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DLC 25. Our 2026 Gaming Resolustions and Predictions!
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Happy New Year! Join us in our first revamped podcast of the year as we talk about our 2026 gaming resolutions and predictions! Plus, did we keep our 2025 resolutions?
00:00:00 - Show Start
00:07:24 - Last Year’s Resolutions
00:13:46 - Sean’s First Resolution
00:15:53 - Hodge’s First Resolution
00:17:40 - Midnight’s First Resolution
00:20:50 - Sean’s Second Resolution
00:23:54 - Hodge’s Second Resolution
00:25:53 - Midnight’s Second Resolution
00:27:14 - Sean’s Third Resolution
00:29:25 - Hodge’s Third Resolution
00:34:15 - Midnight’s Third Resolution
00:42:29 - Sean’s First Prediction
00:44:46 - Hodge’s First Prediction
00:46:00 - Midnight’s First Prediction
00:46:53 - Sean’s Second Prediction
00:48:25 - Hodge’s Second Prediction
00:50:09 - Midnight’s Second Prediction
00:51:13 - Sean’s Third Prediction
00:53:20 - Hodge’s Third Prediction
00:55:46 - Midnight’s Third Prediction
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Episode 25 Introduction and 2026 Kickoff
00:00:39
Speaker
And welcome everybody this is games over plastic dlc episode number 25 back at back with you again here on a brand new year 2026 the first episode of the year i am midnight as always joined by my two most amazing co-hosts first we have the master of graphics and the full metal alchemist hodge how you doing sir Good. New year, new Hodge. Just kidding. I'm the same me, but I'm happy to be here do some predictions, our first DLC of 2026.
00:01:14
Speaker
They haven't seen it yet, but I hope you guys enjoy the new graphics that I'm putting up this year. We're we're rebooting the show we're with ah an all-black cast. so um I hope everyone enjoys it, but I'm excited to do some resolutions and see ah how you guys did on your resolutions from last year. It's going to be fun.
00:01:33
Speaker
Oh yeah.
New Year's Experiences and Gaming Resolutions
00:01:34
Speaker
And last but not least, the man, the myth, the legend, Sean Mason. How are you, sir? I'm doing all right. It's ah the 3rd of January, 2026. According to Larry David, today's the last day you can say Happy New Year to anyone. Pro Larry David. You cannot say it after today. So if you say it after today, I guess you are um not a great person. Funny, actually, I one time said Happy New Year to someone in March.
00:02:02
Speaker
What? It was the first time I had seen him all all year, so said, Happy New Year. i Definitely threw him off. didn't even say Happy New Year after the first. I pretty much would say leading up. You should definitely do do it randomly to someone in like March. It throws them off, and it's funny. Middle of June. On 4th of July. Hey, Happy New Year.
00:02:22
Speaker
That's funny. ah and I think you're a time traveler or something. Yeah. All right. Well, in this special episode, just like we did last year, we are going to be doing our gaming resolutions, which is where we're going to pick three games each. So nine total games from our backlog, for the most part, that we pledge that we are going to play and beat in the year of our Lord, 2026. But as an addition, we're also going to be making three predictions for 2026. And this can be anything, really, just very general stuff that we think will come true and happen in 2026.
Podcast Availability and Audience Engagement
00:02:57
Speaker
Let me get the administrative stuff out of the way real quick. So Games Over Plastic, the podcast for the agnostic gamers, comes to you every other Monday, unless we have a DLC like this one, at YouTube, at youtube.com slash at Games Over Plastic. In full 4K video glory, amazing edits done by our one and only Master of Graphics Hodge. He does all the edits these days, and he's killing it, too. You guys got to watch these videos, man. The work he's putting in.
00:03:25
Speaker
Dozens of hours went into the holiday special, and it was so good. You guys got to watch that. And the gopies, too. The gopies, too. Go back and watch them. Go watch it a second time. All right. Also, we are available on audio platforms, all audio platforms, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Pocket Cast, everywhere. Just search for Games Over Plastic and you'll find it. If you're listening to my voice right now, I imagine you probably already found it.
00:03:49
Speaker
Leave us five-star ratings, of course. Helps us move up the algorithm. And leave us likes, comments, and subscriptions on the YouTube. If you have a write-in for the show, leave it in the comment section on YouTube is the best way to do it. Sean grabs those and will use them randomly in videos. You can also direct message Sean if you have a question too, but the comment section is always great.
00:04:11
Speaker
And with all that said, let's ah let's I guess let's hop right into it You guys have anything to to mention or get into before we get into the topic?
Reflecting on New Year's Antics and Resolutions
00:04:19
Speaker
Anything going on with you guys? It is New Year's. Look at my shirt, guys.
00:04:22
Speaker
yeah there you go New year, new buck. New buckies, the Bucky 2026. Can you see right there? if That's the back of the shirt. It says happy new year or whatever.
00:04:33
Speaker
Yeah. What does say? Happy new year 2026. It's got fireworks and it glows in the dark. Glows in the dark. Very cool. Oh, it's one of those. shit I used to have a skeleton one like that in like second grade. I thought it was the coolest thing ever.
00:04:45
Speaker
Yeah. had so many glow in dark shirts as a kid. They're so awesome. Especially like if we go to cosmic bowling and they glow, it was the it was the best. Speaking of bowling, i'm um I'm out on bowling. I'm done.
00:04:56
Speaker
No, I don't like bowling. Why not? I don't like it because I suck. I just not i just i don't like bowling. I'm not and not about the bowling life. They never have the side of my size shoes either, so it's a pain.
00:05:08
Speaker
I mean, I can't i can't act like i i go bowling often. I go maybe once a year and that's it. So it's not like i not like I'm like offended by, oh, you don't go bowling? because I bowl like 120. I am not good.
00:05:22
Speaker
I haven't been bowling since October 2014. Wow.
00:05:28
Speaker
I bowled like an 80 or a 90. Like, I'm bad. Throwing the bumpers. bowl a 300, you know. I'm doing perfect. Oh, and candlelight. Oh, and candlelight. No, candlelight. Bumpers for the kids,
Review of 2025 Gaming Resolutions
00:05:39
Speaker
though. You can't use those as an adult.
00:05:41
Speaker
Yeah. You mean can't. Well, if you if you if you're getting sloshed, maybe if you're getting, like, wasted, you put throw the bumpers on the... But ah yeah, i was going to say, if you're walking through a dark alley in a bad part of town, if you're wearing a glow-in-the-dark Bucky shirt, nobody's messing with you. You're definitely not getting mugged at all Yeah, I'm sure no one's messing with you. Glow-in-the-dark Bucky shirt. They're going to like, oh, this dude's a fucking Chad. Have a good day, bro. And then the next dude's getting robbed.
00:06:07
Speaker
Yeah, it's not the Berksy shirt. It's because you wear Velcro shoes. That's why. Velcro shoes. Velcro shoes. That light up. That light up too. Yeah, every time he steps, that light up. Sean, when's the last time you saw a kid with Velcro shoes?
00:06:21
Speaker
Oh, you'd be shocked. Some of the kids, they wear Velcro shoes. Oh, my God. You got to shame them. You got to make fun of them. Some of the kids wear Velcro shoes. Some of them still wear them. I see a lot of Crocs, though. that's That's the big thing, Crocs. Which is crazy. crazy you know what You know what's crazy, though? I remember back when I used to work this this summer camp and like when I was in high school. um And there was one kid who wore Crocs and everyone made fun of him. That kid was way ahead of his time.
00:06:47
Speaker
He way was way ahead of his time. He was about 12 years ahead of his time. Unfortunately, was. wonder what that kid's doing now. wonder what that kid's doing now. I don't know. But you know what you're supposed to do as a teacher? You're supposed to shame these kids. You're supposed to stop and point and say, what are those? Right in the middle of class. That old meme.
