WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.919 --> 00:00:11.759 Hey, everybody, Welcome to Games Morning is presented by ms I. 2 00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:12.560 We'll talk about that. 3 00:00:12.560 --> 00:00:15.119 Later with me. Jeff Grub, your host from giant bomb 4 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:17.879 dot com. Thank you for tuning in. In this episode, 5 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:21.440 we're going to be talking about steams, payment processing woes, 6 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:24.920 continuing to grow God that rhymed, and what the streets 7 00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:27.760 are saying about Pokemon Legends z A. It's going to 8 00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:30.199 be a good one because we have Pokey Expert himself, 9 00:00:30.199 --> 00:00:31.719 Sean Turbosham mcdowll on the show. 10 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:32.679 Sean, how are you doing? 11 00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:37.920 I am a little tired, Jeff. I. I reached the 12 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:42.520 Forbidden Zone in Docycock Bonanza at like eleven PM last night. 13 00:00:42.719 --> 00:00:45.960 I'm like it was kind of hard, Yeah, kind of 14 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:46.479 hard to stop. 15 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:47.880 Yeah, definitely, uh. 16 00:00:48.719 --> 00:00:50.560 At like three am or something because you know, I 17 00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:52.359 had to get every banana along the way too. 18 00:00:54.280 --> 00:00:56.399 Okay, you have the credits. That's awesome. The game does 19 00:00:56.479 --> 00:00:57.200 keep getting better. 20 00:00:57.200 --> 00:01:00.520 But that's that was a pretty good, uh finale right 21 00:01:01.079 --> 00:01:02.479 up the culmination there. 22 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:05.719 Yeah, everything from entering that zone to just the end, 23 00:01:05.840 --> 00:01:07.200 it was all fantastic. 24 00:01:08.120 --> 00:01:08.840 No spoilers. 25 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:11.920 I'll say the final boss fight I found maybe a 26 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:15.560 little more annoying than actually fun. I think you might know. 27 00:01:15.640 --> 00:01:20.200 I mean, yes, I think I was both relieved and annoyed. 28 00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:22.599 I was say, I'm glad that this is a bit 29 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:26.359 more challenging, but again, it wasn't like even it wasn't hard. 30 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:28.120 It was just harder than the rest of the bosses. 31 00:01:28.159 --> 00:01:30.159 And then the ways it was annoying were pretty plentiful. 32 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:30.519 For sure. 33 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:35.319 It felt like they amplified the difficulty of the fight itself, 34 00:01:35.480 --> 00:01:39.040 but then also gave that character like ten times more 35 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:42.319 health than they needed. It was a weird ramp up. 36 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:44.280 It was just weird, especially weird compared to the rest 37 00:01:44.319 --> 00:01:46.480 of the bosses in the game, which had ten seconds 38 00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:47.319 of life in them. 39 00:01:47.319 --> 00:01:50.680 And that's it exactly. Yeah, very very fun sequence though, 40 00:01:50.719 --> 00:01:54.959 and just yeah, just all all the leading up to 41 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:57.680 the boss fight was so cool. So yeah, oh cool, 42 00:01:58.120 --> 00:02:00.480 I'm glad. I'm glad I got to that last night. 43 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:03.159 And I'm I'm curious to see what's after this. I 44 00:02:03.640 --> 00:02:07.519 kind of feel like I'm free now, I gived or something, 45 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:10.520 but I could beat that. What's after Credit's nice? 46 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:13.039 Yeah, yes, So I woke up early this morning, had 47 00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:15.800 a meeting, and uh, actually before the meeting, I was like, 48 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:16.719 I got some time. 49 00:02:16.759 --> 00:02:17.240 I kind of up. 50 00:02:17.319 --> 00:02:18.879 Let's play some Ninja Guide and see if I can 51 00:02:19.039 --> 00:02:21.080 beat this fun final boss fight beat in. 52 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:23.960 A couple of tries. It hits really a very good game. 53 00:02:25.199 --> 00:02:28.560 I'm also like, okay, I updated Expedition thirty three, which 54 00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:30.919 has got a big update on my Steam deck, so 55 00:02:31.159 --> 00:02:32.080 I might I should play that. 56 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:34.120 I'm like, oh, that hard mode just opened up a 57 00:02:34.159 --> 00:02:35.039 Ninja Guide and I can't. 58 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:36.840 I can't play that. But it's like, I do want 59 00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:38.319 to go back in that game and see even more. 60 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:41.439 There's some special level I'm. 61 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:42.439 Gonna try, so you know what I'm talking about. 