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• Nintendo briefly captivates the world with “Close to You” videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsufGY5I8jA https://www.gematsu.com/2025/10/nintendo-close-to-you-animated-video-updated-with-pikmin
• Switch 2 sales are 5% ahead of the record-setting pace of PS4 sales in their first 3 months in the US https://bsky.app/profile/matpiscatella.bsky.social/post/3m2op7dqxt226
• Nintendo issues a statement about generative AI https://x.com/NintendoCoLtd/status/1974716195246088220
• Xbox assures it will continue making first-party consoles after a hot rumor claims otherwise https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/no-xboxs-next-gen-console-hardware-plans-arent-cancelled

• Original rumor: https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/1ny4tvs/neogaf_xbox_new_hardware_is_up_in_the_air_and_may/

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has sold 5 million copies, will get a major free update with a new playable environment https://www.expedition33.com/post/thank-you-from-sandfall-interactive

• Stephen Totilo: Ubisoft canceled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year https://www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubisoft-cancelled-a-post-civil
• Don’t buy that SNES book

Questions from Discord:

• campfire_knight: Thoughts on Doug Bowser retiring? What is y'all's fav memories of him?
• Joe: With Ghost of Yotei now done, what do you think Sucker Punch is going to work on? Do you want more Ghost games or a new IP? Or even a return to an old IP?
• campfire_knight: What is the most obscure Nintendo product you have ever tried out? I think mine may be Face Raiders on the 3DS! Nintendo really pushed those AR and gyro controls on the 3DS with this one, didn't they?🦉

What we’re playing:

Mary: Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, Hades 2, Silksong

John: FINAL FANTASY TACTICS: THE IVALICE CHRONICLES

Greg: Rivals, Fortnite, Blops 7 Beta/CoD, Marvel Cosmic Invasion Demo

Brett L: Ghost of Yotei 😁

Brett M: THPS 3+4

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• Nintendo Singapore has been established https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/en/2025/250930.html
• Xbox Game Pass Ultimate gets 50% price hike https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/10/01/xbox-game-pass-ultimate-premium-essential-plans/
• EA is being acquired by Saudi Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners for $55 billion https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250929186526/en/EA-Announces-Agreement-to-be-Acquired-by-PIF-Silver-Lake-and-Affinity-Partners-for-%2455-Billion
• Impact context https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/09/how-private-ownership-will-change-electronic-arts/

• Saudi Arabia’s history of game investment https://x.com/stephentotilo/status/1973075756625359262

• Bitmap Books opens preorder for The Definitive Book of SNES RPGs Vol. 1 https://www.bitmapbooks.com/products/the-definitive-book-of-snes-rpgs-vol-1

• Ananta is every video game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdkDD5nVxIE

Questions from Discord:

• 🦉

What we’re playing:

Mary: Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, Hades 2, Silksong

John: FINAL FANTASY TACTICS: THE IVALICE CHRONICLES, Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance, Princess Covenant

Greg: Rivals, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Fortnite, Need to play Marvel Cosmic Invasion Demo

Brett L: Dying Light The Beast, will be playing Ghost of Yotei tonight 😁

Brett M: THPS 3+4

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• Doug Bowser to retire as NOA president & COO on December 31, 2025, being replaced by Devon Pritchard and Satoru Shibata as new CEO https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250925384737/en / https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2025/250926e.pdf
• Fire Emblem Shadows combines real-time strategy and social deduction on mobile, out now https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/en/2025/250925.html
• Nintendo Is Reportedly Outsourcing All Customer Support to South America https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-customer-support-concern-following-outsourcing-decision-ahead-of-switch-2s-first-holiday-season
• Resident Evil Requiem is looking awesome on Switch 2 https://imgur.com/juoliJ1
• Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties revealed, launches February 12 for $59.99 https://www.gematsu.com/2025/09/yakuza-kiwami-3-dark-ties-announced-for-ps5-ps4-xbox-series-switch-2-and-pc
• Marvel's Wolverine is super violent and hits PS5 in fall 2026 https://blog.playstation.com/2025/09/24/marvels-wolverine-arrives-on-playstation-5-fall-2026/
• State of Play was a snoozefest https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1npmyxm/playstation_state_of_play_september_2025/
• Xbox TGS 2025 broadcast happened (not much to talk about?) https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/09/25/xbox-tokyo-game-show-broadcast-recap-everything-announced/
• Costco won’t sell Xbox anymore: https://www.thegamer.com/costco-retailer-xbox-series-x-s-microsoft-gaming-no-longer-sold-confirmation/

Questions from Discord:

• Jtlawbass: What is a quirk you have about games that could instantly make a game a no-buy? For example, with me it’s the way characters move. I was excited about Dragon Quest III Remake until I saw the way the characters walk. It looked weird so I decided to skip.🦉

What we’re playing:

Mary: Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, Hades, Phoenix Wright: Justice for All

John: OFF (finished), Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance, Princess Covenant

Greg: Rivals, the game of life

Brett L: Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater (done) I’m in love with your Dead Grandmother, Dying Light The Beast

Brett M: Mario Kart World

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• Nintendo Direct 9.12.2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWIEv_aksvo https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250912294818/en/New-Nintendo-Direct-Kicks-off-the-Super-Mario-Bros.-40th-Anniversary-and-Brings-Slate-of-New-Announcements
• Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection launches in 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AeGb_NfP1k

What we’re playing:

Mary: Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, Hades, Phoenix Wright: Justice for All

John: Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster (finished), OFF, Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance

Greg: Rivals, the game of life

Brett L: Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater (almost done)

Brett M: Mario Kart World

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• Nintendo Direct set for September 12 https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1965762503821935034

Questions from Discord:

• RaxonXVI: Ok so this time let's just assume everyone is 1,000+ years old. Fave Persona girl? I genuinely can't choose; I love them all so much, but I will say Marie and Futaba were inspirations when I made my OC Alice.🦉

What we’re playing:

Mary: Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, Hades, Phoenix Wright: Justice for All

John: I finished The Wire. (Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster, OFF)

Greg: Rivals, Revelations 2

Brett L: Mafia: The Old Country (beat), Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

Brett M: Sword of the Sea

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• MARY’S PAX ADVENTURES
• 007 First Light launches on March 27, 2026 on Switch 2, PS5, XSX, and PC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jom-jxUEqJg
• Mario Party Jamboree Update and new resolution in docked mode: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/09/super-mario-party-jamboree-updated-for-switch-2-and-switch-version-2-2-0
• Sony is reportedly planning a Nintendo Switch-style PlayStation 6 portablehttps://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-is-reportedly-planning-a-nintendo-switch-style-playstation-6-portable/
• averge111 set a new Super Mario Bros. world record by 3 frames, dethroning Niftski for the first time in four years https://x.com/summoningsalt/status/1961086836672983114

Questions from Discord:

• RaxonXVI: Favorite DoA girl? I have a few as well lol but Misaki and Marie are extremely special to me.RaxonXVI: Is there any special edition systems that you wish you were able to get?
• Joe: What are some of your favorite game developers or gaming industry personalities? And why is it Sakurai.
• 🦉

What we’re playing:

Mary: Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, Hades, Phoenix Wright: Justice for All

John: I’m mostly still watching The Wire. (Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster, OFF)

Greg: Rivals, Maiden Cops

Brett L: Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream (beat) Sword of the Sea

Brett M: Hydrophobia

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Topics:

• A Nintendo Direct is reportedly planned for mid-September https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-nintendo-direct-is-reportedly-planned-for-mid-september/
• Switch 2 has sold more than 2 million units in the US, Donkey Kong Bananza is selling well https://bsky.app/profile/matpiscatella.bsky.social/post/3lxf3jiq7dc26 https://bsky.app/profile/matpiscatella.bsky.social/post/3lxf3jiqg6326
• Nintendo is reportedly still turning away many developers for Switch 2 dev kits https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/they-cant-get-the-hardware-nintendo-is-reportedly-telling-would-be-switch-2-devs-to-release-on-switch-instead/
• Nintendo introduces "It's Me, Mario!" stop motion shorts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts9wIUMnYJY
• Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade is maybe the "best-looking thing" on Switch 2, per Digital Foundry https://x.com/Stealth40k/status/1959782788162359424
• Yooka-Re-Playlee will retail for $49.99 on Switch 2 as a real physical release

Questions from Discord:

• Brydude: What do you think: Since PlayStation is getting Gears of War and Xbox is now getting Helldivers, are the console wars dead?
• RaxonXVI: Favorite Fire Emblem girl? I'm insanely new to the series and it's hard for me to pick. My top off the top of my head are Celica, Byleth, Lucina, Tarja, and Yunaka (with Kiria and Tsubasa if you count TMS).🦉
• Jtlawbass: Who is a game designer that you cannot stand (whether it’s because of their games or just personality)? I’ve never liked Cliffy B for some reason I cannot identify, but seeing his tweets about Gears of War launching on PS5 reminded me. *And feel free to include gaming execs, personalities, etc. in general if you can’t think of any designers. Cryin’ Jim Ryan, for example.

What we’re playing:

Mary: :)

John: Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster

Greg: Rivals, Maiden Cops (beat), Donkey Kong Bananza

Brett L: Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream (beat) Sword of the Sea

Brett M: Donkey Kong Bananza

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• Hollow Knight: Silksong launches September 4 on all platforms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XGeJwsUP9c
• Kirby Air Riders Direct reaction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtkHiB7WKf4
• Pokémon Legends Z-A reveals Mega Victreebel with a found footage horror video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyfDz36JkkU
• Gamescom Opening Night Live zzzzz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74oh7zD_jxI
• Mortal Kombat Legacy Collection adds 3 more games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O89KZUGXbqY

Questions from Discord:

• RaxonXVI: To keep the trend going (it's super fun ^^), favorite girl in Street Fighter? Mine’s Juri.
• RaxonXVI: If you could go back and buy a game knowing how expensive/hard to get it is now, what would it be? For me I'd love to get Pokémon Soul Silver with the Pokéwalker; it's my favorite game in the franchise and it's so expensive.🦉

What we’re playing:

Mary: :)

John: I’m mostly watching The Wire.

Greg: Rivals, Donkey Kong Bananza

Brett L: DK Bananza (beat) Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream

Brett M: Donkey Kong Bananza

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• Drag x Drive gets lukewarm reviews https://www.metacritic.com/game/drag-x-drive/critic-reviews/?platform=nintendo-switch-2
• Hello, Mario! app announced for Switch, iOS, and Android alongside My Mario children’s product line https://www.gematsu.com/2025/08/hello-mario-app-announced-for-switch-ios-and-android-alongside-my-mario-childrens-product-line
• Indie World was ironically great https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250807831138/en/New-Indie-World-Showcase-Ushers-in-Indie-Games-Galore-for-Nintendo-Switch-Nintendo-Switch-2
• Nintendo of America and the ISEA partner to bring gaming esports to schools https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250812630712/en/Nintendo-Partners-With-Interstate-Scholastic-Esports-Alliance-ISEA-to-Welcome-Students-to-Competitive-Gaming
• Super Mario Bros. warpless speedrun world record gets beaten by 5 whole seconds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POEbiJioKbY
• Leaker doubles down on claim that Resident Evil Code Veronica and Zero are the next remakes https://x.com/AestheticGamer1/status/1955335602913919472

Questions from Discord:

• RaxonXVI: What's your favorite non-Persona Atlus girl? It's a tough one, but I am gonna say Catherina from Metaphor; she's super underrated.RaxonXVI: What’s a game that you have wanted to play for years but for whatever reason haven't yet? One for me is Chrono Cross.🦉

What we’re playing:

Mary: :)

John: Dear me, I was…(finished), Dragon Ball Sparking Zero, Cosmic Fantasy 3

Greg: Rivals, Donkey Kong Bananza

Brett L: DK Bananza

Brett M: Donkey Kong Bananza

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• Switch 2 worldwide sales top six million, Switch tops 153.10 million (96.7% MKW attach rate in June) https://www.gematsu.com/2025/08/switch-2-worldwide-sales-top-six-million-switch-tops-153-10-million
• Switch prices have gone up https://www.gematsu.com/2025/08/switch-price-increase-announced-for-the-us
• Switch 2 game cards may see more storage sizes in the near-ish future https://x.com/SMetaldave64/status/1952437214060679597
• Nintendo issues survey about physical and digital media on Nintendo Switch 2 https://mynintendonews.com/2025/08/04/nintendo-issues-survey-about-physical-and-digital-media-on-nintendo-switch-2/
• Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection physical editions announced, including Switch 2 https://www.gematsu.com/2025/08/mortal-kombat-legacy-kollection-physical-editions-announced
• THQ Nordic Digital Showcase announces Darksiders 4 and more https://thqnordic.com/article/thq-nordic-showcase-2025-recap-all-announcements-trailers-steam-sale-details

• Darksiders 4 apparently has online 2-4-player co-op and splitscreen

• Silent Hill f features more action gameplay to avoid being a Silent Hill 2 “clone,” but also to appeal to younger audiences, producer says https://automaton-media.com/en/news/silent-hill-f-features-more-action-gameplay-to-avoid-being-a-silent-hill-2-clone-but-also-to-appeal-to-younger-audiences-producer-says/

• RedOctane Games established – rhythm game studio led by genre veterans https://www.gematsu.com/2025/08/redoctane-games-established-rhythm-game-studio-led-by-genre-veterans

Questions from Discord:

• Jtlawbass: On the pod one of you mentioned renting video games, and it got me thinking: What bygone mainstay of gaming do you miss most? For me, it’s either renting video games at the local Blockbuster or Movie Gallery on a Friday night and playing them all weekend, or instruction manuals for video games.
• RaxonXVI: What’s your favorite girl in Resident Evil? Mine’s Jill, but I have a massive thing for Ashley as well, and I'm absolutely LOVING Grace so far. (I'm crazy hyped for 9.)
• RaxonXVI: What's a mobile free-to-play game that you wish would have been a standard game release instead? I can't get into gachas no matter how many times I try, but everything from MiHoYo looks absolutely amazing and especially Zenless Zone Zero for me. (I love games like Jet Set Radio and TWEWY and ZZZ has that kinda sense of style and I love it.)🦉

What we’re playing:

Mary: :)

John: Donkey Kong Bananza (finished), Dear me, I was…(finished)

Greg: Rivals, Donkey Kong Bananza

Brett L: DK Bananza

Brett M: Donkey Kong Bananza

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• Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase disappointed hard https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250731606545/en/Nintendo-Direct-Partner-Showcase-Spotlights-All-the-Ways-You-Can-Explore-Hit-the-Dance-Floor-and-More-on-Nintendo-Switch-2-and-Nintendo-Switch

• No Xbox games, no FFVIIR, no Elden Ring, no COD, no AoI release date

• Drag x Drive overview trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ls_NtQ0s8k

• Mario Paint joins SNES NSO
• Sony sues Tencent for allegedly ripping off 'Horizon' video games with Light of Motiram https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/sony-sues-tencent-allegedly-ripping-off-horizon-video-games-2025-07-28/
• Idk, Battlefield 6 is a thing

Questions from Discord:

• Beavis Christ: Who else has been eating more bananas bc of DK? And when you unwrap it, do you go OOOOHHHH, BUHNAAAHNAHHH - yes or yes?
• RaxonXVI: Who's your favorite girl in Final Fantasy? I love a lot, but I have a massive special place in my heart for Terra from 6.🦉
• RaxonXVI: Have you ever loved a game so much you bought different versions of it, and what game have you bought the most? My top 2 are Final Fantasy 6 and Saints Row: The Third.

What we’re playing:

Mary: :)

John: Donkey Kong Bananza

Greg: Rivals, Donkey Kong Bananza

Brett L: DK Bananza

Brett M: BioShock Infinite, Donkey Kong Bananza

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• Switch 2 is the fastest-selling video game hardware device in US history, selling 1.6M units in June, compared to 1.1M PS4 units sold in November 2013 https://bsky.app/profile/matpiscatella.bsky.social/post/3lun37olbek2k

• Mario Kart World was third bestselling game of June, not including its digital sales https://bsky.app/profile/matpiscatella.bsky.social/post/3lun37lnhg22k

• Pokémon Presents reveals very little (Switch 2 Pokémon Legends Z-A bundle is being sold for $499.99) https://press.pokemon.com/en/releases/Pokemon-Unveils-New-Details-for-Pokemon-Legends-Z-A-Pokemon-Champions-

• Pokémon Sleep has actually raised Japanese players’ average sleep time https://automaton-media.com/en/news/pokemon-sleep-has-actually-raised-japanese-players-average-sleep-time-but-theyre-still-among-the-least-rested-in-the-world/
• Nintendo is doing another NSO Playtest Program, between July 28 and August 10 https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1945971026426274287
• Nintendo Music app update adds 26 NES game soundtracks https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-music-app-gets-tracks-from-26-classic-famicom-games/
• Switch 2 exclusive Dear me, I was... launches July 31 https://www.gematsu.com/2025/07/dear-me-i-was-launches-july-31
• Borderlands 4 launches on Switch 2 on October 3, targeting 30 FPS (September 12 on other platforms) https://x.com/DuvalMagic/status/1947721753331134496
• The Outer Worlds 2 drops price to $69.99 https://www.gematsu.com/2025/07/the-outer-worlds-2-priced-dropped-to-69-99
• Ghost of Yotei’s map is about the same size as Ghost of Tsushima’s https://automaton-media.com/en/news/ghost-of-yoteis-map-is-about-the-same-size-as-ghost-of-tsushimas-the-devs-didnt-want-to-compromise-on-density-for-a-larger-map/

Questions from Discord:

• RaxonXVI: Similar to last week, which is the best version of Princess Zelda, and who's the best girl in the series that's not Zelda? For Zelda herself, I'm torn between Skyward Sword's and the Wild versions. And best non-Zelda girl is Purah; I loves her.
• RaxonXVI: Are there any games that you wanted so much only for them to get canned? For me, it's Alice Asylum; I wanted that game so badly.
• 🦉

What we’re playing:

Mary: :)

John: Donkey Kong Bananza

Greg: Rivals, Donkey Kong Bananza

Brett L: Death Stranding 2 (beat), DK Bananza

Brett M: Clair Obscur, BioShock Infinite

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• Link and Zelda have been cast in the Legend of Zelda movie https://x.com/Nintendo/status/1945433161124688335 / https://variety.com/2025/film/global/legend-of-zelda-movie-cast-bo-bragason-benjamin-evan-ainsworth-1236462236/
• Donkey Kong Bananza Ask the Developer https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-19-donkey-kong-bananza-part-1/
• Nate the Hate says a Nintendo Direct is coming in July after Donkey Kong Bananza launches https://youtu.be/NYkD9QCBp4Y?t=2526
• Nintendo and Universal record copyright for Donkey Kong movie https://mynintendonews.com/2025/07/13/nintendo-and-universal-register-copyright-for-donkey-kong-movie/
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds will be a real physical release on Switch 2, not Game-Key Card (but launches later) https://www.sega.com/news/sonic-racing-crossworlds-nintendo-switch-2-faq
• Dragon Quest VII remake is reportedly in development for 2026 launch https://mp1st.com/news/square-enix-developing-dragon-quest-vii-remake-for-release-in-2026
• Mass layoffs at Virtuos are reportedly underway (see translation lower in doc) https://bsky.app/profile/gautoz.cool/post/3lu3ntewdrk2t

Questions from Discord:

• RaxonXVI: Simple one, who's your favorite Mario princess? Mine’s officially Rosalina 😍🥵🥰 and unofficially Bowsette 🥵💝🥰 I loves them so much (and so hot)
• RaxonXVI: What's a game that never left Japan that you wish we got?(Raxon picked Xenosaga 1-2 and Death Note: Kira Game on Nintendo DS.)
• 🦉

What we’re playing:

Mary: :)

John: Ys Seven (beat)

Greg: Rivals, Rivals, Rivals, COD, Rocket League

Brett L: Death Stranding 2

Brett M: Still Wakes The Deep, Clair Obscur, THPS 3+4, TLOU 2 chronological

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• Donkey Kong Bananza Interview: Kenta Motokura producer, Kazuya Takahashi director https://www.ign.com/articles/our-big-bananas-interview-with-the-developers-of-donkey-kong-bananza

• Director played a lot of Donkey Kong Country as research - Mobile Syrup

• Nintendo Switch Game Vouchers are being discontinued on January 30, 2026 https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/70933

• Crocs launches first-ever collaboration with Animal Crossing https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/crocs-launches-first-ever-collaboration-with-animal-crossing/
• FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time sales top 1.2 million; Switch 2 physical edition launches August 7 in Japan https://www.gematsu.com/2025/07/fantasy-life-i-the-girl-who-steals-time-sales-top-1-2-million-switch-2-physical-edition-launches-august-7-in-japan
• Virtuos technical director says: “Any game shipping at 60 FPS on the Series S should easily port to the Switch 2” https://wccftech.com/nintendo-switch-2-qa-with-virtuos-i-think-we-will-see-it-surpass-the-predecessor/
• Conspiracy theory: NSO has leaked various upcoming Nintendo 64 games https://mynintendonews.com/2025/07/06/rumour-nintendo-switch-online-may-soon-be-adding-super-smash-bros-and-donkey-kong-64/
• Shigeru Miyamoto is said to view video games as a “product, not art,” but in a good way https://automaton-media.com/en/news/shigeru-miyamotos-background-in-industrial-design-explains-his-pragmatic-product-not-art-approach-to-making-games-nintendo-veteran-says/
• Romero Games is clinging to life after its publisher cancels funding https://x.com/romerogamesltd/status/1942307080301420682

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: Have you ever unintentionally ignored a gameplay mechanic until late in a game? I beat Sekiro this week and didn't realize I could increase my attack power until like 7 or 8 main bosses into the game. Also I guess that means I'm Hella good at games lol.
• Brydude: Backstory on how you guys all met.🦉
• RaxonXVI: So in the last episode it was mentioned how Death Stranding takes some time to click and become fun. What's another game you love that's like that? For me it was Final Fantasy 12; once you figure out how to set things up, it becomes super fun.

What we’re playing:

Mary: :)

John: Ys Seven, Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean

Greg: Resident Evil Revelations 2 Started the Final Chapter! (Switch 2), Stellar Blade, Rivals

Brett L: Death Stranding 2

Brett M: South Park: The Stick of Truth, Death Stranding, Still Wakes The Deep, Clair Obscur

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• Nintendo confirms Donkey Kong Bananza was developed by ‘the same team as Super Mario Odyssey’ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-says-donkey-kong-bananzas-developer-is-the-same-team-as-super-mario-odyssey/
• Super Mario Strikers joins GameCube NSO on July 3 https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1938402228047429699
• “Dear me, I was” is a textless adventure game launching exclusively for Switch 2 this summer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt4ojxXBIck
• Bloomberg: Nintendo pulled its products from Amazon US over third-party merchants undercutting Nintendo's prices https://archive.md/h0WR2
• Switch 2 screen has a terrible average response time https://bsky.app/profile/dark1x.bsky.social/post/3lsdytube7s2a
• Prices of Nintendo Switch family of systems and products will increase in Canada in August https://www.nintendo.com/en-ca/whatsnew/nintendo-switch-pricing-update/
• Former Japanese Nintendo employees talk about feeling inferiority while working there because Nintendo employees are like “celestial beings” https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-is-so-full-of-geniuses-even-zelda-and-star-fox-veteran-takaya-imamura-felt-a-constant-sense-of-inferiority-working-with-them/
• EA and 2K both tease new college basketball games on the same day https://x.com/EASPORTS/status/1939703160479637660 / https://x.com/NBA2K/status/1939805441468342727
• Microsoft lays off 9,000 employees, fourth mass layoff for Xbox in 18 months, 10% of King laid off - Bloomberg
• Everwild and Zenimax MMO canceled
• The Initiative shut down, Perfect Dark canceled, unannounced projects canceled https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/microsoft-is-closing-down-xbox-studio-the-initiative
• Banjo-Kazooie, Sea of Thieves director Gregg Mayles reportedly leaves Rare after 35 years https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sources-banjo-kazooie-sea-of-thieves-director-leaves-rare-after-35-years-following-everwild-cancellation/

• Xbox user research team apparently halved https://www.theverge.com/news/697111/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-user-research-child-safety

• ‘I think Xbox hardware is dead’, says founding Xbox team member Laura Fryer https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/i-think-xbox-hardware-is-dead-says-microsoft-gaming-veteran/

Questions from Discord:

• jtlawbass: Finished Expedition 33 over the weekend. Loved the music. What game scores or soundtracks do you like best? I’m currently working my way through all 8.5 hrs of tracks (!) in the E33 score and it’s inspired me to create a game soundtrack playlist. Would love suggestions for it.
• 🦉

What we’re playing:

Mary: :)

John: Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean, Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess

Greg: Resident Evil Revelations 2 (Switch 2), Penny’s Big Breakaway, Rivals

Brett L: Death Stranding 2

Brett M: South Park: The Stick of Truth, Death Stranding, Still Wakes The Deep, Clair Obscur

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Topics:

• Drag x Drive launches August 14 for $19.99 https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/drag-x-drive-switch-2/
• Third-party publishers were disappointed in launch game sales on Switch 2, but Switch 2 third-party share is up compared to Switch 1 launch https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/it-was-the-biggest-console-launch / https://bsky.app/profile/matpiscatella.bsky.social/post/3lrxzlxpmlk2t
• 3D NES emulator 3DSen launches in ver. 1.0 https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/06/this-one-of-a-kind-emulator-that-lets-you-play-nes-games-in-3d-has-just-left-steam-early-access
• Sonic Racing: CrossThis One-Of-A-Kind Emulator That Lets You Play NES Games In 3D Has Just Left Steam Early Access | Time ExtensionWorlds announces SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, and Avatar Legends DLC https://www.gematsu.com/2025/06/sonic-racing-crossworlds-spongebob-squarepants-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem-and-avatar-legends-dlc-announced
• Little Nightmares 3 launches October 10, Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition launches October 10, Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes announced, Little Nightmares: The Lonely Ones novel is coming https://www.gematsu.com/2025/06/little-nightmares-iii-adds-switch-2-version-launches-october-10 / https://www.gematsu.com/2025/06/little-nightmares-enhanced-edition-announced-for-ps5-xbox-series-switch-2-and-pc
• NetEase Games announces AAA single-player action adventure game Blood Message for consoles, PC https://www.gematsu.com/2025/06/netease-games-announces-aaa-single-player-action-adventure-game-blood-message-for-consoles-pc
• THQ Nordic Digital Showcase 2025 set for August 1 https://www.gematsu.com/2025/06/thq-nordic-digital-showcase-2025-set-for-august-1
• Microsoft Plans Major Job Cuts at Xbox Gaming Division - Bloomberg Link
• The Verge: “One source tells me Microsoft is restructuring Xbox distribution across central Europe, resulting in some Xbox operations ceasing in some regions.”