00:07:08
Speaker
Yeah. All right, guys. Let's go ahead hop into some fun. So we have our gaming resolutions. The order is going to be Sean, Hodge, and Midnight. So, Sean, why don't you kick us on? Are we going to start with last verse? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Sorry. Go ahead, Hodge.
00:07:24
Speaker
Yeah. So I'm going to see, did you guys stick to your 2025 resolutions? I'll go around the horn. I'll do one at a time for each person. Around the horn. Rest in peace.
00:07:35
Speaker
All three of them. ah Yeah. All right. So Sean, firstly, you said you were going to play GTA 3. Did you play GTA 3? I did play GTA 3.
00:07:46
Speaker
Nice. Real quick, I also want to point out that the other thing that Sean said was that he was going to actually stick to his commitments this time around because we did this the prior, prior year. And I do remember Sean was like, nope, didn't do it. Nope, didn't do it. Nope, didn't do it. So this year he said he was going to do better.
00:08:03
Speaker
And apparently did because he played GTA. I did play GTA 3. He also did it because you said you guarantee GTA 6 will release and you wanted to also play 4 and 5 before 6 came out. So none of that happened. None of that. No, none of that. i Sorry, I i played GTA 3. So I got that got the gist of it. You did. Yeah, yeah the the other part wasn't your resolution. You just you said because I guarantee GTA 6 is this year. I guarantee it.
00:08:31
Speaker
Yeah. Well, it's but probably this year, but ah and then Midnight, your first resolution was you were going to play Arkham City. Did you play Arkham City? I always keep my resolutions, and yes, I did play Arkham City, and I enjoyed it. Very nice. Not as much as I thought I would like it, I did like it, though. It was good.
00:08:51
Speaker
Yeah. My first resolution from last year was i would play Hogwarts Legacy, which I did, and I platinumed, and I loved it. um Sean, your second resolution was you would play Saga Emerald Beyond. Did you play that?
00:09:07
Speaker
I did not play it. Nope, did not. like I got caught up with other things. All right, so you're one for two. Midnight, your second was you would play Alive Live Alive.
00:09:19
Speaker
I think you played that, didn't you? No, we didn't. No, I didn't. Oh, played a superior superior 2D HD game. Octopath Traveler. too Well, this is what's hilarious about this is you said, i'm going to play the what is something. And you said, like, Sean, can you guess? And Sean said, Octopath Traveler. And you said, no, screw that game. but yeah There was numerous times that I wanted to play live alive and I still do because it looks interesting but for some reason you know and a lot of it it is Sean's fault because he's always making the recommendations but I always I've been veering to different JRPGs instead but I 2026 in 2026 this is an unofficial resolution it's not on my list I will play live alive unofficial resolution official
00:10:10
Speaker
All right. then my second one was I would play Gears 4. That did not happen. ah But I do want to play Gears Reloaded at some point this year, and then maybe I'll make my way to 4 and 5. But yeah I'm not going to make that promise. um Sean, your third resolution was that you would play Skies of Arcadia. Did you play Skies of Arcadia?
00:10:31
Speaker
No, I did not. I did not play Skies of Arcadia. we were We were looking at it, and I think you said like it was $150 or something for GameCube because it was a hard-to-find game. But ah what's also hilarious is I said, because you said, we were talking about the price, and I said, well, maybe Nintendo will add GameCube to Nintendo Online. And you said you laughed and said, yeah, right.
00:10:54
Speaker
It happened, but they barely added any games. Yeah, they've... i still know waiting We're still waiting on the um the games they i announced that were coming to it. They can still not come, some them. Oh, really? I still need to play Wind Waker. I bought the GameCube controller for the Switch, too, so I need to play Waker with that. The best side.
00:11:15
Speaker
Yeah. And then ah Midnight, your third, I know you did play this one, so but you said you'd play Disco Communism, and you did you did play that game. I did play Disco Communism, yeah. And he became a commie.
00:11:28
Speaker
Yeah, big old commie here now. Yeah, huge communist now. I voted for Zoran or whatever. yeah And then my last one was that I would play RE4 Remake, which I did. I didn't see it through because I wasn't a big fan of it, but maybe one I'll go back to it and give it a second shot. Going into the mindset of knowing it's an action game instead of a horror game, well, maybe I'll enjoy it a little more, but...
00:11:50
Speaker
but Yeah, so that was it. Sean was one for three. Midnight, you were two for three, and I was two for three. So we did all right. We did better than – Listen, baseball, you go one for three your entire career. You're hitting.333. You're in the Hall of Fame, baby.
00:12:04
Speaker
Yeah, that is true. yeah Those are rookie numbers, though. Let's try to step those up next year, though. Yeah. Let's go nine. You want to hit space six, seven for the kids. Yeah.
00:12:15
Speaker
Exactly. How much does that torture you every day? Dude, you know what my go-to line is? You bring that up again, you're writing a 67-page essay.
00:12:28
Speaker
there oh there you go. That'll stop them. That's my go-to. It does stop them. And then at basketball practice, i make if if I hear 6'7", oh, they're running. yeah Nice. Good stuff.
00:12:40
Speaker
that's that's That's how you got to do it. Yeah. Yeah, so we were in total, of what was that, five out of nine? Not not horrible, so... yeah For all of you Resident Evil fans out there, just a reminder that Hodge said that that game sucked. Resident Evil 4 sucked, and anyone who liked it was an idiot. So let him know what you think in the comments.
00:13:00
Speaker
If he doesn't agree. He was calling you out in particular in the comment. Yeah, viewer. Exactly. All right. Good stuff, Hodge. Thank you for doing that and keeping track of all this. Good job. Sean, you did improve.
00:13:14
Speaker
from a zero average to a 333. three thirty three So that's good. im I'm surprised that I missed one because I usually keep mine. But ah all right, well, let's see how we do in 2026. And the only way to do that is first making our predictions. Say what? Really quick, though. i i I just, again, want to reiterate that it's hilarious that you said you'd play Live Alive. And then when Sean guessed Octopath, you said, screw that game. That's what you played instead. And it was awesome, too. Yeah. But yeah, anyway.
00:13:42
Speaker
Yeah, shout out to Octopath. So, all right. We're going to go and get into the gaming resolutions for 2026. You know, we can't find out if we're right if we don't first make the predictions. Right, boys? So let's get it started. Let's get this year and this party started. And we're going to start with Sean Mason. Sean, what is your first gaming resolution? All right. My first game. I'm setting a bar pretty high for myself now that I think about it. But I will go three for three this year. I'm going to go three for three. Okay. And that is, so I kind of, so 2020, you know, as 2025, I had a, I have a
2026 Gaming Resolutions and Ambitions
00:14:17
Speaker
best second half of 2025, kind of a, kind of a crummy.
00:14:20
Speaker
And I, I kind of dropped off a lot on, um, Gaming in general, just you know I didn't really game as much as I wanted. So my first resolution is to get 40, count it, 40 Platinums.
00:14:32
Speaker
I'm going to get 40 of them. And the first one will be achieved later today. letting you know right now. was hoping to get it before this, but it will be achieved later today. But that is 40 Platinum Trophies will be achieved. And none of that slop like, oh, jumping cake jumping taco. Yeah. None of that crap. We're talking real games. talking like SpongeBob. We're talking Fairly OddParents here. No, we're talking like actual games here. Not like Jumping Taco. But yeah, I'm going to get 40 Platinums this year.
00:15:04
Speaker
Nice. I got my 30th Platinum ah just this week, so I will not be getting 40 because I just hit 30 total. Yeah.
