WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:14.720 He'll be like Amy Beer, it's the Internet. You're busy. 2 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:17.800 Let's do this for October thirty first, twenty twenty four. 3 00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:20.600 For the next hour or so, let me help you 4 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:23.079 sort through the world of gaming on Game Mess Mornings 5 00:00:23.079 --> 00:00:27.120 Live with Me Jeff Grub Today Nintendo announced another very 6 00:00:27.160 --> 00:00:30.359 weird product and it's out now. But first please join 7 00:00:30.399 --> 00:00:33.600 me in welcoming today's co host to Game Mess Mornings. 8 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:37.320 It's Jan A Shoa. Everybody, Jan how are we doing? 9 00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:39.640 Oh? 10 00:00:39.759 --> 00:00:42.640 Yeah, okay, yeah. 11 00:00:42.840 --> 00:00:45.719 Yeah, yeah yeah. 12 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:48.280 Fantom had more layoffs. They laid off a bunch of 13 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:50.159 people over at GameSpot. We lost a lot of friends, 14 00:00:50.439 --> 00:00:54.359 a lot of people we work with. I am very 15 00:00:54.399 --> 00:00:58.479 sad about it, and it was one that kind of 16 00:00:58.479 --> 00:01:02.719 caught us off guard. Like these tend to do Giant 17 00:01:02.719 --> 00:01:05.959 bomb mostly intact. Although what does that mean when we 18 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:08.000 do lose so many people that we work with regularly? 19 00:01:09.959 --> 00:01:12.159 You know, we're here, We're going to keep making stuff. 20 00:01:13.239 --> 00:01:15.239 But yeah, I don't know, Jam, what do we say? 21 00:01:16.959 --> 00:01:20.519 We say that we're going to continue on and trying 22 00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:23.640 to do what we've been doing until the wheels fall 23 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:27.560 off and they dead bolt the door. I do want 24 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:32.560 to give a series of special shoutouts grub one of course, 25 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:35.159 to our dear friend who was affected by the layoffs, 26 00:01:35.799 --> 00:01:39.760 Bailey Myers. Bailey Myers will forever be integral to the 27 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:42.920 fabric of this website. No matter how long that she 28 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:47.840 was had a presence here, her presence will be sorely missed. 29 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:49.400 The absence will be noticeable. 30 00:01:50.480 --> 00:01:55.959 She was a fantastic part of this website. Yeah, yeah, 31 00:01:56.079 --> 00:01:58.079 I'm gonna miss her dearly. I know she's not dead, 32 00:01:58.599 --> 00:02:03.120 but it's. 33 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:03.200 Just it becomes hard to work with people once they 34 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:06.319 get laid off though. It just becomes tricky. So it's like, man, 35 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:08.360 I would just love to make make that make sense. 36 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:10.840 But yes, she's not dead, but boy, they just just 37 00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:12.360 gonna miss her a lot. Still. 38 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:17.360 Yeah, she's online all over the place, So if you 39 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:20.680 have the means to help support Bailey while she's in 40 00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:23.800 this transition period of looking for a new gig, please 41 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:30.319 support Bailey. If you're watching the live chat, then several 42 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:33.000 folks have posted all of her info different places you 43 00:02:33.039 --> 00:02:36.919 can go support Bailey. She's You've got a Patreon, go 44 00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:40.159 follow her on Twitch as well. And hey, if you 45 00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:43.919 know anyone that is looking for a fantastic writer, producer host. 46 00:02:44.680 --> 00:02:48.199 Your team will be exponentially better with Bailey Myers on 47 00:02:48.240 --> 00:02:51.400 your team. Additionally, I want to shout out the Game 48 00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:56.319 Spot video team often Grub, I think the most overlooked, 49 00:02:56.560 --> 00:02:59.039 yet the hardest working video team in games media. 50 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:00.000 Very hard working. 51 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:05.560 Already, they were already a very small team that put 52 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:11.439 out so much content and did so much work. Unfortunately, 53 00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:15.240 their video team was greatly affected in these layoffs, and 54 00:03:16.360 --> 00:03:18.520 my heart obviously goes out to the folks laid off, 55 00:03:18.520 --> 00:03:20.919 but my heart definitely goes out to the team remaining, 56 00:03:21.400 --> 00:03:26.680 because hey, they put in obscene, obscene amounts of effort 57 00:03:26.800 --> 00:03:31.439 and work every single day, And yeah, I just care 58 00:03:31.479 --> 00:03:34.080 about that team a lot. I've worked alongside them for 59 00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:36.439 as long as I've been here, so I know how 60 00:03:36.560 --> 00:03:38.400 much they grind, and I know how much they care 61 00:03:38.520 --> 00:03:42.800 about this job. So I love that crew, and I hope, 62 00:03:43.479 --> 00:03:45.280 I hope that we can weather the storm together. Grub. 63 00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:48.840 Yeah, yep, I mean, like you said, we'll be here 64 00:03:48.879 --> 00:03:52.759 till they kick us out. But yeah, it just becomes 65 00:03:52.840 --> 00:03:56.400 a little bit more difficult each time. You know, corporations 66 00:03:56.400 --> 00:03:58.840 have never made anything. It's always people that make things. 