Questions from Discord:

• jtlawbass: Without spoiling the twist, what game had a plot twist that just didn’t work for you? I just finished Act 2 of Expedition 33 and not sure how I feel about that.
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What we’re playing:

Mary: :)

John: Star Ocean The Second Story R (beat), Baten Kaitos

Greg: Rivals, MarioKart World (All Grand Prix done), Stellar Blade

Brett L: Mario Kart World, Welcome Tour, Kirby and the Forgotten Land (beat)

Brett M: MIA

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Topics:

• Donkey Kong Bananza Direct details story, abilities, transformations, co-op play, collectibles, and more https://www.gematsu.com/2025/06/donkey-kong-bananza-direct-details-story-abilities-transformations-co-op-play-collectibles-and-more
• Switch 2 sets all-time launch week video game hardware record in US with over 1.1 million units sold (My Nintendo Store sales not included) https://bsky.app/profile/matpiscatella.bsky.social/post/3lrj7u74vi22v
• Shuhei Yoshida says PlayStation only really views Nintendo as competition in Japan https://mynintendonews.com/2025/06/17/shuhei-yoshida-says-playstation-only-really-views-nintendo-as-competition-in-japan/
• Shift Up receives Switch 2 dev kits, Stellar Blade port possible https://automaton-media.com/en/news/stellar-blade-switch-2-port-not-confirmed-yet-shift-up-clarifies-in-response-to-rumors/
• Silent Hill remake by Bloober Team announced https://www.gematsu.com/2025/06/silent-hill-remake-by-bloober-team-announced
• Marathon has been delayed indefinitely, was supposed to launch September 23 https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/marathon_update
• Square probably has little or none of its source code from the PS1 era or earlier https://www.square-enix-games.com/en_US/news/final-fantasy-tactics-interview
• No wall-running in COD Blops 7, lame (rumor)

https://www.reddit.com/r/CoDCompetitive/comments/1ldx7tn/black_ops_7_will_not_have_wallrunning_or_jet_packs/

• Sonic Mania Plus project makes progress on the Sega Dreamcast: https://retrododo.com/sonic-mania-plus-is-now-running-on-the-dreamcast/

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: Since Microsoft is open to putting their games everywhere, which Microsoft properties would you like to see ported to Switch 2?
• 🦉

What we’re playing:

Mary: :)

John: Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (beat), Star Ocean The Second Story R

Greg: Rivals, Mario Kart World (All Grand Prix done), Stellar Blade

Brett L: Mario Kart World, Welcome Tour, Kirby and the Forgotten Land (beat)

Brett M: MIA

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Topics:

• Nintendo Switch 2 Sells Over 3.5 Million Units Worldwide in First Four Days https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/en/2025/250611.html
• Legend of Zelda movie delayed to May 7, 2027 (formerly March 26) https://x.com/Nintendo/status/1932075231885382103
• Splatoon Raiders announced, Splatoon 3 gets free Switch 2 upgrade https://www.gematsu.com/2025/06/splatoon-raiders-announced-for-switch-2-splatoon-3-version-10-0-0-update-launches-june-12
• Nintendo recommends a fix for battery charge display errors https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/68272/~/the-battery-charge-indicator-or-percentage-displays-incorrectly-on-nintendo
• YouTube confirms the YouTube app will come to Switch 2 https://x.com/TeamYouTube/status/1931203116126351639
• Summer Game Fest 2025: Resident Evil Requiem, Stranger Than Heaven, Felt That: Boxing, Atomic Heart 2, Acts of Blood, etc. https://www.eurogamer.net/summer-game-fest-june-2025-everything-announced
• Xbox Games Showcase: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz comatose, died of boredom https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/06/08/xbox-games-showcase-2025-recap-everything-announced/

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: Which GameCube games would you like to get on Switch 2 NSO?
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What we’re playing:

Mary: :)

John: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (finished), Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, NS2 Welcome Tour, Cosmic Fantasy 3

Greg: Rivals, MarioKart World, Fortnite, Resident Evil: Revelations 2,

Brett L: South of Midnight, Mario Kart World, Welcome Tour, Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Brett M: MIA

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Topics:

• NINTENDO SWITCH 2: OUR LIVES HAVE MEANING
• Quick PSA: Switch 1 game compatibility has improved on Switch 2 again - UK link: https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Hardware/Nintendo-Switch-2/Compatibility-with-Nintendo-Switch-games-2786092.html (US hasn’t updated yet: https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/transfer-guide/compatible-games/ )
• State of Play June 2025: Bloodstained 2, Final Fantasy Tactics, 007 First Light, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection, Pragmata, etc. https://blog.playstation.com/2025/06/04/state-of-play-june-2025-all-announcements-trailers/

Questions from Discord:

• Mary Stowe: So what's everyone's predictions for the Nintendo Switch 3?
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What we’re playing:

Mary: :)

John: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (finished), Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, NS2 Welcome Tour, Cosmic Fantasy 3

Greg: Rivals, DOOM: The Dark Ages, COD, REPO

Brett L: South of Midnight

Brett M: MIA

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Topics:

• Pokemon Legends Z-A launches October 16, 2025, Pokemon Presents scheduled for July 22 https://x.com/Pokemon/status/1927712162778099735 / https://x.com/Pokemon/status/1927720664934355122
• The list of Switch 1 games compatible with Switch 2 has received an update https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/transfer-guide/compatible-games/
• Game Boy – Nintendo Switch Online adds Gradius: Interstellar Assault, Kirby’s Star Stacker, Survival Kids, and The Sword of Hope https://www.gematsu.com/2025/05/game-boy-nintendo-switch-online-adds-gradius-interstellar-assault-kirbys-star-stacker-survival-kids-and-the-sword-of-hope
• Nobunaga's Ambition devs confirm you can use USB mouse on Switch 2 https://youtu.be/nkVgxI2ZXys?t=632
• Leaker PH Brazil claims a Nintendo Direct will drop around Switch 2's launch https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-next-nintendo-direct-will-reportedly-drop-around-switch-2s-launch/
• Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake launches October 30, adds Game-Key Card Switch 2 version https://www.gematsu.com/2025/05/dragon-quest-i-ii-hd-2d-remake-adds-switch-2-version-launches-october-30
• EA Cancels Black Panther Game, Closes Cliffhanger Games https://www.ign.com/articles/ea-cancels-black-panther-game-closes-cliffhanger-games

Questions from Discord:

• 🦉

What we’re playing:

Mary: :)

John: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Greg: Rivals, DOOM: The Dark Ages, COD, REPO

Brett L: Koira (beat) Karma: The Dark World (beat) Indika

Brett M: Zelda Wind Waker

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Topics:

• Mario Kart World was originally in development for Switch, has over 200 songs, could’ve been MK9 https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-18-mario-kart-world-part-1/
• Something else
• Miyamoto discusses Donkey Kong's new design in IGN interview https://www.ign.com/articles/the-big-shigeru-miyamoto-interview-i-see-nintendo-as-like-a-talent-agency-and-we-have-within-our-roster-a-lot-of-talented-characters
• Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment gets Creator's Voice video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT8ojj0HrzA
• Nintendo will be attending Gamescom 2025 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-will-be-attending-gamescom-2025/
• Nintendo clarifies the types of updates coming to Switch 1 games on Switch 2 https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/transfer-guide/games-with-free-updates/
• Killer Instinct Gold joins Nintendo 64 NSO https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1923182029836894603
• Nintendo files a new trademark for Hotel Dusk: Room 215 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-has-filed-a-new-trademark-for-cings-2007-ds-adventure-game-hotel-dusk-room-215/
• Fortnite leaker Shiina claims Fortnite has mouse controls on Switch 2 https://x.com/ShiinaBR/status/1924472371521491348
• We now know who designed the “Pokémon” logo https://www.ign.com/articles/meet-the-man-who-designed-pokemons-iconic-logo 's-iconic-logo
• Persona 5: The Phantom X launches June 26 in the West, Japan https://www.gematsu.com/2025/05/persona-5-the-phantom-x-launches-june-26-in-the-west-japan
• Stellar Blade 2 intended to launch before 2027 https://x.com/Wario64/status/1924841392536244587/
• Xbox stuff - BEHIND MY BACK
• PlayStation common L https://blog.playstation.com/2025/05/21/playstation-stars-coming-to-a-close-as-sie-evaluates-new-ways-to-evolve-future-loyalty-program-efforts/

Questions from Discord:

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What we’re playing:

Mary: :)

John: Lunar Remastered Collection (finished), Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Greg: Rivals, DOOM: The Dark Ages, COD

Brett L: The Midnight Walk, Koira

Brett M: Zelda Wind Waker

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Topics:

• NBCUniversal apparently reveals that the next Mario movie is called Super Mario World https://x.com/Wario64/status/1922496554855776545
• Nintendo Switch 2 final tech specs confirmed https://www.eurogamer.net/digitalfoundry-2025-nintendo-switch-2-final-tech-specs-and-system-reservations-confirmed
• IGN: Nintendo San Francisco store to offer customized colors for Switch OLED https://x.com/Wario64/status/1922471015357067338
• Arc System Works hack corroborates that Nintendo is only producing 64 GB Switch 2 cards right now https://x.com/necrolipe/status/1921315639563608384
• Switch 2 home screen offers mouse controls, and you can lock Switch 2 with a PIN when waking from Sleep
• PSA: Hogwarts Legacy on Switch can be upgraded to Switch 2 version for just $10
• Interesting breakdown of how well all Sega IP sells https://x.com/Genki_JPN/status/1921864879314436539
• Square Enix is developing an original IP in collaboration with Tokyo Broadcasting System Television https://www.gematsu.com/2025/05/square-enix-and-tbs-television-announce-collaboration-to-develop-original-ip-game
• P5X is coming west https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQsdIWTGn_Y
• Ori developer Moon Studios head warns it may have to shut down following review bombing https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ori-developer-moon-studios-head-warns-it-may-have-to-shut-down-following-review-bombing/
• Mafia: The Old Country trailer drops with gameplay and release date of August 8th https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOIg2lFVsJE

Questions from Discord:

• Jtlawbass: Has there ever been a game that was delayed so much that, when it released, you never picked it up because you had either been too frustrated with the delays or grew out of that type of game and no longer wanted it?
• 🦉

What we’re playing:

Mary: :)

John: Lunar Remastered Collection

Greg: Rivals, DOOM 64, COD, TMNT: Mutants Unleashed

Brett L: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (beat) The Midnight Walk

Brett M: TMNT, Clair Obscur

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Topics:

• Switch 2 has 258 default profile icons, almost double Switch's 147 https://x.com/OatmealDome/status/1919774990737522957
• Nintendo stock price hits all-time peak again https://x.com/serkantoto/status/1917855487942615536
• Final Fantasy VII Remake series director all but confirms Rebirth is also coming to Switch 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm68MEd3d5c
• Microsoft Raises the Price of All Xbox Series Consoles, Xbox Games Confirmed to Hit $80 This Holiday https://bsky.app/profile/wario64.bsky.social/post/3lo4ena2iu32f
• Grand Theft Auto VI delayed to May 26, 2026 https://x.com/RockstarGames/status/1918265468076605706
• Context from Jason Schreier https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3lo6qieb3wc2x

• Trailer 2, running in engine on PS5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQRLujxTm3c

• Gears of War: Reloaded launches August 26 on Xbox Series, PC, Game Pass, and PS5 https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/05/05/gears-of-war-reloaded-release-date/

• Ecco the Dolphin and Ecco: The Tides of Time remasters announced alongside third Ecco game https://www.gematsu.com/2025/05/ecco-the-dolphin-and-ecco-the-tides-of-time-remasters-announced-alongside-third-ecco-game
• New Half-Life game is allegedly being "widely playtested ahead of a possible summer reveal and winter release" https://wccftech.com/half-life-3-playtested-summer-reveal/
• Oblivion Remastered is the 3rd bestselling game of 2025 in the US already https://bsky.app/profile/matpiscatella.bsky.social/post/3logoljt5lk2d
• No Chrono Trigger remake! https://x.com/gematsu/status/1918434161620042140

Questions from Discord:

• Brydude: Which Link is your personal favorite? Ex. OoT Link, Wind Waker, etc.
• 🦉

What we’re playing:

Mary: :)

John: Lunar Remastered Collection (beat 1), Star Wars: Battlefront

Greg: Rivals, DOOM 64, (DOOM: Eternal (maybe?), COD, Apex Legends (new season baby!)

Brett L: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Split Fiction (beat)

Brett M: Split Fiction (beat)

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Topics:

• Press X wins at Switch 2 preorders
• Nintendo Switch System Update Ver. 20.0.0 adds Virtual Game Card & System Transfer to Switch 2 https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22525/~/nintendo-switch-system-update-information#current
• Virtual Game Card stops the same game from being played online on two Switch consoles https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/switchs-new-virtual-game-card-system-stops-the-same-game-being-played-online-on-two-switch-consoles/
• Default Switch profile icons were updated https://x.com/OatmealDome/status/1917391209967821073

• eShop Best Sellers list reorganized https://kotaku.com/slop-nintendo-switch-eshop-best-seller-firmware-update-1851778523

• Survey of around 60,000 Japanese respondents shows Switch 2 drawing success rates (scroll down)

• Toyo Securities analyst Hideki Yasuda: Switch 2 launch sales in Japan likely between 800K-1M units, which "can be translated to around 5 million in the first week globally. That speed is unprecedented." https://archive.md/1QKcl
• Borderlands 4 now launches September 12 and received a PlayStation State of Play https://blog.playstation.com/2025/04/30/borderlands-4-revealing-vault-hunter-skills-new-planet-kairos-and-more/
• EA Lays Off 300-400 Employees, Including About 100 at Respawn; Incubated Titanfall Project Canceled - Bloomberg

• Jeff Grubb’s take https://x.com/JeffGrubb/status/1917273189001974166

• GOG adds Breath of Fire IV and many Star Wars games to its GOG Preservation Program https://www.gog.com/en/gog-preservation-program

• Square, Capcom, Taito, & Sega Promising To Preserve Their Past A "Fabrication" Claims GPS https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/04/claims-that-square-capcom-taito-and-sega-are-promising-to-preserve-their-past-a-fabrication-claims-gps

Questions from Discord:

• 🦉

What we’re playing:

Mary: :)

John: Lunar Remastered Collection, SaGa Frontier Remastered, Star Wars: Battlefront

Greg: Rivals, Rock’n’Roll Racing, COD, Rocket League

Brett L: Assassins Creed Shadows (beat) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Brett M: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

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Topics:

• Nintendo Switch 2 Pricing Remains the Same, Retail Preorders Begin April 24 in US https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/nintendo-maintains-nintendo-switch-2-pricing-retail-pre-orders-to-begin-april-24-in-u-s/

• Context on accessory price increases https://x.com/nintendeal/status/1913268152244617335

• New Street Fighter and Zelda amiibo have gone up $10 each https://x.com/Wario64/status/1914334618397946235

• “Now You're Playing Together ft. Paul Rudd – Nintendo Switch 2” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uGXvdbL1ys
• The Nintendo Switch 2 Edition of Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma also runs on Switch 1 https://marvelousgames.com/news/rune-factory-guardians-of-azuma-nintendo-switch-2-faq
• Most physical Switch 2 games so far are actually just Game-Key Cards https://x.com/gematsu/status/1915117805499777329

• Nintendo offering limited card sizes is the rumored theory as to why this is happening https://www.reddit.com/r/NSCollectors/comments/1jsfsaw/rumor_nintendo_not_offering_as_many_options_for/

• Japan is getting an official book about Pokemon animal behavior and ecology written by a real doctor https://automaton-media.com/en/news/new-pokemon-book-by-actual-doctor-of-animal-behavior-and-ecology-academically-explains-and-illustrates-behaviors-of-wild-pokemon/

• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered shadow-drops on PS5, Xbox Series, and PC https://www.gematsu.com/2025/04/the-elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion-remastered-announced-for-ps5-xbox-series-and-pc-now-available
• Ghost of Yōtei comes to PlayStation 5 on October 2 https://blog.playstation.com/2025/04/23/ghost-of-yotei-comes-to-playstation-5-on-october-2/
• Star Wars Zero Company launches in 2026 on PS5, XSX, and PC https://www.gematsu.com/2025/04/star-wars-zero-company-launches-in-2026-debut-trailer-and-screenshots
• Square Enix, Capcom, Taito, and Sega commit to "archiving past development materials" https://www.gamesindustry.biz/square-enix-capcom-taito-and-sega-commit-to-archiving-past-development-materials

Questions from Discord:

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What we’re playing:

Mary: :)

John: Star Ocean First Departure R (finished), SaGa Frontier Remastered (“beat”), Lunar Remastered Collection

Greg: Rivals, Rock’n’Roll Racing, COD, Rocket League

Brett L: Split Fiction, Assassin's Creed Shadows

Brett M: Split/Fiction, South of Midnight, Quest 3 VR

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Topics:

• Nintendo's Vietnam Production of Switch 2 Is Going Almost Entirely to the US - Bloomberg Link
• Nintendeal claims that most GameStop stores "are expecting ~100 Switch 2 consoles available at launch," but games/accessories "extremely limited" https://x.com/Nintendeal/status/1911810754099249648
• Streets of Rage, Super Thunder Blade, ESWAT: City Under Siege Join NSO Genesis game https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1910498346952769825
• Switch 2 versions of BotW and TotK will offer occasional equipment repair via Zelda Notes https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/zeldas-nintendo-switch-2-ports-finally-let-you-repair-equipment-via-its-mobile-app/
• Phil Spencer comments on wanting to support Switch 2 https://variety.com/2025/gaming/news/microsoft-phil-spencer-minecraft-movie-fallout-season-2-1236352653/
• Marathon launches September 23 as a team-based extraction shooter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvJIQoWIQP8
• Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered leaks, apparently launches next week https://www.gematsu.com/2025/04/the-elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion-remastered-screenshots-leak-via-virtuos-website
• TLOU season 2 premiere had 5.3 million US viewers, outpacing season 1 premiere by 10% https://deadline.com/2025/04/the-last-of-us-season-2-premiere-viewership-hbo-1236368374/

Questions from Discord:

• Jtlawbass: What franchise needs a new installment? For me, I’d love a new, single-player Phantasy Star game. A Nintendo franchise that I want to see make a comeback is Golden Sun.
• 🦉

What we’re playing:

Mary: :)

John: Super Mario RPG (finished), SaGa Frontier Remastered, Star Ocean First Departure R

Greg: Rivals, Rock’n’Roll Racing, COD, Rocket League

Brett L: Split Fiction, Assassins Creed Shadows

Brett M: Split/Fiction

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Topics:

• Doug Bowser explains why Switch 2 costs $150 more than Switch: 1) "a lot of improved features" with Joy-Con 2, LCD screen, and CPU/GPU processing power, and 2) the social features like GameChat - CNBC Video
• “the Super Mario Bros. 2 movie” will be released next March (movie hasn’t been described as a “2” before)

• Bowser offers iffier quote about price to CBC that went viral https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/nintendo-switch-2-price-tariffs-1.7503598

• Doug Bowser claims tariffs "weren't factored into the pricing" of Switch 2, but Nintendo is "actively assessing" the situation - Wired (non-paywall) / (gives lots of similar non-answers to NPR too)

• Doug Bowser explains the $80 price for Mario Kart World Washington Post (non-paywall)
• Switch 2 Joy-Con controller was designed "from the ground up" but doesn't use Hall sticks https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/nintendo-says-the-switch-2-joy-con-controllers-dont-have-hall-effect-thumbsticks-145541771.html
• Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is $9.99; BotW & TotK Switch 2 upgrades are also $9.99 each https://www.ign.com/articles/our-big-nintendo-switch-2-interview-with-nintendo-of-americas-bill-trinen
• Switch 2 carts still taste bad on purpose https://www.gamespot.com/articles/switch-2-carts-still-taste-bad-designed-purposefully-to-be-spat-out/1100-6530649/
• Switch 2 eShop will have no music either; Switch 2 has no achievements
• Builds for old or canceled Switch games have leaked, apparently including Retro Studios' canceled music RPG, Project Harmony https://nintendoeverything.com/cancelled-nintendo-switch-games-leaked-online-with-footage-of-scrapped-retro-studios-game-ridge-racer/
• Xbox Game Showcase set for June 8, followed immediately by The Outer Worlds 2 Direct https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/04/09/xbox-games-showcase-2025-outer-worlds-2-direct/

Questions from Discord:

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What we’re playing:

Mary: :)

John: Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden (finished), Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden (“done”), Super Mario RPG

Greg: Rivals, Apex, Rocket League

Brett L: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (beat) Avowed (just started) Split Fiction

Brett M: Split/Fiction

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Topics:

• Nintendo Switch 2 launches June 5 for $449.99, Mario Kart World costs $80 https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/nintendo-switch-2-launches-june-5-bringing-new-forms-of-game-communication-to-life/
• About Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/featured-games/switch-2-edition/
• Important information about compatibility of Nintendo Switch games with Nintendo Switch 2 https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/transfer-guide/compatible-games/
• Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Card Overview https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/68415/kw/switch%202
• Nintendo Switch 2 “Japan Only” system is much cheaper than the “Multi Language” one https://www.nintendo.com/jp/hardware/switch2/lineup/index.html#mariokart
• Nintendo reportedly plotting a Zelda movie trilogy, with filming set for New Zealand https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-reportedly-plotting-a-zelda-movie-trilogy-with-filming-set-for-new-zealand/
• Halo for Nintendo DS was allegedly shut down by Nintendo, not Microsoft https://mynintendonews.com/2025/03/31/halo-ds-developer-says-nintendo-killed-the-portable-fps-rather-than-microsoft/

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: With the advent of the Switch 2, do you think Nintendo continues remastering or remaking games from older systems like the GameCube, Wii, and 3DS? And if they do, do you think they'd continue releasing said games on the original Switch too?
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What we’re playing:

Mary: :)

John: Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden (finished), Super Mario RPG

Greg: Rivals, Apex, Rocket League

Brett L: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (beat) Avowed (just started) Split Fiction

Brett M: Split/Fiction

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Topics:

• Nintendo Direct Reactions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OqoRxXUjGA / https://businesswire.com/news/home/20250327383212/en/Latest-Nintendo-Direct-Reveals-Nintendo-Switch-Games-Virtual-Game-Cards-and-a-New-Smart-Device-App-Nintendo-Today
• “Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games” are a thing https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/virtual-game-cards/
• Nintendo joins the Accessible Games Initiative https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/introducing-the-accessible-games-initiative/
• The Seattle Mariners are wearing Nintendo and Switch 2 logos on their jerseys this season https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-seattle-mariners-will-wear-nintendo-and-switch-2-logos-on-its-jerseys-this-season/
• Ken Kutaragi had a Nintendo PlayStation in his closet all along (original tweet deleted, this is good enough) https://x.com/PlayerEssence/status/1902776604901904807
• A p4re.jp domain has been registered - tenuous Persona 4 remake evidence? https://x.com/ScrambledFaz/status/1902715312379752726
• Ubisoft creates new subsidiary, Tencent invests €1.16 billion for minority stake in subsidiary https://staticctf.ubisoft.com/8aefmxkxpxwl/1uPFqvuRRej3UoemTIgVLH/18f1d055777e1b39a3f79a951452b9e1/2025.03.27_-_Press_Release_vfinal.pdf
• Game Informer is back with all of its staff https://www.gameinformer.com/letter-from-the-editor/2025/03/25/game-informer-is-back
• Christopher Dring announces new publication The Game Business, funded by Geoff Keighley https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/geoff-keighley-and-christopher-dring-announce-new-publication-the-game-business/

Questions from Discord:

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What we’re playing:

Mary:

John: Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim (finished), Voice of Cards 1 (finished), Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden, Mario’s Picross

Greg: Rivals, Apex, Rocket League

Brett L: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (beat) Avowed (just started) Split Fiction

Brett M: Split/Fiction

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Topics:

• Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition is launching to strong reviews https://www.metacritic.com/game/xenoblade-chronicles-x-definitive-edition/
• Nintendo Switch 2 Set for Gaming’s Biggest Ever Launch Even at $400-Plus Price Point - Bloomberg Link
• FCC filing suggests that Switch 2 may get a GameCube controller https://famiboards.com/threads/new-fcc-filing-discovered-that-looks-a-lot-like-a-gamecube-nso-controller.12879/
• Metroid Prime 4 will allegedly "blow everything else" in the April Direct out of the water https://x.com/kiwitalkz/status/1900363827327459778
• Lego Pokémon is coming in 2026 https://x.com/Pokemon/status/1901999757008224693
• Silent Hill f is coming to PS5, Xbox Series, and PC https://www.gematsu.com/2025/03/silent-hill-f-confirmed-for-ps5-xbox-series-and-pc-reveal-trailer
• Star Wars turn-based tactics game will be revealed on April 19 https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-celebration-japan-2025-panel-schedule
• Sony Interactive Entertainment establishes Dark Outlaw Games led by Jason Blundell https://www.gematsu.com/2025/03/sony-interactive-entertainment-establishes-dark-outlaw-games-led-by-jason-blundell
• Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series sales top five million; Final Fantasy series sales top 200 million https://www.gematsu.com/2025/03/final-fantasy-pixel-remaster-series-sales-top-five-million-final-fantasy-series-sales-top-200-million
• Xenosaga: Pied Piper has been preserved, English patch in the works https://x.com/RockmanCosmo/status/1901658207162093975
• Silksong mention https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/03/18/idxbox-developers-finding-success-with-xbox/
• Brett’s Super Nintendo World Adventures

What we’re playing:

Mary: Ace Attorney, Persona 3 Reload DLC, and maybe a gacha game or two

John: Dragon Age: Origins (finished), Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim, Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars

Greg: Monster Hunter Wilds, Marvel Rivals, Cowabunga Collection

Brett L: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (beat) Avowed (just started) Split Fiction

Brett M: Death Stranding

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Topics:

• Switch 2 will have NFC and Wi-Fi 6, FCC filings show https://www.theverge.com/news/625931/nintendo-switch-2-fcc-nfc-wi-fi-6-usb
• Lego Mario Kart launches May 15 for $169.99 (1972 pieces) https://mynintendonews.com/2025/03/10/closer-look-at-lego-mario-kart-set-out-this-may/
• Donkey Kong ‘94 and Mario’s Picross join Game Boy NSO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nna-zWXRjcg
• Niantic sells its game business to Scopely for $3.85 billion (includes Pokémon GO, Pikmin Bloom, Monster Hunter Now, the dev teams) https://nianticlabs.com/news/niantic-next-chapter
• Tony Hawk 4 remake will have no Career mode https://kotaku.com/thps-3-4-tony-hawks-pro-skater-3-4-career-mode-timer-1851768305
• New Dead by Daylight killer: Tokyo Ghoul/Ken Kaneki https://x.com/DeadbyDaylight/status/1899475683744575740

• https://x.com/DeadbyDaylight/status/1899505719411454197

• Sony is experimenting with AI-powered PlayStation characters https://www.theverge.com/news/626695/sony-playstation-ai-characters-aloy-horizon-forbidden-west-prototype

• The video: (AI stuff starts at 3:00) taken down https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-RJ7O9Tqf4

• Xbox handheld reportedly planned for late 2025, full next-gen console targeting 2027 https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-hardware-report-project-keenan-next-gen-xbox-2027

• The Verge: handheld is Project Kennan, says Asus will release handheld https://archive.md/gbQ16

• The unannounced Oblivion remake could launch as early as next month https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bethesdas-oblivion-unreal-engine-5-remake-could-be-releasing-sooner-than-you-think/

• Chrono Trigger 30th anniversary: Square Enix is planning a "variety of projects over the next year that will go beyond the world of the game” https://www.gematsu.com/2025/03/chrono-trigger-celebrates-30th-anniversary-various-projects-beyond-the-game-world-planned
• Mega Man X9 was briefly in development 20 years ago https://www.rockman-corner.com/2025/03/a-history-of-mega-man-x9-s-short-life.html
• Maybe: The first three Armored Core titles join PlayStation Plus Classics March 18 https://blog.playstation.com/2025/03/12/armored-core-a-history-of-from-softwares-mech-saga/?sf276633777=1&fbclid=IwY2xjawI-9EJleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHXd-VwHLyRctdrihnN65454-M7775VZ5dKgFt9gfpR64euzs908_YFrtuA_aem_PxgbkdJMk1u4lX6ASdjojg

Questions from Discord:

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What we’re playing:

Mary: BG3, Mika and the Witch’s Mountain update, Ace Attorney

John: Dragon Age: Origins

Greg: Monster Hunter Wilds, Marvel Rivals, Call of Duty

Brett L: Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Brett M: BioShock Infinite, Split/Fiction, Death Stranding

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Topics:

• Pokémon Presents Press Release
• Pokémon Legends: Z-A launches late 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_KNDtKJJ-8

• Pokémon Champions announced for Switch, iOS, and Android https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik6IGiCzFzQ

• Mar10 Day festivities are coming https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250304659858/en/Nintendo-Announces-Fun-Ways-to-Enjoy-MAR10-Day-Wherever-You-Are

• Super Soccer will be removed from NSO on March 28 https://x.com/OatmealDome/status/1895638913391173773
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 launches July 11 on all platforms https://www.tonyhawkthegame.com/
• Masahiro Sakurai honored by Japanese government for pioneering game design tutorials https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/smash-bros-creator-masahiro-sakurai-honored-by-japanese-government-for-pioneering-game-design-tutorials/

• Metaphor: ReFantazio director Katsura Hashino is getting an award too https://automaton-media.com/en/news/metaphor-refantazio-director-katsura-hashino-receives-japanese-government-award-for-remarkable-contribution-to-art/

• Super Nintendo consoles seem to be getting FASTER with age https://bsky.app/profile/tas.bot/post/3lj47u3fga22n

• Side-scrolling action game Terminator 2D: NO FATE announced for all platforms https://www.gematsu.com/2025/02/side-scrolling-action-game-terminator-2d-no-fate-announced-for-ps5-xbox-series-ps4-xbox-one-switch-and-pc
• Game publisher Acclaim returns with focus on indie studios and classics https://www.gematsu.com/2025/03/game-publisher-acclaim-returns-with-focus-on-indie-studios-and-classics
• Potentially no Last of Us Part III? https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/the-last-of-us-season-2-abby-video-game-changes-backlash-1236327786/
• Monster Hunter Wilds Surpasses 8 Million Units Sold in 3 Days and Is the Fastest Capcom Game to Do So: https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/news/html/e250304.html
• 1 million+ player peak every day since release on Steam: https://steamdb.info/app/2246340/charts/

Questions from Discord:

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What we’re playing:

Mary: Baldur’s Gate 3 (again), LADS

John: Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (finished), Dragon Age: Origins

Greg: Monster Hunter Wilds, Marvel Rivals

Brett L: Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Brett M: Resident Evil 5 ✅, Avowed✅ , BioShock Infinite

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Topics:

• Pokémon Presents on February 27 (tomorrow) at 9:00 a.m. ET / 6:00 a.m. PT
• Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition overview trailer https://mynintendonews.com/2025/02/26/xenoblade-chronicles-x-definitive-edition-overview-trailer/
• NetEase’s Billionaire CEO Slashes Jobs and Games in Profit Push (Marvel Rivals over $200M revenue now but was considered for cancellation, Japanese devs are being thrown away) - Non-paywall Bloomberg Link
• Visions of Mana dev Ouka Studio was told in advance it would be shut down - Takashi Mochizuki

• Quantic Dream unaffected, still hiring - CEO on LinkedIn

• Warner Bros. Shuts Down Monolith Productions, Player First Games, and Warner Bros. Games San Diego, Wonder Woman canceled - Bloomberg Link

• Samurai Pizza Cats: Blast from the Past! announced for ‘all major platforms’ https://www.gematsu.com/2025/02/2d-action-rpg-samurai-pizza-cats-blast-from-the-past-announced-for-all-major-platforms
• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 rated in Singapore for all platforms https://www.gematsu.com/2025/02/tony-hawks-pro-skater-3-4-rated-in-singapore-for-ps5-xbox-series-ps4-xbox-one-switch-and-pc
• Bloober Team is making another game based on Konami IP https://blooberteam.prowly.com/383560-bloober-team-and-konami-continue-their-collaboration
• Fable delayed to 2026 https://www.gematsu.com/2025/02/fable-delayed-to-2026
• Is a Persona 4 remake the next Persona game?
• Persona 4 singer Shihoko Hirata is recording for an unspecified new game

• Resetera user “lolilolailo” with history of insider Atlus info insinuates that Persona 6 is still far away

• SuperGiant releases statement regarding AI and SAG-AFTRA https://bsky.app/profile/supergiantgames.bsky.social/post/3lin7soibi22o

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: I know that the last game already had a million characters, but which characters would you like to see in a new Smash Bros. game? I'd like Vivi from FF9 if that remake comes out. Vivi feels like the most Nintendo-ass-designed FF character if you ask me.
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What we’re playing:

Mary: :)

John: Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Dragon Age: Origins

Greg: Hating Marvel Rivals

Brett L: Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Brett M: Resident Evil 5, Avowed, BioShock Infinite

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Topics:

• My Nintendo Gold Points will be discontinued https://my.nintendo.com/news/97495f34d09fb076
• "Nintendo Switch Game Vouchers cannot be redeemed for games exclusive to the Nintendo Switch 2 system." https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/45255/kw/voucher
• Nintendo establishes new Taiwan subsidiary https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-establishes-new-taiwan-subsidiary-raising-local-players-expectations-for-better-services/
• Wario Land 4 is live on NSO Expansion Pack
• Donkey Kong-inspired Nike shoes are coming (Nike Air Max 1 Low Poly) https://sneakernews.com/2025/02/15/nike-air-max-1-low-poly-donkey-kong-hv5776-200/
• Marvel Rivals Developer Is 'Open' to Potential Future Release on Nintendo Switch 2 https://www.ign.com/articles/marvel-rivals-developer-is-open-to-potential-future-release-on-nintendo-switch-2
• … but the US dev team was laid off https://x.com/ZhugeEX/status/1891979082348257685
• … even though it’s super popular https://bsky.app/profile/matpiscatella.bsky.social/post/3lihyilygps2s

• … for “efficiency” reasons https://x.com/stephentotilo/status/1892090498803696046

• ‘Pokémon Go’ Maker Niantic Nears $3.5 Billion Deal to Sell Games Unit to the Saudis https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-19/-pokemon-go-maker-nears-3-5-billion-deal-to-sell-games-unit / Non-Paywall Link

• Microsoft introduces Muse, its "first generative AI model designed for gameplay ideation" - Microsoft Link

• “Nobody will want this” - anonymous AAA dev, “I'm offended and sickened by this.” - Frank Cifaldi

• PS5 shipments top 75 million https://www.gematsu.com/2025/02/ps5-shipments-top-75-million

• Mat Piscatella: PS5 is currently 7% ahead of PS4's US unit sales pace

• Jeff Grubb claims Fairgame$ has been internally delayed to 2026 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sonys-ps5-live-service-title-fairgame-has-reportedly-slipped/

• Funko Fusion was reportedly a “complete commercial and critical failure,” resulting in layoffs https://insider-gaming.com/1010-games-employees-offered-no-severance-laid-off-while-on-holiday-and-more/
• Don’t expect Ken Levine’s Judas this year https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3lifpygjkbk2p
• Elder Scrolls 6 mention: https://x.com/BethesdaStudios/status/1891545699780546905

Questions from Discord:

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What we’re playing:

Mary: Silent Hill 2 Remake ✅

John: Dragon Age: Origins, Sutte Hakkun, Mega Man 1 (finished), Gerda: A Flame in Winter (finished)

Greg: Marvel Rivals

Brett L: Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Brett M: Space Marine 2 ✅, Resident Evil 5, Avowed

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Topics:

• Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con patent includes illustrations for the mouse functionalityhttps://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2025027803
• Switch 2 patent suggests you can attach Joy-Con to Switch 2 upside downhttps://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/switch-2-patent-suggests-the-console-can-be-rotated-to-change-headphone-and-usb-port-positions/
• Take-Two ‘fully expects’ to support Switch 2 going forwardhttps://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/gta-6-publisher-fully-expects-to-support-switch-2-going-forward/
• State of Play Reaction: (Full Game List) Saros, Tides of Annihilation, MindsEye, Darwin's Paradox, etc.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQtPbTOhLEc
• Warner Bros. Video-Game Division Faces Thin Slate, Leadership Uncertainty and Wonder Woman Issues -Bloomberg Link
• Square Enix says Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake had "stronger sales" than "initial assumptions"https://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/ir/pdf/25q3slides.pdf
• Capcom Key Art Catalog Will Cover Over 300 Gameshttps://www.siliconera.com/capcom-key-art-catalog-will-cover-over-300-games/
• Insomniac Games founder says Sony rejected a pitch for Resistance 4https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-rejected-a-pitch-for-resistance-4-claims-insomniac-founder/
• Xbox Reportedly Sold Just 2 Million Consoles Last Yearhttps://tech4gamers.com/xbox-only-2-million-consoles-2024/
• The life-size Gardevoir plush has a massive butt, proud owner from Japan confirms with now viral imageshttps://automaton-media.com/en/news/the-life-size-gardevoir-plush-has-a-massive-butt-proud-owner-from-japan-confirms-with-now-viral-images/

Questions from Discord:

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What we’re playing:

Mary:Silent Hill 2 Remake, Baldur’s Gate 3, LADS

John: Dragon Age: Origins

Greg: MARVEL RIVALS, Ghost of Tsushima

Brett L:Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Brett M:Space Marine 2, Resident Evil 5

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Topics:

• Nintendo Switch 2 Direct will be at 9:00 a.m. ET, 6:00 a.m. PT on April 2 https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1887139391266558216
• Nintendo fiscal results https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2025/250204_4e.pdf
• Total Switch sales are now at 150.86 million, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at 67.35 million units

• New game sales totals: Super Mario Party Jamboree: 6.17 million units, Echoes of Wisdom: 3.91 million units, Mario & Luigi: Brothership 1.84 million units (see image below)

• Nintendo says it’s making preparations for Switch 2 resellers https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-says-its-making-preparations-for-switch-2-resellers/

• Nintendo will no longer accept foreign credit cards & PayPal accounts on the Japanese eShop on March 25 https://mynintendonews.com/2025/01/30/japan-nintendo-will-soon-no-longer-accept-foreign-credit-cards-paypal-accounts/
• Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket surpasses $500M in just 22 days more than Pokémon GO https://www.pocketgamer.biz/pokmon-trading-card-game-pocket-rockets-past-500m/
• Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny remaster comes to Switch in 2025 (and PS4, XB1, Steam) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvgPwh_oIXg
• Electronic Arts CEO says EA Sports FC and Madden ‘could find real energy’ on Switch 2 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/electronic-arts-ceo-says-ea-sports-fc-and-madden-could-find-real-energy-on-switch-2/
• EA execs suggest Dragon Age: The Veilguard may have sold better as a live-service game https://www.eurogamer.net/ea-suggests-dragon-age-the-veilguard-might-have-sold-better-if-it-was-live-service-so-what-does-this-mean-for-mass-effect-5
• Sackboy Dev Sumo Digital Cancels New IP to Focus on Game Production for Partners https://www.sumogroupltd.com/news/2025/sumo-group-update/
• Mat Piscatella: “Final Fantasy VII Rebirth had a fantastic Steam launch” https://bsky.app/profile/matpiscatella.bsky.social/post/3lhc3xrqq7k2z
• The VGHF Library opens in early access https://gamehistory.org/vghf-library-launch/

Questions from Discord:

• Brasop: Do you have any gaming goals for 2025? I dropped out of PlayStation gaming for a while with the PS4 but was fortunate enough to pick up a PS5 for Xmas, so I'm looking forward to deep-diving back into the PS library.
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What we’re playing:

Mary: Silent Hill 2 Remake, Persona 3 Reload dlc, Baldur’s Gate 3

John: Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Greg: MARVEL RIVALS, COD, Dental Simulator

Brett L: Trepang2 (beat), Unravel (beat) Stanley Parable, Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Brett M: Indiana Jones The Great Circle

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Topics:

• Fatal Fury 2, Super Ninja Boy, and Sutte Hakkun join SNES NSO https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1882594637065355525
• Super Mario RPG Soundtrack Releases in Japan on April 9 https://noisypixel.net/super-mario-rpg-soundtrack-release-2025/
• Millions of dollars of prototype Pokémon cards may have been fake, it’s claimed https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/millions-of-dollars-of-prototype-pokemon-cards-may-have-been-fake-its-claimed/
• Xbox Developer_Direct 2025 Recap https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/01/23/xbox-developer-direct-2025-recap/
• NINJA GAIDEN 4 – Launching Fall 2025
• NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black – Available Now
• South of Midnight – Launching April 8, 2025
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Launching April 24, 2025

• DOOM: The Dark Ages – Launching May 15, 2025

• Hideaki Nishino is new President & CEO of SIE (Hermen Hulst still Studio Business Group CEO, under Nishino) https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-leadership-at-sony-interactive-entertainment-302362728.html

• SEGA trademarks Skies of Arcadia, Eternal Arcadia in Japan https://www.gematsu.com/2025/01/sega-trademarks-skies-of-arcadia-eternal-arcadia-in-japan
• The Sims 1 and 2 Are Reportedly Returning to PC This Month https://kotaku.com/sims-1-2-remaster-pc-buy-ea-maxis-steam-1851748658
• GOG re-releases Dino Crisis 1 and 2 on PC, announces GOG Wishlist to vote for more ports https://x.com/GOGcom/status/1884526967204049150
• Phoenix Labs lays off “majority of the studio” https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/phoenix-labs-lays-off-majority-of-the-studio-two-years-after-forte-labs-acquisition
• BioWare Doesn't 'Require Support From the Full Studio' https://blog.bioware.com/2025/01/29/bioware-studio-update/
• Zach Cregger to Tackle Resident Evil Reboot Movie https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/resident-evil-reboot-zach-cregger-1236117563/

Questions from Discord:

• Brydude: What is your favorite anime?
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What we’re playing:

Mary: Silent Hill 2 Remake, Mika and the Witch’s Mountain, Persona 3 Reload dlc

John: Star Wars Outlaws (finished), Rockman & Forte (finished with Bass), Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Greg: MARVEL RIVALS, Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut, Wario Land 3 (GameBoy Color)

Brett L: Ghost of Tsushima: Directors Cut ✅, Trepang2

Brett M: DKCR ✅, Eternal Strands

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• Nothing important happened last week.
• Nintendo Switch 2 first-look trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itpcsQQvgAQ
• Nintendo Direct on April 2, 2025, Nintendo Switch 2 Experience to follow in cities around the world
• Two USB-C slots?
• Joy-Con mouse functionality? (SNES mouse functionality secretly exists in NSO already)
• Mario Kart 9
• 24 players?
• Wide, flat road? New gas mechanic maybe?

• Donkey Kong redesigned, all the characters cuter/more cartoony now?

• Bloomberg: Nintendo supply chain is ready to sell more than 20 million Switch 2 units in its first year

• A Nintendo Direct focusing on Switch 1 games is reportedly coming in February https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-nintendo-direct-focusing-on-games-for-the-original-switch-is-coming-next-month-its-claimed/
• PH Brazil says Switch to get one big final Nintendo game from “beloved” & “somewhat niche” series https://mynintendonews.com/2025/01/20/rumour-ph-brazil-says-switch-to-get-one-big-final-nintendo-game-from-beloved-somewhat-niche-series/
• Hideki Kamiya wishes curses upon Switch 2 leakers https://x.com/HidekiKamiya_X/status/1879917263803011499
• PlayStation has canceled 2 more live-service games from Bend and Bluepoint, respectively: Bluepoint was working on live-service God of War https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3lfvfm2febc2e
• NCSoft’s Horizon MMORPG has seemingly been canceled https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ncsofts-horizon-mmorpg-has-seemingly-been-cancelled/
• Insomniac Games’ Ted Price Announces Retirement After Three Decades https://sonyinteractive.com/en/news/blog/ted-price-announces-retirement/

• What’s next for Insomniac Games https://blog.playstation.com/2025/01/22/whats-next-for-insomniac-games/

• Earthblade canceled! https://exok.com/posts/2025-01-22-earthblade-final-update/

• Marvel Snap taken offline temporarily as part of the TikTok ban https://bsky.app/profile/benbrode.bsky.social/post/3lg35u52bxs2c
• EA blames ‘underperformance’ of Dragon Age and EA FC25, as it lowers forecast https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ea-blames-underperformance-of-dragon-age-and-ea-fc25-as-it-lowers-forecast/

• AAA sequels struggling https://x.com/GenePark/status/1882185444445782496

• Silksong is still real https://x.com/griffinmatta/status/1880523110816051696

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: What games do you think the Switch 2 will launch with? and which games do you hope it launches with or are in the launch window?
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What we’re playing:

Mary: Metaphor Re Fantazio ✅, Fire Emblem Blazing Blade ✅, Silent Hill 2 Remake

John: Star Wars Outlaws, Rockman & Forte

Greg: MARVEL RIVALS, Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut, Wario Land 3 (GameBoy Color)

Brett L: Ghost of Tsushimaf: Directors Cut ✅, Trepang2

Brett M: DKCR

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Topics:

• Switch 2 reportedly being revealed on Thursday, January 16 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-will-reportedly-reveal-switch-2-this-week/
• NateTheHate: Microsoft Flight Sim and Halo MCC are coming to Switch 2 and PS5, and FFVII Remake and Rebirth are coming to Switch 2 and Xbox https://bsky.app/profile/knoebel.bsky.social/post/3lffjli6oec2z

• MGS Delta planned for Switch 2, 6+ Ubisoft games (mostly “late ports”) in works including AC Mirage on launch day and Shadows at a later date https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/assassins-creed-games-and-metal-gear-solid-delta-tipped-for-switch-2-release/

• Switch was originally planned to have Virtual Console https://luigiblood.tumblr.com/post/772374028594905088/switch-virtual-console-was-the-original-plan

• Mat Piscatella: random fun stats about the Switch game library https://bsky.app/profile/matpiscatella.bsky.social/post/3lfpmk42sjk2e
• LUNAR Remastered Collection launches April 18 https://www.gematsu.com/2025/01/lunar-remastered-collection-launches-april-18
• The Blood of Dawnwalker revealed from Witcher 3 director https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkICrJEVTjI

• Way more details: https://x.com/shinobi602/status/1878926236048830538

• Splash Damage cancels Transformers: Reactivate, the gritty-looking co-op action game https://x.com/splashdamage/status/1877020458454749485

• Xbox Developer Direct will reportedly have “a new entry in a legendary Japanese IP which has decades of history” https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-2025-predictions-and-overview-microsofts-most-promising-games-line-up-in-history-meets-a-platform-under-duress

Questions from Discord:

• Campfire_knight: Loved all the random owl facts on the last podcast. Can we have more random animal trivia like that, please?

What we’re playing:

Mary: Metaphor Re Fantazio (still), Fire Emblem Blazing Blade (still)

John: Star Wars Outlaws

Greg: MARVEL RIVALS, Wario Land 3 (GameBoy Color)

Brett L: Ghost of Tsushima, Trepang2

Brett M: Twilight Princess, DKCR

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Topics:

• Retro Studios was reportedly working on a “music RPG” before canceling it for Metroid Prime Remastered https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-relationship-between-nintendo-and-retro-unhealthy.1074522/#post-133880040
• Punch-Out!! series may have stopped in part because of character stereotypeshttps://mynintendonews.com/2025/01/02/imran-khan-punch-out-series-effectively-dead-at-least-at-next-level-games/
• Bloodstained 2 intended to be revealed this year https://x.com/ArtplayEN/status/1874133096087642319
• Call of Duty's massive development budgets revealed: $700 million for Black Ops Cold War https://www.gamefile.news/p/call-of-duty-budgets-development-costs-black-ops-modern-warfare
• Ex-Annapurna Video-Game Staff to Absorb Former Take-Two Indie Label - Bloomberg
• Hand Drawn Game Guides: Mega Man https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nfpublishing/hand-drawn-game-guides-mega-man
• Grain of salt LOL rumor: new Xbox Prime console will launch in late 2026 https://x.com/TheGhostOfHope/status/1876099668482085289

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: What are your most anticipated games of 2025, any bold predictions for the year?

What we’re playing:

Mary: Metaphor Re Fantazio (still)

John: Star Wars Outlaws

Greg: MARVEL RIVALS

Brett L: HZD remaster finished, Ghost of Tsushima

Brett M: Twilight Princess, It Takes Two (beat)

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Topics:

• Game of the Year 2024 discussion

Questions from Discord:

• Joe & Brydude’s answers for GotY

What we’re playing:

Mary: Metaphor Re Fantazio

John: still Fantasian

Greg: MARVEL RIVALS, Apex (nothing sounds fun)

Brett L: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Brett M: Blops 6, Twilight Princess, RE4 OG

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Topics:

• Mat Piscatella: Switch surpasses PS2 for lifetime total sales in the US, at 46.6 million units sold. Only trails DS now
• Sega considering Netflix-like game subscription service https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgnj7e8028o
• ‘Live and Learn’ musician suing Sega over ownership of iconic Sonic the Hedgehog song https://www.polygon.com/news/498953/sonic-music-live-and-learn-copyright-lawsuit-crush-40-sega
• OFF coming to Switch, Steam in 2025 with new features https://www.gematsu.com/2024/12/off-coming-to-switch-steam-in-2025-with-new-features
• Mat Piscatella: EA Sports College Football 25 is the bestselling sports game in US history for dollar sales, ranks in top 50 bestselling games of all time for US
• Glen Schofield says EA recently turned down his Dead Space 4 proposal https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/glen-schofield-says-ea-recently-turned-down-his-dead-space-4-proposal/

Questions from Discord:

• Brydude: When are we doing Press X game night? What are your spoiler-free thoughts of Sonic 3?

What we’re playing:

Mary: A lot of Metroid

John: Fantasian

Greg: MARVEL RIVALS, Apex (nothing sounds fun)

Brett L: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Brett M: Blops 6, Twilight Princess, RE4 OG

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Topics:

• Unpacking The Game Awards https://www.eurogamer.net/everything-announced-at-the-game-awards-2024

• Too many highlights!: Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, Shadow Labyrinth (Pac-Man), Rematch (Sifu soccer), The Witcher 4, Elden Ring Nightreign, FFVII Rebirth PC in January, new Fumito Ueda game with Epic Publishing, The Outer Worlds 2 in 2025, Split Fiction, Borderlands 4, Virtua Fighter, Project Century, Turok Origins, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Game of Thrones: Kingsroad, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Mafia: The Old Country, Dispatch superhero comedy game, stage fright, Okami Sequel, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet

• Pokémon × Aardman coming in 2027 https://x.com/Pokemon/status/1866845745313136673

• Alarmo adds 7 scenes from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1866679599926497455
• Tetris for NES and Tetris DX for GBC have joined NSO https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1867011680313500071
• Nintendo now owns 100% of Monolith Soft https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-now-owns-100-of-monolith-soft/
• “Capcom is focusing on re-activating dormant IPs that haven’t had a new title launch recently” https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/news/html/e241213.html
• Bandai Namco to release remastered Tales of titles “fairly consistently” https://www.gematsu.com/2024/12/bandai-namco-to-release-remastered-tales-of-titles-fairly-consistently
• Marvel Rivals all Jeff the Land Shark event announced: https://www.polygon.com/news/497476/marvel-rivals-winter-event-skins-jeff-splatoon
• Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya says his creativity “would have died” had he continued to work at PlatinumGames https://automaton-media.com/en/news/bayonetta-creator-hideki-kamiya-says-his-creativity-would-have-died-had-he-continued-to-work-at-platinumgames/
• Several PlatinumGames Veterans Have Seemingly Left The Studio https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/12/several-platinumgames-veterans-have-seemingly-left-the-studio

What we’re playing:

Mary: A lot of Metroid

John: Fantasian

Greg: MARVEL RIVALS, Apex (nothing sounds fun)

Brett L: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Brett M: Blops 6, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood ✅

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Topics:

• The Game Awards predictions (hyped by three separate journalists - Andy Robinson, Tom Warren, Jez Corden)
• NateDrake expects Switch 2 reveal in January second half or February, event in May, release in June https://youtu.be/vi259NZ4ZLs?t=3013
• Nintendo approached Acquire to make Mario & Luigi: Brothership based on its experience with RPGs (Octopath) and action games (Tenchu) https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-15-mario-and-luigi-brothership-part-1/

• Acquire tried to make “edgier, more rugged” Mario art, but Nintendo vetoed it https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-15-mario-and-luigi-brothership-part-2/

• Croc: Legend of the Gobbos remaster delayed to Q1 2025 https://x.com/ArgonautGames_/status/1865093859237056975

• Turn-based strategy game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown announced for PC https://www.gematsu.com/2024/12/turn-based-strategy-game-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-tactical-takedown-announced-for-pc
• Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake shipments and digital sales top two million https://www.gematsu.com/2024/12/dragon-quest-iii-hd-2d-remake-shipments-and-digital-sales-top-two-million
• Ubisoft’s handling of canceled PlayStation exclusive Wild was ‘a real scandal’, director claims https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ubisofts-handling-of-cancelled-playstation-exclusive-wild-was-a-real-scandal-director-says/

Questions from Discord:

What we’re playing:

Mary: A lot of Metroid

John: Fantasian, briefly Marvel Rivals

Greg: MARVEL RIVALS, Star Wars Outlaws, Apex Legends

Brett L: Star Wars: Outlaws ✅, SW Outlaws Wild Card ✅, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Brett M: Blops 6, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood ✅

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Topics:

• Switch 2 Joy-Con design allegedly leaked in China, video shows magnet Joy-Con https://www.resetera.com/threads/nintendo-switch-2-joycon-designs-leaked-on-bilibili-magnets-confirmed-uploader-claims-that-production-volume-is-not-high-enough-for-a-march-launch.1049781/
• Tetris to join NES NSO on 12/12, ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron, VectorMan, and Wolf of the Battlefield: Mercs join Genesis NSO Tetris / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecII-1bkikw
• Nintendo Switch eShop and online services are ending in China in 2026 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-switch-eshop-and-online-services-are-ending-in-china-in-2026/
• Converse is making EarthBound shoes for its 30th anniversary, will be available to purchase online in late February https://www.1101.com/mother_project/events/bazaaaar_2025/index.html
• PlayStation itself confirms that over 160 million PlayStation 2 consoles were sold https://www.playstation.com/en-us/playstation-history/2000-ps2-psp/
• After 31 years, Shuhei Yoshida is leaving Sony on January 15, 2025 (current head of indies, former president of PlayStation Studios in PS3-PS4 era) https://blog.playstation.com/2024/11/26/all-good-things-a-look-back-at-shuhei-yoshidas-31-years-with-playstation/
• XDefiant dead, Ubisoft San Francisco and Osaka dead? https://x.com/stephentotilo/status/1864093792682262762
• Light of Motiram, an open-world survival crafting game, is the ultimate Horizon Zero Dawn knockoff https://www.gematsu.com/2024/11/mechanimal-open-world-survival-crafting-game-light-of-motiram-announced-for-pc
• FromSoftware has no plans for Elden Ring 2, but they have several new titles in the works, according to Miyazaki https://automaton-media.com/en/news/fromsoftware-has-no-plans-for-elden-ring-2-but-they-have-several-new-titles-in-the-works-according-to-miyazaki/
• Rumor: Future Mortal Kombat 1 DLC Canceled After Poor Expansion Sales https://insider-gaming.com/future-mortal-kombat-1-dlc-cancelled-after-poor-expansion-sales/
• Indiana Jones PC Specs revealed: https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24312550/the-indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-pc-specs-are-an-adventure
• Nintendo approached Acquire to make Mario & Luigi: Brothership based on its experience with RPGs (Octopath) and action games (Tenchu) https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-15-mario-and-luigi-brothership-part-1/
• Acquire tried to make “edgier, more rugged” Mario art, but Nintendo vetoed it https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-15-mario-and-luigi-brothership-part-2/

What we’re playing:

Mary: Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, Metaphor ReFantazio, Metroid

John: Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (finished)

Greg: Mafia Remastered ✅, Blops, Apex Legends

Brett L: Lego Horizon Adventures, back to Star Wars: Outlaws

Brett M: Blops 6

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Topics:

• Metroid Prime 1–3: A Visual Retrospective book announced https://www.piggyback.com/us/guide/metroid-prime-1-3-a-visual-retrospective/
• Donkey Kong Land joins NSO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iYkwaVyGTY
• BS rumor: Weibo poster claims Switch 2 will be announced in January, launches in March https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/s/zY8xp8Q0Pu
• Sony Working on Handheld Console for PS5 Games to Rival Switch No-Paywall Link

• “likely years away from launch and the company could still decide against bringing it to market”

• Sony is offering to buy media conglomerate Kadokawa Corporation https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/20/24300583/sony-kadokawa-acquisition-from-software-anime-manga

• In video games, Kadokawa owns FromSoftware, Spike Chunsoft, Acquire, & Gotcha Gotcha Games

• Final Fantasy XIV Mobile announced for iOS, Android https://www.gematsu.com/2024/11/final-fantasy-xiv-mobile-announced-for-ios-android

• Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. announced for PC https://www.gematsu.com/2024/11/virtua-fighter-5-revo-announced-for-pc
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie gets second trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH1J1EbqCaI
• Mass Effect trilogy director Casey Hudson’s Humanoid Origin to shut down https://www.gematsu.com/2024/11/mass-effect-trilogy-director-casey-hudsons-humanoid-origin-to-shut-down
• After one month, Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is the bestselling DB game ever in the US in lifetime dollar sales, ranks 3rd among all Bandai Namco games behind Elden Ring and Dark Souls III https://bsky.app/profile/matpiscatella.bsky.social/post/3lbk5alqlrk2w

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: What's your favorite Thanksgiving dish? And what, if anything, gaming-related are you thankful for?
• Message from Brett: Don’t trust anyone, they’re all liars, just die alone.

What we’re playing:

Mary: Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, Metaphor ReFantazio

John: Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake

Greg: Blops, Apex Legends, Rocket League (boring week :(

Brett L: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 ✅, Lego Horizon Adventures, back to Star Wars: Outlaws

Brett M: Blops 6, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood ✅

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Topics:

• Stupid Game Awards reaction https://www.gematsu.com/2024/11/the-game-awards-2024-nominees-announced
• GOG Preservation Program announced – preserving old games for current and future PC setups https://www.gematsu.com/2024/11/gog-preservation-program-announced-preserving-old-games-for-current-and-future-pc-setups
• Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin spin-off Sakuna Chronicles: Kokorowa and the Gears of Creation announced https://www.gematsu.com/2024/11/sakuna-of-rice-and-ruin-spin-off-sakuna-chronicles-kokorowa-and-the-gears-of-creation-announced
• Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition gets massive improvement patch, original developer's name gets removed from splash screen https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/rockstar-has-given-grand-theft-auto-trilogy-a-big-graphical-update/

• Grove Street Games CEO complains https://x.com/TSWilliamson/status/1857124999045222581

• Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3’s plot ‘is complete’ as the game enters full production https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/final-fantasy-7-remake-part-3s-plot-is-complete-as-the-game-enters-full-production/

• Xbox is exploring handheld devices, but a release is still years away - Jason Schreier / Bloomberg Link
• Secret Level official trailer revealed ahead of December 10 debut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvY9Uq7I30Y

Questions from Discord:

What we’re playing:

Mary: Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

John: Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven (finished)

Greg: Blops, Apex Legends, Rocket League

Brett L: COD: Black Ops 6 ✅ Tales from the Borderlands ✅ Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Brett M: Blops 6, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood ✅

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• Donkey Kong Country park is revealed at Super Nintendo World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8OtALOr8JI
• Nintendo announces Black Friday offers https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/nintendo-announces-black-friday-offers-providing-even-more-ways-to-play-this-holiday-season/
• Pocketpair details lawsuit filed against it by Nintendo and The Pokemon Company https://www.gamesindustry.biz/pocketpair-shares-nintendo-the-pokemon-companys-demands-from-palworld-lawsuit
• The Pokémon Works is a new subsidiary formed by The Pokémon Company and ILCA, developing both games and “services” like Pokémon Home https://www.pokemonworks.co.jp/
• Nintendo Sues Streamer of Emulated, Pre-Released Games https://www.404media.co/nintendo-sues-streamer-of-emulated-pre-released-games/
• Echoes of Wisdom developers tried to make Link talk but decided it felt wrong Twitter (Genki) / Automaton-Media
• LightSpeed Studios establishes LightSpeed Japan Studio led by Hideaki Itsuno (DMC5, Dragon’s Dogma) https://www.gematsu.com/2024/11/lightspeed-studios-establishes-lightspeed-japan-studio-led-by-hideaki-itsuno
• Mass Effect TV Series in the Works at Amazon from Fast & Furious 9 Writer https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/mass-effect-tv-series-amazon-writer-marvel-1236203755/
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle gets gameplay deep dive trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vujiFT4cQm8

Questions from Discord:

• Campfire_knight: Going to go a bit broader with my next question topic this time: What video game character would make for the best roommate and why? Try to think more creatively beyond reasons like "because they are hot!" Lol For example, Link would make for a terrible roommate because of his incessant need to shatter pots. No keeping indoor plants around that guy.

What we’re playing:

Mary: Dragon Age Veilguard ✅

John: Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven

Greg: Blops (hit my first prestige), Sonix X Shadow Generations, Apex Legends, Rocket League

Brett L: Silent Hill 2 remake (done), Neva (done), AW 2: The Lake House (done), COD: Black Ops 6

Brett M: Blops 6, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood ✅

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Topics:

• Switch 2 will be backward-compatible with Switch 1 games https://x.com/NintendoCoLtd/status/1853972163033968794
• Nintendo financial results https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2024/241105_5e.pdf
• 146.04 million Switch units sold total
• Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom sold 2.58 million units in 5 days, Paper Mario: TTYD sold 1.94 million units, LM2 sold 1.57 million units

• Nintendo reports 34% decrease in net sales, 31% drop in hardware, and 27.6% fall in software for first half of its fiscal year https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2024/241105e.pdf

• Nintendo’s four-part "Structural Changes Surrounding Our Dedicated Video Game Platform Business" (p. 13): https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2024/241106e.pdf

• Nintendo Music app launches for NSO members https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ5EeImWYaI
• Mario & Luigi: Brothership reviews are out https://www.metacritic.com/game/mario-and-luigi-brothership/critic-reviews/?platform=nintendo-switch
• Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket tops 10 million downloads in 2 days, makes $12 million in less than a week
• Take-Two Interactive sells publisher Private Division, which has been working with Game Freak for Project Bloom https://www.gamesindustry.biz/zelnick-on-private-division-sale-those-projects-were-smaller-were-in-the-business-of-big-hits
• PlayStation's Wolverine creative director is now creative director for Xbox’s Perfect Dark https://www.gamefile.news/p/wolverine-perfect-dark-brian-horton-playstation-xboxMass Effect TV Series in the Works at Amazon from Fast & Furious 9 Writer https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/mass-effect-tv-series-amazon-writer-marvel-1236203755/

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: Multi-part question: How much stock do you personally put into reviews? Has a review ever made you delay a purchase of something you were interested in? What is a game, show, or movie you felt the reviewers completely missed on?

What we’re playing:

Mary: Dragon Age Veilguard

John: Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven

Greg: More Dreamcast games, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Apex Legends, Rocket League

Brett L: Silent Hill 2 remake (done), Neva (done), AW 2: The Lake House (done), COD: Black Ops 6

Brett M: Blops 6

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Topics:

• Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition launches 3/20/25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meabXp-IFkM
• Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete launches December 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBwJdX8fnfQ
• Shadow Man & Turok 2: Seeds of Evil join NSO Expansion Pack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN6IbpsG9wM
• PH Brazil rumor: Nintendo is courting third-party game remasters for Switch while Nintendo works on Switch 2 games https://www.resetera.com/threads/pr-brazil-nintendo-is-courting-3rd-party-devs-to-do-remasters-on-switch-1-to-make-up-for-nintendos-own-teams-being-busy-with-switch-2-games-in-op.1017648/
• Nash Weedle (???) rumor: Elden Ring Definitive Edition coming to Switch 2 https://x.com/NWeedle/status/1850582123448520822
• Super Mario Party: Jamboree seems to have its biggest franchise launch yet in Japan https://x.com/GameDataLibrary/status/1849535108182663396
• Yakuza Kiwami on Switch is reportedly “selling like hotcakes” https://www.reddit.com/r/yakuzagames/comments/1gd6rh4/ryu_ga_gotoku_studio_director_masayoshi_yokoyama/
• Yooka-Replaylee seems to be coming to Switch 2 https://x.com/PlaytonicGames/status/1849435903661367704
• Sony shuts down Concord developer Firewalk Studios and mobile developer Neon Koi https://sonyinteractive.com/en/news/blog/an-update-from-playstation-studios/
• Sonic X Shadow Generations sales topped one million on the first day https://www.gematsu.com/2024/10/sonic-x-shadow-generations-sales-top-one-million
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind launches December 10 https://www.gematsu.com/2024/10/mighty-morphin-power-rangers-ritas-rewind-launches-december-10
• Ubisoft Confirms It's Exploring New Rayman Ideas Amid Report of a Remake https://kotaku.com/rayman-legends-remake-ubisoft-prince-persia-lost-crown-1851679621

• Ubisoft releases a message to fans https://x.com/princeofpersia/status/1849450780945740029

• The weird, stupid, nerdy story of the Princess Crown fan translation patch https://www.segasaturnshiro.com/2024/10/26/original-translator-did-not-approve-princess-crown-patch-release/

Questions from Discord:

• campfire_knight: If you had a Pokemon as a mascot for your very own sports team, what would it be? Also, what would your team name be?
• Joe: What random household item would you like to get Nintendo-fied? I already pitched the Kirby toilet. Also, it comes with a Mario Sunshine-inspired bidet.