00:15:16
Speaker
that's not That is insanity. There's only 52 weeks in a year, Sean. How are you going to get 40 Platinums in 52 weeks? That's almost a plat a week. You'll see.
00:15:29
Speaker
You gotta do some chicanery You gonna do some PS4 reloads None of that crap I mean you might need to That's cheating I only have 5 Platinums to my name ever I have 200 and something You'll have like 8 times my total ever In just this year We'll see If you live up to that Hodge What is your first prediction my friend resolution not prediction yes yes that but yes my first uh resolution is i'm gonna go back and play plague tale requiem i haven't played this one i did play innocence i do want to replay it i probably will before i play it but i want to get to requiem finally because i've been wanting it i've loved the first one and the second one just if i remember if it came out it had bad like
00:16:24
Speaker
framework stuff because it was a next gen where they added way more rats to the game and stuff. So I think it didn't play super well when it came out. So I just never got to it, but I think it's about time I get back to hold myself to playing it because again, I really liked the first one. So I'm very excited to play it because I always heard the second one's even better. So I'm excited to finally play a Plague Tale Requiem. That was 2022 game, right? i think so. Yeah, I think it was 2022. Yeah. Yeah.
00:16:51
Speaker
yeah I did play and beat that game. um Yeah, when it first came out, I think it did have like some ah some technical hitches, but they fixed that stuff. And yeah, it's very beautiful, very graphically beautiful game. I liked it, but I didn't like it as much as Innocence personally.
00:17:05
Speaker
But I'm in the minority there. I think most people like Requiem better. So we'll see what you think after you play it and beat it. Yeah, I'm excited. and It should be good. It's a little longer. I liked yeah the brevity of the first game. but It's still not that long. It's like 20 hours or something. Yeah, the first one was only like 10 or something, if I remember right. Yeah, it was I played through it twice to get the 100 or 1,000 Gs on Xbox. So, yeah.
00:17:30
Speaker
yeah It was tight and impactful. Whereas the second one, you know, it was a little bit more bloated. It was about twice as long, but it's still good. I think you'll like it. Yeah. All right. Next up is me.
00:17:42
Speaker
And my first resolution... It's for you, Hajj. oh I am going to play. I'm not going to commit to platinuming, but I am going to play and beat Alan Wake 2.
00:17:56
Speaker
Oh, baby. Alan Wake 2 from Remedy will be played and beaten in 2026, probably around the spoopy season. But we'll see. At some point, it's going to happen.
00:18:07
Speaker
And I'm looking forward to it. I think this game is going to be awesome. It looks really good. Yeah, because you've played Alan Wake 1 and Control, right? I have now. And Quantum Break. Let's not forget about that. Well, everyone knows I love that game. So, yeah, um I would never forget about it. but I liked it. Yeah. I think it's very underrated. I think that game came out with like sixes or something, if I remember right. And it does it's way better than that. Like, it's not a 10, but it's at least an 8. It's a great, great game.
00:18:35
Speaker
I'd give it a 75 personally. Yeah. I think the combat did feel just a little bit janky. Like it just felt a little bit off on the combat, but it was still fun. But I thought it was, I still had fun and I thought the story was pretty good and I actually enjoyed the TV show. So thought the TV show was cool. I've said before, I liked that it was a like nice little intermission. Like you finish a nice little intense combat section and then you put the controller down for a second, have a little TV show intermission. It was cool.
00:19:00
Speaker
Quantum break. Quantum break. 77 on the Metacritic. 77? Okay. Yeah, so some people gave it sixes if it was averaging enough to that. So 77, that's... I'd put it in the low 80s, but that's that's fine.
00:19:16
Speaker
that's But that's me. Everyone knows I'm was i a stan for Remedy. so Yeah, they're your favorite. Yeah, they are my favorite studio. But yeah, Alan Wake 2, though, is... it's It's so good. I can't wait for you to experience it, see how you feel about it. it's it's It's... The gameplay and obviously graphics are way better than the first one. I prefer the first story just slightly over it, but the second one is still – it's so good. So, yeah, I can't wait for you to experience that, especially because you have a pro, right? Yeah. you Yeah, so playing that – or I don't know if you'll play that or on the Epic Game Store or whatever, but ah graphically –
00:19:56
Speaker
I can't wait to try it. I haven't, I beat it on Xbox series X, so I'm going to play it again at some point on PS five pro because I know it has pro enhancements and I am so excited to see how it plays on that.
00:20:08
Speaker
It's going to, we don't play games on the Epic game store around here. Okay. Yeah. I only play games on steam. Uh, the only other store that I would consider occasionally is G O G good old games because it is owned by CD project red. And, uh,
00:20:24
Speaker
Oh, yeah, they they're very, very, very user friendly policies and there's like no DRM and stuff. So they're pretty cool. And what's cool, too, is they put together a collection and like one package where you can just download and play like these modded games like Fallout, Fallout London.
00:20:39
Speaker
You know, it's like a mod. yeah They have it on there. It's just one click to play. Like, you don't have to worry about grabbing the game and getting all the mods and stuff. They put it all together. so They make it easy. They make it easy.
00:20:50
Speaker
And speaking of making it easy, Sean, what are you easily going to complete next year? All right. My next resolution is that I am going to play 15 new JRPGs. So 15 JRPGs that I have not played yet, that I have not played.
00:21:11
Speaker
um So 15. So it doesn't mean they have to come out in the year 2026, but 15 JRPGs that I have not played yet. And then I have already narrowed that list down, the 15 that I'm going to play. Some of them are it's a combination of some new games, some old games. Read off all 15 right now. let's see I'm not reading off all 15. Give you two. oh You can guess one that comes out in like two weeks.
00:21:35
Speaker
uh trails game yeah yeah trails game and then you can probably guess when it comes out well you maybe not guess when i come okay that that actually answers my question because i was gonna ask was it new jrpg like series or just games so just game games okay yeah just 15 new jrpg games so yeah one's gonna be trails one's gonna be the dragon quest 7 remake um Just like stuff like that. So, yeah, I'm pretty excited. I have the list narrowed down. A combination, some ah some oldies, some newies.
00:22:05
Speaker
um What about Live Alive? You going to play that? I've already played it. so Oh, you did play it. oh Yeah. And I told you, you picked the superior game. to d h d game I definitely did. Well, Sean's not going play Octopath. Screw that game. so Oh, yeah. i can oh That game's terrible. Octopath Zero is one of them, though, because I actually just started it.
00:22:25
Speaker
I actually think, going back from memory, you know my memory, but some things I remember well. I think I was referring to Octopath One when I said screw that game because I i don't want to play that one. I think it i think it was. you say ah You were thinking Octopath in general. You you were you were going in with the mindset you were going to hate Octopath 2. I don't think that's the case because I actually Octopath.
00:22:45
Speaker
do. You know what? I do. I'm right. You're wrong. Moving on. Let's go. All right. are right. But let me just say I actually finished Octopath Traveler 2 in January. So I must have been probably already just about playing it then. You finished it in quotation marks. We'll just say that. I beat the game. I got the credits, Sean. You didn't get the real credits. credits. Yeah, that's like Sean doesn't think I beat Kingdom Hearts because I didn't beat Kurt Ziza.
00:23:14
Speaker
Yeah. Fun fact about that boss. that That kid's dead now. The kid who named that boss. Do you know why it's named that? Did you know you know why it's named that? wasn't like a competition. and was a competition, but that they it was ah the kid was it was like a writing in the kid was like was sick, and he was like on his deathbed.
