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Hello everybody. Welcome to this in a pot back
here on Boston to be back on a Sunday night.
Is it has been almost a year plus the system recorded on
Sunday. I mean, Oh, I thought you meant
like today was like a year plus felt like, oh no.
Felt like one but hey I actually played video games today so for
like an hour, maybe, yeah, who knows?
Actually, do you guys would be, who was watching this?
Now, if you looked at Monday's episode, you can see a certain
person podcasting with Corey for the bus Rush podcast.
So it's too Tubular on He said it.
I would, I am not going to be the.
We have, we have lorana home package was delivered.
Almost feel like my Red Bull China that's it.
That's getting clipped that's been posted all over social
tomorrow, it'll be fun. It'll be fun, they say.
Yes. So who said?
I don't know. So if you guys haven't seen the
podcast, when you guys seen this, a Wednesday, go check out
the Buster's podcast. And enjoy quite a few edits in
there. I'm not gonna lie to you, it's
typical technical episode. Also, when I like when to do
like the clips and stuff, like all of them had a very similar
title But they're all different conversations because they're
all about Xbox, but they're all about the different ways.
They could change their Direction.
Yeah. So I was like, um, Guys.
Yeah. you know, like, Good thing.
I'm using my brain. Am I right?
Yeah. Anyways oh my gosh dude buffer.
Your service is getting worse. No, dude.
We Do, it's just a pack week of gaming.
Um, Forza Horizon 6 for Xbox. Would be officially everybody
that comes out. Yeah.
Right. Yeah yeah.
I've been playing an Xbox game. But not on Xbox.
We'll talk about that. But I do think I might play it
on Xbox. but we'll talk about it, sorry to talk about it
because I've been wanting to play it for so long and it's
finally, I can. I can talk about it and Yeah.
Very excited. Um we also yeah.
Forza Horizon 6 for Xbox. We got Yoshi this week.
I think tells us a ton of arise is this week.
It's Friday. Also because Yoshi's Thursday
and tells Verizon's Friday. Yes.
So we got like major hits this week like it's it's super
bunkers. I know there are people who got
the premier edition of Forza Horizon 6.
So they've been playing it earlier and truly been joining.
It congrats actually. Congratulations to playground,
you know, getting a chance and just their home Medicaid.
I'm like that. I mean really great for It is
great but they always get nines and tens and like this is the
one that everybody was waiting for.
So is anybody really surprised? You know.
Yeah, well because well go ahead.
I was saying I'm not surprised at all.
I think this game is um, You know.
I just feel like they've perfected Forza Horizon so much
that like it really just depends on if in your into the setting
at this point. Yeah.
I I put down five and I think it's because like, I definitely
need to pick it up. I need to do more racist.
I think it was just the soundtrack.
I didn't really, I wasn't enjoying.
I'm just like, I didn't, I think that's the reason I kept going
before which I also need to finish beating.
Uh, Do more racist with the thing.
The thing with the forces game, it's just like when you do every
race, regardless you come and first place like this.
Really no ending to it. You just do all the races.
Collect money, buy houses, do your achievements or whatever
and then that's pretty much it. It's like, oh, okay.
So, yeah. Well, I mean look, I mean the
thing though, right? It's like the it's, it's It just
like Tokyo in the surrounding areas.
Is it like all of Japan or like, and like a larger area of Japan
that I really do? Not know?
I I haven't really been paying attention to it because it's
Fortune. I really don't care about racing
games. I just, you know, I I care if
the driving feels good, I don't really care like yeah.
Oh, you know, here's the, you know.
When they take this corner at a you know blah blah speed you can
see the wheels break. I don't know.
You know, like I just I don't I'm not a car person.
It doesn't ever really matter to me.
So I just, you know, I, I just don't know.
Yeah, I I really don't know myself.
It's it's more like the reveal happened.
I think it was in the developers direct this year with was the
first game I think, okay with a with a with a date and I was I
think that made him later and then maybe one a final preview
people are playing. It was like an awesome that
they're playing it for review to get it out.
And then the game, the game came out last friday, people are just
show screenshots, you know, giving their thoughts, and then
everybody will be playing it now.
So, it's just kind of kind of Warehouse it says Road out
because like after they announced it, they they were
just dark. But that's however that happens
where a lot of Xbox games. Like you just don't hear nothing
until maybe a new trailer or a showcase or a direct.
Yes. Nintendo.
That's the same thing. Don't get, don't get me started
on the Xbox marketing stuff. So But yeah, I I'm super excited
for Yoshi. I'm super excited for a ride to
go ahead. Corey Oh, no, I was waiting to
your done, but the big joke on on Xbox casuals is that like
Aaron Greenberg who's like their head of marketing is like he
only ever shows off things that you can't buy when he does any
sort of marketing himself online.
Oh wow. And like, Then, like, he just,
he's like, we're just like, what do Aaron Greenberg and Matt
booty know about everybody at Microsoft that we don't like
what dirt do they have on everybody that they still have
jobs? And obviously like obviously
it's just a joke, right? Because like The marketing for
Xbox has been kind of. One way.
And then like, you know, first party stuff, it took forever to
get out and everything, right? So you never really know what's
going on, you know? But like it's just it was just a
thing that we poked fun at the people at the head of the Those
departments, right? So, um, yeah, but I mean, I It's
a Nintendo podcast. We don't need to talk about
what's going on over there. Xbox is, we can, if we want, if
people want it. We can, but I will, I will say
this. I think that's why I love
Nintendo's marketing. Um, even like Yoshi's woolly
world or craft the world and, you know, just your stories but
like sometimes they will put whether it's a one of their old
games for switch. They'll make a Twitter thing
about it and like still Market the game be like you know maybe
it relates to how the day or they just want to do something
wacky or something that's in like oh yeah here's this game.
You guys to see it's interesting but we'll make this cute for
trailer or whatever or picture. Oh for social media I can't wait
to for them just to put like The Ocarina of Time remake
soundtrack. Just one song, the song like the
song of time on Nintendo music as like their marketing campaign
to announcement of time remake, or like just put like a clip of
like The song of time and the Nintendo Today app but show the
C buttons, right? Like playing this song but it's
just, you know, that's all it is to announce it. this, and then
you'll get like a random tweet like, Three hours later.
This is Miyamoto. This is a numa whatever.
Nah, I'm just kidding, but but seriously like, but you can't
Corey in that be the thing that happened and be like, dating
course. I know, I know it's gonna
happen, it's gonna, it's gonna be something real.
I don't want to say dumb like that, but it's gonna be
something like that, you know, it's gonna be something.
That's going to get a lot of people, talk, a lot of reactions
and stuff. Um, I mean, good, right?
I mean I, I would, I I want people to be happy about the
things that they're about to play, right?
But like all. So I will say there's something
about just a numa himself when he comes on whether it's gonna
get today or he's presented something, you're watching
you're listening and there's something about it that you just
like, hey I know that this thing is here but we all.
So you know we just want to show you maybe some new gameplay or
so something we're working all that you know, We're Not Gonna
Leave You guys at the head and it or anything.
Yes. Because even with the kingdom,
like, we were seeing stuff. For the first time some of the
gameplay and graphic stuff. For the first time when they
said they had the delay and they were just like, man there's just
something about a numa coming out and mentioning just news
about something and him something about it feels humpy.
for it and I think just like, even when he's introducing,
like, the Harvard Warriors stuff, or, you know, The the
grizzled stuff it is just it's just so amazing to have him on
screen and him presenting and again even though he's producer
or um of it and like I feel like you are, well, it's just really.
Awesome. It's a hair from him.
Yeah it's so funny. When you look at Nintendo's
producers and stuff like Like, one of the big jokes.
In Triple-A at least, I don't know how it goes in the Indies
or the smaller Studio scene, right?
Because producers producers are off to and in like, A lot of
different ways are very important, right?
Like yeah, I mean in movies, they're pretty, you know,
they're like oh there's some money.
Hope it pays for catering. but, you know, in games it's like
really important and like if your game fails it's the
producers fault for not hitting the, you know, the Milestones or
anything. It's like yeah, man.
But anyway, that's not important, I am.
I mean, there's a lot. I mean, there's a lot of big
names in games that, uh, have made their livelihood on being
good producers, I mean, The two, I can think of Neil druckmann
naughty dog is like, I mean, he's like cope what is he, like
Coke president now of naughty dog now.
But he's, he's know that he's a producer, right?
Like he's a He's he that's his thing, he's a producer, you
know. Rod fergusson, right?
Yeah, the maybe the best producer in games like they
called they literally call him the finisher, right?
Because he goes in and he makes sure stuff gets finished.
I mean, BioShock Infinite right. The hell that game went through
and now, you know, and it came out what like a year after he
got there. I mean, that's where he's at
now. He's on, he's a producer on
Judas, trying to get that thing out.
The door was he was he he was a blizzard.
He was he was the Franchise lead for Diablo.
Okay, I thought he was connected to gears.
He is, he was, he was at the Coalition before he went to
Blizzard. okay, he produced he Produced, gears, four, and five
and tactics. Okay.
Um, yeah. Because he was so he was also
the Main producer on two and three.
When epic had it because he was at Epic before he went to Xbox.
Yeah, he went to, he went to lead the Coalition know this is
what happened? He?
after epic rap Gears 3, he produced With people can fly
judgment, gears judgement. Yeah, when gears judgement ship,
he went to a rationale to ship BioShock Infinite.
And then when, um, Black Tusk became the coalition.
He took over a studio head there and and produced gears four and
five. And gears tactics and then left
to go to Blizzard. He needs to go right back under
Xbox. Yeah.
And then after after, His work was done on this latest
expansion. Like he left to go to what can
we can Levine's, what is it called?
Ghost story games, right? So you went there, so to produce
Judas now. But I mean dude, you think of
all the games he's produced in the last 20 years.
The original gears Trilogy, you know, BioShock Infinite.
Gears four and five gears tactics Diablo, uh, three the
switch version of Diablo, 3 years, Diablo 2, resurrected
Diablo, 4, and all those expansions.
Now Judas like, what a resume that dude has I couldn't wanna
ask you and I don't just feels like a special pass, but I kind
of want to ask you. Do you think did you think
producers who also directed gays never make it.
Easier, didn't people who just came in as a producer?
My think my thing is they kind of they even not.
I think that producers can be good directors, but they can't
do the job. Both jobs at the same time,
especially now the way games are Here, they're gonna be a
director or producer. You can't be because because a
number has been one, you know, directly Ocarina of Time.
I mean, here's the thing of you, I guess you could technically be
a producer, while being a director, but you can't be the
producer like, like top slotted producer, right?
You have to have that person who makes sure you're hitting the
timelines, hitting the goals, making sure.
Oh, well, if this is, if this part of the game is delayed,
let's go, let's go over here and shift and make sure that this
part of the game is, you know, ready to go.
So, yeah. I mean, you can definitely be a
producer while you're a mean to say it like that, but I think
you need like You need the producer to focus only on
producing, right? Maybe maybe I should say
transferring the transfer going from direct to produce.
Oh yeah, you could really do that.
I mean, Cory barlog did that? He directed god of war and then
he produced Ragnarok, right? And now he's directing the new
game. So, I mean.
I think because I think when you get that big though and you
produce the yeah big of a game, right?
Like, You can kind of have your cake and eat it too, right.
I mean naughty dog in Santa Monica, both do that, I think.
I mean I feel like we're ever Rod.
Fergusson is at he's he can kind of do that, right?
And Ken Levine Kojima. I mean, Kojima, does it all
right? Kojima is a director producer.
Writer he is doing it all. So, Yeah, but he because he also
company. But economy he had he had that
freedom because of once again I mean to a certain point you know
of course my dear son of five. What's his nasty one and but we
all but we were seeing the change of Economic and so in it
kind of felt like When the instrument working out between
between them and he ended up doing Kojima Productions, you
know, I think he's it really feels like him having could
dream of Productions. And he's able to make these guys
and bring his ideas and it literally pays off its, you
know, you cannot deny the talent that that man had you cannot
deny him being a director and a producer because it as I mean
you look at you look at that straining by itself, right?
It's a it's a weird game. I don't have any idea what's
going on in there. I actually just downloaded the
first one on Xbox because it was on sale like a while ago and it
was it was 12 dollars on Xbox, so I bought it and I was just
like and also it's like it's a play Anywhere title, right?
So like whatever Xbox does with their next box if it is PC,
whatever whatever it is, right. Like I can still play it
wherever, you know? Yeah.
But I have it was 12. It was 12 dollars and like I
haven't played it yet and it's something I've been wanting to
play because like I've never been a Kojima guy but I've
always respected. Like, I always thought Metal
Gear was like a really fascinating series and like the
way he's able to make the game feel so serious and not serious
at the same time, right? Yes.
Like I mean Revenge. It's, I mean, not just that.
But like you look at what Metal Gear Solid 2 like fat, man.
He's just like the guy on roller skates.
He's skating around like this, terrorist that like is gonna.
It's like that. That is very hard to do.
Right. And somehow he's able to do it
with multiple characters, in multiple franchises.
Everywhere, right? Like maybe, I mean, maybe that's
the Troy Baker character in death stranding who what's his
name, Higgs or whatever. Like yeah, the whole game takes
itself. So seriously and then you you
see this guy with like wrestler face paint on playing a guitar
that shoots fireworks out of him and it's like oh okay.
Well Sure. It's making sure that yeah, it's
telling this cinematics story. But it's still a video game.
It's I think that's why I love soda 51.
You know, when he creates gays and stuff and you know,
regardless of their good bad, you can take it, whatever he
brings fresh sea, brings the weirdness and craziness because
I'm like, you have your passionate for gaming, it's the
and like you. He's a directors.
He, you know, he is a Creator and I think that's what I love
about them. I think we're enuma.
You know, you worked on the Zelda series so you know the ins
and outs but you also are working with a team of people
who want to bring in new ideas and so and then like you grew
under me a moto making Zelda games.
So you know if you learn from the best and you helped create
the best you want to create, you want to make sure that the
people under you still could continue to bring the best.
And I think that's why, you know, even with Rob Ferguson
it's just like, man, yes. You may have jumped around
different Studio, but you like you said your credits, you
bought some of the biggest games out.
That's, that's a all-time classic that has so Millions.
I mean, you just like, I know, I know gears that's well, but, It
said it helps sell Xbox 360s. You cannot deny that.
Oh yeah, I mean I'm not I'm saying, like recently gears
hasn't sold great, but I mean that I think that's a Gamepad
pass problem. Not a not a Gears problem.
But like, I mean, it gets five is great.
He's I mean, he's been on the, he's been on the winning end of
the most iconic franchises in gaming in the last 20 years,
right? Like I mean, the only one he
hasn't touched is what Mass Effect, maybe maybe he should
have, he, I mean he is Canadian. So I mean, Look, I love the last
Mass Effect and I don't know what I'm gonna.
Oh, that way. But I'm talking know, I know
what you mean. I so I didn't.
I liked what I played in drama too.
I played I played quite a bit of it actually, but oh, yeah, I
finished it. I enjoyed it.
It, I didn't, I didn't finish it.
I got distracted by a destiny expansion.
I think which is pretty normal, right?
But not recently. Yeah, that's America.
So I mean, not even, I haven't not even that, it's you know,
marathon is I mean, that season starts in three weeks, right?
So pretty, I'm pretty excited that I think I think Mary too,
right? They're changing a lot, too.
They're bringing a PVE only survival mode, which is cool.
I was not interesting. Yeah, I'm really excited, and
curious to see how that works. I want to reel what they do,
like a direct or anything. Like always do.
They always do, they will about a week before the game comes
out. They will They always do that
with Destiny. So I would I and they did it
with Halos so I can't imagine they're not gonna do it with You
know, this. Because I didn't know if they
did it with marathon, when it before, the game came out, like,
had a few, they did quite a few. And then the art situation
happened and they went dark. Okay.
But then they revealed that at a state of play and then they did
the big kind of marathon reveal the big Okay so Because I would
love to see what they bring the season.
So, New maps. So I think they're bringing what
a new, two new maps. I think one new map, one new
map, a new character. Some new game modes and a PVE
only survival mode. New weapons, new kind of Kind of
like what cryo archive is now kind of like their version of a
destiny. Raid almost.
Yeah. I'm very I'm very interested to
see how this game continues. I'm very interested to see how
the game. Evolves and I hope that they can
draw in players because that's the big. question right now I
don't want to say concern but that's a big question, is it,
you know, since it resets you know, since it resets every
season like it, it literally wipes your progress every season
except for like you know, you're you're Contracts that you do and
stuff like that. Like that progress days but like
your weapons and your Vault gone toast.
Right? Because like the story is, is
you're sending it back because these companies are trying to
You're using it to survive to collect resources.
That made it to the planet, right?
But people didn't. So these companies are trying to
make like kind of, How do I want to say?
They are trying to the money. They spent.
They're trying to get as much of it back as possible.
And your job in this game essentially is to go get those
Items to send back in your vault is what you keep like the stuff
you've put in. Your vault is the stuff you're
sending back. And so like when it gets I think
I think it could be wrong. I think the seasonal storyline
is that the, the lore reason, why your vaults and stuff is
because that's the stuff you're sending back.
Okay, so I I think that's the lore reason.
I'm not 100% sure. I'm not even 70% sure.
But that would be my guess. I'm more until like the lore of
what? Like, what these companies do
and not like I should probably look at into that.
I knew at one point, but I'm sure my name is wife, has a big
video on it somewhere. So I love his work him.
He's so he's so great. He's like, yeah, I mean, I could
listen to him and just fall asleep every day.
So he is, the voice is so because we need, he's got that,
deep British voice going on, right?
So it's so funny because like you hear his voice but then you
see him and it's like his voice doesn't match what he looks
like. Mmm.
I'm not like I'm, I'm not. Trying to be mean by any
stretch. It just like you see him and you
just don't expect that voice to come out of that person, you
know. so, but yeah, I would love to talk to wife.
I would I mean that whole like 10 hour video he put up of
Destiny Lord before the final shape came out, right?
Like, oh man, what a great video that was just, it's so movie
slash documentary quality that you, you watch it.
Like, even if you were just, like cleaning or walking around
or just listening, like, it was a podcast or something.
It is so engaging and it's so it's well thought out.
Well, you know, research and just the presentation of you
like yeah. Like, even if you don't follow
Destiny, when you click on this video, you're sitting down to
just get you some snacks and stuff and get ready to just
watch and learn. yeah, I mean I'm pretty sure he's Shifted
away from a lot of Destiny, content.
Actually. Um, I'm pretty sure.
I mean, he does still do Destiny stuff, but like the problem is,
there's nothing to talk about in Destiny right now.
Like hmm. We didn't even record Tower
casuals this week because there's literally nothing to
talk about Literally nothing to talk about.
They didn't put out. I mean, they put out a Twid.
But it didn't say any like it didn't say anything. but, You
know, like I mean there's nothing to talk about so he's as
a content creator. He has to shift, right?
I mean, But he's been doing a lot of marathon stuff.
He's been doing Warhammer stuff. He's been doing.
He did Dragon Age stuff for a while?
Excuse me. Uh, he did something.
Oh, a wharf I said, did I say Warframe?
He did some Warframe stuff for a while.
So, like he, I mean, he's the first to fight, but his main
kind of bread, and butter is bungee stuff.
So he's even gone back and done some Halo stuff.
I think recently I must say he's probably almost.
How many videos of marathon I'm wondering.
He has maybe one or two. Sure.
He's got quite a few know. He's probably got like 20.
Um he put dude he puts out like four videos a week, dude.
Very used to Keep that diesel, I mean that dude is like a
Workhorse. So we record?
Yeah, man. anyways, uh, The thing that helps him though,
right? Is like while he's like riding
scripts and researching and doing stuff, right?
Like he has people that play the game and then send him the
footage of the game, right? Like that's yeah, you know, he
is a mix of his footage and other people's footage which is
really nice. So, I'm just cool.
Yeah. so, Well, Corey. Get one thing before before.
Shoot, there's something I was gonna say about the Jose, I was
gonna say something kind of important, but now I kind of
forget It was about. I was about boss for her stuff,
but now I've kind of forget Anyways, if I remember it later,
I'll bring it up. I'll um, but Yeah I just oh the
thing I want to say I don't think this is what I was gonna
say but I do want to mention real quick though.
Games cast. Is on its own channel.
Now, go to youtube.com slash at GameStop for Klipsch is also a
channel that you can go check out.
If you could subscribe to those channels, that'd be great.
So, what we're kind of getting we kind of explained last week
is like, we're getting back to the network, kind of feel to
Boss Rush and so, It's really helped to discoverability and
subs and Views and all these other things, right?
So yes, Yeah, I kind of finally reorganized everything and got
everything into, you know, just a couple.
Docks and like a couple. Folders that, you know, with
like logos and stuff. So like I'm very happy with
that, but yeah, I just if you want to You know, be a part of
one of the shows on. There's gonna be New ways to
reach out to the people who host those shows.
So yeah, just stay tuned for that and obviously, the
announcements can are going to go out all week during This week
and next, for the new logos and ways to reach out and all those
things. I'm I've been working on fixing
our social media, all week long, just to kind of be prepared and
I'm putting the fine. I'm literally working on it
right now, putting the final touches on it, but Yeah man.
I'm very, I'm very excited for a lot of the things that are like,
not just the changes, but the my, and I've learned a lot about
communicating, we'll say the last couple weeks.
And being more. open to ideas and more, you know, pushing
Things that maybe. You know, whatever.
I'm I've got a little bit better communicating, I would say. and,
Just being able to have these ways to communicate.
There's also going to be at this.
This is not for other people to listen.
It's more for you and me and podcasts essentially.
But you know, how David has like the writing Team all nice and
organized in the Discord and only the Riders can see what's
in there. Yes.
Yeah, we're gonna do that for the podcast stuff probably time.
All right, I mean we did try at one point but nobody used the
Discord but that's because I didn't force everybody to use
it, like David does the writers. Which is a good thing, and
probably why David is a much better fit on this company than
you were me? But let's, let's be honest, man.
Let's just be honest, it is what it is. he's much smarter than we
are, but you know, it's So glad he's on our team man.
Like I can't tell you how happy I am that.
He's Yes. Anyways, join this court
everybody. See you there.
But anyways, audio listeners. A great dope is traditional
peace. Sign, peace.
It's better than me better than the sign I give you when we log
off. Yeah well we'll keep it, we'll
keep it. So special.
Yeah, right. People people know it will.
Corey, how about we get into snack and oh, what did you
snack? Oh, what did I snack on Ed?
Well, let me tell you what I snacked on. so, I snacked on
some Chipotle. That's what I did.
I snacked on some Chipotle. The.
Man Chipotle raise the prices by us.
They did. So I'm very in our area.
I'm very concerned about how much things are costing their
Did you know that chips and guac?
Cost, eight dollars and fifteen cents?
Now? Oh no.
Yep, for my wife and I had to eat there now granted, we got
chips and guac and I got double chicken on mine, burrito.
Uh, but all we did was get two meals and a bag of chips and
guac. And salsa like, for for the
chips, right? It was almost 30 dollars.
Do I do when I first started needed Chipotle, my burrito was
six dollars. Do I went because I have it, you
know, I haven't have a sense of me at work.
You know, they raced the prices. So instead of going in picking
up paying like 10 or 9 some dollars, I'm paying like 13 some
dollars for the meat. When I do my burrito bowls, and
then I gotta pay for the delivery.
And the text dude, my stuff in the coming out to almost like,
20, some dollars. Anytime I ordered Chipotle.
If I go pick it up, it's like half of that.
Yep, you know. So yeah.
Chipotle's getting up there in price.
