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The Medieval Times of Batman with No Score Nick Green
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This Week on Tony's Game Lounge we are joined by Season Regular No Score Nick! The two talk about all the cards shown off for the Magic The Gathering x Final Fantasy Set, Nintendo Switch 2 Games, Why Batman's next game should be a Medieval Period piece, and Ecco the Dophin along with all the other gaming news Stories from the last 2 weeks and a look ahead to upcoming releases!
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Introduction and Podcast Overview
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Disclaimer, all views expressed on this podcast represent the host and his guest and not the companies or agencies they are associated with.
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Welcome to Tony's Game Lounge, a bi-weekly podcast that covers everything in the world of video games, TCG, tabletop, and more. Here's your host, Tony14.
Guest Introduction and Streaming Journey
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Hello, everybody, and welcome back to another brand new episode of Tony's Game Lounge. i am your host, as always, Tony14. And joining us this week, it's the return of one of our season regulars. who just broke out into the stream scene twice in the past week.
Final Fantasy and Magic the Gathering Collaboration
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It's our boy, no Score Nick. Hey, Tony. Thanks for having me back on the show. Welcome back, man. Welcome back. it's it It's like coming home, I say, to this show. It's it's always good to be here. Always glad to to make a guest appearance.
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I'm excited to talk video games with you today. Dude, I am i am excited as well. We got a lot to talk about. We got so, so many things to talk about. ah And the first is our headline of the week.
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We're getting right to it. ah It's the Final Fantasy Magic the Gathering collaboration. It hasn't come out yet. It comes out in June, but they have finally shown us damn near all the cards that are going to be releasing.
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They had a debut showcase for the cards during PAX East um with Benstar hosting... in quotation marks, the event. He was there. ah He had legit a shirt with his Clive Rossfield card on the back of it.
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ah yeah We got to see so many things. We got to see Kefka. We got to see Clive. We got to see all 15 SIDS
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chocobos and uh we also learned that there is gonna be one card limited to 77 copies only and that is the elusive golden chocobo only 77 of those will be printed so that is the big rare card to pull that will be worth a lot of money if you do happen to get one um They've also shown off many, many more cards, um both that are to be included within the four commander decks and also just the ah packs that you can just pull.
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um There are, God, there's a lot. Like, there are so, so many. Like, there are 120, currently on the site,
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ah There's 126 white black, seventy two red seventy four green one hundred and ninety three multicolor twenty five colorless fifty eight artifacts and one hundred four unique land Yeah, when you say all of the cards, that but there's a lot.
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There's a lot, and it ranges from all of the games. So you got Cloud, you got a Searle, some Final Fantasy XIV references like The Machinist or...
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ah well, there's like all the machinists, like every class of fantasy 14 has like a card. Um, you got FF 14 character. You have so, there's so many, there's so many, there's a card for triple triad. There's a card for blitz ball even,
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Like, there is ah lot. um How they're doing Sid is there is a yeah one specific card that's a common, and it has 15 different art styles, and they're all the different Sids, because there's only one Final Fantasy game that did not include Sid. Do you know which one that is, Nick?
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I'm gonna say... ah most recent one, 16. No, it was the first one. The first Final Fantasy. Okay. Well... yeah I mean, you were close. I had a 1.16 chance. You had a 1...
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yeah what ah But yeah, no, there are they think the they the cards are really, really fucking cool. um That's awesome. Actually, I was going to ask you, did they like try to feature like something from every Final Fantasy? Yeah, like I've been looking through all these. It's like there's it's like i every Final Fantasy is featured.
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that's um There are summon cards like for Good King Mog the 12th or Ixion Ifrit. ah They have the Ferris wheel date and very in four different artworks for that um from Final Fantasy 7.
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Um, they've got, god there's just so I'm going through all of these. I'm just trying to, you got Barts and Boko. You got a, you got a sorcery call that's just communed with beavers because that's, ah that's the thing that happens. Uh, you got the jumbo cactuar, uh, which is one of my favorite cars that they revealed. It has its its ability is called 10,000 needles.
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So whenever the creature attacks, it gets plus 9,999, uh, until the end the turn. ah time until the end of the term um And it is absolutely wild and fun.
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And there's a lot. There's so, so many. Wow. Well, maybe this will also mean that this could potentially pave the way for Kingdom Hearts MTG crossover.
Week in Review: Gaming Highlights
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Possibly. um the The only thing there is you also got to get some... Disney approval and Disney kind of has their own card game as well um which I mean I'll take Kingdom Hearts and Larkana even like that would still be cool yeah so like you you know Magic the Gathering gets ah gets that and then Larkana gets Kingdom Hearts I mean I'll i' i'll be fine with that even no complaints heard from Tony no No complaints from Tony. No, none indeed.
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ah and Speaking of Kingdom Hearts, well, Kingdom Hearts was in the news and we'll be covering that along with a bunch of other things that happened this past week as we dive right in to the week in review.
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Recapping the major stories of video games and the world of tabletop, looking over recent releases and reports from the Game Lounge crew, it's the week in review. And kicking it off, some of the major games that came out these past two weeks, you had Revenge of the Savage Planet, The Midnight Walk, Capcom Fighting Collection 2, Doom the Dark Ages, Spirit of the North 2, and Labyrinth of the Demon King.
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ah With one of the big ones, Doom the Dark Ages, that's the the big, big one that people were very excited for as Doomguy has gone medieval. Yeah, honestly, a pretty pretty good lineup all around for for big and small releases.
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Yes. I know The Midnight Walk is, I think, one of the first of its kind with it being claymation animated for a video game. Yeah, that looks so, so cool. I desperately want to play that game.
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um And I was also a big fan of Journey to the Savage Planet, so I'm excited to see what that developer ah does for a second go-around Revenge. Yeah.
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It's at absolutely absolutely crazy. Looking forward to ah play getting around to some of these games eventually because there's a lot of of other games to get through as well. I don't know if you know this, Tony. There's a lot of video games out there.
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ah Really? and we only have so much time. Oh, my God. Holy shit. I can't believe this. This just died yeah this just did There's so many games. It's so little time.
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Yeah. would Would you rather have
Game Releases and Announcements
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unlimited bacon and no games or unlimited games, but no games?
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Wait. Wait, what? whereas you do Do you not know? that do Have you never heard that? no ah Just look that look it up after. It makes no sense.
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That's the point. Okay, perfect. It's in a world of... Speaking of which... Speaking of which, hey, um let's look at our video game news. ah First off, Grand Theft Auto 6 released its second trailer, and we got a first look at a few of the new characters, including, I think, our co-protagonist, Jason.
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ah Yeah, that sounds right. And also some other characters like Booby Ike and ah a few other side characters. They also revealed a couple of the activities that you'll be able to do ah in the game, including billiards, scuba diving, dirt bike racing, and ah clubbing.
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So I really hope that the clubbing is actually like a rhythm mini game, because I think that'd be cool. Ooh, yeah, that would be fun. And it gets harder if you're like more inebriated or something. Ooh, yes, absolutely. yeah Like a hard mode or something.
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Yeah, I would be down for that. be be Give us a rhythm game to like actual copyrighted music, Rockstar. Let it be the case. Let that be the case. I would i would really enjoy that.
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Maybe there will be like a romancing mini game, like a mini dating sim within the whole game where you can try and hit on people. Maybe. Or you get hit on. Who knows?
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well Oh, who knows?
World Video Game Hall of Fame Inductees
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ah In Dragon Ball news, Dragon Ball Z Kakarot revealed that its next DLC will be the first part of Dragon Ball Dima and releases July 17th.
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um Part two will release later on. They did not give an exact date on that. In Expedition 33 news, they released their first patch for the game to nerf an ability for Mael with that, ah if you had the right endgame build, would deal enough damage to kill the major super boss 45 times over.
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it's good thing that they nerfed that then. ah So Stendhal, which is the move that got nerfed, has been nerfed by 40%, which is roughly 2 billion damage nerfed.
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Only a small amount. Only a small em amount. And guess what, guys? Do not worry. There are still ways for you to use that ability and still one-hit the super boss. Oh, good.
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they They've already come up with solutions. Also, in Expedition 33 news, their soundtrack has topped Billboard's classical album chart with 18 million streams since launch.
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That's awesome. Which is very awesome. It's really dope and... Honestly, I think Expedition 33 has a very solid chance to sweep the game awards this year.
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Yeah, ah that's that's all I've been hearing. It's a frontrunner for sure. In some Hall of Fame news, Defender, GoldenEye007, Quake, and Tamagotchi have been inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame.
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Always good to see more games being inducted. Okay, now I gotta ask, because Tamagotchi was brought up, Did you watch the Nintendo Direct before the Switch 2 Direct where they revealed Tamagotchi Plaza?
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I believe I did, yeah. Okay, so... That was quite the trailer. So, I mean, the trailer was whatever. It was how the announcer pronounced Tamagotchi. Oh, I don't remember that part.
00:11:39
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They pronounced it Tamagotchi. they absolutely slaughter it? They pronounced Tamagotchi. And so that sparked a debate. Is that how it's supposed to have been pronounced this entire time? And we, but of course, being the Westerners who watched the Tamagotchi commercials, which was done by Westerners, is that, is this, is this, is this them trying to retcon this? Or is this a Nintendo error?
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Well, I mean, it was the person announcing it like one of the creators. No, Or was it just some i press person? here here's but but it's it was It was our regular Nintendo Switch headlines guy. Hmm.
00:12:21
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Well, and you would think they would have done their their diligence. I would side with the Easterners on this one and just give them the benefit of the doubt. I would say Tamagotchi might be the right way to say it. But it also could be just a potato-potato situation.
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who who Who knows? Well, I guess we'll never know.
New PlayStation Studio Announcement
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There's no way to find out. Unfortunately, there's no way to find out. There is absolutely no way to find out.
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Do not Google it. We'll just never know. No. ah PlayStation has' they has announced a new development studio, Team LFG. This is a studio made up of Bungie devs.