What we’re playing:

Mary: Dragon Age 2, Echoes of Wisdom 100%

John: Metaphor: ReFantazio (finished), Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven

Greg: More Dreamcast games, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Apex Legends, Rocket League

Brett L: Silent Hill 2 remake

Brett M: Zelda EOW

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Topics:

• Super Nintendo World opens at Universal Studios Orlando on May 22, 2025, as part of Epic Universe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS3v1OC-mx8
• Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program details revealed https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kfClf9A9jQnsHN6v91dZ7RVbUvpB1fGzG0ew0KLy7B8/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.4qsm8bne311c
• Banjo-Tooie joins NSO Expansion Pack on October 25 https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1847080296140706216
• Mario & Luigi: Brothership was developed by Octopath Traveler developer Acquire https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:porwhxzwut6vszlqjcvnmmag/post/3l6zrflwywf26
• Masahiro Sakurai is developing a new game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qPqBilhEtI

• Random details: July 2021: wrote a game proposal "finished at lightning speed," October 2021: Smash DLC development finished, new dev team for new game to be assembled for April 2022. Wrote, recorded, captured footage for entire YT channel during that window between projects, finished in February 2022

• Xbox Preview reaction https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/10/17/xbox-partner-preview-october-2024-recap-everything-announced/

• Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania DLC launches on Halloween for $4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGAlK-DIeAE
• The Electronic Gaming Monthly Compendium hits Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/egmbook/egmcompendium
• Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO sales top three million in 24 hours https://www.gematsu.com/2024/10/dragon-ball-sparking-zero-sales-top-three-million-in-24-hours
• Bandai Namco has reportedly canceled several titles and is cutting its workforce https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bandai-namco-has-reportedly-cancelled-several-titles-and-is-cutting-its-workforce/
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown team reportedly desolved to work on more profitable projects after Lost Crown didn't meet sales expectations https://www.resetera.com/threads/ubisoft-has-disbanded-the-team-behind-prince-of-persia-the-lost-crown-game-did-not-reach-expectations-and-sequel-was-refused.1016355/
• Netflix shuts down 'AAA' Team Blue gaming studio after making big hires (Joseph Staten, Rafael Grassetti, etc.) https://www.gamefile.news/p/netflix-team-blue-socal-studio
• God of War TV series is starting over after executive producers depart https://deadline.com/2024/10/god-of-war-sony-executive-producers-depart-new-writers-joining-1236118075/

Questions from Discord:

What we’re playing:

Mary: Dragon Age 2, Echoes of Wisdom 100%

John: Metaphor: ReFantazio

Greg: Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast) Talk about new HDMI 480P cord, Sonic Team Racing (PC), Mafia Remastered, (Apex Legends, Rocket League)

Brett L: Silent Hill 2 remake

Brett M: Zelda EOW

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Topics:

• Game Freak confirms massive data breach of 2606 items, allegedly 1 TB of data stolen in apparent phishing scheme
• Source code for HeartGold/SoulSilver and Gen 5 leaked, with huge amounts of prototype sprite art, models, and unused Pokemon
• Tons of planning and reference documents leaked for how they designed characters (example: Skyla was supposed to look like Jennifer Lopez) https://x.com/Pinacoin/status/1845312463803240525
• Extensive unpublished lore documents for the Pokemon franchise leaked, including the origins of the universe and “Original Sin,” and some of them get really creepy (Typhlosion impregnates a human girl)

• Several MAJOR planned Pokemon video games, movies, and TV shows leaked https://x.com/CentroLeaks/status/1845560379428024713

• Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo revealed https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-14-nintendo-sound-clock-alarmo-part-1/

• Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program will start on October 24, but its content is a secret https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-switch-online-mystery-new-feature-test-requests-secrecy-from-players/
• Mario & Luigi: Brothership – Overview Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF96tpchink
• Sakurai reveals that Satoru Iwata had a part in naming Super Smash Bros. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2wYKkqhkG0
• Tingle creator reveals who should play Tingle in the Zelda movie https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/tingle-creator-reveals-who-should-play-him-in-the-zelda-movie/
• Yakuza Kiwami will get a Switch physical release through Limited Run, and Yakuza 0-6 will get LRG PS4 and Xbox One releases too https://x.com/LimitedRunGames/status/1844739951943987445 https://x.com/LimitedRunGames/status/1844739846415286559
• NetEase Games announces Destiny: Rising for iOS, Android (F2P FPS RPG licensed by Bungie) https://www.gematsu.com/2024/10/netease-games-announces-destiny-rising-for-ios-android
• Xbox Cloud Gaming will let you stream your own games next month https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/11/24268038/xbox-cloud-gaming-project-lapland-game-library
• Xbox Partner Preview set for October 17 with about 25 minutes of third-party games https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/10/14/xbox-partner-preview-october-2024/

Questions from Discord:

• RaxonXVI: If you could have any IP made into a game, which would you pick and what team would you want to make it? For example, I'd LOVE an Alice in Wonderland game from the team that made Lies of P.

What we’re playing:

Mary: Dragon Age Origins ✅, Echoes of Wisdom

John: Metaphor: ReFantazio

Greg: The Plucky Squire ✅, Nightmare Creatures II (Dreamcast), (Apex Legends, Rocket League)

Brett L: Echoes of Wisdom, Silent Hill 2 remake

Brett M: Zelda EOW

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Topics:

• Echoes of Wisdom sold 200,000 retail units in Japan in its first week, the second biggest Zelda launch on Switch behind Tears of the Kingdom https://x.com/GameDataLibrary/status/1841846709774655752
• The Nintendo Museum shop is limiting sales of some items after just one day https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-nintendo-museum-shop-is-limiting-sales-of-some-items-after-just-one-day/
• Saudi Arabia cuts stake in Nintendo after report said it was considering increase https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/08/saudi-arabias-pif-cuts-stake-in-nintendo-after-report-said-it-was-considering-increase.html
• Masahiro Sakurai YouTube channel is scheduled to conclude soon https://x.com/Sora_Sakurai/status/1841424960151228598
• Level-5 CEO hints that Nintendo convinced him to agree to another Professor Layton game https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/level-5-ceo-hints-that-nintendo-convinced-him-to-agree-to-another-professor-layton-game/
• F-Zero was inspired by back Back to the Future Part II and the first Batman movie https://nintendoeverything.com/f-zero-inspired-by-back-to-the-future-batman/
• Mario + Rabbids and Red Dead Redemption creators form new studio, Day 4 Night https://www.d4nstudios.com/assets/press/announcement/D4N_Announcement_10_02_24.pdf
• Alien: Isolation sequel is in early development https://x.com/AlienIsolation/status/1843305291322200488
• Avatar: The Last Airbender Is Getting a AAA RPG with Saber Interactive and Paramount Game Studios https://www.ign.com/articles/avatar-the-last-airbender-is-getting-a-aaa-rpg-with-saber-interactive-and-paramount-game-studios-exclusive
• Halo Infinite is getting a 3rd Person Mode in November https://x.com/Halo/status/1842316353719402932
• 343 Industries rebrands as Halo Studios, confirms multiple projects in development in Unreal Engine 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDgR1FRJnF8
• Surprising Metacritic scores: 87 Silent Hill 2, 94 Metaphor: ReFantazio, 82 Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
• Tencent, Guillemot Family Said to Consider Buyout of Ubisoft https://archive.md/Bc4Nv

Questions from Discord:

• brasop: Is Ubisoft in real actual trouble? We all know that many of their game titles have underperformed over the last few years, but if AC Shadows isn't a huge hit, do you think it could spell the end of Ubisoft, or at least in their current form?
• Campfire_knight: Okay, here's a fun one for y'all: Try to come up with a Pokemon name equivalent to an irl band. As an example: Modest Marill (in place of Modest Mouse), Mews (instead of Muse), etc.

What we’re playing:

Mary: Dragon Age Origins, Echoes of Wisdom

John: The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (finished), Cosmic Fantasy 2 (finished)

Greg: The Plucky Squire, Mafia Remastered, Apex Legends

Brett L: Echoes of Wisdom, Silent Hill 2 remake

Brett M: Echoes of Wisdom

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Topics:

• Big Echoes of Wisdom discussion? (dead news week)
• Ryujinx gone https://x.com/OatmealDome/status/1841186829837513017
• Monolith Soft celebrates 25th anniversary with message to fans from studio head Hirohide Sugiura (use Google Translate lol) https://www.monolithsoft.co.jp/special/anniversary25th/
• Horizon online game is reportedly Guerrilla’s next major product https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/horizon-online-game-is-reportedly-guerrillas-next-major-product/
• PlayStation Network Slowly Coming Back Online After Significant Outage https://www.ign.com/articles/playstation-network-slowly-coming-back-online-after-significant-outage
• Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian announced for PS5, PS4, Switch, and PC https://www.gematsu.com/2024/09/atelier-resleriana-the-red-alchemist-the-white-guardian-announced-for-ps5-ps4-switch-and-pc
• Venus Vacation PRISM: DEAD OR ALIVE Xtreme announced for PS5, PS4, and PC https://www.gematsu.com/2024/09/venus-vacation-prism-dead-or-alive-xtreme-announced-for-ps5-ps4-and-pc
• Castlevania veteran Shutaro Ida steps down from Bloodstained 2 following cancer diagnosis https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/castlevania-veteran-shutaro-ida-steps-down-from-bloodstained-2-following-cancer-diagnosis/
• Devolver Digital launches new publishing label Big Fan Games – dedicated to game adaptations of entertainment brands https://www.gematsu.com/2024/10/devolver-digital-launches-new-publishing-label-big-fan-games-dedicated-to-game-adaptations-of-entertainment-brands
• Dragon Quest creators rail against censorship in candid interview (maybe?) https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/09/an-evil-disguised-as-good-dragon-quest-vets-rail-against-censorship-in-candid-interview

Questions from Discord:

• Campfire_knight: Okay, here's a fun one for y'all: Try to come up with a Pokemon name equivalent to an irl band. As an example: Modest Marill (in place of Modest Mouse), Mews (instead of Muse), etc.

What we’re playing:

Mary: Dragon Age Origins, Baldur’s Gate 3 co-op

John: The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Metaphor: ReFantazio demo, Cosmic Fantasy 2

Greg: The Plucky Squire, Mafia Remastered, Apex Legends

Brett L: Plucky Squire ✅

Brett M: It Takes Two, Mario Galaxy ✅, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine ✅ Astro Bot ✅

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Topics:

• Nintendo files lawsuit against Pocketpair, creator of Palworld, for patent infringement https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/en/2024/240919.html

• Pocketpair response: https://www.pocketpair.jp/news/news16

• Echoes of Wisdom Ask the Developer interview: first female director, 2D and 3D Zelda will both continue, started as an “edit dungeon” game, took 9 days of “boot camp” to create the story https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-13-the-legend-of-zelda-echoes-of-wisdom-part-1/

• Nintendo has filed a new 24GHz wireless device with the FCC https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/23/24251736/nintendo-mmwave-device-24ghz-fcc-filing
• Pokémon Illustration Contest 2024 winners revealed https://www.ptcgic-cr.com/2024/en/result/prize-winners/

• Context for what they won: https://www.pokeguardian.com/2056307_winners-revealed-of-the-pokemon-tcg-illustration-contest-2024

• Pokémon Sleep Is Now Compatible with Major Smartwatch Brands https://mynintendonews.com/2024/09/24/pokemon-sleep-evolves-with-smartwatch-compatibility-and-spotify/

• State of Play reaction: Ghost of Yotei, 🌜LUNAR REMASTERED COLLECTION🌛, Fantasian release date, etc. https://www.ign.com/articles/playstation-state-of-play-september-2024-announcements
• Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii launches February 28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCmDF0NqZQc
• Freedom Wars Remastered hits Switch, PS, & PC on January 10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feD7epA4CBk
• Netflix Geeked Week game adaptation news: Splinter Cell: Deathwatch announced with Liev Schreiber as Sam Fisher, Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft drops October 10, Devil May Cry premiere April 2025, Arcane S2 gets a new clip and arrives in November in 3 parts, More "Netflix x CDPR x Cyberpunk" is coming

Questions from Discord:

• Brydude: What are your thoughts on the Majima game?

What we’re playing:

Mary: Dragon Age Origins, Baldur’s Gate 3 co-op

John: Cosmic Fantasy 2, Romancing SaGa 2 demo

Greg: The Plucky Squire, Mafia Remastered, Apex Legends

Brett L: Plucky Squire ✅

Brett M: It Takes Two, Mario Galaxy, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine

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Topics:

• “A lot” of developers may have been invited to Nintendo of America recently https://bsky.app/profile/liamrobertson.bsky.social/post/3l4dulqtriy2y

• Limited Run guy was there yesterday https://x.com/LimitedRunJosh/status/1835864911022583869

• Frivolous rumor: The name of the Nintendo Switch successor might genuinely be Switch 2 https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/1fi0y6i/switch_successor_is_named_switch_2/

• Tears of the Kingdom art director says Depths were inspired by “Cretaceous Period-like world with dinosaurs” https://mynintendonews.com/2024/09/15/zelda-tears-of-kingdom-art-director-says-depths-were-inspired-by-cretaceous-period-like-world-with-dinosaurs/
• Annapurna Video-Game Team Resigns, Leaving Partners Scrambling - long Bloomberg link
• Microsoft Lays Off Another 650 Staff From Its Video Game Workforce https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-lays-off-another-650-staff-from-its-video-game-workforce-xbox-boss-phil-spencer-sends-memo-to-staff
• Vince Zampella Confirms Next Battlefield Will Use Modern Setting, First Concept Art Revealed https://www.ign.com/articles/exclusive-first-battlefield-concept-art-revealed-vince-zampella
• Shin Megami Tensei Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha HD collection seems to be coming https://www.gematsu.com/2024/09/steam-achievements-update-suggests-shin-megami-tensei-devil-summoner-raidou-kuzunoha-hd-collection-planned
• Castlevania: Nocturne season 2 premieres in January 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17byolZw8og

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: What’s the best console revision? I think it's the PS2 Slim.

What we’re playing:

Mary: Dragon Age Origins, Baldur’s Gate 3 co-op

John: Visions of Mana (finished), Cosmic Fantasy Collection (CF1 finished, CF2 started)

Greg: Mafia Remastered, Apex Legends

Brett L: Star Wars: Outlaws, Astro Bot ✅ (plat baby), Plucky Squire?

Brett M: It Takes Two, Mario Galaxy, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine

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Topics:

• Mary’s PAX Adventure: Echoes of Wisdom etc.
• Christopher Dring: There are “industry whispers” of something Switch-2 related this month https://x.com/Chris_Dring/status/1831232577161605130
• Billbil-kun says to expect a Super Mario Bros. Wonder Switch OLED bundle (and four more Switch bundles) this month https://mynintendonews.com/2024/09/06/billbil-kun-says-the-nintendo-reveal-this-month-is-for-a-new-switch-oled-bundle/

• https://mynintendonews.com/2024/09/10/billbil-kun-five-new-switch-bundles-to-be-announced-in-next-few-days-with-19th-september-release/

• Nintendo spent around $910 million on R&D for the fiscal year ending March 2024 https://x.com/pierre485_/status/1831728761097637894

• WayForward explains how Nintendo approached them to revive Advance Wars https://mynintendonews.com/2024/09/08/wayforward-on-how-nintendo-approached-them-to-revive-advance-wars/
• Secrets of Mother 2, an official book about the creation of EarthBound, releases in Japan on November 27 https://x.com/obscuremother/status/1832833881734582401
• PlayStation 5 Pro launches November 7, costs $700, has no disc drive https://blog.playstation.com/2024/09/10/welcome-playstation-5-pro-the-most-visually-impressive-way-to-play-games-on-playstation/
• A Minecraft Movie gets first teaser trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE2YZhcC4NY
• Yakuza Wars has leaked, seems to be a mobile game https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/segas-mobile-game-yakuza-wars-appears-to-have-been-revealed-early/
• Fantasian: Neo Dimension will give you the option to play Final Fantasy music in battle https://blog.playstation.com/2024/09/04/fantasian-neo-dimension-on-ps5-hands-on-report/
• English synth-pop band claims it rejected putting its song in GTA6 because Rockstar only offered $7500 https://x.com/martynware/status/1832360363179868488
• Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki says Sony doesn't have "much IP" that it "fostered from the beginning" https://archive.md/dR7p1

Questions from Discord:

• Brydude: What do you think about the release of Astro Bot; do you think it’s a GotY contender? Do you guys enjoy the game? Should Sony continue releasing single-player story games instead of live-service games? Are you excited on playing Episode Aigis?
• campfire_knight: 1) What is your most anticipated game that as of yet has no release date? 2) What would be the most out-of-left-field remake you would be excited for? For me, the answers are: 1) Mina The Hollower and 2) LoZ 2: Adventure of Link.

What we’re playing:

Mary: Dragon Age Origins, Luigi’s Mansion 2 ✅, PAX West stuff, maybe I will play Astro Bot

John: Visions of Mana, Dragon Quest III, Cosmic Fantasy Collection

Greg: Mostly nothing.

Brett L: Star Wars: Outlaws

Brett M: It Takes Two, Star Wars: Outlaws

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Topics:

• Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom reveals the Still World, dungeons, Swordfighter form, and automatons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUdJF8gyO4A
• Japan: Nintendo has now run out of replacement parts for New Nintendo 3DS https://mynintendonews.com/2024/08/29/japan-nintendo-has-now-run-out-of-replacement-parts-for-new-nintendo-3ds/
• Mario Party developer NDCube changes its name to Nintendo Cube https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/mario-party-developer-ndcube-has-changed-its-name/
• Nintendo of Europe president Stephan Bole steps down after six years, replaced by CFO Luciano Pereña https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-of-europe-president-steps-down-after-six-years/
• Square Enix may be working on Final Fantasy XIV for Switch 2 https://www.gamereactor.eu/yoshi-p-on-bringing-final-fantasy-xiv-to-nintendo-consoles-were-having-conversations-making-progress-hopefully-well-have-news-soon-1427113/
• Concord shuts down on September 6 after launching on August 23 https://blog.playstation.com/2024/09/03/an-important-update-on-concord/
• NetEase is shutting down Ouka Studio, the developer of Visions of Mana - Really long Bloomberg link

• Had been cutting Ouka staff since at least spring https://x.com/6d6f636869/status/1829342570042048776

• Rocksteady hit by layoffs after Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League underperforms https://www.eurogamer.net/rocksteady-hit-by-layoffs-after-suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-underperforms

• Hideaki Itsuno leaves Capcom after 30 years https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/hideaki-itsuno-leaves-capcom-after-30-years
• Croc: Legend of the Gobbos remaster announced for consoles, PC alongside Argonaut Games revival https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/croc-legend-of-the-gobbos-remaster-announced-for-consoles-pc-alongside-argonaut-games-revival
• RGG Summit 2024 set for Friday, September 20 at 6:00 a.m. ET https://x.com/RGGStudio/status/1828830663510011906

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: With the news of a Metal Gear Solid 4 re-release coming in the near future, are there any other games stuck on PS3 that you'd like to see get ported onto modern consoles? I'd really like the Infamous and Resistance games.
• Beavis Christ: What is the greatest console generation and why?

What we’re playing:

Mary: Dragon Age Origins, Baldur’s Gate 3, Luigi’s Mansion 2, demo for Usual June

John: Visions of Mana, Dragon Quest III, Cosmic Fantasy Collection

Greg: Apex Legends, Mafia Remastered

Brett L: Star Wars: Outlaws

Brett M: Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn

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Topics:

• August Nintendo Direct + Indie World reaction https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240827010243/en/Surprise-Releases-and-More-in-an-Indie-World-ShowcaseNintendo-Direct-Partner-Showcase-Double-Feature

• Some of the things shown: Pizza Tower out today, Sea of Star DLC spring 2025, MySims: Cozy Bundle November 19, Capcom Fighting Collection 2 in 2025, Castlevania Dominus Collection today, Tetris Forever in 2024, Yakuza Kiwami October 24, Suikoden I&II HD Remaster launches March 6

• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSu6i2iFMO0

• Lego Super Mario Kart sets confirmed for 2025 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/lego-super-mario-kart-sets-confirmed-for-2025/
• A canceled Crash Bandicoot 5 would have had a Spyro crossover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzHwPNPW2VM
• Black Myth: Wukong sales surpassed 10 million in 3 days, racked up second highest concurrent player count of any Steam game ever https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/black-myth-wukong-sales-top-10-million
• Lost in Random: The Eternal Die announced for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/lost-in-random-the-eternal-die-announced-for-ps5-xbox-series-switch-and-pc
• Castlevania in Dead by Daylight launched today https://x.com/DeadbyDaylight/status/1828463083833987390
• https://deadbydaylight.com/news/castlevania-collection/

• A few other fancy cosmetics https://www.reddit.com/r/deadbydaylight/comments/1f2mm9j/is_this_rift_peak/

• PlayStation MENA Hero Project announced as an incubator program for game developers in the Middle East and North Africa https://sonyinteractive.com/en/news/blog/mena-hero-project-vibrant-dynamic-unstoppable/

Questions from Discord:

• Beavis Christ: What are some of your favorite gaming-related content creators?

What we’re playing:

Mary: Dragon Age Origins, Baldur’s Gate 3, Luigi’s Mansion 2, demo for Usual June

John: Dragon Quest III, Cosmic Fantasy Collection

Greg: Apex Legends, Mafia Remastered.

Brett L: The Wolf Among Us ✅, The Expanse ✅, Tales from the Borderlands

Brett M: Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn

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Topics:

• GamesIndustry.biz: Devs don’t expect Switch 2 to launch this fiscal year, hoping for April or May 2025 at the earliest https://www.resetera.com/threads/chris-dring-gamesindustry-biz-podcast-developers-are-being-told-not-to-expect-the-switch-2-to-launch-this-fiscal-year.952125/#post-127125447

• Toyo Securities analyst Hideki Yasuda believes Switch 2 will launch first half of 2025, cost under $499 https://x.com/Wario64/status/1824432585381986704

• Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club demo launches August 19 (Chapter 2 on 8/22, Chapter 3 on 8/27) https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/emio-the-smiling-man-famicom-detective-club-demo-launches-august-19

• Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket launches October 30 https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/pokemon-trading-card-game-pocket-launches-october-30
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard launches October 31, gets a $220 Rook's Coffer Edition ($150 with no game) https://gear.bioware.com/products/dragon-age-rooks-coffer
• The Plucky Squire launches September 17, coming to PS+ Extra & Premium on day one https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/the-plucky-squire-launches-september-17-coming-to-playstation-plus-game-catalog-on-day-one
• Alien: Rogue Incursion launches December 19 https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/alien-rogue-incursion-launches-december-19
• Two Point Museum announced for PS5, XSX, PC https://x.com/SEGA/status/1823721605819769285
• Former Star Fox artist Takaya Imamura's new game, Omega 6, gets an English trailer https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/star-fox-artists-omega-6-gets-its-first-english-language-trailer/

• Actual trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s50Tkt9rAI

• Sega's Eternal Champions will get a movie written by Zelda writer Derek Connolly https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sega-eternal-champions-movie-skydance-1235975970/

• Activision issues cease-and-desist to the H2M mod for Modern Warfare Remastered https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/activision-issues-cease-and-desist-to-modern-warfare-remastered-mod-that-shot-it-back-up-the-steam-charts/
• Evercade announces new cartridge for Legacy of Kain Collection https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/evercade-announces-its-next-cartridge-legacy-of-kain-collection/
• https://www.eurogamer.net/everything-announced-at-gamescom-opening-night-live-2024

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: What is your Roman Empire (something you think about a lot) of video game cultural moments? For example, I think about the 2008 E3 presentation with Ravidrums demoing Wii Music.

What we’re playing:

Mary: Final Fantasy 16 ✅

John: Dragon Quest III

Greg: Apex Legends, Guardians of the Galaxy

Brett L: Rift Apart ✅, FF15 ✅, Wolf Among Us

Brett M: BONER JAMS ‘97✅

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Topics:

• Nintendo files patent for new Switch cartridge https://mynintendonews.com/2024/08/09/nintendo-files-patent-for-new-switch-cartridge/
• Rachael Lillis, voice actor of Misty, Jessie, and Jigglypuff in Pokémon, dies at 46 https://x.com/TheVeronicaT/status/1823000035883438271

• IMDb says she did 423 episodes of Pokémon, not including movies https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0510418/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_8_in_0_q_Rachael%2520Li

• Doom + Doom II Enhanced surprise-released with tons of new features https://slayersclub.bethesda.net/en-US/article/doom-doomii-release-notes?linkId=100000279162898

• New, upgraded version of SNES Doom coming from Limited Run Games https://x.com/LimitedRunJosh/status/1821643514750378183

• Ready at Dawn, 20-Year-Old Studio and Developer of The Order: 1886, Shuttered by Meta https://www.ign.com/articles/ready-at-dawn-vr-studio-that-once-worked-on-god-of-war-shuttered-by-meta

• Krafton purchases, revives Tango Gameworks and Hi-Fi Rush IP https://www.gamespress.com/en-US/KRAFTON-Strengthens-Global-Presence-Through-Strategic-Integration-of-T

• includes HFR director John Johanas https://x.com/johnjohanas/status/1822804769699946697

• Halloween is getting 2 new games, one made in UE5 with John Carpenter "intimately involved" https://www.ign.com/articles/halloween-unreal-engine-5-john-carpenter-boss-team-games

• Final Fantasy I-VI Pixel Remaster Collection – wide retail release for PS4, Switch launches October 8 in the west https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/final-fantasy-i-vi-pixel-remaster-collection-wide-retail-release-for-ps4-switch-launches-october-8-in-the-west
• Dragon Ball Project: Multi announced as a MOBA for PC and mobile, regional beta test August 19 - September 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6bowq2uQM0
• A new Sunsoft retro compilation brings three Famicom games to the west for the first time https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-new-sunsoft-retro-compilation-brings-three-famicom-games-to-the-west-for-the-first-time/
• Sega says its Gamescom line-up includes an unannounced game https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sega-says-its-gamescom-line-up-includes-an-unannounced-game/
• Box Office: ‘It Ends With Us’ Scores $50 Million Opening Weekend, ‘Borderlands’ Flops With $8.8 Million https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/box-office-it-ends-with-us-beats-exectations-borderlands-flops-1236103106/

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: Forgive me as I'm not sure if I even know what this question means, but which Mario character has the most aura?
• brasop: What's everyone's favorite co-op experience been? I've started the Borderlands series with my brother in online co-op and having a great time. And now that the original Doom 1 & Doom 2 re-release is out, we're swapping between that and Borderlands; it's been awesome so far.

What we’re playing:

Mary: Final Fantasy 16 ✅

John: Ys V (finished), Dragon Quest III

Greg: Apex Legends

Brett L: CFB 25, Ratchet and Clank

Brett M: BONER JAMS ‘98

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Topics:

• Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Traversing Hyrule Trailer reveals regions, horse, waypoints, smoothie shops, Bind & Reverse Bond https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/the-legend-of-zelda-echoes-of-wisdom-traversing-hyrule-trailer
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team joins NSO Expansion Pack on August 9 https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1819176417118081202
• Fiscal Q1 2025 results: Nintendo sales decrease 46.5% year-on-year to 246.6 billion yen, operating profit decreased 70.6% to 54.5 billion yen https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2024/240802_2e.pdf

• Paper Mario TTYD sold 1.76 million units, Luigi's Mansion 2 HD sold 1.19 million units

• Monolith Soft 1st Production team hiring for new RPG directed by Tetsuya Takahashi https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/monolith-soft-1st-production-team-hiring-for-new-rpg-directed-by-tetsuya-takahashi

• Dead by Daylight – Castlevania Chapter launches August 27 https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/dead-by-daylight-castlevania-chapter-launches-august-27
• Game Informer is dead after 33 years https://x.com/gameinformer/status/1819399257071214854

• You have to ask for a subscription refund https://x.com/MatPiscatella/status/1819417243429855361

• Bungie lays off 220 employees (17% of workforce) and is trying to migrate another 155 to SIE https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/newpath

• Destiny 3 was never in development, “Payback” spinoff was canceled https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-08-02/sony-s-bungie-maker-of-halo-and-destiny-faces-reckoning-after-mass-layoff

• Avowed delayed to February 18, 2025 “to give players’ backlogs some breathing room” https://x.com/Xbox/status/1819495487155982486

• Microsoft & Activision have formed a new team within Blizzard to work on smaller 'AA' games based on existing IP https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/microsoft-and-activision-have-formed-a-new-team-within-blizzard-to-work-on-smaller-aa-games-based-on-existing-ip
• Open-world Patrick Star game leaks, apparently launches October 4 https://x.com/joshnamesnotjo1/status/1818635146771279886
• Little Nightmares creator Tarsier Studios is revealing a new game at Gamescom Opening Night Live on August 20

• THQ Nordic has 23 games in development (HandyGames not included), 13 still unannounced

• SEGA trademarks ‘Yakuza Wars’ in Japan https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/sega-trademarks-yakuza-wars-in-japan

• "Project White Sands" and codename HLX suggest a new Half-Life might be coming https://www.eurogamer.net/more-evidence-of-fully-fledged-half-life-game-revealed-by-valve-dataminer

Questions from Discord:

What we’re playing:

Mary: Final Fantasy 16, The World Ends With You, I have not had the time to play a lot lately

John: Ys: Memories of Celceta (finished), Ys V

Greg: Apex Legends, Guardians of the Galaxy, COD

Brett L: CFB 25, Ratchet and Clank

Brett M: BONER JAMS ‘97

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Topics:

• Lego Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi launches October 1 for $129.99 https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/super-mario-world-mario-yoshi-71438
• Nintendo stores in Japan are selling gacha keyrings of classic Nintendo controllers, and they're ultra popular https://x.com/scully1888/status/1815686715379798266
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympics Games series is reportedly finished; Olympics wanted to pursue esports, NFTs https://www.eurogamer.net/olympics-ditched-mario-sonic-series-to-explore-nfts-and-esports

• Original tweet that spurred this discussion https://x.com/leecocker/status/1816536884304327017

• Original storyboards for Super Smash Bros. on Nintendo 64 unearthed https://x.com/davidvkimball/status/1817780037078434113

• The Pokémon Company retail sales for 2023 were $10.8 billion https://x.com/bogorad222/status/1816243189860213065

• (Point of reference: Nintendo net sales for the past fiscal year were basically the same $$ as above)

• Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns expansion launches September 24 for $49.99 ($39.99 on Switch), adds Ghostface, Noob Saibot, Sektor, Cyrax, Conan, and T-1000 https://www.gematsu.com/2024/07/mortal-kombat-1-expansion-khaos-reigns-and-dlc-characters-ghostface-noob-saibot-sektor-cyrax-conan-and-t-1000-announced

• The Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver I & II Remastered seemingly leaks at SDCC https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/legacy-of-kain-remasters-spotted-at-comic-con/
• The PSVR 2 Steam app launches on August 6 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2580190/PlayStationVR2_App/

• PC adaptor required, costs $59.99 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstation-vr2s-steam-app-is-officially-launching-next-month/

• Gamers mourn Xbox 360 after digital store shutdown https://www.polygon.com/24209001/xbox-360-store-shutdown-rip

• World of Warcraft development team has unionized https://variety.com/2024/gaming/news/world-of-warcraft-union-microsoft-response-1236083616/
• Udon Entertainment Announces New Mega Man Comics for 2025 https://www.rockman-corner.com/2024/07/udon-entertainment-announces-mega-man.html
• Mega Man X DiVE: Official Complete Works book coming in Q2 2025, plus new Mega Man manga https://www.rockman-corner.com/2024/07/udon-announces-mr-mega-man-little-mega.html

