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Molehill Mountain Episode 74 – Happy Birthday, Wii U!

Published November 23, 2017 by Andrew Eisen

It’s the long-dead Wii U’s fifth birthday!

0:10 – For the Wii U’s fifth birthday, we remember the 300 games that released on the PS3 and 360 (and often, a bunch of other platforms as well) but not the Wii U

26:42 – Universal’s Illumination may be handling an animated Super Mario Bros. movie

40:01 – Andrew is a Rampage fanboy and is annoyed by the trailer for the upcoming film adaptation

51:06 – EA removes microtransactions for Star Wars Battlefront 2 launch, will put them back in later

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Molehill Mountain Episode 73 – The Fault In Our Star Wars

Published November 15, 2017 by Andrew Eisen

Star Wars is going to make more Star Wars to go with our Star Wars!

22:07 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles added to Injustice 2 roster

31:13 – EA buys Respawn. Will probably kill it like all the others

41:34 – Star Wars announced even more Star Wars to go with all the Star Wars!

51:30 – Take-Two and Ubisoft have some very interesting pet names for microtranactions and DLC

57:45 – After a decade and a half, Humvee takes it to Activision for using its product in Call of Duty

1:16:42 – Gamestop opens games and sells them as new

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Molehill Mountain Episode 72 – Animal Crossing: Happy Campers

Published November 1, 2017 by Andrew Eisen

Because that’s a far better name than “Pocket Camp.”

9:41 – EA and demands for high Metacritic scores

28:54 – Xbox One’s backwards compatibility would have arrived sooner if Microsoft didn’t have to spend a bunch of time and resources removing its ill-advised always-on DRM

39:46- Nintendo details Animal Crossing for mobile devices

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Molehill Mountain Episode 71 – Dead Horse Beatings

Published October 25, 2017 by Andrew Eisen

EA has closed one of its studios… again.

32:38 – Capcom grossly overprices its costume DLC for Marvel vs Capcom Infinite

37:10 – Disney finally revealed the official name of its upcoming Han Solo movie. It’s boring.

39:12 – Bethesda goes overboard with Season Pass and Preorder shenanigans for Wolfenstein 2

41:25 – Switch OS update allows you to capture up to 30 SECONDS of game footage! WOW!!!

49:29 – Fire Emblem Warriors charges you extra for content Hyrule Warriors gave away for free

52:38 – EA closes another of its acquired studios. Who’s next?

1:06:30 – Icky Activision patent revealed

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Molehill Mountain Episode 69 – The Funniest Number!

Published October 12, 2017 by Andrew Eisen

No matter how old I get, I still laugh at the most immature things.

We spend most of the first half of the show talking about superhero cartoons then discuss which games Nintendo might include on a hypothetical N64 Classic Edition (42:10).

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Molehill Mountain Episode 68 – Andrew Is a Hating Hater Who Hates

Published October 6, 2017 by Andrew Eisen

Seriously, what’s with that guy?

33:17 – Andrew opines that game journalists who were confused by the Wii U were lying or terrible at their jobs

42:05 – Senran Kagura producer wants to make a game that appeals to women

46:25 – What is and is not clickbait?

51:50 – What is and is not hyperbole?

54:30 – Red Dead Redemption 2 protagonist appears to be full-blown bad guy with no redeeming qualities. How does that compare to previous protagonists of Rockstar Games?

1:05:55 – New Mummy video game movie tie-in seems to have nothing to do with the movie is’s tied-in to.

1:18:28 – Andrew talk a bit about the Project Octopath Traveler demo.

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Molehill Mountain Episode 65 – Nintendo Has NOT Erased Mario & Luigi’s Past

Published September 13, 2017 by Andrew Eisen

Let’s get upset about the internet getting upset about things!

0:00 – We talk about IT even though neither of us have seen it.

12:17 – Google labels us a file sharing site for… hosting our own podcast?

18:19 – All of YouTube’s changes are terrible. All of them.

29:35 – My patience pays off! Both Resident Evil 7 and L.A. Noire get Gold/Deluxe editions that include all the DLC!

37:47 – Rockstar ensures Switch version of L.A. Noire sells like crap by charging $10 more for the visually inferior version

49:32 – Nintendo character profiles for Mario and Luigi mention the boys used to work as plumbers, internet loses its damn fool mind.

59:34 – South Park video game ties difficulty to skin color.

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Molehill Mountain Episode 64 – Forced Bundle Podcast!

Published September 5, 2017 by Andrew Eisen

Now you can enjoy this podcast with a bunch of crap you don’t want or need!

19:14 – eSports are probably not coming to the Olympics any time soon

38:09 – GameStop says console bundles are convenient for customers

53:28 – Mario + Rabbids update adds enough content and fixes that makes us question whether it should have been delayed a bit

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Molehill Mountain Episode 63 – “What’s a Sword Doing Here?”

Published September 1, 2017 by Andrew Eisen

Video games, movies, ham sandwiches. You know, the usual.

32:53 – The Secret of Mana remake has mind-numbingly awful voice acting.

39:20 – Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle locking content behind pre-order bonuses, four different amiibo and now a $20 Season Pass

54:06 – Which upcoming movies are we most excited to see?

1:07:53 – If we could see one upcoming film right now, which would it be?

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Molehill Mountain Episode 62 – Excited For a Pepper Potts Movie?

Published August 22, 2017 by Andrew Eisen

EZK returns to talk to Andrew about the Disney XD’s new Duck Tales and Spider-Man shows, Marvel’s The Defenders, and the upcoming slate of Star Wars side-story movies!

23:41 – We discuss the premier of the new Duck Tales show
48:58 – We discuss the premier of the new Spider-Man show
54:21 – The way Disney is announcing its new Star Wars movies is not as exciting as it could be
1:20:14 – We review The Defenders (no spoilers)
1:27:23 – We continue talking about The Defenders (full spoilers)

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