WEBVTT - Best Nintendo Games for Holiday Gifts

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<v Speaker 1>The Nintendo games sure to make great gifts this holiday season.

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<v Speaker 2>What's going on? I'm Rich Demiro, this is Rich on Tech.

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<v Speaker 1>How crazy is it that Nintendo has been a holiday

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<v Speaker 1>standard ever since I was a kid. We're talking decades

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<v Speaker 1>of games and consoles under the tree, and yeah, that

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<v Speaker 1>makes me feel pretty old.

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<v Speaker 2>But this year will be no different.

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<v Speaker 1>Nintendo has one of the hottest consoles around with the Switch.

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<v Speaker 1>Nintendo has sold twenty three million switches since it launched

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<v Speaker 1>in March twenty seventeen. And to give you some perspective,

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<v Speaker 1>the WU, which was sort of a bust, only sold

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<v Speaker 1>less than fourteen million units, and that launched in twenty twelve.

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<v Speaker 1>So do the math and you can see why the

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<v Speaker 1>Switch is so hot right now. Back when I was

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<v Speaker 1>a kid, the Super Nintendo was where it's at, and

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<v Speaker 1>I still remember having to get Super Mario Brothers three.

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<v Speaker 2>On the day it launched.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, I was always a nerd, So after a long

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<v Speaker 1>day of work in school, I dragged my dad from

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<v Speaker 1>store to store trying to find a copy. We ended

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<v Speaker 1>up finding the game at a kmart near Newark, New Jersey.

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<v Speaker 1>I've since passed that place many times on the way

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<v Speaker 1>to the airport and this memory always comes to mind,

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<v Speaker 1>but I digress. Recently I met up with David Young

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<v Speaker 1>from Nintendo. He goes way back. In fact, he started

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<v Speaker 1>out as an operator for their nine hundred number.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a number that you would call, or kids

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<v Speaker 2>would call.

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<v Speaker 1>With their parents' permission, of course, since it costs money,

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<v Speaker 1>and you would get help with games like hey, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>stuck on this level, can you help me get out

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<v Speaker 1>of here? And can you believe that now we have

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<v Speaker 1>something called YouTube and all that advice is totally free.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, We've got something at Nintendo for for anybody,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, any style of gamer, any any level of budget.

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<v Speaker 3>There's just so much to play.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 3>We have great games coming out from Nintendo Switch of course,

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<v Speaker 3>Super Mario Party, Super Smash Brothers, you know, the Pokemon games, Pokemon,

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<v Speaker 3>Let's Go Pikachu, Pokemon, Let's Go Evye. But we also

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<v Speaker 3>have great things on the Nintendo three DS. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>we have the Nintendo two DS at seventy nine to

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<v Speaker 3>ninety nine. You know, for people that are just starting out,

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<v Speaker 3>it's perfect for young gamers. We've got some fantastic games,

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<v Speaker 3>thousands of games on on Nintendo three DS and then

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<v Speaker 3>lots of things to discover in nintendo eShop, lots of

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<v Speaker 3>dependent games, lots of games that are only found in there.

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<v Speaker 3>So really, you know, something for everybody this year.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, if you've ever played the Switch, you can quickly

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<v Speaker 1>understand why it took off faster than the WU.

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<v Speaker 2>It is so easy to just pick this thing up

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<v Speaker 2>and play.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you know, besides having a lot of exclusive games

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<v Speaker 3>that people love, I think it's the fact that you

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<v Speaker 3>can play it at home. You know, you can you

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<v Speaker 3>can have that experience around the TV, or you can

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<v Speaker 3>take it out of the dock and play it with

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<v Speaker 3>you anywhere you go, and that's that's really been the

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<v Speaker 3>game changer. A lot of people love to take that

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<v Speaker 3>experience on the road.

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<v Speaker 1>Funny thing, my seven year old actually likes to play

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<v Speaker 1>the Switch out of the dock and just on the

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<v Speaker 1>couch and he doesn't like to take it out of

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<v Speaker 1>the house. But it's cool that we do have the

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<v Speaker 1>option to do that if we want. All right, So,

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<v Speaker 1>the first game that's going to make a great holiday

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<v Speaker 1>gift is Pokemon. There are two versions, Pokemon Let's Go

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<v Speaker 1>EV and Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu.

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<v Speaker 2>You just pick which team you want to be on.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, Pokemon, Pokemon, Let's Go Pikachu, Pokemon, Let's Go Eve

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<v Speaker 3>two different games, and it's it's really great fun. If

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<v Speaker 3>you're a fan of the Pokemon Gohst series on mobile phones,

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<v Speaker 3>there's a great way to take some of that experience

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<v Speaker 3>and bring it in an Nintendo Switch.

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<v Speaker 1>There's also a new accessory you can get called the

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<v Speaker 1>poke Ball. This acts as a controller. I played with it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's really fun. It's fifty dollars and if your kids

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<v Speaker 1>love the game, they're definitely gonna want this too.

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<v Speaker 3>The poke Ball plus controller. It gives you that immersive

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<v Speaker 3>feel because you feel like you're actually throwing throwing the

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<v Speaker 3>poke ball to catch Pokemon out in the wild. It's

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<v Speaker 3>really fun experience, not just the form factor of the control,

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<v Speaker 3>but the way it lights up and vibrates and is

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<v Speaker 3>really fun to interact. You can also take it out

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<v Speaker 3>of the home with you and level up your Pokemon

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<v Speaker 3>when you're out and walking around. You can also use

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<v Speaker 3>it to catch Pokemon when you're playing Pokemon Go on

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<v Speaker 3>your mobile device.