62 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:45.520 With that, Yes exactly, so that that is uh maybe 63 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:48.039 the plan there to give it a try, but I 64 00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:50.199 can't get sucked back into that game. I got credits. 65 00:02:50.240 --> 00:02:52.240 I'm like, I beat it. I can now move on. 66 00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:54.960 But that yes, I recommend that game to everybody. People 67 00:02:54.960 --> 00:02:56.840 should check it out. Let's see if it ends up 68 00:02:56.840 --> 00:02:59.240 on the Bomb twelve today. We will be wrapping up 69 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:02.199 the week with that later on. In the meantime, though, 70 00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:05.599 we should explain ourselves. 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All right, we have a lot to get into. 91 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:05.120 Let's start the morning mess with that Steam payment headache. 92 00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:08.000 It's growing as PayPal is no longer usable for much 93 00:04:08.039 --> 00:04:10.520 of the world. Valve hopes to bring it back in 94 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:14.439 the future, but the timeline is quote uncertain. This is 95 00:04:14.439 --> 00:04:18.319 from Andy chalk at PC gamer hassles with credit card 96 00:04:18.360 --> 00:04:22.120 processors or processors over adult content isn't the only payment 97 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:25.120 headache Steam is facing these days. Valve is also getting 98 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:27.759 agreed from PayPal, which is no longer being accepted as 99 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:30.560 a form of payment in much of the world, going 100 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:33.560 by post about the problem in the Steam subreddit. The 101 00:04:33.600 --> 00:04:37.000 issue was first reported about a month ago users attempting 102 00:04:37.040 --> 00:04:39.800 to pay excuse me user's attempting to pay for purchases 103 00:04:39.800 --> 00:04:44.439 in countries including Switzerland, Poland, Norway and Mexico. We're receiving 104 00:04:44.439 --> 00:04:48.240 a message saying Steam is quote temporarily unable to process 105 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:51.519 transactions with this payment method at this time, with no 106 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:52.800 further explanation. 107 00:04:53.279 --> 00:04:55.800 A PayPal exclusion seems to go. Has seemed to go. 108 00:04:55.800 --> 00:05:00.000 Largely unnoticed outside of discussions on Steam's subreddit, possibly because 109 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:02.519 it seems sporadic, and perhaps also because this was right 110 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:05.439 around the time Steam got caught up in a kerfuffle 111 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:08.959 with Visa and MasterCard over adult content on the platform. 112 00:05:09.240 --> 00:05:12.279 Valve delisted a substantial number of games after being notified 113 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:14.399 that some of them quote may violate the rules and 114 00:05:14.439 --> 00:05:17.839 standards set forth by our payment processors and the related 115 00:05:17.839 --> 00:05:21.759 card networks and banks. Indy focused platform ith dot Io 116 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:24.199 later d in d index to a number of games 117 00:05:24.199 --> 00:05:25.720 on its storefront for the same reason. 118 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:28.040 Some in the Steam. 119 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:30.680 Subreddit theorized that PayPal problem was connected to the crackdown 120 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:32.639 on not Safe for Work games, and maybe it is, 121 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:35.399 but Valve has now clarified to the game that the 122 00:05:35.439 --> 00:05:38.079 issue isn't game content, but specific currency is being used. 123 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:40.600 Now let's stop there. There is an update. 124 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:44.279 Rock paper Shotgun reached out to Valve and confirmed to 125 00:05:44.399 --> 00:05:47.240 rock paper Shotgun that this withdrawal of support for Steam 126 00:05:47.279 --> 00:05:51.560 transaction but the transactions by one of PayPal's acquiring banks, 127 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:54.600 which I think, Sean, I think acquiring bank means one 128 00:05:54.639 --> 00:05:56.920 of the banks that like handles the transactions. I don't 129 00:05:56.920 --> 00:05:58.680 know why the word acquiring is used there, but I'm 130 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:01.759 not familiar with this world, and that is okay. So 131 00:06:01.800 --> 00:06:04.519 one of the paypals acquiring banks is regarding content on 132 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:09.040 Steam related to what we've previously commented on surrounding MasterCard. 