It's crazy man. Like I just I don't I mean,
whatever you gotta do, what you gotta do, right?
But like, hmm. Just, it's kind of like, man.
Everything's just expensive now. okay, I just I just don't know
what to I just don't know what to do about you know all this
Stuff. Will she do the biggie bags that
Wendy's? They got three of them.
Now they changed the price just like oh so you mean I'm not
getting this stuff for like five or six dollars because like she
wouldn't a biggie bass, came out the muscles.
Only five dollars you was getting a good meal oh and that
was making Wendy's like mad money.
They changed the Press now just like you know, that's the way
that this is political or anything, but I got that
everybody see I mean when gas is five dollars a gallon, you know
it's like cheese. What is happening but yeah.
Hey, it is, it is what it is, right?
I mean Look, I have. I'm gonna try to save some money
this summer by, not driving to work.
Not that I want to work from home but there are definitely
two days a week I can. work from home and not feel like guilty
about it. So that's why I've been taking
the train, you know. I'm like if I don't know if I
don't have to drive it, I could get on a train and it's like 375
to get there and stuff. I'm like sometimes they don't
pick up the they don't pick up the money.
That's a free train ride for me. That's that's saving me
something, you know, like and I already just like for five days
to get from my city to work and back like oh like kind of like a
round trip. It's 45 dollars a week so it's
like 100 a month but you know, I had to factor in.
The collection of. For the ticket and everything.
Yeah. And and what days I'll be taking
the train and not so that that would different and everything.
Because I'm just like shoot. I had to put like 35 dollars in
my tank. I'm like this little only used
to be on me about 22 dollars. I got an increase to when I got
my, when I got my car, like when I got my car, my gas, like I
used to be able to put like 15 dollars on my tank and fill it
up right now. I was like, 30, something over
thirty dollars. Like I only have a nine gallon
tank, come on, you know, she that only have eight gallon
tank. It's crazy.
I'm like, and like most of the gas that I use really, it's just
to drive to the train station and back, unless I got to go to
Wisconsin for some things or I'm going to the movies.
But yeah, it is what it is. Um, but is that all Corey?
Um, you know, yes I guess. Um, yeah, I don't know.
I don't really have anything else to say, I guess it's some,
it's just been a busy kind of Busy kind of weak and not a lot
of snacking. I feel like there's something
else that I had though. I don't know, man.
I feel like I ate something that I don't remember.
Oh, you know what I did? Know what I did that.
I almost sent you a picture of this too, so so Thursday.
Thursday. I went to the doctor and the
morning, right? Got like blood taken and
whatever. It.
But, um, so I ate like my normal breakfast that morning, but
like, My wife bought these like tomato.
What are they tomato? Basil wraps.
Like like they're almost like tortillas, but they're like
vegetables and tomatoes and in, you know, those sort of things
instead of like a flour tortilla.
It's like a vegetable. Yeah.
Um, and she bought spinach ones today.
I'll show when she was at the grocery store, so that's
exciting. But what I did was when I got
home that night for dinner because I, I didn't cook as much
chicken as I normally do because I haven't been eating as much
until this week. Apparently, I just decided to
eat more than I have in like a month.
I don't sometimes when I get nervous about stuff or stressed
or whatever I eat a lot, but anyways, not important.
I Three eggs. Four turkey sausage links.
Cut up, cut up the turkey, sausage links, microwave them
just so they're hot. I threw it all in the pan. with
some I found this really awesome seasoning that I've been using
on my chicken. Called, what is it called?
It's called like the, I forget what it's called.
Is this a new thing? Is this a new seasoning when
like when you're grilling to um yeah because I know because I
know the app I know the apple smoked what you use a lot?
Yeah when you pick all the you we kind of just get what all the
has you know. So like have the one you know
you we just picked what they have and so there's a lot of
experimentation going on in the house sometimes.
And so what I did was I used the this new one that I'm putting on
the chicken, which it's it's okay on the chicken.
It like burns the chicken though.
Like it has this weird. I don't just make it just makes
the chicken burn. It doesn't taste very okay.
Um it's it's a good seasoning. I just have to learn how to cook
with it right because like I can't cook the chicken like I
normally do because it burns faster for some reason.
But okay, what I did. I put a little bit of it in my
eggs. With the chili.
Lime seasoning. Also, With the sausage and the
eggs. Yeah, mix it up.
Scrambled it you know get a good scramble there.
I took those tomato tomato. Basil.
Wraps. Two of them.
You know, spread it out in each one.
I put some. a little like really light coating of rent, Like
Larry, ranch dressing on the Wrap on the right.
You before you put before you put it.
Yeah. Okay.
Really light? like I took a spoon and like,
you know, Certain emotions this is a really good motion for
audio listeners right? But you know I don't suck their
most. Yeah, I spread it around the
wraps and then I took Now, I'm not a big.
I used to be a huge like mayonnaise person.
I love mayonnaise but like I can't it just not good for the
body. So I stayed away from it but my,
but my wife like, I only use it when my wife buys Burgers, which
is like once a month, right? And I put on the burger like The
Toasted Bun or whatever, but did you get him on your earlier?
So just Sue. Many have special sauces for
their sandwiches. So okay sometimes sometimes it's
mayonnaise sometimes it's like a Dijon.
Something. Sometimes it's kind of for the
Earl sauce which which I don't know what that is really.
But the reason, the only reason I'm asking this because like
with sandwiches, you know, Mayo for me is like a must.
Yeah. So like I didn't know anything
that say, if I'm eating, like a turkey sandwich or something
like, yeah, I have to have mayonnaise like, oh, you got.
Yeah, right. But so just our bomb big,
though. The big thing Ed is I also have
a bottle of Chipotle mayonnaise. So what I did was I put it on
the rapid as well and spread it around.
So you got the rent a little bit of mayo in the Chipotle
Chipotle. The chipotle mayonnaise in the
ranch on the wrap. And then in the eggs, I have the
chipotle seasoning with the cilantro shoulder, the chili
live, the city, Wrap that up, then what I did.
Here's the kicker here's what made it really good.
I turned the burner on high. And then I wrapped it, I like a
burrito or yeah. I and I have two of them and I
put it on the pan on high and kind of almost burned the wrap
to seal it together. Yeah, dude.
Did you toast kind of like toasted in on both sides such as
one? Yeah, I'm outside I'm both sides
on both sides. Okay, dude.
Dude, so good big ol' dirty? Yeah, she's okay.
Yeah a little bit of problem cheese in there like the
shredded. Oh a little bit of the shredded
provolone. I can't do a lot of cheese.
I'm not like I'm not a big cheese person like I was like if
I'm having something spicy I need that cheese to like cut it.
I didn't. But yeah probably I didn't know
they did for the provolone. Yeah, it's usually a Provo.
It's usually a provolone mozzarella mix but when it's
okay. Usually, when it's that cheap
and that readily available, it's Provo to sing with me from each
other. Maybe I need, maybe I, because
we have, I have already like, six minutes Up From Me.
Maybe, I need to go check their cheese section and see if it's
in the back because a lot of stores don't carry it as
shredded. So that's why it was shredding
all we get It's like, okay, I mean, well, we get like my wife
likes cheddar cheese. So we get that.
We usually have like three bags of Cheese, open it all times,
and our fridge. It's, it's, it's, it's, it's the
shredded provolone, mozzarella mix.
It's the triple cheddar, Mix so that it's like sure that's good.
Yeah. And then the Just regular
shredded. Cheddar.
Sometimes sometimes we get a little bit crazy and get the the
shredded cheddar jack mixed, but that's very rare.
Maybe I'll buy some By that she's tomorrow and just try to
make something. Use it for something, like, for
a taco salad, or or something just to see how it tastes.
Because that, with the provolone, I normally get it
like, once again sandwiches and subs and stuff.
So it's just like the one, the like, three two or three sheets.
So having it shredded, I'm like, I'm gonna see how that tastes?
But oh dude, that's so good. yeah, just that Ah, it was so
good. I can't wait to try.
I can't wait to try it with these spinach wraps, although
my, I don't know if my wife bought two at one or two bags.
So, I'm gonna have to like, You know, I'm I'm sure she bought
them for her obviously. So like I kind of try to be
aware of like not eating things that people buy for themselves
but okay, dude, it was so good. I had two of them and of course
I felt like garbage afterwards because it was mayonnaise and
spicy mayonnaise and you know sausage that I haven't eaten in
like a year and a half and you know all these other things but
do that. The thing is the like the when
you burn the wrap that not not really burn it but like you know
crisp it up. Do that crispy.
Yeah that crunch that just tastes so good.
So it for some reason because I get there's a Taco Bell has
something like that but on every like this state bird of
something it's for some reason it feels like it's a buttery
taste or so it cut that Chris gets like a buttery feel taste.
Well yeah well actually places like that usually have some sort
of butter or butter substitute on the grill where they Grill it
up. Okay.
It's so like when you put the butter down, this sounds so
backwards. But like, if you put the butter
down, first it doesn't burn it. It just, you know, Cooks, It
makes kind of coats it. Yeah, but when you put it on,
When you put it on the pan dry without any butter or anything
like it. It turns it, it's just faster
and like, okay so good. I like a little bit of cheese.
I like the little bit of burnt. Taste to it.
The problem is that it smells up the house, you know, got to be
but you get. But but then you got think about
it. All that melted cheese.
That's an everything in the sauces and I guess because it's
a tomato style wrap. That gives you that.
Um, It gives you that tomato taste.
That flavor that helps. Bring out everything.
You know? That sounds.
So do this. Yeah, if you make it again, take
a pick and said it um, and did kind of, I kind of want to cut
pit just to see how it looks inside.
Oh, inside everything, I think that I think the next time I'll
do less sausage because I It was just like it was just like a
little bit too much inside the, the burrito to like, wrap great.
But did you do like two sausages?
I put two in each one. To Links in each one but but I
cut them up. So I thought, well, you know,
it's not gonna be that much, but so you think one link for each
would be fine or like one and a half or whatever?
I don't know. There's room to experiment at.
Yeah, that do sound good, dude, just that provolone cheese in
that chili lime, that shity lime sauce, amazing and it was very
good. like, Because you get heat, but you get Savory and
flavorful like just it's just like everything just balances
and take a sausage bombing. It's just us so good.
I love turkey, sausage. I kind of prefer that over
regular sausage. If I get it, I do too much
better. Yeah, um it's just it's not as
greasy. It has like a yes it has it's
not as greasy and it has a sharper taste to it which is
like yeah. And I think because it's not as
greasy, right? You get more flavor out of it.
It's more for me, it's more flavorful and it's easier to
digest because I don't have to really worry about the oils and
agree. Like you said the grease and
stuff I could just be that. Yeah, regular regular sausage.
I mean look, but I'm not trying to gross anybody out here
anything but I might as well just be eating that in the
bathroom. I mean, I'm good with regular,
I'm good with regular sausages because like I said, the hole so
that we was at in Boston this year, at pecks East sausage
Bombay. But if I could get turkey,
sausage, I'll choose that one. Yeah.
Oh, good times.
Oreos, before we sat down. So some fake all the version
double stuffed Oreos, but they're called.
What are they called? Double filled Sandwich cookies.
Oh yeah. Just I do like there.
I do like the Aldi. Brand vanilla ones though.
I don't know. They always been tops here.
I like the vanilla ones and I I'm starting to like, I think
look there's nothing. Nothing beats an Oreo, right?
Like a real regular double stuff for you.
Nothing beats that. But I ought to say, As far as
as, the quote, unquote fate Brands, go the non Brandy.
The vanilla ones at all. The man I can I can I can take a
sleeve out and like one sitting, okay, oh wow, better not bring
those around. The.
I don't know, I don't even think all these do a lemon vanilla one
yet. I'm sure they do.
It's spring or something. I don't know.
I'm not in the women's, so I can't tell you.
I always thought like this, why would you want lemons in your
cookies? You know, I cut it's because
there was another brand that used to do lima cookies like
that. Oh, before or you'll start
building and there was like this brand was the only one that was
doing it that you could get. And it was like in a six pack
where like, you know, the top of bottom ones but I think they
went out of the business. Um, and so there was no being.
This is like the 80s and nineties.
So I'm just beating me at this point but she wouldn't Oreos
brought out, the vanilla could never vanilla cookies and then
they started making the lemon ones.
Dude, when I'll talk about top tier and let's just top tier but
I'm excellent already goodies, I don't not care.
The vanilla was the only big family was that's so good.
Big fan of cookies man. You know, yes.
So I can say, I'm a big, I'm a big fan of cookies. um, it's
probably why I weighed 360 pounds at some point in my life,
but Hey man. I wish it.
You're getting better. You might not you.
But yes, you bought a lot of it down.
Am I getting better? I'm not sure.
I am. I I'm fine, I'm good.
I actually like I was telling my wife earlier. this week, uh,
that I, since I long story short, I started going to
therapy like two months ago and it was like the best decision I
ever made in my life to the point where like I feel like I
should have done it earlier um like much earlier like when she
told me to do it like five years ago, but like, everything has
just been really it's like it's almost like an aha moment, like
a Oh my gosh, like I see everything.
So. It's probably what people like
almost. Yeah, people who need glasses,
like when they put glasses on for the first time and they can
actually see everything. That need like a high
prescription. You know, like, oh my gosh, I
can see everything for the first time.
So that their feed discussion, I know that's for another show but
that's why. A lot of people say, like, for a
lot of man, like, go to therapy and, but so, yeah, refused and I
haven't even like gotten to, like, the Deep.
Dark Places yet really. I'll still been pretty service
level new. Shout out to my therapist, she's
great. oh, Yes. Well, for me, everybody today,
the Sunday I had a Char-Broil salmon at a steakhouse like a
local steakhouse. Oh yes launch.
Whoa what did you do to get that?
She'd be out for dinner so I was just like yeah, which was I
know, but she treated us out me and my sister and they had this
buttercream sauce on it. That was so amazing.
I had a salad with blue cheese that we are mixed.
We all make started plates some great bread.
Mazda be dry for a car because she just like, who the food was
so good. So she was like anything.
You want to drive like? Yeah.
So I maybe she had like a celebratory Mimosa or something.
Oh no. She she just wanted to lay back
in the food digest and I was just like, yeah.
So, you know, got home. Safe and everything.
Dude, got a big, it was out. Darkness, I was able to get up
in some of our friends. Dance show, which was really
good. So has some Taco Bell.
Today was good. Yeah.
Um, okay. I was gonna say, I haven't
talked about a long time. They opened one by work, though.
So they're in the same in the same parking lot, right next
door to each other. It work.
Granted, this is right across from a gas station, where like
they always have good deals on Red Bull.
Not the same one that we went to.
Oh no, no no. There's a Wendy's.
And Arby's and a Taco Bell. All lined up next to each other
like walking distance. Dude they're literally right
next door to each other. Oh wow.
So like that's like a very dangerous stretch for me that
road. I have.
I've been thinking about Taco Bell. honestly, since I like, I
I passed passed one. We passed one.
When I went to the emergency room last weekend, which I
didn't talk about on the show. Did not talk about in the show
last week on Boston's podcast. I talked about it.
I think, oh I don't think I talked.
We've done so many shows in the last who knows?
Anyways we passed on the way back from the emergency room and
talk about. And I was like, you know what, I
could really go for is like The chicken quesadilla in that
sauce, they put on it and like I could eat like 12 of those right
now. I got a.
I got. A I got a soft taco, a chicken
soft taco. That was oh I was just like,
yeah, this this is doing me so Justice.
This is the store myself. Oh, bring your soul.
He says, But it was it, let's talk about what was good.
So um, Rebel has a sodachi life which is their summer flavor
this year. It.
I was saying this it will be my you squirt or Hawaiian Punch
when you first take it witness code but when it gets warmer, it
starts kind of feeling like Square, even though it's not
great fruit. It's a life.
They were it's not bad um or anything.
So people would you see it? It's just now came out in my
area so it may be in other stores too.
Here. They kind of been doing it for
the spring one too. There's a I think it's a sodachi
cherry. Um, that has like, you know,
kind of represent the cherry blossom in Japan and stuff, and
that one is good. That one is good too but I'm
liking this line one. Um, I had the peach one today
and just finished the pink one, which is the Barbary available
which is really good. Got some Tostito chips and we
got the street corn. To see the chest but I haven't
tried them yet and I want to try oh those are good man.
Those sound really good actually.
This. I love.
I love street corn dude. Street corn, so good.
It's got like that. It's got like that sour cream
butter mix kind of going on with like the like the chili kind of
seasoning and the pepper. Yes you know like depending on
what you like on it, there's sometimes there's roasted red
peppers mixed in some times. There's a bunch of other things
man. So I'm probably gonna go to
Target and get a bag because it's gonna probably be a little
bit cheaper but I I may be on a lookout to be like who makes the
best street corn chip? In our thing if they're because
they a lot of the street corn chips and stuff, they normally
come out around the summertime, but I just don't know who's
Brand, like, who keeps bringing up?
Who's Brand got the best? So I won't be kind of looking
out for that. And it's, it's a I got the
quesadilla to see the dip. The cheese dip for.
So, Cool. I'm just like, um, I'm on that.
and because normally if I find out that there's a direct or
something, I'll get some snacks so I could eat them while
watching it and are they But that's pretty much it.
I had did they give me McDonald's?
I think I got me down. I think I got like she, she's
pregnant. No because I So I've been mixing
like, buying like blue, raspberry drinks and mixing it
with like 7Up or Sprite and I had the Minute Maid blue
raspberry and the Sprite because they, they're kind of doing like
a berry flavored Sprite mix at McDonald's and stuff.
So just like, I'm trying to find out I'm like, I wonder if they
already sell this. If I could make the same thing,
it's the only difference is that with Minute Maid.
They do have a very flavor, but it's not, it's not blue or
anything. It's it's a purple flavor but
you, I, the trumpet Canna apple, juice and seven up.
If you could get a like a banner Smith, you can get like the, you
know, how they do. Welcher's.
Great fruit juice for New Year's, like the sparkling kind
of grape juice, or Sparkly, apple juice to stuff.
When I do like the Tropicana in a seven up, it is almost like
that. It almost gets that favorite,
but I'm trying to get the balance of it.
Just right. Like how much apple juice is
needed compared to how much seven Up is needed and our
thing, because like if you just actually throw all in the
flavors, are not going to mix because the Seven-Up is a making
the apple juice lighter, which affects the taste of the apple
juice, right? Um, for it.
So I'm just, like you said, creating trying different things
in our thing. So nice.
That's pretty. That's pretty much.
It is some honey. Grabs know, Grant crackers.
So. Oh, honey, mate, not 100 grams.
I'm sorry, honey, may I got to go to the store to get some
honey grass. I haven't we don't sell them
where around here. And they.
And missing out. Hungry.
If you do be good. Just the regular ones.
I don't I'm not so much fun that chapter one.
But the honey Graham and I think that's a cinnamon flavor, too
that I kind of enjoy of it. Nice.
I, My kids got fudge sickles. Oh, I love fuckles but I can't
like I'm I'm trying really hard not to eat garbage even though I
just said I ate a bunch of garbage but like I was talking
to my doctor on Thursday and like I, Really not everything.
Everything is fine, like all my tests, came back, perfectly
fine, perfectly good, great whatever.
Yeah, right. Nothing to look out for my
concern was like, here's the thing, I would like to lose
weight. What is the weight I should be
hovering at, you know, around and so like I'm really trying
hard to again to like not eat late and like try to try to
watch my weight again. you know, because it's I haven't really
been trying a lot. I haven't gained any but I
haven't been losing, which I guess is good.
But also like, Gotta gotta. Gotta make that skill.
Go down at making it go down. Yes, down, down, down, down,
down, down, down. I'd like to wait.
No, that's all. It's a house.
Get down. Get down like oh, I'll see like,
hey, Hmm, house music. Something to look too.
It's with the summer just revisiting things but look
great. How about we get into play with
power? I guess we should have you been
playing well power. So I've been playing Super
Mario. Bros Wonder for real.
This time. Not just the same like three
levels. My son wants to play.
I actually I actually started like a new game like a new file.
And I am about halfway through the second world which is like
what is it? Fluff puffs.
Something the Cloud area, right? You, yeah, you go through the
that kind of first kind of This is the Mario starter levels, you
know, like the nice talking flowers and the colorful stuff
and everything, it's like cool great.
And then you get to that kind of Center area where there's like
some of the water levels where it's like, it's like a
transition kind of, it's not like a real world.
It's just like a couple levels in the transitional area which
is where my son stopped playing because he doesn't want to do
those water levels. Um, so I'm really enjoying that
I'm playing through his Rosalina by the way.
So suck at Mario. Nice.
Um, but the other game I've been playing Ed and I I like him so
fascinated and and like, Enthralled in this game, like I
love. I love.
What I've played so far. I've been playing on switch.
South of midnight. Um, finally started playing
south of midnight and There's something there's something
about. Hazel.
The, the main character that just there's something very real
and Charming about her. like, she reminds me of, like, some of
my friends from like back in the day like I just like there's
just something about her, that's so Endearing and charming and
she feels like a real character even though it's that weird
Arts. Not weird, art style but you
know what I mean? Like the non-realistic art style
and the stop motion stuff, which I turned off by the way.
And I just like I'm I really like it.
I really like it. I think the the kind of South
kind of, By you Louisiana, kind of feel to.
It is really interesting, I think. you know it's it does
kind of feel like an insight to like that by you slash, you
know, Southern kind of Black Culture that like doesn't feel
ham-fisted it just feels like you know, how when games try to
do the race slash cultural cultural thing and it's like
feels very forced and very Oh, I can tell a bunch of 40 year, old
white dudes. Wrote this right?
Doesn't matter what is right? It just like in.
That's why a lot of indie games, do it a lot better than Triple A
games do. there's really something about this game that
feels very unique and real and very um, Like a lot of care was
put into it. you know, and I'm hooked on the game.
I, I love what I've played so far.
I've only played the opening. The opening like I'm Escaping
The Mansion right now. Which if you played it kind of
know where I'm at. Yeah.
Are you talking about just met the grandma?
Mm-hmm. And you're yeah.
That's where I'm kinda platformer stuff.
Yeah. And like, I'm, I'm it, like kind
of feel it. Almost feels like an old school
like like the gameplay. Almost feels like Uncharted and
like Tomb Raider. Almost like the, the traversal,
at least now granted, I haven't Gotten any like the magic powers
yet. I just got this kind of You know
that? I, I went upstairs in the, in
the In the Mansion where like you're climbing outside the
house and you kind of go through the windows to the different
rooms, right? I went in and then I went up
this, I got into this like Secret.
Secret room. It's you're supposed to go that
way but it's like a secret room in the mansion and you go up the
spiral staircase and there's a there's like a blue trunk at the
top and you open it and like she kind of starts Doing the the
whole Weaver kind of thing. Like you know, yeah doing like
the the motions and seeing the the white kind of trails kind of
moving around. And like then like all this kind
of Crazy stuff starts happening in the house, you know?
And you're like, oh my gosh, this is crazy and she thinks
it's crazy and she doesn't really know what's going on but
she's still like kind of knows, it's weird cuz she like knows
what to do. But she doesn't know why she
knows what to do, you know and it's really there's some too.
There's something about hazel that feels very Tangibly real.
Like, very. She feels like a real person.
Whoever the voice actresses for hazel, did an amazing job that's
about to say, I think the delivery of the voice acting
brings her life, you know, even though you see into Traders,
when you definitely see it into game, like play it, um, you just
like okay and and this this still so much to uncover, you
know, and I think that's why when this game got released all
to switch to um people were been pushing for people to buy the
game in Play it um compared to win it was oh Xbox.