Questions from Discord:

What we’re playing:

Mary: Final Fantasy 16, The World Ends With You, SCHiM

John: Ys: Memories of Celceta

Greg: Apex Legends, EA College Football 25, Black (Xbox), COD on GamePass

Brett L: CFB 25, Ratchet and Clank

Brett M: BONER JAMS ‘97

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Topics:

• Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club announced https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHBtMQaj7w0
• Official Joy-Con Charging Stand is being released on October 17 https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1813997200000635056
• Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is out: 73 on Metacritic https://www.metacritic.com/game/nintendo-world-championships-nes-edition/
• Nintendo rescinds trophies for Team Jackpot, the winners of Splatoon 3 World Championship, following evidence of racism by Jackpot https://x.com/NintendoVS/status/1815794010583146887

• Evidence: https://x.com/adaptability_/status/1800557391404265812

• Former Chibi-Robo! developers announce robot action adventure game koROBO for consoles, PC https://www.gematsu.com/2024/07/former-chibi-robo-developers-announce-robot-action-adventure-game-korobo-for-consoles-pc

• https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tinywonderstudio/korobo

• 2003 fighting game SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos gets surprise re-release on Switch, PS4, PC https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/snk-is-bringing-snk-vs-capcom-svc-chaos-to-pc-switch-and-ps4/

• Divine Dynamo Flamefrit launches in winter from Inti Creates, looks like Zelda plus first-person mech bosses https://www.gematsu.com/2024/07/divine-dynamo-flamefrit-launches-this-winter-for-ps5-xbox-series-ps4-xbox-one-switch-and-pc
• The next RGG Studio game will be announced at Tokyo Game Show 2024 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-next-ryu-ga-gotoku-game-will-be-revealed-at-tgs-2024/
• Hideki Kamiya wants to work on Okami 2 & Viewtiful Joe 3 https://mynintendonews.com/2024/07/20/hideki-kamiya-wants-to-work-on-okami-2-viewtiful-joe-3/
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III coming to Xbox Game Pass on July 24 https://www.gematsu.com/2024/07/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-iii-coming-to-xbox-game-pass-on-july-24
• IOC Confirms the Creation of the Olympic Esports Games https://www.si.com/esports/news/olympic-esports-games-vote
• Dragon Age Veilguard voice actors announced: https://twitter.com/dragonage/status/1815403173944971266
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQGdi3xF_iM
• https://www.ea.com/games/dragon-age/dragon-age-the-veilguard/news/voices-of-the-veilguard

Questions from Discord:

• Brett asked the Discord- “What is your GOTY at this point of the year so far?”
• Joe- Tears of the Kingdom
• Beavis Christ- LaD: Infinite Wealth and the maze on the back of my cereal box
• Gamer_esq- Unicorn Overlord

What we’re playing:

Mary: Final Fantasy 16, The World Ends With You, SCHiM

John: Phantasy Star III (finished), The Exit 8 (finished), Ys: Memories of Celceta

Greg: Apex Legends, Halo Infinite, Super R Type ✅

Brett L: Luigis Mansion 3 ✅

Brett M: LIFE

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Topics:

• WhoIsEmio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbhwwG-QvGQ

• Not made by Bloober Team? https://mynintendonews.com/2024/07/13/ign-sources-saying-that-emio-is-probably-not-a-bloober-game/

• ESRB rating reveals that Link is playable in Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom https://www.esrb.org/ratings/39983/the-legend-of-zelda-echoes-of-wisdom/

• Nintendo has released a 56-page digital magazine in English, translated from a Japanese print giveaway https://www.nintendo.com/jp/software/feature/magazine_2024summer/index_en.html

• Context: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-releases-official-magazine-in-english/

• Densetsu no Starfy 1, 2, and 3 arrive on NSO + Expansion Pack https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1811566401741606944

• Pokémon Sleep earns $100 million in its first year ($73M Japan, $15M US, $4 Taiwan) https://www.pocketgamer.biz/pokmon-sleep-earns-100-million-with-its-eyes-shut
• Nintendo's systemic policy of miscrediting is harming external translators https://www.gamedeveloper.com/production/nintendo-s-systemic-policy-of-miscredting-is-harming-external-translators
• Former Bungie, Pokémon Lawyer Explains How They Caught Leakers https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-07-12/former-bungie-pokemon-lawyer-explains-how-they-caught-leakers
• Report: 343 Industries will hand off Halo production to other studios from now on, will only do “Concept & Pre-Production” in-house https://x.com/BathrobeCast/status/1812578845108625769
• A Crash Bandicoot 5 was reportedly canceled at some point, according to former Toys for Bob artist Nicholas Kole https://x.com/FromHappyRock/status/1812003288193335509
• Double Dragon Revive announced by Arc System Works, launches in 2025 (all platforms but Switch) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQiA3sCuqIs
• The Karate Kid: Street Rumble announced, launches September 20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SmyGkuDzpk

Questions from Discord:

• (Our peeps are playing games on Discord.)
• Joe: I am still chipping away at tears of kingdom ( I know I know ) and playing mass effect off and on. (edited)
• Brasop: still wakes the deep on gamepass which I thought was excellent and only a few short-comings. Tomb raider trilogy remastered - just finished the first two games and about to start the third. Love the original series, classic childhood games of mine. My brother recommended the two Ori games so I've just started the first one of those and after a pretty slow opening its now really good, love the movement and speed of the main character. Also went back and finally finished the Doom 3 expansion Resurrection of Evil after nearly 20 years. I remember getting half life 2 and doom 3 in 2004, that was a special time. Anyway, cheers all
• Brydude: I’ve been doing a new game plus run of persona 3 reload and also started playing Jedi survivor and another crabs treasure. whenever it’s multiplayer with my buds, we usually play Fortnite, or overwatch

• Beavis Christ: Only the best, baby. DKC Tropical Freeze, FF6, Sekiro

• Brasop - do you have a game you go back to and replay all the time, not necessarily a favourite game but a comfort game, that you can play and without worrying too much about it because you're so comfortable with it. Mine might be Giants Citizen Kabuto on PC, I can breeze through that without thinking too much and love it. Has a great sense of humour and well worth checking out if you've never seen it before

What we’re playing:

Mary: Final Fantasy 16, The World Ends With You, Retiring from DBD (kidding)

John: Phantasy Star III

Greg: Apex Legends, Halo Infinite, Super R Type ✅

Brett L: Luigis Mansion 2✅, Luigis Mansion 3

Brett M: Smashing Fireball and then Tori

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Topics:

• NES – Nintendo Switch Online adds COBRA TRIANGLE, Donkey Kong Jr. Math, Golf, Mach Rider, The Mystery of Atlantis, SOLAR JETMAN, and Urban Champion https://www.gematsu.com/2024/07/nes-nintendo-switch-online-adds-cobra-triangle-donkey-kong-jr-math-golf-mach-rider-the-mystery-of-atlantis-solar-jetman-and-urban-champion
• Basketball arrived in Switch Sports July 9: https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1810313393011638340
• SGDQ raises over $2.5 mil https://x.com/GamesDoneQuick/status/1809859576709132544
• They also hit the milestone of $50 mil raised form all the GDQ events https://x.com/GamesDoneQuick/status/1809041320071287138

• Most important, Peanut Butter the dog was there again, this time live in person https://x.com/GamesDoneQuick/status/1809034440200347927

• Game Boy Advance shoot ’em up RPG Sigma Star Saga coming to modern consoles, PC in 2025 https://www.gematsu.com/2024/07/game-boy-advance-shoot-em-up-rpg-sigma-star-saga-coming-to-modern-consoles-pc-in-2025

• GungHo Online Entertainment announces Disney Pixel RPG for iOS, Android https://www.gematsu.com/2024/07/gungho-online-entertainment-announces-disney-pixel-rpg-for-ios-android
• Bleach: Rebirth of Souls announced for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, and PC https://www.gematsu.com/2024/07/bleach-rebirth-of-souls-announced-for-ps5-xbox-series-ps4-and-pc
• Ys X: Nordics launches October 25 in the west https://www.gematsu.com/2024/07/ys-x-nordics-launches-october-25-in-the-west
• Like A Dragon studio says fans will be ‘surprised’ by its next game https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/like-a-dragon-studio-says-fans-will-be-surprised-by-its-next-game/
• Square Enix and Tencent will reportedly bring Final Fantasy XIV to mobile together https://forums.exputer.com/threads/exclusive-final-fantasy-xiv-mobile-is-in-development.237/
• Sonic X Shadow Generations gets teaser for "Dark Beginnings," a 3-episode prologue animation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im5p-QRxhrI

Questions from Discord:

• X

What we’re playing:

Mary: Neon White ✅, Final Fantasy 16, Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD

John: “I’ve made my mind a sunless space.”

Greg: Apex Legends, Gears of War 4 ✅, Metroid Zero Mission

Brett L: Luigis Mansion 2

Brett M: Losing House 101

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Topics:

• Nintendo says it wants to avoid Switch 2 scalping by making enough to meet demand https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-says-it-wants-to-avoid-switch-2-scalping-by-making-enough-to-meet-demand/
• Miyamoto: If Nintendo has a game that sells 30 million units every 3-5 years, they'll be fine https://famiboards.com/threads/miyamoto-if-we-have-a-game-that-sells-30-million-units-every-few-years-well-be-fine-interview-with-itoi.10155/
• Nintendo has added three women to its board of directors, bringing total to four https://x.com/stephentotilo/status/1806680622452089088
• 27-year-old man admits cancelling Nintendo Japan events by threatening to ‘kill everyone’ for ‘shitty games’ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/27-year-old-man-admits-cancelling-nintendo-japan-events-by-threatening-to-kill-everyone-for-shitty-games/
• After outcry, Pokémon TCG contest disqualifies AI entries in an art contest https://x.com/PokemonTCG/status/1805430785056588279
• Palworld dev says it hasn’t received any complaints from Nintendo or Pokemon Company, Switch version would be “hard” https://nintendoeverything.com/palworld-switch-nintendo-pokemon-company/
• Donkey Kong had many alternative names, like Kong Dong https://x.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1803472401486758172
• Capcom Next: Kunitsu-Gami demo out now, new Resident Evil game confirmed https://x.com/RE_Games/status/1807905937216491570
• Sega’s Crazy Taxi reboot is a ‘massively multiplayer driving game’ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/segas-crazy-taxi-reboot-is-a-massively-multiplayer-driving-game/
• Konami producer says it would be ‘the dream’ for Kojima to return to Metal Gear https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/konami-producer-says-it-would-be-the-dream-for-kojima-to-return-to-metal-gear/

Questions from Discord:

• Brasop: Would you want Nintendo to upgrade their Switch online service for the Switch 2 to something closer to the psn+ and xbox game pass model? Nintendo games hold their value so well and rarely go on sale, or if they do its 20% of 3 years later. How good would it be to get first party games day one like game pass, or maybe a couple years down the track like psn+. I would drop my subscription of the other consoles if Nintendo expanded their subscription service to include newer/current games....
• Joe: What are your favorite types of side quests or mini games within games? For example, fishing or gambling, etc.

What we’re playing:

Mary: Neon White, Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door, Final Fantasy 16, Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD

John: Ys: Memories of Celceta, just barely

Greg: Apex Legends, Gears of War 4 (almost done!), Battletoads ✅, Metroid Zero Mission

Brett L: FF16 The Rising Tide, Luigis Mansion 2 HD, Wolf Among Us, Gears 2 w/ Brett M, Gears 1 done Alan Wake 2 Night Springs

Brett M: Getting Fired Simulator

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Topics:

• The leakers are dead; long live the leakers: Midori & Pyoro dead, AdaWong lives https://www.resetera.com/threads/pyoro-leaks-switch-game-announcements-part-4.860007/page-23?post=124612014#post-124612014
• Nintendo confirms “some” of the original M&L developers are involved in making Mario & Luigi: Brothership https://x.com/stephentotilo/status/1804501331983376634
• Beyond Good & Evil - 20th Anniversary Edition Launches on June 25 https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/4HYZp0t1d14z2afFYmzjju/beyond-good-evil-20th-anniversary-edition-launches-on-june-25
• Limited Run Games showcase highlights: Gex Trilogy, Bubsy collection, Tomba, Fighting Force, Fear Effect, Dark Forces, Cosmic Fantasy Collection 2, etc.

• Top comment on video has the whole list: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G3umAZ-nvM

• Game Freak and WonderPlanet announce free-to-play sailing adventure RPG PAND LAND for iOS, Android https://www.gematsu.com/2024/06/game-freak-and-wonderplanet-announce-free-to-play-sailing-adventure-rpg-pand-land-for-ios-android

• Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance sold over 500K copies in 3 days, SMTV has sold 1.6 million copies in total https://x.com/megaten_atlus/status/1803586067469328467
• Avowed is similar in size to The Outer Worlds, not Skyrim, and is tonally like Pillars of Eternity II https://www.gameinformer.com/preview/2024/06/20/avoweds-creators-on-why-romance-was-considered-but-ultimately-not-included-and
• (maybe?) Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree receives ‘mixed’ Steam reviews amidst difficulty and performance complaints https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree-recieves-mixed-steam-reviews-amidst-difficulty-and-performance-complaints/

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: What’s your personal Mount Rushmore, if you will, of shooters, any perspective?

What we’re playing:

Mary: Neon White, Baldur’s Gate 3, Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door

John: EarthBound Beginnings (finished)

Greg: Apex Legends, Halo Infinite, Chained Together, Battletoads, Metroid Zero Mission,

Brett L: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Brett M: Gears 1 and 2, Smash Ultimate, Alan Wake 2 DLC

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Topics:

• Nintendo Direct reactions https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240618530727/en/The-Legend-of-Zelda-Echoes-of-Wisdom-and-Metroid-Prime-4-Beyond-for-Nintendo-Switch-Unveiled-in-Latest-Nintendo-Direct-Presentation
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard gameplay reveal impressions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTNwHShylIg
• Tons of game details https://x.com/shinobi602/status/1800618127354441844
• https://x.com/shinobi602/status/1801308130568990731

• https://x.com/shinobi602/status/1801703748311408736

• Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope DX announced (new Shovel Knight also announced, seemingly 3D) https://www.yachtclubgames.com/blog/shovel-knight-shovel-of-hope-dx-announcement/

• Jason Schreier: “The Final Fantasy Tactics remaster is real and happening.” https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/1de4kcu/comment/l8aa74v/
• Limited Run Games showcase airs Thursday, June 20 at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT https://x.com/LimitedRunGames/status/1800936212900835624
• Woman busted smuggling 350 Nintendo Switch game cards in her bra — Chinese customs officials intercept smuggler at checkpoint https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/woman-busted-smuggling-350-nintendo-switch-game-cards-in-her-brassiere-chinese-customs-officials-intercept-smuggler-at-checkpoint

What we’re playing:

Mary: Neon White, SCHiM, Baldur’s Gate 3

John: “I made my mind a sunless place.”

Greg: Apex Legends, Battletoads, Dragon Age: Inquisition. Demos from Steam Next Fest: Big Boy Boxing, Parcel Corps, Flintlock: Siege of Dawn

Brett L: Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door

Brett M: Alan Wake 2 DLC, Starfield

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Topics:

• Summer Game Fest: https://www.ign.com/articles/summer-game-fest-2024-everything-announced
• Devolver Digital: https://www.devolverdirect.com/launch#games-revealed
• Xbox showcase: https://x.com/Xbox/status/1799869701704892823
• Wholesome games: https://wholesomegames.com/
• Women-Led Games: https://www.womenledgames.com/
• Latin American Games Showcase: https://www.lagshowcase.com/
• Future Games Showcase: https://x.com/FutureGamesShow/status/1799552378909196501
• PC Gaming Showcase: https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/events-conferences/every-game-trailer-and-announcement-in-the-2024-pc-gaming-show/
• Ubisoft Forward: https://x.com/Ubisoft/status/1800257175303893306

What we’re playing:

Mary: Neon White, SCHiM, Baldur’s Gate 3

John: “I made my mind a sunless place.”

Greg: Apex Legends

Brett L: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Brett M: Ghostunner 2 (beat)

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Topics:

• The Play Nintendo Tour Invites Families to Enjoy a Summer of Fun in Cities Across the U.S. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240603261626/en/The-Play-Nintendo-Tour-Invites-Families-to-Enjoy-a-Summer-of-Fun-in-Cities-Across-the-U.S
• Google employee leaked information from private Nintendo YouTube videos sometime between 2013 and 2018 https://archive.md/L0I7t
• State of Play reactions: Concord, Astro Bot, Marvel Rivals, Monster Hunter Wilds, etc. https://blog.playstation.com/2024/05/30/everything-revealed-in-the-may-2024-state-of-play/
• Silent Hill 2 remake launches October 8, 2024, on PS5 and PC
• Summer Game Fest airs Friday, June 7 at 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT https://x.com/summergamefest/status/1797299534693040163
• Xbox Games Showcase airs June 9 at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT, followed by Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Direct https://www.xbox.com/en-US/events/xbox-games-showcase
• Crash Bandicoot 4 developer Toys for Bob has partnered with Xbox to publish its next game https://x.com/ToysForBob/status/1796556809660207498

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: What’s your personal Mount Rushmore if you will of JRPGs? (for Brett M and Mary now lol)

What we’re playing:

Mary: Neon White, did I mention beating Life is Strange 2

John: Nothing—the grind is life

Greg: Apex Legends (played small charity tourney), Xdefiant

Brett L: Hellblade 2 ✅, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons remake ✅, It takes two, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door

Brett M: Ghostunner 2, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Hypercharged

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Topics:

• Lego Zelda launches September 1: the Great Deku Tree 2-in-1 costs $300 https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/great-deku-tree-2-in-1-77092
• Nintendo San Francisco store opens at Union Square in 2025 https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240524129507/en/Nintendo-Announces-Plans-for-Official-Store-in-San-Francisco/
• Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake basically confirmed for Switch, PS5, Xbox Series, PC / Steam https://x.com/DragonQuest/status/1794987069531476347

• Midori says expect it at the June Nintendo Direct and it might actually be the trilogy https://x.com/MbKKssTBhz5/status/1795062186391273783 / https://x.com/MbKKssTBhz5/status/1795163362344472878

• Rumor (PH Brazil): Nintendo plans to re-release a GameCube game and a 3DS game on Switch after March 2025 https://mynintendonews.com/2024/05/26/rumour-nintendo-has-2-big-re-releases-to-launch-on-current-switch-after-march-2025/

• Midori says:
• A Nintendo project is in development with the codename "SPRed" ("Red" is the Mario codename) https://x.com/MbKKssTBhz5/status/1794191417465774086
• The entire Kingdom Hearts series and KH4 might come to Switch 2 https://x.com/MbKKssTBhz5/status/1792956511435526341
• Kingdom Hearts 4 has “some small online features and looks very different from the first trailer”
• More “outside IP collaboration” is planned for Kingdom Hearts https://x.com/MbKKssTBhz5/status/1792957246260785366
• Final Fantasy IX remake is in development; Final Fantasy X remake is not

• Xenosaga project with Nintendo?! https://x.com/mbkksstbhz5/status/1795582110440583391

• Dusk Golem: RE1 remake not happening, RE0 and Code Veronica remakes are happening, RE9 probably won’t be revealed in summer https://x.com/AestheticGamer1/status/1795075103169954210

• IGN corroborates RE0 and Code Veronica remakes are happening https://www.ign.com/articles/resident-evil-zero-and-code-veronica-remakes-reportedly-in-the-works-at-capcom

• Insider Gaming report: Doom: The Dark Ages to be revealed at Xbox Games Showcase as a medieval-inspired Doom (previously known as “Doom: Year Zero”) https://insider-gaming.com/doom-the-dark-ages/

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: What’s your personal Mount Rushmore if you will of JRPGs?

What we’re playing:

Mary: Hades 2, Fire Emblem Awakening

John: Front Mission 1st, Ys: Memories of Celceta

Greg: Diablo IV (GamePass), Overwatch 2, Fortnite, Apex Legends, Rocket League. Booted up Immortals of Aveum.

Brett L: Hellblade 2 ✅, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons remake ✅, It takes two, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Brett M: Hellblade 2 ✅, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

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Topics:

• Online preorders of physical Paper Mario: TTYD are being canceled at Walmart and Amazon https://x.com/Wario64/status/1791192335407018031
• Mario Builder 64 by Rovertronic lets you make your own Super Mario 64 levels https://x.com/Rovertronic/status/1792208591442825268
• Images leak of Valve's next game, Deadlock, and it's an Overwatch-style hero shooter https://www.eurogamer.net/images-leak-of-valves-next-game-and-its-an-overwatch-style-hero-shooter
• Grand Theft Auto VI will launch in fall 2025, per Take-Two financial report (previous window: only 2025) https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/take-two-interactive-software-inc-reports-results-fourth-0
• Assassin’s Creed Shadows launches November 15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vovkzbtYBC8
• MultiVersus launch trailer reveals The Joker, Jason Voorhees, Agent Smith (May 28) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX5AUVIAg_o
• SHIFT-UP is considering Stellar Blade PC version and sequel; has cross-platform project codenamed Project Witches https://www.gematsu.com/2024/05/shift-up-considering-stellar-blade-pc-version-and-sequel-cross-platform-project-code-named-project-witches
• Redfall will get one final update that includes Offline Mode https://x.com/playRedfall/status/1791491460858020040

Questions from Discord:

• Beavis Christ: When do you think we'll see a classic-style Zelda game again? Or could there be a hybrid of the old and new?

What we’re playing:

Mary: Hades 2, Fire Emblem Awakening

John: Daylife in Japan (but mostly nothing)

Greg: Diablo IV (GamePass), Overwatch 2, Fortnite, Apex Legends, Rocket League. Booted up Immortals of Aveum.

Brett L: Hellblade 2 - beat, can’t talk about it :(, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons remake
Brett M: Hellblade 2

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Topics:

• Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition launches July 18 https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/nintendo-world-championships-nes-edition-deluxe-set-121051/
• New TotK merch announced, including full soundtrack, behind-the-scenes book, and replica Master Sword https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/new-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-merchandise-announced-including-official-soundtrack/
• Official (Japanese) Nintendo page https://www.nintendo.com/jp/topics/article/5b23e15b-71df-4877-8164-12c36cb36a84

• Master Sword is $200 USD https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1789127431845978566

• Switch 2 tech specs may have been found in customs and shipping data https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/switch-2-tech-specs-may-have-been-found-in-customs-and-shipping-data/

• Source: Universo Nintendo / Famiboards users https://universonintendo.com/nintendo-switch-2-novas-descobertas-apontam-possiveis-dados-tecnicos-de-ram-armazenamento-e-mais/

• (Rumor) Leaker teases a new Zelda game where Zelda herself is the main character https://www.resetera.com/threads/rumor-papagenos-teases-a-legend-of-zelda-game-starring-zelda-as-the-main-character.867819/

• Modder Wiseguy reveals “static recompilation,” a process that turns Nintendo 64 ROMs into a high-quality .exe (WAY more mind-blowing and interesting than it sounds lol) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywWwUuWRgsM
• Midori: Sega will make Sonic, Persona, and Like a Dragon annualized franchises from now on https://twitter.com/MbKKssTBhz5/status/1788771151612645799
• Playstation names Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino as its new CEO’s after Jim Ryans departure. Hulst will lead the Studios business, while Nishino takes charge of the platform side. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/playstation-names-hermen-hulst-and-hideaki-nishino-as-its-new-ceos
• Square Enix confirms US, Europe layoffs as part of restructuring after underwhelming financial results https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/square-enix-confirms-us-eu-layoffs-as-part-of-restructuring/
• Share price hit https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/square-enix-share-price-drops-nearly-16-following-underwhelming-financial-results/
• Financial results https://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/news/pdf/24q4earnings.pdf

Questions from Discord:

• Mary: What’s your current GOTY, and do you think it will change or what release would change it?
• Joe: What are some vaporware games you still wish could've come out? For example Scalebound or Project H.a.m.m.e.r.

What we’re playing:

Mary: Hades 2, Fire Emblem Awakening, Life is Strange 2

John: Animal Well (finished)

Greg: Diablo IV (GamePass), Zero Wing (Sega Genesis - NSO), Apex Legends, Rocket League

Brett L: Stellar Blade (finished)

Brett M: Smash Ultimate

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Topics:

• Nintendo successor console will be announced by March 31, 2025; Nintendo Direct confirmed for June to focus on only Switch games https://twitter.com/NintendoCoLtd/status/1787736518762881197

• “Switch next model is the appropriate way to describe it” https://twitter.com/gibbogame/status/1787836562191135212

• Bethesda Softworks to close Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog Games, and Roundhouse Studios https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-closes-redfall-developer-arkane-austin-hifi-rush-developer-tango-gameworks-and-more-in-devastating-cuts-at-bethesda

• This version is kind of easier to read https://www.gematsu.com/2024/05/bethesda-softworks-to-close-arkane-austin-tango-gameworks-alpha-dog-games-and-roundhouse-studios
• "Redfall players who purchased the Hero Pass as part of the Premium Bite Back Edition or the premium Bite Back upgrade will be eligible to receive the value of the upgrade." https://twitter.com/playRedfall/status/1787837762588008903

• Perfect Dark might still be a mess? https://www.resetera.com/threads/jeff-grubb-on-perfect-dark-it-sounds-like-its-in-a-very-rough-state-it-doesnt-sound-like-its-really-come-together-in-any-way.864672/

• Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition gets ESRB rating for Switch https://www.esrb.org/ratings/39835/nintendo-world-championships-nes-edition/

• Pyoro says it's $30 and not a port https://twitter.com/Pyoro_X/status/1786359277260812321

• (The original NWC 1990 comprised bits of Super Mario Bros., Rad Racer, and Tetris)

• Vicarious Visions reportedly prototyped a Donkey Kong game back in late 2015, but Activision shut it down in 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJlu9g8UEAI

• Could Velan Studios be making Donkey Kong instead?! https://twitter.com/Doctor_Cupcakes/status/1787888148451836170

• Incredibly Rare SNES Prototype Goes Up for Auction (currently at 12,003,001 yen) https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/05/incredibly-rare-snes-prototype-goes-up-for-auction

• Auction: https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/v1135225758

• DeNA Digital Production changes name to Pokemon Card D Studio https://www.gematsu.com/2024/05/dena-digital-production-changes-name-to-pokemon-card-d-studio

• PlayStation U-turns after Helldivers 2 Steam backlash, scraps mandatory PSN account linking https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstation-u-turns-after-helldivers-2-steam-backlash-scraps-mandatory-psn-account-linking/

• Steam reception is improving dramatically already https://twitter.com/ZhugeEX/status/1787890691349123396

• Take-Two Interactive Shuts Down Two Game Studios: Roll7 (Rollerdrome) and Intercept Games (Kerbal Space Program 2) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-01/take-two-interactive-shuts-down-two-game-studios?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTcxNDU5MzkzNCwiZXhwIjoxNzE1MTk4NzM0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTQ1RPWlVEV1JHRzAwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.bAGtiU7JzBiIoFWWcHxk0LHPfxjEHho9NhMqunueBxI

• Leaker claims Resident Evil 9 is targeting January 2025 release https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/resident-evil-9-could-be-released-in-january-its-claimed/
• HADES 2 EARLY ACCESS https://twitter.com/SupergiantGames/status/1787526288116523479

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: Since Stellar Blade is out, which video game characters do you think are the hottest? Any genders, any species lol

What we’re playing:

Mary: Hades 2, Fire Emblem Awakening, Life is Strange 2

John: Stellar Blade (finished/NG+)

Greg: Diablo IV (GamePass), Apex Legends, Rocket League

Brett L: Stellar Blade

Brett M: Wolfenstein The Old Blood

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Topics:

• Peripheral firm claims Switch 2 Joy-Con use ‘electromagnetic suction’, have extra buttons https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/peripheral-firm-claims-switch-2-joy-cons-use-electromagnetic-suction-have-extra-buttons/
• Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Overview Trailer reveals new concept art gallery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCV-uTRULn8
• A new BlackMilk x The Legend of Zelda Collection lands May 7 at 5:00 p.m. ET, 2:00 p.m. PT https://blog.blackmilkclothing.com/the-legend-of-zelda-2-0-announcement/
• Garry’s Mod studio is removing 20 years of Nintendo uploads following DMCA takedowns https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/garrys-mod-studio-is-removing-20-years-of-nintendo-uploads-following-dmca-takedowns/
• Suspect charged for canceling Nintendo Japan events by threatening to ‘kill everyone’ for ‘shitty games’ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/suspect-charged-for-cancelling-nintendo-japan-events-by-threatening-to-kill-everyone-for-shitty-games/
• Horror action game Alien: Rogue Incursion announced for PS VR2, SteamVR, and Quest 3 https://www.gematsu.com/2024/04/horror-action-game-alien-rogue-incursion-announced-for-ps-vr2-steamvr-and-quest-3
• Sci-fi open-world action RPG GALIX: New Horizons announced for PS5, PC (?) https://www.gematsu.com/2024/04/sci-fi-open-world-action-rpg-galix-new-horizons-announced-for-ps5-pc
• Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord remake launches May 23 for all platforms https://www.digitaleclipse.com/games/wizardry

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: Since I've just watched Fallout, are there any games you think would make a good TV show? Wolfenstein I think would make for a good show.