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They're working on a project. We'll be talking about Bungie a bit later as they've ah done some stuff too. ah But more on that later. It's the more like for the important news. The most important news. The most important news that we're going to cover this week. Echo the Dolphin creator Ed Ananziata said in an interview, remasters of the original Echo game and sequel are coming.
00:13:25
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Hell yes. He also pointed to the Echo the Dolphin website. It shows a countdown to April 26, 2026.
00:13:36
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We don't know what it means. yeah box people Does this mean that next April is when the Echo remasters are going to be released? Or are we getting Echo 3?
00:13:47
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three or potentially ah just more Echo news all around. I hope it's dolphin related.
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if Either way, I feel like we're going to be eating pretty well, Tony. Yeah. It's a win-win situation, I feel like. you know We'll be eating fish just like Echo. Yeah.
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Not to be confused with eating dolphin. Do not eat the dolphin. No. Dolphins are friends, not food. Exactly. Exactly. Tekken 8 is in the news as they had released their latest ah reveals for season two.
00:14:25
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The stage pack pixels and the character fuck your mom both come in summer 2025. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. The character what? Fuck him Rob.
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Sorry. Okay. I'm i'm good now. I thought I misheard you the first time around there. ha Yeah, Faka Rob. um everybody's Everybody's favorite. it Actually, no, this guy.
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A lot of people are not happy with this reveal. Everybody's least favorite, more like. now i don't I don't know why people. Again, I'm a recent Tekken fan. um I do not know who Faka Rob is, and I don't know why the community dislikes them.
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But they're coming out 2025 summer. all right ah We also got a first look at Jackbox Party Packs 11's first game, Suspectives.
00:15:19
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um This is a game that will have players answering general questions and sussing out who the criminal is amongst the detectives. um a little bit It's a little bit like, oh what's it called? Pointed Out or something from the third or fourth party pack?
00:15:37
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Okay. I'm not super familiar. It's a little bit like that, um but it's ah slightly different. um Same, same, but different. Same, but different, yeah. Gears of War Reloaded was announced for August 26, a remaster of the first game.
00:15:53
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And in a surprise shock, it's going to be coming to PlayStation 5 as well. Now that's big. ah A massive Microsoft Xbox exclusive coming to PlayStations.
00:16:06
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yeah Yeah, that's pretty wild. And not just like some like Xbox exclusive like Forza where it's just like, oh, another car game. like This is one of the many faces of Xbox.
00:16:19
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Yes. yeah as mark Is Marcus Fenix. um So does this mean Halo 7 will come to the PlayStation 2? Who knows? No, no, PlayStation 5. I think it would come to the PlayStation 5. Honestly, though, if they ported the Master Chief Collection to PlayStation 2, that would probably be just as big news.
00:16:39
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I feel like that would make my playstation your PlayStation 2 explode a little bit. like Potentially, yeah. It's the Master Chief Collection, but it's only Halo 1 and 2 that are actually playable.
00:16:50
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yeah um yeah because Yeah, I would not be able to handle anything else. If you play it to your PlayStation 3, you can play Halo 3. Yeah. yeah Yeah. Dune awakenings beta is now open to anybody who pre-ordered the game. So if you want try to check out that open world survival MMO beta, ah you now can.
00:17:10
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i will say this as a guy who's really not into Dune that much, never really got into it. kind Like to me, all that, those trailers came out. i'm like, what the fuck is a Dune? uh and then i was informed by my older co-worker that like know this is like like this is like a star wars level except from like books from like long long ago i'm like yeah this is like the template for sci-fi yeah this is like the yeah the sci-fi template i'm like oh okay shit i'm i i didn't realize i was talking shit about a series i should be bowing down to a little bit
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ah I will say this. the old The survival aspect of this game looks really cool from what we've seen from the trailers. I just don't know how I feel about the MMO elements that they're trying to make it work. Honestly, I saying think this would just be a nice multiplayer survival game.
00:17:59
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and For sure. ah ah in the On the sand world to get some spices. Mm-hmm. Spiceland, I think, is called. Spiceland. Oh, yeah. Just like Sandland by Toriyama.
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yeah ah The $200 deluxe edition of the Gex Trilogy remaster um was announced and it includes a three-foot inflatable Gex and a box art from the legendary illustrator Yoshitaka Amano.
00:18:28
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um This is being done by a Limited Run Games. you know You know what I actually think might be the the news we get next year for Echo the Dolphin is we'll get three-foot-tall Echo the Dolphin inflatable from limited run games.
00:18:43
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That's my prediction. Oh, shit. oh i' out no you but No, I don't think it'll be three feet. I think it'll be five. Yeah, maybe like, honestly, just go like full eight feet or something and it's like a pool inflatable that you can use. Yes, exactly. They can pull it. Yeah, honestly, no, I would see that. I could totally see that.
00:19:02
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Yeah. I would be down for that. With a little slot for you to put your game console in you can game on the water because that's a smart idea. Yeah, exactly.
00:19:12
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You put your console in Echo's pool. It's actually, yeah, it's...
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but Oh my God. And you can clip that. You have my blessing. ha ah sorry um was so out of left field. ah Oh,
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oh ah here I was just about to make, uh, you know, an electrocution in the pool joke. ah We could go either way. Yeah. No, it's great. Um,
00:19:46
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yeah oh great um in some sad news of, uh, support being shut down, support for Minecraft VR is ending.
00:19:58
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Uh, you're yeah able to play Minecraft in Uh, ah We barely knew Yi, but honestly, i feel like you would get... Like, okay, so i have a VR headset now. Oh, do you? Nice.
00:20:13
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Yeah, I got a PSVR 2. It's pretty cool. I will say this. yeah My dad wanted to try out NFL... and if fell Pro era 2. It's the VR football game. i'm not By Madden.
00:20:26
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By EA Sports. and like It's official in everything and We put it on. you know we We're like, okay, yeah, let's give this a try. Sure. I got fucking motion sickness from that game.
00:20:40
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Oh, OK. Well, hopefully just that game like just not going to play other stuff is because of the movement of how full how like it feels like very real that you're moving that like almost feel like yeah, like compared to other games where it's like you point and click to move.
00:21:00
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Right. Usually this is like full. You can you use the analog stick to move. I cannot do that. That this just just takes me out. yeah I'm like, okay, nope, I cannot. mean, that's standing up or sitting down. I cannot do it.
00:21:14
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Wow. Okay. Good to know. Yeah. um So honestly, kind of a good thing that Minecraft VR has come to an end because I feel like a lot of, if you don't get Vertigo, you will after doing that. yeah Mafia the Old Country is has a release date set for August 8th now and got a brand new trailer.
00:21:34
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a but In and News of the Pope... a Spanish TV news station used the Dark Souls 3 boss fight to illustrate with 100% accuracy how the Conclave would elect a new Pope.
00:21:52
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That... There's something, like, North American TV is doing wrong, clearly. Or, like, TV news. Because, like, why can't we do that?
00:22:05
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I... I don't... I... I i don't know.
00:22:11
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I don't know. To make things even funnier, they also used, like, football team formations of the cartoonish clip art versions of the Cardinals of, like...
00:22:22
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All right, so there's Cardinal Jacksonfield, or what's-his-face, sitting. it it was it was is It was, I'm like, oh, oh what the, what am i watching?
00:22:33
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oh my God. Yeah, so ah the the congrats to Popelio, by the way. It's not every day you get to see a Pokemon become the Pope.
00:22:43
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Makes it extra special, I think. It makes it extra special because it's also everybody's least favorite Alolan starter.
00:22:51
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ah i've been There are so many people I've told, hey, you know what? I really like like this new Pope. ah I mean, one, he's like one because he's ah he was friends with the old Pope. So it's like, okay. He was like tight with him. So that's a good sign of like yeah where he like stands on like a lot of beliefs and stuff with... ah the LGBTQ and other stuff, uh, which is very solid.
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Um, but it's also like, it's like, I know. So it's just like, yeah, because he's named after a Pokemon. There is a generation like, like why won't you hope we owe the 14 pop pop.
00:23:30
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Like it's great. Yeah. Yeah. They're just little sealed. They're just little dudes. And they're all in a, they're all in a robe to, uh, become, to become the Pope. Anyway, in Bungie news, starting off with some Destiny stuff, Bungie kicked off the next major saga of Destiny 2. They're calling it the Fate Saga, which will unfold over multiple years, and it starts on July 15th with the first new expansion, The Edge of Fate.
00:23:56
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Also, in December, it's getting an expansion called Renegades, which adds lightsabers in a crossover with Star Wars. Oh, that's that's cool. Yeah. It'll be interesting to see.
00:24:07
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i don't I don't really know where Destiny 2 is going to go with all this new stuff. i like Now that they've done their major stuff with the final shape, right I don't really know where the future of Destiny 2 is going to go.
00:24:25
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Yeah, i wonder if this will maybe be a sort of test season or saga, I guess, like you yeah said, ah to see how popularity stands maybe once Marathon releases, because that's supposed to be their next big thing, isn't it? it is. we will be talking about Marathon just a bit. ah In some program death news, Skype is officially shut down.
00:24:49
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ah Another one. Another one claimed. Yes, the announcement was made last year. they They announced it last year that it only had a couple months left to live and it is now dead.
00:25:01
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RIP Skype. You had your chance, but you blew it. You blew it. Magnificently. can no longer call my grandma. You should just have no other way of contacting her.
00:25:15
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There's absolutely no other way. there there There's no other way. I just can't. All she used was Skype. Can't do it now. yeah kid She threw her computer into the ocean after finding out that Skype had it.
00:25:30
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She threw it all the way. yeah yeah i She has a really strong arm, by the way. she she yeah Like we're in a landlocked province. I know she's in a landlocked province. She traveled all the way to the coast yeah and threw it in the ocean.
00:25:47
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Yeah, but that's exactly what she did. ah Persona 5, the Phantom X, the mobile gacha game, finally has a global release date of June 26th and will be releasing on mobile devices and Steam simultaneously.
