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This week, Nintendo made a reasonable localization decision. I know, we were surprised too!
28:17 – Nintendo replaces obscene gesture in Mario Kart 8
34:26 – No Destiny 2 on Switch because the game is online-only
39:52 – World of Tank devs are using copyright in order to censor harsh criticism
Leave a CommentNothing 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.
Leave a CommentEZK and Andrew discuss Nintendo, Star Wars and Marvel TV shows. You know, the important stuff!
19:07 – What if Nintendo allowed indie devs access to their IP?
32:34 – Did the NES Classic Edition have to die so that the SNES Classic Edition could live?
34:52 – Kylo Ren’s facial scar in Last Jedi doesn’t line up with the wound he received in Force Awakens. How much do we care?
50:30 – We discuss the first trailer for the Cloak and Dagger TV show
Leave a CommentIt’s a solo show this week. EZK had family stuff to attend to this Easter weekend. Andrew had family visiting from out of town too but he made them quietly sit in the corner for an hour so he could bring you this week’s awesome show!
Ain’t he the sweetest?
5:45 – The NES Classic Edition and Nintendo’s problem meeting demand
41:52 – Senran Kagura for the Switch uses HD Rumble to simulate the feel of breasts
55:48 – Quick recap of last week’s Nintendo Direct
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Among the many classic blunders in this world, the most famous of which is ‘never get involved in a land war in Asia’ and only slightly less well-known ‘Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line’, is the killing off one of your most popular products at the height of its life. Sadly, it seems that Nintendo has fallen victim to the latter blunder (of course Nintendo being a Japanese company may have been involved at one time or another in the first one). In a statement sent to IGN, Nintendo of America has ended production of the NES Classic Edition and after April you will never see them on shelves again, that is if you ever saw them there to begin with. (UPDATE: Japan’s version of the NES Classic Edition, a mini Famicom with a slightly different lineup of games, has ended production as well.)
The NES Classic Edition is the hit holiday product from Nintendo that bundled 30 classic NES games into a cute console with the old NES look. It even came with controllers that resembled the original NES controllers. People loved this thing so much that any units that stores got were quickly snatched up and immediately listed to ebay at double to triple markup. Few people who actually wanted one to play the darn thing got one. In a statement made in January of this year, Nintendo announced that they had sold a cool 1.5million NES Classics. That means that somewhere in the ballpark of 250k people have one to actually play right now, while 1.25million units are sitting languishing on ebay and Craigslist postings.
But what really gets my goat with this latest news is Nintendo’s completely tone deaf reasons for dropping the system.
3 CommentsThis week, Zachary and Andrew talk about video games, movies and superheroes. You know, important stuff!
32:19 – Andrew doesn’t like The Stanley Parable
50:39 – Andrew REALLY doesn’t like Iron Fist
1:08:50 – Warner wants to make another Matrix movie, possibly about young Morpheus
1:14:15 – Nintendo doubles production of Switch due to high demand. Still hasn’t done the same for NES Classic Edition.
1:28:25 – Dolphin emulator can now access the Wii eShop
3 CommentsWe have a gameplan this week but that doesn’t stop us from spending the last 45 minutes of the podcast yammering about movies, anime, comics, video games, super heroes and other stuff. We can’t help ourselves!
24:23 – The Nintendo Switch’s myriad hardware issues
42:35 – Game companies don’t want anyone fixing their hardware but them
51:23 – Nintendo wins lawsuit against maker of flash carts
57:12 – Valve won’t count your review score for any Steam game you obtained for free
Leave a CommentWhat happens when we record the podcast without deciding beforehand what to talk about?
Well, we spend the first hour talking about the Nintendo Switch and the second talking about anime.
Fun!
Leave a CommentZachary makes his triumphant return and many important topics are discussed. Does Zachary have a tattoo? Has Andrew ever fainted? All this and more!
5:10 – We get back to Kicking the Bucket List
25:44 – The Castlevania Netflix show debuts a poster
29:35 – Bethesda “can’t say” if next fall’s Switch release of Skyrim will be the special edition
33:27 – Nintendo Switch Joy Cons reportedly have a de-syncing problem
43:39 – A small thing that rekindled my excitement for Breath of the Wild
1:09:08 – What do we think about PewDiePie?
1:23:17 – What do we think about Milo Yiannopoulos?
1:30:36 – What do we think about Donald Trump?
Leave a CommentZachary and the Mrs. are busy moving their brood to the side of the fence where the grass is greener but that doesn’t mean Andrew is all by his lonesome. Nope! Youtuber and Nintendo commentator Super Metal Dave 64 joins the show to talk all things Switch!
6:55 – Mega Man MUSCLE figures shown off at Toy Fair 2017
8:13 – Suda51 apologizes to translator for going off script during January’s Switch event
18:32 – Nintendo announces DLC for Zelda
29:51 – Pros and cons of marketing the Switch as a portable console vs a powerful portable that hooks up to the TV
46:08 – Sony filing a Japanese patent for a new handheld that looks a lot like the Switch
48:36 – Switch’s first-year line-up
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