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. 

  1. 12H AGO

    26 Predictions for 2026 *Zelda Anniversary, Switch 2 Price Hike & MORE*

    Thank you to Notion for sponsoring this episode! Visit http://www.notion.com/kitandkrysta to try Notion for FREE! Thank you so much to our Patreon community for supporting this channel. Join us today at http://www.Patreon.com/KitAndKrysta for exclusive content! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Hello and HAPPY NEW YEAR! Welcome to our first Kit & Krysta Podcast episode of 2026. We're so excited to be here for another great year together. Today we're keeping our annual tradition of doing our big predictions episode for the year. We have 26+ big bold predictions for 2026 that we think will really set the tone for what we can expect for this year. Also in this episode, we're catching up on some news that broke over the holidays with our reactions to the big Metroid Prime 4 Famitsu interview. We've also been playing a ton of games over the break and we found a new indie game that's definitely worth checking out. What are your big predictions for 2026? Tell us in the comments! 0:00 - Happy New Year! 13:29 - Big bold predictions for 2026 1:02:53 - Games we are playing 1:27:02 - News news news 1:42:04 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers Patreon Shoutouts! - All Hail the Final Boss - Aaron Hash - Thank you Super Stars: MaruMayhem, Eigenverse, Mike Chin, Roy Eschke, vgmlife, Link The Hero of Winds, Angela Bycroft, Thomas O’Rourke, Kyle LeBoeuf, Andrew Youhas, Chilly, krashuri, Master Discord, Travis Torline, EchoLadair, MSMPokeGamer, RBurns, KITT 10K, Adrien, Nafon Clover, TheSharkAmongMen Follow Us! https://www.patreon.com/kitandkrysta https://twitter.com/kitandkrysta https://www.tiktok.com/@kitandkrysta https://www.instagram.com/kitandkrysta/ http://www.facebook.com/kitandkrysta/ https://bsky.app/profile/kitandkrysta.bsky.social -Kit & Krysta

    2h 4m

  2. 12/24/2025

    Capcom is Winning the Switch 2 Generation

    Thank you so much to our Patreon community for supporting this channel. Join us today at http://www.Patreon.com/KitAndKrysta for exclusive content! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Hello and happy holidays! We're wrapping up a great year thanks to all of you with one more episode of the Kit & Krysta Podcast until we return in January. Today, we'll be talking about how Capcom is dominating the Switch 2 generation and what other big third party publisher can learn. Also in this episode, we both finished Metroid Prime 4 and have moved on to some other really fun Switch 2 games. We also have big list of juicy questions from our Patreon subscribers that we're going to answer. All this and much more is coming right up! 0:00 - Happy Holidays!! 4:14 - How Capcom is winning the Switch 2 generation 34:51 - Games we're playing 46:54 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers Patreon Shoutouts! - All Hail the Final Boss - Aaron Hash - Thank you Super Stars: MaruMayhem, Eigenverse, Mike Chin, Roy Eschke, vgmlife, Link The Hero of Winds, Angela Bycroft, Thomas O’Rourke, Kyle LeBoeuf, Andrew Youhas, Chilly, krashuri, Master Discord, Travis Torline, EchoLadair, MSMPokeGamer, RBurns, KITT 10K, Adrien, Nafon Clover, TheSharkAmongMen Follow Us! https://www.patreon.com/kitandkrysta https://twitter.com/kitandkrysta https://www.tiktok.com/@kitandkrysta https://www.instagram.com/kitandkrysta/ http://www.facebook.com/kitandkrysta/ https://bsky.app/profile/kitandkrysta.bsky.social -Kit & Krysta

