After Nintendo’s announcement two weeks ago on the retro NES Classic console, people woke up to the idea of classic gaming in the modern age on reproduction consoles. This week, stories started circulating that Sega is now firing back at Nintendo by not only releasing a retro Genesis console, but also a handheld. They make this claim by pointing out the release of a Sonic 25th Anniversary Sega portable with built in games.
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Hey folks, E. Zachary Knight here. Andrew was caught using Twitter this past week and is now on the run from the Podunk Witch Hunters. While he is in hiding, Jeremy Powers of Zens Path joined me for the latest Molehill Mountain podcast. We took part in more Pokemon Go chatter, Nintendo’s return to its roots with the NES Classic, and bit more.
- 1:45 – Jeremy Talks about Monster Hunter: Generations, Song of the Deep and collectors editions
- 7:48 – I talk about Castlevania, my PSP, and other PS1 Classics
- 14:10 – Lots of Pokemon Go chatter.
- 44:14 – We reminisce about classic gaming thanks to Nintendo’s NES Classic
Nintendo will be launching a new console this holiday season. However, it won’t be the NX or anything resembling a modern day console. Instead, Nintendo will be returning to its roots and following in the footsteps of Atari and Sega. Today, Nintendo announced the launch of the NES Classic Edition.
Much like the retro throwback consoles of Atari and Sega, the NES CE will have 30 built in games. The list is pretty impressive too. It has all three Mario games, both Zeldas, Star Tropics, two Castlevanias, Metroid, and Final Fantasy, to name a few.
4 CommentsHey folks, E. Zachary Knight here. Andrew is off in the middle of nowhere where the internet is considered black magic and you can be burned as a witch for using it. So tonight is actually my first solo show ever. This should be interesting. I will be talking about the looming Indiepocalypse, buying cool games and systems for dirt cheap at thrift stores and yard sales, some of the games I have played and books I have read etc. Who knows. Feel free to ask me anything during the show too.
- 2:07 – Castlevania Symphony of the Night is one of the coolest games ever.
- 9:10 – Pokemon Go! Doesn’t work for me 🙁
- 12:25 – Things get political as I talk about Libertarianism
- 22:35 – The Looming Indiepocalypse
- 39:30 – My Thoughts On Nintendo’s Reach and Marketing
- 43:40 – Which Publishers Will Resort To Focusing Solely on Development
- 46:45 – I talk about console purchases and if I am a fanboy
- 56:20 – Let’s Talk Star Wars and Fan Edits
- 1:00:00 – Jim Sterling’s breakdown of Mighty Number 9
- 1:02:46 – Who are my Youtube Influences
- 1:08:58 – What music do I listen to?
- 1:12:25 – More Bucket List discussion
As it happens, Andrew is going to be busy for the next several Saturdays in a row so this is his last episode of the podcast until August. In the latest episode, you get him all to yourselves for an hour and a half. Ain’t that peachy!
- 1:10 – I have a problem. A Ghostbusters problem.
- 10:50 – Let’s talk about the localization of Tokyo Mirage Sessions! Again.
- 17:35 – Let’s speculate about the NX, Nintendo’s new console that we still know almost nothing about!
- 22:07 – GameStop made me mad. Here’s why.
- 26:24 – More NX talk! Game controller talk! Zelda talk! Paper Mario talk!
- 46:18 – Wind Waker is five times better than Skyward Sword. Do I agree?
- 58:15 – I share my thoughts on VR.
- 1:13:13 – Let’s talk about accuracy (and ethics!) in entertainment journalism.
- 1:22:00 – Let’s talk about video games and keeping the original language track!
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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As I sat and watched E3 this year, I had this nagging feeling at the back of my mind. As each game was introduced and I saw trailers and gameplay footage, this feeling got stronger and stronger. I couldn’t shake it. But I couldn’t quite place it for a while though. Then about halfway through Microsoft’s press event, it finally dawned on me what I was feeling. So I put it in a tweet.
EZK and Andrew spend nearly four hours discussing last week’s E3 show, addressing each conference in chronological order: Electronic Arts (16:38), Bethesda (49:22), Microsoft (1:01:22), Ubisoft (1:50:17), Sony (2:15:42) and in the case of Nintendo, its Treehouse Live segments (3:00:40).
Leave a CommentOn this week’s episode of Molehill Mountain, Andrew and EZK give a few E3 predictions (8:20), continue Kicking the Bucket List (34:23), weigh in on Elon Musk’s idea that video game tech suggests life could be a simulation (43:20), admonish Nintendo for forgetting the rest of the world when announcing an eShop promotion (48:42), and discuss the ramifications of a Texas court ruling that video game mechanics are not copyrightable.
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Yesterday, Nintendo announced a promotion to celebrate the 5-year anniversary of the eShop, its online marketplace where you can buy digital games, new and classic alike. 100 titles on the eShop have been discounted by up to 50%. The promotion starts today and runs through Monday.
Pretty sweet, right?
Yeah, but this promotion only applies to the Japanese eShop so what about THE REST OF THE WORLD?!
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