67 00:03:59.000 --> 00:04:02.919 So when you get a chance to work with great people. 68 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:07.800 That's so much more important than than supporting you know, 69 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:10.159 the place you work, which, hey, thanks for the money, 70 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:14.840 but I like Bailey way more than you, so kind 71 00:04:14.840 --> 00:04:17.959 of looking around at you know how how I'm gonna 72 00:04:17.959 --> 00:04:20.720 feel about this going forward. It's you know, we'll bounce 73 00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:25.519 back the wounds heal, I guess, but I wish they 74 00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:27.360 would stop making it so difficult. I really do. 75 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:30.839 We We do our job, and I think we do 76 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:35.759 our job incredibly well, and we grub Specifically, on this show, 77 00:04:36.399 --> 00:04:38.920 we talk about layoffs a lot, so folks know our 78 00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:44.160 feelings on layoffs and who we may feel that the 79 00:04:45.720 --> 00:04:48.399 you know, I don't want to say enemy, but the 80 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:52.639 antagonistic force may be versus the people that we care about. Yep, 81 00:04:54.160 --> 00:04:56.920 I can't believe they did this on Women's Day. 82 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:00.920 All right, let's explain what we do here most weekdays. 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All right, 92 00:05:27.720 --> 00:05:29.319 we have a lot to get into, so let's start 93 00:05:29.319 --> 00:05:34.480 the morning mess with Nintendo Music announced for iOS and Android. 94 00:05:34.879 --> 00:05:39.439 It's a music streaming service exclusively for Nintendo Switch Online members. 95 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:43.120 This is from sal Ramano at Kamatsu. Nintendo has announced 96 00:05:43.240 --> 00:05:46.879 Nintendo Music, a new application for iOS and Android featuring 97 00:05:46.959 --> 00:05:50.639 music from various Nintendo titles. It is available now via 98 00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:54.240 App Store and Google Play exclusively for Nintendo Switch Online 99 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:57.279 members at no additional costs. So basically, you go to 100 00:05:57.360 --> 00:05:59.680 one of these app stores, you download it, you sign 101 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:01.920 in with you're a Nintendo account that is associated with 102 00:06:01.959 --> 00:06:04.319 wherever you're paying the subscription fee, you know, twenty dollars 103 00:06:04.360 --> 00:06:06.639 a year, fifty dollars a year for the various tiers 104 00:06:06.720 --> 00:06:09.480 of Nintendo Switch Online, and that gets you access to 105 00:06:09.519 --> 00:06:12.000 this app. Which here's how it breaks down, like what 106 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:14.600 it actually offers. With the Nintendo Music, you could stream 107 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:16.800 songs right from the app or download them to the 108 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:19.839 app for offline listening. It's it's you know, it's Spotify. 109 00:06:20.319 --> 00:06:23.839 Search for songs by game title, track name, playlist name, 110 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:27.319 or even browse by screenshot. Need background music while you 111 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:30.040 work or study, you can loop songs or extend select 112 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:33.920 tracks to fifteen, thirty or sixty minutes for unit excuse 113 00:06:33.959 --> 00:06:37.240 me uninterrupted listening. Gee, I tried that out. That's a 114 00:06:37.240 --> 00:06:40.639 pretty neat thing. That's a neat feature. Yeah, yeah, that's 115 00:06:40.639 --> 00:06:42.879 pretty neat. Actually yeah, it's like they have a little 116 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:44.839 bit of extra jus to put on this thing, and 117 00:06:44.879 --> 00:06:48.720 this is pretty neat. There's also no need to worry 118 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:52.920 about game spoilers either, because you can filter out soundtracks 119 00:06:52.920 --> 00:06:55.839 that may spoil certain moments for you. When I did 120 00:06:55.879 --> 00:06:58.600 install this app, the first screen you get is a 121 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:01.319 spoiler warning jam and then I was just like, you 122 00:07:01.399 --> 00:07:05.439 all have gone too far. You've gone too far now. 123 00:07:05.519 --> 00:07:07.519 To be fair, some of the tracks are accompanied with 124 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:12.360 screenshots that maybe show key moments, but come on, what 125 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:14.279 are we talking about now? To be fair, that the 126 00:07:14.319 --> 00:07:18.600 fact that you could filter out songs and screenshots that 127 00:07:18.680 --> 00:07:23.040 might potentially spoil a game another kind of neat feature 128 00:07:23.079 --> 00:07:26.879 that they have. But boy, that's a weird obsession. But 129 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:29.839 give like, leave it up to Nintendo. To think about that. 130 00:07:30.480 --> 00:07:34.000 Sure, I can't say when I'm listening to any type 131 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:36.800 of music on my phone or other mobile device, I'm 132 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:40.560 actively looking at the art that is associated with the track. 