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Molehill Mountain Episode 46 – Bandai Namco Fears PETA

Published May 3, 2017 by Andrew Eisen

Nothing strikes fear into the hearts of game developers like a potential complaint from PETA and its ilk.

Oh, by the by, it’s another Andrew solo show! Yay?

2:00 – Announcement of the New Nintendo 2DS XL

15:15 – Super Bomberman R doubles frame rate by halving resolution

24:00 – Atlus updates Persona 5 streaming guidelines

31:06 – Kangaroo character cut from Tekken 7 due to fear of animal activists

As is often the case, the last hour of the show is simply chatting with the viewers about this and that.

Molehill Mountain Episode 43 – Early Access Podcast

Published April 11, 2017 by Andrew Eisen

We know it’s hard to fall asleep at night until you know what Andrew and Zachary discussed on the previous weekend’s podcast so, here you go. Rest now, friends.

13:43 – The Gearbox and G2A kerfuffle

24:30 – Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford takes no responsibility for Gearbox/G2A deal

29:52 – Atlus comes down on Persona 5 streaming in an exceptionally odd way

49:49 – Persona 5 has nearly $100-worth of grossly overpriced DLC

55:11 – The video game industry’s nasty habit of releasing broken games

Atlus drops the ball on Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse localization; handles it like a champ

Published September 20, 2016 by Andrew Eisen

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse releases for the 3DS in North America today but unfortunately, it’s shipping with a bit of a localization boo-boo. Turns out there’s still a smidgen of untranslated Japanese text during a boss battle near the end of the game.

Atlus, the game’s developer and publisher, acknowledged the mistake and posted an apology and explanation on its website yesterday.

Game director encourages western gamers to buy Tokyo Mirage Sessions despite localization changes

Published June 28, 2016 by Andrew Eisen

Last Friday, Mitsuru Hirata, chief director of Tokyo Mirage Sessions hit up Twitter to ask western gamers to buy the game despite various localization changes.

“Come to think of it, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE release date is this week on 24th isn’t it! For various reasons we had to change some outfits, contents of events and vocals, but I think the outfits of the overseas version are quite cute! If you live overseas and own a Wii U by all means buy the game!”

Okay, let’s unpack that comment, shall we?

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When covering cleavage on North American box art is NOT censorship

Published June 7, 2016 by Andrew Eisen

To your left is an image comparing the lower left portion of the Japanese and North American box arts for Atlus’s highly anticipated Persona 5. You may notice that Morgana (the smiling cat) has been repositioned in a way that covers up the cleavage of another character.

CENSORSHIP!!!

Not so fast…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 46 – Bandai Namco Fears PETA

Molehill Mountain Episode 43 – Early Access Podcast

Atlus drops the ball on Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse localization; handles it like a champ

Game director encourages western gamers to buy Tokyo Mirage Sessions despite localization changes

When covering cleavage on North American box art is NOT censorship