00:26:04
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um So if you're Persona fan or a gacha fan, your new fill of anime... characters is coming. i mean, I've been looking at a little bit of that because i'm like, I might give it a try and just try go free to play for it and right see how well it goes. But yeah, we'll see. We'll see.
00:26:24
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In Steam news, ah so Valve said it examined a leak that affected 89 million users and had people freaking the fuck out thinking, oh God, 89 million accounts were hacked.
00:26:40
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So Val did confirm that it was the accounts were not breached. Users did not. You do not have to change your password or phone numbers or anything. But whenever stuff like this happens, it's always a nice precaution to change your password.
00:26:54
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Yep. um And it set up two-factor authentication if you don't have it. ah But what had been breached were old expired text messages containing one-time authentication codes, all of which were expired.
00:27:10
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These were linked to the phone numbers they were sent to, you but the phone numbers were not linked to any account details. Okay. So, not but super big big deal.
00:27:20
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Not a super big deal, but just change your passwords, folks. just like but Whenever you see stuff like this come out, it's a good reminder to, hey, maybe change your password. For sure. ah In Minecraft news, saddles are now craftable in Minecraft's new stabshot.
00:27:36
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After how many fucking years? both Well, since they were added to the game, so like a decade ago plus. Yeah. Yeah. Like, yeah. But yeah, basically. Yeah. Ever since ah the pig flying achievement was added into the game.
00:27:54
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Yeah, like, I mean, i i did see one kind of comment ah speaking on this whole kind of debate of why they haven't had a recipe for a long time. And I do understand this point of, like, when they were first added, there was nowhere near as many, like, structures and as much good loot to find yeah when you're kind of exploring. So, like, that was...
00:28:16
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one of the the higher profile things you could find, so it didn't really need one. But after all this time, it should yeah definitely should have got one sooner, but I'm glad that it's finally getting one.
00:28:27
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Yeah, and now we just got to get court Horse Armor craftable too. Exactly. yeah And then Minecraft will be the best employee game. A complete... They can stop development after that. They can stop development.
00:28:42
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ah Yeah. In some Pokemon news, the Pokemon Fossil Museum, a Japanese exhibition that pairs man-made Pokemon fossils with real-world Asian life forms, will be making its international debut at Chicago's Field Museum next year in 2026.
00:28:57
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Which some of the screenshots for this look absolutely insane. um like Oh, yeah. I remember seeing some this. This looks really cool. Yeah, no, it looks really, really cool. And I think our Nintendo insider, our good friend Aiden, think come 2026, we might find him there.
00:29:18
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it's too Living there. That's where he's been this whole time. Dinosaurs and Pokemon. that's i mean He's live there. yeah yeah In Kingdom Hearts news, we got two stories.
00:29:30
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ah First off, Missing Link, the AR mobile game that they were working on, it has been canceled officially. After being delayed and delayed, they've just finally canceled it.
00:29:41
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ah And in that sad news, they're like, but wait, Kingdom Hearts 4 screenshots. And the Kingdom Hearts community is like, oh my fucking God, it's real!
00:29:52
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Yeah. And I mean, they look cool. um It's not a lot screenshots, but we did get like a nice, we got, ah oh we did see like, I think the HUD, the combat HUD was in one of them. So that was cool to see.
00:30:07
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And yeah, no, I can't wait to see more details. Whenever square decides to give us some more, I'll be eating it up off the floor. Like the dog. I am. What an image.
00:30:18
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And here to make you feel old news. Leroy Jenkins. that has turned That whole internet moment is 20 years old. Man, that that's wild.
00:30:29
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yeah that That's actually actually insane. That means I was 7 or 8 when it happened. No, I would have been 7.
00:30:41
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I was 7 years old when Leroy Jenkins happened. Crazy. And if you told me, well, if you asked me what a world of Warcraft was, I'd be like, I don't know. I'm seven. I'm seven. What do you want me to say? i don't know what a world of Warcraft is. Yep.
00:30:55
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Why you talking to me? I'm only seven. Get away from me. Ranger danger. Ranger danger.
00:31:01
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In more delayment news, Marvel 1943 Rise of Hydra has been delayed until next year now as well. In some television news, a Fallout Season 2 teaser trailer, about 33 seconds in length, has confirmed a December release for the second season.
00:31:18
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Ooh, the setting of New Vegas. Yeah, I guess that that's something you would only really know if you finish the show. Yeah. i also yeah It also shows in the trailer, apparently. It shows off in the distance, New Vegas. I'm like, oh, sweet.
00:31:35
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Cool. Awesome, yeah. I'm very excited. am very hyped for that. Yeah. and ah more service-ending news. Tribe 9, which was released on February 18th, is ending service on November 27th.
00:31:49
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The game will not be receiving new content in between this time either. So don't waste your money on the game anymore. Is this another Concord situation? What's going on? yeah i don't even know what this one... You see, this was like ah ah It's very Danganronpa style of how it looks, but it's a very it's a like action gameplay plus baseball.
00:32:16
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It's a weird one. It's a weird one. it's getting It's getting shut down. It was a mobile gacha game, man. It did not last long, apparently. do not take any sponsorship from this, guys, because you won't get shit from it.
00:32:29
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Yeah. In Nintendo news, Diddy Kong has been redesigned for Donkey Kong Bonanza, and that has been revealed. ah kind of looks pretty much the same.
00:32:41
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Like, but there's not much of a change to Diddy with his redesign. Like, it's pretty accurate. It's pretty similar to his old design still, which is yeah it's nice. Like, I'm not saying it's a bad design. It's just, like, yeah you got to really look at Diddy to see the differences. Oh, yeah, that's interesting.
00:33:00
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Yeah. It's ah interesting. he He got like a more subtle change than Donkey Kong did. Yeah. And lastly, back to Bungie.
00:33:11
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Well, they're in hot water currently because ah paul in Marathon's open or closed beta or alpha that they've been the game is in, well, there's poster designs have spotted and littered throughout the game.
00:33:25
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Well, they're stolen. All of those designs were stolen from Twitter user 4NT1RE4L, um which I think is Antoine for real or Antoine real or whatever it is.
00:33:42
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um Regardless, they tweeted about it saying, yeah, the all those designs match the work that they did from 2017. Specifically, he knows it was his stuff because one of his artworks was just a ah meme of loss with all those lines.
00:33:58
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that's in It's in Marathon. And it turned also turned out like Marathon's director or art director followed that guy. two uh and it's just like further evidence oh yeah so it's not looking good so you know what bungee may have an anti uh ai art uh protocol that they follow but man do they sure love to steal yeah that's that is unfortunate is very unfortunate and not a great loop for marathon this early on when it's already a game that's taught people divisive already.
00:34:37
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yeah allies Some ongoing game news and Fortnite news. In gamers, can't have nice things. An AI voice filter for Darth Vader has been added to the game with permission from the James Earl Jones estate.
00:34:52
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um This is replacing Darth Vader's, the Darth Vader Samurai as a Boston Galactic battle. Basically, the first team to recruit Vader in the Battle Royale or zero build matches will be able to interact with him using a special on-screen Darth Vader button asking him anything in real time.
00:35:08
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um This has led to people to having Darth Vader say skibbity toilet, ah swearing, and saying, of course, racial slurs.
00:35:19
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Yeah. The more things change, the more they stay the same. I give it less than a week before it gets removed. Yeah. No kidding.
00:35:31
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In some Blizzard news, Overwatch 2 is collaborating with Street Fighter on the 20th. ah Pricing is not yet announced for the skins, but here's what you're going to be getting. Hanzo will be cosplaying as Ryu, Juno as Chun-Li, Kiriko as Juri, Sigma as M. Bison, Soldier 76 as Guile, Widowmaker as Kami, Winston as Blanka, and Zenyatta as Dalsim.
00:35:56
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So you'll be able to do a Hadouken in Overwatch 2 now. Yeah. Happy for everyone who who will be and excited for that. Yeah, happy for all the people who drop however much dollars it may cost.
00:36:13
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Ugh, yeah. In TCG news, Pokemon Destined Rivals drops on May 30th. And in TCG Pocket News, Alona Ninetales promo drop is on until May 25th.
00:36:26
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In Yu-Gi-Oh! news, Battle of the Legend Monster Mayhem drops June 13th, and Duelists advance on July 4th. In regular Magic of the Gathering news, the file Fantasy Packs, June 13th, marked on your calendars.
00:36:39
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Edge of Eternity drops August 1st. Spider-Man cards drop us September 26th. And the Avatar The Last beder so Airbender set on November 21st. And in Lorcanum news, Reina Jafar drops on June 6th. And Fabled will drop sometime in quarter three.
00:36:56
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And that is everything in the week in review. Any final thoughts on any of those, Nick? Uh, no, I thought don't think so. I think we touched on everything I wanted to kind of get some thoughts in on.
00:37:08
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All righty. Well, with that, it's time for us to move on to what you should be looking ahead for. Here are all the games that should be on your radar from May 19th to 30th. From AAA titles, indie hits, hidden gems, and hot pieces of garbage, here are the games coming out that should be on your radar.
00:37:25
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And starting it off on the 19th, Frog Legs comes to the PC. On the 20th, Roadcraft comes to the PlayStation 5, Series X, and PC. Sea of Stars, Throes of the Watchmaker DLC releases on everything.
00:37:40
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TMNT, Splintered Face releases on the Playstations 5 and 4. And The Siege of the Sandfox releases on the PC. On the 21st, Fantasy Life I, The Girl Who Steals Time releases on everything. Game of Thrones, King's Road releases on PC, iOS, and Android.
00:37:58
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And Monster Train 2 comes to the PS5, Series X, Switch, and PC. On the 22nd, Blades of Fire and Deliver at All Costs both released for the PlayStation 5, Series X, and PC, as does Linked Banner of the Spark.
00:38:14
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TMNT Tactical Takedown, Windward Horizon, and and Grandma No all released on the PC. Zombie Army VR releases on the Quest 3, PSVR 2 in PC.