133 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:42.399 But I guess thanks to Nintendo. 134 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:46.199 I guess sure, thanks Nintendo is maybe what we should 135 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:47.959 be saying to them for everything they've been doing, right 136 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:51.879 like in this last few weeks, I guess, thank you, grub. 137 00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:55.360 This is my conspiracy theory because they Nintendo doesn't want 138 00:07:55.360 --> 00:07:58.879 to give me a watch. I think they are trying 139 00:07:58.920 --> 00:08:03.040 to get out all of the miscellaneous announcements and different 140 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:05.480 bits and bobs that they have made for this specific 141 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:08.360 generation out of the way now, so then they can 142 00:08:08.480 --> 00:08:11.279 unload and just do the switch to without any of 143 00:08:11.319 --> 00:08:13.680 this miscellaneous stuff that they've been working on in the 144 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:15.600 background looming over them. 145 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:19.079 Yeah, it feels a little bit like, you know, maybe 146 00:08:19.079 --> 00:08:21.600 not garbage day, right, but like definitely like hey, like 147 00:08:22.079 --> 00:08:24.560 it feels like fall cleaning. It feels like, hey, we 148 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:29.160 got some big plans for the next year. We got 149 00:08:29.560 --> 00:08:32.240 we got out of you know, the summer doldrums or 150 00:08:32.240 --> 00:08:34.919 in the fall, we got to start making some preparations 151 00:08:34.919 --> 00:08:36.879 and some moves to make sure we are good and 152 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:40.200 lean and ready to go when next year gets here 153 00:08:40.559 --> 00:08:42.720 and we actually have a new system. I think you're right. 154 00:08:42.759 --> 00:08:45.399 I mean it definitely feels that way. A lot of 155 00:08:45.399 --> 00:08:47.159 these things. Fee feel like, hey, these are products that 156 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:49.240 we've been working on for a while, when when do 157 00:08:49.279 --> 00:08:51.360 they make sense? Well, we ran out of that time. Now, 158 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:53.320 we just got to do it now because it will 159 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:56.320 make less sense when we are in the full bore 160 00:08:56.799 --> 00:09:00.679 sprint of launching switch To and then supporting which is 161 00:09:00.679 --> 00:09:02.720 going to be a year's long process of that being 162 00:09:02.759 --> 00:09:03.279 the focus. 163 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:07.480 Like, uh, no offense to Alarmo. But I think Alarmo 164 00:09:07.559 --> 00:09:10.600 would have just would have been forgotten about had it 165 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:13.000 been announced post a switch To announcement. 166 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:15.000 Yeah, I mean I think you know, Nintendo fans are 167 00:09:15.080 --> 00:09:17.600 especially thirsty right now, so like there's that side of 168 00:09:17.639 --> 00:09:21.000 it where it's a hey, anything new from Nintendo has 169 00:09:21.039 --> 00:09:22.559 a little bit of extra shine to it because we're 170 00:09:22.559 --> 00:09:25.240 all so antsy for what's next once switch To is 171 00:09:25.279 --> 00:09:27.320 here and satiates that a bit. Yeah, I think you're 172 00:09:27.399 --> 00:09:29.799 right that, like something like the Alarmo gets you know, 173 00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:31.679 it still sells to the freaks like me, but it 174 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:33.159 gets covered up a little bit more. 175 00:09:34.320 --> 00:09:38.039 It's Uh, it's entertaining also because Greb, in my head, 176 00:09:38.519 --> 00:09:41.480 I am thinking that Nintendo has had all these things 177 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:44.000 in the pipeline ready to go, just waiting for the 178 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:47.200 right time to drop it. I think I think there 179 00:09:47.240 --> 00:09:49.600 may also be a fire sale of like, hey, does 180 00:09:49.639 --> 00:09:51.960 anyone have a quick idea that we can just pump 181 00:09:51.960 --> 00:09:55.480 out the baby because people are itching for Nintendo. 182 00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:57.080 I yet, I mean not a bad point because they 183 00:09:57.080 --> 00:09:59.919 I mean again, according to the reporting, the switch to 184 00:10:00.519 --> 00:10:03.120 was maybe originally supposed to come out around this time, 185 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:06.159 or at least that was one of the considered options 186 00:10:06.200 --> 00:10:09.360 at Nintendo, and then internally they moved it from around 187 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:12.720 this time to next year and like kind of later 188 00:10:12.759 --> 00:10:14.799 into next year now now based on what we've heard 189 00:10:14.799 --> 00:10:17.720 from them, So yeah, maybe like okay, we have a 190 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:20.519 little bit of an opportunity here to do some stuff. 