WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.400 --> 00:00:07.879 Hey, everybody, welcome to game Est Mornings with Me Jeff 2 00:00:07.919 --> 00:00:09.839 Grab your host from giant bomb dot com. Thank you 3 00:00:09.839 --> 00:00:11.880 for tuning in. In this episode, we're going to be 4 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:15.640 talking about what happened at that Nintendo direct. It's gonna 5 00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:17.399 be a good one because we have Lex Ludi on 6 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:19.320 the show. Lexi, how are you doing? 7 00:00:20.440 --> 00:00:23.399 You know, gub I think that your co workers have 8 00:00:23.480 --> 00:00:25.960 left you high and dry this week. It's really unfair. 9 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:29.440 And did you see those fucking jokers over on kind 10 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:32.880 of funny yesday? Did you see those marks, those absolute 11 00:00:32.920 --> 00:00:38.840 marks wearing their own merchandise together, Miller, Mike Minati. They 12 00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:41.880 go they go to the concert wearing the band shirt. 13 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:44.679 It's like and they're the band. Yeah. 14 00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:47.880 Yeah, it's unbelievable, unbelievable. 15 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:49.960 They could at least get a shirt exchange, right, you 16 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:51.920 wear my shirt, I wear your shirt. 17 00:00:52.159 --> 00:00:55.520 But no, they'll be like, it'll be like a sports game, 18 00:00:55.600 --> 00:00:57.240 you know, at the end they're like a good game 19 00:00:57.280 --> 00:01:00.479 and they trade shirts. But no, No, it was my 20 00:01:00.520 --> 00:01:05.920 birthday yesterday, Happy birthday. Nintendo decided to celebrate by giving 21 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:08.760 me a direct with just things that only I'm in, Yes, 22 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:10.000 no one else. 23 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:13.599 The Lex Luody Direct Yeah, there was quite a few 24 00:01:13.599 --> 00:01:15.799 things in there for you. I enjoyed the director overall 25 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:20.439 as well. My expectation, Lexi, is that overall the reception 26 00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:25.400 on that is going to be chilly. Yeah, cool luke 27 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:29.799 maybe just luke warm even But hey, I liked a 28 00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:31.319 lot of those games in there, and I'm still playing 29 00:01:31.359 --> 00:01:33.239 Donkey Kong, so I'm still very happy with my switch 30 00:01:33.319 --> 00:01:36.040 to This is how it goes. Sometimes sometimes you get 31 00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:37.439 directs that don't have a lot of stuff in there 32 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:40.599 for you, and I think the problem is the hype 33 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:43.599 for this direct, as usual, got pretty out of hand, 34 00:01:43.719 --> 00:01:45.680 and then when it was announced to be a partner direct, 35 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:48.480 that was the first little bit of oh no, this 36 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:51.319 is not going to have the stuff I need. I've 37 00:01:51.400 --> 00:01:53.840 definitely been out there being like, I want the Metroid 38 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:56.319 Prime for release date, But as soon as it was 39 00:01:56.319 --> 00:01:58.519 a partner director, knew that wasn't gonna happen. And now 40 00:01:58.519 --> 00:02:01.599 it's like, okay, if they don't have that until a 41 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:06.359 September direct, which in all honesty doesn't It doesn't necessarily 42 00:02:06.359 --> 00:02:09.080 have to be super far away. Right We're talking five 43 00:02:09.159 --> 00:02:11.719 to five to eight weeks for something like that, right, 44 00:02:11.759 --> 00:02:15.280 Is that? Is that correct? On time. Uh, Septembers after August. 45 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:19.599 That's still how it goes, so uh that doesn't seem 46 00:02:19.639 --> 00:02:21.240 too out of the ram of possibility. And then there's 47 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:24.400 always the Nintendo Today at but we'll talk about all that. 48 00:02:24.719 --> 00:02:26.960 What'd you do for your birthday? I'm sure you're like, look, 49 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:29.759 you're You're one of the youngest hippus people I know, 50 00:02:30.479 --> 00:02:35.879 so I'm sure you were partying, mingling with the supermodels 51 00:02:35.919 --> 00:02:38.280 and drug dealers. So what you end up doing? 52 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:42.759 I mainly stay it at home and just played Tears 53 00:02:42.759 --> 00:02:45.000 of the Kingdom all day, which was pretty good because 54 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:46.199 I'm finally beating that game. 55 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:49.120 That's not true. You some art, right, didn't you do 56 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:49.759 some artwork? 