133 00:06:09.079 --> 00:06:12.480 That is the statement from Valve, So it is related 134 00:06:12.639 --> 00:06:15.279 to everything else that's been happening here. In this case, 135 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:18.120 one of PayPal's acquiring banks decided to stop processing any 136 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:21.199 Steam transactions which cut off PayPal on Steam for a 137 00:06:21.279 --> 00:06:27.160 number of currencies. A Valve spokesperson added, it does seem 138 00:06:27.160 --> 00:06:31.399 like this issue continues to grow and snowball and kind 139 00:06:31.399 --> 00:06:35.040 of show it's revealing the amount of power that these 140 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:36.120 payment processors have. 141 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:38.399 Sean, I would really like to understand. 142 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:41.560 This world a little bit better of why is it 143 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:45.120 that like PayPal and Stripe or whatever it is. It's 144 00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:48.680 a stripe that one of those middlemen companies dominates so 145 00:06:48.879 --> 00:06:52.279 much of this market. It's got to be banking regulations. 146 00:06:52.279 --> 00:06:53.959 I would assume that, and they're the ones that like 147 00:06:54.079 --> 00:06:56.199 navigated it and now they have a stranglehold on it 148 00:06:56.240 --> 00:06:59.079 and they're able to work with these other banks. I 149 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:01.439 don't fully understand what they have so much power because 150 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:03.439 if I'm Valve, I go, well, now I'm going to 151 00:07:03.480 --> 00:07:04.639 start my own valve pay. 152 00:07:04.680 --> 00:07:06.120 But it's probably not that simple. 153 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:09.519 Yeah, I know a little bit about this, and apologies 154 00:07:09.560 --> 00:07:10.920 if I get any of this wrong. 155 00:07:11.079 --> 00:07:12.040 Right, let's just do our best. 156 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:16.879 Any of these financial institutions they do ultimately go through 157 00:07:17.079 --> 00:07:21.000 like an established bank and established but that's what I assumed, Yes, Yeah, 158 00:07:21.040 --> 00:07:23.759 because you can't just you can't just start up a 159 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:28.759 bank because that obviously any like illegal organization would just 160 00:07:28.839 --> 00:07:32.199 do that, right, you do ultimately need to go through 161 00:07:32.199 --> 00:07:34.319 something that's already established higher up. It's kind of like 162 00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:38.240 having a parent company. Even smaller companies tend to be 163 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:41.480 owned by something bigger at this point. It's kind of 164 00:07:41.560 --> 00:07:44.639 like that as far as I know. So, like even PayPal, 165 00:07:44.839 --> 00:07:47.360 which we think of PayPal as being its own independent 166 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:51.199 thing and processing their own payments, they are ultimately going 167 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:55.040 through one of the banks in almost like a you know, 168 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:59.519 a cell phone's Mbno, like Mint and Visible and stuff 169 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:02.879 is all subdivisions of like T Mobile and Horizons. 170 00:08:02.920 --> 00:08:04.519 They're built on top of existing networks. 171 00:08:04.600 --> 00:08:08.199 Yeah, it's like that where they have to go through 172 00:08:08.279 --> 00:08:12.279 a greater institution somehow. That's sort of don't think the 173 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:14.879 right word, sort of like licenses out their service. I 174 00:08:14.920 --> 00:08:17.079 guess you could say it's all being routed through the 175 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:20.120 same institutions. So yeah, I think that's what they mean 176 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:23.600 by what you call it. It was acquiring banks. Acquiring banks 177 00:08:23.639 --> 00:08:26.639 that would be like one of those banks is doing 178 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:30.120 the thing that like my MasterCard is doing where they're 179 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:34.639 saying we are not engaging with this because bigot reasons 180 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:37.440 and so That's what's happening here, is that like PayPal, 181 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:42.240 regardless of how they may feel, it seems like they're 182 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:46.639 not being supportive in all of this either. They just 183 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:50.159 can't process the payment because the institution that's above them 184 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:52.480 is saying, we're not doing this anymore. 