But when it came to series X, And there was just like so much
rejection. So it and I, I could not, I
could not understand. Why was it?
Not that type of game was it? Because well, you know, the, the
main character, you know why they we know why the internet
was mad. Let's just put it that way.
We know, we know why the internet was mad. so, it's just
feels like, With this chance being off for two airbrushes
like go. Because I haven't picked it up
yet. I it's on.
My is on my um, Pants to get it. So I could play it.
Um, Because I feel like if I play all too, I'm gonna finish.
I'm still gonna finish, you know, on series X.
It's like, oh, by the way, on on switch two, oh we the Weaver's
Edition is on sale for 3 0, 1. 0 0.
Yeah, the thing is though, they didn't make a physical for
switch. I don't think they made a
physical for Xbox either but Um, no, because I got additionally,
um, for it. I think it was, if you did get
it, like order it like, for the physical box, I think you just
got a cold in it. Yeah. um, I do I just look, if
you're looking for that Uncharted Tomb, Raider style
gameplay with a little bit of magic and Whimsical kind of
feeling like, This game feels. It feels like a unique version
of that, if that makes sense. And I think Hazel, I think her
mom is really interesting. Yeah, funny enough.
She kind of reminds me of my ex-girlfriends a lot.
Oh but Just the way she talks and like her inflections and
things like that. It's just it reminds me of her
so much. I love how to enter the gang of
the characters that you meet before you get to the mansion.
I just love all of those characters.
Yeah. The right neck Guy.
What's his name? Yeah, right.
He's yeah, that's funny. Like, he's just like him and his
dog or gonna wait it out. That was really funny and he
like, nobody asked him but he's like, it's not my dog pooping on
the yard. My dog's a gentleman.
It's like, okay. Okay.
Bye. Bye.
Yeah, it's really fun. It really is a that game really
is surprising. from seeing the trailers, it when we saw the
fresh Trader until this release, it's just seeing how The
Nintendo Community, or people who've been playing those first
to really enjoy that game and its kind of feeling that same
way with Indiana Jones. That's okay.
This that's that came out last week, right?
And you know Jones yeah. But did you find you did just a
review for it and I think they gave it a lot of positive and so
this kind of kind of want to say this first mission with all of
this good talk with Xbox games coming on pursue getting like
that. Um, we started it but that's
what we were saying on the boss. First podcast, this the, the
last episode that you were like Xbox, clearly has the
exclusives. To be Dom.
I mean, I mean you look at their like non Triple A Games quote
unquote, like Look at you. Look at hellblade, 2.
You look at, and I know people don't really like Hellboy 2 as
much as the first one, but that's that.
Go ahead, because I got something to say about him,
blades. Go I I was just, I was just
gonna say, like, you look at Hellboy two, you look at um,
south of midnight, you look at Psychonauts 2, you look at, you
know, just I mean, even something like weird, like,
Keeper or Kiln or you know, just some of these other small things
that you know, high-five rush. Like you look at these games,
right? And it's like yeah, they clearly
know how to create these great smaller. 10 to 12 our experience
is, and then you like, yeah, you know, Fort.
So they have a great. I mean, Fort was so good that
people didn't feel like they needed to buy the new one
because the last one was so good and put the company and, you
know, everybody got laid off, you know, like, I mean that.
Yeah. I mean it's like your game is
too good, you know. Um, and then you have, you know,
you have your two racing games, you have your And I'm just, I'm
just talking about within Xbox game studios here, right?
Like, we don't need to talk about Bethesda Activision but
like you clearly have these, you know, you have your weird
simulation game with with Microsoft flight simulator, But
then, you know, and gears is Gears has been great.
I think gears has been great since the Coalition took over,
right? Yeah, Halos.
Been a little bit of hit a Miss but I really, I really enjoyed
the campaign of infinite. I really enjoyed Halo 4, Halo 5
is really the sticking point but like, they they're right there
man like they're they're right there and they just Man, dude,
it's like like its you just can't like, you know, like I get
sorry. I don't you meet cutting you
off. But like you keep listening to
the knot, you just the general. Hmm.
Yeah. You keep listening to the
Internet, it's like Xbox has no games.
Xbox is failing, their games, aren't high quality, you know,
nobody's buying them and it's like, but you look at something
like south of midnight. Like I I went in because just
because compulsions last game, we happy few was like yeah.
Interesting but not amazing. You know, contrast was like this
cult. Hit on Playstation, right?
When doing it. PlayStation Plus on PS4.
Like they've done interesting things, but they haven't had
like a game that stands out, right?
And, but then you go and play it and you're like, Oh my gosh,
like hazel, like if you put like a AAA budget behind this and
like almost like an open world like that kind of real AAA open
world game. You could have like your next
big iconic character. Like I really feel like the
gameplay is that good? And Hazel feels like that great
of a character. Yeah, again I'm only like an
hour and a half in and I'm probably really only like a half
hour and I just dude, I every time I get into an area I have
to walk around and look and see if I can interact with
everything. I'm I just I I get it to my
picture mode and be like, I need to collect this.
I need to figure out how to solve this puzzle.
Like, I get through that, when you're like that opening scene
when you're like, chasing the house on that platforming
section. Yeah.
Like, stopped running. And was like walking up to the
door on like the I saw a house, right.
I was like walking up to see if there was like any readables or
Collectibles up there and yeah you know and I jump can I jump
it on this truck in the water? No, no.
You cannot spoilers but like I thought maybe they would be
something like the bed of the truck or, you know, like I
started getting into that mode, that exploration mode.
Yes. All this house is floating down
the river. Here.
But you mentioned the hair Blitz and I feel like you know we got
whatever everybody complained about that game or series X.
I feel like the Nintendo players in the community who have not
played that game, I feel like they're gonna find it, super
enjoyable. Oh here's the thing and sold I
guess it sold pretty well on PlayStation.
Hellblade too. I guess it's like really well on
PlayStation. that's what that's what Ninja theories reporting
and they're fine like their financials and Microsoft and
they can't lie about it because that's You know, their publicly
traded company, so they're fiducie.
Yeah. Fiduciary required to say
stopping I, I would love to how he'll blade to almost too, and
you know it yeah. Do whatever you need to do to
get that work. But I just feel like I feel like
if that game came to switch to, I would want to ask Xbox.
How do you feel that the Nintendo Community is speaking
differently about her games compared to Gamers who played it
all your hardware and that's not a disrespectful thing or
anything. It just show it just feels like
do you feel like it's very comforting even though you want
to keep exclusive to your console, which you should do?
Does it feel comforting to know that?
Any gay we discourse or talk is being positive officers too.
And with that actually, you know, play a little bit, is some
of the businesses for some games like if the Nintendo Community
keeps talking positive about your games?
Yeah. it's, it's really It's really. like, it's really sad to
know that like Game Pass is very um, Game Pass has really
hindered that ecosystem, right? Like in a way that I didn't
expect I mean, I I thought about it but I'm like, Okay, well, if
it's only Xbox first party games and like some Indies, right?
It helps Indies get discovered, you know, they're only on the
service for like six months to a year, right?
Like and you get a discount when it's over, right?
Like you, if you want to keep it or keep playing it or buy it
like, you have that discount like There's a lot.
That I just, you know, I wasn't really thinking about but I
thought potentially, but oh, it's Xbox.
They know what they're doing, right?
Like I feel like a corporate company should know what they're
doing when they have introduced a service like this.
Yeah, but like it just really sucks to see a game like this.
Really fall through the cracks until it comes with something
else. But again, that's Xbox is false.
I'm not trying to be mean about it, right?
But it is their fault for teaching.
People how to not. Buy their games.
And then all so like they're confusing messaging over the
last two years. And then when they do come to,
when their games, do come to PlayStation and switch to
switch, one or switch to, they end up doing really well.
And it's like, well, that's because that those audiences Buy
games and they play the games, they buy, you know, because
there's spending the money. To invest in those like they're
investing in the games. so they feel more obligated to finish
the games or play more of the games because they bought it and
set of Generally treating it like a glorified demo, you know.
Yeah which is what game pass has kind of become at least for me.
By the way, I mean, that's the game pass.
Now, this not 30.00, I mean, but that's been kind of my thing
with and I'm not people know, my, my opinion about Got Game
Pass. It's not a bad thing, you know,
for I said, if you are a bunch of conscious, you know, this is
a way for you to enjoy gaming. Um, but I'll purchasing gays,
but you a person who likes playing games and finishing them
and stuff. Game Pass is a great
subscription with the I said, oh, like, for me, it doesn't
work because like you said, Corey, I'm president who buy my
games. We're just digital or physical.
And I, you know, like I said, we wrote on Xbox because they do
have a phenomenal light beer and is it doesn't feel fear that The
discourse win a game comes out for Xbox, and people poop they
played on Game Pass, or don't even, don't even play, or don't
even plan on buying it. They, they just are negative
about it and then get mad with. That game is on another platform
being successful and everything. You know I I have no problem
with Xbox games. Coming to other platforms.
If it helps them because we talked about Nintendo Xbox
having a good business relationship and their games
selling well, um, On Nintendo's platforms and everything.
You know, it just shows that the interest of Xbox From the
Nintendo standpoint. Be like we enjoy your gay suit
Xbox. We may not have your heart wear,
but maybe in time we will come to you guys and still be able to
play our Nintendo stuff but still able to enjoy your Xbox
games. You don't even never make
anything else for Nintendo, but you are still producing.
Top tier content. We would invest in your
ecosystem and be a massage player game.
Mm-hmm. It may cost a lot, but To enjoy
the games that they don't you guys deliver, we'll do it.
Yeah. I am.
I hope I really do hope that Xbox figures it out right
because I mean, I, I just I don't I don't play very many
Xbox first party games anymore. Like I mean, they're just hasn't
really been anything that has Really made me want to play it
right since how Blade 2 really? Um, yeah.
You know, I I I've been wanting to check out south of midnight
but I just haven't there's just another things, you know, and
and obviously keeping up on Nintendo stuff and and just life
priorities and and you know, South midnight came out what a
year and a half ago on Xbox, you know.
So yeah. Game theoretically you know so
Maybe just maybe just a little over a year.
But again, it's like Who wants to hear about an old game?
You know on a show like like this, which I don't really care
about talking about it. But overall try to keep up with
the newer stuff at least, and It's it's just a game.
I feel like deserves to be seen more of like, it just feels like
a game that I feel bad. Took this long for me to play
it, you know? But I bought it on switch two
again. I might go back to Xbox and just
play it there because the frame rate is higher and the lighting
probably looks a little bit better and playing it on series.
X is probably a smoother experience, but like I'm glad I
spent the money to buy it even if it wasn't on Xbox, I'm glad I
supported the game and and really took a chance on it.
It's really awesome and I don't have kind of feels like a
compulsion games. There's no, yeah, coach again.
Okay. I think they're Know, checking
the socials checking, what people are saying about that gay
and they're probably super happy to be like, wow, you know, all
this positive feedback from the Nintendo Community, it's
probably uplifting to them and you know, and they probably like
celebrating their because I don't know, there's someone who
helped important or if it was actually proportion, who did
know, there's a studio, there's a studio that ported that that
helped poured it. Not I forget what it was called
that they have a red logo, though.
I remember seeing it when I turn it on, on, I I will check for
you. So it's probably compulsion
helping with the porting with that studio.
I'm assuming Um, I'm gonna turn it on and see.
Um, the studio is Doo doo doo doo, doo, doo doo.
It is floating still. Red, kite games, eight.
Um, I oh it's a studio within Sumo digital.
Okay. That makes sense. oh, this is a
Sumo digital studio, so I didn't know they had Studios outside of
their own. But hey, but it does take a push
against too, right? Yeah, yeah.
The first screen that pops up is compulsion games and Xbox game
studios. So Okay, by the way, did side
tangent. It's not they're not called Xbox
anymore. Ed?
They're called. Xbox.
Because it's all caps now again. Yeah.
It did they asked the question? Do you like Xbox or Xbox like a
regular Xbox? That's sure.
That's too high in the GM. You from me.
Oh, a very good times. What is that?
All core is that all Corey that you've been flying all that I
have news on, I guess. okay, it again, I I want to play more
south of midnight and I will probably it's a relatively short
game I think from what I've heard.
Yes six. Yeah.
Something like that. So I'll probably play it and now
that all this other garbage work is done for.
I can actually so, Anyways. Yeah, what are you?
What are you playing at? For me, I am playing still
Shinobi the Asia of vengeance. Just doing some collectibles on
some of the past ages like backtracking, because I got some
more abilities to get some to some of the hidden places.
Um, I picked up Phantom trigger, it was like, oh so for like four
dollars so I haven't started that yet.
Been playing Elementary list. Kind of right now I'm in a water
dungeon so come like on the 4th judge.
Um it's a very weird game not too challenging but just weird
in the fact that You, you have to buy maps to, you know, open
up the area and everything. Well, to think about this,
there's some times that you need to go into a Tempo, which is
their Dungeons and get that special power to get to the
person who gives you the map. So you may have been everywhere.
But to, like, actually see what's on the map of stuff.
You have to go to the tempo. I'm like, well at the point of
going to the tip of to get the next element is to You know, get
it and then go to the next land. But It's so weird and
everything. Oh how that how was the like
some places like when you start the game you go like to just
fire area. You could go to this man by your
map and then be able to do what you can.
But then would you get some like the area where you started to
gain. You can't get to the map until
you get that first element. and this is like, Why not?
Just give me. the why not just make it easier for me to get the
map in the game without having to Do 15 Steps.
To get one thing, it's just so bizarre for it but um but I'm
I'm enjoying it. Um, And everything.
So I'm kind of exploring the world.
I kind of feel like what's I get all the elements.
I could really like get deep into the world and explore and
find some things. You can't upgrade your sword,
you can't do some upgrade stuff but you got to get some, you
know, some pieces to it. Well Because of the way that
stuff is made out, um, you may only get one piece, you may have
to go to a different land to get another piece and this is like
where I need to upgrade my sword and I need these two pieces.
Well, I already did four hours of the game. and I think it's
just like, I I should have already had my Sort of upgraded
because right now, I'm still like kind of on my first basic
sword. And I'm halfway done with all
the dungeons. And so I'm like, am I going to
upgrade my sword close to the end of the game?
And this supposed to be three upgrades, I'm like, what's going
on? I'm getting more wallet money.
Then I am some other stuff and it's just so, um, balance on
some things. But this, this fun.
I, if you guys like Zelda, um, go with the fact that this This
might give you an idea of Zelda. It's not fully Zelda.
It's the idealist. I think, I think probably does
better for them right like I I yeah I mean look, we all we both
really like Blossom Tales, at least that first one.
I didn't play second one yet. Yes, when it came out on switch,
but it was very clearly A Link to the Past rip off, right?
I mean, like it was literally there they were they you know.
Oh man, we love A Link to the Past.
Here's our game. um, and it's just kind of like a not as good
version as the link in the past, which I'm not again, not trying
to Say, and be mean about it. I really liked that game but it,
you know, it was You you look at, you know this game and it's
like, oh well there's elements of Zelda but there's also
elements of other games and other ideas in here that don't
quite make it a Zelda game, you know?
So yeah. That's probably good.
That's what if you want a full Zelda, Zelda gang just go play.
And so wake me for just wishing to remaster.
Yes. If you looking for like a Zelda
Zelda Style game or some other stuff, um but I I say it's a
good indie game. It's it's nothing.
Really wow for Waffle about it. I would for me, Preston for
where I'm at now, and it does have a story in it, so it does
and it does kind of makes sense, okay?
I will give it throughout the fire Yoshi's, my personal
rating, that this is nothing to spectacular about it or
something. So, Played a little bit more of
Grand Theft Auto 5. I'm about to get more into the
mission stuff. And everything.
Yeah, and I'm just gonna leave that at that, played a little
bit more Prague matter, um, series X and drain that.
So, and then I'm I there are some stuff, some games that I
need to like install and just like like completely finished
like I need to. Install.
Psychonauts 2 again, so that I can Do a cycle nights too so I
can finish that game because I got stuck at one part but I
think I could figure it out and get through.
It says chorus plant something midnight.
I might just reinstall something midnight for Xbox and continue
my journey with that. You know?
So um I I am going to finish constants so I get that before I
go. I'm gonna finish that too with
it. I still need to finish this
Final Fantasy 7 rebirth demo. I met the second part of it.
It's kind of long as a demo, but because I'm playing all these
other games that I purchased, I'm kind of like into that.
Also, Opus, prison break. I'm actually needs to start and
gets a plane for that. And then there's some like demo,
like, the outbound demo King's return.
Time, eating fruit, and the ancient mustard demo, I kind of
need to play. Awesome.
Gekko got I I'm working my way through also, suffering puzzles,
being a Gekko but it's kind of hmm.
It's not doing nothing for me at the time, neither.
So, but I'm going to try to finish that.
So a lot of these indie games that I pick up picked up.
I'm trying to work through and finish.
Like I said, I'm trying to there's somethings I'm serious.
Excellent, also, trying to break through and finish, um, but
that's pretty much what I've been playing with power.
Uh, so yeah. Cool.
I I need to get to I need to get back to pragmata but I got, I
was gonna get it, I was gonna buy it and then I was like and
then I bought the south of midnight and instead and then
some other games were on sale that we'll talk about in a
minute, but yeah. Sorry.
Yeah, I was saved you. If you're doing something that
Corey I like I say stick with that, it didn't do.
It gets a problem out of whenever You find yourself for
it? Yeah, I'll probably wait, for a
little bit, at least for that, but Yeah, but you have any show,
I don't have anything so I don't have showing tell but I did.
I did buy the, um, okay. I bought stuff from Gamestop, so
we'll see how that goes but they had the they had the switch
games on. So for 15 dollars, new That I
didn't have. So I got the physical versions
of Mario and Luigi, brothers ship, Super Mario.
And um, Crisis Core Final Fantasy 7, physically for 15
dollars a piece. Nice.
So they're supposedly on their way.
Who knows GameStop? They might deliver it somewhere
in Idaho. I, you would be.
Wow. you know, I mean, I don't I didn't Yeah.
Anyways, it's just, here's the thing.
My kids are getting into games now, right?
Yeah, having the Digital game dilemma of not being able to
share the in any kind of easy way possible, right.
So, trying to, and it's just, Physicals and the easiest way to
share games with the kids. So I originally got rid of them
because I didn't want them to swallow them, that I bought some
and then I got rid of certain ones and now I'm back on the
train. It's a vicious cycle.
Ah just like go ahead, 15 dollars a piece though man.
That a bad deal. Not, not a bad deal at all,
considering there's 60 dollars a piece.
Yeah. so, that's I don't need haven't gotten here yet, so I'm
waiting to show them. Maybe I'll show them next week.
You know why? Because I care that much.
Corey, how about we get it to Sammy news and we have a lots of
talk about, I mean. Yeah, we do we have a lot to
talk about but we don't have like the Story that we're not
going to spit a lot of time on, you know what I mean?
Like, hmm. so let's let's start with There's a lot of financial
stuff in here too. Right, so, most of it's just
relaying information about that but let's start with Hardware
stuff, Ed all righty, and Nintendo.
Good. Let me restart their Nintendo
shares. A drop nearly 10% after switch
to price Sparks investor concerns.
Oh you mean the Investor's that made you raise the price are now
concerned that the People are dumb, man.
People are so Nintendo saw it, share, price, fall, roughly,
8.40 44% following, the latest Financial update and the
announcement that the price of of the Nintendo switch to the
drop, brings the stock to its lowest level since 2023 down
significantly from the 2025 Peak.
While some investors view the price hike as necessary, amid
Rising Hardware costs, others worry could weaken demand and
impact long term. Console sales forecasts despite
short-term uncertainty Nintendo still projects, strong, future
releases. I like new entries in major
franchises could stabilize momentum. and I don't know what
you think about this kind of reaction to the price news.
I don't think there's any concern here.
I don't know if you feel like there's any concern here.
I still feel like 500 dollars isn't like a pretty decent price
for this machine. Well, it's again, it's a
Feeling. It, they dropped it or they
dropped it earlier before Pokemon pokea came and they were
Pokemon dropped. It does.
Stop went up. You know, and now it's dropping,
it dropped again because of concern and then I'm just like,
I bet you nothing. It, I bet you it's gonna end up
being raced up again after good sales of it.
Still happening and people like don't really care.
It's only 50 dollars. you know, like the problem is the problem
is is the people who are investing know nothing about
video games, they just They are looking at.
Charts and graphs and spikes in the economy and they are
investing based on those. They know nothing about The
people who want to actually have the console, by the console,
play the games, you know, I you know, I mean like I bet there's
hardly any Gamers who invest in Nintendo, right?
Like, that's just yeah, I'm not. That's just the reality of
investing and people with a lot of money who just don't know
what to do with their money, right?
Mmm. That's just the nature of it and
Nintendo is not any any trouble anywhere, right?
They just This is just how investing is investors are,
usually not. I mean, they're obviously smart
people for having a lot of like having some sort of way to make
that, much money or whatever, right?
But like they're not smart in the way that Nintendo needs them
to be to understand this stuff. Again totally expected the price
to go up, right? I think we all did which is why
we kind of most of us jumped on the bandwagon, early jumped on
the price early. Yeah, I like if I must be, Go
ahead. Oh, I was just, oh, I was gonna
say for a lot of us. The reason why we got up with
this came out, we thought this was gonna be sold out that we
weren't able won't be able to get one and they kind of proved
us wrong. You know, people were able to
defeat like a Walmart. People was able to get it, you
know, I did a piano Guinness for school so later but I had the
money Target was I don't know what to get one.
Yeah, and like, you look at you look at this.
Um, You know, if what I was saying and what I was saying was
like, if I if I had the money man, I would go get a second one
right now just to have, you know, because again, my kids are
really into games now, like they're starting to get into
games. you know, and just to let them have their own kind of
Switch. You know, and just let them have
it to play. And like when I'm not home or
like, play games that I'm not playing or whatever, like just
to let them have it would be so you know, nice at this point,
you know, because like again I switch one.
So over here hooked up. Right?
And it has games on it. But like, My kid, my kids know,
right? They already know that the new
consoles out which probably comes from me and like watching
a lot of YouTube videos with Nintendo ads, but like They know
that the switch two is out. They don't want to play the
switch one. You know, they just don't, which
is fine great. But we only have one switch two.
I don't know if I, if I had the money, I would definitely Get
another one. Which I, I mean, I do have the
money but also we just spent a ton of money on a roof and our
basement being flooded and all this other stuff.
So, If you want that story goes in the Bosphorus podcast, or you
can go to our new clips Channel and listen to it there, because
it's gonna be there. Yes.
A little self-promotion there. So yeah, man.
I I don't know. I'm not I'm never concerned,
right? It's not.
They've already outsold the Wii U.
I'm not concerned. All right.
Oh man. but I don't know, I I think they got a lot of great
games coming up, you know, I clearly think that one of the
stories later we're going to talk about is definitely proves
a lot of things. So we're gonna Talk about that
in a minute, but first, Ed. Before the price hike goes up,
they're gonna get used to that 500 dollar price point by
introducing. It choose your game.
Bundle featuring. Yes, Mario, Kart.
Donkey Kong Bonanza and Pokemon pokea.
Yes, a Nintendo's announced a new choose your own game bundle.
For Nintendo switch 2, launching a North America in early June at
4 9 9. 9 9 Yeah.
I mean, I mean, I think this is just them getting around and
brazing the price early at this point.
Because you're going to want to buy.
You're going to want to get one of those games, right?
When you go buy some anyway, So they're, they're eating the cost
on one game, hoping that you'll buy the other one really, right?
And so when all of those games sold enough to like their
budget. So I mean to them, this is just
like Disney extra money for any of them.