57 00:02:50.039 --> 00:02:53.879 Oh? Yeah? I played Mario Paint. I turned into I've 58 00:02:53.879 --> 00:02:57.680 spent too much time around fucking millennials, and it's gloving 59 00:02:57.759 --> 00:03:01.840 off on the to the point that I'm like, oh, 60 00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:06.120 Mario Paint, this is pretty good. I'm celebrating. On Saturday, 61 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:09.919 Rewinder the website thought I've won. We We're doing a 62 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:13.919 live stream on Saturday at five pm BST nine am PST, 63 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:17.319 which is we wind up present Super Mario Party, Jamboline, 64 00:03:17.439 --> 00:03:21.719 Nintendo Switch to Edition plus Jambolee TV and also Lexi 65 00:03:21.800 --> 00:03:26.280 Party starring Lex Scott and Henry Patreon, Sabathon. 66 00:03:27.039 --> 00:03:29.719 Fun Times everyone. I don't know why we're on YouTube 67 00:03:29.759 --> 00:03:31.919 this time. I made it live and I did switcher 68 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:36.919 from it was unlisted to public, but it's public now, 69 00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:39.879 so I don't know why it's not popping up. Yep, 70 00:03:39.919 --> 00:03:41.560 not much I could do about that, And everyone who 71 00:03:41.560 --> 00:03:44.879 can help me fucking fucking not here. They're not doing 72 00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:48.080 their job. So what am I supposed to do? I'm 73 00:03:48.080 --> 00:03:50.719 looking at this. It should be working. There's seven people watching. 74 00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:53.800 How are those seven people watching? How are they able 75 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:55.960 to get in there? I think probably from the playlist 76 00:03:56.039 --> 00:03:58.719 or something. I don't know. I've done what I can. 77 00:03:58.919 --> 00:04:02.439 Usually this fixes it, but not today. That's that's just 78 00:04:02.479 --> 00:04:04.840 a good time, Lexi. You know, I think what we 79 00:04:04.840 --> 00:04:06.800 should do is probably just get on with the show 80 00:04:06.960 --> 00:04:09.240 so I can stop thinking about all the ways that 81 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:12.520 I am failing this website and failing my fellow gamers. 82 00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:15.199 The good news is web once you're done here, it's 83 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:17.680 not like you have any more shows or podcasts today. 84 00:04:18.199 --> 00:04:20.519 So it's a long day. It's a long day, everybody. 85 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:23.680 But let's settle in. Let's make it happen. All right, 86 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:27.519 let's explain ourselves. We're Giant Bomb. We make a lot 87 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:29.519 of fun stuff, and by we, I mean just me. 88 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:32.079 And if you want to help me do that stuff, 89 00:04:32.079 --> 00:04:34.759 go to giant bomb dot com slash join. 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Uh. 101 00:05:04.040 --> 00:05:05.439 And we could do it because you all, I. 102 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:09.279 Bomb yourpey in office, thought would definitely. You told me 103 00:05:09.360 --> 00:05:11.319 it's any day now, any day now, we're going to 104 00:05:11.399 --> 00:05:11.759 open it. 105 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:15.879 Working on the permits right now. Yeah, I gotta get 106 00:05:15.920 --> 00:05:18.240 all lined up over there with the EU. Hope'll see 107 00:05:18.240 --> 00:05:20.079 what we can make happen. As far as this show 108 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:23.439 goes most weekdays, I Jeff Grub will help piece your 109 00:05:23.439 --> 00:05:26.399 gaming life back together. That includes breaking news and maybe 110 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:30.079 even some of our own original reporting. For all these topics, 111 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:32.519 I'll get the input of a bona fide expert who 112 00:05:32.519 --> 00:05:34.959 will make me look smart. If you are watching live 113 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:37.920 on twitch welcome, You can always listen to the show 114 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:40.800 later on podcast feeds by searching for Game Mess Mornings, 115 00:05:41.279 --> 00:05:44.759 or find the RSS feed on giant bomb dot com. 116 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:47.079 You can also catch the show later with chapters and 117 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:51.600 timestamps on YouTube. Hello YouTube. All right, we have a 118 00:05:51.639 --> 00:05:54.199 lot to get into, so let's start the Morning Mess 119 00:05:54.279 --> 00:06:00.120 with Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase July thirty first full recap. 120 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:04.439 This comes from Go Nintendo. So this was a Partner Direct. 121 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:06.480 We have a bunch of games in year from partners. 122 00:06:06.480 --> 00:06:11.000 There was nothing really first party. The one closest thing 123 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:14.600 to first party was a Zelda game made by so 124 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:18.240 is that Techmo. It would be Coey Tecmo for their 125 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:21.199 their Musso game that they're making the third one of those. 