185 00:08:53.039 --> 00:08:55.759 I assume that like Apple pay and Google pay are 186 00:08:56.039 --> 00:08:58.200 similar kinds of things, right that they are. Probably they 187 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:02.600 probably have a underwriter bank that supports those things as well. 188 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:06.919 Yes, because like when you get because I know Apple 189 00:09:06.960 --> 00:09:09.720 has their own credit card now, but ultimately that's like 190 00:09:09.919 --> 00:09:11.559 fulfilled through someone else. 191 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:12.799 I think it's through Yeah, I think. I think it's 192 00:09:12.799 --> 00:09:14.120 through Visa MasterCard, right. 193 00:09:14.120 --> 00:09:15.600 I think it all kind of right, But like the 194 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:18.519 banking part of it, it's like ultimately done through Chase 195 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:21.039 or something, right, Yeah, yeah, for sure. I just got 196 00:09:21.039 --> 00:09:24.159 my Yeah, I just got the Amazon card because I 197 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:26.519 need to pay money on something that was applying, and 198 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:29.000 I was like, oh, it's done through Chase. I think 199 00:09:29.279 --> 00:09:32.279 Apple is Apples through Golden Sacks. There we go get 200 00:09:32.279 --> 00:09:34.120 Golden Sax Services Apple card. 201 00:09:34.039 --> 00:09:37.000 So yeah, okay, and all those there's a handful of 202 00:09:37.039 --> 00:09:42.480 these servicers. There's a handful of payment card companies. And 203 00:09:42.519 --> 00:09:45.559 they all seem to be kind of like coming after 204 00:09:45.600 --> 00:09:48.799 this right now, coming after adult content and causing these problems. 205 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:52.120 So when people I've seen people throw this idea around 206 00:09:52.159 --> 00:09:54.840 of Valve pay and it's just not going to be 207 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:57.200 anywhere near that simple. It would have to like it's 208 00:09:57.200 --> 00:09:58.960 going to be so complicated for them to build up 209 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:01.919 their own system there. That's why I think one of 210 00:10:01.919 --> 00:10:04.039 the things Valves suggesting for people that are being hit 211 00:10:04.080 --> 00:10:07.000 by this PayPal currency thing is go to the store 212 00:10:07.080 --> 00:10:09.639 and buy a Steam card with your local currency, and 213 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:11.039 then you can get around this because you could just 214 00:10:11.080 --> 00:10:12.919 put the money right to the account and you don't 215 00:10:12.960 --> 00:10:15.360 have to worry about that. It's like, that is the 216 00:10:15.399 --> 00:10:18.080 solution because all this other stuff it's going to take 217 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:20.759 would take years and probably a lot of money and 218 00:10:20.879 --> 00:10:24.639 lobbying globally. Uh, And that's yeah, it's kind of a 219 00:10:24.679 --> 00:10:26.480 non starter in a lot of ways, even for a 220 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:27.200 billion dollar. 221 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:30.320 Private corporate corporate corporation like Valve. 222 00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:33.120 And even then they would still have to deal with 223 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:35.080 the bank somewhere in the chain. So it's easy to 224 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:39.080 go through like yeah, your local like Botega or whatever, 225 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:42.080 because that's the payment processor in that situation. 226 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:47.120 Uh, I guess, like, where does it go from here? 227 00:10:47.440 --> 00:10:51.080 It does feel like this is not like these companies 228 00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:56.000 have staked out their ground and they have made it 229 00:10:56.039 --> 00:10:58.519 clear like they're going to kind of continue to fight 230 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:01.480 this even and then when Valve like it's MasterCard doing this, 231 00:11:01.559 --> 00:11:03.720 master Card's like, no, we're not, We're just an innocent 232 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:06.799 little company, and so master Cards like kind of still 233 00:11:06.799 --> 00:11:07.960 doing it but pretending it's not. 234 00:11:08.279 --> 00:11:09.600 They don't want to have the public debate. 235 00:11:09.840 --> 00:11:11.480 They have come up with solutions to deal with the 236 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:13.799 call volume that they were getting all, you know, eight 237 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:16.120 thousand calls a day. They found ways to like sort 238 00:11:16.159 --> 00:11:18.919 of mitigate the exposure they have to that getting people 239 00:11:19.080 --> 00:11:21.799 right through the system faster. They're very good at those 240 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:24.120 kinds of things, and so they might be able to 241 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:27.080 be able to withstand the public pressure campaign that's happening 242 00:11:27.159 --> 00:11:29.879 right now, which seemed like was going to be maybe 243 00:11:29.919 --> 00:11:34.639 the solution early on in this battle. It doesn't feel 244 00:11:34.679 --> 00:11:37.519 like this is going to solve itself. There's gonna have 245 00:11:37.519 --> 00:11:41.600 to be some sort of resolution from either Valve figuring 246 00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:43.320 out a way to work around some of these things, 247 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:46.759 which again seems very difficult, and Hio obviously right there 248 00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:49.320 as well, but they don't have the resources that Valve does, 249 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:54.879 or I don't know, does do government step into European regulation. 