00:38:26
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Out of Sight comes to the PlayStation 5, Series X, Switch and PC, and Warshippers of Cthulhu comes to the PC. On the 23rd, Onimusha 2 Samurai's Destiny makes its way to PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC.
00:38:40
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No releases on the 26th or the 27th, but on the 28th, TuaT releases on X Series X, Xbox One, and PC. And I believe this is the that's the game that has you in a T-pose the entire time.
00:38:53
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ah ah make That would make sense. No releases on the 29th, but on the 30th, Disney Illusion Island starring Mickey and Friends releases on everything but the Switch because it was a Switch exclusive.
00:39:05
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Elden Ring Night Rain releases on everything but the Switch. F-125 releases on the PlayStation 5, Series X, and PC. HyperCharge Unboxed makes its way to both PlayStations. Lost Soul Aside comes to the PS5 and PC.
00:39:18
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And Rune Factory Guardians of Azuma comes to the Switch and PC. And that's everything coming out. ah Your big releases, if you are a fan of Sea of Stars ah or are looking to get into Sea of Stars, the DLC is great. um Honestly, I would recommend Sea of Stars if you really enjoyed Expedition 33.
00:39:38
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Sea of Stars is very similar. it is pixelized, but it does involve doing actions to increase your attack damage and a dodge and block system.
00:39:53
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um to take less damage I don't think it has parries but i it they might have added that I don't know so do give Sea of Stars a try i enjoyed it for what little bit I did play of it as I had it for free on PS Plus and then it got removed from the service and I was no I i was in case with other games at the time of its release and I am sad that I never finished it um And of course, um the other big release at the end of the month, Elden Ring Night Ring.
00:40:27
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People are excited for this. I'm not, though. This is like... You know what? I've respected lot of Souls players with their big releases and everything. It's like, you know what?
00:40:38
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The games aren't for me, but I'll still respect the those those gamers and their game. I do not respect Elden Ring Night Ring one bit. Not one bit. I think...
00:40:49
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I don't know what it is. This game to me being like exclusively, i don't know. if I feel like it takes like all the soul out of a Souls game a little bit.
00:41:00
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Interesting. See, I'm also not big into Souls games either, and everything I've seen ah from this one feels like a nice sort of, what would you even call it?
00:41:15
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It's just like a nice sort of additive to everything that's come from Elden Ring. like it it It feels like something that will satiate Soulsborne fans until the next kind of big thing. Until they have to buy a Switch 2 to play a new Bloodborne game.
00:41:33
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yeah Yeah, pretty much. Whether it warrants an entire new game... whether it warrant like an entire new game or whether it could have just been, i don't know what the ah kind of ah infrastructure needed would be and to install this into the pre-existing game and just have it be sort of a DLC. But this is but it does feel sort of like a ah DLC plus sort of game in the way that like Miles Morales sort of was.
00:42:04
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Yeah, no, you bringing that up, actually I could have seen... like I feel like if they did Night Ring as a second DLC to Elder Ring, that's pure multiplayer of... Because that's what it is. This game is purely multiplayer with pre-built classes, and you go around...
00:42:20
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With your friends trying to survive and then take on the boss at every night. And it's just, I don't know. It it doesn't feel like it it feels hollow.
00:42:30
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Like this game, like it just feels off. I don't know what it is from everything I've seen. There's just something feels off about this game to me. Well, and it's probably also because like I think there were um there's some like ah Dark Souls bosses that are supposed to be featured in here as well. as so they just a by like Yeah, but fine. it's it's just like ah it's almost sort of like a ah greatest hits sort of add-on that's tacked on top of this. Yeah.
00:43:00
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Yeah, like, if if if I was a Souls fan, I don't know if I would be paying this much for what is this said what essentially could have just been a ah DLC. Right.
00:43:11
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Right. But then again, what how how much was Shadow of the Eritree? I think that was just another full game again, wasn't it? Yeah. But, to be fair, everything I've heard about that, like, it is substantial.
00:43:26
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yeah no Yeah, to be fair, yes, there is that, but still... I don't know. I feel like this, of everything FromSoft has given us, this feels the most cash grabby from them.
00:43:39
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Right, yeah, still trying to capitalize on all the Elden Ring success. And I think, honestly, I think we need a, I think we are in a flood of Souls games still, and we need to slow it down a little bit.
00:43:56
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Yeah, it's definitely one of the more prevalent preble that saturated. market It's oversaturated right now. Stop making salt. It's the new Battle Royale. Yeah.
00:44:08
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And they they need to stop. It's time. Like iDubbbz said, it's time to... No, that was Filthy Frank. It's time to stop. But yeah. ah and And lastly, if you like cozy farm games as a samurai, Rune Factory, Guardians of Azuma coming it out as well.
00:44:25
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ah But yeah, no, those are those are pretty much the big, ah the big big games coming out. um Link's Banner of the Spark before ah it is a... They showed it off at one of either Summer Game Fest or the Game Awards ah because it set it sounds very familiar.
00:44:43
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i think this is... um I think it's like supposed to be like capitalizing on like the PS2 platform era a little bit. So maybe give that one a ah look at as well.
00:44:57
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ah And of course, if you like, Grandma, no. um If this is the game I'm thinking of, definitely give that one a look at as as well.
00:45:09
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Is it? is it the ah Oh, no, this is not what I was thinking of as well. What the? Wait, what is? Oh, my God. ah Oh, you know what? Go check out Grandma No. this yeah world This is an open world sandbox game where you play as a grandma's liberties and wreak havoc in a physics-driven comedy where nothing stays out of under control.
00:45:32
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it looks It's giving me Octodad and Untitled Goose game vibes, I would say. Yeah. Oh, my God. i would Maybe a little bit of ah Thank Goodness You're Here as well.
00:45:46
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Yeah, another great game. Thank goodness you're here. It was fantastic. Yeah, this looks great. I am wishlisting this right now, actually. Hold on. Me too, yeah. Grandma, no.
00:45:59
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And it comes out in five days. Yeah, oh yeah, it does. Oh, perfect. I know what I'll be doing in five days. ah All right, well with that, it's time for us to now move on to our main focus of the week.
00:46:13
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Here's what we're talking about this week in the game. Conversations of past and future games, the state of the gaming industry, how big decisions affect gamers and anything else that's important to us.
00:46:24
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Here's what's going down this week in the Game Lounge. Kicking it off. We're talking more Switch 2 because you know it's the biggest thing since sliced bread.
00:46:35
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Yep, that's true. That's what it's what there It is. um so Nick, what are your thoughts on the current game lineup for the Switch 2? um I think it's a fine ah launch lineup.
00:46:52
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I would say. I don't think it's... I feel like when you have a launch year that had both Mario Odyssey and Breath of the Wild come out, ah it's going to be near impossible to meet that level of quality with the Switch one.
00:47:14
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Yeah. But, I mean, i think it's going to be good. We're finally getting Prime 4. Yeah. um
00:47:23
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So that'll be good. A new Mario Kart that looks really promising um right off the bat. And then lots of kind of back support. I feel like this is probably the first
00:47:38
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console of Nintendo's although I mean I I'll say that with an asterisk because I have been a little bit out of the Nintendo loop until I got my switch um but it feels like anyway ah they're putting a lot of focus on the sort of backwards compatibility um features that like Xbox and PlayStation have really been ah leaning into a lot in the past ah five to ten years Yeah, and we really haven't seen, like, I mean, when it was the jump from the Wii U to the Switch, there was, like, no backwards compatibility unless the game was was essentially made for the Switch.
00:48:16
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Right, yeah, exactly. It seems like because with, like, game cards and sharing and stuff like that, and then all the focus on being able to put your Switch games in your Switch 2, um... um That's just been really nice to see. And then like the kind of, I don't remember if there was like a specific term they were using, but just the kind of upgrade.
00:48:38
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Yeah. I think they were doing upgrades. ah Yeah. For like both Zeldas and like there's Kirby forgotten land. And I think like a couple other ones too. yeah Both, ah both, both main Zeldas, Kirby for gore, Mario party,
00:48:55
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Mario pario Odyssey, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, Clubhouse 51 games, ARMS. Oh, there's a Mario Odyssey upgrade?
00:49:07
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Yeah, I think it's just more graphic stuff on that Oh, okay. Not as many features? Yeah. yeah like some For some of them, it's like quality and it's like graphics and quality and performance. Right.
00:49:20
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And others, it's like new content like Kirby or Mario Party. Yeah. And others, it's the ability to do essentially Nintendo DS download play like Clubhouse 51 games.
00:49:33
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Okay. Where only one person has to own the game and you can play with three other people. Right. Yeah. Yeah. No, i think I think it'll be ah a pretty decent year as long as all of these games like do well, but I imagine they probably will. Like Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bonanza looks really fun. I think that'll kind of tide us over until the next 3D Mario comes out. Yeah, and Doug Bowser has slightly teased that like they're going to announce the 3D Mario soon.
00:50:03
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Well, not soon, but like there it's being worked on. Yeah, yeah that it it was a very political answer from him. It was like, stay tuned. Stay tuned, yeah. That's all he said, basically. It's like, okay, great.
00:50:16
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yeah But yeah, I don't know much about ah Kirby Air Riders at all, but that's another one and that'll be coming soon. I'm so excited for Kirby Air Riders.
00:50:27
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so As a guy who grew up with the GameCube and Kirby Air Ride specifically, I'm so ready for it. Awesome. I'm still ready for it.
00:50:38
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Yeah, I think between those those big titles plus, like we well we might still have some more hidden gems from directly from Nintendo coming ah that we don't know about.
00:50:49
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um But then with all of the other kind of third-party support that they're going to be getting within their launch year. We finally have third-party support for Nintendo. like That's good third-party support.
00:51:01
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Stuff that will run. Yeah, exactly. Elden Ring, they showed that will be running on the Switch. Yep. Cyberpunk 2077 will be running on the Switch, too. Yep.
00:51:15
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Hitman, World of Assassination. And the new James Bond game that IOI is working on as well. Borderlands 4. Borderlands. Yeah, that's still beefy games.