126 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:24.879 But let's let's go through what was there. I still 127 00:06:24.879 --> 00:06:27.199 think it's worth recapping everything because a lot of these 128 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:30.600 games are pretty interesting to me. That starts with Monster 129 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:35.000 Hunter Stories three Twisted Reflection embark on a new adventure 130 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:38.920 as a rider living in harmony with monsters. Blah blah blah. 131 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:42.519 Games coming in twenty twenty six to Switch To. Have 132 00:06:42.600 --> 00:06:45.000 you played any of the other Stories games before. 133 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:48.519 Only a little bit, But I had been looking at 134 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:50.600 a bunch of months the Hunters Silies two running on 135 00:06:50.600 --> 00:06:52.480 a switch too, because that was one of the games 136 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:56.040 that saw the biggest improvement just from the new from 137 00:06:56.079 --> 00:06:59.040 the Shia horsepower to Switch because I had run at 138 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:02.240 a uncopped frame on Switch one and now it just 139 00:07:02.279 --> 00:07:05.399 once un locked sixty if you load up there, and 140 00:07:05.560 --> 00:07:09.279 so it looks really nice if you go play Mons 141 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:11.480 Untsies two on switch To now, and I think it's 142 00:07:11.519 --> 00:07:14.959 on sale for like twenty bucks at the moment, so excellent. 143 00:07:15.040 --> 00:07:18.079 Yeah, I thought it looked really nice in this this 144 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:20.839 direct where it's like, oh, yeah, that's a pretty looking game. 145 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:25.040 And I didn't necessarily remember thinking that about Monster Hunter 146 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:26.920 Stories before. I mean, it looked fine, but it differently 147 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:30.240 didn't stun me. I thought this was relatively stunning. Then 148 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:33.800 we had High Royle Warriors, Age of Imprisonment. This is 149 00:07:33.879 --> 00:07:35.920 going to be based on the timeline from you know, 150 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:38.399 of Tiers of the Kingdom, like Zelda getting to sit 151 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:41.560 into the past, hanging out with King Rauu the Goat 152 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:45.000 and his human looking wife. You know, people can do 153 00:07:45.040 --> 00:07:48.639 with that what they need to. They also teased Link 154 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:52.720 in a way by showing that that the robot. I 155 00:07:52.720 --> 00:07:55.399 guess it's a spoiler now at this point, maybe a 156 00:07:55.439 --> 00:07:55.759 little bit. 157 00:07:56.240 --> 00:07:59.120 So here's how you know it's not a spoiler. I 158 00:07:59.240 --> 00:08:01.040 was looking up God it's for stuff and Tears of 159 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:02.879 the Kingdom, and I have this spoiled for me, so 160 00:08:02.920 --> 00:08:05.040 I'm like, okay, if it's in guides at this point, 161 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:10.519 I think I think the there is no law anymore. 162 00:08:10.800 --> 00:08:14.399 Yeah, it's right exactly, Like this is just kind of 163 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:16.360 the thing that people talk about. It's a thing you 164 00:08:16.360 --> 00:08:18.319 get in that game, and it's going to be in 165 00:08:18.360 --> 00:08:21.360 this game, and Link might be piloting in it, I guess. 166 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:22.439 I mean, this is the way they're going to get 167 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:23.759 Link in here. I bet they're going to get Link 168 00:08:23.759 --> 00:08:26.040 in there as just straight up link because nothing matters 169 00:08:26.079 --> 00:08:29.399 in a Musso game, so they'll just do that as well. 170 00:08:29.439 --> 00:08:31.480 But this seems to be one of the workarounds upfront, 171 00:08:31.480 --> 00:08:34.960 maybe to keep it canon a little bit. All right. 172 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:38.679 Let's see here, EA Sports Madden NFL twenty six. This 173 00:08:38.840 --> 00:08:42.799 is coming August fourteenth, to switch to, I would pre 174 00:08:42.919 --> 00:08:46.000 order the Delexe edition before August seventh or two. Yeah, 175 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:48.080 to get it seven days early. Okay, so yeah, you 176 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:50.360 can get it seven days early on August seventh, So 177 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:53.039 it's effectively the release date. Man, that's not that long 178 00:08:53.080 --> 00:08:57.159 from now. Madden is back on a Nintendo platform. There 179 00:08:57.320 --> 00:09:01.320 was never a Madden on Switch one, I believe, Yeah, 180 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:04.200 there was. I think I would remember that, you know, 181 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:06.120 but they used to put Madden's out