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Molehill Mountain Episode 24 – SPOILERS!!!

Published November 2, 2016 by Andrew Eisen

There will be no Molehill Mountain podcast this weekend (Saturday the 5th) due to Andrew’s Extra-Life video game charity marathon. The entire event will be streaming right here on RandomTower so if you’d like to drop by and say hey, please do!

As for last week’s show, we weren’t going to talk about Nintendo this week but we just can’t seem to help ourselves (18:50)! After that, we discuss the fact that OnePlay has taken on Desura, but not its parent company’s debt (38:34) then we try to figure out when exactly the statute of limitations on spoilers expires (48:42).

What if Nintendo made a new console dedicated to retro-style games?

Published November 1, 2016 by Andrew Eisen

A couple of weeks ago, prior to the Nintendo Switch announcement, I had a weird dream in which it turned out that the upcoming NES Classic Edition actually was the NX.

That’s dumb but I shared it on Twitter anyway and one of my followers replied, “Don’t scare me like that. Unless…unless they plan to make new NES games. Old-school meets modern AAA.”

And that got me thinking… What if Nintendo made a new console dedicated to retro-style games?

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Molehill Mountain Episode 23 – Let’s Switch It Up

Published October 24, 2016 by Andrew Eisen

On this week’s show, Andrew feels really bad about not liking Muramasa: The Demon Blade (1:01) then both he and EZK weigh in on the video game voice actor strike (12:00).

If you were left unsatisfied by Andrew’s reaction to Nintendo’s preview video of its new Switch gaming platform, EZK and he spend a good 90 minutes talking about the console formerly known as NX (27:46).

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Nintendo Announces The Switch, Confirming The Most Recent NX Rumors

Published October 20, 2016 by E. Zachary Knight

Nintendo Switch Do you remember all those rumors a while back about the NX being a hybrid mobile/console system with detachable controllers and cartridges instead of optical media? The ones that I was really worried about when I talked about them during one of my solo Molehill Mountain podcasts? Yeah those rumors. They were completely right. Today, Nintendo revealed that its next console is a hybrid mobile/home console called the Switch. If you haven’t watched the reveal trailer, where have you been? Anyway, here is the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5uik5fgIaI

Back when I talked about the NX rumors during the podcast, I expressed skepticism of the target market such a console would have. I was skeptical of exactly how such a system would market itself and compete with other consoles and mobile devices. I expressed plenty of skepticism of the whole idea in general. Well, not everything. I thought the change to game cartridges is a great idea.

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Nintendo Announces NX Preview With Creepy Mario

Published October 19, 2016 by Andrew Eisen

Gamers the world over rejoiced tonight as Nintendo finally popped its silence balloon and announced that it will air a “preview trailer” for its new console tomorrow morning (10/20/16) at 7a PST.

Its Twitter announcement was accompanied by the incredibly creepy image of Mario yanking back a shower curtain so he can watch you scrub your naughty bits.

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Molehill Mountain Episode 22 – Bikini Butt Ninjas

Published October 19, 2016 by Andrew Eisen

On this week’s episode of the Molehill Mountain podcast, EZK and Andrew talk about an anime called “Keijo!!!!!!!!” where girls in bikinis try to knock each other off a pool float with their butts (12:12), if Virtual Reality finally ready to hit the mainstream (28:17) and whether Nintendo should reveal the NX before Christmas or sometime early next year (48:47).

My Dumb Nintendo NX Debut Theory

Published October 18, 2016 by Andrew Eisen

After teasing us for a few days, Rockstar Games announced this morning that a sequel to Red Dead Redemption is set to release in fall of 2017 and its first trailer will debut this Thursday.

Here’s a super silly conspiracy theory for you: What if Red Dead Redemption 2 is an NX game? What if Thursday’s trailer will be shown during the reveal of the NX?

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Molehill Mountain Episode 17 – PS4 Pro Crotch Shots

Published September 12, 2016 by Andrew Eisen

Lots of fun stories this week!

31:46 – Nintendo hits “No Mario’s Sky” with a DMCA takedown. Developer removes infringing assets and renames it “DMCA’s Sky”

40:08 – Warner Bros. hits itself with a DMCA takedown

49:06 – Mario hits iOS mobile devices with the endless runner-esque “Super Mario Run”

59:39 – Sony shows off the visual majesty of the PS4 Pro with an Asari Crotch Shot

A Month After Metroid’s 30th Anniversary, Nintendo Announces Zelda Anniversary Stuff

Published September 1, 2016 by E. Zachary Knight

AM2R: Another Metroid 2 Remake It has been a month since Metroid’s 30th anniversary. People have been clamoring for something from Nintendo to acknowledge this paramount game. Instead, Nintendo sent a DMCA to a remake of Metroid 2. So people were hoping that maybe Nintendo had something else up their sleeves.

Today, Nintendo held another of its Nintendo Direct press events. In this they announced a special anniversary product for a very special franchise. And you will never guess what that franchise is.

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OMG! Did Nintendo just inDIRECTly announce Skyward Sword HD?!!!

Published September 1, 2016 by Andrew Eisen

Nintendo aired its 3DS-focused Direct presentation this morning and one thing stuck out as odd to me.

“We’re happy to announce that the original version of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword will be releasing today on the Nintendo eShop on Wii U.”

The “original version,” eh? Well, that’s an peculiar way to phrase that announcement considering there’s only one version of Skyward Sword…

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