What we’re playing:

Mary: Princess Peach Showtime, Life is Strange 2, Honkai Star Rail

John: Stellar Blade

Greg: Diablo IV (GamePass), Apex Legends, Rocket League

Brett L: Assassins Creed Odyssey, DLC Legacy of the First Blade and The Fate of Atlantis

Brett M: Smash Ultimate

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Topics:

• Metaphor: Refantazio launches October 11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMO-eAwvvuY
• Embracer Group becomes three companies: Asmodee Group, Coffee Stain & Friends, and Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1782281799877415084
• Indie World reaction? https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240417156103/en/Indie-Games-Burst-Onto-Nintendo-Switch-Promising-Adventure-Cozy-Vibes-and-Curious-Cat-Mischief

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTjjKC9gHPM

• Donkey Kong Country at Universal Studios Japan delayed to late 2024 https://www.siliconera.com/super-nintendo-world-donkey-kong-country-opening-delayed/

• Nintendo reportedly declined use of Samus in Fortnite because they wanted Samus to be Switch-exclusive https://twitter.com/shiinabr/status/1782484447062851888
• Baldur’s Gate 3 maker Larian Studios is working on two new projects, its own IP this time https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/baldurs-gate-3-studio-larian-is-working-on-two-new-projects-based-on-its-own-ips/
• Shin Megami Tensei series character designer Kazuma Kaneko leaves ATLUS after 35 years, joins COLOPL https://www.gematsu.com/2024/04/shin-megami-tensei-series-character-designer-kazuma-kaneko-leaves-atlus-after-35-years-joins-colopl

• Translation of interview https://personacentral.com/kazuma-kaneko-leaves-atlus-colopl/

• Midori: Sonic Frontiers 2 is happening (name could change) https://twitter.com/mbkksstbhz5/status/1782190937164116418

• Golden Axe animated series headed to Comedy Central from Star Trek: Lower Decks creator https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/golden-axe-animated-series-mike-mcmahan-comedy-central-matthew-rhys-danny-pudi-1235973820/
• Saw this too, don’t know if worth mentioning it. Pokemon Go getting visual update: https://pokemongolive.com/rediscovergo

Questions from Discord:

What we’re playing:

Mary: Princess Peach Showtime, Life is Strange 2, Honkai Star Rail

John: Nothing, really

Greg: Princess Peach Showtime, Mario Golf Advance Tour (GameBoy Advance), Apex Legends, Halo Infinite, Rocket League

Brett L: Assassins Creed Odyssey, DLC Legacy of the First Blade and The Fate of Atlantis

Brett M: Fallout New Vegas

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Topics:

• Keanu Reeves Joins ‘Sonic 3’ as Shadow https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/keanu-reeves-joins-sonic-3-shadow-1235874487/
• SNES Nintendo Switch Online adds Amazing Hebereke, SUPER R-TYPE, and Wrecking Crew ’98 https://www.gematsu.com/2024/04/snes-nintendo-switch-online-adds-amazing-hebereke-super-r-type-and-wrecking-crew-98
• Gio Corsi joins Nintendo of America’s AAA third-party games portfolio management team https://www.gematsu.com/2024/04/gio-corsi-joins-nintendo-of-americas-aaa-third-party-games-portfolio-management-team
• Nintendo skips Gamescom this year https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/04/nintendo-has-confirmed-it-wont-be-at-gamescom-this-year
• Midori: Persona 1 and 2 will get a remake or at least be released in an “updated form” https://twitter.com/MbKKssTBhz5/status/1778860576296276313
• Vampire Survivors gets "Operation Guns feat. Contra" DLC on May 9 https://www.gematsu.com/2024/04/vampire-survivors-coming-to-ps5-and-ps4-this-summer-dlc-operation-guns-feat-contra-announced
• Square Enix hopes to develop Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 in about three years https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/square-enix-hopes-to-develop-final-fantasy-7-remake-part-3-within-three-years/
• SUNSOFT is Back! Retro Game Selection launches April 18 in Japan for Switch, PC https://www.gematsu.com/2024/04/sunsoft-is-back-retro-game-selection-launches-april-18-in-japan-for-switch-pc
• Fallout TV show reacts
• Claim Fallout 76 game with Amazon Prime Gaming,Fallout 3 and New Vegas with Luna:: https://gaming.amazon.com/home

Questions from Discord:

What we’re playing:

Mary: FF7 Rebirth (finished), Honkai Star Rail

John: Chrono Trigger on mobile (beat), Radical Dreams (beat)

Greg: Princess Peach Showtime (a little), Mario Golf Advance Tour (GameBoy Advance), Apex Legends, Rocket League

Brett L: Assassins Creed Odyssey, DLC

Brett M: Rise of the Tomb Raider (beat)

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• Quick updates from last week:
• “Trimming the Herbs” has been beaten in Super Mario Maker just before the shutdown of Wii U online play! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7yvVJbji0U

• Midori punk’d us about retiring—is still actively leaking Sega and Atlus news

• Midori: The theme color of Persona 6 is green https://twitter.com/mbkksstbhz5/status/1777240240824197390

• “Development began in 2019 along with P3R and P5T.” https://twitter.com/MbKKssTBhz5/status/1777242043276042264

• Midori: Disney and Sega are working together on a brand new mobile game, to be released next year https://twitter.com/MbKKssTBhz5/status/1776784601886683541

• Xbox is reportedly planning Gears and Call of Duty reveals at its Summer event https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-is-reportedly-planning-gears-and-call-of-duty-reveals-at-its-summer-event/
• Bloomberg: Dragon Quest series producer Yu Miyake steps down to head up mobile games development. NieR producer Yosuke Saito is reportedly a "strong candidate" to replace him on DQ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-05/top-dragon-quest-producer-steps-down-in-square-enix-overhaul?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTcxMjI5NjU5OSwiZXhwIjoxNzEyOTAxMzk5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTQkQ4VE9UMEcxS1cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJBRDcxOUY5NDBGRTk0MzNBOERCNzI2OEJDOTY3NzY3QyJ9.aFWG23-UTflyWSDMGnx6jj0QiG0aFob_zFzAPy5AWAs

Questions from Discord:

• Beavis Christ: What's a gaming design trend you miss?
• Brydude: Since you guys all know I’m an eternal Sonic nerd, in your guys’ opinion: What is the best Sonic game? What is the worst Sonic game? What is your favorite game in the franchise? And what is your favorite soundtrack of the Sonic franchise?

What we’re playing:

Mary: FF7 Rebirth, Honkai Star Rail, Silent Hill The Short Message, Life is Strange 2

John: Unicorn Overlord (finished) 🦄👑, Chrono Trigger on mobile

Greg: Apex Legends, Rocket League

Brett L: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Brett M: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII: Reunion (beat), Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (beat), Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, 13 Sentinals

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• Mary talks about Hollow Knight: Silksong having an eShop page (and Xbox page) and E10+ rating https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/hollow-knight-silksong-switch/
• Kotaku: Potentially more than 100 contract testers let go at Nintendo amid huge product testing restructuring, no full-time employees affected https://kotaku.com/nintendo-switch-2-layoffs-testing-zelda-totk-1851369539
• F-Zero Maximum Velocity has joined GBA NSO https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1773516683174354969
• Jim Ryan claims Sony has sold 160M PlayStation 2 consoles https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/jim-ryan-claims-sony-has-sold-160m-playstation-2-consoles/

• All the actual math on the subject: https://twitter.com/ZhugeEX/status/1774120869096235518

• Take-Two is acquiring Borderlands maker Gearbox from Embracer for $460M https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/take-two-is-acquiring-borderlands-maker-gearbox-from-embracer-for-460m/

• Next Borderlands is in active development https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/2k-has-confirmed-that-the-next-borderlands-game-is-in-active-development/

• Context regarding what Take-Two paid for Gearbox versus what Embracer paid https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/status/1773217348687646997

• Marvel Rivals is a 6v6 hero shooter from NetEase entering closed alpha in May, dev team includes former Call of Duty and Battlefield devs https://www.marvelrivals.com/news/official/20240320/40185_1144288.html

• Like a Dragon series director thinks Yakuza Kiwami 3 will “definitely” happen “sooner or later” https://www.gematsu.com/2024/04/like-a-dragon-new-title-cast-auditions-announced
• Unicorn Overlord shipments and digital sales top 500,000 https://www.gematsu.com/2024/04/unicorn-overlord-shipments-and-digital-sales-top-500000

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: Do you enjoy video game music? If so what are some of your favorite game soundtracks?

What we’re playing:

Mary: FF7 Rebirth, Honkai Star Rail

John: Unicorn Overlord 🦄👑, Stellar Blade demo

Greg: Apex Legends, Rocket League

Brett L: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Brett M: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII: Reunion (beat), Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (beat), Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII

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• All levels of Super Mario Maker 1 on Wii U have been beaten prior to the server shutting down https://twitter.com/OatmealDome/status/1771288262784500094
• According to the usual Sega/Atlus leaker, Persona 3 Reload will come to Switch 2 with the Expansion Pass DLC included https://twitter.com/MbKKssTBhz5/status/1771392814976586114
• Sonic Toys Party leaks as a reportedly 32-player mobile Sonic game that looks a lot like Fall Guys https://www.sonicstadium.org/news/games/trailer-further-details-for-sonic-toys-party-leaked-r2075/

• Video leaks of a build from nearly a year ago https://twitter.com/sonicstadium/status/1772315008040583550

• Sonic Heroes remake is reportedly “being considered” for development https://twitter.com/MbKKssTBhz5/status/1772498991403442236

• Originally teased by Zippo https://zippospeaks.blogspot.com/2024/03/goodbye-hedgehog-engine-hello-unreal.html

• Leaker implies that Resident Evil 9 could be open-world https://twitter.com/AestheticGamer1/status/1771155355252236568

• Pokemon fan site Relic Castle shuts down after getting hit with a DMCA takedown notice https://kotaku.com/pokemon-fan-games-relic-castle-shutdown-dmca-reason-1851359618
• Phil Spencer wants Epic Games Store and others on Xbox consoles https://www.polygon.com/24108670/xbox-epic-games-store-phil-spencer-interview
• Stellar Blade demo releases for real on March 29 at 10 a.m. EDT / 7 a.m. PDT; save data transfers to final release https://blog.playstation.com/2024/03/25/stellar-blade-demo-arrives-march-29/

Questions from Discord:

What we’re playing:

Mary: FF7 Rebirth, PAX East

John: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (finished), Unicorn Overlord 🦄👑

Greg: Princess Peach Showtime, Apex Legends, Rocket League

Brett L: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Brett M: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII: Reunion (beat), Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

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• Tears of the Kingdom wins Game of the Year at Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2023, voted on by fans (FFXVI weirdly won a lot of things too) https://www.resetera.com/threads/famitsu-dengeki-game-awards-2023-results.828048/
• Persona 6 will reportedly appear on Xbox and Switch 2, per Sega/Atlus leaker https://twitter.com/MbKKssTBhz5/status/1769134598787658223
• Team 0% is trying to beat every Super Mario Maker 1 level before servers go down on April 8, and only one level, “Trimming the Herbs” by Ahoyoo, remains https://twitter.com/Team0Percent/

• The level can be beaten in 16 seconds when played well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siz4oB4CGKo

• Modder Accuses Aspyr of Stealing Their Work for Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection https://www.ign.com/articles/star-wars-battlefront-modder-finds-further-evidence-classic-collection-uses-their-mod-despite-aspyr-promising-it-wouldnt

• PS5 Pro Specs Leak Online https://www.ign.com/articles/ps5-pro-specs-leak-online

• Initial reactions from Digital Foundry dudes seem mixed https://twitter.com/dark1x/status/1769621636653728150 https://twitter.com/Dachsjaeger/status/1768765310855782871

• Sony Hits Pause on PSVR2 Production as Unsold Inventory Piles Up https://archive.md/pqRBd#selection-1320.0-1320.1

• Embracer Group agrees to sell Saber Interactive to Beacon Interactive, a company controlled by Saber Interactive co-founder Matthew Karch https://www.gematsu.com/2024/03/saber-interactive-to-split-from-embracer-group
• Summer Game Fest 2024 is set for June 7 and will run for two hours https://www.gematsu.com/2024/03/summer-game-fest-2024-showcase-set-for-june-7
• Apex Legends Global Series Regional Finals suspended after massive hack and spread of viruses https://esports.gg/news/apex-legends/algs-hit-by-major-hacking-genburten-and-imperialhal-get-cheats/
• Tales series character designer Mutsumi Inomata has died aged 63 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/tales-series-character-designer-mutsumi-inomata-has-died-aged-63/

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: Which Mario character would you like to see get their own spinoff game that hasn't yet? I'd personally love to see a birdo first-person shooter.

What we’re playing:

Mary: Inscryption (beat), FF7 Rebirth

John: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Unicorn Overlord 🦄👑

Greg: Apex Legends, Rocket League,Halo Infinite,

Brett L: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Brett M: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

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Topics:

• Unpacking all the Mar10 Day news https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/nintendo-celebrates-mar10-day-with-games-movie-news-and-a-variety-of-mario-themed-activities/
• Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door launches May 23
• Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD launches June 27
• Game Boy NSO adds Dr. Mario, Mario Golf, and Mario Tennis on March 12
• Lego Mario Kart is coming

• A new Super Mario Bros. movie will hit theaters on April 3, 2026

• Former Sega artist and designer Satoshi Okano seems to tease a "Capcom X Sega" collaboration https://twitter.com/okanotion/status/1766820349533098487

• Demo for PS5 exclusive Stellar Blade appears, and quickly pulled, from PlayStation Store https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/demo-for-ps5-exclusive-stellar-blade-appears-and-quickly-pulled-from-playstation-store/

• Here’s the full gameplay demo from before it was pulled https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7y6163hO28

• Remembering Akira Toriyama: Dragon Ball (and Dr. Slump, Sand Land, etc.), Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger, Blue Dragon, and influencing a trillion things after that

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: This question is mostly for Mary but everyone can answer. What's your favorite cookie?

What we’re playing:

Mary: Inscryption, FF7

John: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Unicorn Overlord 🦄👑

Greg: Princess Peach Showtime (demo), Apex Legends, Halo Infinite, Helldivers 2

Brett L: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth not Assassins Creed Odyssey

Brett M: Baldur’s Gate 3 (beat), Persona 3 Reload, Soul Hackers 2, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

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Topics:

• Pyoro suggests Thousand-Year Door and Luigi’s Mansion 2 news is coming for March 10, MAR1O Day https://twitter.com/Pyoro_X/status/1764619742105788742
• Tropic Haze agrees to pay Nintendo $2.4 million to settle Yuzu lawsuit, will not offer Yuzu anymore https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/switch-emulator-creator-settles-nintendo-lawsuit-for-2-4m/
• $2.4 million judgment https://twitter.com/oatmealdome/status/1764704580724576465
• Proposed Final Judgment https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.rid.56980/gov.uscourts.rid.56980.10.1.pdf
• Yuzu’s final message (Citra, 3DS emulator, dead too) https://twitter.com/yuzuemu/status/1764733659444064671

• Original story for reference: Nintendo sues Switch emulator Yuzu for ‘facilitating piracy at a colossal scale’ https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/27/24085075/nintendo-switch-emulator-yuzu-lawsuit

• EA lays off 5% of employees, closes Ridgeline Games (working on single-player Battlefield), cancels Star Wars FPS (Mandalorian game), focuses away from licensed IP (Iron Man and Black Panther still in development)

• https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/electronic-arts-is-laying-off-5-off-its-workforce/
• EA’s Star Wars strategy game still in development following Respawn cancellation https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/eas-star-wars-strategy-game-still-in-development-following-respawn-cancellation/

• New game in the Titanfall universe, NOT Titanfall 3: https://www.pcgamesn.com/titanfall/respawn-new-game

• EA ‘confident’ Dragon Age: Dreadwolf will release this year (per Jeff Grubb) https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ea-confident-dragon-age-dreadwolf-will-release-this-year-its-claimed/

• Xbox Partner Preview set for March 6, 2024 https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/03/04/xbox-partner-preview-march-2024-announce/
• Contra: Operation Galuga release date March 12 (announced March 1):
• “In addition to Story and Arcade modes, #Contra: Operation Galuga features a Challenge Mode with 30 nail-biting missions! These include speedruns, limited ammo battles, surviving enemy hordes, and more. ##ContraOG hits consoles and PC on March 12!” https://www.konami.com/games/contra/og/

Questions from Discord:

• Beavis Christ: What's a franchise that needs a good game adaptation, either because it hasn't had an adaptation or because it has but it was bad?

What we’re playing:

Mary: Persona 3 Reload, Inscryption

John: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, not Wild ARMs

Greg: Apex Legends, Halo Infinite, Helldivers 2, Mortal Kombat 1

Brett L: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth not Assassins Creed Odyssey

Brett M: Mr.Shifty (beat) Baldur’s Gate 3, Persona 3 Reload, Soul Hackers 2, Halo Infinite (campaign), Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

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• Pokémon Presents on Tuesday: predictions?

• Pyoro “heard of an outsourced Unova-related game” last year, but says “This is not a leak and should be taken with a grain of salt” https://twitter.com/Pyoro_X/status/1761774200577040645

• Nikkei Asia corroborates: Nintendo to launch Switch console successor in March 2025 at earliest https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Media-Entertainment/Nintendo-to-launch-Switch-console-successor-in-March-2025-at-earliest

• "New developments" for Bravely Default series to be announced in 2024 https://www.gematsu.com/2024/02/bravely-series-producer-tomoya-asano-teases-new-developments-to-be-announced-in-2024
• Yoko Taro Reportedly Teases Nier 3 at Concert https://www.thegamer.com/yoko-taro-reportedly-teases-nier-3-at-concert/
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth gets gangbusters reviews, Washington Post calls it “the finest Square Enix title published this century” https://www.metacritic.com/game/final-fantasy-vii-rebirth/
• Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto has left the EA Battlefield studio he founded https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/halo-co-creator-marcus-lehto-has-left-the-ea-battlefield-studio-he-founded/
• Modders create Red Viper, a Virtual Boy emulator for Nintendo 3DS that supports 3D https://twitter.com/Skyfloogle/status/1761806433165734157
• Entire outline for early Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 story leaks online https://imgur.com/a/G1NBLK5

Questions from Discord:

• brasop: If Nintendo farmed out the next mainline Pokemon game to another developer, who would you like to see make it?
• Joe: When do you think the PS5 Xbox console generation will end? 2 years or so? It feels like it barely got started, maybe I'm just doing COVID math.
• Joe: What's some of your favorite video game development company names?

What we’re playing:

Mary: Persona 3 Reload, Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore (beat), Inscryption,

John: Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth 🐉 (Finished), Wild ARMs, Unicorn Overlord demo 🦄

Greg: Contra: Operation Galuga (demo), Pepper Grinder (demo), Apex Legends, Halo Infinite, Helldivers 2 (downloaded, haven’t played yet)

Brett L: Assassins Creed: Odyssey
Brett M: Mr.Shifty (beat) Baldur’s Gate 3, Persona 3 Reload, Soul Hackers 2, Halo Infinite (campaign), Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

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Topics:

• Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase reaction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ER2hl7HUWI

• https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240221740542/en/Nintendo-Direct-Partner-Showcase-Features-Surprise-Releases-and-Details-on-New-Nintendo-Switch-Games

• Sources: Nintendo Switch 2 will now launch in 2025 (Bloomberg: “March 2025 at the earliest”) https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-switch-2-could-now-launch-in-2025-its-claimed/

• As of LAST year, Jeff Grubb had heard Nintendo was looking to have Metroid Prime 4 marketing assets together for May 2024 https://twitter.com/JeffGrubb/status/1760441008364367878
• Sony Interactive Entertainment will not release “any new major existing franchise titles” before March 31, 2025 https://www.gematsu.com/2024/02/sony-interactive-entertainment-will-not-release-any-new-major-existing-franchise-titles-before-march-31-2025

• This excludes new IP like Concord

• Xbox games are now on Switch and PS5: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/02/21/new-platforms-new-players-xbox-games-switch-playstation/

• HiFi Rush getting physical for Xbox and PS through Limited Run https://twitter.com/bethesda/status/1760375574550237222

• Nate the Hate: New, unannounced Banjo-Kazooie game is “being reworked from its original vision & scope,” but it's sounding like it's “for the better” https://www.resetera.com/threads/xbox-game-studios-bethesda-abk-ot29-the-temple-of-doomers.807216/page-351?post=119267862#post-119267862

• Crazy Taxi reboot is reportedly planned as AAA live-service game, inspired by Fortnite and GTA Online, but Crazy Taxi remake allegedly planned too https://twitter.com/MbKKssTBhz5/status/1759683123921518868
• Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree launches June 21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8k8R0Q2ubY
• Baldur’s Gate 3 update https://baldursgate3.game/news/patch-6-now-live_108

Questions from Discord:

• brasop: If Nintendo farmed out the next mainline Pokemon game to another developer, who would you like to see make it?
• Joe: When do you think the PS5 Xbox console generation will end? 2 years or so? It feels like it barely got started, maybe I'm just doing COVID math.
• Joe: What's some of your favorite video game development company names?

What we’re playing:

Mary: Persona 3 Reload, Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore

John: Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth 🐉 (Finished), Wild ARMs

Greg: Apex Legends, Halo Infinite

Brett L: Assassins Creed: Odyssey

Brett M: Mr.Shifty (beat) Baldur’s Gate 3, Persona 3 Reload, Soul Hackers 2, Halo Infinite (campaign), Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

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• Universo Nintendo (Brazil): Switch 2 to allegedly be announced in March, rumored to have full backward compatibility with Switch and can enhance original Switch games running on it https://twitter.com/CentroLeaks/status/1756498922762015165

• Pokémon presentation for February also rumored (makes sense, since Pokémon Presents aired for Pokémon Day for the last three years in February)

• Official Xbox Podcast with Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond, and Matt Booty will share "Xbox business" updates https://twitter.com/Xbox/status/1757102346000286155

• NateTheHate says his information that Starfield was PS5-bound was "false" https://twitter.com/NateTheHate2/status/1756067174207128047

• Hi-Fi Rush and Pentiment will be first to appear on competing consoles; Sea of Thieves is planned for non-Xbox "later this year" https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/12/24067370/microsoft-xbox-playstation-switch-games-future-hardware

• (Maybe?) Dead Cells designer says decision to stop updates is ‘asshole move’ by former studio https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/dead-cells-designer-says-decision-to-stop-updates-is-asshole-move-by-former-studio/

• PSA: Xenogears soundtrack is suddenly on all the streaming services https://sqex.lnk.to/pfArvs

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: What's your favorite/most memorable boss battle of all time?

What we’re playing:

Mary: Transistor (beat), Persona 3 Reload

John: Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth 🐉

Greg: Apex Legends, Halo Infinite

Brett L: Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Hellblade Senua’s Saga (beat) Suicide Squad

Brett M: Mr.Shifty (beat)

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Topics:

• Nintendo Direct rumored for this week https://mynintendonews.com/2024/02/01/leakers-tease-nintendo-direct-for-next-week/
• THE XBOXALYPSE https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/1754598552548904973
• Microsoft is reportedly considering bringing Gears of War to PlayStation https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/microsoft-is-reportedly-considering-bringing-gears-of-war-to-playstation/
• Microsoft plans Starfield launch for PlayStation 5 https://xboxera.com/2024/02/04/exclusive-microsoft-plans-starfield-launch-for-playstation-5/
• Microsoft weighs launching Indiana Jones on the PS5 https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/4/24057433/microsoft-bethesda-indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-ps5-release

• Hi-Fi Rush and Sea of Thieves still rumored for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation

• State of Play reactions: Silent Hill: The Short Message, Sonic X Shadow Generations, Stellar Blade, Rise of the Ronin, Judas, Metro Awakening (VR), (etc.) / FFVII Rebirth State of Play on Tuesday, Death Stranding 2 https://blog.playstation.com/2024/01/31/everything-revealed-in-the-january-2024-state-of-play/

• Jim Carrey returns for Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and the title reveal uses Sonic Adventure 2 fan-favorite song “Live and Learn” (no confirmation on who voices Shadow yet - Thought it was Hayden C? Nah, just a rumor for now) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5wdFSRYoOY
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth 1 Million Units Shipped Globally (biggest launch ever for the franchise) https://twitter.com/RGGStudio/status/1753231014510370834
• The Last of Us Part II began as a souls-like open world game

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: With the rise of Palworld I was wondering what some of your favorite ripoff games are. For example, Okami is one of my favorite Zelda games lol
• Beavis Christ: Anybody into MtG, ttrpgs, other non-video varieties of gaming?
• Big Willy Style: If this truly ends up happening with Xbox leaving the console space, do you think anyone else would step in

And take their place in the console space. If so, what companies do you think would have a good chance?

What we’re playing:

Mary: Super Mario RPG (beat), Transistor, Persona 3 Reload

John: Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth 🐉 (Animal Crossing mode: beaten!)

Greg: Spec Ops: The Line (Finished), Palworld, Super Princess Peach (DS), Apex Legends, Halo Infinite

Brett L: Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Hellblade Senua’s Saga (beat) Suicide Squad

Brett M: Tomb Raider (Beat), Rise of the Tomb Raider, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (beat) Suicide Squad KTJL (beat)

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• Omdia analyst says Switch 2 launching this year with 8-inch LCD screen https://mynintendonews.com/2024/01/26/omdia-analyst-says-switch-2-launching-this-year-with-8-inch-lcd-screen/
• The Pokémon Company releases a statement about Palworld, will “investigate and take appropriate measures to address any acts that infringe on intellectual property rights” https://corporate.pokemon.co.jp/media/news/detail/335.html
• 40-minute State of Play scheduled for Wednesday, January 31, covering 15+ games https://blog.playstation.com/2024/01/29/state-of-play-returns-this-wednesday-2/

• Several games already leaked by XboxEra's Nick Baker https://www.sonicstadium.org/news/games/rumor-sonic-generations-related-announcement-coming-soon-r1863

• Rocksteady pulls Suicide Squad an hour into early access after players’ games ‘auto completed’ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/rocksteady-pulls-suicide-squad-an-hour-into-early-access-after-players-games-auto-completed/

• Embracer Group Cancels ‘Deus Ex’ Video Game https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-29/embracer-group-cancels-deus-ex-video-game?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTcwNjU0Nzg4OSwiZXhwIjoxNzA3MTUyNjg5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTODE2NkVUMVVNMFcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.T2W3xfF0THBVaAiDy-RvS1Vht-c3VHXJY4_CX6i7vio

• Official statement of 97 layoffs https://twitter.com/EidosMontreal/status/1752027685293801632

• A Final Fantasy VI remake would take ‘twice as long’ as FF7, says producer Yoshinori Kitase https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-final-fantasy-6-remake-would-take-twice-as-long-as-ff7-says-producer/

• Limited Run is releasing a CDi controller for Arzette: https://twitter.com/LimitedRunGames/status/1750581725850136670

Questions from Discord:

• Beavis Christ: Also, how do you think the trend of games having to be bigger and bigger will develop? I think we're long past the point where some people had predicted a second market collapse. Will indie continue to rise in importance, with some devs landing in the AA space?

What we’re playing:

Mary: Stray (beat), Cult of the Lamb new content, Mineko’s Night Market (beat), Super Mario RPG, 7 Days to Die

John: Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth 🐉

Greg: Palworld, Hellblade, Super Princess Peach (DS), Apex Legends

Brett L: Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Hellblade Senuas Saga

Brett M: Baldur’s Gate 3 🍑, Tomb Raider (Beat), Rise of the Tomb Raider

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• Palworld sold over 5 million copies in 3 days, had over 1.1 million concurrent players on Steam https://twitter.com/Palworld_EN/status/1749360035938070627
• Palworld Pokémon plagiarism accusations pile up as CEO responds https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/palworld-pokemon-plagiarism-accusations-pile-up-as-ceo-responds

• Examples: https://twitter.com/covingtown/status/1749462735291859423

• Some fun quotes from the CEO https://twitter.com/JonComms/status/1748779986243252311 https://twitter.com/JonComms/status/1748831085419430300

• Xbox Direct: Avowed, Ara: History Untold, Visions of Mana, Senua's Saga release date, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/01/18/xbox-developer-direct-2024-recap/

• 8% of developers in a GDC survey say they’re working on Nintendo’s next console https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/8-of-developers-in-a-gdc-survey-say-theyre-working-on-nintendos-next-console/
• A Lego Zelda Great Deku Tree will be released in 2024, it’s claimed https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-lego-zelda-great-deku-tree-will-be-released-in-2024-its-claimed/
• Persona 3 Reload wasn't ever planned for Switch, but a discussion could be had about it at Atlus (leaker claims P3R AND Metaphor are coming to Switch 2) https://twitter.com/MbKKssTBhz5/status/1749559222650405096 / https://twitter.com/ScrambledFaz/status/1749337887097626626
• Joker in SS game season pass

Questions from Discord:

• Freshly Streamed Games: Is there ANY franchise in all of media that WOULDN’T benefit from a tactics game or CRPG game? I submit the answer is no

What we’re playing:

Mary: Stray (beat), Cult of the Lamb new content, 7 Days to Die

John: … Sudoku and Judge Judy? Wild ARMs

Greg: Super Princess Peach (DS), Apex Legends (Been on a movie binge - Nobody, Clerks III, Resident Evil: Death Island)

Brett L: Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Hellblade Senuas Saga

Brett M: Baldur’s Gate 3 🍑, Tomb Raider (Beat), Rise of the Tomb Raider

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Topics:

• Nintendo Switch Online adds Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age on January 17 https://www.gematsu.com/2024/01/game-boy-advance-nintendo-switch-online-adds-golden-sun-and-golden-sun-the-lost-age-on-january-17
• Peanut Butter the Shiba Inu speedruns Gyromite at AGDQ: https://twitter.com/GamesDoneQuick/status/1747296055719239900
• A year after being branded a flop, Mario + Rabbids’ sequel is steadily selling https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-year-after-being-branded-a-flop-mario-rabbids-sequel-is-steadily-selling/
• The new Ubisoft+ and getting gamers comfortable with not owning their games: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/the-new-ubisoft-and-getting-gamers-comfortable-with-not-owning-their-games
• Felix the Cat & Rocket Knight re-releases coming to Switch via Limited Run Games https://mynintendonews.com/2024/01/11/felix-the-cat-rocket-knight-re-releases-coming-to-switch-via-limited-run-games/

• Cosmic Fantasy Collection too! https://limitedrungames.com/collections/cosmic-fantasy-collection

• PlayStation exclusive Foamstars uses AI generated art: https://www.ign.com/articles/playstation-exclusive-foamstars-has-ai-generated-art-square-enix-confirms

• Game Freak trademarks PAND LAND in Japan https://www.gematsu.com/2024/01/game-freak-trademarks-pand-land-in-japan
• New 3D Mario is allegedly finished, will be Switch 2 launch game in October or November, and include Donkey Kong in some capacity https://zippospeaks.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-next-3d-mario-is-ready-to-go.html
• Pokémon, Zelda, and Luigi's Mansion rumored for Universal Studios Orlando https://orlandoparkstop.com/news/theme-park-news/universal-orlando-rumors-pokemon-replacing-simpsons-zelda-in-lost-continent-luigis-mansion-for-epic-universe/

Questions from Discord:

• brasop: have you ever fallen out of love of gaming, or gone through a period of no gaming, and if so what game has brought you back
• Brydude: Was RDR2 robbed from game of the year 2018?
• Joe: What's your favorite silly feature in a videogame? for example I love that in No More Heroes you save by using the toilet.

What we’re playing:

Mary: Devil May Cry 5 (beat), Stray, need to get back to Mario RPG

John: Marvel’s Midnight Suns (finished)

Greg: Horizon: Zero Dawn (PC), Super Princess Peach (DS), Apex Legends, 7 Days to Die

Brett L: Super Mario Bros. Wonder (beat) Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Brett M: Baldur’s Gate 3 🍑, Tomb Raider (Beat)

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Topics:

• Leaker says a beloved Xbox 1st party game coming to “competitor platform” this year https://mynintendonews.com/2024/01/06/leaker-says-a-beloved-xbox-1st-party-game-coming-to-competitor-platform-this-year/
• Rumor: Hi-Fi Rush coming to Switch, Sea of Thieves a possibility https://nintendoeverything.com/rumor-hi-fi-rush-coming-to-switch-sea-of-thieves-a-possibility/
• Source: Xbox has considered bringing hit Sea of Thieves to PlayStation https://www.gamefile.news/p/sea-of-thieves-playstation

• Hi-Fi Rush maaaaybe rated for Switch in Australia https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/project-2022a

• Metal Gear Solid Delta and Silent Hill 2 will be released this year, according to PlayStation https://www.playstation.com/en-us/editorial/great-games-to-look-forward-to-in-2024/

• Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition announced for PC by Nvidiahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEqRbxOrFAw
• Alan Wake for Dead by Daylight? https://twitter.com/DeadbyDaylight/status/1744388607421395441
• Cult of the Lamb ‘Sins of the Flesh’ update launches January 16 https://www.gematsu.com/2024/01/cult-of-the-lamb-sins-of-the-flesh-update-launches-january-16
• Lol also a new rock band mini game https://blog.playstation.com/2024/01/08/indulge-in-the-sins-of-the-flesh-in-cult-of-the-lambs-next-free-update-out-jan-16/

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: Do you think we see Metroid Prime 2 and maybe 3 remasters this year? any other Nintendo predictions?