00:23:33
Speaker
Oh, I didn't know that. That's sad. I know. It was terrible. RIP Curtzisa. Rest in peace to that kid. Hodge. What is your number two? Really quick, though, I got to say that's an awesome name to put. a but like Could you imagine playing a boss and his name is Steve Hodge? Like, OK, that's terrible. But Kurt Cease is an awesome name. Anyway, my ah second resolution is I am going to finally play Detroit Become Human.
00:24:00
Speaker
I haven't played this yet, and I know I would like it because I liked Heavy Rain and those kinds of games. So i know I'm going to like this game. i just never got around to it. So again, it's a thing I'm going to hold myself to. I'm go to play Detroit Become Human.
00:24:16
Speaker
All right. Great game. I liked it. Bought it the day it came out and never played it.
00:24:24
Speaker
Why didn't you play it, Sean? I have no idea. Will you play it one day? Probably not. All right. I didn't like Heavy Rain. i didn't really I don't really like those games. I mean, like, I liked, like, it took me a couple of times for Until Dawn. I finally got around to that last year.
00:24:41
Speaker
um But it just, it took me a while to get around. I'm not a big fan. I don't know why I bought It was one of those things that it's like, oh, it's all here it is. I'm going to buy it. and then I bought it and I was like, oh, why did I buy this? Yeah, I liked Heavy Rain. The only thing that sucked is like, noma even though it had all these different changes, you know, change how it ended into stuff, that there were still plot points that no matter your choice, they still happened. And that that kind of spoiled it or ruined it a little bit for me. Like the killer was always the same and all that kind of stuff. it But so that's really the only thing I didn't like. I like the game Clue.
00:25:13
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Fun fact about Heavy Rain. Funny thing about Heavy Rain is I remember in eighth grade, I was talking to this girl named Camilla. That's when Heavy Rain came out for me. I was in eighth grade. That's a long time ago. Jesus. So I got this girl named Camilla and I was just texting her and she randomly brought up Heavy Rain. I'm like, whoa, you know what Heavy Rain is? That's crazy. She's like, yeah, I'm playing it right now. I'm like, whoa, girls play video games. This is so cool. That is cool.
00:25:37
Speaker
Girls do apparently play video games. Yeah. shit Apparently. I don't know. if how been you guys i guess I should have married her. The fourth host of our podcast is on cam. Yeah. kitty Yeah.
00:25:50
Speaker
on but all right yeah So I'm up? Yep. All right. Let me put the cat down. All right, Kitty, go lay down. He said, man, don't put me down. What's wrong with you? that guy are you Cat Mario. So here we go, Sean. In the spirit of you, you know you're doing these multi-game predictions. Well, guess what? So am I.
00:26:10
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I, in 2026, am going to beat Like a Dragon or Yakuza, 5, which I'm playing right now, 6, and Gaiden. That's right, Kitty, I 5, 6, and Gaiden, the man who erased his name. I'm going play all three of those. Is that considered 7? No, 7 is just Like a Dragon. Oh, so you're not doing 6, 7.
00:26:35
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No, I'm not doing 6-7. Kids, sit down. Sit down. Yeah, no I'm going to do 5-6 and Gaiden, the man who erased his name. And those are guaranteed. Those are going to happen. And I might also play 8 Infinite Wealth, but I'm not going to guarantee that one.
00:26:50
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But these three are getting played and beaten because you know I'm on this journey to get caught up and finish all the Yakuza games because I love them. So that's like my trails. Nice.
00:27:02
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Although it's not as good as Trails, I don't think. Maybe. I beat Trails recently. We'll talk about that in next week's episode. forward to that. All right. With that said, Sean, you're up.
00:27:14
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All right. My final resolution, my final gaming resolution, because have other resolutions. This is my final gaming resolution. This took a lot of thought, but I think this is going to... This kind of all coincides with the 40 Platinums, but I'm going to play at least...
00:27:30
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two shorter two to three hour games each month. So a game that's like two or three hours, one of those so um each month.
00:27:40
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o i Where is all this extra time coming from? so You're going to get 40 plans and you're gonna play all these small games too and all this stuff like, well you come i come in into some extra time somehow.
00:27:53
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Did you unlock the 28 hour day? no and well I mean, two shorter games, that's easy way to get two Platinums. So it's... Oh, yeah. yeah That's not like he's going to play 40 other games and two shorter games. You got to think.
00:28:08
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got to think. That's what I said. That's a good point. That's a good point. It builds into the 40 Platinums. That's 24 Platinums right there. So, yeah, that's... I mean, yeah, I got two Platinums in the last week because one of them was a two-hour game. So...
00:28:23
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Exactly. Which I'll talk about on what we've been playing next week. I'm thinking about that, and I'm going to do that, because I have some that I want to play. I made a list, and now I'm excited. Is what remains of Edith Finch on there?
00:28:37
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I've already played that. Oh. That was the platinum I got over Christmas. I love that game. Good game. i Really good game. Yeah, really good game. I beat it on Xbox two years ago, and I decided it was on my PlayStation. So it was a good Portal game. So I played that through on the Portal.
00:28:51
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It was awesome. That was like one of the first games I remember sitting down and being like, wow, this is what like an indie game is. Yeah, I love the story of that game. it's i I really, really enjoy that one. But that's not awesome. that's that's That's up my alley of playing really short games. I like playing the the short, quick hitters.
00:29:09
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But, you know, I could use some short palate cleansers every now and then, Sean. So if you find one that's really amazing, let me know. Recommend it for me. All right. Yeah. Eat a saltine. That's a nice palate cleanser. Eat a saltine. A sorbet.
00:29:23
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All right, gotcha. Hodge, you are up next. What's your number three? All right, my final one. This I'm kind not super jumping out of my wheelhouse for, but I kind of am because I haven't really prioritized this game, so I really want to, and that is Final Fantasy XVI. I never got her. I played the demo, really enjoyed it.
00:29:44
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I just never got around to it when it came out. i can't remember when did this game was this 2020 2016, 2020, 2023, 2023. Okay. So I was in school when this game came out, which is probably the biggest reason why I never got to it. um But yeah, I really liked the demo. ah This isn't part of my resolution. It's not.
00:30:05
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what i'm gonna yeah it's not a resolution but i also want to get to other final fantasies this year i just really want to get back into that series because obviously i've loved i love seven and the remakes so i've never played one through six uh i never played or i never beat eight i had it as a kid but i never beat it never beat nine or ten so i kind of want to see if i can get to some of these but that's not gonna be my resolution the resolution is 16 but i also want to see if i can get to some others but 16 is the guarantee, but the others are hopeful. Don't play play 9 because they're remaking it, allegedly. No, they've been remaking it for... yeah That rumor's been out there for about five years now. It's happening. It's happening. It's my prediction. They're going to announce 9. No, it's not my actual prediction. 16's phenomenal. i remember this game came out on the last day of school in 2023, and it was great because I came home was my gosh. I played for like a week straight.
00:31:01
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I also got the inspiration for this one because I opened all those booster packs yesterday. Yeah. i ah You got jet. Yeah. I saw that one. I got that one. devin so That one's for you. I didn't get any that were worth anything really. I think the most expensive one was like nine bucks or something. Cause that's my luck, but no, they're really cool. I'm going to post more pictures of the cards for,
00:31:20
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everyone in discord so they can see the cause they'll understand them more than me but i did get a cactar so listen listen if you're if you're pulling cards for money you're not gonna make any money no i know i got it just because they were it was half off for a box of them and i was like i want to see if i can get any cool because i mostly i wanted to get ones that i could like frame or whatever but i didn't get any that were really that cool but no yeah i'm not i think i knew i wouldn't get them to like i wouldn't get like a thousand dollar card or anything i knew that was you get auren No, I got some Auron cards, like ah like weapons or attacks or whatever, but I didn't get any. only person i got was I got, like, checked. I did get rude and... um
00:32:03
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Oh, my God. What's his partner? Rude and... I'm blanking on his name. I got those two. i got Yuffie. Obviously, I showed Midnight that one. I got Zac Fair. i didn't get any Cloud or... I mean, all the Sephiroth cards are worth like hundreds of dollars, so I'm not surprised I didn't get a Sephiroth card, but yeah, I didn't get any like main people.