250 00:11:54.919 --> 00:11:56.360 I don't think they have the appetite to go in 251 00:11:56.360 --> 00:11:59.159 there and be like, let people buy games that have 252 00:11:59.240 --> 00:12:01.519 the word rape in it. That is just such a 253 00:12:01.799 --> 00:12:04.120 like a harrowing thing if you're a politician, no one's 254 00:12:04.120 --> 00:12:04.919 going to want to touch that. 255 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:07.440 So I don't what's the solution here. 256 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:11.679 I have no idea at this point. It feels like 257 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:13.759 one of many things that we're dealing with in the 258 00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:16.399 world right now, where what is the solution to the 259 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:19.879 problem and even a lot of things that you just mentioned, 260 00:12:20.159 --> 00:12:25.120 can we get government regulation on this and stuff? Well, administrations, 261 00:12:25.240 --> 00:12:28.440 not just our own are are probably going to lean 262 00:12:28.519 --> 00:12:30.320 to the side of, oh yeah, we don't want this 263 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:33.120 stuff get out of here with that, and so they 264 00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:36.519 don't care about protecting art either. So I don't know 265 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:40.639 who we get involved in it, because if the you know, 266 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:45.320 we're at the level where banks are cutting off somewhere 267 00:12:45.320 --> 00:12:48.519 in the payment processing chain and then we can't get 268 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:51.000 a government body on our side for any of this 269 00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:54.960 is just it feels like we're screwed at a certain point, chef. 270 00:12:55.399 --> 00:12:58.720 And and if you needed any more evidence that, like 271 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:01.240 if someone said, chets, this will push people towards crypto, 272 00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:03.840 which I think is a fair thought actually, but if 273 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:07.440 you need evidence that crypto isn't gonna ever really be 274 00:13:07.679 --> 00:13:10.320 a working currency. 275 00:13:09.320 --> 00:13:11.919 This is the exact situation where it would apply. 276 00:13:12.440 --> 00:13:15.080 And and none of the valve and is not being like, yeah, 277 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:17.679 we're gonna start bringing using bitcoin again. 278 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:19.320 They used to accept bitcoin back in the day. 279 00:13:19.320 --> 00:13:22.080 They stopped doing it because it was so volatile that 280 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:25.440 they would make up they would start begin processing a purchase, 281 00:13:25.639 --> 00:13:27.840 and then the value of bitcoin in the time of 282 00:13:27.519 --> 00:13:30.440 that processing would drop and they would lose a ton 283 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:31.200 of fucking money. 284 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:33.799 And now maybe there are more. 285 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:37.799 Stable coins at this point, there are literally things called 286 00:13:37.799 --> 00:13:38.519 stable coins. 287 00:13:38.519 --> 00:13:42.360 But yeah, the hilarious because this is the kind of situation. 288 00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:46.720 This is literally kind of like well intentioned situation that 289 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:50.720 cryptocurrency was designed for. Yeah, and then naturally, like anything 290 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:54.679 that's well intentioned in some form or another, gets warped 291 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:57.240 and twisted into this thing by the crypto bros and 292 00:13:57.360 --> 00:13:59.759 arthing like that to be something that oh, we don't 293 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:04.159 want this, this is toxic. We're not going anywhere near that, yep. 294 00:14:04.320 --> 00:14:07.440 And so it's to me more evidence that it's just 295 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:08.960 never going to be the thing that they said it 296 00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:09.759 would be early on. 297 00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:11.600 That's a separate, separate topic. 