on a lot 182 00:09:06.159 --> 00:09:09.759 of Nintendo devices before that. Maybe not that we use 183 00:09:09.799 --> 00:09:12.639 so much, but three DS got Maden, or at least 184 00:09:12.679 --> 00:09:15.720 DS did. EA has not been super hot on Nintendo 185 00:09:15.759 --> 00:09:21.639 platforms for a minute, and then I think that seeing 186 00:09:21.639 --> 00:09:24.840 this was like, okay, this still feels like EA testing 187 00:09:24.840 --> 00:09:27.480 the waters does not feel like EA going whole hog 188 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:30.639 quite yet. What do you think happens from here? Do 189 00:09:30.639 --> 00:09:32.480 you think this game is going to do well enough 190 00:09:32.480 --> 00:09:34.559 that EA will be good? We'll say to themselves, yeah, 191 00:09:34.559 --> 00:09:37.120 we're back in on on Nintendo. Switch to. 192 00:09:38.159 --> 00:09:40.000 It's interesting because you look at it now and EA 193 00:09:40.120 --> 00:09:42.679 does actually have a pretty big presence on the switch to, 194 00:09:42.919 --> 00:09:46.000 like it has FIFA, it has Madden, and then it 195 00:09:46.039 --> 00:09:50.320 has It Takes Two and Apex Legends. Three of those 196 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:54.759 are very kind of low effort or not low effort, 197 00:09:54.799 --> 00:09:57.960 but like low commitment ports because they already will on 198 00:09:58.039 --> 00:10:01.559 switch one. Apex Legends was also on switch one, and 199 00:10:02.559 --> 00:10:05.639 then It Takes Two is probably one of the few 200 00:10:05.799 --> 00:10:08.399 games where they were like, well, this definitely couldn't run 201 00:10:08.440 --> 00:10:11.080 on a switch one, but it came on our switch 202 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:13.519 to and they probably looked at the sales of It 203 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:16.320 Takes Two on on switch one and we're like, well, 204 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:18.440 we got to get this over there. So so far 205 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:22.480 they've all been very low risk, moneyball kind of ports, 206 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:25.960 and I'm curious to see if at any point they're like, 207 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:29.799 we're gonna bring mass effect Legendary Collection over there, because 208 00:10:29.840 --> 00:10:31.559 like that would be a great place to have the 209 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:35.840 masscost legendary collection. But do they give a shit about 210 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:39.080 that anymore? Is that enough of a money maker anymore? 211 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:42.879 Because like you look at Hayes Light and stuff, that's 212 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:46.679 the only EA original going anymore. The originals is just 213 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:51.559 Hayese Light. Now it's Joseph just it's EA. Joseph's Yeah, 214 00:10:51.559 --> 00:10:54.320 because they had stuff like Unravel, and they had stuff 215 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:57.159 like Lost and Random, and then that sequel to Lost 216 00:10:57.159 --> 00:10:59.519 and Random came out and I was published by Thunderful. 217 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:04.320 So clearly EA kind of lost its appetite for its 218 00:11:04.320 --> 00:11:08.080 indie publishing label and now just keeps it around exclusively 219 00:11:08.159 --> 00:11:11.559 for the Joseph Hawers games that have kind of established 220 00:11:11.559 --> 00:11:17.039 themselves now as multimillion sellers. So yeah, it's it's a 221 00:11:17.080 --> 00:11:18.399 weird situation for them. 222 00:11:18.720 --> 00:11:20.639 Yeah, who knows how they do the math over there? Right, 223 00:11:20.720 --> 00:11:24.120 Like you talked about mass effect, but Chat's pointing out 224 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:26.120 often on sale for five to ten dollars right now, 225 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:27.720 but you put it on switch you can raise the 226 00:11:27.759 --> 00:11:30.240 price back up on switch To because people are going 227 00:11:30.279 --> 00:11:32.279 to buy it there. They must want it on that system. 228 00:11:32.600 --> 00:11:34.799 Treat it like a new release and you can do 229 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:37.720 close to new release pricing at least thirty to four 230 00:11:38.120 --> 00:11:38.759 those hours. 231 00:11:38.919 --> 00:11:41.639 Ko shraw Ports always sold really well on switch They 232 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:44.279 were always like in and around the best sellers and 233 00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:47.600 going on sales and stuff that. Weirdly enough, Code or 234 00:11:47.679 --> 00:11:50.000 two is still not playable on switch To. Yeah, yeah, 235 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:51.840 one of the it's one of the games that is 236 00:11:51.960 --> 00:11:53.159 just like no, can't do it. 237 00:11:53.240 --> 00:11:55.720 Yeah, and they said they would too, which was always 238 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:57.159 a weird thing. In fact, I think they sold a 239 00:11:57.159 --> 00:11:59.320 bundle where it was eventually going to be released, and 240 00:11:59.720 --> 00:12:02.919 that was an odd, odd thing. But for EA, before 241 00:12:02.960 --> 00:12:06.159 we move on, I think it's gonna be tough because 242 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:08.919 they if they are waiting to see the results of 243 00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:11.240 some of these other releases, it's like, oh, let's see 244 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:13.639 how Apex Legends does and make our decisions from there. 