00:51:28
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Yeah. It's going to be nuts to see that stuff finally on Switch. And hopefully because of this, they clean up their eShop. Oh, God. God, I hope so.
00:51:42
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It's the one thing that I really hope the most comes out of this is they clean up the goddamn eShop from all of that shovelware garbage. Yeah, the the Nintendo seal of quantity, is as IGN likes to put it.
00:51:56
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yeah yeah Yeah, it's it's not been good. i all Because, you know, it's always, oh, I wonder what's on sale. Ah, hentai girls, two on sale.
00:52:11
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Yeah, mechanic car shop simulator, race, maximum overdrive, 17. yeah it's Yeah, there's some real fucking shit stinkers in there.
00:52:22
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and is It is pretty funny, though. If you're ever bored and don't feel like playing anything, just go on the eShop and look at some of the titles. you know yeah Honestly, you know what? To make it a drinking game, go yeah have you and your friends, if you have a Switch or a Switch, go on the eShop and make set of rules of every... like You have to read every title out loud, and whoever laughs ah has to take a drink.
00:52:50
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Yeah. or a shot or whatever and the the more drug you get and the more obnoxious these titles get i think you're in for a great night and that's uh that's what we call the the official nintendo drinking game there you go not a sponsor not sponsored no no god nintendo and alcohol that's uh that's uh far away down nintendo and gambling That's a whole other equation. that That's a-okay because they made cards.
00:53:21
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Therefore, ah i it's a whole other thing. But hey and they have an official Hanafuda deck you can get at the Nintendo Museum in Japan. So you can play Koi If you're a Koi Koi shark like i am, ah you're going to take people's fucking money.
00:53:40
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ah So what games are you hoping to see announced for the Switch 2? um I mean, like, boring answer would just be a lot of the usual suspects. Like, 3D Mario is probably at the top of my list for sure.
00:53:54
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um To be honest, like, I i will be quite content ah for a while just because I have such a disgusting... backlog of Nintendo first party games ah that I have yet to get around on my current Switch that will keep me keep me satiated until then. But like I was just trying to think of some things like I think it would just be really nice to see them give some love to some of their lesser used franchises in the more recent years, especially in the Switch's life cycle.
00:54:26
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So like getting a new Star Fox game, getting a new F-Zero would be really cool. I thought like maybe um if they wanted to keep trying to do some more underrated Legend of Zelda stuff, like maybe do a Four Swords reboot, just like from a ground up, do Four Swords because like you've got the Switch kind of co-op capabilities with multiplayer and stuff too, right? You could do a limited edition with like four different Joy-Cons, right?
00:54:54
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You know, that could be cool. um But yeah. That could cool, especially if they just decided to design it like, oh, hey, whatever color your joy-con is, is the color of Link's tunic.
00:55:07
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Yeah, yeah, exactly. That could be cool. tons of Tons of opportunity there, for sure. um Yeah, like, ah just another Luigi's Mansion would be awesome.
00:55:20
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Like, always more Luigi's Mansion, I feel like. Another Yoshi game would be great. um Like, keep giving some love to, like, ah Zelda and Peach, because they both just got their own first.
00:55:33
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Although, i actually don't know about Peach. well I don't know if she's had her own game before. It was her second game, but... Second game, okay. Her first is good one. Right, yeah. So just keep giving some love to maybe some, like, the side characters just overall.
00:55:47
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I want a Tingle game. yeah do Do an Ice Climbers game. Do another Ice Climbers game would be really cool. Give me a game where you... Where you play as Tingle.
00:55:59
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Exactly, yeah. And you just Kulu Limpa everywhere. ha,
00:56:07
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That's what I want. Uh, what about you? What are you, what are you most hoping for? um you know what? I'm excited. I'm excited for a lot of Nintendo's first party stuff. I'm like currently on my switch. I'm in the state of, well, I've played everything I want to play.
00:56:24
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I've done everything I want to do. I'm currently just trying to like master a couple of mini games at 51 clubhouse. Um, like I'm at the point with my Switch that I need that new stuff to come out now because I'm getting bored. I can only play Bellatro and and Clubhouse 51 Worldwide Classics so much before I lose my mind.
00:56:50
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yeah Yeah, that's fair. i do i do I wonder, do you think we'll get a new Animal Crossing on this one? You see, I don't know. I feel like it's too soon. Animal Crossing is...
00:57:05
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i feel like they I feel like if we get a new Animal Crossing game, it might be similar to what the 3DS did, where we had new Leaf and then Happy Home Academy.
00:57:17
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Okay. Now, granted, we did kind of get that with the Animal Crossing DLC. Yeah, yeah. I feel if we do get another one, it's not going to be up for a long time, and it'll probably be more towards the back half of the Switch 2's life cycle. like the The closest thing I think we could see is with the GameCube Virtual Console, they release OG Animal Crossing.
00:57:37
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yeah Like, that's what I could see ah them doing. I don't know if they will. I think that would be a tricky one to do because people, you know, you make stays save states in that game, but it uses a real time clock and calendar system, so that's a pretty tricky thing. that would i i it's what I don't think actually, i don't think they I don't think they will put Animal Crossing on the GameCube Virtual well Console.
00:58:04
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No, you don't think so? No, I think with how unique Animal Crossing's calendar system is and with how the old things you can make save states and stuff like unless they do a away with save states for the gamecube version console which i don't think they will right i think it will i don't think it would vibe as well well fair enough yeah so i think that's like would be one of the few games that we won't see on the the gamecube side of things
00:58:39
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A couple other things. I don't know if this... I put this under the ported section for things I'd want to see ported, but don't know if it would be kind of crossover. i don't but don't fully know where remasters land, but ah I would love... We got Metroid Prime remastered on the Switch. Let's get 2 and 3 remastered. Get those ah a collection. Yeah.
00:59:02
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i but um I have a theory. Because Metroid Prime 4 still doesn't have like an official release date yet, we just know this year, think that what they're doing is... I think that they might be planning a either A, they're going to put Metroid Prime 2 on the Switch GameCube but like damn close. like They might put 1 and 2 on the GameCube port side things.
00:59:31
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Or they will release like all three of them as the triill an HD trilogy bundle for the Switch, too. Yeah, I could see that. That would definitely be the Nintendo move to do. Because they did do that on Wii. Because they did do that with the Wii.
00:59:47
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They made the Metroid Prime trilogy. Okay. So I could see them doing it again. Yeah. And like digitally, it could be you get a discount if you got Metroid Prime remastered already. So you get a discount on like the bundle as a whole to get the other two.
01:00:05
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Yeah, I could see that. I mean, honestly, it's Nintendo too. I could see them just doing a Super Mario 3D All-Stars and doing like a limited release of it or something. um That's another thing I would be interested to see if they ever do again is that sort of release structure with like b it like more three d Mario games or do it with like Zeldas. or I mean, aside from those core three that they did with the with the Mario HD trilogy,
01:00:31
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with a mario h d trilogy um Like the only other one that you're missing there is Galaxy 2. So yeah. So you wouldn't really be able to do it as much with with Mario, but doing other things like maybe like package a bunch of the smaller Zeldas together.
01:00:48
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Or, you know, finally pack finally get HD Wind Waker and Twilight Princess off of the Wii Yep. Yep. Could be. You know, the two games that people are screaming to get off of the Wii U, Nintendo.
01:00:59
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Yeah. You got Xenoblade X off of the Wii U, finally. where where's where is it Where are the two, though? Where are essentially the last two games that people care about that are still on the Wii Yeah.
01:01:11
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You ever think about that? Huh? Huh, Nintendo? You ever think about that one? They want them of the Wii U and on the Switch. And all you're giving them is a GameCube port for Wind Waker, which is still nice, but it's not the HD one.
01:01:28
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They want HD. Where's the HD, Nintendo? Where is it? Yeah, I don't know. I don't know. These are good questions. These are good questions. Doug Bowser has not answered my emails that I have sent to him.
01:01:44
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i have I think I am on a watch list. Stay in line, Tony. Stay in line. Don't let up.
01:01:51
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I'll keep trying. Although I did get an automated response saying that if I send it again, I won't. I'm going to be banned from Nintendo. They're going to send a cease and desist.
01:02:02
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ah They're going to send that in black. They're going to send the Pinkertons after me. like I'm content with what Nintendo is giving us currently.
01:02:12
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ah And then next year we'll be getting Tamodachi Life. And that will be all we need. Honestly, yeah. yeah Like, legit. like god Like, you saw how much of a fiend I was back in our college days when I got that game on my 3DS.
01:02:28
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I was a fiend! I was fiending over Tamodachi. i I can attest to that. i was a witness. I witnessed account, ladies and gentlemen. He witnessed me making all of my classmates in Tamodachi life.
01:02:42
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Yes, I certainly did. ah And just seeing what would happen. Just see what happens. Yeah. I'll do it again.
01:02:53
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Watch me. That's a threat and a promise. ah ah I'll do it again, Nintendo. Just watch.
01:03:03
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Who are you to? You do not have a Switch 2 pre-ordered. I do not. No, i'm goingnna I'm going to probably be like I was with my so first Switch and be late to the game.
01:03:19
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Maybe get, a hopefully, a good bundle. um So, yeah, I'm not in a rush. I want to make sure I'm in ah a good financial state and I've got a ton of backlogged games, Switch or not, ah to keep me busy, so... That's fair. That's fair. I will be excited for the people who have. When do eventually get around to Mario Kart World, who you you gonna main who you who your who are you Who do you want to main in Mario Kart World? so this is this will maybe come as a surprise to you. I don't really know.
01:03:50
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But I only really just started kind of regularly playing Mario Kart 8 for the first time. Like within the last... Probably six months.
01:04:02
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I only just started actually like frequently playing it. Otherwise it was like maybe a one-off like every three years or something. I would have played it at like a friends or something or like a party house party.
01:04:16
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um I think it's the Lakitu. Yeah. I mean the Lakitu. Okay. Okay. He's my guy. He's a, he's adorable. but He's making a comeback for Worlds, so you'll be able to play as Locky too.