298 00:14:12.039 --> 00:14:14.159 Yeah, I just I don't know from here, Jeff. 299 00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:19.320 It's confusing one, confusing and frustrating, and uh yeah, I 300 00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:21.679 think I'm gonna maybe spend some time this weekend really 301 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:25.840 understanding how we got here. I bet Peter Thiel's involved, 302 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:30.200 fucking idiot. All right, let's keep moving. Sakarai says to 303 00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:33.720 expect Kirby air Riders footage soon. This is from my 304 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:37.919 Nintendo News massa hero SACRII is taken to Twitter to 305 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:41.919 celebrate Sora Company Limited is celebrating its twentieth anniversary, or 306 00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:44.080 to celebrate the twentieth anniversary, I should say, And he 307 00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:47.080 also gave a small update on the upcoming Kirby air Riders. 308 00:14:47.159 --> 00:14:49.639 Sacari says that he hopes to share some gameplay footage 309 00:14:49.639 --> 00:14:53.279 of the long awaited Kirby air Riders soon. How soon 310 00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:56.360 remains to be seen, but it's likely to be showcased 311 00:14:56.399 --> 00:14:59.519 during a Nintendo Direct presentation. Kirby air Riders is due 312 00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:02.120 to release this year on Nintendo Switch to here's a 313 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:05.720 rough translation of what SAKRAI had to say, likely machine translated. 314 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:07.480 They didn't say on my Nintendo news. 315 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:10.039 It doesn't matter to most people, but today Sore Company 316 00:15:10.039 --> 00:15:12.320 Limited is celebrating its twentieth anniversary. 317 00:15:12.559 --> 00:15:15.039 That's a long time. Thank you for your continued support. 318 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:18.080 The new Kirby air Rider hasn't even shown gameplay footage yet, 319 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:20.080 but I think we'll be able to share some information soon. 320 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:25.960 Please wait. The game's coming out this year. It's almost September. 321 00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:30.200 Obviously we're going to see this soon. To me, that 322 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:32.320 sounds like what he's saying. But I guess let's speculate. 323 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:34.200 When do we see Kirby air Riders? 324 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:38.440 Oh no, Jeff, are we predicting the next Nintendo Direct already? 325 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:41.480 I mean people want to do that. I'm not ready 326 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:44.200 for that. I'm with you. Oh no, let's not do that. 327 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:47.519 But I guess you know they usually do one. It's September, 328 00:15:47.559 --> 00:15:50.159 so I guess it's maybe safe to begin that conversation. 329 00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:52.080 Is that when we see this thing? 330 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:56.559 I don't know, that's when I would assume. As long 331 00:15:56.559 --> 00:15:59.120 as they're sticking in twenty twenty five, I'm not sure. 332 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:01.559 That's a weird one because I don't know if that 333 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:07.120 needs to release twenty twenty five Kirby air Riders, because 334 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:09.879 who are you bringing in with that? That you're bringing 335 00:16:09.919 --> 00:16:12.919 in the kids I guess who have played a Kirby 336 00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:15.360 game on the Switch one or so, which I guess 337 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:20.759 those kids aren't very young anymore. Either redn't matter, or 338 00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:23.120 you're bringing in like the old heads like us who 339 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:25.240 remember Kirby ir Ride from back in the day. And 340 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:29.240 also a lot of us don't actually like Kirby air Ride. 341 00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:32.080 So I like it one, but I'm not. I was 342 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:35.240 never pining for a new one. I mean, you're getting 343 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:37.440 to the heart of the matter, Kirby air Riders. So Sean, 344 00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:40.200 who is this game for? And it's for one person 345 00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:45.360 on Earth? Can Yeah exactly. It's like I can do 346 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:46.799 this better this time around. 347 00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:47.279 Let's go. 348 00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:50.240 Yeah, And I was like, fuck, we really want to 349 00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:52.840 keep this guy happy, So yes, go do your thing. 