245 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:16.440 I just don't know if Apex Legends is the Nintendo 246 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:19.519 switch to Audience's bag, and I think they might. They 247 00:12:19.600 --> 00:12:21.559 might have just been like, we're already playing Fortnite and 248 00:12:21.559 --> 00:12:23.480 we're good with that, we don't need another one. 249 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:26.360 I remember there being news stories around the time of 250 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:29.639 Apex's launched that it was like making surprising in roads 251 00:12:29.679 --> 00:12:34.039 in Japan, but that seemed to have fallen off quite drastically, 252 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:37.000 so I'm curious if this kind of brings back around 253 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:40.039 some of those laps players, especially in that region. But 254 00:12:40.480 --> 00:12:44.960 you know, those kind of multiplayer live service games on 255 00:12:45.240 --> 00:12:48.120 a switch to are always a weird proposition because ultimately, 256 00:12:48.320 --> 00:12:50.639 if someone wants to play those on the go, there 257 00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:54.360 is a mobile version of them already, and if you're 258 00:12:55.279 --> 00:12:57.600 looking to play a version of the game that is 259 00:12:57.639 --> 00:13:01.960 like fully featured, just gonna play the console or PC version. 260 00:13:02.200 --> 00:13:05.960 So it's like this weird in between between the convenience 261 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:08.320 of a mobile phone and the actual power of a 262 00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:12.320 console or PC, and it just like, no matter which 263 00:13:12.440 --> 00:13:14.399 use case you use it in, you're like, well, I 264 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:16.960 should just load this up on my PC, or you're like, 265 00:13:17.039 --> 00:13:18.679 well I could just be playing this on my phone. 266 00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:22.679 So unless Switch Too is your only console, it that 267 00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:25.240 version of that game doesn't make sense for a lot 268 00:13:25.240 --> 00:13:25.720 of gamers. 269 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:28.320 Yep. And that's just kind of how I've heard it 270 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:30.200 put to me is that games didn't make a lot 271 00:13:30.200 --> 00:13:32.919 of money on Switch one. Obviously, it ran like dog 272 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:36.360 shit on Switch one, so that's gonna be a factor there. 273 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:39.519 Maybe that suddenly solves it with Switch Too, but I 274 00:13:39.559 --> 00:13:40.679 don't know. I'm skeptical. 275 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:44.039 I like that game honestly, going back to that game recently, 276 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:47.679 I'm sure it's fine. It feels really fucking good. Those guns, 277 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:50.759 the sound design is really fucking good, and every time 278 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:53.360 you play them, you're like, man, what if we got 279 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:56.200 a like traditional multiplayer shooter out of the studio. 280 00:13:56.559 --> 00:14:02.000 Imagine now they couldn't do that. That's possible, all right, 281 00:14:02.080 --> 00:14:06.840 let's see here. Next up is the Shadow Drop and 282 00:14:06.919 --> 00:14:10.200 maybe game of the year Chilling by the Fire. This 283 00:14:10.519 --> 00:14:13.679 is a It looks like a hangout game where you 284 00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:16.080 can build a fire and you can like physically set 285 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:18.840 the logs on top of one another. You get the kinneling, 286 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:21.919 you get the fuel, you get it all all going there, 287 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:24.960 and then you can also bring in your friends and 288 00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:28.320 they can use game chat to have their face hovering 289 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:30.240 next to the fire. You can literally sit around the 290 00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:34.000 fire and talk with your friends. It looks very goofy 291 00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:36.440 and silly, and it's definitely my kind of thing. It 292 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:39.759 looks like it sports up to four players, which is 293 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:45.679 funny because you're not really playing anything. But I guess 294 00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:47.440 it's a little bit of a game of trying to 295 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:49.960 keep the fire going because it will have weather effects 296 