    1h 27m

  3. 12/18/2025

    2025 Game of the Year Awards

    Thank you to Turtle Beach for sponsoring this episode! Level up your game and visit http://www.TurtleBeach.com/KITKRYSTA and use code KITKRYSTA to get 10% off your purchase Thank you to Hello Fresh for sponsoring this episode! Visit http://www.HelloFresh.com/KitKrysta10FM to get 10 FREE meals and FREE breakfast for life *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Hello! It's finally time for the biggest gaming event of the year - The Kit & Krysta Game of the Year Award Show 2025! The community has voted in over 20 categories to make their voice heard and we're here to reveal the results in this episode. Let's take this time to celebrate an incredible year of video games. Hope you enjoy! Patreon Shoutouts! - All Hail the Final Boss - Aaron Hash - Thank you Super Stars MaruMayhem, Eigenverse, Mike Chin, Roy Eschke, vgmlife, Link The Hero of Winds, Angela Bycroft, Thomas O’Rourke, Kyle LeBoeuf, Andrew Youhas, Chilly, krashuri, Master Discord, Travis Torline, EchoLadair, MSMPokeGamer, RBurns, KITT 10K, Adrien, Nafon Clover, TheSharkAmongMen Follow Us! https://www.patreon.com/kitandkrysta https://twitter.com/kitandkrysta https://www.tiktok.com/@kitandkrysta https://www.instagram.com/kitandkrysta/ http://www.facebook.com/kitandkrysta/ https://bsky.app/profile/kitandkrysta.bsky.social -Kit & Krysta

    2h 12m

  4. 12/12/2025

    Grading Nintendo’s 2025

    Thank you to Factor for sponsoring this episode! Go to http://www.FactorMeals.com/KitAndKrysta50Off and use code KitAndKrysta50Off to get for first box + FREE breakfast for a year Thank you to CashApp for sponsoring this episode! Download Cash App Today: http://www.cash.app/new Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. See terms and conditions at https://cash.app/legal/us/en-us/card-agreement. Direct Deposit, Overdraft Coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit http://cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosures *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Hello and welcome to episode 200 (YES 200!!) of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! We're celebrating our 200th episode by looking back at a really big year for Nintendo and grading them on everything that's happened. We also have a lot more Metroid Prime 4: Beyond impressions to share with you and we talk about the news bombshell of Katsuhiro Harada the head of TEKKEN leaving Bandai Namco. We wrap it all up with some great questions from our Patreon subscribers. We want to also say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported us and got us to 200 episodes. We couldn't have done it without you. Here's to 200 more! 0:00 - The big 2-0-0! 10:01 - Grading Nintendo's 2025 1:13:19 - Games we're playing (MORE Metroid Prime 4 impressions) 1:33:17 - News news news 1:41:12 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers Follow Us! https://www.patreon.com/kitandkrysta https://twitter.com/kitandkrysta https://www.tiktok.com/@kitandkrysta https://www.instagram.com/kitandkrysta/ http://www.facebook.com/kitandkrysta/ https://bsky.app/profile/kitandkrysta.bsky.social -Kit & Krysta

    2h 6m

  5. 12/08/2025

    Predicting the Winners (and Losers) of The Game Awards 2025

    Thank you so much to our Patreon community for supporting this channel. Join us today at http://www.Patreon.com/KitAndKrysta for exclusive content! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Hello! Today we'll be predicting the winners (and losers) of The Game Awards 2025. Who do we think will win the big awards from Geoff Keighley and does Nintendo have a chance at all? It's all coming up in this video. Drop your predictions in the comments! Also - we're going to be at The Game Awards in a few days, and will have an instant reaction for you shortly after the event ends! As they say...please look forward to it. Follow Us! https://www.patreon.com/kitandkrysta https://twitter.com/kitandkrysta https://www.tiktok.com/@kitandkrysta https://www.instagram.com/kitandkrysta/ http://www.facebook.com/kitandkrysta/ https://bsky.app/profile/kitandkrysta.bsky.social -Kit & Krysta

    23 min

  6. 12/05/2025

    Our Metroid Prime 4 First Impressions - Was It Worth the Wait?