01:04:30
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And ah in ah in various costumes as well. Yes, that'll be exciting. ae realistically am probably just going to name Waluigi again.
01:04:41
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But you know what? Cow? oh i mean, you gotta. You got him you gotta it you gotta play as Cow for the meme. yeah i imagine day one online, it's going to be Cow lobbies everywhere.
01:04:54
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Oh, yeah, for sure. Also, I'm pretty sure I've seen like a pixelated zoomed in screenshots. People theorizing you might be able to play just as a dolphin. There's just a dolphin floating on top of a bike.
01:05:06
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There is a dolphin. no that It is confirmed. I have done the re I have seen the the footage. You got dolphin is character the the dolphin enemy is a character. What if that's Echo? What if that's the news we're getting next year?
01:05:19
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Echo the Dolphin in Mario Kart World Incredible! The collaboration of a lifetime! And then we just need to get him in Smash, and then we're we're good. Yeah. Okay, okay. I want ask you about Smash. Do you think they're going to make... Since Sakurai is working on Air Riders, do you think they're just going to port over Smash Ultimate and give it a few extra fighters or something? Or you think going to see a new Smash game a couple years down the line?
01:05:46
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That's such a tough one. I don't know. It really could go either way, honestly. Um... I would have thought if they maybe if they were to port it over, I feel like that would have been a good launch announcement opportunity yeah with like one new character or something.
01:06:07
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Especially with them announcing all of the like upgrade versions for everything else. You would have thought Smash Ultimate might have been in there too if they were going to do that. So I don't know.
01:06:18
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but also But the other thing is also gotta think that Sakurai has been working on Aeritis for God knows how long. yeah ah We know that he's been working on it since he was doing his ah YouTube channel project.
01:06:32
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awesome Which I think was like two or three years. Right. Or something like that. So we know that he just hasn't had time to do more Smash stuff to even consider doing a... Oh yeah, let's add a... Let's give them...
01:06:49
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Goomba in Smash Bros. i no Let's give him Lakitu. Or Cow. Yeah. Let's give him Cow for Smash Bros. Yeah.
01:07:01
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yeah It's the year of the cow on Nintendo Switch 2. is it Isn't it probably supposed to be like year of the bull? Is that what it's supposed to actually be? yeah It's the year of beef, regardless.
01:07:15
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yeah Where's the beef? Right here on Nintendo Switch 2. but Sponsored by Wendy's.
01:07:22
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Oh my God. Yo, Wendy's Nintendo's new collab. Where's the beef? It's right here on the Nintendo Switch 2 you just see ah a Dave a Hot Single sitting on Switch 2. There's a Dave's Hot Single trophy in Smash.
01:07:36
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That's the only thing they added. ah You can now fight Dave in Smash Ultimate as they put him as a spirit in the game so you can fight Dave yeah and he throws cheeseburgers.
01:07:50
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Yep. um he'll He'll make sure that you got those grill skills.
01:07:57
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Go watch the Wendy's training videos. There's four of them. Oh, they're so good. Okay. You have, you have seen them. Oh, that's amazing. ah good Zach showed when we were playing some fast food simulator, um, a while ago and Zach told us about them. So we watched them as our training video for the game and they are absolutely incredible,
01:08:23
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uh hot drinks will really get you going chili it could be served with cheese uh the cold drinks is pretty boring but uh those you're gonna get those grill skills at the end of the day uh is there anything else you want to add about the switch to nick Um, I don't think so. Maybe I'll just quickly shout out some like, uh, indie slash third party stuff I'm excited for.
01:08:49
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that was featured in like the, the switch to direct stuff, which Brooke looks absolutely gorgeous and looks like a great time. Uh, Marvel cosmic invasion looks really fun.
01:09:01
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um human fall flat two could be interesting. I'm very interested to see how they, uh, kind of do a, uh, a sequel. um And I mean, maybe Silksong might finally be coming out.
01:09:18
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I mean, and the question is, is it going to release before or after its um museum display in Australia? Oh, definitely after. That's almost a guarantee. Damn.
01:09:32
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You can almost guarantee it with Soxong. Time travel is a weird phenomenon that only Michael J. Fox and those that play Insert Map Game Here experience.
01:09:43
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Need time to disappear? Don't worry. That new colony you establish needs a lot of work. Oh, a minor faction that should be easy to fight? This war should be really quick. Oh, shit. Is that the sun?
01:09:57
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map games one minute it's the early evening the next minute the sun has risen and you have three missed calls from your boss well with that it's time for us to move on to our second topic of the day and our second topic what if it was medieval
01:10:18
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That's an Eric Andre joke because he said, what if it were purple that one time? And then what bad shit? Anyways, it'll land with some people. I'm sure.
01:10:30
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Do the dark ages has is now out. And it has shown us that even in hell, the medieval times are bad ass. Mm hmm. And has you you brought up a good question of like what other video game series could pull this off of going back into the medieval times.
01:10:48
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um So, so, Nick, i'll I'll start with you. What games do you think could pull off a medieval times? Entry in their series. You know, Tony, i look once I finally gave this some thought, because this felt like a very like more of a um really cool questioning concept, but then as soon as you kind of start digging through all of the different video game franchises, it became harder and harder for me to figure out what could actually pull this off.
01:11:18
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um Just because like there's already quite a few like developers and publishers and just sort of franchises that are sort of like either already kind of steeped in medieval because that like there's so many fantasy games out there which are like yeah by by their nature ah medieval.
01:11:40
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um But, like, I mean, you try to iterate on certain, even, like, just science fiction ah franchises, um like Fallout, and you just get Elder Scrolls, because that's they're very similar.
01:11:53
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but Yeah. um And then, like, Mass Effect, i mean, they it's just Dragon Age to some extent, right? um Yeah, guess yeah. think Mass Effect's a little bit more narrative. Yeah.
01:12:05
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But... i i think I came up with a few interesting ideas. I feel like probably the closest to the Doom games that could also pull it off would probably be something like Gears of War.
01:12:21
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I think it's probably pretty pretty similar. i mean, like also, having not played any of the Gears games, I have very little knowledge of them. so um but just from like an aesthetic basis. If they have a, if they have a time travel thing in the Gears universe, you could pull it off. Yeah. Yeah. And that's where you run into a lot of issues as well as like, where these like very narrative driven games? It's, it's harder to work in as like a sort of logical leap because like, I mean, the advantage with doom is it is very, it's a a little, they can get silly with it and they have a lot of creative Liberty.
01:12:58
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um but it still sort of works with the world building they've done in these these newer games um but these would just kind of be more like spinoffs I guess almost ah where you just kind of do Gears of War but kind of in medieval times ah you could just do a medieval hitman game okay I was about to I mean it's it would be very very like Assassin's Creed in a way but you'd have that kind of in-depth system that hitman has i was a lone farmer and then the king killed my wife now i'm on a mission to kill the king it's just a surf but he still has the barcode on back on the back of his head
01:13:47
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like you Oh my God. Or you could play into the, the kind of the a world of it all. And instead of a barcode, it's like a brand, like an iron branding on the back of his head. That would actually be sick.
01:14:02
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Yeah. Um, what else? Uh, maybe some more like, uh, something like licensed IPs. Uh, this is more just an excuse to get another like great, uh,
01:14:14
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ah Batman Arkham game, but doing like a Batman Arkham medieval ah game could be really cool. I mean, we've seen Batman Samurai, which was Batman Ninja.
01:14:25
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ah yeah, Ninja. Yeah, just give Batman a katana. do ah Do a mashup of Assassin's Creed, Ghost of Tsushima, and the Arkham games, and I feel like you've got lots of opportunity there and just ah like a lot of creative uh license to give all of the villains like a really cool medieval makeover you know um i know how i got these guys batman i uh got hit by a pitchfork
01:14:58
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got stuck i stood a little too close to the blacksmith God, yeah. god yeah But that would be funny.
01:15:09
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ah yeah would be That would be that be a cool way to to do Batman. For sure, yeah. i um i would I would vibe with that. Yeah, Bruce Wayne is a noble in the kingdom.
01:15:21
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ah wealthy noble. Yeah, He's the richest noble around. He's he's built like five fucking castles. Yeah. Catwoman's the head of the thieves guild or whatever. Oh, yeah. You know, Scarecrow is literally just a Scarecrow in a field. Mr. Mr. Freeze is an ice lich.
01:15:37
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Ooh, now we're talking. Yeah. Like you you can, you can, oh, like, yo, actually, yo, that actually do a Harlequin Harley Quinn, you know, ah and a Jester Joker.
01:15:49
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Oh my God. Well, thank God. Holy shit. It, they I think it's there. I think it's possible. Fuck Warner Warner bros. Hello. Hi.
01:16:00
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We'll implement the freaking nemesis system into, into this too. Bring that over since they've got that copyrighted, you know? It's a good idea.
01:16:12
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Make it happen. um Yeah. ah My last idea was ah a sort of similar vein. um Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles feels perfect.
01:16:24
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I mean, yeah that's it's less medieval and more just like feel Japan or feel China. yeah And just go straight up. Thankfully, thanks to like turtles in time and stuff, you could totally do a science school and the turtles just end up in the medieval period start beating up goblins or something.
01:16:41
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Yep. Yeah, those are kind of one of those IPs where you can just plop the kind of main character into any setting and it sort of inherently works. Same sort of thing with Batman to an extent.
01:16:53
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so No, absolutely. Actually, no, that wasn't my last one. My last one, and arguably maybe my best one, ah would be and a perfect excuse to revive the Guitar Hero franchise and do Bard Hero.
01:17:08
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Oh my god. yes so you Yes. yeah Bardcore, all of those songs. Yep. Yep. Bardcore has... Give us a loot controller.
01:17:22
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Yep, exactly. Exactly. ah You could even have like some sort of a story where you're traveling through this like medieval land trying to gain favor with the the local king.
01:17:37
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um Playing for different guilds and everything. Who knows? That would be super cool. The only downside is Harmonix is now owned by Epic. Oh, Okay.