00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:52.360 and you'll have to try to keep the fire going 297 00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:54.120 whether it starts to maybe rain a little bit, or 298 00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:57.279 if you're in the snow. So that's interesting. I'm gonna 299 00:14:57.279 --> 00:14:59.120 get this. Yeah, I can't wait. 300 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:01.960 This reminded me of a story that I heard from 301 00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:05.120 a guy who was developing vir games in the early 302 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:08.320 days of vire, Like just when Oculus was being kicked 303 00:15:08.360 --> 00:15:10.559 out here and stuff, and he was like, at that 304 00:15:10.639 --> 00:15:14.159 point in time, vir was the easiest thing to sell 305 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:16.759 to investors in the world, and it was basically a 306 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:19.559 money facet because you could give them a demo that 307 00:15:19.679 --> 00:15:22.120 was them in an empty room with a ball that bounces, 308 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:24.559 and they'd be like, this is blowing my mind because 309 00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:27.039 there's just nothing quite like it. And this is kind 310 00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:29.639 of that thing of like, well, you could put this 311 00:15:29.679 --> 00:15:31.720 in front of an investor and there's cameras on the 312 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:34.320 other people's faces and it does kind of look like 313 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:36.200 one of those demos that they would show them for 314 00:15:36.240 --> 00:15:39.200 like early vire of just like you're gathered around a 315 00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:42.960 fireplace and you can see each other in this virtual realm, 316 00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:45.840 and all the investors go virtual realm, virtual realm, some 317 00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:50.279 sort of synergy. So like, yeah, this is dumb in 318 00:15:50.279 --> 00:15:52.039 a way, I can totally get behind yep. 319 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:55.120 I like, it is there a way to like connect 320 00:15:55.840 --> 00:15:58.000 a like virtual camera to the switch to yet if 321 00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:59.519 they wouldn't figure that out, because I would love to 322 00:15:59.519 --> 00:16:02.000 do that. My PC is a virtual camera and be 323 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:04.360 able to put whatever I want into the little camera feed. 324 00:16:04.440 --> 00:16:08.960 But I don't know, all right, let's keep going here. 325 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:12.360 The Adventures of Elliott the Millennium Tales of brand new 326 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:15.919 action RPG from the creators of Octopath Traveler and Bravely Default. 327 00:16:16.159 --> 00:16:20.200 It's a HD two D action RPG, so you're going 328 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:23.600 to be doing real time combat, run around, hitting people 329 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:27.000 with swords. It's coming to twenty twenty six and it's 330 00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:31.360 gonna have an exclusive debut demo. I don't know if 331 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:32.840 the game is going to be exclusive to switch To, 332 00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:35.600 although these games tend to come to switch To first, 333 00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:37.879 but it will have a demo that is available later 334 00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:41.000 today so people can try that out. I'm curious. What 335 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:42.000 do you What do you make of this? 336 00:16:43.200 --> 00:16:46.879 The gameplay looked pretty interesting, but boy, that name reminds 337 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:50.399 me of a Master System game that then got a sequel, too, Deades. 338 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:54.200 It's Clay the Actions of Elliott. It was everyone's favorite 339 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:57.759 game on like Old Confusions, and then they bought it 340 00:16:57.799 --> 00:16:59.679 back decades later and they're like, oh, this is the 341 00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:02.360 Dumdale's Avenges of Eli. 342 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:06.839 Importantly, the game does take place in the mystical realm 343 00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:11.319 of Philip Bildia. Is that how you say it? Philip Beildia? 344 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:11.720 Yeah? 345 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:15.279 What a what a hell of the thing that is 346 00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:18.839 so like the the the names of the players in 347 00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:24.079 the in the Japanese baseball game, trying to adapt the 348 00:17:24.119 --> 00:17:27.000 American names or whatever and having like Ron Dungus or 349 00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:27.839 whatever the hell it was. 350 00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:30.000 It feels like that from the people who brought you 351 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:34.039 various Day Life and Dungeon Encounters comes. 