00:32:25
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Yuffie, think, was most popular character I got, or Zac maybe, but... yeah Sephiroth would be awesome. That would be so sweet to have a Sephiroth card. did get a signed Sephiroth card, so it might be worth something. i don't know. but You didn't get Cloud either, Neff? No, Cloud is another one. that's Those are really didy would have been cool. i've what I want that Aerith and Yuffie card that you got. You want to ahead and send me that.
00:32:47
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I actually got a couple of them. i only got one holographic one, but I can send you the non-holographic one. I don't care. Yeah, do it. ah ah better feeling kid Was there a better feeling as a kid pulling a Pokemon holographic and you're like, oh my God, it's holographic.
00:33:02
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I was literally thinking that. I'm like, man, if this was 30 packs of Pokemon cards instead of these Final Fantasy magic cards, I'd be in heaven right now opening these things. You'd be live streaming it. Oh, yeah. i Yeah, would have probably. But yeah, the the Final Fantasy cards, they were just cool. I just wanted to have like a collection. I'm going to get a binder today with like the card slots and stuff. and put those in there and I just, I like, cause I got the Pokemon card. can, my mom got me a Pokemon card advent calendar. Cause she likes buying us advent calendars every year. And there was a Pokemon one. And so I get put some of those cards. I'll probably put those in a binder also, but yeah, is it's just fun to, I'm not going to get into like super card collecting. Cause I know that would be something I'd get very addicted to. And I'm like, I'm yeah not doing that again. i wish I, my buddy told me he still has his original one 51 Pokemon cards from when he was a kid. I'm like, dude, that's,
00:33:51
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Those are valuable. If they're in good condition, man, you can make a lot money from those. But I'm like, I'm so jealous because I sold mine at a garage sale when i was a kid, which I regret doing.
00:34:02
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But oh well. All right. All right. Yeah, send me that card. That'd be sweet. like Maybe I'll send you a ah Bucky. oh Bucky plushy. We'll see. All right.
00:34:15
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So I'm up next. Yes, you are. My third and final resolution. so all right. I'm going to go ahead and blame Chris. Aussie Chris from the discord. We all know and love Aussie Chris. Australian Hodge, as we like to call him.
00:34:31
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um He recently has got me into playing this mobile Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes game, which is not a very good game, but basically it's just it's a time killer where you collect and power up Star Wars characters. I just recently got Cal Kestis from the Star Wars. I had a kid, a student the 2020-21 school year, who was obsessed with this game, and all he would do was talk about it.
00:34:57
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That is all he would do. Dude, it's like not a great game, but at the same time, collecting and powering up the units is like its own like really addicting reward, and it's fun. Yeah, I just got Cal Kestis, of course, from the Star Wars Jedi franchise, and it's pretty cool powering up these teams. And then you go in and fight with them and stuff, and there's PvP too, which is cool.
00:35:17
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But anyway, so in that spirit, because I'm playing this game, I'm now into Star Wars. I started watching Star Wars Clone Wars on Disney Plus and stuff, which looks pretty good on OLED, by the way, even though it's a little older.
00:35:30
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The point being, I am going to play Star Wars Outlaws this year, the somewhat midly received game, but I'm interested in playing it. And maybe I might also play Star Wars Force Unleashed, which I own on Xbox 360, so I could play it on there. Have you never played that?
00:35:51
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I started it, but I didn't get far at all. I love Force Unleashed. Those games were awesome. I really loved those games growing up. I actually loved them both. You know, i got a game I got a game for you to play from the Star Wars universe.
00:36:04
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Star Wars Obi-Wan from 2001. Exclusive for Xbox. Really? Yeah. Published by Lube. No, it's terrible. It's terrible? okay and I do remember that game, though. It came out like right after the Xbox came out a couple weeks later.
00:36:20
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The name sounds familiar, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So Star Wars Outlaws and quite possibly also maybe Force Unleashed, but I'm only counting Star Wars Outlaws. That's going to happen.
00:36:31
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That's going to happen. I already own Force Unleashed suddenly on ah Xbox. I can't believe that game came out in 2024. It feels like it was last year. Outlaws? yeah Yeah. Came and went. Close to making my resolution instead of Final Fantasy doing Jedi Survivor, but.
00:36:48
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That one I do plan on getting to anyway, whereas these other ones are ones I kind of want to force myself to get to finally because I put them off too long. Yeah, this stupid mobile collection game has got me into Star Wars again to the point where I'm going to be watching like Bad Batch and like Rogue and like all this crap on Disney+. I just want to see all these characters that I'm collecting, you know? You're going to watch that. Oh, my God. What was the really bad show that I actually watched? Oh, my God. The horrible one recently? No, it was... Acolyte.
00:37:14
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echola Yeah, that i actually watched and was like, this terrible. I'm considering. Maybe I'll watch it too one day. But it's at the end of the list. Just watch the EFAP episodes on it where they make fun of it. That's how I watched it. That show is horrendous. It was one of the worst things I've ever... It was worse than Rise of Skywalker and Rise Skywalker is garbage. Wow. I might watch that, but it's at the very end of the list. so Did you have to still be playing?
00:37:37
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Yeah, i watch Andor was good. I like Andor. I liked Andor and I liked the first season or two of Mandalorian. Boba Fett was terrible. Somehow they made him old and fat and the show just wasn't good. And Obi-Wan, I don't know how they fumbled that bad because they had the original actors. I mean, Obi-Wan's awesome. The only cool thing that happened from Obi-Wan, and I guess this is kind of a spoiler, but when Darth Vader uses like excessive force power, which was, that was pretty badass.
00:38:04
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yeah shows off his strength there, which which you don't see anything even close to that strength in the later movies, but anyway. he got old yeah He got old. He got old, yeah, but that was that was a cool scene, though. Darth Vader's badass. We love Darth Vader.
00:38:18
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yeah Alright, so that's it, huh? That's it for our Resolutions. Let's go ahead and recap. Sean, what are your resolutions? All right. My resolutions are to get 40 platinum trophies, play 15 JRPGs that I have not played yet. It can be a combination of new releases and old
Bold Predictions for the 2026 Gaming Industry
00:38:35
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releases. And play one ah play two or three shorter two to three hour games each month.
00:38:43
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yeah Hodge, how about you? I'm going to play a Plague Tale Requiem and probably Innocence again. Detroit Become Human and Final Fantasy 16 and maybe some others. I want to, but I can't guarantee it because a lot of shit I know is going to be coming out this year.
00:38:58
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Yeah, Final Fantasy 16. I didn't really comment on that for some reason. ah It's a great game. I love it. yeah The story and characters are awesome. The combat kind in the beginning of the game, the combat kind of sucks because it's you're just matching square, but it gets better. It gets better. As you start to unlock these extra abilities and stuff, you start to be able to chain the abilities together and the combat definitely gets better. So stick with that. Joshua, Joshua.
00:39:20
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if you're if you're really If you're really not feeling the combat early on, just just push through it because it gets better. As long as it's better than 15 because I did not like 15. off Dude, I swear to God, the combat was so bad in the beginning of 16. You're literally just mashing square. at the start I don't think it's like not that bad. It's not. as He's it's exaggerating. I'm not exaggerating in the fact that my thumb started to get hurt. like Oh, that i did I will tell you this. I did have thumb problems playing that game.