191 00:10:20.559 --> 00:10:22.840 Who's got a project that's not that they've been working 192 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:24.840 on that they can maybe get ready? And here we are. 193 00:10:25.519 --> 00:10:29.320 Yeah. Now I'm thinking about especially all the different headlines 194 00:10:29.320 --> 00:10:31.120 that have come out of Nintendo in terms of like 195 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:34.720 odd announcements like the online test for example, like why 196 00:10:34.759 --> 00:10:37.360 be so cagy and mysterious about it? Well, maybe it's 197 00:10:37.399 --> 00:10:39.799 just something that was a little half baked and that 198 00:10:40.200 --> 00:10:43.039 they you know, just kind of want to slowly get 199 00:10:43.039 --> 00:10:45.799 out the door before the switch to proper mm hm 200 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:48.039 and generate some type of excitement. 201 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:54.919 Now, it's Nintendo Music is not as fully featured in 202 00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:58.240 terms of having into No music as my YouTube music appuh, 203 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:02.240 which I have because I YouTube premium. That just people 204 00:11:02.279 --> 00:11:03.759 just upload all kinds of stuff to there. Now that 205 00:11:03.879 --> 00:11:08.480 might change. Nintendo could decide to start copyrighting, copyright striking 206 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:11.840 a lot of that stuff. But you know, I'm listen, 207 00:11:11.879 --> 00:11:14.399 I'm okay with using the Nintendo Music app here there. 208 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:16.519 I have my own ways of accessing that, accessing that 209 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:18.919 music if I really want to listen to it. But 210 00:11:19.720 --> 00:11:24.159 you know, it has something like twenty four soundtracks. I 211 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:26.159 don't know, It's not like some massive number. Yet they 212 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:28.399 say they're gonna add more, but they don't have some 213 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:32.159 massive number. There's like, you know, three nes games and 214 00:11:32.320 --> 00:11:35.240 one or two Super Nintendo games, things like that. Like 215 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:38.480 it's got Donkey Kong Country, doesn't have Donkey Kong Country too, 216 00:11:38.519 --> 00:11:41.840 which has you know, an equally incredible soundtracks. Shout outs 217 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:45.120 to Sticker Brush Symphony, a song equally as good as 218 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:52.399 aquatic ambience, so you know, this being Nintendo's own siloed thing, 219 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:54.840 you kind I think I was expecting them to like 220 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:57.519 go a little bit more of like recognizing that you 221 00:11:57.559 --> 00:12:00.399 need a little bit more songs to make this feel 222 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:03.399 like valuable. But I don't know, maybe not, maybe that 223 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:05.120 maybe if they're just like going after fans and the 224 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:05.840 fans won't care. 225 00:12:06.840 --> 00:12:10.759 Yeah, I would like to see how this eventually evolves 226 00:12:10.799 --> 00:12:13.759 and grows. I guess I will go check this out, 227 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:17.720 despite also having YouTube Premium and a Spotify account where 228 00:12:18.039 --> 00:12:21.200 there is lots of music uploaded everywhere grub yep, absolutely 229 00:12:21.240 --> 00:12:25.840 and but YouTube and Spotify don't give me spoiler warnings. 230 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:29.279 That's true. You can you can search for the extended 231 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:32.159 ten hour version of some of these songs so they listen. 232 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:34.279 It might be even better on YouTube in some ways. 233 00:12:34.279 --> 00:12:39.840 But uh yeah, I'm I'm like, will I care in 234 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:41.679 a couple of weeks if they announced serious of some 235 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:44.440 new songs, I will be surprised if I'm still like 236 00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:47.519 actively using this app, But right now it's a novelty. 237 00:12:47.600 --> 00:12:49.440 I'll keep booting up for a little bit. I think 238 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:53.480 is the we shop music there? We shop music is 239 00:12:53.879 --> 00:12:54.879 in fact there. 240 00:12:55.399 --> 00:12:58.799 Yes, okay, well grab I'm gonna buy two phones and 241 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:01.440 then download this app. It won't do anything, but I 242 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:02.000 need it. 243 00:13:02.200 --> 00:13:04.240 You can like yeah, synk them up and stuff like that. 244 00:13:04.360 --> 00:13:08.320 Get your get your own stereo system going there. That 245 00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:14.159 could be fun. Yeah, it like, does this make it 246 00:13:14.200 --> 00:13:18.120 more likely that anyone stay subscribed to Nintendo switch online? 