350 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:55.080 We will help, We'll fund the game, we'll do it 351 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:56.519 the whole, We'll give it Kirby again. 352 00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:58.240 Let you go to town with your favorite character. 353 00:16:58.519 --> 00:17:02.519 Yeah, found the wee the other night, just to see, Like, 354 00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:05.720 am I right about this? That game is balls? Man, 355 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:10.599 It's a yourd idea for a game single bun racing game. 356 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:11.200 Yeah. 357 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:13.599 I I loaded it up on the GameCube, the Magic 358 00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:18.000 game Cube, and was playing it the other day as well. Yeah, 359 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:20.920 you're not wrong. It's not great, Like it just doesn't 360 00:17:20.920 --> 00:17:23.240 feel as good as it should. It is like the 361 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:26.559 idea of power sliding through every turn, the one button gameplay. 362 00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:29.920 It's like, I appreciate what's happening here, I just don't. 363 00:17:30.119 --> 00:17:31.680 I just don't love playing it the way that I 364 00:17:31.720 --> 00:17:32.400 thought I should. 365 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:36.400 When our friend John linnaman known Ballan Wonder World defender, 366 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:39.319 is like, this game sucks. You know, you have a 367 00:17:39.400 --> 00:17:40.640 problem on your hands. 368 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:42.160 Yes, that's that's true. 369 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:45.319 Although man, that Ballan Wonder World take John, I'll never 370 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:45.799 forgive you. 371 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:51.000 But all right, let's yeah. Yeah, well we'll see. I 372 00:17:51.319 --> 00:17:53.839 guess if September is when they usually do directs, that's 373 00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:56.519 when I would put my money on it. Otherwise, maybe 374 00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:59.480 it gets bumped because I think the point I'm trying 375 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:01.359 to get here is I'm not sure we need this 376 00:18:01.400 --> 00:18:04.079 one this holiday season. This might be like a really 377 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:05.640 nice March game or something. 378 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:10.599 Yeah, I definitely that's possible, and uh yeah, if we 379 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:13.240 see it soon the direct, sure they could pop it 380 00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:16.200 off on a Nintendo Today app update or something like that. 381 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:19.720 But who knows that September direct probably is going to happen. 382 00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:21.480 They always want to set up their holiday, So yes, 383 00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:24.680 I think we see it there. Pokemon Legends Z A 384 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:27.519 switch to hands on previews are all over the place 385 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:30.440 this morning, Sean I kind of tried to collate some 386 00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:33.680 of the information here. Hands on demonstrations of Pokemon Legends 387 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:38.319 ZA revealed significant changes to the series's battle system, moving 388 00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:40.599 from turn based combat to real time action stuff that 389 00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:43.759 we saw before. Players control their trainers during battles, with 390 00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:47.799 Pokemon following their movement and attacking attacks governed by cool downs. 391 00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:49.160 That is that's new. 392 00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:53.440 This new system encourages dodging, strategic positioning, and quick decision 393 00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:56.559 excuse me decision making. The demo featured two main sections, 394 00:18:56.640 --> 00:18:59.799 Trainers Trainer battles and a battle zone and a boss 395 00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:03.839 fight against a rogue Mega Evolved absol, where players collect 396 00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:07.880 Mega power orbs to activate Mega Evolution. While the city 397 00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:11.240 environment and scripted segments were less appealing to some, the 398 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:14.079 smooth sixty frames per second performance on the Nintendo Switch 399 00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:17.680 Too and the engaging combat system were highlights. The new 400 00:19:17.680 --> 00:19:20.039 mechanics allow for more dynamic fights, according to a lot 401 00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:23.119