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<v Speaker 1>Next up, Super Smash Brothers Ultimate. This is a game

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<v Speaker 1>with a pretty simple concept. You choose a character and

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<v Speaker 1>you battle it out with another character or a bunch

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<v Speaker 1>of characters.

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<v Speaker 2>You play in all these different worlds.

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<v Speaker 1>Your goal is to push the other players off the

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<v Speaker 1>edge of these floating sort of battle areas they have.

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<v Speaker 1>And the cool part, there are a bunch of characters

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<v Speaker 1>you can be, including Nintendo and Nonendo. So think Mario

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<v Speaker 1>versus pac Man versus Sonic versus all kinds of characters

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<v Speaker 1>from all these fun little games, and all the characters

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<v Speaker 1>have powers inspired by their personalities.

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<v Speaker 2>And although it's a battle, it's all in good fun.

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<v Speaker 2>There's no blood or gore.

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<v Speaker 3>Super Smash Brother's Ultimate, I mean it's ultimate. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>every fighter that's ever been in the series is back

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<v Speaker 3>in this game, coming out December seventh, where we are

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<v Speaker 3>so excited for this, and so are a lot of fans.

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<v Speaker 3>People can't wait to play this.

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<v Speaker 1>And finally, my personal favorite and the game my seven

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<v Speaker 1>year old cannot stop playing Super Mario Party.

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<v Speaker 2>This is like a board.

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<v Speaker 1>Game that you play on TV, and it makes great

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<v Speaker 1>use of the JOYCN controllers.

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<v Speaker 2>You play all these fun.

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<v Speaker 1>Little challenge games they call mini games, and you're doing

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<v Speaker 1>all kinds of weird stuff, like one of them is

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<v Speaker 1>where you flip a pan.

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<v Speaker 2>To perfectly cook a steak. Another one you're running from

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<v Speaker 2>all the bad guys.

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<v Speaker 1>And there's just a ton of these little games that

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<v Speaker 1>you play and they're all fun. They make great use

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<v Speaker 1>of the JOYCN controller as well.

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<v Speaker 3>Super Mario Party it's a great game to gather with

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<v Speaker 3>friends and family, sit around, you know. It's it's a

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<v Speaker 3>kind of game that anybody can pick up and play.

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<v Speaker 3>You can play it. You can play with mom, dad, grandma,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, your buddies, whatever, whatever you like to do.

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<v Speaker 3>And then there's also an option you could play some

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<v Speaker 3>of these mini games online, so you have a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of ways to play that game as well.

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<v Speaker 2>This is my pick.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want a great game, the entire family can

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<v Speaker 1>gather around the TV and play after holiday dinner. But

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<v Speaker 1>if you want to use all four players at the

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<v Speaker 1>same time, you know the max that can play, be

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<v Speaker 1>sure to pick up an extra set of JOYCN controllers

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<v Speaker 1>so everyone can play at the same time. And it's

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<v Speaker 1>actually really fun to watch other people play this game

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<v Speaker 1>since it makes full use of all those JOYCN controllers

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<v Speaker 1>and how you take them out of the slots and

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<v Speaker 1>move them around, because everyone's doing some sort of crazy

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<v Speaker 1>action with the controllers.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you don't have a switch just yet, you

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<v Speaker 2>can still get one of those.

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<v Speaker 3>We have a special bundle that's out, a Fortnite bundle

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<v Speaker 3>that comes with a Nintenda switch and about about forty

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<v Speaker 3>dollars worth of goodies for the game. So if you

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<v Speaker 3>don't have a Nintendo switch yet, that's certainly a great

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<v Speaker 3>way to get involved.

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<v Speaker 1>Keep in mind games are a bit different these days.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't necessarily have to go to the store to

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<v Speaker 1>find it in the box. You can of course still

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<v Speaker 1>buy the retail version, or you can always just download

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<v Speaker 1>these games right to the switch. And if you can't decide,

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<v Speaker 1>there's always a gift card if you're stock.

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<v Speaker 3>If you're looking for that gift for somebody that's hard

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<v Speaker 3>to find, you have a gamer in your family, there's

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<v Speaker 3>always a Nintendo Shop the E card so you can

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<v Speaker 3>so you can you can get gift cards. People go

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<v Speaker 3>out to the Nintendo E Shop and pick whatever game

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<v Speaker 3>they'd like.

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<v Speaker 2>There you have it.

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<v Speaker 1>Nintendo's holiday games always a great gift if you know

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<v Speaker 1>someone that's into video games. Now, I personally don't play

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<v Speaker 1>as much as I used to, but I will admit

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<v Speaker 1>I definitely played Super Mario Odyssey which is also a

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<v Speaker 1>great choice, by the way, if your kid doesn't already

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<v Speaker 1>have it. But it's amazing to see how my kid

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<v Speaker 1>is playing these games and how kind of obsessed he

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<v Speaker 1>is with these things, just the way I was when

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<v Speaker 1>I was his age. But I do think it's a

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<v Speaker 1>good time to go into those switch.

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<v Speaker 2>Settings and maybe set some daily play limits. Probably a

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<v Speaker 2>good idea. Thanks so much for listening.

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<v Speaker 1>You can find more information about these games on the website.

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<v Speaker 2>Just go to Rich on tech dot tv.

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<v Speaker 1>There you can also watch my TV segment and see

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<v Speaker 1>me playing some of these games, and you can get

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<v Speaker 1>more information on pricing and availability.

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<v Speaker 2>And thanks so much for listening to the podcast.

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