00:39:46
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Yeah. Really? Like, i I literally would have to take little breaks to rest my thumb or switch to my index finger. I would yeah there i would get, like, pain, like, right like right here on my – right there. And I'd be like – and I remember, like, looking up. I'm like, oh, my God. am might Do i have carpal tunnel syndrome?
00:40:01
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Same. Same, dude. Yeah. Like, I would literally have to pause it and take, like, a five-minute break and rest my thumb a little bit. Yeah. It was – But it they gets better. That gets alleviated too when you get more abilities. And the music is, I think it's the second best music of any Final Fantasy game behind Serenity.
00:40:17
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And one of the best voice actors, of course, is in it too. Oh, Ben Starr. Ben Starr, yeah. What's ah your favorite, Sean? Soundtrack? 7. Yeah. All I figured I just wanted to make sure because 7 is my favorite too. So i just wanted to make sure. I didn't know if you'd be like, no, man. verse thirteen is act best like Versus the Versus
00:40:43
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no yeah what was i thinking i was thirteen yeah i can watch four yeah yeah yeah nice i would say some say the real final fantasy verse thirteen is lost odyssey
00:40:57
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Well, Lost Odyssey came out like during the development of Versus XIII, so no. Some people say it, Sean. That's all I'll say. Some people are wrong. Some people say lots of things. Some people also say say i mean some people also ah say that you should um jump off a bridge at any minute.
00:41:17
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I don't know. it I'm going to do it. I'm to do it. Let me go find one. Alright boys, live you in but I said, yeah, yeah, there's bridges over water.
00:41:28
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Yeah, but there's a really small bridge with a small creek. I'll jump off that. I would survive that. I would just probably like spray a lot of paint. Wet, muddy, and wet and just be pissed off. Alright, dear listener, am going to finish Alan Wake 2.
00:41:44
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I'm going to beat Like a Dragon 5, 6, and Gaiden, the man who erased his name, which is not 7. Suck it, kids. I might also do maybe 8, Infinite Wealth, but that one is not guaranteed. I'm not predicting that, but it might happen. And then Star Wars Outlaws will also be played and beaten.
00:42:02
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And I might do Force Unleashed because I am now addicted to Star Wars again, thanks to Australian Hodge getting me into this mobile game. If you have a lot of time to kill and you want to play a mobile game, that Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes is actually kind of fun. No, please don't. You collect all these shards, and you power up the characters, and then you fight with them. all right. So that is the gaming resolutions. We're going to take a one second pause here.
00:42:27
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We are back. All right. We are now going to get into our second part of the episode, which is going to be our predictions. So we're going to make three predictions each that we are we are sure are going to happen in the year 2026. And we are going to keep the same order. So, Sean, why don't you start us off with your first prediction?
00:42:45
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All right. I have a prediction. One from Nintendo, one from Sony, and well, PlayStation, and one from... um and Microsoft? Yes, Xbox.
00:42:56
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Well, Microsoft Gaming, as we know it now. All right, I'm going to start with my Nintendo prediction. And my Nintendo prediction is that we are going to get... Pause.
00:43:09
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Pause.
00:43:11
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Nintendo DS games on the Nintendo Switch Online. I think we're going to add that in. And I think that's going to coincide with the um release of some of the older Pokemon games. And I know that's that's ah that's a...
00:43:25
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That's a long shot dream there because that's like Nintendo just wasting money there. But I think we're going to get it. I think we'll get it on February 27th, a.k.a. Pokemon Day. We're going to get the Nintendo Switch Online DS edition with some Pokemon games added. And then ah we'll get a couple other games added in there as well. I think we're going to Mario 64 DS on there, which is a great port for the stuff they added, but terrible controls. So hopefully it will control a little better on Switch Online.
00:43:55
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i want I want to believe you, but I just can't. After that one rumor of like the Pokemon Legacy collections or whatever... that Like, I just, I have no faith in Nintendo with Pokemon anymore. Like, if SoulSilver came to Nintendo Online, or even just a Switch in general, I would be on that instantly. i just i just don't have faith in Nintendo to do do that stuff. But I could see the Nintendo DS coming into the online expansion, because they are, you know, adding pretty much every console. I could see that, but I just don't see anything with Pokemon. Yeah. I mean, I want to believe. I want to, but I just can't.
00:44:33
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Nintendo's let me down so much. All right. Yeah, I hope they do that because I missed the DS, so there's probably lots of games I could play. There's a lot of good games on there. A lot, a lot of great games on the DS.
00:44:45
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All right. Hodge, what is your prediction? My first prediction. It should be – I think everyone's feeling this one, but High Guard is going to crash and burn. I just – that game, I just don't see it. I mean, who knows? maybe Maybe it plays well. Maybe it's good. i was debating trying it since it's free, even though I just don't think it's going to be that good. But I see it – it's not going to be um to the level of – um Concord where it just dies after two weeks. I think this one will stay alive a little longer, but I just don't see this thing succeeding. I don't see it being like the next Ark Raiders. I see it just being, i see it being more of an X Defiant where it'll have its fan base. People will say it plays well because X Defiant was a good game, but it just won't have the audience to keep it alive. I just don't see this game surviving. So my unfortunate prediction is High Guard is going to crash and burn.
00:45:46
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How quickly? Who knows? But it will. All right. That was my other resolution. I was going to play high. was going to become a full-time high guard streamer. Hell yeah. You should. There you go. All right.
00:46:01
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My first prediction. A little bit different than yours here. i don't i don't know how you guys feel about this, but this was my first prediction. You guys gave me everything. okay You said it could be anything. predict Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave will be my personal game of the year when it's over.
00:46:17
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I don't know. I'm going to play 30 games next year. who I'm going to be honest, obviously. Who knows what is actually going to be my game of the year? But at this moment in time, I'm so hyped. So incredibly hyped for Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave. It looks fucking awesome. I think it's going to be my game of the year.
00:46:33
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I mean, I could maybe because you did predict that Vale Guard to be your game of the year and it wasn't. So who knows? Yeah, Vale Guard was was pri kind of mid. It was okay, but mid.
00:46:44
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You got to get these terrible writers out of the business, man. You got to get rid of these they-thems out of here, man. all right. Sean Mason. Prediction number two. mike right Prediction number two is going to we're goingnna go to Microsoft Gaming. Not Xbox.
00:47:00
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Microsoft Gaming. and Here we go. My prediction for 2026 for Microsoft Gaming is that Halo Combat Anniversary whatever it's called. What do they call it? combatver I don't even know. Campaign Evolved I think. campaign evolved Whatever it's called.
00:47:19
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Will be released...
00:47:23
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On November 10th, 2026. twenty twenty six The exact date, November 10th. It date is a Thursday, November 10th, 2026. It's going to come out that day, and it's going to do bonkers numbers. it's gonna go It's going to be great.
00:47:37
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it's going to be exactly Is that the anniversary of Xbox? Yes, it is. It's not not that exact day. The exact day is of Sunday. So that's why i figured that Thursday. And then next week is GTA. So I think they kind of want to avoid that the next week. So I think that's going to be their flagship title this It's going be the Halo. Everyone's going to say, oh, it's going to be Fable. fa Sorry, guys. Fable's not happening.
00:48:01
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It's not happening. You heard it here. Fable's not happening. Quiet. Wasn't it confirmed for the developer direct? What? Fable. It's not happening this year. It's not happening. all right. Stop. Be quiet.
00:48:16
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You're that concerned that I have the power to will things into existence. I'll tell you why I'm concerned when I come up with my prediction. ah Hajj, what's your next prediction, sir?