What we’re playing:

Mary: Super Mario RPG, Devil May Cry 5

John: Marvel’s Midnight Suns

Greg: Nothing new, Apex Legends

Brett L: Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (beat) Valiant Hearts: The Great War (beat), Old Man’s Journey (beat), Super Mario Wonder
Brett M: Baldur’s Gate 3 🍑, Tomb Raider (2013)

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Topics:

• Everyone talking about their most anticipated games of 2024

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: Any gaming new years resolutions? Or regular ones? Lol
• Brydude: What was your first ever encounter on a video game? And what made you fall in love with video games?

What we’re playing:

Mary: Super Mario RPG, started more BG3 🍑

John: Marvel’s Midnight Suns, Ys: The Oath in Felghana (beaten), Wild ARMs

Greg: GTA V, The Finals, Apex Legends, Super Mario RPG (Extras)

Brett L: Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Brett M: Baldur’s Gate 3 🍑, Tomb Raider (2013)

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Topics:

• Everyone talking about their GOTYs

Questions from Discord:

• Beavis Christ: What critically-acclaimed games didn't click for you and why? Mine are Control, Nier Automata, and Diablo
• Joe: Y'all touched on this a bit last episode with the stolen vita but I was wondering what your biggest video game related tragedy is. Corrupted save, bricked console, etc.
• Joe: Any gaming new years resolutions? Or regular ones? Lol (Yeah, we can save it for next week like Mary said.)

What we’re playing:

Mary: Finished BG3 🍑, Mineko’s Night Market

John: Marvel’s Midnight Suns, Ys: The Oath in Felghana (beaten), Wild ARMs

Greg: GTA V, The Finals, Apex Legends, Super Mario RPG (Extras)

Brett L: Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Brett M: Baldur’s Gate 3 🍑, Tomb Raider (2013)

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Topics:

• Sea of Stars now has over four million players
• Persona 5 series sales have now surpassed 10 million units
• Early footage of Super Mario 64 having multiplayer discovered
• Zelda producer shuts down the idea of a Zelda style Mario Maker game
• SEGA has filed more trademarks for classic franchises such as Alex Kidd After Burner Crazy Taxi House of the Dead Outrun Shinobi Streets of Rage Super Monkey Ball
• RGT 85 breaks the internet with 10 year old Sony policy
• Sony patents ability for games to adjust difficulty levels on the fly
• James McCaffrey, The Voice Of Max Payne, Has Passed Away
• Fallout: New Vegas writer Chris Avellone revealed he pitched a spin-off Elder Scrolls like New Vegas

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: What's your favorite animal/non-humanoid video game mascot?
• Beavis Christ: How did you guys all meet? What's the Press X origin story?

What are people playing in the Discord?

What we’re playing:

Mary: Weekly BG3 update 🍑

John: Ys II (almost beaten), Wild ARMs

Greg: GTA V, The Finals, Apex Legends, Super Mario RPG (Extras)

Brett L: Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

Brett M: Baldur’s Gate 3 🍑, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

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Topics:

• The Game Awards
• Nintendo 64 – Nintendo Switch Online adds 1080° Snowboarding, Harvest Moon 64, and Jet Force Gemini https://www.gematsu.com/2023/12/nintendo-64-nintendo-switch-online-adds-1080-snowboarding-harvest-moon-64-and-jet-force-gemini
• The Day Before https://twitter.com/DANNYonPC/status/1734294946352349633

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: Are there any video game franchises that you've just put off playing for no particular reason or which games are in your pile of shame?
• Joe: What's your least favorite game mechanic? For example encumbrance, permadeath etc.

What are people playing in the Discord?

What we’re playing:

Mary: Weekly BG3 update 🍑, 7 Days to Die

John: Ys Origin (third playthrough)

Greg: GTA V, Super Mario RPG (beat) extras, Apex Legends,

Brett L: Candleman (beat) Cocoon (beat) Modern Warfare 3

Brett M: Atomic Heart (beat), Hoa (beat)

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Topics:

• Grand Theft Auto VI trailer LEAKS AND WE NEED TO BUY BITCOIN
• Game Awards predictions
• Concept images reveal canned Mario Tennis character Wapeach
• Dragon Age: Dreadwolf ‘Thedas Calls’ trailer, full reveal set for summer 2024
• Fallout TV show teaser trailer (lands April 12, 2024) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kQ8i2FpRDk
• Capcom Confirms More Resident Evil Remakes Are Coming

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: Was wondering what kind of cars y'all drive? this doesn't need to be answered on the podcast lol. I always just buy older Toyota Camrys
• Joe: What game made you the most emotional while playing? Interpret the question however you'd like.

What are people playing in the Discord?

What we’re playing:

Mary: Time for my weekly BG3 update 🍑

John: Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster (finished), Ys Origins

Greg: Super Mario RPG (beat), Apex Legends, COVID Simulator

Brett L: Candleman (beat) Cocoon (beat) Modern Warfare 3

Brett M: Batman Arkham Knight, (beat) Alan Wake 2 (beat)

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Topics:

• Life sized Ganondorf statue revealed. Will be in Japan for photo ops like the TOTK Link statue
• Cult of the Lamb next free update will be released early next year, title “Sins of the Flesh”
• Nintendo introduces 18+ N64 Nintendo Switch online app in Japan for Rare titles

• Will include Jet Force Gemini and GoldenEye 007

• Keighley weighs in on debate over Dave the Diver qualifying for Best Indie Game

• Five Nights at Freddy’s Surpasses Split to break a record for Horror Studio Blumhouse
• Chucky comes to Dead by Daylight tomorrow (Nov. 28)

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: If you could make a Mario sports game what sport would you pick? I would love a Mario skateboarding game.
• Beavis Christ: How's being independent so far?
• Joe: What's the longest you've played a game or games in one sitting not counting charity streams

What are people playing in the Discord?

What we’re playing:

Mary: BG3 (I have caught up back up to where I reloaded from), Hades, 7 Days to Die

John: Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster

Greg: Mass Effect, Apex Legends

Brett L: Alan Wake 2, Far: Changing Tides, Far: Lone Sails, HOA, Aris: A Simple Story, Robocop, Candleman

Brett M: Rise of the Tomb Raider, Batman Arkham Knight, Alan Wake 2

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Topics:

• John is very handsome and powerful
• The Last of Us Part II-2 revealed
• PlayStation Portal is out, and it seems like people like it
• Xbox is on track to knock Sony PlayStation down to third place for the first time in history thanks to ABK
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake reportedly ‘not currently in development’
• Nintendo is a "haven for geniuses" but "hell for an average person", former worker says
• Following Sonic movie success, Sega teases Persona and Yakuza adaptations
• Destiny 2 Player Count Drops to Lowest Point Ever on Steam (but they make decisions for Naughty Dog?)

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: Do you guys have any favorite holiday gaming memories or a certain type of game you enjoy playing during the holidays?
• Joe: What's your favorite Thanksgiving side dish/ least favorite?

What are people playing in the Discord?

What we’re playing:

Mary:

John: Like a Dragon Gaiden (finished), Dragon Ball: The Breakers

Greg: Mass Effect, Apex Legends

Brett L:

Brett M: TMNT (beat), Cocoon (beat)

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Topics:

• John is very handsome and powerful
• Zelda movie
• Game Awards nominees
• Nintendo announces Indie World for tomorrow
• Some Hogwarts Legacy for Switch reviews are out
• Xbox proudly announces partnership with AI company like it’s a good thing
• GTA VI is coming

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: With all the console revisions, slims, pros, oleds etc. Are you hesitant to pick up consoles day one or are you just like fuck it give me that shit now and I'll upgrade later?

What are people playing in the Discord?

What we’re playing:

Mary:

John: Like a Dragon Gaiden, Dragon Ball: The Breakers

Greg: Mass Effect, Apex Legends (whooping ass and stacking cash — talk about $25 skin), 2 Million Damage on my main, Still randomly playing Super Mario Wonder, Spider-Man and the X-Men (Sega Genesis), Tiny Toons: Busters Hidden Treasure

Brett L: LameStation 5

Brett M: Call of Duty MWIII (beat), Alan Wake II, Cocoon

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Topics:

* Bungie hit with layoffs
* Ubisoft shutting down online services for 10 games in 2024: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ubisoft-will-shut-down-online-services-for-10-games-in-2024-including-older-assassins-creed-titles/1100-6518764/
* Newly Discovered Nintendo Filing Shows Off "Dual-Screen, Detachable Device" https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/10/newly-discovered-nintendo-filing-shows-off-dual-screen-detachable-device

    + https://kotaku.com/nintendo-switch-2-patent-device-split-two-3ds-1850973016
    + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBGx96RNNhY* Mario Party 3 finally on Switch online https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1717707696399319458?s=20

    + 1 and 2 were released almost a year ago https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/nintendo-switch-online-expansion-pack-mario-party-and-mario-party-2-are-now-available/* Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link launches in 2024, teaser trailer https://www.gematsu.com/2023/10/kingdom-hearts-missing-link-launches-in-2024-teaser-trailerThe CDi inspired game got a release date https://x.com/LimitedRunGames/status/1718805651126669567?s=20


* John is very handsome and powerful.
***Questions from Discord:**


* FreshleyStreamedGames: Super Mario Wonder has a few “easy mode” characters. Nabbit and Yoshi. If they wanted to add some “hard mode” characters post-launch (probably Wario & Waluigi), what are the gameplay things they could do to make playing as them more difficult?
* Joe: “What is your favorite Biome/setting in a game? I love snowy settings”
* Joe: F, Mary, kill, peach, daisy, Rosalina.
* Follow up from Bock and Six: who’s the best Spider-Man? I suggest to answer carefully**What are people playing in the dDiscord?**

What we’re playing:

Mary: Baldur’s Gate 3, and Dead by Daylight

John: Spider-Man 2 (finished), Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Greg: Super Mario Bros Wonder, Sonic Superstars, Halo Infinite (customs), The Finals, Apex Legends

Brett L: Spider-Man 2 (beat) Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Alan Wake 2

Brett M: Spider-Man 2 (beat), Super Mario Wonder, Halo Infinite

Next week:

* From Bock and Six: Make Greg read the question : In recent years there's been a plethora of good license games. Do you believe we'll see a resurgence of high-quality licensed games? Are there any modern IPs you'd like to see made into video games? Lastly, What do y'all think makes a good license game?   
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Topics:

• Bungie hit with layoffs
• Ubisoft shutting down online services for 10 games in 2024: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ubisoft-will-shut-down-online-services-for-10-games-in-2024-including-older-assassins-creed-titles/1100-6518764/
• Newly Discovered Nintendo Filing Shows Off "Dual-Screen, Detachable Device" https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/10/newly-discovered-nintendo-filing-shows-off-dual-screen-detachable-device
• https://kotaku.com/nintendo-switch-2-patent-device-split-two-3ds-1850973016

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBGx96RNNhY

• Mario Party 3 is finally on Switch online https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1717707696399319458?s=20

• 1 and 2 were released almost a year ago https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/nintendo-switch-online-expansion-pack-mario-party-and-mario-party-2-are-now-available/

• Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link launches in 2024, teaser trailer https://www.gematsu.com/2023/10/kingdom-hearts-missing-link-launches-in-2024-teaser-trailer

• The CDi inspired game got a release date https://x.com/LimitedRunGames/status/1718805651126669567?s=20

Questions from Discord:

• FreshleyStreamedGames: Super Mario Wonder has a few “easy mode” characters. Nabbit and Yoshi. If they wanted to add some “hard mode” characters post-launch (probably Wario & Waluigi), what are the gameplay things they could do to make playing as them more difficult?
• Joe: “What is your favorite Biome/setting in a game? I love snowy settings”
• Joe: F, Mary, kill, peach, daisy, Rosalina.
• Follow up from Bock and Six: who’s the best Spider-Man? I suggest to answer carefully

What are people playing in the discord?

What we’re playing:

Mary: Baldur’s Gate 3, and Dead by Daylight

John: Spider-Man 2 (finished), Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Greg: Super Mario Bros Wonder, Sonic Superstars, Halo Infinite (customs), The Finals, Apex Legends

Brett L: Spider-Man 2 (beat) Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Alan Wake 2

Brett M: Spider-Man 2 (beat), Super Mario Wonder, Halo Infinite

Next week:

• From Bock and Six: Make Greg read the question : In recent years there's been a plethora of good license games. Do you believe we'll see a resurgence of high-quality licensed games? Are there any modern IPs you'd like to see made into video games? Lastly, What do y'all think makes a good license game?
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Topics:

• Super Mario Wonder - Thoughts, impressions, previews.
• Spider-Man 2 - Thoughts, impressions, previews.

• Spider-Man 2 2.5 Million – Fastest selling Sony first-party game

• Some weirdo bought a WiiU in 2023: https://kotaku.com/one-1-wii-u-new-sold-switch-nintendo-2023-stats-1850926481

• https://www.pricecharting.com/game/wii-u/wii-u-console-deluxe-black-32gb?q=wii+u+console+deluxe+black+32gb

• Impossible or possible: Super Mario Bros. 3 remake in the works? https://zippospeaks.blogspot.com/2023/10/happy-35th-birthday-super-mario-bros-3.html

• New Legend coming to Apex in Season 19 - Random Post Malone event: https://www.dexerto.com/apex-legends/conduit-apex-legends-season-19-abilities-2344075/
• Did we cover this? Nintendo accounts ease into next gen: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/10/nintendo-accounts-to-help-ease-next-gen-transition-according-to-doug-bowser

Questions from Discord:

• From itsjustlilers: @Greg is Greg your real name - what’s up with Dicknose?
• From Elias: Why is X in three different places on the three main controllers I’m trying to press X like y’all say but it’s hard which X please help
• From Joe: With all the current and upcoming video game anime adaptations. Blood Dragon, Castlevania, DMC etc. Are there any properties you'd be interested in getting adapted for animation? I think a doom or Wolfenstein could be cool.

What are people playing in the discord?

• Six and Bock are playing a lot of Rust
• Bayonetta Lover: Lords of the Fallen, Demon's Souls (PS5), Pokemon Scarlet, Fate Extra (PSP)
• Joe: Mario Wonder and soon Spiderman 2
• Itsjustlilers: Dungeon Village 2 on Switch
• Makarov: Starfield, AC Origins, Lies of P, and Spiderman 2

What we’re playing:

Mary: Baldur’s Gate 3, was at Twitchcon over the weekend, found some 3DS games I’ve been looking to buy

John:

Greg: Super Mario Bros Wonder, Apex Legends, Sonic Superstars

Brett L: Spider-man 2
Brett M: Spider-Man 2 (beat), Super Mario Wonder, Halo Infinite

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Topics:

New Mario voice actor, Kevin Afghani- https://twitter.com/KevinAfghani/status/1712900880218181648 https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Kevin-Z-Afghani/

Rumour: Walmart dropping physical Xbox games soon, could expand to other media: https://x.com/LimitedRunJosh/status/1712554666838704169?s=20

No more Pokemon Van Gogh cards: https://twitter.com/pokejungle/status/1712895402008068453?s=20 https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/van-gogh-museum-x-pokemon#frequently-asked-questions

The Analogue 3D: reviving nostalgia with N64: https://www.analogue.co/3d

First look at Omni Man in Mortal Kombat 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySWxnUqajQ0

Pet Hines retiring from Bethesda: https://www.polygon.com/23919138/bethesda-pete-hines-retires-starfield-elder-scrolls-fallout?

Xbox + Activision deal finally closes (did this happen before or after the last ep?)

Filler topic for this week or next: fav spooky games cause Halloween

Questions from Discord:

From Joe:

• Thoughts on Walmart ending physical game sales soon. Any dormant Activision franchises you'd like brought back under Microsoft?
• Rumors of Disney possibly being interested in acquiring a game company like ea
• Go on a rant about redfall being good lol. And a rant about new Mario voice actor

What we’re playing:

Mary: Baldur’s Gate 3. I now have three characters.

John: Wild ARMs

Greg: Starfield, Apex Legends, the game of Life :(

Brett L: Phantom Liberty, Mirage

Brett M: Forza Motorsport, Redfall (beat), RE4 Separate Ways (beat), Super Mario Galaxy

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Animal Crossing legos- https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1709911924366794947?s=20

Animal Crossing x Seattle Aquarium exhibit is now open https://www.seattleaquarium.org/events/animal-crossing-x-seattle-aquarium

Discontinuation of Online Services for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software- https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/63227/

New Nintendo Switch Pro 2 HD 4K rumors (Rise of the Ronin leaker says Switch 2 targeting September 2024 or early November, internal name "NG," two models: $449 standard and $400 digital-only)

Game Awards on December 7

CD PROJEKT RED Partners With Anonymous Content to Develop Live-Action Project https://press.cdprojektred.com/en/news/1453/cd-projekt-red-partners-with-anonymous-content-to-develop-live-action-project

Silent Hill: Ascension launches October 31 for desktop browser, iOS, and Android

https://www.gematsu.com/2023/10/silent-hill-ascension-launches-october-31-for-desktop-browser-ios-and-android

Odd topic: sudden huge physical game clearances at GameStop, Amazon, Walmart(?) to start the holiday season could spell gloomy future for physical games https://twitter.com/MatPiscatella/status/1711404351787528581

Optional Spiderman2 reportedly 20 hours to beat 30 to 100%

Do we want to mention us making a discord server for the podcast at the end of the show?

What we’re playing:

Mary: BG3

John: Wild ARMs

Greg: Starfield, Apex Legends, the game of Life :(

Brett L: Phantom Liberty, Mirage

Brett M: Disney vacation yayyy

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Rare Nintendo 64 Controller Found in Loft Set to Sell at Auction For Up to $1,200

https://mynintendonews.com/2023/10/01/rare-nintendo-64-controller-from-1998-set-to-fetch-1000-at-auction/

Pokémon x Van Gogh collab ends in disaster, as scalpers appear to snatch stock

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/pokemon-x-van-gogh-collab-ends-in-disaster-as-scalpers-appear-to-snatch-stock/

Jim Ryan retires

https://sonyinteractive.com/en/jim-ryan-president-and-ceo-announces-retirement-after-30-years-with-sony-interactive-entertainment/

Final Fantasy 14 Player Becomes First to Earn All 2,000+ Achievements

https://www.ign.com/articles/final-fantasy-14-player-becomes-first-to-earn-all-2000-achievements

Team17 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/team17-is-reportedly-planning-significant-job-losses/

“Layoffs have also recently been occurring at a number of other companies, including Unity, Riot Games, Blizzard, Crystal Dynamics, Bioware and The Callisto Protocol studio Striking Distance.”

Far Cry 7 Huge leak from Tom Henderson’s Insider Gaming. Brett L will have the details

https://gamerant.com/far-cry-7-leaks-story-gameplay

SEGA cancels HYENAS and other unannounced titles by SEGA Europe https://www.gematsu.com/2023/09/sega-cancels-hyenas-and-other-unannounced-titles-by-sega-europe

Netflix reveals teaser trailers for Tomb Raider and Devil May Cry animated series https://www.gematsu.com/2023/09/netflix-announces-tomb-raider-the-legend-of-lara-croft-animated-series https://www.gematsu.com/2023/09/netflix-announces-devil-may-cry-anime-series

What we’re playing:

Mary: Baldur’s Gate 3

John: Wild ARMs

Greg:

Brett L: Phantom Liberty

Brett M: Hogwarts Legacy (beat) Mario Sunshine

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I'm just going to start pasting our show doc every week here for the description:

Press X

Topics:

Red Dead Redemption 2 has surprisingly been rated for Nintendo Switch

Hideki Kamiya leaving Platinum Games on 12th October

The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope coming to Switch next month

Analogue Pocket unveils limited-edition transparent shells for enthusiasts

Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden to Get Physical Versions

Sony Has Allegedly Suffered a Huge Hack by Ransomware Group

Microsoft leaks confidential Microsoft information

What we’re playing:

Mary: Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Baldur’s Gate 3, recently finished Crisis Core remake and two playthroughs of Fire Emblem Fates

John: Final Fantasy I Pixel Remaster (finished), Wild ARMs……. Fire Emblem?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Greg: nada really :(

Brett L: POOPfield (GOTY) Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
Brett M: Starfield (finished) Halo 3 (finished) Hogwarts Legacy

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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! Next week we will be known as "Press X". Mary is coming back. Mary is back. New art. New topics. But mostly the same as before.

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More Switch 2 RUMORS + NEW Donkey Kong and F-ZERO Games COMING!?

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Massive Next Gen Switch LEAK, Mario Bros Wonder HYPE, Charles Martinet Drama.

The episode we hit our stride

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What is Happening at Rockstar Games? & Switch Passes Wii

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Mario Actor Retires, Ubisoft Cancels Amazing Game, Little Nightmares 3 Revealed, and more!

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NEW South Park Switch Game | Fewer Pokemon Games | Metroid Dread Sequel!? All that and more on tonight's episode!

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Red Dead Redemption Switch! + Pokemon Presents REACTION!

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Switch 2? Red Dead Redemption coming to Switch!? And WHAT DOES CAPCOM HAVE PLANNED!? So much to talk about on tonight's episode!

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Tencent has announced it plans to acquire Techland, Panzer Dragoon and House of the Dead remake studio teases a new remake, and Capcom revealing a major title later this year & Resident Evil 9 coming in 2025? All that and so much more!

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Greg and Brett discuss the games that changed their lives. Zelda, Sonic, Blitz, Tony Hawk, Resident Evil, Persona 4, and SO MUCH MORE!

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Call of Duty Coming to Switch? + The BEST and WORST Games of 2023 (so far)

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What Does Nintendo Do Next With Zelda? + New Switch Hardware Speculation

Tons of great topics on today's episode of Spot Dodge: A Nintendo Podcast! New Nintendo tech, Zelda, Gollum, and so much more!

Shorter episode this week!

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Will Switch 2 Be Backwards Compatible? + Best N64 Wrestling Games! + Bandai Namco Showcase Expectations!

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Nintendo Direct June 2023 REACTION! Mario Wonders Looks INSANE!

• Detective Pikachu Returns
• Super Mario RPG
• Princess Peach has a game on the way
• Luigi’s Mansion Dark Moonis getting a digitally enhanced version for Switch
• The Arkhamtrilogy comes to Nintendo Switch
• The Star Ocean 2nd Storyremake is real
• WarioWare Move It!
• Super Mario Bros. Wondermakes it look like all the mushrooms are finally getting to Mario
• SO MUCH MORE!

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• • Sonic Superstars announced, won’t have returning areas from previous Sonic games + Prince of Persia: Lost Crown announced, Geoff Keighley says demo runs at 60fps on Switch + Super Mario Bros. Movie is now the 18th highest-grossing movie ever at Box Office + Skyrim has surpassed 60 million copies sold, now 7th best-selling game of all time + Persona 3 Reload announced, features story content present in the original Persona 3, no FES or Portable + Recast + Persona 5 Tactica announced + Metaphor announced + Jeff Grubb’s hearing “early rumblings” of a Direct of some kind in July + Embracer Group To Make Severe Cutbacks After Absurd Spending Spree

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In this exciting episode of Spot Dodge, we delve into the crystal ball to make predictions about two highly anticipated showcases: Capcom and Xbox. Join us as we discuss the latest news, rumors, and leaks surrounding these influential gaming giants and attempt to decipher what surprises and announcements they might have in store for us.

P.S. Play Toy Story 3 for PSP.

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Welcome to "Spot Dodge: A Nintendo Podcast," your go-to show for all things Nintendo! Join us as we dive into the latest news, reviews, and discussions surrounding the world of Nintendo gaming. In this episode, we explore a variety of exciting topics that are sure to pique your interest.

First up, we take a deep dive into the recent Gollum game and its mixed reception.

Next, get ready for an in-depth review discussion of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Part 3!

And finally, we turn our attention to the recent PlayStation Showcase and the disappointment that followed. Join us as we unpack the announcements, evaluate the missed opportunities, and speculate on what this means for the future of PlayStation. From anticipated titles to surprising omissions, we provide our honest opinions.

Whether you're a die-hard Nintendo fan or simply enjoy gaming discussions, "Spot Dodge: A Nintendo Podcast" is the perfect companion for your gaming journey. So grab your Joy-Cons, plug in your headphones, and join us for an insightful and entertaining exploration of all things Nintendo!

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Zelda Reacts Part 2 + Mortal Kombat 1 Coming to Switch & PlayStation Showcase Predictions! So much to talk about, think about, and dream about yay.

Consider following our show. I mean, we are the best Podcast ever. At least my mom said so.

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The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom is here. Yep, it's glorious. Spot Dodge review discussion!

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The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom is SO CLOSE. We can taste it. Game Freak is partnering with Private Division, Atari is publishing a game that actually looks GOOD!? And Toy Story 3 for PSP still rules ;)

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Tons of news this week in NintendoLand. Zelda Tears of the Kingdom has been leaked online. Tons of people are playing it early. BEWARE of spoilers! Sega is kicking butt. The Activision/Blizzard + Xbox deal falls through, RIP Call of Duty on Switch. We talk Star Wars Jedi Survivor, Dead Island 2, and SO MUCH MORE!

PS- Toy Story 3 for PSP rulez

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Xenoblade Chronicles Future Redeemed is HERE! We haven't played it yet, but it looks amazing! Nintendo is ramping up on films. We discuss how Nintendo will create its own MCU. Lastly, new Sega Genisis games were added to Nintendo Switch Online!

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SEGA has confirmed the acquisition of Angry Birds creator Rovio for roughly $775M. New Nintendo Indie World Showcase kicks off tomorrow. Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions announced for consoles + Zelda Final trailer reaction!

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The Spot Dodge crew reacts to the Super Mario Movie and the new Resident Evil Death Island movie slated to release summer of 2023. They also discuss Nintendo hardware, Paper Mario Thousand Year Door remaster rumors, and more! #mario #residentevil

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The upcoming Mario movie has generated mixed reactions. Konami has recently announced the opening of its new studio in Osaka. This move is seen as a sign that Konami is gearing up to re-enter the console gaming market. Nintendo has announced that Pokemon Stadium, the classic Nintendo 64 game, will be coming to Switch Online next week. Kirby, the beloved pink puffball, recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), one of the biggest events in the video game industry, has been experiencing a decline in popularity in recent years. The ESA has officially canceled E3 2023. P.S. - Pokemon Stadium has better animations than Pokemon Scarlet & Violet#Pokemon #GameFreak #PokemonScarlet

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Tears of the Kingdom Roundtable REACTION!The Spot Dodge crew reaction to the long-awaited extended look at The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom.#zelda #tearsofthekingdom #zeldatotk #SpotDodge

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Brett and Mary discuss the latest rumor surrounding a possible F-ZERO GX remake for the Nintendo Switch. They also go over the recent news about the closure of the Wii U and 3DS eShops, what it means for gamers, and how they can still access their favorite titles. #nintendo #switch #nintendoswitch

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Welcome back! It’s time for a new episode of the Spot Dodge Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: Doug Bowser justifies Zelda Tears of the Kingdom $70 price tag. The Super Mario Bros. Movie received a final trailer. And Activision is confident Nintendo Switch can run Call of Duty.  #nintendo #tearsofthekingdom #zelda

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Welcome back! It’s time for a new episode of the Spot Dodge Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: Backward compatibility for the next Nintendo hardware. The switch is 6 years old. Backward compatibility for the next Nintendo hardware. Is persona 6 delayed!? And more!  #nintendoswitch #switch #persona

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Welcome back! It’s time for a new episode of the Spot Dodge Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: Switch Pro in 2023!? State of LAME. Pokémon Presents sleeping with Pokémon and so much more!  #pokemon #pokémonpresents #stateofplay

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Pokemon 2023 hopes and dreamsWelcome back! It’s time for a new episode of the Spot Dodge Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: Tonight we’ll be talking all about the upcoming Pokemon Presents. Along with that, a war still wages between Sony and Microsoft regarding acquiring Activision-Blizzard. A deal that will have huge ramifications across the industry, even for Nintendo. As Microsoft has signed an agreement with Nintendo to release Call of Duty and other “Xbox games” on Nintendo platforms. So much to talk about!

There’s a high chance we get our first look at the next major Pokemon game during this week’s Pokemon Presents. One area I really hope the following games are improved in is the performance. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are still riddled with bugs and performance issues which is a shame, as they’re great games to their core. Lastly, Pokemon titles are sorely missing from the latest Nintendo Switch Online announcement regarding Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games coming to the service. Tonight on Spot Dodge we’ll talk all about Pokemon in 2023.

Spot Dodge is a weekly Nintendo-focused Podcast here at Destructoid where we dedicate an hour or two to go over the latest Nintendo news and discuss the games we’re playing. If you’re a fan of Nintendo Switch, RPGs, or having a good time, Spot Dodge will be a great addition to your podcast rotation. So be sure to subscribe!

Spot Dodge is streaming live every Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. PT / 7:00 p.m. ET on Twitch channel. ICYMI: We now have a dedicated Spot Dodge YouTube channel for our archived streams! All future episodes will be uploaded there.

Afterward, the show will be available on-demand for audio listeners via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. The live video version will remain on Twitch until (don’t forget to follow and subscribe). So many options!

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Inconsistent definitionsWelcome back! It’s time for a new episode of the Spot Dodge Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: Tonight we’ll be talking all about the magnificent and recently stealth-released Metroid Prime Remastered. Along with that, the team discusses the difference between a remaster and a remake -- And how even game devs are split on the meaning.

I know what you're thinking, the difference between a remaster and a remake is clear. A game like Wind Waker HD is a remaster and Resident Evil 2 (2019) is a remake. Wind Waker retained the same skeleton as the original but overhauled the graphics. Essentially being 90% the same game. Whereas Resident Evil 2 was a full reimagining of the original game. With new gameplay, dialogue, characters, sound, and more.

Boom. It's that simple. Or is it? Because PlayStation is dead set on The Last of Us Part I being a from-the-ground-up "remake". Not a remaster. Despite retaining the same skeleton as the original and featuring the exact combat, sound, voice acting, and gameplay mechanics. With subtle tweaks to the enemy AI and additional accessibility options. Should this not be categorized as a remaster? Being that the only substantial upgrade was the visuals?

Compare that to a game like the newly-released Metroid Prime Remastered. This "remaster" not only overhauled the visuals but even added modernized controls and enhanced sound. But Nintendo is clearly going with "remastered" verbiage for the game and its title.

Finally, there's a game like Final Fantasy VII Remake which is not really a remake at all, but more of a reimaging of the first 3 hours of FFVII, and even somewhat of a sequel to the original. And that game literally has "remake" in the title! It's such a messy topic I can't wait to discuss.

Our lovely cast from around the web: Brett Medlock (me) and Mary Stowe from Destructoid, John Friscia from The Escapist, Greg Bargas from PC Invasion, and Brett Larsen, our extra special guest. Behind the scenes, Gamurs’ Eric Weichhart is live-editing this week’s show.