352 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:36.839 I mean, the best at naming really. Yeah, Bobson, Doug Nutt, 353 00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:43.720 there we go chat Yeah, flip flip, Philip Bedelia. I 354 00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:45.480 it's gonna be hard for I think any American to 355 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:47.319 play this game and not just laugh at that name 356 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:52.039 every single time. It's absurd. That's not a criticism. I 357 00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:57.440 love it. More of your insane bullshit Square Knicks, please 358 00:17:57.519 --> 00:18:01.799 never stop being yourself. Uh just An's twenty twenty six edition. Yep, 359 00:18:01.880 --> 00:18:02.480 that's well. 360 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:05.039 I do have to say, it's so funny that that 361 00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:10.119 got announced a not Final Fantasy nine vat make It's 362 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:11.559 so funny it. 363 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:14.480 Would rule because like with the Chance Star, we're gonna 364 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:17.200 get a lot more just dances before any Final Fantasy 365 00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:20.400 nine anything happens. Ever, again, it seems like, uh oh, 366 00:18:20.839 --> 00:18:25.480 our poor friends out there that's gonna have apt by 367 00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:28.240 as it Rose and Bruno Mars. I guess I've never 368 00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:31.079 learned how to say her name. Houdini by Dua Lipa 369 00:18:31.160 --> 00:18:34.720 and Counting Stars by One Republic and Hang Up by Madonna. 370 00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:38.920 That's coming October fourteenth. Star Wars Outlaws looked pretty okay, 371 00:18:39.039 --> 00:18:42.079 looked you know, for my expectations, you get there are 372 00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:44.599 some of these third party games that look like, wow, 373 00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:48.119 that just looks right on switch to and then this one. 374 00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:50.400 I think my expectation was always like, they're probably gonna 375 00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:52.039 have to scale back a lot of stuff on here, 376 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:55.200 and it looks scaled back, fuzzy image, not a high 377 00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:58.640 frame rate, but it does it doesn't look unacceptable. At 378 00:18:58.640 --> 00:19:00.880 the same time, it looks like a pretty okay well play. 379 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:03.640 That It's not in the realm with the witcher three 380 00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:06.480 on switch one where you're like, well, this looks like dogshit, 381 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:07.440 but it's also a miracle. 382 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:08.319 It's runic exactly. 383 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:12.319 It's well, yeah, it's like, this doesn't look like the 384 00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:14.920 best way to play this game. But also if I'm 385 00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:17.119 traveling and it's on the small screen and I'm on 386 00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:19.839 a plane, I doubt I'm going to care Yep, this 387 00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:21.119 is the way I'm going to play that game. 388 00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:23.039 Yeah, And I was. I was just holding my my 389 00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:25.680 Steam deck and my rag ally Am. I switched to 390 00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:28.319 it once yesterday because I was moving things around and 391 00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:30.960 it was like, oh, the switch to is significantly slimmer, 392 00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:36.799 significantly more comfortable to just carry around as an object, 393 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:39.759 and it's okay. There's clearly a reason that if if 394 00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:41.759 the games are going to be pretty close on switch to, 395 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:43.400 you'd still want to play them on there. 396 00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:47.359 I found recently that out of all of the consoles 397 00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:50.079 that I own now, when I think about anything that 398 00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:51.839 I own hard where, why is the one that I'm like, 399 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:53.960 I look at and it fills me with the most 400 00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:58.359 joy is the Retroid Pocket. Oh yeah, yeah's just nice, 401 00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:01.759