I mean, Mario Kart has nearly a one-to-one.
Rate anyway, right? So yeah.
I mean I I see like I feel like Pokemon poke is gonna be the one
out of all these. Yeah people are gonna buy at
this point. I don't I can't really see
people. Choosing Donkey Kong.
As their free game out of these three.
Not nothing against Donkey Kong, right?
Yeah. But like, Mario Karts.
The big multiplayer game, right? That the whole family can play
and then Pokemon piquillos Pokemon.
And that's taking know that's like, raining, like number one
on gaming charts. I think with poke, I think.
They could come feels like it had this time after his release,
you know. But, you know Donkey Kong gets
the you know, your second game that's unique.
It's not the first game that you actually need unless Your kid
has seen Donkey Kong and they super interested in playing it
and they want that to be their first game then yeah.
Good. That's a great thing to go.
It's not. I really wish that age for
Christmas was included but well, as this is yeah this is like
Zelda stuff and you know that's yeah.
Yeah. The, by the way we're gonna talk
about it soon but that the new meebo already pre-ordered it Had
these. I don't pre-order all so side
tangent. Yes.
Did you know that these Resident Evil amiibos are exclusive to
GameStop? Yeah, gross.
Why? As someone who just bought
three. Man, that's that sucks.
Also I don't know if you saw this weekend but the street
fighter ones at Best Buy and we're five bucks piece.
Oh, dang it. Yeah, as I sat online all
weekend on Amazon, looking at pre-ordering stuff and all that
kind of stuff and looking at the candy are Riders of people
that's 54.99. I want it so bad but it's not
worth 55 dollars. That's like Sure that's almost
water the game itself or that's what price of the game.
Yeah. So uh, yeah.
Dang. Anyways, not important, I guess.
Let's move on. Choose your own bundle
everybody. Go. no, I I've been coming
around on Mario Kart World a little bit, although Mario Kart
8, still much better in my opinion.
Hmm. Anyways, speaking of switch, two
games. Nintendo reassures fans, more
switch, two games are coming on the, despite release concerns.
Who's concerned? That was my question.
You're getting five first party games in three months.
Plus, you got upgrades to Animal Crossing in Mario wonder, and
you got pragmata and Resident Evil.
And What else? Just came?
What just came out? I just Yoshi's coming out this.
Yeah Yoshi let's see Yoshi's coming out.
Prague Mata, I'm gonna stop. I'm gonna read this real quick
because of getting really angry Nintendo has a dress growing
fan. I'm gonna I'm gonna I'm gonna
125 percent this so I can read it better.
Here we go. I'm getting old and my eyes just
can't see what they used to. Nintendo is a dress growing fan
concerns about current line. The current lineup of Nintendo
switch two titles with President shintaro farak confirming.
The additional first party games are planned for the second half
of the fiscal year while acknowledging that longer
development Cycles have made frequent releases more
challenging, he emphasized that both major and smaller titles
are in development and will be announced in due course. the
statement aims to reassure fans worried about gaps in the
release schedule even as Nintendo balances its broader
strategy of staggered game launches, Ed.
What is wrong with people? Who go for Cocoa Puffs?
like, Nintendo's had four first party releases this year
already. They just dropped the
announcement of Star. Fox come in next month.
That's what I'm saying, man. So I'm saying like we know that
Nintendo is breaking heat, they're going to be bringing
games. So who is concern?
Because everything I've been seeing on social media that does
Nintendo in games This hasn't been one lick unless it's people
who are trying to get clicks so they can make money.
That's the only thing that that can happen because you got
great, Indie Games coming out, you got great, third party games
coming out. Nintendo themselves is almost
breaking out a game every month. So and then you got this bundle
coming out for people who don't have a switch to get the
experience, these new gangs for the first time, So I don't see
no complaints. I just I just don't know what
people want, man. Like Here's the thing.
There's just because we there's not a 3D Mario game or a 3D
Zelda. Game announcement means, there's
no games. there's, I mean, there's five first party games
coming out in the next like, Three months there.
You have Pokemon pokea, you have.
You know, you want to, you want to first party game, maybe you
should go buy Metro Prime 4:00 there's one that nobody bought.
you know, there's a Mainline Pokemon game coming right in the
and then not too distant future. You know, there's a Mario game
on the way, you know, there's Zelda games.
Oh yes, right? Like you, that Ocarina of Time.
Remake is supposedly coming this year.
I you know, I um, have also seen rumors that there's another
Zelda game coming out next year, which again follows the
statement that for us as he wants a Zelda in a Mario project
out every year. Okay, yeah, great.
You know, um, You know, for Professor Layton is coming out.
Right. Um I don't just soft may show.
Something they gave me come out. Yeah, I mean IP I forgot that
the switch to version of Xenoblade Chronicles X came out.
Like you got that this year, too.
Like what do you want? oh, It's just like guys, you're
not gonna play all of these games.
First of all, this is, you know, the normal person's not gonna
play all these games. This is the crazy thing, though.
Corey, so yuck playing or there's complaints about Not
enough for two games coming out. Food.
But what Sony audio release sorrows?
Xbox has reduced by the way. It's only sold 300,000 copies.
yeah, I heard, um, Xbox has some here and some hearing their
releases. You know that Nintendo for the
last couple of years, almost a decade now have been dropping
Heat. Monthly, or by monthly.
Whether it's a port. A rerelease or new game or
sequel. So, you can't say that there
isn't content. Coming out.
On top of the end of NSO stuff. You got Pokemon XD, on GameCube.
You just got five Virtual Console number.
Retro Castle Virtual Boy games. Almost too.
More is to come. Yeah, people are just, I don't
know what people want, like, you're not gonna get it.
You're not in a new Mario. You're not gonna get a new,
Triple, A A huge Zelda or Mario experience every year?
You're just not, you're not I'm sorry, you're just you're just
not and especially in this day and age you know, the way how
much games cost and how long they take like you're just not
and that's fine but guess what? Then the switch to already has
more exclusive games on it. Then PlayStation 5 and it's
right for six years, you know? And, and that's not a dig, it
PlayStation. It's just like that's how long
these things take in Nintendo has been, you know, that their
decision making and their release schedule has been
smarter about really seeing new game.
You know, updates to switch one games, or remasters or remakes,
you know, we've talked about that ad nauseam since the switch
one came out, right? Right.
They're released schedule and mix of new games and re-releases
and smaller games and Triple A games.
And Working with studios in a second party capacity or
marketing games to make them really feel like Nintendo games
even if they aren't right? Like dude, residential 9 felt
more like has is felt more like a Nintendo game.
Than any Resident Evil, since the Remake on GameCube, yeah.
Like, It's, it's just crazy. How people?
People want games and I don't know if they just want games to
fill their shelves, it just feels like they're not gonna
play all these games. I really don't understand how
people are gonna play all these games, unless the switch unless
the switch one or switch to is the only console that you own
which granted that is the case but like, I just don't
understand. There's so many options out
there, so not missing eight. Every, every, like four to six
weeks, you're getting a new first party game or like 80 and
update to a game or You know, like this, there's nothing that
you are missing out Nintendo is releasing stuff.
So the the where's the concern at the concern has to be for
attention, it cannot be regular into the community players.
Who know that gas are coming up. We already know that talked
about the gas that we know about.
We're all waiting for Fire Emblem Fortress weave.
I know, we talked about that a lot, but that's like the big
major gang. In our thing with Nintendo
starts, speaking about what's coming to the platform.
You don't know about it. Why?
Because that's what everybody's going to be talking about for
the next three plus months. We've done it many a times.
Because we're excited what to do is going to bring?
We don't have no concern because We?
If Nintendo brings out too much heat.
That means outside the spinning money getting them.
We have to start jumping around because we're playing so much
goodness. Yeah, it's it's it's it's just
like, man. Like there are some and there
are so many other games besides Nintendo games on the console,
you know what I mean? Like, I mean, and I'm not
talking about, like, triple games I'm talking about like
Indies, or double A, or I mean dust plus and Elder and Elder
ring. They don't get talking about
They've been talking about where they're making sure that those
games come out dust Plus. Come on now.
I, Mean that game that game's gonna come out soon apparently,
too. So like it.
It's I don't know, man. I, I just have a really hard
time. Wondering how you?
guys, the concern is if, if Nintendo gave us a drought and
then just started dropping Heat. Then what?
Because Nintendo could do that. They could give us a drop.
But then we'll start getting gas and beat up.
Don't care if they rank in the 90s, don't care what they
breaking 70s. Don't care.
They're breaking the 80s. They're constantly being talked
about, they're constantly being shown on social media.
They're constantly being ridden about regardless of reviews or
anything, there's a consistency that's that's happening to give
us three months out of no first party games.
And then dropped five of the highest game that we've played.
Did what you're going to say. It just doesn't make any it's
good because that doesn't make any sense, man.
It just Again, I know it's probably just a majority, these
people are just the loud. angry internet that doesn't matter,
but the people to the people who, like, really don't
understand this like, What what do you what do you?
What do you mean? You mean so, So for us, we're
not worried, I'm not you. I already have too much to play.
They need to slow down. Very excited for Yoshi, by the
way, on Friday, Thursday, whatever.
I'm also very excited for Tales of Rise but it's a game key card
so I might just get it digitally. but, oh, I know, I
know, I know the key card thing doesn't matter, but like I Don't
know. I anyways, it doesn't matter.
How do you own a key card game or not yet?
Oh, I started out loud. I have so yeah, that is right.
But I also bought it digitally so like I didn't have to open it
and test it out. Oh, so you have an installed a
Genki card yet. Oh no, I think well, because
from pragmatic, I think of you ever get a game key card game, I
think the moment you started you'd be like Wait a minute,
this place like it just got a physical car should be like I
mean that's yeah. I mean all digital games play
like you got a physical cartridge in there.
You just can't take it out. anyways, speaking of Let's move
on. Let's I'm tired of talking about
angry fans. And this is the one that I
wanted to get to because it's really interesting to see the
split on this. But Nintendo has revealed that
40% of the Tomodachi life living, the dream players are
actually playing on switch two. Which is crazy.
Tomodachi life living. The dream has had a strong
launch on Nintendo switch. Selling over 3.8 million copies
and its first two weeks. And Nintendo's, latest Financial
update, the company has also confirmed and unusual stat.
Approximately 40% of players are already using Nintendo switch 2,
despite their being no dedicated switch to Edition.
While the game runs at a standard as a standard switch
titles, which two users benefit from faster, load times and game
chat support highlighting. Cross-generation adoption across
the platform and ecosystem, yada, but Ed.
This is a crazy split. 40%. Yeah, I I think that's great.
I mean, I think it's great. I think it's great too.
I just like, man. 40%. That's that.
That's, that's so that's, that's a I mean that's a pretty big
split. That's pretty much about a
million players. I mean or two minutes like it's
like it's like one point six million something hmm.
Just have people play the game all switch because that mean it
just makes sense. You know switch to is still
trying to get us number's up and sells that's consoles.
But you already have a big sale number uh with the switches you
know it is great to even hear that Tomodachi life as did 3
million in this still consistently selling it.
You know I I kind of feel like This 40% is not a big deal to
me. Now I would be concerned if it
was like yeah, 20% was only switch 2 and 80% of those
switch. But it's just like this is
closed of being half and half. It's just that switch to say it
has I mean switch one has so many a sisters out there that
people will just adopt you know by the gay and play it on there.
And you kind of think about people who are biased switches,
Maybe by this game, also like a birthday gift or something.
They'd be my baby bearing for the daughter's or, you know, the
Cozy Community might be buying this game.
So, enjoy yourself. Um, you know, and people have
been pretty creative with this game.
So, this point to sit Beast. Oh, go ahead.
I was gonna say, it makes it makes a lot of sense.
This game. I sorry, I didn't mean to cut
you off. I know I gotta stop doing that.
It really makes a lot of sense of this game, so popular.
I didn't, I don't, I never really understood what this game
was. But the from, you know, just
listening To people online talk about it and how many people are
just enjoying the hilarities of this game is like it's a really
simplified version of The Sims essentially, which is like,
yeah. Oh well no wonder, it's popular.
It's the Sims is popular, you know, even to people who don't
play games and I That's what, that's what this game and Animal
Crossing. seemingly have done so well is like capture that
audience of the quote unquote, Casual Gamer.
That doesn't consider themselves a gamer but still wants to play
games, right? Like and it's just really cool
to see something. This game is so weird, man.
Like, it's the viral marketing versus like the weird means and
Miser nostalgic at this point, right?
Because of the weed and like They're doing something really
right with this. And so, Yeah, I I is that
Direct. Is that drama storyline?
Of a character finding love and how old did that play.
Because when that the wreck was show, people were just like, I'm
buying this game. They went out and brought it.
He didn't know what's up with at the time, we didn't know what
they were systems. They was buying it for or you
know where they were gonna play that.
But then like after the game came out, we started to seeing
pictures and videos of arrows Insurrection with this game.
And it's still, it's still doing well.
So with 40% of this game, you know, sitting on switch two, um,
well, 40% of the game, the switch people are playing the
game was switched to, um, that's just a great numbers.
That's true. You only got like about 20 plus
a million. There's two out there.
You know, that's a good thing. And like when the fish there is
a update to version, that's gonna add more sales because of
the sales, slow down for this game.
And the first two Edition cup. Maybe a free update for those
who who bought it maybe like hey if you didn't buy this game uh
but we had it up here go to switch to Edition.
We added more features that's not in the regular one.
People probably go out and buy it.
Buy it again. So I I don't have a problem with
this number, but I think that's so cool that 40% of people who
bought this game is played in all sports too. oh, just it's
just, you know, I People are always wondering why I like
these weird games do well and it's like well look at the games
that they are simplifying, right?
That are popular. You know.
And that I mean, that's what that's why so Nintendo.
Good on you. Is that I'm, I'm really
fascinating to see what other games.
They kind of look at and say we could we can make something in
that. I mean. man, it also reminds me
of like, how Pikmin simplified the real time strategy game, you
know, like You know, it it's a real time strategy game. you
know, the Pikmin or the resources, Um, and and it kind
of simplified a lot of things and it's just really fascinating
to see the ways that again we could go into several different
directions with this. But Tomodachi Life.
Selling. And selling.
So, all right, Ed, let's talk about Yoshi.
Yes, Yoshi and the Mysterious book.
Uh, reportedly. Is running on Unreal, Engine, 5.
New reports suggest Yoshi in the series book for Nintendo switch
2 is powered by Unreal. Engine 5 marking a notable
technical leap for the series. The information reportedly comes
from from switch to preload data referencing ue5 related plugins
following earlier indications that the game uses on real
technology. I think a lot of people will
assume that it was a modified version of real for because
that's what crafted World brand on.
But you find while the developer has not officially confirmed,
the game was previously associated with a shift from
Unreal Engine for used in past Yoshi titles.
Like she's crafted World alongside these technical
details. Nintendo also released new
trailers, showcasing the game's creature based puzzle mechanics
and its exploration. Focus gameplay ahead of its May
21st release. Uh Ed having Unreal Engine 5 run
on the switch too. Is a big deal.
Yeah. Um, you know, I mean, we know
fortnite runs on it because it's fortnite but having like an
actual Non. Using Unreal, Engine 5.
That's gonna provide a lot of potential for third parties.
Offering games on switch to. Well what's it?
What's again it is shocking that Nintendo is even using a real In
a fresh face for the Yoshi games or just with them as a company,
you thought they would use like their own engine.
Well, forgive it's if it's a, if it's a studio, in a second party
capacity, or this studio, that is making this game, is
comfortable with unreal, right? Like that scene.
You know, Nintendo's not gonna Force.
A proprietary engine on a second party or a third party.
Right? Yeah.
I mean I really don't. I really feel like they're not
gonna do that. But it is really nice to see
this. Because of the potential of
scaling larger games now. And, and I think the techniques
that Nintendo are usually with their art style and just how
certain things are happening. I think the developers at
Nintendo probably thought that aren't Unreal.
Engine 5 would be the best juice of it because it could do this
and that and then maybe something once again, that
Nintendo has learned on how to use Unreal Engine 5, that maybe
other developers can't now and I fully agree with you, if this
allows other developers to use your Enterprise to breed their
gas, to switch to and like really developed for the ground
up using Umbreon. Sue.
Then there's a potential that a lot of games could more gays
could be coming to the system. Think dink is, I bet you people
are gonna be like, how in the world Nintendo was able to use
this engine for this game. But we may struggle to bring
this to get through because of That's not maybe not fully
understanding how we could get an edge, a game running on real
five to come to switch to like, well, they Capcom did it with
their own entry engine, so there should be a way for you, top
tier developers, who know how to make good game off of a real on
a real five. It's a bring to switch to it
shouldn't be too hard. Well, I mean, that even unreal
five like that means just looking down the road like that
means something like The Witcher 4 or You know, I mean I I know,
I know CD projekt really like a challenge, right?
They obviously, yeah. gosh cyberpunk, but You know that
that means Tomb, Raider. That means, uh, you know, some
of these, the Xbox games that they still want to go
multiplatform. That means, There is so many,
there are so many games that use on real Engine 5 that it's yeah.
man, it would just really be nice to see these even if even
if we don't buy them there, or even if we don't, You know.
Think that the game is going to be great there.
Like at least we know that it, it'll run there and like this
comes up, you know, we're gonna talk about it later, but like,
you know, when Ken Levine was discussing, you know, a
diminishing returns on on hyperrealism, right?
I was like yeah well we'll talk about that in a minute because I
actually I have a lot of thoughts on that and I've been
thinking since we talked about it.
On Boss Rush podcast. At I've been thinking a lot
about that quote, specifically, it's just been.
It's been stuck in my brain but we'll talk about it when we get
there. But Yeah, it just it really.
I'm trying to think of other Unreal Engine, 5 Games, I got to
look it up because it's game. That's I think that's four was
supposed to be on. If not, it's on some modified
version of Three or four. The one that's all, like,
serious X and PC and PlayStation.
So, Claire's here. Expedition 33 runs on Unreal,
Engine 5, oh Metal. Gear Solid.
Delta Snake Eater. Hellboy 2 obviously.
A lot of Xbox games from them as were to real mm-hmm.
Yeah, I'm looking, I'm looking at a list right now.
Let's see, Silent Hill 2. I mean, which I'm shocked hasn't
come to switch yet. Switched to.
Wu-Tang Fallen feathers, the midnight walk.
Midnight walk, man. That game looks really creepy.
Still wakes, the D Metal Gear Solid Delta, that new Marvel
game that's coming out that 1943 rise of Hydra Silent Hill gears
e-day. what's your four unrecorded, which is that Really
creepy kind of body cam FPS that's coming out. so, like
there's a lot, there are a lot of games coming of Or are out
with Unreal, Engine 5. And but that also provides a lot
of potential for switch. So, I mean, even something even
something. Like, Raiders, or Um gosh,
what's the other game? What's the other game?
I was thinking of, I don't remember what it's called.
Anyways, not important. I guess, but This is if it would
be amazing to look at that Tech demo.
We're Unreal. Engine 5 came out.
Not the Matrix one, not that one, but when they first
release, yeah, the one that off Tomb Raider.
Yeah, yeah and dance to see games of that magnitude.
Coming to Swiss Street on switch two.
I could get that much working. I'm because this already at what
31st, right? They like that, 34 frame for
serious sex, unless they upgraded it when they released
for PlayStation 5, I don't know. But the shoot they could keep it
at 30 frames on first two and the game looks like breathtaking
like crazy. Breathtaking bringing my brother
and Five Guys, because of Ninja Theory, could do it and put
those first two in the tentacle could do it.
Also there's no excuse that any other third-party or even
Andy's, can't put that game on the system.
I mean they the that um, the blood of Don Walker, which is
like the who gosh, the X, the bunch of people who love CD,
projekt Red to start their own Studio to make a vampire RPG
like that runs on Unreal, Engine 5.
And a lot of people are like, really excited for that game.
I don't really know a lot about it, but it looks.
Is that part of What is that part of The Bloodline series
know? It's a it's a new IP.
It was a new episode. Okay.
Yeah. Um, they should have just called
it Dawn Walker, the blood of Don Walker.
Sounds really was shooting. Don't work, as I was like a
Final Fantasy. 14 Expedition, I might have been it Dawn.
There was a dawn something right?
Yeah, I don't remember anyways. But yeah, Yoshi running on
Unreal Engine 5 man, we really are tangent thing tonight.
This might be a six-hour show. Let's talk about amiibo and
talked enough about amiibo recently.
Toys in general. Starfox switch to confirms of
mibile support with exclusive unlocks in game.
Chat extras, the upcoming Star, Fox release on Nintendo switch 2
and we'll include confirmed amiibo.
Capability allowing players to unlock exclusive backgrounds and
emblems by scanning figures, like Fox Falco and wolf from the
Smash Brothers series of amiibo according to Nintendo's Japanese
website scanning supported amiable.
Will also Grant cosmetic rewards, while new game chat
features. Let players appear as Star Fox
characters and use the themed our filters using voice chat.
and, I mean, it just, it seems like evil amiibo rewards are
becoming kind of less, and less important to the Nintendo
ecosystem. I kind of feel like, obviously
the toys. To life, fad died, you know, a
long time ago, with my long lives, Disney Infinity and
Skylanders but amiibo have continued to truck along. um, I
feel like we used to get like, like three to five new amiibo
every month for a while and now we yeah maybe get, you know, a
new set every six months you know, I mean how many how many
more versions of these Splatoon characters are they gonna
release but like It seems like yes, like key coming out.
But it does seem like they keep re-releasing characters, which
is good, right? Like is yeah.
These Star Fox characters will get re-released at some point,
even if it's a small batch of them just to have available at
launch, which I own Fox and Falco.
I don't have a wolf, star wolf one yet, but I mean, how do you
how do you feel about amiibo kind of rewards and because like
the Metroid Prime 4 ones. Obviously were like the big ones
that were a lot of people were upset about. and, So I don't
know, I don't know. What do you think about him?
he's one, I think people, I think, you know, Regardless of
what you get from people are gonna buy because they love
Collectibles. And I think if you have a big
amiibo You know, collection adding these were just like, you
know, just making more valuable making more exciting to have.
You know, whether you used to make a game or not, it won't
matter. It's up to you.
If you want the, if you want to buy these amiibo because for a
lot of me, boo, when they sell out, it may take a while for new
what's to come and some of the researchers like the jack up,
the price, So I don't mind what the rewards that come with the
people. I still love the people
themselves, not still up putting them on my shelves and getting
over again, cuz I am able to like the whole shelf over there
is like, that's all of me. Both, you know, aside from like
things. And he is so beautiful, dude.
So I I don't have a problem with that we were.
So I think people are going to collect these amiibo.
If if they do something amazing with these Star Fox and people,
when they bring him out, people gonna pre-order them and buy him
as long as they don't be exclusive to a store.
Like like you said earlier, with the Resident Evil ones.
Yeah, that's fine. I like if I could get one at
Best Buy or even a gifts or something to have a shit to me.
And they're going to be super, super cool.
People are going to love them and have them and to think about
this, they're gonna be this allows them to buy more for the
game. So this helps promote the game.
And it's going to show that. Hey, I got my game and I got my
cooler amiibo. You don't think if you don't
think that's not gonna happen. Every time maybe comes out and
the game comes out. Someone is taking a picture, I'm
guilty of doing it. Yeah, I'm super excited.
I mean, the Mario ones, right? Like the Mario Galaxy ones that
just came out in April. Yeah.
The Rosalina every reading, the book like that, people were mad,
that they were so big. I'm like, I think the bigger
ones look better. I like the bigger ones.