    Thank you to Uncommon Goods for sponsoring this video. Visit https://www.uncommongoods.com/podcast/kitkrysta to get 15% off your next gift Thank you to Raycon for sponsoring this video. Visit http://BuyRaycon.com/KitAndKrystaOpen to get 20% off your purchase *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Hello and welcome to episode 199 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! The time has finally come. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is finally here. We've been playing on Switch 2 and we want to share our first impressions on what we think of the game so far. It's been a long time coming and a bit of a rocky launch for this game so was it worth it? Also in this episode, believe it or not, we have a lot of other games we were playing while we waiting for Metroid to launch and we want to tell you about all of those too. Also we react to the news of Nintendo buying Bandai Namco Singapore. What does this mean? We wrap it all up with questions from our wonderful Patreon family. All this is coming right up! 0:00 - Hello Samus! 13:02 - BIG [spoiler-free] Metroid Prime 4 impressions 1:16:09 - Games we are playing 1:38:16 - News news news 1:49:55 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers Patreon Shoutouts! - All Hail the Final Boss - Aaron Hash - Thank you Super Stars MaruMayhem, Eigenverse, Mike Chin, Roy Eschke, vgmlife, Link The Hero of Winds, Angela Bycroft, Thomas O’Rourke, Kyle LeBoeuf, Andrew Youhas, Chilly, krashuri, Master Discord, Travis Torline, EchoLadair, MSMPokeGamer, RBurns, KITT 10K, Adrien, Nafon Clover, TheSharkAmongMen Follow Us! https://www.patreon.com/kitandkrysta https://twitter.com/kitandkrysta https://www.tiktok.com/@kitandkrysta https://www.instagram.com/kitandkrysta/ http://www.facebook.com/kitandkrysta/ https://bsky.app/profile/kitandkrysta.bsky.social -Kit & Krysta

    2h 10m

  7. 12/02/2025

    Reacting to the Metroid Prime 4 Review Scores

    Thank you so much to our Patreon community for supporting this channel. Join us today at http://www.Patreon.com/KitAndKrysta for exclusive content! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Hi! THE TIME IS NOW... we are just a few days away from the launch of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and the reviews are out. Let's go through all the reviews and see what people had to say. We also answer some last questions before we dig into the game ourselves in a few days. Let us know if you saw anything interesting from the reviews! Thanks for watching. Follow Us!  https://www.patreon.com/kitandkrysta https://twitter.com/kitandkrysta https://www.tiktok.com/@kitandkrysta https://www.instagram.com/kitandkrysta/ http://www.facebook.com/kitandkrysta/ https://bsky.app/profile/kitandkrysta.bsky.social -Kit & Krysta

    29 min

  8. 11/25/2025

    Will These Forgotten Nintendo Series Ever Return on Switch 2?

    Thank you to Turtle Beach for sponsoring this episode! Visit http://www.TurtleBeach.com/KITKRYSTA and use code KITKRYSTA to get 10% off your purchase Thank you to Notion for sponsoring this episode! Visit http://www.notion.com/kitandkrysta to try out Notion today! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Hello and welcome to episode 198 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! We're about to take a little break for Thanksgiving so today we're doing a huge Q&A episode where we answer a dozen of your juiciest questions. Settle on in, make that perfect Thanksgiving plate and let's get into it! 0:00 - Happy Thanksgiving 9:41 - Mega Q&A from our wonderful Patreon subscribers Patreon Shoutouts! - All Hail the Final Boss - Aaron Hash - Thank you Super Stars: MaruMayhem, Eigenverse, Mike Chin, Roy Eschke, vgmlife, Link The Hero of Winds, Angela Bycroft, Thomas O’Rourke, Kyle LeBoeuf, Andrew Youhas, Chilly, krashuri, Master Discord, Travis Torline, EchoLadair, MSMPokeGamer, RBurns, KITT 10K, Adrien, Nafon Clover, TheSharkAmongMen Follow Us! https://www.patreon.com/kitandkrysta https://twitter.com/kitandkrysta https://www.tiktok.com/@kitandkrysta https://www.instagram.com/kitandkrysta/ http://www.facebook.com/kitandkrysta/ https://bsky.app/profile/kitandkrysta.bsky.social -Kit & Krysta

    1h 20m
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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. 

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