01:17:48
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Like, like that's why Epic got Fortnite festival mode is because it's, it's harmonics. It's big. That is their, what they're just stuck doing for the rest of their life now. Oh, perfect. Great.
01:18:01
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I love hearing that. Well, I mean, Hey, speaking of, uh, Fortnite, uh, you just rename it. So it's, it's the other Fortnite, uh, and you just make a ah medieval season.
01:18:14
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If they haven't done that already, I'm sure they probably have. Fall Guys did that. That was like their second season that they made it. It was, yeah. Oh, dude. Arguably, they're one of their best intro or like ah starter screen um themes was the the medieval remix of their theme. Yeah, that takes me back a bit. Yeah, yeah man. yeah The last time I played Fall Guys was when they collaborated Final Fantasy XIV.
01:18:38
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Did they actually do that? That's hilarious. Yeah, they collaborated with Final Fantasy XIV and added a whole bunch of cosmetics. That was like the one time I got my battle pass all the way up to like level 100.
01:18:49
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That's hilarious. I maxed it out on FFXIV. Wait, was that the game that we got the bean in the other game? Yeah. the yeah they So they put Final Fantasy cosmetics into all guys nice Fall Guys Fall Guys minigame into Final Fantasy XIV.
01:19:07
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Oh, that's hilarious. And you could get some a bean minion and a penguin minion and the rhinoceros as a mount.
01:19:19
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Nice. Like the pink the pink rhino from that one minigame. Yeah, vi gay yeah, yeah. um Yeah, they added that. I i mean, I maxed out that event pretty quickly to get all the rewards.
01:19:31
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It was all right. You know, for MMO with platforming and latency, it was all right. as As good as they could get it, probably. As good as they could get it. um If you were crazy enough to go for 100 wins to get the title, ah you could do that too. But that was wild.
01:19:49
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Yeah.
01:19:54
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I mean, they'll bring it back.
Medieval and Genre-Shifting Game Concepts
01:19:55
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They bring it back every so often as well. Oh, do they? Nice. Yeah, it's it rotates in and out. Very cool. Yeah. Yeah, those are my yeah those are my picks.
01:20:06
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those is a good You know what? The Batman one, honestly, sounds like the best one. Yeah, i mean, I feel like that's probably got the most the most potential for sure. And I mean, I think fans, Arkham fans are clamoring for for another game.
01:20:22
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So get on it, Warner Brothers. Yeah, I want to see ah Madden or NHL go to the video.
01:20:33
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Medieval hockey? How does that? Medieval hockey. That would be... You're in knight's armor, and it's it's just... Oh, there you go. It's like ice jousting. ah Yeah. Yeah.
01:20:45
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No, exactly. Instead of any time two players from the opposing teams get into a fight, they have to like clear the ice and how put horses on skates, and they just have to have a jousting match. Oh, my God. the rest of the hockey games the exact same but anytime you have to fight instead of doing a fighting mini game it's a jousting mini game joust yeah to just how is yours skating on it's crazy that'd be funny that'd be funny to see uh sonic in the black knight 2 uh
01:21:19
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um Oh, yeah. yeah Sonic would be Yeah, Return to Medieval, except make it a good game. ah what would be crazy e crazy taxi would be funny in that setting crazy cart crazy cart it's uh your a horse drawn carriage and you just hear bard core of the offspring that's the sound yes that's the sound yeah dude i would play that in a heartbeat
01:21:52
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ah That would be, you know what? That would be a pretty, that would be a pretty funny one. A pretty cool one to, to, to see, uh, get medievalified. um Yeah, that's the thing, man. When you look at a bunch of different video games, like fantasy and medieval is a pretty popular setting. Yeah, yeah it's it's pretty popular. make the twist it that is something.
01:22:18
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What about...
01:22:21
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what about you do it the other way um i but i put this question to you to you now nick um what series could pull off what doom did but differently so instead of going medieval going into something a setting that's still like completely like far-fetched from what their core series is oh interesting
01:22:47
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So go from like ah sci-fi to fantasy or fantasy to sci-fi. Or you know sci-fi to sports even. Sports, yeah. like like What like what like jarring thing what's what like what like jarring jumps could some series make?
01:23:06
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and like And have it work. and like Obviously, like a flagship example of this, you put Mario anywhere and it's bound to work. Well, yeah, yeah, that's the easy answer and that's been proven.
01:23:18
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um Like we're talking like Frogger levels where, you know, OG Frogger was him just crossing the street, but GameCube Frogger, he's crossing the street to go on an adventure around the world.
01:23:30
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Right, yeah. Yeah, man. I mean, go full on take Pac-Man and put him, make make a Pac-Man, give Larian Studios the Pac-Man license and do a full like, I don't know, whatever it is, 150 hour at length narrative driven turn-based RPG with Pac-Man characters and feature all of the characters from the Pac-Man animated show.
01:24:03
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ah You can build out a party.
01:24:07
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i think I think that would be a pretty preach pretty jarring I mean, to be fair, Pac-Man is getting that jarring jump with Shadow Loplin. They are. They certainly are. I still am so perplexed on that game and its connection to the bonus level episode.
01:24:23
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Yeah. And which came first. Like, im I'm so confused by that because that episode was like, I was very... put off by that episode and then they showed the game in the switch direct and i'm like oh this actually could be a cool game announced that the game awards initially ah we're all like oh this looks yeah yeah we're like oh it's a new metroidvania boom pac-man dark i'm like what the fuck yeah Yeah, it's so weird. It's weird, but like I guess Pac-Man is doing it. like They're doing what the that that jump of like, oh, little innocent, you need a dark gritty.
01:25:04
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Yeah. ah Yeah, for sure. um i don't know. I think you could do They kind of did this in like the actual Mario movie, but like just do like a plumbing simulator.
01:25:18
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game where Mario and Luigi are running a plumbing business but it's in just like hyper realistic New York like Grand Theft Auto level like hyper realistic map hyper realistic New York but cartoony Mario and Luigi exactly exactly yeah that would be funny that would be good that would be good ah
01:25:42
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trying to think here Final Fantasy Sports i I don't know. I mean, they've given us to the Dissidia games where they put all the worlds into one. Why not give us a Final Fantasy party game?
01:25:55
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Yeah, that could be cool. i play I would play that. Let me play as... NBA. but I don't know what that looks like, but... It's a lot of bugs.
01:26:10
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And the S tier character is obviously the Lord of Dung. Mm-hmm. Yep.
01:26:18
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Because, you know, he always has a ball with him. Exactly, yeah. Yeah, it works. It does. It does.
01:26:29
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ah You know what? So what we got out of this is we need a medieval Batman game. Yeah. And...
01:26:41
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That's it. That's all. That's all we're taking from this. Like if any, if, if anything, if anything should take notes from what doom did it's morning brothers. yeah Yeah, exactly.
01:26:54
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Excellent. Anything else you want to add before we head into the bonus level, Nick? I think we've got this covered, Tony. I think we did a damn fine job. Excellent.
01:27:06
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Well, with that, it's time for us to start closing things out and head right on in to the bonus level. Crazy lists, great deals, and recapping gaming history. It's all here in the bonus level.
01:27:17
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And to kick it off, we got our brand new segment this
Game Clash Tournament
01:27:20
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season. It's Game Clash, a small eight-entry tournament of specific games slash game-related things.
01:27:30
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And since Mr. No-score-Nick here is ah ah a movie TV guy... I like my movies and TV from occasion. We got some video game adaptations, whether they be movies or TV series. So we got eight ah of those shows slash movies randomly seated.
01:27:49
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And you're going to decide who wins this bracket. Starting off match one, Devil May Cry versus Detective Pikachu. So I've seen five of these eight entries. I haven't seen neither of these two.
01:28:01
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Oh, wow. So that one, this one might be a little tough. ah It'll be very biased because I know next to nothing about Devil May Cry, just in general.
01:28:13
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ah So I'm going to go with Detective Pikachu just because I have a little bit more experience with Pokemon. All right. All right. Match two, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 versus the Mario movie.
01:28:24
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I'm going Sonic 3. Oh, shit. Mario was good. It was a fun time, but Sonic 3 actually got me to to tear up, and ah all of the like set pieces were awesome, and we got twice as much Jim Carrey, which is what makes those movies work, by and large. Yeah.
01:28:45
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yeah so And also, Shadow just loves Latinas. Shadow shadow loves Latinas, confirmed. yeah ah Match three, Five Nights at Freddy's versus The Last of Us.
01:28:58
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This is an insane pairing. This is an absolutely insane pairing. It is. I mean, it's got to be Five Nights at Freddy's, right? Actually,
01:29:12
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No, no. Every bone in my body wants to say The Last of Us, but picking Five Nights is the funny choice. Okay, so a Five Nights at Freddy's moves on ah Okay, i was speaking of Last of Us, real quick, because I'm assuming you're watching season two.
01:29:29
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That, yes, I am. What are your thoughts so far? Because I'm hearing ah like I did with the video game. but I'm hearing divisive things about the second season. Look, OK, you know what? First of all, cant we can let's walk back this five nights choice because I can't I can't stick to it. We're putting Last of Us up. I can't. That movie was so bad.
01:29:50
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It was so bad. I think it might have been my least favorite movie of last year or the year it came out wherever whenever it was. i think it was last... but How am I? been two years I think it was two years ago.
01:30:02
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Yeah. um But God, that so... It was so bad. The fort building scene just... I... o I can't. Yeah, let's move Last of Us up. Okay, anyways, um I've been hearing a little bit of divisiveness um for the second season as well.
01:30:18
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um I think, I mean, by and large, like the Colesnotes of it all, I'm enjoying it. I think it's good. I think it's been up a pretty good ah adaptation of the second game so far. So far, I've been very...
01:30:32
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ah interested on how they're trying to play out the story from the game because it's a very... interesting way they ah tell the story in the game that I feel like would be very hard to ah translate to TV.
