. We also dive into some of the other news revealed during the Direct like the upcoming concerts and more. We also have some games we've been playing that we want to talk about especially Orbitals since we just beat that game. All this and more is coming right up. Be sure to come back tomorrow for more Direct goodness!

    0:00 - Direct - Day one of two
    7:23 - Everything we learned about Ocarina of time
    1:17:09 - Games we are playing

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    -Kit & Krysta
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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • PREDICTIONS - The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct 9.8.26 + Nintendo Direct 9.9.26

    PREDICTIONS - The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct 9.8.26 + Nintendo Direct 9.9.26
    Sep 4 2026

    Join us today at http://www.Patreon.com/KitAndKrysta for tons of exclusive content!
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    WOW! What a day. Two BIG Nintendo Directs have been announced for next week. First up is The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Nintendo Direct on September 8 and then on September 9 we have the big general Nintendo Direct. We have predictions for both in this video. Stay with us next week as we do reactions and a special podcast for both Nintendo Directs. It's going to be a fun and exciting week. Hope to see you there!

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    -Kit & Krysta
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    44 mins
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i was a Nintendo minute fan for only a few months or weeks before it ended. I remember the last episode coming out, and I remember crying for the rest of the night, I was so sad . fast forward a little, and here we are with the kit and Krysta podcast. it has a bunch of cool and interesting stories from Nintendo,as well as fun theories , and deep discussions on all sorts of Nintendo games / all sorts of Nintendo related stuff. I'm so happy with this . of course there are some episodes that aren't as interesting or engaging for me personally, but that will change from person to person .over all it's really engaging for both kids and adults .

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I was a huge fan of Kit & Krysta in Nintendo Minute and was really excited when I heard they were starting their own podcast! Sadly, the show just doesn't seem to have staying power.

The first month or so was great, with them sharing a lot of interesting, behind the scenes info about working at Nintendo, but after that initial release, the show quickly went downhill. Most episodes now are extremely generic, focusing mainly on random lists/activities that are a dime a dozen from amateur content creators on YouTube.

Worst of all now though, is lately the show is full of non-stop plugging! Every episode starts with them asking for more Patreon subscribers, to the point they're now begging people to pay for them to take a vacation in Japan. Reminders about Patreon occur multiple times per episode and it's horror really uncomfortable. On top of this, they now also have sponsored ads that very abruptly start playing out of nowhere, sometimes in the middle of a sentence!

I don't want to sound mean, because I used to be huge fans of theirs. But after almost a year of listening, the show is very disappointing and kind of awkward to listen to.

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