247 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:20.879 Obviously that seems to be like the thinking like you 248 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:23.679 added a little bit of value to that, But I 249 00:13:23.679 --> 00:13:25.360 don't know if that really makes a difference. For like, 250 00:13:25.519 --> 00:13:28.000 no one was subscribing to Nintendo switch Online thinking I 251 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:29.919 hope they add a bunch of extra features outside of 252 00:13:29.960 --> 00:13:31.679 me playing video games. 253 00:13:32.080 --> 00:13:34.919 Yeah, I guess it's a fun bonus, right, Yeah, it 254 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:40.320 doesn't hurt, It doesn't hurt. And sure it's it's a. 255 00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:45.080 Okay yeah, sure, yeah whatever, I'll take this. I'll take 256 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:47.080 this toy with my happy meal that I probably don't 257 00:13:47.080 --> 00:13:49.679 even care or care about or want. Yeah. 258 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:54.240 It's like when a friend overcorrects on a problem. Yeah, 259 00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:57.559 it's like, oh you did it. Oh okay, okay, cool, 260 00:13:57.600 --> 00:14:00.840 thank you. Yes, So I'll take this this weird gift. Sure, 261 00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:03.720 I'm glad you. Oh you made this yourself. Okay, very 262 00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:06.120 very cute, nice, nice. 263 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:12.240 We'll see. Nintendo historically very weird with releasing their soundtracks, 264 00:14:12.279 --> 00:14:15.279 so I guess any movement on that front is welcome. 265 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:20.279 You know, Nintendo typically, especially outside of Japan, has not 266 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:25.039 released their soundtracks commercially because there's some mechanical license thing 267 00:14:25.039 --> 00:14:26.960 where once you do that, then people can cover your 268 00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:30.399 songs legally, and Nintendo doesn't like that because they're so weird. 269 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:32.799 I don't know if that. I don't know if this 270 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:35.360 changes that. The fact that they've made it available, like 271 00:14:35.440 --> 00:14:37.679 there was some streaming service now, is that account as 272 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:39.799 a release. I would think it would, but I don't 273 00:14:39.799 --> 00:14:42.039 know the wall well enough to understand that. But I 274 00:14:42.039 --> 00:14:44.919 guess any sort of thawing of the ice on Nintendo 275 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:48.440 and their soundtracks is some movement that I think is good. 276 00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:54.279 I when we visited Packs West two years ago and 277 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:58.120 we stopped by that Nintendo section, I really did enjoy 278 00:14:58.159 --> 00:15:03.000 that super Mario Big Band oh yeah stuff doing covers 279 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:07.000 of Mario songs. If something like that gets rolled out 280 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:09.799 onto this, that'd be also super cool. Just having that 281 00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:12.840 on a loop would be neat. I don't know, like 282 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:19.000 h officially licensed Nintendo covers or whatever. Maybe ed Sheeran 283 00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:21.399 and his Pokemon songs will also be on this. 284 00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:25.639 Now, Oh well, don't forget about Posty. Oh right, Posty, 285 00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:30.440 don't forget about Posty and his Pokemon songs. I'm like, 286 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:34.039 I'm gonna check Nintendo. I like because like the last 287 00:15:34.039 --> 00:15:37.080 time they did something similar to this, it was a 288 00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:42.799 music soundtrack listening feature in Super Smash Brothers Ultimate, Right, 289 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:46.480 is the entire Smash Brother's Ultimate Soundtrack in here? Because 290 00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:48.519 if that, if it is, that's a lot of songs 291 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:50.840 right there, I'm gonna say it probably isn't Let's see 292 00:15:51.039 --> 00:15:55.519 smash bro not Snack Brothers, snash Bros. 293 00:15:56.120 --> 00:15:57.039 That's what they call us. 294 00:15:57.159 --> 00:16:01.279 Yep, no, no, no results at all. Also for smash 295 00:16:01.320 --> 00:16:05.279 Bros in the app. So yeah, it's like, okay, at 296 00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:07.840 add that please? I mean, now, I know a lot 297 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:10.320 some of those songs are covers of other people's music, 298 00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:13.559 but you know, the cover law exists for a reason, 299 00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:15.159 so you can put that stuff out there and you 300 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:16.519 just got to share a little bit of the revenue. 