00:48:28
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My next prediction. um Hmm. This one, it's not that huge of prediction, but I'm going to go with a Nintendo one. ah The Super Mario Galaxy movie is going to make over 1.5 billies at the off box office.
00:48:45
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The first one did 1.3. I think this one's going to be even bigger and it's going to do really well. I mean, we've seen that Zootopia, Lilo and Stitch both did huge numbers. it's so It's a kid's movie and it's adding on to an already successful movie. So I think it's going to break 1.5, Billy.
00:49:05
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One of those two movies you mentioned is good. The other one is not. What one did I mention? Lilo and Stitch. Terrible movie. It was okay. Oh my god, the ending is horrendous. Oh, the ending is bad, yeah. But I thought they did an okay job adapting like the look of it. But yeah, it was way worse on the cartoon, obviously. but And the ah the the two bad guys are horrible. in that Zach Galifianakis with his giant fake teeth. i don't Yeah, they get rid of Gantu. Yeah.
00:49:34
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Yeah, that yeah it was it was way worse. I didn't think it was like horrendous, but it was definitely bad. It's better than The Little Mermaid. Give it that. I never saw that. I never saw Zootopia 2 either. I've seen the first one, though. but yeah Yeah, we're not watching The Little Mermaid.
00:49:50
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No. how they butchered my girl, Ariel. i you know You know the crush I had on Ariel as a child? You know the crush I have on Ariel as an adult? kidding.
00:50:01
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All right. Settle down. settle all right um Now, Sean, let me tell you why I was upset. My second prediction. i hate you, Sean.
00:50:13
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Fable will sadly not be released in 2026. That was my prediction. And then Sean just going to bust out and predict the same thing and ruin it for me. um Yeah, it's not coming out this year. I agree. It's not happening. It will come out in 2027, I think.
00:50:28
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I actually do think it's coming in 27, but it's not coming this year. It's not ready. This is my prediction. It's not one of my actual official predictions, but I get i think it's coming out this year. It's going be a summer 2020. I'm not going to say the date. I don't know, but it's coming out this year.
00:50:43
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On July 4th, wild. What? We'll see. On July 4th, it's going to come out. going to wild. No, it's it's coming out this year for sure. All right. Let us know, listeners, who's right?
00:50:55
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Are Sean and I right that it's not coming, or is Hodge right that it is coming? It's at the Developer Direct. They're always the twenty they're always that year's releases. It's not always. It doesn't mean it's coming out. No, not always.
00:51:09
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I think it is. We will see. all right. Sean, bring us home. What is your third and final prediction? right. My third and final prediction for our predictions for 2026 has to do with PlayStation. And that is we will get a trailer for The Last of Us 3 at some point this year.
00:51:34
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um We're going to get an intergalactic release date and then we're going to get a trailer at some point for The Last of Us Part 3. At some point this year. No date. It's going to nice little teaser. And it will include the character of Ellie.
00:51:50
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Wow. Shocker. The main character of the game will be in the trailer? Well, i mean, some people think that they might go off and do something different. Yeah, they might.
00:52:02
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But would it be called Last of Us 3 if they did? Yeah, they would. But ah I hope you're right. I love The Last of Us. I love The Last of Us Part 2. Hodge is wrong. Game's awesome. And I can't wait for Part 3.
00:52:15
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Can't wait. Good pick. Good pick. Good pick. I don't think so. i think they're going focus on Intergalactic. They don't want to take away from it. Yeah, I don't know. Yeah, I don't. Sorry, go ahead.
00:52:27
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i was gonna say, I just said, but who knows? I don't know. Obviously, I have no idea. Yeah, I don't know either. I think I could see Hodge being right because they are working on Intergalactic, and they're not a team that makes two games at once really. They're making two games at once right now. Yeah, apparently they are. they ah that they said they But I thought they said it's not Last of Us Part 3, but I don't know.
00:52:46
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be wrong. I don't know. yeah Yeah, I did think Neil said that they weren't doing Part 3 right now. Well, what else? What's the second game then? Hmm. could been charted i was and I thought it was oh they said it was a new IP, but I don't know. They did tease like a new kind of Uncharted thing years back in that commercial, right? Maybe they're making Uncharted. I think people are reading way too into that. yeah i think it was just a woman in a cave. I don't think it was predicting anything. i think Colin Moriarty went off with that. i don't think he's i think he looked into it too far. All right.
00:53:21
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What's your prediction? My last prediction. This one's for you, Sean. And me. I think we get a Kingdom Hearts release window this year. I think they an announced the release year at the very least. i don't I don't know about a date. I think that's probably a little far still, but I think they give us a year at some point.
00:53:39
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Kingdom Hearts 4 release window. Let's do it. Come on, please. hide My only trepidation with that is, so everyone's like, oh, it's the 25th anniversary next year in 2027. It's also the 30th anniversary of Final Fantasy 7.
00:53:52
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That's my only trepidation. And Square does not... I don't think they had release. Yes. They released both in the same year. Square does not do two giant games like that in one year. They just don't do that.
00:54:03
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. i don't I don't think it's even a 2026 or 7 game, but I think they will say, like, in development for 2027 or eight. It's been four years since the reveal of Kingdom Hearts. It's the longest we've gone without a Kingdom Hearts release of a game ever. Yeah.
00:54:18
Speaker
ah want I want it. yeah I don't know if I necessarily agree with you about that, Sean. You said Square doesn't release two game big games at once. No, they don't release two major games like that. I would point out that this is a new Square. They have a new CEO, and they're more focused on the the bottom line and making money for the shareholders. i can also yeah you do You do know the main writer of Final Fantasy VII trilogy is the same main writer as Kingdom Hearts, right? Yeah.
00:54:46
Speaker
Right, but it's already written. so they're just Oh, you think Kingdom Hearts is already written. I'm just saying, I could see them, stack like one in March, one in October, November. like They could do that.
00:54:57
Speaker
I don't think they'll both come out next year, but I think i still think we'll get a release window for Kingdom Hearts 4. I think they're going to show something, and I think we'll get a release window when they show something.
00:55:09
Speaker
All right. I know you guys will be pumped, man. You guys are going to thrilled. i'd rather sigh I'd rather a smaller game first. Hold me over. Like a Kingdom Hearts offshoot, you mean?
00:55:22
Speaker
Well, not an offshoot. I mean, all games are mainline games. We all know that. Well, I just mean one that's not a numbered, like, four. Yeah, I think we'll get an offshoot first. I'd be okay with that. I would, too.
00:55:34
Speaker
All right. Kingdom Hearts fans. Kingdom Hearts. I hope i hope you are... ah I hope you are rewarded the year to come. All right.
00:55:46
Speaker
My final prediction here is at the 2026 Game Awards, there will be full-on Muppet fornication.
00:55:57
Speaker
it What? Okay. that's That's not my real prediction. That was a joke. I wrote that down as a joke. Liar. ah My real prediction, Xbox slash Microsoft Gaming will have not won but two, Sean, two 90-plus games on Open or Metacritic this year in 2026. They're going to at release two games that both score a 90-plus, which is unheard of because Xbox almost never has games. Yeah, going to be Halo and Forza. Forza. There you
00:56:30
Speaker
Those aren't the two that I was thinking of, actually. I was thinking of Forza. That's almost show. one of them. So you are thinking of one of the two. ah Yeah. And the other one that I'm thinking of is Clockwork Revolution. I think I don't think it's coming out. I don't think it's coming out this year.
00:56:43
Speaker
i think another I think I think it gets announced at in January at the developer director. I think it's announced for a release date this year. And then later in the year, will we do it.
