It's the first episode of the new year, welcome to the year 2017 and Connectivity 217.

This week a new staffer joins the Connectivity fray, Kelton Rice. Alongside him, Matt West hosts along with Adam Abou-Nasr and Bryan Rose.

The feature topic is all about the year 2016, the guys go over the various happenings from Nintendo over the past year, along with a bit of discussion about the upcoming Switch event.

The musical selection this week is a medley of Nintendo tracks performed by the WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne, FILMharmonic Choir.

We also had a hiccup with the recording this week, so apologies if the recording quality is a bit lower than usual.

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This episode was edited by Nicholas Bray. The Connectivity logo was provided by Andrew Brown, and the opening theme song was provided by Perry Burkum. Check out more of Perry's music at Bluffs Custom Music.