Yeah you know I do I do too. Those ones are so nice.
I do wish we could have gotten something new for Star Fox but
Again, star Fox's, in a huge. IP, you really want to put all
that investment in manufacturing and All that, you know, right.
And I think the only Star Fox one that I think is only smash.
I don't think it didn't but we did get the the ring as part of
the yeah. You Right.
And so there's a fox character with that and they are Wing.
But other than that, like, we haven't really gotten anything
that I think that handle is so weird.
The controller is like like the the arwing comes with a base.
Right to set up. Yeah, the base has the joycon
like attachment like, like a whole Surfer.
Your joycon. So you can hold it.
And it's like, what? Why?
And then they end up just selling all that stuff
digitally. Anyway, but the arwing though,
super cool. Yes, I I'm super super excited
to see how did I think if that if those would be both are super
detail, you know? It's going to be a fight for
people to get. Oh, yeah, I don't care if it
was, I don't care. People say no.
Okay, they look ugly. Don't order one.
Oh, all pre-orders are go where they must be attractive enough.
yeah, people just Suck. Oh yeah.
We established that earlier. That's mean to say but I don't
care. Let's keep on the amiibo trained
here at the tears of the Kingdom.
Menus construct. Amiibo is finally coming out in
September. Uh, this was rumored a long time
ago and then it ended up being listed on several like amiibo
checklist, sites unofficial of course.
But the Legend of Zelda tears of the kingdom is getting a new
collectible with upcoming amiibo release of meters construct.
It's now available for pre-order cross, major retailers,
including Nintendo's, my Nintendo store, Amazon and
GameStop. It's priced at 3499 in the US,
the figure features are articulated arms for pausing and
unlocks in game rewards across titles like tears of the
Kingdom. Breath of the wild and Hyrule
Warriors age. If imprisonment The amiibo
Launches on September 17th, continuing continuous ongoing
expansion, and interactive physical Collectibles, time to
the game playing feature. Ed, are you?
I don't know why. So are you getting this?
I assume you are. I am.
I am pregnant. I haven't pre-ordered yet.
I had a check something since Thursday and everything is
goods. Go, I'm a pre-order it.
I have to order from my Nintendo store.
I'm not I'm not doing Amazon again, stop. um, I so, I thought
about, I mean, when this was rumored, I was like, man, this
thing's gonna be huge. I don't know if I'm gonna get it
or not just because like when I put even when I play Tears of
the kingdom was like Manar is cool.
But like I don't really care about menaruh.
Age of imprisonment that. I like really started to really
like Monroe as a character. Yeah.
And like even using that construct in, that game felt so
fun when you would do this, the special special, right?
Yeah, like the other one literally, right at it like a
like a Mech that's essentially, which was super cool.
So, I don't know. I, I wonder I wonder what it
unlocks though. That's the thing.
What does it unlock? Do I get to?
Drive around Monroe's, construct in tears of the Kingdom.
As like a Mech. I don't have to build it myself.
I can just get it. It reminds me of.
The steps Studio Ghibli movie. Spirit of the win.
Oh, look at that. But it reminds me just of a
studio. Give me movie Lincoln at it.
Oh, Yeah, when I see it looks, it's it looks super cool.
Yeah. Yeah, it looks really cool.
I dig it. Can you do it?
And what's wrong with me? You know, what's wrong with me?
Yeah, so much. I don't switch love for guys.
Well sure. Well we'll go with that.
speaking of our love for video games, Edward, We like toys my
son, actually. Just got Bowser, Junior.
The Jack specific, Mario Galaxy Movie, toy line is expanding.
oh, the lineup for the Super Mario Galaxy movie with a new
wave of products, led by quote, chomping Wonder, Bowser Junior.
That's the featured figure of the line, which if you played
Mario Wonder. That's obviously the Bowser
Junior. Castle turns into this kind of
purple. Kind of looking thing.
So Bowser Junior just different color scheme and Chompy mask.
Looking thing. Anyways, not important, the
eighth inch collectible figure includes multiple articulation
points, interchangeable, accessories, and interactive
play features and will be available for pre-order starting
May 15th. Oh so it's up for pre-order
already. Apparently the broader fall
lineup includes premium figures playsets plushies, retail,
exclusive items, featuring characters like Mario Luigi
Peach, Bowser, Yoshi and Rosalina The expansion follows a
strong ongoing momentum for a for the film across theatrical
performance, and its upcoming, digital and physical home,
releases. Which by the way, is also very
soon. And I really like, the way these
toys look. Have you have you?
Played with them at all. Like, look at them.
They look really really good, really, really deep.
So I might buy some just a half. But yeah, this super simple.
I love the balls of Junior one. Yeah, I saw my soul my mom, my
parents were in Disney last week and yeah, they went to the Japan
store in Epcot and apparently, they have a bunch of Mario,
Galaxy Movie toys in there, which is like well, Not sure
that's the Japanese part of Nintendo, but okay, but she got
him about Bowser Junior and he, you know, my son he loves Bowser
Junior. so, at Disney, Yeah. And in Japan Pavilion at Epcot
they try to have like cultural touchstones in their in their
stores and Japan. Obviously Nintendo is a huge
cultural Touchstone. There's a ton of Pokemon stuff
in there too. when we went dude, Pokemon was all over that place,
but yeah, she bought him a Bowser Junior.
I'm like, you could have just got this at Target for probably
10 dollars cheaper, but whatever, it's fine.
Oh, but yeah, I think the toy line is really nice.
I really Like the articulation of these, he also has the big
that big Bowser from the first movie.
And it's pretty large, as well. It breeds fake fire in case you
want. If you put water in his head, he
blows out Steam and there's a red light in his mouth. so, I
don't know if you have anything else to say about this but let's
also talk about some Legos, Ed Multiple Nintendo Lego sets
across Zelda, Mario Kart and Animal Crossing Lines are set to
retire. A range of themed Lego sets
across lit. Uh, Lego collaborations with
Nintendo are being marked as quote retiring soon.
According to Legos official product listings, this affected
lineups, multiple franchise and including the Legend of Zelda,
it's the Deku Tree set, that's being retired.
Specifically. Super Mario Mario Kart and
Animal Crossing with sets, ranging from interactive, play
kits, and character builds to themed to locations and
vehicles. The retirement listing suggest a
phase discontinuation of several early and midline products
though availability may vary by region and remaining stock.
Ed. I was a little surprised by this
at first but then I'm like, well, if you're a Nintendo fan
and a Lego fan, you probably already got the ones you wanted,
right? Um and then if you're not an
Nintendo fan, is there reason to get the Nintendo one.
So like yeah it almost feels like You know. you're you, if
you if you're into any of this stuff, you're just gonna be an
early adopter anyway and then the It'll link like the, like
how long of a tail do these things have in terms of
purchasing, right? Like I don't know, I really
don't know. I'm not a Lego person.
I don't know if things sell this.
This is the thing with the Lego community and this collectors.
If you do something to the games for super high, with the
resells, the Lego ones are outrageous when it comes to
reset from the connectors. So if you are paying a 150
something dollars for these Nintendo, they go set up
something. If a kid wants it, for their
birthday and they're out of stock.
So what is going to be selling these for 600 plus some dollars?
They're going to make sure that they really make a profit.
And what will probably happen is, they will find stores who,
if they're not selling a lot, them collect the sky money to
buy a lot. Still buy all of them and get
just get ready for every for them to To come like once
they're stopped being resold. I mean they're stopped being
sold and everything. They're gonna throw them online
and they're gonna be high price. They're gonna jack up that
price. If the Lego Community the
collectors, oh you're going to pay if you're trying to get a
set that you're looking for it, that Lego is not making.
Yeah I mean I need to look at that.
I I mean, I know Lego sets are like, there are specific ones
that are popular and specific ones like collectors.
Want I just I just don't know who hasn't like, I guess again
like the Zelda sets super expensive, right?
So maybe you've been holding out the way to see if it went on
sale at all or if it like you could find it or you know
somebody build it and then took it apart and he's trying to sell
it second hand or whatever, right.
But like for the most part, I feel like If you.
Didn't. if you weren't excited when it came out, you know,
like, Why didn't you like, are you really gonna buy it?
What is it three years after it came out?
Two years after it came out? You know what I mean?
Because of a lot of people may not know a lot of the series
stuff for a lot of these games. You know, the cow quickly.
Flexible Gap got popular when the Mario Galaxy movie came out
and there might have been, like, kids, who don't know about it,
you look at the Legend of Zelda movie that's coming out next in
April next year. And people be like, if they
started deck you treat and those kids have played, none of the
games and don't know anything about Zelda.
And they know they find out, there's some Lego sets, but
they're not selling them anymore unless Nintendo does a restock
and resell them again. Their parents are going to look
online. So to get they could get their
kids, some of these sets and they're going to see that high
price, you know. So it's so right now just to
make sure if you don't have it, you're Nintendo fan or Lego fan
and you don't have these they're available because sometimes a
lot of the stuff is even just hard to fight in stores. you
know, and right now Target For I think if unless you go to the
Lego stores, they may still have them but if you like trying to
look for Legos in stores targets like Target's kind of hard to
find because a lot of those Legos, they don't restock at the
day after they sell out. But if you see if there's Lego
sets that's in the video game selection section and no one is
touching them if they're available now, regardless of
what the price is snack because what does collectors get their
hands on it. It's a done deal.
They gonna be those games and movies are gonna come out and
new Lego sets are not the price one.
It. And yeah.
Yeah. Well.
Goodbye Legos. I just, I like I guess there
could also be the situation like, you know, I'm, and I guess
is like, I, I did really want the Zelda one, but like, I don't
know where to where, I don't know where I would put it when I
was done with it, right? I mean I guess the shelf behind
me has room if I move stuff but like do I really want to do?
I really want to move it and then I just I'm not into Lego
enough to like really sit there and Be make room for a set.
You know what I mean? So I, I don't know.
If I if I got it somehow, I would build it and make room for
it. But like, I'm not gonna go out
of my way to get it I guess. All right.
And, and, and I think the thing about it is just like the reason
I'm saying, all this stuff is because I have been, I have like
just hurts stories about people buying the Star Wars.
They go sets that, you know, that has been so in the most are
high in price. Yeah, I did not.
I go ahead. Oh, and like when they reissue
them right? Like sometimes they reissue them
and change some of the pieces out or like, you know, that some
of the some of the parts on the on the things changed.
Like I know the Millennium Falcon has been reissued like
three or four different times but yeah.
So I'm collectors prefer the older versions of them because
of Just the way that they are built and stuff.
So like, plus like older sets probably are worth more in the
long run anyway. But I I do know that like the
Star Wars one specifically are really Something.
Yeah, and I think I think seeing it firsthand at Toys R Us with
the Lego stuff. Mm-hmm.
Yeah. I I have seen collectors.
Go Buckwild with this stuff. Some people are crazy, man.
they'll do they'll do whatever for their Shoes, do just the
toys are restlessness of legal stuff, if this Nintendo stuff
was there, too. It would It would have been.
High level of nonsense. Yep.
Oh boy. All right.
Well, That's enough of that, I guess.
Yes, talk about the movies, and dude, we, there is a lot of news
this week, isn't there? Nintendo like, Like a 12 13.
Do we got like, almost 18 more 16?
More 17, more stories to go? No, we don't.
We don't have that many, just we do.
Oh yeah, we got a lot. Oh man, we should probably not
talk about all of these. That's fine.
Whatever, who cares. Um, where are we?
Nintendo creates a new movie Project promotion manager role
as their film strategy expands. On Nintendo is expanding its
film and entertainment efforts by hiring a quote, new movie
Project promotion manager in Kyoto.
The role focus on marketing and promote promoting movies based
on Nintendo, franchises working with both Japanese and
international partners, and requires strong English skills
and deep knowledge of Nintendo's games.
Hey guys, we we know some people here. and, Oh boy. this move
comes after the success of the Super Mario Galaxy movie and
ahead of the light at action Zelda movie, which has been
slightly moved up, according to recent reports to April 30th,
which moved up one week Meanwhile, the Mario Galaxy
movie is preparing for its home release.
With bonus content on digital platforms.
So, overall, Nintendo's building more a more organized, long term
system for promoting its movies, instead of handling each one
separately, Um, I'm kind of surprised I didn't have a role
like this already, but maybe. Maybe Nintendo was waiting to
see the success of their first kind of couple films and and
stuff to see you know if they it was really worth promoting in a
major way, right? Yeah.
How do you know, what are your thoughts on this?
I think I agree with you. I think it's sort of like, very
cautious just to see How things would go now?
I think they got two franchises and maybe a Metroid one.
I think if they're going to be doing a lot with their
properties and putting them in movie form, they need to have
someone that can help, you know, not just only me and Moto but
Nintendo themselves. Be able to Market it very well
and, you know, make sure that the projects are going along.
And so, so when the team comes together to start marketing
these movies, Here, it'll be at ease, you know, they won't have
to worry about it. They'll have everything be able
to flow. So, I think, but definitely,
with the success of both Mario, animated movies and they're
probably hoping that when they bring out this Zelda movie,
which is going to is we're just gonna be a major thing for
Nintendo. They want to make sure that that
is handled just right. They don't want once again.
Mario's animated. They're doing a real life one
there. What they're being very cautious
because of that Mario movie. yeah, I think the 90s and I
wonder if not just not just the live action Mario movie but also
like You have all these memes from the cartoon, right?
Like the excuse me prints, which I still think link needs to say
that that needs to be his first words as excuse me.
Princess right now and like that cheesy way but just like What a
nod that would be if he like taped.
Yeah, yeah. Um, I still think that needs to
be his first words but I also think You know, the I always
forget this guy's name but he's the Sony producer.
He's like the producer of all like this Marvel stuff, the
Spider-Man movies, and like somebody's other things and he's
kind of known for like If something.
Like the sometimes the quality dips on future iterations.
We'll say when this person is involved.
At Sony. yeah, so I think Nintendo obviously Nintendo's
much more careful than like Marvel was in the early 2000s,
right with Spider-Man, but yeah. I think they definitely. like
you said Mario's, animated the quality could vary just because
it's animated and like Kids just want to see Mario jump around on
screen, right? But like, yeah.
Zelda has always been positioned as Nintendo's Prestige
franchise, right? Since the N64 Zelda has been
their quote, unquote, Prestige franchise essentially, And I
think that's going to transfer over into film.
And so, even if the movie gets delayed by like six months, they
want to make sure everything on this movie is right?
And they want to make sure the quality is there at least in
terms of, like, the, the filmography, and the Locations
and the actors like everything is needs to look, right?
Even if the movie turns out to be, you know, if people don't
like it or whatever, at least, they know, like, they put all
the effort into making sure it was up to their standards and
their quality And I think that's the difference between Nintendo
being involved in things and just people licensing things
out, you know? Like this, um, Street Fighter
movie, looks something. But I didn't go see the more to
come. It's yeah I heard it was good
but I didn't see the first one and I just I did not interested.
They said, the new movie got great fights, but everything
else is, but what's it good for myself?
I mean, dude, it's Oh, it's a Mortal Kombat movie, dude.
I'm not expecting like Oscar winning.
I'm just saying I I know I know what you're not disagree, I'm
not disagreeing with you but no I know what you're saying.
I'm just like Oh gosh. What the you know, like what?
Sometimes. But yeah but I think they I
agree with you like definitely if they got to reduce the stuff
I think they're they're being very cautious.
If if Nintendo's really go be dedicated in being it through
the film industry, they want to make sure that If they're going
to do it, it's handle, right? And they're going to be the ones
to handle this. So with this new role I think
we'll understand more. Once we find out who gets higher
and find out what they do and how they put their work is
produced like we see the results of what they're going for in
their doing so yeah. And maybe we may not, maybe they
do hire somebody. We don't see they work but there
they're so busy behind the scenes doing stuff.
You'd be like ah okay continue doing what you're doing.
Yeah. Yup.
Uh speaking of movies. Ed Sonic.
The Hedgehog 4 movie wraps filming ahead of its March 2027
release. Production on Sonic 4 has
officially wrapped, according to director, Jeff, Fowler with the
film. Now set for theatrical release
on March 19th 2027 the upcoming entry in the long running
adaptation, Long-running, that's funny.
Continues the story teased in earlier films and, and including
the introduction of Metal, Sonic and Amy Rose.
The returning cast includes Ben, Schwartz Aegis, Alba counter
Reeves. And then Kris Kristen Bell will
be playing Amy Rose and obviously Jim Carrey's set to
return as Doctor Eggman. So Ed Are we?
Sonic in the last forever, feels like this cast specifically is
like He's growing, I can't, I can't believe they got a fourth
movie out of it, let alone. They've already announced Sonic
5 and US spin-off movie. So I'm going to say this, I've
never seen Sonic 3. I didn't see the third one.
I have only seen the first one. So I seen the first one.
I think the second was when the chaos emeralds, I think that's
when Um, I always see the meme was Jim Carrey dancing Knuckles.
Someone else Yeah, when Knuckles come cuz it's a play.
I think that's the second one. So I haven't seen this third
one. So, I can't say anything about
this for one. That's the last, see some
Traders. So I really cannot answer this
question, but if their bedding on, I mean, all three movies
have been successful as made Sega money, So maybe if, if this
fourth one place it is done, right?
I could see it making money and being a success.
I mean, it's I feel like that's already a success, right?
Like I feel like Sonic is more of a movie character now than
gaming character, right? I mean, my nephews, my nephew's
really only know Sonic from the movies, you know, they don't,
they don't play Sonic games, you know, they only know the movies
and they like him and it's kind of it's almost like how my kids,
you know, in a sense were introduced to Mario, like,
obviously they knew Mario was from games, but like, they
really only know the movie versions of these characters
because they don't, they're not like actively playing Mario
Odyssey or anything my son and I play Mario Wonder but like You
know, not really much of a story there, you know. yeah, I
Thirsty. Yeah, I had I had I've had the
Western trailer for it. So Yeah.
I mean the end of the day, right?
They're gonna keep making these movies until they don't make
money and then they'll take like a year off.
Like, how do we reboot this thing?
I think, at I think, literally, at the, if they make this fifth
one, I think that's just waiting to see how much longer before it
takes, or it doesn't make the money that it should have made
and they, and they go and take a break I think.
At the 5th one. I think you could hold on.
It moves are not the fast and free.
It's kind of movies, you know, that way.
This issue, you know, Fast and the Furious.
Did you see that Vin Diesel announced a show for peacock?
A fast and furious show after the last movie, this next movie.
But no, and a spin off another spinoff movie. apparently, So
that's happening, I guess. Oh, wow.
No, I did not know that. Oh, speaking of rejects said,
let's talk about no. no, before you get the best transition.
It's the story we had talked about this this past week and
that I don't know, we fell out laughing with stock but it's
that transition makes so much Miss so much.
Since for this story, go ahead, um eBay has formerly formally
rejected a 55.5 billion dollar takeover proposal from GameStop,
With its board, describing the bid as quote, neither incredible
nor attractive and an official letter.
Responding to CEO Ryan Cohen, the rejection sites, concerns
over five. Financing on over financing on
certainly governance and long-term business risk while
reaffirming eBay's confidence in its Standalone strategy.
Despite the setback Cohen is reportedly still considering
further action, including appealing, directly to
shareholders as tensions between the two companies.
Continue to escalate who knew in 2026 we would be talking about
Rising tensions between GameStop, which I think we all
thought would be out of business in eBay who has had their own
issues. Why did he go?
I think CNN. Oh my gosh yes and that's energy
was rendus what? I'm like even was why why would
you tell her? Where we got this much but we're
trying to get the, you just said that you had 55 million or
billion or that dude. We're going to.
Why would you even do to interview?
You know? Good and well everybody was
asking the question where are you getting this money?
No news. Yet you have Finance National
trouble as a company and you're going to try to get 55 billion
dollars. You went on that interview, and
you embarrassed yourself. The moment, he the moment that
man did that, right? I think it was Ryan going but
see the one the moment that he went on and did that interview
that was it? That that just proved that
because he was like, he has no idea. he has no idea what he's
doing, if it feels like like and which explains a lot of the
situation again, swap actually, but I know me you did talk about
the interview, but when the story came out, I was just like
Okay, I know we just because we we didn't even release the
public episode yet. We didn't lose came out.
We had just recorded it and discussed it.
And didn't what like about two or three days later?
They told about this being rejected.
It was definitely, I think it was the Tuesday before because
palak releases on Wednesday. Yeah.
And so it was definitely on Tuesday.
I think he had did that. Because he had did that
interview and then that's when they rejection happened and we
were just like well shoot, that was the quickest out of date its
story. I'm like wow.
Yeah, it's not a not a great look. so, um, just, seems like a
big waist at this point, like this must this must be like the
equivalent of like when there's tension on Keeping Up with the
Kardashians and like that crowd, like, loves that stuff.
And then, yeah, we're just kind of like, um, okay, whatever.
just, that, that has to go right now as the number one dumb story
of video game news in 2026, Yeah, it's definitely up there.
I mean, I really don't even know what else to say at this point,
it's definitely Just don't Game Stop of eBay.
Put their business up for sale maybe but for right now, Just
stop. Just just give it up. yeah, they
need to just yeah, they need to give up.
This is like JCPenney ass in to buy eBay.
Geez. Yeah.
Well. you know, who is, uh, You know who does know what they're
doing it Capcom? Yeah, you know them.
Man. Dude, it is like ice cold in my
basement. I feel like after I read this, I
need to go get a hoodie or something, because it is like,
I'm frozen. It's, it's 80 degrees outside
and I'm frozen down here. Oh, wow.
It's 73 here. I think we're, we're supposed to
be expecting some rain. Supposed to be 90 something
degrees here tomorrow, but All right, let's talk about Capcom.
Capcom has announced another record breaking fiscal year,
extending its streak to 13 consecutive years of operating
profit growth and achieving its highest ever sales.
And profits a major highlight of the report is it is the
continuing success of Resident Evil which has now surpassed 200
million units sold worldwide driven by strong performance
from both new and trees like Resident Evil record them and
ongoing franchise momentum. Alongside Resident Evil capcom's
results were boosted by titles such as Street Fighter. 6 Devil
May Cry 5 as well as continued success from Cross media
adaptations and growing emphasis on Legacy IP expansion.
It's also worth noting that pragmata has sold almost 3
million units also at this point.
So, Ed. Capcom seems to know what
they're doing, they They seem to know what they're doing.
And it's good. I'm I love seeing Capcom
succeed. Well shoot, they got have a
Restless Evil games, everyone ever.
So on sale. All the time.
Dude, I don't know who's worse. Who we saw with this?
As a Creed case. Okay.
So um but but seriously, everybody, I think this is
really good. you know, definitely Capcom was in was
under American. kind of, Focus during the PS3 and Xbox 360
days. They just try to appeal to the
West so much and it was not working out for them.
They were selling a lot of games, they were kind of, in a
way losing a lot of money. A lot of people were trying to
focus up with somebody even buy Capcom and it's it literally
took a while for Capcom about that.
You know, they kind of move the way a little bit from Nintendo.
It was putting like a lot of their big kids, they mean, they
were still making it into the game, but they weren't producing
like, big gays, but it kind of feels like when Sorry about
that. Monster Hunter, 4.
Maybe a little bit of my son to try, but when my son before kind
of came out and then some more, the monster like, what more?
The monster hunter game started coming out Mega Man, game.
Start coming out when they were still kind of feel more.
A Japanese, um, definitely when the re re engine start coming to
play. Like when my son's series
started getting really popular not only just on Nintendo but on
PlayStation and Xbox and then they started doing PC for
purchase and then the gas just started getting better and
better during the PS4 Xbox, One era.