301 00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:18.360 Will you'd be willing to Would you be willing to 302 00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:21.320 do that? I would hope so, and so yeah that 303 00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:23.080 if they think about that soundtrack and make it a 304 00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:25.519 little bit more easily accessible, then you know, I guess 305 00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:27.159 I have. That's the one I have on my Plex 306 00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:28.720 server because it's so good and I just listened to 307 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:30.720 it all the time. But if you make it easy 308 00:16:31.039 --> 00:16:33.440 to access to access for a lot of other people, 309 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:36.480 that could make a move there. That's a really good soundtrack. 310 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:41.960 All right, let's move along here. Stick with Nintendo for 311 00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:45.600 the next couple of stories. Nintendo Subsidi, a Nintendo subsidiary, 312 00:16:45.799 --> 00:16:49.600 isn't actually laying off employees, despite rumors to the contrary. 313 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:52.480 At least that's according to this headline from Victoria Kennedy 314 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:57.720 at Eurogamer. Nintendo subsidiary Mario Club Company Limited isn't laying 315 00:16:57.720 --> 00:17:01.279 off employees. Earlier this week, a report from Japanese outlet 316 00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:04.880 League Press claimed Mario Club Company Limited was letting go 317 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:08.000 of approximately one hundred and fifty of its four hundred employees. 318 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:10.440 It was said said It was said the layoffs were 319 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:13.599 happening across various groups within the company. However, in the 320 00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:17.079 time since this initial report, Nintendo has debunked these claims. 321 00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:22.480 In a statement provided to Eurogamer, a Nintendo spokesperson spokesperson said, 322 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:25.519 we have confirmed with Mario Club Company Limited that the 323 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:29.440 rumored information and the report is untrue. Mario Club Company 324 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:32.799 Limited is a game testing and debugging team for many 325 00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:36.440 of Nintendo's games. Its recent credits include Luigi's Mansion, two HD, 326 00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:40.200 Princess Peach, Showtime, and Super Mario Brothers Wondered to just 327 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:46.319 name a few. Apparently, like the original reporting here said 328 00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:51.000 that this was maybe a little bit similar, but not 329 00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:53.519 exactly the way Nintendo or a lot of Japanese companies 330 00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:57.279 do it, where they put people into rooms, eviction rooms 331 00:17:57.319 --> 00:18:00.359 and just set them there until they quit. But that like, 332 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:03.960 apparently the Nintendo or this Mario Club company was doing 333 00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:08.000 something akin to that, and now that's maybe not the case, 334 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:10.440 or maybe Nintender's are like, well, we're not laying them 335 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:12.799 off for not firing anybody, but we are maybe still 336 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:15.160 putting them in weird rooms. I don't know exactly how 337 00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:18.039 to read this. I'll say it did seem maybe not 338 00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:22.160 exactly like Nintendo's style, but I don't know. They tend 339 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:24.599 to just like hire so slowly that they never really 340 00:18:24.599 --> 00:18:28.119 have much of a need to lay people off, And 341 00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:30.839 I would bet that they would need a lot of 342 00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:33.680 testing and debugging as they get ready to launch the 343 00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:34.440 Switch to right. 