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Nintendo Direct live roundtable reactions!Welcome back! It’s time for a new episode of the Spot Dodge Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: Tonight we’ll be discussing and reacting to everything we saw in the Nintendo Direct from earlier today! Metroid Prime Remastered, new Tears of the Kingdom footage. So much to talk about!

Our lovely cast from around the web: Brett Medlock (me) and Mary Stowe from Destructoid, John Friscia from The Escapist, Greg Bargas from PC Invasion, and Brett Larsen, our extra special guest. Behind the scenes, Gamurs’ Eric Weichhart is live-editing this week’s show.

Spot Dodge is a weekly Nintendo-focused Podcast here at Destructoid where we dedicate an hour or two to go over the latest Nintendo news and discuss the games we’re playing. If you’re a fan of Nintendo Switch, RPGs, or having a good time, Spot Dodge will be a great addition to your podcast rotation. So be sure to subscribe!

Spot Dodge is streaming live every Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. PT / 7:00 p.m. ET on Twitch channel. ICYMI: We now have a dedicated Spot Dodge YouTube channel for our archived streams! All future episodes will be uploaded there.

Afterward, the show will be available on-demand for audio listeners via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. The live video version will remain on both YouTube and Twitch (don’t forget to follow and subscribe). So many options!

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In a sea of mediocre and padded games, a well-paced experience is welcomedWelcome back! It’s another Tuesday, which means tonight there will be a new episode of the Spot Dodge Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: After the explosive shadow drop of HI-FI Rush, a trending topic across socials has been short video games. I thought this would be a great opening topic after the recent releases of High on Life, The Callisto Protocol, Evil West, along with HI-FI Rush. All of which have caught some flak for their lengths. Along with this topic, the Spot Dodge crew discusses the latest Nintendo news and the games they’re playing.

Over time the expectation of video game length has gotten way out of hand. To the point of excruciatingly long development cycles and video games that are poorly paced, bug-filled, and sometimes just blatantly unfinished. The question is, why are gamers still equating time with value in an industry full of so many soulless, overly-padded games? This question comes from someone whose favorite genre is JRPGs. Games that tend to take 60-100 hours to complete. The fact is, not all games need to be that long. Or anywhere near it.

The game-length criticism across the internet is also strange to me considering some of the most beloved titles of all time are under ten hours long. One thing is for sure, the years of AAA games like BioShock, Portal 2, and Metal Gear Rising being a mainstay in the industry are long gone. Because nowadays releasing a game under twenty hours is bound to come with some scrutiny. Let’s discuss it all in the latest episode of Spot Dodge!

Our lovely cast from around the web: Brett Medlock (me) and Mary Stowe from Destructoid, John Friscia from The Escapist, Greg Bargas from PC Invasion, and Brett Larsen, our extra special guest. Behind the scenes, Gamurs’ Eric Weichhart is live-editing this week’s show.

Spot Dodge is a weekly Nintendo-focused Podcast here at Destructoid where we dedicate an hour or two to go over the latest Nintendo news and discuss the games we’re playing. If you’re a fan of Nintendo Switch, RPGs, or having a good time, Spot Dodge will be a great addition to your podcast rotation. So be sure to subscribe!

Spot Dodge is streaming live every Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. PT / 7:00 p.m. ET on Twitch channel. ICYMI: We now have a dedicated Spot Dodge YouTube channel! All future episodes will be live-streamed and uploaded there.

Afterward, the show will be available on-demand for audio listeners via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. The live video version will remain on both YouTube and Twitch (don’t forget to follow and subscribe). So many options!

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Fire Emblem Engage is great but lacks story depthWelcome back! It’s another Tuesday, which means tonight there will be a new episode of the Spot Dodge Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: The Spot Dodge crew discusses the latest entry in the Fire Emblem series, Fire Emblem Engage.

I’m loving Fire Emblem Engage so far. The combat is intense, the visuals are solid, and the pacing is damn near perfect. However, Fire Emblem Engage is lacking in a few important areas, story and characters. A key area previous Fire Emblem games thrived in.

Fire Emblem Engage ramps up quickly, it spends a lot less time on building up the world and characters than other recent Fire Emblem titles. Which has its ups and downs. On one hand, you’re thrust right into learning the strategic combat Fire Emblem Engage offers. Yay! On the other hand, the game doesn’t give you much of a reason to care about its huge cast of characters or their motivations.

To add to that, socializing with characters takes a backseat in Fire Emblem Engage. Getting into thought-provoking conversations has been a rarity for me so far. This is a pretty big letdown. Three Houses offered intriguing backstories and lore for most of its characters, along with a fantastic main narrative. Character conversations in Fire Emblem Engage are much less appealing or interesting.

I won’t judge the main story too harshly yet, as I’m midway through the game, but so far it’s just completely “fine”. Nothing exceptional but also not the worst thing on earth. It’s really easy to follow which is perfect for newcomers, but I’m hoping it ramps up a bit more in the second half. Now let’s discuss it more thoroughly on Spot Dodge!

Our lovely cast from around the web: Brett Medlock (me) and Mary Stowe from Destructoid, John Friscia from The Escapist, Greg Bargas from PC Invasion, and Brett Larsen, our extra special guest. Behind the scenes, Gamurs’ Eric Weichhart is live-editing this week’s show. Let us know in the comments!

Spot Dodge is a weekly Nintendo-focused Podcast here at Destructoid where we dedicate an hour or two to go over the latest Nintendo news and discuss the games we’re playing. If you’re a fan of Nintendo Switch, RPGs, or having a good time, Spot Dodge will be a great addition to your podcast rotation. So be sure to subscribe!

Spot Dodge is streaming live every Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. PT / 7:00 p.m. ET on Twitch channel. ICYMI: We now have a dedicated Spot Dodge YouTube channel! All future episodes will be live-streamed and uploaded there.

Afterward, the show will be available on-demand for audio listeners via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. The live video version will remain on both YouTube and Twitch (don’t forget to follow and subscribe). So many options!

-Brett Medlock

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Welcome back! It’s another Tuesday, which means tonight there will be a new episode of Spot Dodge: A Live Nintendo Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: Ubisoft says Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope & Just Dance 2023 underperformed. In Hogwarts Legacy, actor Simon Pegg plays Phineas Nigellus Black. Fire Emblem Engage gets 82 on Metacritic. And more!  #Ubisoft #TLOU #HogwartsLegacy

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If there is an Xbox showcase, I hope it copies Nintendo Direct’s formulaWelcome back! It’s another Tuesday, which means tonight there will be a new episode of the Spot Dodge Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: Tonight the crew discusses the heavily rumored “Xbox Developer Direct”. Will Xbox finally lean into smaller Nintendo Direct-style presentations? What would we want to see during it? The team also goes over Fire Emblem Engage specs, GameCube controller return, and the future of physical games media!

ICYMI: According to Windows Central, Xbox has a new show titled “Xbox Developer Direct” set for January 25 at 12 PM Pacific Time. The show is rumored to give us deep dives into three major first-party titles from Xbox. Minecraft Legends, Redfall, and Forza Motorsport. Along with that, it’s also said to cover some ZeniMax Online content.

The Xbox Developer Direct is rumored to be Microsoft’s first attempt at a more transparent marketing initiative starting in 2023. Lastly, Starfield might be absent from the show because Xbox and Microsoft have bigger marketing plans for a later date.

I hope Xbox has produced a new show format more akin to Nintendo Directs and PlayStation’s State of Play events. The long-form structure of previous shows like Inside Xbox were hard to sit through. Not only that but they were never amped up like a Nintendo Direct. Inside Xbox would drop with very little fanfare. This new show has the chance to change the perception of Xbox’s smaller shows.

Our lovely cast from around the web: Brett Medlock (me) and Mary Stowe from Destructoid, John Friscia from The Escapist, Greg Bargas from PC Invasion, and Brett Larsen, our extra special guest. Behind the scenes, Gamurs’ Eric Weichhart is live-editing this week’s show. Let us know in the comments!

Spot Dodge is a weekly Nintendo-focused Podcast here at Destructoid where we dedicate an hour or two to go over the latest Nintendo news and discuss the games we’re playing. If you’re a fan of Nintendo Switch, RPGs, or having a good time, Spot Dodge will be a great addition to your podcast rotation. So be sure to subscribe!

Spot Dodge is streaming live every Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. PT / 7:00 p.m. ET on Twitch channel. ICYMI: We now have a dedicated Spot Dodge YouTube channel! All future episodes will be live-streamed and uploaded there.

Afterward, the show will be available on-demand for audio listeners via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. The live video version will remain on both YouTube and Twitch (don’t forget to follow and subscribe). So many options!

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Welcome back! It’s another Tuesday, which means tonight there will be a new episode of the Spot Dodge: A Live Nintendo Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: The crew discusses their favorite games of 2022 and what their most anticipated 2023 games are. That’s not all — Persona 3 is getting a full remake(!?), Square Enix is teasing something big, Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Switch OLED may have leaked, and more! #nintendo #nintendoswitch #zelda

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One-on-one with Brett M and Brett L as they share their top 10 games of 2022! #nintendo #switch 

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Rumor: New online 2D Mario in the worksWelcome back! It’s another Tuesday, which means tonight there will be a new episode of the Spot Dodge Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: Tonight the crew discussesMortal Shell launching on Switch, Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters coming to most consoles, and a new rumored 2D Mario game in the works!

Zippo claimed last August that a new 2D Mario game is in the works and it’ll have an art style that will “surprise” people. They also claimed it will feature online multiplayer. Lastly, this alleged new 2D Mario game will not be a part of the “New Super Mario Bros.” series.

Fast-forward to now, Zippo returns with some new info about the alleged 2D Mario game. Apparently, Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad are all playable characters — the exact same lineup as in Super Mario Bros. 2 for NES.

One thing is for sure, I really hope this claim about an art style that will “surprise” people is true. We’ve gotten four mainline 2D Mario games and one major expansion that used the “New Super Mario Bros.” art direction and it has been bland from the start. It’s time for something new and exciting for 2D Mario, and a stylish new art direction is exactly what the series needs to spice things up. Hell, something along the lines of the fan-made Super Mario Flashback would be nice.

Our lovely cast from around the web: Brett Medlock (me) and Mary Stowe from Destructoid, John Friscia from The Escapist, Greg Bargas from PC Invasion, and Brett Larsen, our extra special guest. Behind the scenes, Gamurs’ Eric Weichhart is live-editing this week’s show. Let us know in the comments!

Spot Dodge is a weekly Nintendo-focused Podcast here at Destructoid where we dedicate an hour or two to go over the latest Nintendo news and discuss the games we’re playing. If you’re a fan of Nintendo Switch, RPGs, or having a good time, Spot Dodge will be a great addition to your podcast rotation. So be sure to subscribe!

Spot Dodge is streaming live every Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. PT / 7:00 p.m. ET on Twitch channel. ICYMI: We now have a dedicated Spot Dodge YouTube channel! All future episodes will be live-streamed and uploaded there.

Afterward, the show will be available on-demand for audio listeners via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. The live video version will remain on both YouTube and Twitch (don’t forget to follow and subscribe). So many options!

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Welcome back! It’s another Tuesday, which means tonight there will be a new episode of the Spot Dodge Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: Tonight the crew discusses all those crazy announcements from The Game Awards. From Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon to Ken Levine's long-awaited return with "Judas". Let's get into it!

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More killer less fillerWelcome back! It’s another Tuesday, which means tonight there will be a new episode of the Spot Dodge Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: Geoff Keighley’s Game Awards event is right around the corner. So I thought it’d be fun for everyone to bring their predictions for the show to the table.

Geoff Keighley confirmed that The Game Awards will be significantly shorter this year due to feedback from previous years. While I’ve always enjoyed watching The Game Awards, it’s no secret that the show was excruciatingly padded in length to filter in dozens of advertisements. It’s great to see the TGAs may be pivoting away from that and offering a more streamlined showcase. TGA never fails to give us some awesome announcements, it just sucks you usually have to trudge through three hours of nonsense to see them.

Lastly, I’m still worried that the actual “awards” will continue to be an afterthought during the presentation. Which is a bummer, considering this is the “Game Awards”. I love watching nervous devs give awards speeches for the game they worked tirelessly on for years. It’s cringey, adorable, and easily one of the best parts of Geoff Keighley’s Game Awards.

Our lovely cast from around the web: Brett Medlock (me) and Mary Stowe from Destructoid, John Friscia from The Escapist, Greg Bargas from PC Invasion, and Brett Larsen, our extra special guest. Behind the scenes, Gamurs’ Eric Weichhart is live-editing this week’s show. Let us know in the comments!

Spot Dodge is a weekly Nintendo-focused Podcast here at Destructoid where we dedicate an hour or two to go over the latest Nintendo news and discuss the games we’re playing. If you’re a fan of Nintendo Switch, RPGs, or having a good time, Spot Dodge will be a great addition to your podcast rotation. So be sure to subscribe!

Spot Dodge is streaming live every Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. PT / 7:00 p.m. ET on Twitch channel. ICYMI: We now have a dedicated Spot Dodge YouTube channel! All future episodes will be live-streamed and uploaded there.

Afterward, the show will be available on-demand for audio listeners via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. The live video version will remain on both YouTube and Twitch (don’t forget to follow and subscribe). So many options!

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Welcome back! It’s another Tuesday, which means tonight there will be a new episode of the Spot Dodge Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics:The crew reacts to the new Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer. Aside from that, the team discusses recent releases like Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, God of War Ragnarok, Somerville, and more!

Today we finally got a longer look at The Super Mario Bros. Movie and it did not disappoint. The CG looks breathtaking, the writing seems charming and witty, and it looks to be a celebration of the Super Mario franchise as a whole. #mario #supermario #nintendo

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Welcome back! It’s another Tuesday, which means tonight there will be a new episode of Spot Dodge: A Live Nintendo Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: The crew discusses Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's extremely poor performance and optimization. Aside from that, we wanted to have a dedicated episode to talk about the games we're playing. #Pokemon #pokemonscarletandviolet #gamefreak

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Welcome back! It’s another Tuesday, which means tonight there will be a new episode of Spot Dodge: A Live Nintendo Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: The crew discusses the major titles that are still slated to release this year. The team also discusses Geoff Knightley's Game Awards nominations (Xenoblade didn't get snubbed!?), Brett won't shut up about Xbox Game Pass, and so much more!  #GOTY #GameAwards #Nintendo

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Welcome back! It’s another Tuesday, which means tonight there will be a new episode of Spot Dodge: A Live Nintendo Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: It's been quite the year of disappointing video games. From CrossfireX to Babylon's Fall, in tonight's opening topic we discuss the worst games of the year. The crew also discusses the recent Pokemon Scarlet and Violet leaks and Square Enix's major NFT blunder. All of that and so much more on Spot Dodge!  #GothamKnights #SaintsRow #HorizonForbiddenWest

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Welcome back! It’s another Tuesday, which means tonight there will be a new episode of Spot Dodge: A Live Nintendo Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics:Bayonetta 3 is here! The crew shares their thoughts on the highly anticipated action title. That’s not all — Liam Hemsworth is replacing Henry Cavill in The Witcher season 4, SEGA talks about its “super game”, and Call of Duty could be Switch-bound. A Bayonetta 3 win is a pretty easy thing to talk about for one! All of that and so much more on Spot Dodge! #nintendo #nintendoswitch #bayonetta

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Welcome back! It is a new Tuesday, which means tonight there will be a new episode of Spot Dodge: A Live Nintendo Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: The crew discusses the recent showcases for the Resident Evil and Silent Hill franchises. Resident Evil Village Gold Edition looks excellent and Capcom finally shows off a ton of Resident Evil 4 remake. Bloober Team has been tasked with a considerable job remaking Silent Hill 2 -- Can they pull it off? We're also getting a lot more new Silent Hill experiences.  #ResidentEvil4 #RE4 #RE4remake

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Welcome back! It is a new Tuesday, which means tonight there will be a new episode of Spot Dodge: A Live Nintendo Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: The crew discusses the recent controversy regarding PlatinumGames' "insulting" pay offer of $4,000 USD to veteran Bayonetta voice actress Hellena Taylor for the third installment. Brett M and Brett L also share their thoughts on A Plague Tale: Requiem. Spoilers: It's one of the best games of the year.  #Bayonetta3 #PlatinumGames #PlagueTaleRequiem

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Welcome back! It is a new Tuesday, which means tonight there will be a new episode of Spot Dodge Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: With the controversy around the web regarding Sony possibly remaking/remastering Horizon Zero Dawn, I thought it’d be fun to do a roundtable discussion about what our favorite and actually necessary remakes/remasters have been throughout the years. We also give our full thoughts on the Super Mario movie trailer and react to Chris Pratt as the iconic plumber. Also, Mary, if you ever see this, Twilight Princess is underrated. -brett  #HorizonZeroDawn #nintendoswitch #nintendo

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Welcome back! It is a new Tuesday, which means tonight there will be a new episode of Spot Dodge: A Live Nintendo Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: Today on Spot Dodge the crew discusses some of the most underrated or appreciated games ever released.  #nintendo #nintendodirect #nintendoswitch

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Welcome back! It is a new Tuesday, which means tonight there will be a new episode of Spot Dodge: A Live Nintendo Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: Today on Spot Dodge the crew discusses Nintendo’s downright unmatched game release cadence as a publisher.

Nintendo is one of the very few publishers that seem to work way ahead of schedule — the company has been known to “sit on” fully completed games until it can find an open slot to put them in its release schedule. Not only is that almost unheard of in today’s gaming economy, but most publishers are quick to release games before they’re done cooking. We’ve seen it time and time again — Battlefield 2042, Halo Infinite, No Man’s Sky, Cyberpunk 2077, and the list goes on and on.

While not every game Nintendo publishes is for everyone, there’s no denying the company has kept a steady stream of notable games coming over the last few years. It will be interesting to see if Nintendo can keep up this cadence leading into inevitable new hardware. #nintendo #nintendoswitch #silenthill

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GTA VI pre-alpha footage leaked early which has made it more obvious than ever that most gamers don’t have a base understanding of how games are made. In the leaked footage GTA VI is buggy, runs poorly, and lacks finished models — understandably! The footage was stolen and showcased in the most unflattering way imaginable, with code pop-ups galore. Unfortunately, many gamers fail to understand what that actually means. A lot of reactions are ridiculing the visual fidelity and unfinished assets of the game, rather than the more impressive elements extracted from the leaked footage.

The early clips show us GTA VI will feature extremely dynamic NPC interactions and a great deal of car customization that is rare for even a dedicated racing game. It’s also important to note that some of the footage is said to be as old as 2019. If that is the case, there’s no doubt the game should be in a much better state today — maybe even officially revealed sooner than we expect? #gta #gtavi #grandtheftauto

Oh, and Suikoden remasters are coming to Switch.

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Welcome back! It is a new Tuesday, which means tonight there will be a new episode of Spot Dodge: A Live Nintendo Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: Tonight, we’re discussing all the recent announcements from the Nintendo Direct this morning.

Breath of the Wild 2 finally has a real name with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. To many gamers' surprise, Pikmin 4 was revealed. Fire Emblem Engage is coming on January 20 and it has a lengthy trailer with tons to speculate on. Then, we saw It Takes Two for Switch, Octopath Traveler II, new N64 games for Nintendo Switch Online, and tons more.

The Direct was jam-packed with a lot of cool-looking titles, but I can't help but feel slightly disappointed. I thought the showing of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was way too short. It's nice we finally have a name but how many times is Nintendo going to show 20-seconds of footage for this title? I also thought the show was missing some big hitters like a first look at Metroid Prime 4, a dormant Nintendo IP return, or one of the various rumored titles for Switch. All-in-all, a very solid showing — I was just a little letdown. Let's discuss! #zelda #nintendo #switch

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Welcome back! It is a new Tuesday, which means tonight there will be a new episode of Spot Dodge: A Live Nintendo Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: Tonight, we’re discussing the rumors surrounding Zelda Twilight Princess and The Wind Waker finally making it to Nintendo Switch. Aside from that, we speculate more on Breath of the Wild 2 and if the Zelda IP is about to make a big splash on Switch in the next year.  

Jeff Grubb recently stated on his Nintendo podcast a source of his told him Nintendo is planning a Direct during the week of Sep 12. He also mentioned the very high likelihood of Zelda Wind Waker and Twilight Princess being announced for Nintendo Switch during the showcase. I think these ports are long overdue and I'd love to play these on Switch leading up to the highly anticipated Breath of the Wild 2. If these rumors are to be believed, we're about to have a bevy of new Zelda titles on Switch!  #Zelda #BOTW2 #WindWaker

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Welcome back! It is a new Tuesday, which means tonight there will be a new episode of Spot Dodge: A Live Nintendo Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: Tonight, we’re discussing the biggest games slated for 2023 — from heavy hitters like Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 and Final Fantasy XVI to smaller but ambitious games like Replaced and Planet of Lana. #ps5 #nintendoswitch #xbox

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Welcome back! It is a new Tuesday, which means tonight there will be a new episode of Spot Dodge: A Live Nintendo Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: Tonight, we’re discussing Gamescom announcements, Sonic Frontiers getting progressively better trailers, what we expect from Splatoon 3‘s single-player-focused Nintendo Treehouse Live event, and more! #SonicFrontiers #Sonic #Gamescom

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Welcome back! It is a new Tuesday, which means tonight there will be a new episode of Spot Dodge: A Live Nintendo Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: Tonight, we’re discussing the latest addition to Nintendo Switch Online (Wave Race 64) and whether it’s worth it yet, game delays, the bizarre nature of anime in Fortnite, and more. #nintendo #nintendoswitch #switch

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Tonight, we’re discussing the Pokemon Presents presentation of Scarlet and Violet from last week, what we expect from tomorrow’s Splatoon 3 Direct, the games we’re playing, and more. #Pokemon #Splatoon3 #NintendoSwitch

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The Spot Dodge crew share first impressions of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 now that it's finally here, and then they offer up predictions for tomorrow's Pokémon Presents!  #XenobladeChronicles #XenobladeChronicles3 #XC3 #Pokemon

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The Spot Dodge crew reacts to Xenoblade Chronicles 3 reviews and shares their thoughts on the recently released LiveALive. It’s JRPG madness! The team also talks about what they are playing this week. #XenobladeChronicles #XenobladeChronicles3 #XC3

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Bayonetta 3 launches on the 28th of October. Nintendo will acquire Dynamo Pictures which will be renamed Nintendo Pictures. Brett and Brett reveal their love for each other. And so much more on today’s episode of Spot Dodge: A Live Nintendo Podcast.  #residentevil #Bayonetta3 #NintendoSwitch

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Tonight on Spot Dodge: A Live Nintendo Podcast the crew talks about the newly-announced Kirby title "Kirby Dream Buffet". Along with that, they talk about what they are playing, Zelda BOTW 2, and other Nintendo news! #KirbyDreamBuffet #Kirby #NintendoSwitch

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The Spot Dodge crew discusses Nintendo’s missing FULL Direct. They also chat about what they’re playing and all the JRPGs coming out the second half of 2022. Do you think there will be a July Nintendo Direct? #NintendoDirect #Nintendo #Switch

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FIRE EMBLEM WARRIORS THREE HOPES RULES! The Spot Dodge crew also gives a full rundown and their reactions to the latest Nintendo Direct. Nier? Persona? Harvestella? LiveALive? It’s weebs gone wild! #NintendoDirect #NintendoSwitch #Nintendo

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Brett Medlock and Brett Larsen sit down for a little one-on-one fireside chat. Will they kiss? Listen to find out. The duo with incredible sexual chemistry discuss the highly anticipated Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Fire Emblem Three Hopes strengths and weaknesses, and the FINAL FANTASY EXPLOSION Square Enix gave us last week. Sit back, relax, and try not to fall in love with Brett. #XenobladeChronicles3 #FireEmblem #FinalFantasy

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Starfield, Persona, Wolong, Diablo IV, RE4 remake, Sonic Frontiers and SO MUCH MORE has been shown off the past week. This week the Spot Dodge crew talks about their favorite announcements from not-E3 2022. The team also speculates when the next Nintendo Direct will happen. Rumors are saying the next Direct in June 29. Let’s discuss! #Starfield #RE4 #Persona

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This week the Destructoid Spot Dodge crew is giving their predictions for all of the upcoming game showcases. Most notably, the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase. Xbox has a lot of games up his sleeve and hopefully we can get a glimpse at a boatload of them in a few days. Fable, Avowed, Starfield, anyone?  #Xbox #XboxGamesShowcase #XboxAndBethesdaGamesShowcase #Bethesda

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The Spot Dodge crew reacts to today's tease for Sonic Frontiers. Also sharing their hopes for the upcoming Sonic title. Aside from that, the crew talks Pokémon Scarlet & Violet + what they're playing! #sonic #sonicfrontiers #nintendo

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Brett Medlock and Greg Bargas have a 1-on-1 fireside chat about E3, Switch power, video game preservation, and more! #nintendo #nintendoswitch #switch

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Fall Guys is coming to Nintendo Switch, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is getting more characters, and Marvel’s Midnight Suns resubmitted to game ratings boards! All of that and more on this week’s Spot Dodge live! #NintendoSwitch #FallGuys #Switch #Nintendo

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Nintendo Switch Biggest Wins REACTION & Last-Gen is Dying!? Strap in for another fun episode of Spot Dodge! Just don't expect 2 Brett's this week. If you love Nintendo and getting different perspectives on games, subscribe on Anchor, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify!

#NintendoSwitch #IndieWorld #Nintendo

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It’s time for Spot Dodge: A Live Nintendo Podcast! Let’s talk about this week’s HUGE news. “The bottomless pit of cash that is the Embracer Group has gone on another spending spree, announcing its intention to acquire three studios from legendary Japanese developer/publisher Square Enix. The company has entered into an agreement to purchase developers Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal, and Square Enix Montreal for a reported sum of around $300 million USD.” - Destructoid.com #SquareEnix #nintendo #nintendoswitch

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This week on spot dodge a live Nintendo Podcast The crew discusses Sonic The Hedgehog and Super Mario movies. Are there too many service games? The group shares what they're playing. Brett FINALLY beat Horizon Forbidden West. There's also a drag race at Eric's house.

sonicmovie2 #supermariomovie #nintendo

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Sega's ambition to do weird things didn't end with the Sega CD and 32X, Sony and Nintendo will ask consent for auto-renewals, and Switch exclusives are selling well while also releasing in other platforms. Oh, and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is releasing earlier than expected and some of us already set up the voice language to Japanese.  #XenobladeChronicles #nintendo #NintendoSwitch

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Spot Dodge is now presenting its diet version, now with 100% less Brett for limited time! Kingdom Hearts IV was announced, the Sonic 2 movie is a hit, Sony keeps throwing money at Epic and more news will be discussed by our panel. Also, we forgot to preload Advance Wars so nobody is playing it. #nintendo #nintendoswitch #switch

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Tonight on Spot Dodge the crew discusses the rest of Nintendo's 2022 and what Nintendo Switch 2022 exclusives will actually come out. Along with that they give their final thoughts on Kirby And The Forgotten Land and react to the Brett breaking his sausage 3 times. #NintendSwitch #nintendo #switch

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Zelda BOTW 2 has been DELAYED! The panel reacts to this devastating news. The Witcher 4 has been officially announced. BioShock Infinite receives a mysterious update causing BioShock 4 speculation. Lastly, we gush over Kirby And The Forgotten Land! #Zelda #BOTW2 #NintendoSwitch

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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe received its first batch of DLC levels. Spot Dodge shares their thoughts on it. Along with that, Nintendo Switch finally has folders! The team also talks about the newly announced Resident Evil Netflix series. #nintendoswitch #nintendo #mariokart

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The Xbox Direct. Is this something Microsoft should start doing? With the ongoing releases on Game Pass and projects at its 30+ game studios, this seems like a no-brainer Also, F-Zero X and Chocobo GP Switch impressions! #Xbox #SeriesX #XboxSeries

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It’s a stellar month for Nintendo Switch with great titles like Triangle Strategy and Kirby And The Forgotten Land. John gives his Triangle Strategy review and the rest of the crew gives their Kirby And The Forgotten Land review impressions of the eShop demo! We also talk about the games we’re currently playing. #KirbyAndTheForgottenLand #TriangleStrategy #NintendoSwitch

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Pokemon Scarlet Version and Pokemon Violet Version have been revealed! No one really expected to see these SO SOON. They’re…kinda ugly. It’s officially KIRBY MONTH! The crew talk about their hype levels for Nintendo’s next big release, Kirby And The Forgotten Land. Lastly, the legendary Majora’s Mask has been added to Nintendo Switch Online, but what other N64 games would we like to see? #Pokemon #PokemonScarletViolet #NintendoSwitch

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The Wii U and 3DS eShops are closing down! Nintendo does not plan on bringing virtual console to Nintendo Switch. The Nintendo Switch Online subscription is the only plan for retro titles on Switch. The Spot Dodge crew reacts to this news and shares their thoughts!  #Nintendo #WiiU #3DS

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Our REACTION to the Nintendo Direct! It’s been a week since that epic Nintendo Direct. Now that the storm is calm, what were the best parts of the show? The team discusses Zelda’s absence, Mario Strikers, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and more! Spot Dodge: A Live Nintendo Podcast is a go!  #XenobladeChronicles3 #MarioStrikers #NintendoDirect

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Nintendo Direct February 9th 2022 predictions! This episode of Spot Dodge is all about the BIG Nintendo Direct coming tomorrow! What will we see? Zelda BOTW 2? Bayonetta 3? Metroid Prime 4!? Let’s get into it!

NintendoDirect #Nintendo #Direct

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Another massive acquisition this week as Sony plans to purchase Bungie, the studio behind classic Halo and of course Destiny. Bungie confirmed the studio will continue to operate separately. In other news, Pokemon Legends is awesome. Pokemon has needed something fresh for a while, and this is a great start for a new direction. Spot Dodge is a live Nintendo Podcast every Tuesday night at 7PM CT.

Bungie #PokemonLegends #Pokemon

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Spot Dodge: A Live Nintendo Podcast episode 3 is HERE! Pokemon Legends LEAKS and more Activision Blizzard news! Today on Spot Dodge we talk about the latest Nintendo news and what games we think deserve sequels. #PokemonLegends #PokemonLegendsArceus #Pokemon

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Welcome to Spot Dodge: A Live Nintendo Podcast! — Microsoft-Xbox has purchased Activision Blizzard along with all of its IP. Call of Duty, Crash Bandicoot, Tony Hawk, Diablo, Overwatch and more are now Xbox properties. What does this mean for the IP on other platforms? Will Call of Duty stay on PlayStation? Will this affect future Activision games on Nintendo Switch? Spot Dodge is here to discuss! #Xbox #Activision #ActivisionBlizzard

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Welcome to Spot Dodge: A Live Nintendo Podcast! — Today's topics include NEW Armored Core by FromSoftware, Mario Kart 9 expected reveal, Assassin’s Creed Ezio Collection for Switch, Pokemon Legends extended Japanese trailer, and more Nintendo news! But first, we’ll talk about what we’re playing! For more Nintendo and gaming reactions, hit subscribe!

Nintendo #NintendoSwitch #NintendoNews