And then when they started releasing a lot of their past
titles on switch and started really supported in like really
going in and supporting Nintendo.
And of course, we had the receiver games on Wii U also
when they're getting started to improve.
Um, and more people were buying their games, were the physical
or digital and it was just everywhere.
It really feels like their profits started to increase the
Capcom that Us in the 80s and maybe the 90s knew were coming
back because they stopped trying to appeal to the West.
They they, yes, they still have that, you know, Western feel
some of their games. But, you know, we wanted them to
have that Japanese international field in their creativity and
their design. And once they what's that start
happening? You know, they we didn't get
nobody on the Commandos and you know like the the what 360 is
the not, the Indie version, not the 2D ones and everything but
literally like the 3D version, it was that era of Capcom
started to fade away Um, and they started bringing like I
said, that Japanese design back to their games.
People started wanting people want to play those Capcom games.
Um, you know, Street Fighter took off after, you know, with
Street Fighter 4 5 had this ups and downs but six became
popular, um, you know, comedies in the, the Trinity, the
fighting Collections and stuff. Definitely with the Marvel
versus Capcom that was huge. Not only for Capcom before
Marvel if we're people who love those games.
Of course, everybody's looking for my cow too, but it was just
like her car started hitting everything and Because of
Monster Hunter 4 for the 3DS. Um, and that being big, that,
that monster hunter turnaround for Capcom started to lead to
more great things. And so now we got Resident Evil
being a huge shit. Monster Hunter, Monster Hunter
getting out of that Niche box here in America.
Because it was huge Japan, and just became acceptable
respectable game. Because, don't forget my son
before and was it Fire Emblem. Awakening.
Also, was it the I think it was a wakening.
Whatever Fire Emblem was going along with my son, her four or
three years, where huge? I mean, so yeah, it was at the,
I think it was at the Wake, was it?
And it was probably fate and okay, yeah, it was like have two
blankets in a hoodie on. I'm so cold, dude, I'm good.
That's amazing. That's okay.
Um once all of that stuff started taking place and being
successful and kept how getting their footing and like I said
with the Resident Evil engine also be being just wonderful.
And then all these, we release says comes on its in the
platforms for games that haven't came and stuff.
Caca ended up getting their footing.
Again, you know and definitely just you know, definitely with
switch helping them, you know, sell a lot.
Um, these remix of their old receiver titles selling a lot.
It's just like, Capcom bounce back.
So, you know, to hear that they're being successful and
they're back in a I would say kind of in Gamers good graces.
It's just making like just wonderful games that really
sell. That's good to hear.
That it it's something that cannot be wished that they had,
but Konami had to go a different direction and order for them to
be successful. Once again deathly at the
Tension between. Kojima and Konami it's the oh.
So it's good to hear that Capcom is back.
I think that's why I keep talking about.
It's great to see that the Japan industry of gaming is coming
back and making that impact again.
You know, so yeah. Yeah.
Um, I would say I didn't hear like the first part because I
was I stepped away to put on hoodie on and some blankets but
I you know, I I do just to put a bow on the conversation so we
can move on. I'm glad Capcom has found
success and I I'm glad that they found.
I'm glad that they found out where their resources are best
suited. I'm glad that they found, you
know, real. Solid kind of am I trying to say
here? I'm glad that the games that
they make in the games that they focus on. have a strong
foundation so that even if you know, one of the games takes a
step back, like it seems like Monster Hunter, Wilds seemingly
has, I'm not sure not part of that Community, but it's seems
like a lot of people are kind of math on it, especially after the
game released. But it's Monster Hunter still
super popular and whenever the next one comes out, people are
going to be so excited, right? Like it just feels like they
have that consistency and I mean, When was the last time?
Anybody was excited for an onimusha game, right?
Like I think a lot of people's excitement for this new one.
Isn't based on past experiences with onimusha it's based on
capcom's quality and how, you know, how they keep putting out
quality and if capcom's names on the box, you better believe.
people are going to show up, you know, so, Yeah.
Oh man. Dude, somehow it got colder down
here. I don't understand why it's so
cold down here. It's like an ice box. oh, he's
being a crazy Square Enix doubles down on multi-platform
strategy with a strong focus on switch two.
That's crazy. Square says reiterated its
commitment to Broad again. I don't know why I said it like
that. I've got a lot of caffeine in
me, a lack of sleep and 75 blankets that are also ice cold
for some reason. Square Enix has reiterated its
commitment to Broad, multi-platform strategy, with
particular. Emphasis on support for Nintendo
switch 2, according to CEO, Takashi, Kiryu the company aims
to strengthen its portfolio by optimizing key.
Intellectual properties and expanding their reach across
platforms, including Nintendo's new, including Nintendo's,
newest Hardware, which has already approached. 20 million
units. Sold this strategy is already
visible through recent releases and announcements such as Final
Fantasy 7 rebirth in Final Fantasy. 14 online for switch 2
along side, ongoing hd2d remakes and other cross platform
projects. Ed. obviously, Nintendo,
dominates Japan and Square Enix is kind of synonymous with the
region and Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest her huge and Switch
one was the ultimate RPG machine.
Do you think Square? Square Enix focusing more on
switch to maybe, even As their lead platform at some point.
Do you think this is? This is A better shift for the
their business. Do you think this is a better?
Kind of approach to their development, or do you think
that this is just kind of a short-term reaction?
I think it's a late for a Square Enix and I'm saying late,
because when Just barely default on 3DS I'm going that far back
because as a new IP new kind of gameplay stuff.
They seem to sails. They see how much this is, not a
resting everybody. They see how much black they
were getting. as in their life, they'll say But you know, they
were selling they were making money from their games.
So if a PS4 or Xbox One game didn't sell or do numbers after
their budget has been blown the stuff, All those games that they
released on Nintendo was able to cover it up.
Switch came out. Octopath, octopath traveler 2
voice of cars. Like all of all of these little
small gangs were still big games like Dragon Quest.
Not or no Dragon Quest 11. Um, and just everything even
Harvest that they were selling on like a lot of stuff that was
freaking triangle default. Um, oh, That trial, not triangle
three four. Um, All of these guys that they
were breaking out on switch were a million cells, even if they
weren't a million sellers, they were bringing in the good
numbers bringing in good money. Now, we could talk about the
Kingdom Hearts stuff another day.
But the conference, Maybe that didn't work out but there's
really well, apparently they're remaking the first one.
Did you see that? No, I didn't hear that for some
sort of anniversary apparently. Oh that's the rusty but like
Half a switch is library or I would say maybe 30% of the
switch Library. Are all square in this games.
And they all did good. Even the world is with you.
Did numbers. like, you know, so switch to now they have a chance
to bring a lot of their games to the system.
Know. Um, what is a goodness?
What's that PS5 game? For spoken, the one that you
always get. Yeah, I'm sorry about that.
I noticed the studio closed, but There's a chance that.
For spoken, just like supplement night.
Could come to switch to and get the love that the deserve.
Could get literally get a fair shot and also they know that if
they bringing us with two. So possibility, with Xbox also
had been focusing on Japan games come to the system.
First burger also commit to or in Japan.
But Dragon Quest server, read remake or reimagining.
Phenomenal game. If you love The Dragon Quest
series of your RPG lover, if you love Square, in this case, this
is gay to have in your library for switch or switch to because
it's so great to play dig great numbers.
If fixed a lot of things that was a problem with, uh, with the
one on PS1 I finished the game, I can't wait to there's another
story that we're gonna be talking about with a Dragon
Quest. But there's so much coming.
We got the pictures of Ellie coming so A lot of people are
excited to do that as a new IP. It could do a million, it could
do two million, it could it could literally do a lot now.
And then I'll turn over to turn over to you.
Corey, I have mentioned so much about octopath traveler, too.
Oh, how people feel about that game and now it's available on
all platforms. People felt like that game was
again, got robbed at the game awards. and is, are people who
finally play at the past traveler to whether they finish
it or not, or still working through it, it was just like I
understand why people was mad Not only are the storyline is
great. The music is fits as it the
battles. If, you know, the battles of
octopath chica, understand, octopath traveler to.
But it's just, it's such a classic top-tier game.
And it helped it, it helped um, Square Enix.
Think about the HD 2D best business and why people wanted
more of those and were willing to pay the money and was just
like yeah I do this recorder. I'll do just with a minute.
I'll do this with some their old titles, they decide to do it.
People will pay why? Because it's so and whether it
whether it's so for a week or two weeks or whatever, down the
LIE, It was good once again so she may your people were showing
him. RPG podcasters been talking
about it. So why not fight a Fantasy 7
remake or switch? I have, I beat it, loved it.
It was just like, yep. I still got to play the
integrate DLC, but I'm just like, yep.
I'm looking forward to this rebirth and we reference.
I have a feeling rebreather. It's going to do.
Good numbers, how much? Don't know yet?
I, I came to make that prediction because I don't even
know how Final Fantasy 7 rebirth birthday on PS5 at the moment,
but it probably did well. To the point where they would
like, yeah, we want to make three for all the assists.
I feel like, it was definitely rebirth, you know, on Places in
five only, right? Definitely hurt its sales, you
know because it didn't come to PC Xbox or or You know, anything
until later, right? I mean, I don't even think it's
still on Xbox, right? Rebirth is coming out on Xbox
the same day as switch, right? So, yeah, um, so like yeah,
definitely hurt its sales. I wonder I mean, it's, it's
almost it's almost the same thing that Xbox has been facing
when putting their games on other consoles, right?
Like, like Starfield for example, right?
Like it it solo K on Xbox but it was also on Game Pass and you
know, it sold on PC but like It only sold a couple hundred
thousand units on Playstation when it came out, and that's
because it was late, you know? And I wonder, If?
The mix of Final Fantasy 7, not having the cultural relevance
that it used to mixed with it only coming out on one platform.
and then, you know, obviously Final Fantasy, 16 had a big
impact on their their multiplatform strategy, right?
In you know, and and also like I just think the the diminishing
returns of how great a game can look is also, like Forcing them
to change how they think about things.
And I think with switch to and steam deck and The Rock Ally,
you know, the The lack of power. is actually forcing certain
companies to You know, it's almost like the NES, we're like
the graphical constraints are going to make them more creative
because they have to be, you know, to fit within the
parameters of the console, you know?
And so I wonder if we will start getting more creative games out
of at least, The Japanese developers who understand the
Nintendo is going to be there, kind of their bread and butter.
In that region, you know? Obviously, Capcom knows, you
know. Square Enix has been putting a
lot of strange stuff on switch also write like, Yeah, I just
wonder if we're gonna get more creativity out of these Japanese
developers because of the constraints of the console.
And it's going to, it's good to really remind us of the of the
NES and Supremes days, right? Where like There are major
constraints to these consoles. and if you want more power or
more features than you're going to have to get the the bigger
cartridge or you're going to have to get the FX chip or
you're going to have to get, you know, a b or c to add into the
cartridge and it's going to cost you more. you know, so I'm I'm
actually really fascinated with. this strategy now, I mean, I
have been fascinated with it but like it just seems like Man, you
should have you know everybody so obsessed with power and like
how great things can look. And it's like, it's we, we are
entering a generation where Convenience.
And I don't mean this in a derogatory way against video
games and like the lack of power for switch or whatever, but
like, convenience over quality, you know, it's the Netflix
effect, it's the streaming effect of like oh, why would I,
you know, why would I pay, you know?
20 30 dollars for a 4K Blu-ray with amazing visual quality and
amazing sound. When I can just stream it.
Okay. It doesn't look as good and
doesn't sound as good. But like who's really gonna
notice outside of like the 5% who are cinephiles, you know,
All right. And like I think it's, we have
been in that space and games for a long time.
I just feel like the hardcore Gamers and the core Gamers,
right? Are the loudest.
And so sometimes the industry listens to the loud minority
instead of the The majority. and, you know, I think their
strategy is Shifting because again, they have to so, all
right, I'm excited to see. This strategy shift, I'm excited
to see. Final Fantasy 7 on switch to, I
am starting to think that, you know, The game set aren't on
switch to or switch or switch to yet from them are going to make
their way over. Like you said like for spoken
and Final Fantasy 16. I mean, the fact that Final
Fantasy 14 is on here now, right?
With how fast with how massive that game is and like, just the
fact, I mean, that game, you can play that game for free for like
100s of hours, you know? So, we'll see.
But oh, Final Fantasy, 16 debt. I would be a huge one in and
then it's in a direct. Yup.
I wonder, I mean, I I seriously wonder if it's coming like soon.
so, all right, at more Square Enix.
Let's talk about Dragon Quest. Eugene, Yuji, horii teases
possible. Reveal a reveal of the next
Dragon Quest. Ahead of its 40th anniversary
live stream. During a recent appearance on
the coastal Coastal broadcast, which I assume is a Japanese
show. Yuji horii revealed that a
special 40th anniversary live stream for Dragon Quest will
take place on May 27th. He hinted that the event could
could include the announcement of the quote, next game.
Alongside other surprises. Well, not officially confirmed
by Square Enix, Sans are widely expecting updates on something,
long anticipated, Dragon Quest 12 the Flames of Fate first
revealed back during the series 35th Anniversary.
Geez, Ed, do you think we'll finally see a full delivery of
of Dragon Quest 12 like a trailer?
And I'm sure a lot of you know Akira toriyama's death and
obviously yeah the I mean we talked about this What maybe
like a year ago where that the studio behind Dragon Quest 12
has been totally restructured. so, What I mean, do you think
we're gonna get a reveal of Dragon Quest 12?
Oh yeah. They want to get not only the
reveal. But we're going to get the fun
going to get the breakdown. We get released States. maybe
so, um, my question is, though, is first two, the highlight I
mean and we'll that's still isn't that switch?
One version of Dragon Quest? 11 S?
I mean, I bet we get a I bet we get a switch to version of
Dragon Quest 11 us. Oh yeah, that seems like a shoe
in. Give it a free upgrade.
Um yeah, it'd be good. Mm-hmm.
But yeah, I don't, I don't know, man.
I I wonder I mean I bet Dragon Quest is huge in Japan.
So I would be shocked if switched to wasn't the lead
platform. I would be shocked at this
didn't come to switch one, honestly, that's what that was
gonna be my next question because it is for switch one and
less than 10 makes them some sort of deal where they don't
put it on switch one, because it's such a well, actually, They
may still put it on switch one cuz Dragon Quest 7.
The reimage one came was on both platforms.
Yeah, but this I feel like a reimagining of Dragon Quest 7 is
much different than drinking was like a brand new. true, but I
think they could still Seven Dragon Quest 7.
Yeah, I think it would be smart for them to do a Dragon Quest 12
switch version because once again there are more systems out
there for switch one that there are for switch to.
Now, they could do a Dragon Quest 12 for two bundle, which
may help more sales for the, for the switch to end the game,
probably more in Japan because they got more, um, You know,
they got the Japan on the switch to where the only place Japan
games. It doesn't play American games.
You know, of course, people will be able to collect them, like,
they could do something with the Drake concerts, or, you know,
give them a blue controller. Like the the jelly thing, like
they could do so much not only for Japan, they can make us a
little bit just here in America but There's a possibility that
if we're going to really sell more because PlayStation first
not doing too well in Japan at the moment. um, XBox.
Not do it. So well at the moment your best
bet is even though I'm doing that because to think about it
is Nintendo is leading gaming in Japan and you if you want to
sell more Of your biggest gay in Japan and switch.
One is the biggest release. And it's still selling. push it
out for switch one, but offer that free upgrade for anyone who
gets the swoosh to Here in America once again, still
pushing for the one but then offer it for switch to soap that
Gamers could be like yeah I got no switch one, I could get the
free upgrade so I go back for I give it to my nephew or whatever
or you can be like yeah I paid the 670 or that's just say 70, I
made the 70 dollars to get the fish soup recipe, the more
options that Square Enix does with this Dragon Quest game.
The more that this title is going to sell Uh-huh.
And definitely, definitely in this one.
I think it's our query. I don't, I didn't even think
about PC. because a PC if it comes out for PC and it says
steam deck verified, if it comes out for Xbox and you can play on
an Xbox Rock Ally, like if it's a play Anywhere title, And still
keep it off Game Pass. That's more sales too.
So, the more options that that they put on, for this game,
people are really survive. Yeah, I also think it's worth
noting that they aren't afraid to go backwards in Generations.
Because remember, Dragon Quest, 11, Came out on 3DS.
You know, they had that kind of pixel version of it.
And then the switch one version. I don't know if you've ever
watched the digital Foundry breakdown of Dragon Quest. 11s
on switch. but it's like a day like rebuilt, the game for
switch like it's a different Yeah, you know, like it's not
just like oh you know take this texture pack and downgraded or
whatever it's a different build. The one of the biggest thing,
the one of the biggest thing was that because when Dragon Quest
11 came out for PlayStation, they didn't it wasn't no,
Orchestra track. For the music.
So when s came out for switch, they made the or they redid the
whole music and made it orchestra.
That was the one of the biggest things for it.
So, and then when they because they really missed it for
PlayStation 4, when it came to Xbox.
Yeah. They they rebuild it from the
from the ground up for a switch. People got that music and I
think they did some rebalancing for some things to.
Yeah. Um, I knew that It had came out
for 3DS for Japan and we never got it but during that time we
was suspecting it to drop because we thought when
PlayStation 4 got us virgin, we were gonna get it.
Like the look like a stuff and it never came home and we don't,
and we didn't know why. Wow.
And also remember I mean remember the PlayStation version
and the 3DS version got like a special bundle like you could
buy them together in Japan. Yeah.
Would just like I mean that was a huge story and of itself
because Nintendo like and PlayStation Game games being
sold together was like unheard of you know I mean it wasn't a
Nintendo IP or Playstation IP or anything but like still two
separate. Platform holders to, you know, I
mean that was like a deal. Yeah.
Um, and I know that people go, there may have been, some people
who might have imported the 3DS version because it wasn't reach
a lot. It was reaching a free.
Oh, I just didn't I just didn't hear anything on how to do?
Yes, virtue turned out because of the pushed for a Playstation
4. So yeah, oh well, I want to see
I plan on watching it. Um, When it comes on.
So, Yeah. Um, let's see here.
And let's talk about the Sega super game.
Initiative. It's kind of two stories in one.
I don't really have a lot to say, on any of this.
But Sega has officially canceled.
Its ambitious, quote, super game project a planned, large scale
live service initiative. That was intended to operate as
a global platform style experience.
The decision was confirmed in. Sega Sammy's latest Financial
presentation and follows her performance in some of its free
to play offerings. Prompting a strategic shift
towards more traditional full game development.
Despite this change Sega emphasized that multiple Legacy
IP revivals remain in active production, including projects
based on franchises Like Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio alongside
other major upcoming titles in multi-media initiatives like the
Sonic movie which we talked about and, The seems like a good
move especially since, you know. The industry is full of bloated.
Budgets and expensive development cycles that end up
closing Studios because they don't meet expectations.
So I assume you think what I do is that this is a good move for
Sega. Yeah be saying it doesn't want
to lose a lot of money. Like they did.
Um the drink cast know this is what's the Sega or anything?
Um, whatever they're super game was, what are you ask me?
That they don't drink ass. Um, but financially Sega has
worked too hard. for a decade Plus To get where they're at.
And to have a so have one game being a possible.
Ruined Nation, like just ruining Sega.
Don't even take that chance. They have seen success of
letting you in a company's used her IP to make games free.
Ford has been verse successful snobby.
Like I said, I've been playing. It has been worth successful.
So there's a possibility that a lot of these, okay?
Cuz say got a lot of IP. We can probably get a proper
ought to be ski. We could probably get a proper
comic Zone gang. We get a proper effect.
I can I can tell you to put that Altered Beast game We can get a
proctor, we could get a prompt. I'm not going to spot so that we
get a proctor Vector Man. Game, like there are so in its
just The chance of sake. A space Channel. 5 coming back.
Right? Bring you all back, bring back,
maybe maybe say go Works, maybe we say good works with Mr. Gucci
again. Um, and we get a new rest like
there's so much possibility that could happen.
Um, you know outrun um hang on Gangsta town.
Like they're singing Master System has a collection of gays,
not just the second chance to say good.
CD is Saturn but their Master System.
Sega has a lot of gays that could actually come back and be,
you know? He revitalized those series or
just something that we would love to see and play.
So, I say brickett. They bring my hair up, please
make it just make it a final fight, brawler that and give it
the end because a good googly moogly that game was Annoying.
Dang it. And I'm sorry core.
I'm gonna turn the back over to you.
Space Harrier. I literally feel like a Star Fox
gets very probably. I don't want to say out the
burner but a Star Fox sales like books, like just really good
sega's gonna look at that. Be like, okay, trying to bring
us out space here because they both kind of shared the same
idea and I don't know who can make it, who could do that kind
of stuff, but like they, it has a chance of being racist, so
successful. President got his chance, but it
also had his problems, but thank you, fix it, or they could do
another Panzer Dragoon. There's a and they fight to find
the right developer. They could be successful too.
Yeah. I mean people because that was
the year that E3, I think 2019, was it?
2019? I think so that they killed it
with that E3 and president Dragoon was a big one.
So, it's a, but the execution when it came out and stuff was a
receiver very well. Um, so, but they it's a chance
that Sega can make a good comeback and great businesses
with their own property right now.
Yeah. Well, we'll see.
Still. You know.
Waiting on a shenmue 4. To just kidding.
I'm not. I don't that's like anymore.
You know who has two games coming out this year?
Supposedly at is from software. From software says that Elden
ring and the dusk floods remain on track for 2026 release on
Nintendo switch 2. According to their parent
companies. Latest financial report from
Kata Kawa. The update confirms that both
titles are still scheduled. For the platform.
As part of the Studio's broader, push to expand its Global
audience. A well-known, new dates were
provided previous reports and listings continue to suggest
development is progressing towards the planned release
window. So, so, I know a lot of people
are excited for the dusk Bloods, but Did did Elden ring miss the
window. Like I I know like a lot of
people have bought it on other platforms, right?
But like, I do feel like Elden ring, would have been a really
great launch title or launch window title.
I feel like it's a little too late now.
Know. There are people who are
literally being going back to like the Dark Souls gays.
I mean, I know that I know, I know like from software people
love these games but like I feel like the I feel like this if you
haven't bought an Elden ring on another platform already, you
know? Like I don't know.
I feel like Oh people are ready. People are.
People are ready to get this. Oh so they could do another run.
oh, that's how that game has encountered Center, folks.
I would buy this game for the third time because they said
that when A Skyrim came out, people got it.
Played it played it again um and enjoy their time with it on the
go. They're gonna do the same thing
with other ring because I think this version is gonna be like
All the DLC and everything and maybe some improvements and
stuff, but people gonna be like, yeah, I'm going to spin my money
on this game, and I'm going to go through this whole game.
Whether it's on the go or when this at home.
I'm Gonna Leave This Game, no matter if I've got the Platinum,
the sheep and also Xbox One PlayStation, multiple times that
they beat it. This is gonna be few of them, so
by the game and make sure that they completed all together was
first too. So, that's how good Elder ring
is. We're going to talk about that
game Earnest. Uh, Game of the Year award.
Yeah, they're going to go. They're gonna go in.
No. Yeah, people happy But they're
gonna go and buy this game. So I don't think it's too late
or anything. Um, I think people are just
gonna be excited to have it because right now. like, Just,
this is such a hypothetical. Nintendo.
And they crazy sales and I don't know how would this will work,
but let's say it's hypothetical. If Nintendo told them must that
at the dust block, come out. Oh, we also got another reveal
from software. If they must say, here's
bloodborne soon, we somehow got the right to do it.
Oh, so Do you know? the the messaging in Outrage,
Folks would do the Sony about that.