344 00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:38.920 I yeah, I would assume that is absolutely essential, especially 345 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:43.079 if this has been like a subsidiary team, and that 346 00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:46.359 they would need like a lot of work going on 347 00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:52.240 to check these other games, especially if whatever ab team 348 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:55.920 is working on the first party titles or even just 349 00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:59.480 like the inner workings of the Switch too. You would 350 00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:02.319 need that so port especially with this like looming in 351 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:06.200 the background. I can't imagine that something like Alarma or 352 00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:12.319 this Nintendo music app is requiring many resources, So I 353 00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:16.559 would assume that those everyone is hands up, hands on 354 00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:21.319 deck at Nintendo for the Switch to Also, I guess 355 00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:25.359 how much of like would Nintendo's developing team be involved 356 00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:27.759 with a museum. I can't imagine much, if at all. 357 00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:34.640 It's also this whole concept of quiet quitting rooms. I 358 00:19:34.680 --> 00:19:37.240 would live in there. I would live in there. 359 00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:40.240 Yeah, yeah for real. I wonder, like, I'm sure it's 360 00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:42.279 like a lot of it's cultural, Like I'm sure there's 361 00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:44.759 some like shame involved that that like a lot of 362 00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:46.720 people to not accept it. But it's like, can you 363 00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:48.519 like read a book? Can I just go in there 364 00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:51.680 and read a book? I read a book. I'm like, like, 365 00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:54.640 put me in there. Can I can bring my game 366 00:19:54.640 --> 00:19:58.319 Boy Color, may play some play some video games. 367 00:19:58.480 --> 00:20:00.319 I would wear one of those hats with the happy 368 00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:02.000 ears and just hide my AirPods there. 369 00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:07.000 Yeah, there you go. Yes. I used to have, you know, 370 00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:10.039 the wired headphones that would go up through my shirt 371 00:20:10.119 --> 00:20:12.039 and then my hair would come down over here so 372 00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:12.440 no one. 373 00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:13.000 Could ever see. 374 00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:15.359 And they were black. It was a black cord. So 375 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:17.359 I would wear my headphones during work all the time. 376 00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:19.559 Of course that would Yeah. 377 00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:21.359 I have raw Dog a flight before I could raw 378 00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:21.920 Dog work. 379 00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:24.079 Yeah right, I mean, listen, if it's if I can't 380 00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:26.160 do any of this and I just kind of stare, 381 00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:28.160 I would, I would. I would take some time and 382 00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:30.759 I would just stare and get paid. Sure. Ell yeah, 383 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:35.960 let's get paid to stare. Now. That's not to sympathize 384 00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:38.079 with anybody who is dealing with that and hates it. 385 00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:40.880 Of course you might hate that and uh and that 386 00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:43.839 that sucks. It's weird. It's a weird thing that Japan does. 387 00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:46.799 But hey, also also weird is just laying off a 388 00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:49.119 bunch of people and saying, get the hell out of 389 00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:51.839 the door. Some big corporations are weird about you know 390 00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:56.480 about these things across the board. Now, maybe Nintendo isn't 391 00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:59.799 actually doing this. They're saying that the reporting is not accurate. 392 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:03.119 So we'll see. I'm sure we'll kind of hear more 393 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:05.720 about this if that's not the case. But in the meantime, 394 00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:09.000 sounds like Mario Mario Club Company Limited is going to 395 00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:15.880 continue as is. Okay, all right, let's see random from 396 00:21:16.119 --> 00:21:19.400 Nintendo Life. Someone's figured out how to run custom code 397 00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:22.839 on Nintendo's alarmo. This is from a lot of eggs. Look, 398 00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:24.799 it was only a matter of time before people started 399 00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:28.559 using the alarmo for things that aren't sleep or alarm 400 00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:33.240 clock related. And Gary oder Nixt, who usually works on 401 00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:36.240