00:56:54
Speaker
That's my I don't think it's. No, I think they're going to show it at the summer showcase and announce it for 2027. Because that game last year showed in due time. It didn't have any release window, so I doubt they're going to release. I mean, maybe, but I do i really don't think they're going to be like, oh, but also, guess what? This is this year or next year. i think it's i think it's a ways out still. I want to be wrong because that game looks amazing, so I really want to play it. But, yeah, I don't i don't see it being a this year game.
00:57:23
Speaker
I could see you guys being right. I could totally see it not coming out this year, but since they're saying it's 2026, I'm just going to hope him that it is this year. And yeah, two 90 plus games is my prediction. And the two that I was thinking, like I said, is a clockwork and Forza, but maybe Halo will, uh, we'll sneak in there and get a 90 plus to make my prediction true.
00:57:42
Speaker
don't I could I hope I feel like Halo should get a 90 plus, but I could see it being in the Halo and Call of Duty. Call of Duty is getting a 90 plus. I could see it getting hurt for not having the multiplayer since it's just the campaign. So who knows? I thought I was serious when i said Call Call of Duty is ass. No, I just want to slander Call of Duty. I don't. I just want for all the Call of Duty fans out there. I just want to let you know that the game is ass.
00:58:06
Speaker
Fix your life. Play some good games. um I bet you the next Call of Duty is good. No, it's not going to be good. and i It'll be better than this one, but it might be better than this because they've already came out with the we we're going to we're trying to do better, which means we're going to scrap all this crap you hate and go back to Battlefield 6 type look of a game because Battlefield 6 ate its lunch last year.
00:58:29
Speaker
But um before we get into before we wrap up, I had a couple honorable mentions that I want to do. I was actually my first prediction that I had written down, but I ended up getting rid of it was that we're going to get the next gen Red Dead Redemption 2.
00:58:43
Speaker
But with GTA six coming out, I don't think they're going to want to have both of those be next gen kind of releases. So I don't think I want to see in Red Dead Redemption to patch because I want to play it on this gen and play it in a better frame rate. But I just with GTA six, I don't think it's going to happen. But I also had we're going to be told about x Xbox's next gen plans, whether it's a console or game past a PlayStation or something.
00:59:10
Speaker
A new Spyro game announced was my last one. o which That's just hoping. um But it's probably going happen. I don't know if you guys had a new crash game to. Oh, yeah. I actually saw I have a four in my library. I was like, i need to play that still.
00:59:24
Speaker
Amazing game. Yeah. Yeah, I didn't have any honorable mentions. I actually struggled to come up with the third one. It's funny. It's like when because the topic was so broad, it literally could be anything that I was having trouble narrowing down on like something to pick. It's kind of like that saying, like when given everything, you can do nothing.
00:59:43
Speaker
Yeah. That's from an anime. Anyone know that anime? Put in the comments. Nope. Nope. um did you have any uh honor yeah a couple honorable mentions i think i think we get the announcement of the next 3d mario and it will be released in march of 2027 so we'll get the announcement we'll get like a trailer similar to look that first odyssey trailer they showed where it's just like a um just snippet of mario running around i have no idea what it's going to be centered around how they're going to theme it it's going to be a sequel if it's going brand new like it's a standalone thing i have no idea but i think we do get a trailer for that um
01:00:17
Speaker
Copium right here. We're getting Wind Waker Twilight Princess HD for the Wii versions on Switch 2. Let's do that. Let's just bring that. Let's make that happen, please. Thank you. um And Nintendo Achievement System. Yeah, that's happening. Yeah. You're Yeah.
01:00:36
Speaker
Yeah, we'll see. Does Nintendo have engineers? I wonder. Why do they never implement, like, features like that? No, they have achievements. They're all in-game stuff, though. It's like like in Super Mario 3D World, like, they have, like, stamps. Like, you get, like, stamps for doing certain things. and Like, there's a stamp book. A lot of games have them. It's just, like, it's built into the game where it's not like a, oh, here's your score. Here's your, you can look at them if you're outside the game. It's more like you have to go into the game and look.
01:01:01
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Well, that would be cool if they had ah achievements or trophies in Nintendo Switch. Just do stars. Just do stars. apparently Apparently in September of last week last year, they said that ah they patented something about achievements.
01:01:18
Speaker
Nintendo did. So who knows? Maybe. Who knows? But they also like patented shits just so they get to see everyone know. Yeah. That is very true. All right, boys, any ah other final thoughts or ah things you want to get in for your resolutions or predictions?
01:01:36
Speaker
o No, I think that's all. Yeah. Screw Octopath, man. and know. Octopath's great. I can't wait to play zero and play that. That could have been another resolution of mine because I will probably play that this year.
01:01:50
Speaker
Looking forward to that. All right.
Episode Recap and Final Predictions
01:01:53
Speaker
Well, guys, this has been Games Over Plastic DLC episode number 25, our 2026 gaming resolutions and predictions. ah did we I don't think we went back and recapped this one, did we? Sean, you want to recap your predictions for the audio peeps?
01:02:08
Speaker
ah No, I don't. Yeah, of course. it All right.
01:02:13
Speaker
right, for my predictions, I think Nintendo DS games are added to Nintendo Switch Online. I think Microsoft Gaming Halo com Campaign Evolves will release in November 10th, 2026. And for my PlayStation 1, we're going to get a trailer for The Last of Us 3.
01:02:30
Speaker
wo Hodge will be hyped. Hodge? What were yours? As long as it's better than two. I think High Guard's going crash and burn. The Super Mario Galaxy movie's going to break 1.5 billies at the box office. And we're going to get a Kingdom Hearts 4 release window.
01:02:48
Speaker
Yes. All right. And mine was Fire Emblem Fortunes Weave will be my personal game of the year. Fable will not release in 2026, which Sean agrees, but Hodge does not agree.
01:03:02
Speaker
Xbox will have not one, but two 90 pluses on opener Metacritic. Maybe even three, who knows? But I'm only going say two. right, guys. So let's go around the horn and give our final thoughts for this episode. This has been a great episode. Sean, what are your final thoughts, sir? Yeah, good episode. We're all going to go three for three on our resolutions, and um we're going to go three for three on our predictions. Well, I am. I know that. Hopefully. And all our honorable mentions going come true, too. So yep we're getting a new Crash, new Spyro. Yeah, it's going be great. Dead Redemption 2, Next Gen Patch. It's all happening.
01:03:37
Speaker
Zelda. Mubbit Fornication. yeah Oh, yeah.
01:03:43
Speaker
no That'll be in the after hours section of Game Awards. Game Awards after dark. Game Awards after dark. yeah Hodge, final thoughts, sir.
01:03:55
Speaker
ah Yeah, well, I agree. We're going go all three for three on our ah ah resolutions. Predictions, were I'm going to predict we go three for nine on our predictions.
01:04:09
Speaker
Well, someone will get two, someone will get one, and I'll get none. And, yeah. But, yeah, this is a lot of fun. I love – I can't wait for another year of doing this. We're coming up on our second birthday already, which is crazy.
01:04:21
Speaker
So I can't wait to keep doing more of this. Next week, I can't wait for our draft next week. That's going to be so much fun. Everyone keep – definitely tune in next week for our draft. And then we'll also get the results of last year's draft as well. So going to be a lot of fun. Can't wait.
01:04:37
Speaker
Can't wait. Can't wait. My tits pick really came in the cards. Can't wait.
Farewell and Future Episodes
01:04:42
Speaker
All right, guys. Yeah, I love the fantasy episode. That's fun. So make sure you guys tune into that. My final thoughts are shout out to Bucky's. Happy New Year to everybody. Do not go to Bucky's and forget Beaver Nuggets because you will be a sad boy.
01:04:54
Speaker
And with that said, we're going to go and get on out of here. Goodbye. Bye. It's over.