You see had the chance to do this?
Now the competition, maybe a system.
I don't like is doing a sequel. Now, I gotta buy them.
I gotta go State equals. They the ecosystem.
A soon, play this game. I mean.
Are hungry. The same way that PC.
I mean, you know, I mean night rain, I guess, you know, like
that was a multiplayer only game right in that sold.
I mean that's all like, what 10, 12 million units already so I
don't know, man. look, I want to I want From soft people to be
happy. So they'll leave me alone.
Bloodborne to for for press PlayStation.
It's like, Half-Life 3 to PC players.
You may say it's a stretch but every time I'm saying to play
comes on, that's what they wishing for.
Yeah, I know. That that always boggles my mind
to like why didn't blood bloodborne remastered ever
happened or like why didn't Blue Point remake bloodborne?
You know, but Like, I guess under the Colossus remake in his
film much. Mmm, before they show they
wanted to make, they want to make that God of War live
service game. Yikes and yeah.
Anyways Ed that was that was so stupid.
I so need to buy them in the first place because Was it like
only three years that that sorting on them?
Blue Point. Like three and a half.
Yeah, they they never put out a game once.
Sony bought them. Their last game was Dark Souls
remastered Demon Souls. remake and they Sony bought them and
then they never really seen after that.
They just shut the classes too, though.
They did, but Tony didn't own them. so, the classes came out
way before I thought they owned them.
Know. Anyways, it's a resting.
I I this you don't wish I could. Ooh, that's the resting child is
too. I meant to say Shadows, I my
mouth said to accident. I'm sorry.
Go ahead, Corey, this guy? Yeah, I know I just I just
really thought that once that Demon Souls remake came out
soldiers on them after that and they was able to do shut the
classes because team Eco was closed by the Hmm, because I I'm
like talking about a waste of money, but Concord Yee.
Survive them and not get a game out and shut them down.
Something like that. Something like that. all right,
we have, we have, let's We have a lot.
That's what we have. So many more stories.
I might not even talk about these last two.
So maybe we'll skip those but let's former Tech and director
at zero Hirata launches new versus Studio under SNK.
Um, a katsuhiro harada best known for his long-running work
on the Tekken franchise has officially established a new
Tokyo based development studio called versus Studio.
Under SNK burrata, will service. CEO and game director,
describing the studios philosophy as Beyond tradition,
crafted to perfection. With a focus on blending,
technical expertise in creative freedom, to develop, new Global
gaming experiences, the move signals, a fresh creative
direction for harada while. Aligning with snk's broader push
to expand the development footprint and talent base.
Cool. Things going to be a fighting
game, Ed. Oh yeah, I certainly think how
I'm just shocked that he left band.
I know. And then this news come out, I'm
just like, oh, it's been like two three weeks that you left.
Or you we hire say. I mean, he probably got us, he
probably got some sort of sweet deal, right?
Like that? Oh yeah.
So, So he probably he he left because of this so, oh yeah.
But I mean, SNK is owned by the Saudi fun.
The Saudi public funds, so, They probably gave him a blank check,
essentially. To make them a game, right?
I mean, yeah, again, not to make it political, but also, You know
that that's that's who owns them.
So, You know that check is that check, probably has a couple
extra zeros on it that it may not have.
From. been an Aamco considering how Bandai, Namco is kind of
Financial not doing as well as they would like to do so.
Be doing. all right, let's Move Along here I guess Metroid that
dread developer Mercury. Steam has been hit by layoffs.
Falling recent industry pressures Mercury steam best
known for its work on Metroid dread and Samus Metroid Samus
returns. It has announced a round of
layoffs describing as described as a quote, Workforce adjustment
process and quote, in a public statement, the studio Express
support for affected employees and emphasize efforts to help
them find new opportunities. The move comes after a
challenging period for the developer, including mixed
performance. For its recent title Blades of
fire, and reflected brought and reflects broader ongoing
instability within parts of the games industry.
Do you think? Do you think they?
Were offered another Metroid opportunity at all.
I mean dread sold well, and people seem to love it.
Like, I mean, it's seems like people really loved Metroid
dread Definitely sold better than Metroid.
Prime 4. oh, I think that, you know, Mercury steam is, is
willing to work with nits and oh, Whatever that Miss gay would
be I think right now. Nintendo doesn't have a project
for them yet. So it's it, they're probably
they're probably are looking for work.
So for a developers to help Um in our thing.
And I think Marcus thing probably was just like, you
know, after our work with Nintendo and you know, it was a
good business, we made money, he'll keep our company afloat.
Um, let's try and make our all gays, because Mercy has has made
a lot of gays for other companies and I wouldn't, I
think Metro Six. Yeah metric six isn't ready yet.
Um story wise and so I think they wouldn't just I don't think
they were offer Metro because prior for was coming and that
was gonna be the focus. So I think right now, you know
If Mercury steam is still open, if it's a biome or anybody
doesn't buy you. Um, I kind of feel like, They're
going to be ready to be started working on their next title or
they're gonna be looking for work for hire.
Whether they had to team up with somebody to do some work, um,
they're going to try to do something to make sure that the
company is Still open and hopefully they'll be able to do
the next Metro game or actually take.
Something Nintendo related and make an IP. and for it because,
you know, I think I feel like Mercury statement even way for
like, those are two companies that Regardless of what you
think about the gays, they have a passion for making games, does
it work out? Maybe not all the time but you
know, they are two companies that Nintendo are willing to
work with if the time is right, and a project is right, they
will work with Yeah. yeah, I mean, I I Do think that doing
this Blade's of Fire game? Seems like a mistake.
I never even heard of it until the story.
I knew they were working on their own game before they went
back to the Metroid. Well, but, I like I didn't even
know what their game was called. I didn't even know was out, you
know. So I hope all those affected
find work. I hope they find something, but
you know, maybe maybe if they strike a deal with Nintendo to
make another Metroid game that they'll hire back up and some of
these people will find employment back where they were
and so I don't know, we'll see. Yeah, it's concerning.
But Can only do so much, I guess.
All right, let's move on. We kind of already hinted at
this but I almost I almost want to save this topic as like an
expansion pass though. Yeah, I want to that's what I
want to do. Let's get this one.
Let's say all right. Yes.
Ken Levine yeah. Highlighted diminishing returns
and graphical Tech, and the graphics Tech race.
Yeah, we'll say this for an expansion pass because I have a
lot to say on this. And I think it would be great to
just dive deep into this because this is something that obviously
Nintendo has been saying for years.
But yeah, I wonder what that means for Judas coming soon ish.
But Um, yeah. So we'll we'll save that because
that's an interesting. That would be an interesting
expansion pass topic. Yeah.
All right, geez concerned ape. you know, I'm from this little
game called stardew Valley, you know, not that popular.
Concern Nate says haunted, chocolatier will be way bigger
than stardew Valley. Haunted chocolatier the next
project from solo developer, Eric Barone.
AKA concerned ape. Is shaping up to significant be
significantly larger in scope than stardew Valley, in a recent
interview. He said that the game will
expand heavily on systems, like Maps, combat item depth.
And Equipment variety describing it as a major step up in overall
scale. He also confirmed.
He is continuing to development, while still supporting starting
Valley with updates, emphasizing that, the two games are separate
projects built on different foundations, Do you think?
You think he'll find the same success with haunted
chocolatier? And I think if they think of a
slap, the name made by the developer of stardew valley that
it'll I mean, look, stardew Valley is massive, right?
It's gonna be it would be hard for, you know, his next, two
games to to compete with that, right?
Like combined. but I do think that there is something to this
haunted chocolatier game and I think that it's Interesting to
see. Him be so open about it over the
over the years, right? Because like he's just kind of
been working on it. As he feels because obviously
stardew Valley is so popular. Yeah, I can't believe how
popular stardew Valley is man. I mean like, I can but also like
the fact that it's still that's popular.
This do this game came out on the Vita you know like this
game's been out forever. Yeah. so, So just yeah.
I don't I don't think making it bigger.
It's gonna do anything for I think.
What's in the gonna happen is going to go get.
So Mini comparison to stardew Valley.
I think that it's gonna do, it'll do well, but it's not
gonna replace our Doe Valley. I don't think people go to move
off of stardew Valley to play this game.
I think was on probably end up happening.
Is that? If he wants to make it bigger
great, make it bigger. Then cancel any more development
or start to Valley for that to happen.
Because if you if you don't you're just gonna run yourself
ragged in the game would never come out.
And then people just, I mean people will simply playing start
to Valley but there might be another game that comes along.
and, People going to be more interested in that.
So by time to get to Hunter chocolate, they're gonna be
like, oh okay, here's the reviews.
Oh, what's this place? Like start to Valley.
If that's the start of the valley because of a big
ambition. Yeah, I mean, if you want to
make your game bigger, you could do it through the updates and
stuff. Okay?
But I don't think it's going to be bigger to start the valley.
So, I think making it big right now.
I think just get the systems in place.
Make sure that the game runs, right?
Release of all your other platforms and then use those
ideas that you thinking to make the game bigger than us DLC.
Yeah, expressions. Yeah, I think.
I think this game seems interesting but I also think it
might be for A similar. But different audience, right?
This seems more of like a I don't know.
I again, I haven't played stardew Valley.
Like I probably played it for like two hours total, right?
Just because it's not really my type of game, but I knew it was
popular, so I should probably be somewhat familiar with it. but I
don't remember any like, Combat or anything in this game.
Like if he's talking about combat and and maps, and
Dungeons and items and equipment and stuff, like it's almost like
a different type of game than stardew Valley ever was meant to
be. So, That in of itself will.
probably make it less appealing to a broader audience, but I
mean, he's made money. Hand over fist was started
Valley. He can do whatever he wants, and
If it doesn't work out then, oh well, I still make stardew
Valley, you know. um, so all right.
Ed Here's our, our last news story of the night.
For now. Remember, the remember those VR
and Playstation VR games moss and Moss book 2.
Yes. These games are being bundled
together as Moss, the Forgotten Relic and are being made as flat
screen games for the first time. And they will be coming to both
switch one and switch two. this, this has me very excited because
this Moss, one was the game that almost got me to buy a
PlayStation VR It was. Go ahead.
It is such a Charming game. When are like, even though it
was it was for VR. A lot of people had no problem
with it because it seemed calming, it seemed exciting
people just fell in love with it.
Um, and so, Succeed that is getting redeveloped in this
style. I think this game is definitely
gonna sell more. Um, I I buy the collection.
Yeah, that even. But even booked two looked a
really good and in the shredder. Mm-hmm.
Yeah. I mean, I've been like I said,
this, this is like the one, the one series that I almost bought
PlayStation VR for because I thought the whole Looking down
at this diorama and watching, you know, the mouse kind of make
its way through this stage that you're kind of looking down on
instead of I think what made it appealing was like, it wasn't
what you think of VR game. Was.
And yet they still made it right like VR.
You think of like a first person mode and you're like moving your
hands and like, oh, I can pick this up and I can throw it
around. But like this was, this was more
of like, you know, I saw metric or almost like a You're looking
down on this kind of. world and you're kind of controlling the
world from like, almost like a bird's eye view, God's eye view,
whatever you want to call it right in like, It just seems
really neat and really awesome. And, you know, I it just I'm
excited to see. What the game does.
So and and how it runs on like a flat screen, right?
Because I was made for VR. But You know, the studio
hopefully is smart enough. I was really afraid that the
studio was going to close down because Moss Book, 2 sold less
than 50,000 units. you know, at least when it came, it came out
and they were reporting numbers on it still.
But yeah, I'm very, very excited.
It has enhanced visuals. New, cutscenes, full DLC support
and a new accessibility option that let's play.
Skip combat, the package follows the Journey of quills.
Small Mouse hero as she explores a storybook World filled with
puzzles danger in Discovery. well, at Finally done a family
news. We were going to talk about
crimes but we're not gonna do that this time.
Yeah, I guess that because these stories are funny well in quotes
and weird, but Whatever not important.
Yeah. It's getting to pack.
Watch Ed. Back watch.
Here are the games that you could be playing on your
Nintendo switch, or switch to this week.
This is a long list. So get ready.
It's not that long it's not the longest list we ever had.
Are you serious? This is the longest.
This that we have. What are you talking about?
There's only Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine,
ten games on here. The, the tales of arise one is
like four paragraphs long because you gotta explain
everything, but everything else, fine.
Farming Simulator, 26 Nintendo switch Edition for 39.99.
You want to be operate, realistic tractors, Harvesters
field sprayers and other machines start logging with
heavy forestry equipment or 10 to adorable, farm animals, like
cows sheep chickens goats, and their offspring.
Also in 519 our type Dimensions 3 for 3499.
Building on the legacy of our type dimensions and r-type
dimensions. Ex Dimensions 3 has, a
completely re-envision has been completely re-envisioned with
Cutting Edge visuals and sounds expanded gameplay modes in a
range of new features designed to deliver the most definitive
modern edition of our types of classic era.
That was intense. What's wrong with me today, man?
On 520 heroine Anthem 02, scale, scars oath.
Okay, for 1899. 02 is an arpg with intriguing storing telling.
And unpredictable battle system, and endless heartfelt Adventure.
The story includes multiple subtle metaphors for those for
the relationship between God and humans.
Okay. Also, on 520 Atomic owl for
12.99 You are Hidalgo, blade Wing a bird with beef.
Hack Slash platformer and swore through a beautiful cake,
beautifully chaotic pixel art. Neoscape in your quest to save
your Feathered. Friends challenge challenging,
retro-inspired platforming gameplay Transforming weapons
and foul ninja action await. All right.
Alexandria 4 for 1299. is coming out on 520 tasked with
commanding of one of the Okay, I copied and pasted this.
Right from the eShop store online.
So, Bear with me tasks with commanding of one of the most
challenging sectors of the Galaxy, the future of the
Alexandria Force Base Station, depends on your diplomatic and
strategic capabilities. How far will you go to prevent a
war as face Opera visual novel by JM beraldo?
Cool. All right, here's the big.
Well the next two are kind of the big ones really Yoshi and
the Mysterious book for 59.99 digitally or 69.99 physically.
Yoshi dives into a magical talking encyclopedia named Mr.
E, after Mr. E, crashes to the Earth and loses his memories.
Yoshi, must explore. Quirky habitats experiment with
the environment name, peculiar creatures and foil Bowser Jr's.
Mischievous plots This GPS. Hated.
Also, on 521. Coffee Talk.
Tokyo for 14.99. There's a deluxe edition for
1799. Coffee Talk.
Tokyo is the newest entry in the Beloved series set in the late.
A late night Cafe in Tokyo, Brew drinks meet humans and Yokai and
experience, heartfelt stories in a cozy story-rich world.
Coffee Talk is a fan favorite here at Boss Rush and usually
Yeah. obviously, togay Productions is a We, you know,
we are very supportive of them and and, you know, we've made
yes, a lot of friends over there.
So Looking forward to that one. Please so gay come back to pack
so we can hang out. Oh sure you know that like half
of a special Yeah. Yeah, I mean it's I think turkey
Coffee Talk. is it's it's one of those series that's like, really
It's a really special series, I think.
Um, and a lot of ways that Games like this, try to be and just
can't achieve, you know. Like there are a lot of games
like coffee talk, but there's nothing like coffee talk.
If that makes sense. So all right on 521 also
starbites comes out for 49.99, the story of a girl's growth and
Adventure on a vast desert Planet bidder.
The planet has turned into a desert, due to the effects of
the space War. the fate of the fate of a girl who made a living
by finding parts and treasures scattered across the desert, as
remnants of the war begins to change completely due to the
oracle, That made no sense to me.
Sorry. sometimes like, sometimes I just want to go and fix these
things, but I think it's funny or if you read them how their
written out, it's dead. Bubsy 40.
Finally, coming out. For 1999.
The infamous wisecracking Bobcat has returned to 3D in a new
platforming adventure. Bubsy is back with the new
challenges new moves and even more per so nowaday.
Get it per. So now good one.
Atari. Those guys run, jump, Glide and
roll across alien. Planets battle robotic sheep,
and collect tons, and tons of yarn.
What could possibly go wrong? It's supposed to be gay.
I know it's a lot. The whole game is probably
wrong. Although not that the bar is
very high, but this will probably be the best one.
Very true just you know, I love nature first.
One, the nature of it being a modern video game.
All right, on 522, Tales of arise, be on the dawn Edition.
Is finally coming out to switch to Its 49.99.
There's a premium upgrade Edition for 69.99. 300 years of
tyranny, a mysterious mask lost, pain and memories weed, the
Blazing Sword and join a mysterious Untouchable girl to
fight your oppressors experience.
The tale of Liberation featuring characters with next gen
graphical expressiveness. Uh, the large-scale expansion
beyond the dawn. Is the included DLC after the
battle for the fate of Two Worlds, alphen and his party.
Meet a young girl named NASA Mill.
Who is the daughter of Ren and Lord, and donen.
Will the six be able to change the fate of the girl who will
eventually fall under the curse of the Mask?
Explore the world again with party members, who are bounded
together by a strong bond. By the way, the premium.
Edition includes the premium upgrade pack which includes
character costumes resources in game currency and more. if you
pay, if you buy the Premium Edition, you save five bucks.
If you decide you want the premium upgrade pack later, it
is 24.99. And then, last but not least
said I'm 522. Rugrats, retro reigned
collection. It's coming out again?
No, I do not, it's 2:00 in the morning.
I do not want to take that again.
Okay, hold on, to your diapers, Rugrats, retro, rewind
collection. Here we go.
Now that brings together the ultimate collection of Tommy
Chucky Phil will and Angelica's greatest hits. so, it's so funny
that the marketing for this is like Like 90s like greatest
games from from the 90s or whatever.
And like all the games in this collection except for one came
out after the year 2000, there was exactly. oh, all right, so
These weekly updates I forgot to update.
So we're not gonna read those. Okay.
Um, Sorry, everybody missing those this week.
I'm sure if you made it this far in the four hours and 22
minutes, we've been recording this episode, and then I say,
will be about four hours. Yeah, it's fine. here, instead
of switch online, Ed new games, five new games for Virtual Boy,
we got V Tetris. Jack Bros.
Vertical Force. Virtual bowling.
And Space Invaders. and then Nintendo music is adding the NES
and Game Boy versions of Yoshi to the to the app so you can get
two soundtracks. From Yoshi.
All right. Last section here, we'll blow
through these questions here, we got six questions, remember?
Let's get into the question, blockhead.
Question block, almost forgot. Almost forgot how to say it.
Remember, you can always submit a question for the podcast on
social media and our Discord in the comments on YouTube or email
us at Nintendo Powell block at gmail.com.
Just like Amanda, K did the email.
Hello, my Elite block boys from the best Nintendo pod on the
internet. My question is about Nintendo's
handheld identity. They have always had their
dominance in the handheld space but with switched to being more
powerful but still clearly a hybrid device and devices like,
steam deck, Rock Ally and the rumored ps6, handheld device.
Do you think Nintendo is that risk?
Do you think Nintendo? Do you think they'll ever lose
that pick up and play Anywhere design philosophy as games get
bigger and more demanding or is a hybrid model still the perfect
long term direction for them. Thanks for all you.
Do my lovelies. So, Nintendo is not at risk
because they made handheld gaming popular.
Um, you know Like I mentioned back in the game.
There was Tiger Electronics in those games and then they start
producing them. And so there was no handheld
space. When Nintendo game Nintendo game
and perfected, it, Others try like the tari links the gang
gear. Topographic 16, like there's
history companies, tried to do what Nintendo does, the only
reason why we had the steam deck in the Rock Ally and maybe this
ps6 handheld, which is up in the air out of so many do that is
that they're not drinking Castle quality to the masses.
They're breaking PC quality. So the masses and because was
again with Nintendo make something successful, everybody
else was the following. Everybody else makes something
successful. Nintendo does a father because
there are about Innovation so I don't think NATO has to work
worry about anything. The pickup.
A play Anywhere has always been there.
There's never been any competition.
It's just what the output of Quality is going to be.
Um, with this hybrid model, it's not going to be perfect.
It's not going to be a long-term direction for Nintendo because
so the else come along, you know, Nintendo could go, always
could go Wi-Fi, you can get it. USB port that connects to your
Wi-Fi cable, and that's your system, they could, they could
do a cloud thing where, you know, maybe they do.
They also include a Xbox dust that, you know, maybe if you
could play offline or even, you know, you cut the system on and
or you put the USB on it, recognizes some information and
there's a way to there's a way to, you know, your controller,
custard, all, and you could just play NSO gays or something or
maybe you can buy gas in the stores.
All let's say a 500 gigabyte. USB, you know, with high-end
graphics, and that could still do the right Graphics or
whatever like Nintendo could do anything and they could move
away from the hybrid stuff. Now, what's what's I'm just
gonna be my last thing. What's really hurting the hybrid
or handheld Market is the PC market because they keep
bringing out almost the same thing with a little bit of
better specs and stuff here and there.
Um, and are Brady who are in the market is trying to compete with
each other to have the best part of why you think the prices are
like literally just a handheld that's like PC handheld.
That's like what 2000 dollars. And stuff.
Like it's not like I mean the rock Ally is like the base
version of The Rock Ali. You can find Frozen like as
probably just as cheap as the switch to But what there's one,
I don't, I forgot who makes it, but there was one who jumped
their price up and now, like the highest kind of handheld is like
2000 dollars. Oh, that was absolutely either.
I think it's the The MS. The claw or whatever it's called, I
forget, yeah. I forget who makes it, but So
it's it's it's it's kind of getting to the point where
they're gonna out press themself and switch is going to
Nintendo's gonna be the best option.
We kind of talked about this even though Boss Rush podcast
about the consoles that Nintendo might be the best option, where
with this handheld space they may be the best option but we
don't know how long that's going to be.
So that's my answer. Yeah, I have.
I have one kind of simple answer for this.
Nintendo will never be irrelevant.
Because they have Mario. They have Zelda, they have
Pokemon They have Animal Crossing.
The Tomodachi life now, but they have IP that people love and you
can't play anywhere else. and, Even if they sell less devices,
then they would the previous generation or two generations
ago or whatever. They're still going to be
relevant culturally relevant. You know.
Mario's been around for 40 plus years.
I mean, look look at Disney. I mean, Mickey Mouse has been
around for almost 100 years, you know?
And still more relevant than ever.
And so, like I think Nintendo will always look at ways to
innovate. but also I think that Nintendo knows, Where they
succeed? And that's why the switch and
switch to exists. you know, so they know, Nintendo knows
they've, they've They've learned a lot over the last.
Two decades. In learning what works and what
doesn't and what's a fad, and what's not.
And I think they've been smarter about their Innovations in
recent years, you know, like, The Wii for example, right?
Okay, cool. Most controls work, but they're
not gonna last forever. How do we keep that technology
in our consoles? But not make it as prominent.
Oh the joy cons can you know, joycons have Motion in them but
we don't think about it because they function like regular
controllers, you know, right? The Wii U, the tablet.
Yeah, tablets are big. but by the time that we came out, like
the second screen experience fad was kind of coming to an end.
And you know, we've talked about 100 times the Wii was just the
switch backwards and like they fixed that they remembered that
with the switch one. So Nintendo will always be
around. They're always gonna innovate
and even if they have a down generation you're going to come
back swinging and they're gonna come back with more creative.
You know. If they're backs against the
wall, that's when you find Nintendo is the most creative,
right? And so, um, I mean, look at the
GameCube, right? And we got Luigi's Mansion.
We got Mario, Sunshine, Animal Crossing You know, people still
think that that's the best version of Smash Brothers.
We got the stupid bongo drums for donkey konga, right?
I mean, so that's, that's my answer to that.