01:30:55
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um So I think they're doing a pretty decent job so far, but it is, I think, veering a lot a little bit off from how they did it in the game, which is fine because, like, I mean...
01:31:07
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doesn't need to be one-to-one for everything. yeah um I think the choice to um not let Bella Ramsey age up, maybe, like, I feel like it maybe could have improved it a little bit more, but I do think her take on Ellie is a little bit different.
01:31:26
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Well, and quite significantly different from yeah Ashley Johnson's portrayal. um But I do think it's still, still good. Yeah.
01:31:36
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So, okay. Yeah. um You see, I'm going to say this. I thought that was because they announced a season three. I thought that season two was going to be a like in between season that would show more development stuff between Joel and Ellie.
01:31:55
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And they were going to enter the season with Joel getting a hole in one. Right. um Yeah, i I was very speculative on how they were going to do that. Spoilers, I guess, light spoilers for life Last of Us Part II.
01:32:12
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the game's been The game's been out for longer, so... Yeah, for sure. ah um But, yeah, I feel like... I think...
01:32:26
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i don't know I just don't know I think the main story they want to tell is the revenge story of Ellie and uh and then Abby's side of it too um And I think, I just don't know, because I don't know, I mean, I haven't really been seeing much about the backlash of ah doing what they did with Joel, ah kind of relatively in line with the game, like pacing-wise, when they decided to do it.
01:33:04
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so I mean like he might have been able to go either way, but I think maybe there could have been an argument as well for it undermining the way they wanted to tell the story the first time around. And I think honoring that kind of structure um and the core story of it being that whole kind of revenge is a cycle, never ending cycle, I think was their top priority.
01:33:33
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And I think their, Doing that relatively well so far, um but we'll see how it goes in the long run. and Yeah, that we will. I think it might end up being more, my theory is, it might be that they end this season once Abby gets to the theater, and then season three will be Abby's side.
01:33:58
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Oh, okay. And they the end they will just kind of honor ah or like mimic the kind of framing and pacing of the game a lot more closely than maybe some might have anticipated.
01:34:14
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and Okay, yeah. um But like i said, we'll have to wait and see. Yeah, that we will. That we absolutely will. But yeah, I'm not putting Five Nights at Freddy's above The Last of Us this. There's no way in hell I can't do it. Not even for the joke.
01:34:28
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That's fair. Match 4, Castlevania versus Fallout. So this is kind of a ah mix. I have not seen Castlevania. I've heard nothing but amazing things. But I have seen Fallout. So, I mean, if we're going on the bias train, then I'll i'll just have to go with Fallout.
01:34:45
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All right. All right. We now go into the semifinals. Detective Pikachu versus Sonic 3.
01:34:53
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Sonic 3. Like, I mean, it's it's sort of a similar thing. Castlevania versus Fallout. I've seen one, haven't seen the other.
01:35:03
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Last of Us versus Fallout. You know, The Last of Us, I think it's mainly, it's really because I did really enjoy the first season.
01:35:17
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Uh... But I still, it's really just more of a preference thing at this point. um And I feel like if I were to look, plus they're also such different shows too, um just tonally.
01:35:33
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And I feel like if i had to pick between the two, it would be Fallout. Just because I feel like The Last of Us, I will usually, unless I'm really just not in the mood to kind of participate actively in that story and play it myself, then I would watch the show.
01:35:54
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um But if I'm choosing between the show and the game to experience that story, it'll still be the game. So, yeah, I would pick Fallout. Okay, and the final... So that means... Sonic the Hedgehog 3 versus Fallout 3.
01:36:09
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Yeah, I mean, i i really liked Sonic 3. I really did. But yeah, I've got to give it to Fallout for sure. Okay, and Fallout takes this week's Game Clash.
01:36:23
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Incredible. They dropped he dropped a mini nuke on the competition. They did. How many of those have you seen, Tony? Detective Pikachu on a Plane.
01:36:35
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Okay. Is it a good plane movie? It's a good played movie. Yeah, actually it was. That's it. That's the only one you haven't seen Sonic 3? I still haven't seen Sonic. Dude, you've got to see Sonic 3. I've seen the Mario movie. I forgot about the Mario movie. right i know i I need to see all the Sonic movies.
01:36:55
Speaker
You haven't seen any of them? I haven't seen any of them. Yeah, that was my that was one of my um Christmas break things. I caught up for Sonic and then went and saw three in theaters. Three is definitely the best one. did not. i I've been busy playing the games instead of watching them.
01:37:14
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That's understandable, man. I've been busy playing the games and watching Digimon.
Historical Gaming Events and Deals
01:37:21
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ah Moving on to this week in gaming history, May 19th June 1st, here's what happened in the past.
01:37:27
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Some major events on May 21st, 1984, Atari officially discontinued the Atari 5200 video game system. On June 1st, 1981, iMagic is formed by William Grubb and other former executives of Mattel Electronics and Atari with $2 million dollars in venture capital.
01:37:47
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And on June 1st, 1998, Nintendo released the Game Boy camera and printer in North America. As for some game birthdays, here are some games that are getting older.
01:38:00
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um May 19th, Fire Emblem Echoes. The Shadows of Valentia turns 7. May 21st, WarioWare Inc. Mega Micro Games turns 22. May Super Mario Galaxy 2 turns 15 years old. Ooh.
01:38:16
Speaker
That could mean a re-release, potentially. It could mean re-invest. It could. It absolutely could. ah May 25th, Mario vs. Donkey Kong turns 21. May 29th, Mario Party 8 turns 18. It can drink now.
01:38:30
Speaker
That means all of... You can drink and drive. Oh, no. Sorry. That's Mario Kart. All of the good Mario Parties um you can now are now old enough to drink. Perfect.
01:38:41
Speaker
ah but May 30th, Mario Kart 8 turns 11 years old. And June 1st, Pokemon Pinball turns 26.
01:38:52
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Moving on to Tony's game poll. ah This season's question. What franchise deserves a new game in 2025 or 2026 that has not been announced yet?
01:39:04
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Oh, God. That's a big question. I mean, the easy answers for me probably are Halo, Spider-Man 3 could be announced, although I'm kind of actually not.
01:39:19
Speaker
I don't need that in the next year or That can take its sweet time. What else? A new Ori game. That would be great. I would love to get a new Ori game.
01:39:31
Speaker
That would be a good one to see, actually, yeah. Yeah. ah um Yeah, those would be my picks, would say. Nice. Your deals of the week starting off with Epic's free games. Dead Island 2 and Happy Game are free until May 22nd.
01:39:47
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And then we're getting three free games on Epic um afterwards, so do check that out. ah Your Steam sales. Hooded Horse May sale is on until the 29th. The Galactic Civilizations franchise sale is on until the 22nd.
01:40:00
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And Topless Production sale is on until the 22nd as well. Also, Epic Games has a big sale going on as well on their storefront. uh for playstation stuff uh the next level savings is on its until the 21st and the ps indy sale is on until may 28th your achievement of the week is in doom the dark ages give me that which is to acquire the ballistic force crossbow and your game of the week is rune factory guardians of azuma and nick if there's one game older new that you would recommend to our audience what game of would that be
01:40:33
Speaker
ah You know what, Tony?
Cozy Game Recommendation and Social Media Sharing
01:40:35
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It'll be the game I've been streaming, and that is Potion Craft Alchemist Simulator. It's a cozy game, I guess technically a simulation game.
01:40:46
Speaker
um It's a game where you just are alchemist crafting potions for the local townsfolk in your kingdom that you reside in.
01:40:58
Speaker
And you're kind of building up ah your old master's ah alchemy shop. ah researching new potions, unlocking new like effects and everything, combining them to create potions for whatever ah the kind of customer wants.
01:41:15
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You can't, there's like a ah bartering system. There's a popularity system and a reputation system where you can kind of lean more into the ah good side or the bad side.
01:41:27
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um And there's a bunch of like really complicated recipes that you can try and unlock ah to become the ultimate alchemist. And I've just been having a blast with it.
01:41:38
Speaker
Nice. Well, with that, that wraps up ah this week's episode. Another week in the books. We did it. We did it. We made it. Nick, thank you for joining us as always.
01:41:52
Speaker
Tony, thank you for having me as always. Where can we find you on the internet? On the internet, you can find me um on YouTube and all of the big socials, as well as Letterboxd, which is the kind of film film buffs social media tracking platform.
01:42:12
Speaker
um at NoScore or at NoScorePlays, which is my Let's Play channel. And also, as I mentioned before, I just recently started to get into the streaming game. ah So you can find me over on twitch.tv slash NoScoreStreams.
01:42:31
Speaker
Um, and I'll be probably trying to, ah get a semi-regular streaming schedule going in the, in the coming weeks. Uh, so stay tuned there, but yeah, everywhere else, uh, no score, no score reviews.
01:42:45
Speaker
Um, I have, I don't, uh, put out a ton of new stuff, uh, lately, but I do have a decent backlog of videos. you can go watch either on my let's play channel or on my, uh, review show channel, uh, my review show, the no score review show, where I talk about movies, games and video and, uh, TV.
01:43:03
Speaker
Um, and yeah, that's where you can find me. And of course, you can find me at Tony's Game Lounge everywhere as well. Twitter, Blue Sky, Instagram, TikTok, Twitch, and YouTube. We've got some new videos in the works, so stay tuned for those. And of course, you can find highlights of this week's episode over on the YouTube every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
01:43:25
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um So look forward to those. And Nick, thank you once again for coming on. Thanks again, Tony. Until next time. And thank you, the listener, for tuning in. Be sure to like, share, and follow the podcast on whatever streaming platform you're listening to this on.
01:43:41
Speaker
We will be back in two weeks with a brand new episode with another returning guest on the next episode. One that we have not heard from in a couple of years, so do stay tuned for that, and we will see you right back here next time in the Game Lounge.
01:43:59
Speaker
Bye. Thanks for listening to this week's episode of Tony's Game Lounge. New episodes release every two weeks. Make sure to follow, like, and share the podcast on your streaming service and follow us on Instagram, YouTube, Twitch, and X.