Nintendo's always going to be relevant, I think, handheld.
Gaming is always going to be a major part of society.
Now, that we always have to have a device in our hand in one way
or another, whether it's a phone or a tablet or a Switch or a
laptop or something. We always are going to have
something in our hand and Nintendo wants to be there.
So all right. All right, grant P writes in
hello. Edward and Corey.
I bought a switch to recently with pokop Mario Kart and Donkey
Kong Bonanza. And need to and needed to find
more Nintendo shows. And I found yours.
I really appreciate the mix of humor and serious discussion.
You bring to Nintendo news. My question is about Mario Kart
world's updates on switch two. With ongoing seasonal content,
and rumored crossover tracks coming later this year.
And here, that, oh, look at that.
Do you think Nintendo will keep evolving Mario Kart into live
service style platform long-term.
Thanks for the amazing podcasts. I don't think.
Um, okay. No, go go.
I don't think there are going to go the live service route, I
think with them. You know, they could bring out
DLC, they could bring out, you know, update system because it's
all about playing with family and friends online, it's all
about customizing. The the options when you're
arresting against other players but still offer that single
player open world kind of you know, that try something
different because people once again talked about, you know,
what would happen with Mario Kart went online and I mean, on
online, open world in the sense and so Nintendo, just like,
maybe we should try that to see what what we would do and how
people will react to us. So whether you know, some so
it's been good so has it has it been good or anything, but I
think Nintendo Predict Nintendo is not looking for us to do in a
live service. So I think with them they were
just like they want to make sure that Mario Kart stay as a flood
and friendly game and give options to those who wants to
play and those who want to race each other.
It's all about the fun when it comes to Mario Kart as that's
the whole series, nothing more than that and trying to treat it
as a live service, game will lose.
His identity. So just being a fun racing video
game arcade Racing for you. Okay?
So, I don't think Nintendo's gonna go that route.
Yeah, I mean, I think we would have seen something by now, if
they would have, I think that would have been a big part of
their presentation, all. So when they announced the game,
Yeah, I don't know. I really thought I really did
think they were going to go the route of the mobile game of like
seasonal events. Maybe even as far as like a
battle pass at some sort where you get costumes for these
characters. But so far it's been crickets.
Like, in my opinion, I mean, they've changed some things.
They've they've, you know, changed some of the courses a
little bit. They've You know, altered some
of the routes that you take in some of the challenges.
But overall, it's Pretty much the same game and I'm, I'm
actually quite surprised. And I think the fact that it is
open world has henreid them from adding new tracks because like
what I mean, you look at Mario Kart 8, you could just add
tracks, right? And like form a circuit and you
go this is like, you have, you can drive around in like You're
just gonna plop down, you know, this track in the middle of
wherever when it used to be this big open space or these Cliffs,
are these waterfalls or whatever, you know, like, I
don't know how they work that into this game and that thing
make, in my opinion. That's what makes this a worse
experience in Mario Kart 8. Um, but we'll see Nintendo.
Nintendo knows what they're doing in terms of design.
I'm not questioning that I'm just like I want to know how
they're going to do it. so, I hope that answers the question.
I don't know how to say your name.
I'm just gonna call you Jackson. Writes in.
Hey, my Elite block agents. Love the podcast on how you
break down Nintendo news and always know how to make us have
a good time. We do know how to have a good
time. We have a good time for four and
a half hours. I'm not just what this video up
again into two videos to make Clips out of it, because you can
only three it's our video. My question is about the switch
to third party support in 2026. We are seeing a lot more
double-a and indie games coming to the platform.
Plus stronger reports of current gen games.
You think Nintendo is quietly building switch to and do a true
quote, primary console for third party gaming, or will it always
sit in a hybrid space? We're first party to finds the
system, thanks for all you do have an elite weekend.
Here. So, um, I don't think Nintendo
is building through to be a primary console that is always
going to be up to the player to the person on it.
Um, it's not going to be a hybrid space where it the word
of first party defies the system.
Because the thing about it is, it's that that is the
stereotypical way of thinking about Nintendo and their
products. That their first party is going
to define the systems and just ignore all the Indies and third
party. That's I think when Nintendo is
trying to do, they're trying to build it where this is the like,
if you want to play games, if you just, you know, enjoy video
games, we have the machine where you could just come in, you can
put a game in and just play, we not doing all of this high-tech
stuff. You know, we're not doing
streaming or Hulu or YouTube or stuff like that.
It's we are a video game system and we offer great first party
games, we offer great Andy's, great offer, great third party
and stuff like that. We got exclusive that us as
Nintendo make. But we also exclusive that we
work with other partners who make games to make to make
stuff. Um, you know, if you want to
play a game like it's a PC. So because it, you know, it's a
PC game. First, you could take our Drake
car and use it as a mouse. So you still have that PC
feeling I think with Nintendo it's just trying to offer
different ways and drive video games, played the way that she
wanted to play and enjoy their creativity while enjoying
others, you know. so that if it was going to be a primary
console, there would have been more stuff in it and they would
have gave more marketing words that don't mean nothing.
You know, they were the Dead, all of that.
And that stuff just doesn't pay off.
I said this about PlayStation and I said, just my Xbox, don't
tell me this thing to go up to 60 frames, and all of this stuff
give me, Artie Bliss. And then I'm still doing 30
frames and still have a problems with your with these third party
games on a powerful system that should be able to handle it.
And you're a big, third party Mercury maker and stuff.
If I'm going to be in investing into your system you should be
at the point where all your guests are 60, France was second
and stuff. Nintendo doesn't do anything of
that. Everybody won.
You want to say, it's 4K and all of this and All of that the
missing Glamour and used the Techno Apple.
Go ahead and do it. But Nintendo's just like we're
just here for games. so, um, I think what Nintendo was just
doing this. Just, they're trying to continue
to build an ecosystem, where you can just enjoy games.
Not only from them before their partners and the individuals
from around the world to To play their games on their platform.
Yeah. I mean, I think, I think
Nintendo again, I, I hate to say this, but I feel like Nintendo
still doesn't care about Their. first, like their third party,
like I mean, they care about having a third party.
Having third party support, right?
I don't think that that's one. I I just think they know that
they're consoles. Primarily a first party machine,
which is why they have always continued to put out first party
content and why they have more in a year than something than
the other two. Having a generation.
But with that said, I think that fair Kawa is definitely.
You know this this Nintendo is definitely more.
A, they want to be more financially sound and I think to
do that you need those third-party games and I think
they're making the right calls on who to partner with to Market
these things, right? Capcom is obviously a clear.
Favorite of theirs right now in Square Enix.
And koei Tecmo with their Warriors games and stuff.
So like I I think that Nintendo Knows.
That first party is always going to be the most important thing.
But third party is in becoming increasingly more important as
the switch ecosystem. Kind of grows.
Especially as people start locking into their digital
ecosystems and not wanting to switch platforms because they
don't have games, right? So, That's where I'm at.
Oh, all right. Let's, let's move on here.
It's typing something I can tell. ah, yes.
All right. Let's Read this next question
and I'll begin while Ed takes care of his business.
Uh, retro warp N64 writes in Hey, Edward and Corey, hope you
both are doing great and thanks for all the awesome Nintendo
coverage over the years. Your discussions always feel
like hanging out with some friends who actually get
Nintendo. My question is about the current
switch to line up with Nintendo confirming more unannounced
titles coming later this year and reports of a quieter holiday
window. Do you think Nintendo is
intentionally, pacing, big, franchises, like, Mario's, Zelda
and Animal Crossing for a 2027 push?
Or are we just transition in a transition Gap?
While third party support carries the system?
Thanks for everything you do for the community.
I mean, in my opinion, I don't think Nintendo's having a slow
year. I think this year is pretty
amazing in my opinion so far. Plus, you know, we don't know
what's coming in the fall and Fire Emblem, still doesn't
really state. So I mean, there's there's a lot
still to come. As for Zelda and Mario.
You know, the rumors that a major 3D Mario is coming next
year. That's the rumor.
I've seen floating around. I don't know how true that is.
But they definitely want to get Mario onto the platform, right?
Like, they definitely want to have a Mario game on the
platform. And have it out.
In a major way soonish, right? I don't know if that's like a
remake or remaster or or what. But in terms of Zelda, I mean,
That Ocarina of Time remake is you know, kind of all.
But confirmed at this point it feels like And then we already
know there's a Zelda game in the works for next year.
I don't know if that's like a 2D 3D whatever.
But there's definitely something coming next year too.
And so I wonder, you know, I just I just wonder how Why
people think that Nintendo's having a slow year?
You know again, just because again it's not for you doesn't
mean the games that the console is having a slow.
A slow year. Also, they've sold what 20
million units at this point? So I'd say the console space is
pretty safe at this point Nintendo's quote unquote slow
year. And I don't know, you know, I
think Mario and Zelda. They're definitely the major
franchises. They're definitely the ones that
people want. Right.
And I think, you know, I think having Donkey Kong and Metroid
out, it launched year, proved that On unfortunately. you know,
I think That Nintendo. Needs.
I, I appreciate the Nintendo's is using other franchise in
franchises and trying to expand that, right?
And hopefully, the movies will do the same.
But at the same time, you know, I I think that in an Nintendo
Fear causes. He wants a Zelda and Mario
product out every year. Right.
Sometimes two Mario products, right?
Like a Mario party or Mario sports game or whatever and
we've already gotten one this year right with Mario, Tennis
But yeah, I don't know. but I think Nintendo is far from
having a slow year quote, unquote, Right. so, I just
again, again, I think Nintendo, or I think people forget that
the switch to or the switch one went through the same type of
Release Cadence. I just feel like people don't
take it the same way because, um, Nintendo sold 13 million, we
use in 150 million switch ones. So, That release Cadence on a
switch to looks different than it did on the switch one.
Right. Remastered.
Remake. New game.
Nintendo switch online releases, you know, that's sort of cadence
looks much different To a popular device than it did to an
unpopular device. So, Ed, you're back.
Yes, tried my hardest so to ramble.
So this is the thing about it. I think um, Nintendo was trying
to. It's tender is balancing on what
they think with, you know, gangster finish with their
portfolio for their system. We got to think about.
Yeah, of course, we're thinking about Mario, Zelda and
everything else, but we know we got to think about, what are
they doing with Platinum games? That's a big one.
Maybe being at a four, it's Nintendo working with Capcom to
do 3D version of The Legend of Zelda.
The oracle games and bringing that suit 3D or working with
Grasso, like there's so many possibilities that Nintendo
could go shooting. Nintendo could go to Second be
like we want to snack Phantasy Star.
You know, for Phantasy Star, five like Nintendo, any
developer, third party, rather than Japanese or America and
bring something out with it, we can see a new Paper, Mario RPG.
And, you know, we already got like we already had Brotherhood.
So if we got the or we got the King on switch, so, but it's a
possibility that we can get a new Paper Mario for it.
So I think what Nintendo is trying to plan and see what
fits, you know, there's just like with Sega have dominant or
dominant Franchise that they have made, because he f-zero.
So then that could be producing, we could get a new punch out we
there. So we and there's so many other
stuff. We can get a new Duck Hunt that
you understand that that is unexpected.
We get a new ring fit Adventure. If niece.
So like there's so many possibilities that Nintendo
could go. And then when they're ready to
bring out Mario and Zelda people will be ready for him.
We're probably going to get a new Kirby game and everything.
Yeah that they said to mentioned like two three years ago never
came. Yeah, pigment five might be in
development zero Blade Chronicles 4 or finalists off
like there's so many there's some more stuff and and you know
yeah we thinking about Fire Emblem but like intelligence
system could be awesome bringing out a new IP or they could be
bringing out codename steam like to to the Forefront.
Like we get a Mario game, you know, Nintendo might end up
going back to treasure gas, to be like, make us in the
punishment. Three.
Here's money. Like, they have so much that
they can do. It's in the rim of possibilities
that a lot of these games could happen.
And then when it's time for Mario and Zelda to come out,
they're releasing in the right time.
You know Zelda has a seven year development cycle.
Because look. The game will be ready.
Come out. They'll delay.
It And we won't hear nothing. We see something, we'll love.
And then I might also get delayed again, you know, so
we're probably see something with that.
Like there's so much stuff that Nintendo can be doing or will do
just right now. We just have to sit back and
wait, I keep mentioning arms too, there could be Splatoon 4.
Like there's a lot that could be happening and when it comes to
the fall or even that 2027 right now, the only game that's
leading it from Nintendo, it's random water.
When the ways, I'm sorry for Pokemon, that's the only game we
really know for 227 that is leading uh switch to from
Nintendo. so, So what like Mario so with Mario, and we could be
talking about another Mario game, but it could, it could be
in, it could be anything. It don't have always had to be a
3D. It can be the someone made a
made a new Super Mario collection.
Where you have my thought was like What if we get it?
Like, because we were just talking about that like new
Super Mario Bros? Wii has never been home.
The we, you know what? If you package that DS like make
like an ultimate collection of like, You know, the DS and the
Wii versions, or whatever, right?
And like, put those levels out, you know, I don't, maybe hdfy
them all, and something like that.
Yeah. So um, there's just so many
things that we could see in the future right now.
We, we literally just have to wait and everything.
You know, we can see Pokemon Conquest like we can see more.
We see there we, you know, and so or 3DS in the so like we
there's so much that we don't know but it's in the
possibility. So we gotta think outside of
just Mario and Zelda and Metroid and Donkey Kong like they're
well no french fries. We got to think outside with
that because Nintendo could suppresses me anything, whether
it be for first or third party or even in these, you know, the
network with Lincoln stuff. Oh, Necromancer with link like
that, that was a big surprise, you know?
Yeah, so yeah. Yep. so, All right, we got two
more. Let's fly through these real
quick. Hi Edward and Corey love the
chemistry between you. Both this from Brittany K via
email the way you break down Nintendo without overhyping
rumors. My question is a bit more
nostalgic. What classic Nintendo era?
Do you think, still influences modern game design the most SNES
and 64 GameCube? And do you see the modern switch
to titles, actually capturing the same magic today?
Thanks for the great podcast every week.
I mean, I think we talked about this one breath of the wild came
out, right? With the original Legend of
Zelda, very evocative of that kind of explore your own risk
type feeling, even that the art of him, you know, looking out
over the The landscape, right? yes, definitely a very
reminiscent but also like I think that I think that modern
game design. Takes a lot of what came before
it and tries to apply it. With modern technology and
context, right? Like, I think that's That's
everything. I mean it's not just games, it's
everything. in Nintendo really loves to play up the Nostalgia,
especially around big, major releases so I don't know it.
You were gonna, you were gonna say something and I just kind of
kept going sorry. No, no, that's okay.
Um, so I'm gonna dress the first question.
What class in to ever do you think still influences Runner
game design? The most you put SNES SCC for or
GameCube, actually, all three. Because with the SNES, just even
outside of Nintendo, one of the biggest thing is Chrono Trigger
with the new game. Plus that being a big thing that
influence about a majority against today that still have
that functionality Insurance. How important replayability is
when you have when you have that whether you're Indy first or
third in 64, the analog controller itself moving Mario
and 3D with that analog controller.
They get all the games that now use that analog controller and
it's just how I feels and everything.
GameCube GameCube has so many, he has so much more the way
bird, you know, being A wireless as a controller.
Look, how that has set the president of not just only the,
we the, we and we you, but also the 360, the PS3 just that
functionality being able to control your games without being
attached to your system with the wire with it.
Like the that's how big the way bird is.
Um, you got the multi-player and the gank with the fork or trying
to Parts pores and stuff. And you know, it's just kind of
showed how important multi-player is when everybody's
in the room together. You know, you had that during
the Xbox Xbox. First came out because Halo was
big, not only were you guys in the same room playing but then
you also have land accents with it.
Why you think you still got the four ports in the Dreamcast when
you see and I think Sega Sandra. Also had a two at some point.
So like pretty much just like outside of the game system just
with the hardware um and everything the SNES got six
buttons um after you know Deputy with them trying to have Street
Fighter on it you got the top lnr, did you got the white xba
or x? Y b a and that look how that
Hardware that controller has that the sender of art of
controllers that she put it to the fact that even the Second
Genesis which had the three, but it had to re-release a
controller to have six Butters, so that Street Fighter could be
played on it. You know and and mortar combat.
So there, so with Nintendo it's almost like almost every era has
has something that that you know, helped shape my drink game
today, you know, 360 when we came out but the monster truck
trailer PS3 went with the move. A Xbox with with the Kinect,
whether Wii U came out. Xbox did the spark glass with
it? I don't think so.
He did anything maybe with vita, but I don't think so.
I did move right. I mean, they didn't move and
they did the Vita kind of They tried to do the Wii U thing, but
it was very Half Baked and very on him successful.
Yeah. And then you look at switch now
that all that, that took all even Nintendo's past hardware
and everything. And now now, look how Xbox got
the Xbox work out Ali, right? How do you think PS5 have there
were their handheld assistance? Why all the PCS jumped in?
Because everybody don't forget everybody the PC, some of the
people in the PC Community was saying that heart that The
castle was trying to be PC. Now its flipped that the PC
market is trying to be like the castle.
Mark. They're trying to, they're
trying to be like Nintendo, they're trying to be Nintendo
success. I should say not be better than
Nintendo. They're trying to be a success.
So I think if we're going to think of an error, we have to
include all the errors from Nintendo because there's so much
just even Hardware that came out that allows you to enjoy the way
that you play and acquire games today.
With it. Um, do I see any Martyrs two
titles actually capturing that same magic today?
At this pretty much at this time, not yet.
Um because it has when it hits June 5th, it'll be his first
year and sometimes you need the assistance library to grow.
And everything, whether it's improvements from past game or
them putting out new games. So there's nothing just yet that
has really captured anything, um, for it has an idea of what
could be done on a castle, but this nothing that actually
showcase That's capturing the same magic as in the past and
our thing. So because because right now,
any game on any console could capture the magic and stuff,
right? For right now, we're just
waiting to see what that could be.
And I think if we're going to look at, I want to say switch to
and then we're going to get to the next question, but Prague
Mana. It is kind of that game cuz it
there's something about that game that not only feels like
Capcom, but if it feels like past games, uh, Shooter's in
action, that is it gripped you in, and you really cared about
the story, but you care about the gameplay and you couldn't
get enough and every upgrade that you get it, made the game
fun. Because continue to make the
game fun and make sure you think of what innovative ways on how
to be strategic and defeat enemies.
So if I had to say anything like a game, why that could that has
some magic on pursue? It's gonna be Prague or practice
my pragmata. The way that they say, So yeah,
who knows? Who knows how you say it?
It's fine. All right.
Ed, last question and we'll get out of here and go to bed and
okay. Try not to cry.
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people in chat. Yes, our public chat.
And it's 20. See here.
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rights and hey, pal about crew, appreciate all the thoughtful,
Nintendo content, you bring each episode.
With the Nintendo's 2026 lineup, including a mix of remake
spinoffs and smaller franchise and trees, like, Yoshi in
school. You think Nintendo is
redefining. What a quote Big Year looks like
for them or our fans, still expecting the traditional 3D
Mario and Zelda drop every cycle.
Just I need to adjust expectations for modern
development timelines. so I kind of I kind of answered this a
couple questions ago, I think I think people just Don't
understand. You can't without a Mario and
Zelda game every year, right? Like A new AAA 3D one.
Right? And Nintendo already said that
they only really want one of those each generation, right?
Because of a how long they take to make and be You know, when
you have more than one like, does it really affect the
console, or anything like that? So, Yeah, I don't know.
I think I mean, I think Nintendo's having a big year
regardless of what you think of these games.
I mean Look at Tomodachi Life. Look at animal crossing like
that upgrade pack sold like something ridiculous, like Three
or four million units, I think so like just the upgrade pack
alone. You know, tune Raiders, I think
is going to be huge. Firearms gonna be huge and we
don't even know it's coming in the second half of the year.
So, Again, I think Nintendo's having a big year, is it the
biggest year they've ever had? No, but It's really hard to beat
2017 and 2019 and my mind. So.
Ed, what do you think? Um, I don't think Nintendo is
redefining. What a big gear is.
I think we as the consumers will Define, if it's a big gear for
Nintendo, the reason being is that They?
Took a half. You know, a release date for a
lot of gangs. And they could be major
successes. And we will have people say
that? No.
That wasn't the bigger. You'd be, like, wait a minute.
They did two million for this game month after month at the
month at the month, how could it not be a big year and then
people would give their reasons for why?
They don't feel like it's a big year?
I think with Nintendo if they're going to have a big gear and I
continue go I continue to say this, I'm like 2019 was a big
year for next to them because like look at all the games that
they're released. They that they release.
Um, they get how the switch have stayed as number one and their
thing. How when, you know I to me, I
personally feel like of Nintendo's going to have a big
year. Like you sick or earlier in the
show. There's two much to play. and
thats when you have first 30 or drop and they just like I said,
just this month Rgp Fest. Eating almost this whole summer
because of all the greatness of RPG says dropping.
Does that make it to the function?
It's in the front. That's a big year.
Not really because there's only one subset, that's only one
Community. Who is 80?
Not everybody is eating, you know, not everybody else who
RPGs. So I think for us as fans we
Define. What is a big year expecting the
traditional 3D Mario is Zelda. That is you know, I think people
who are thinking that way, um, just want to have an easier
discussion. And have an easy answer and make
sure that they're that they sells look right.
And I'm not trying to be disappointed.
We just say that that's just shows that people don't
understand, Nintendo's library, or Our Focus to have more than
just the expectation of a Mario and Zelda game in the library.
You can have this little has so much in their libraries just
IP's that those games should be mentioned.
Or have the possibility of this is just that this game may come
come out. This is a chest of that game
come out. And not just a Mario or Zelda,
because if you if you just say Mario Zelda, that means You,
that means that. You feel safe?
Give that answer. Because you think that if you
don't say those games, the answer that you get back, might
make you look bad in a sense and that's okay.
If you give a different answer, I always say that, hey, it's a
year that we could get our suit. I may be broken every year, we
may never get our suit but I know Nintendo's library.
And that's a possibility that could come out because there is
a community for arms and it's about as a new IP It could
there's a possibility that Nintendo like, yeah, we went
out. We went, we thought about it.
We we try some things. We actually follow the footing.
Let's bring out arms soon Star. Fox was a supposed to happen.
Why? Because Star Fox Star Fox Zero.
Got clown as a gang. And everybody said, well, that's
gonna be the different starflex. No.
Not the death of Star Fox Nintendo just like we gotta find
something that works. Yeah.
It's a remake or reinterpretation is for the game
where everyone think but I bet you it's gonna be fun as ever.
You know we should we still got robbed the robot stuff, you
know. I I mentioned duck hunt earlier.
That's possibility to come out, punch out, you know, has a
history and her thing and then there's games from the family
car and and from Japan that never answer America, don't
dance could get remade and drop You know, we got a new family
kind of detective on switch. You know, and that was
Nintendo's first mature game. We didn't expect that to have.
Look at all the, look at all the possibilities that came out from
that trailer when that drop. But nobody really I'm not saying
nobody not many people talk about it or we remember that
that came out, but that's a possibility.
We could get a new game in the series.
Hotel dust room, 213 possibility, that we can get
that. even though sink is not available anymore, but there are
developers of who might be around, who could still make
games like that? Who might get the get the
opportunity to do a hotel dust. so, Yeah, I mean, look.
Nintendo is always going to do, whatever Nintendo wants to do.
and until they, Prove me wrong and any way shape or form.
That's okay with me. Yeah. so, but, All right, that's
it. So we got It's okay.
We're gonna quickly wrap up. My final thought is, uh, just
let you guys know that I have a Blog out.
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