WEBVTT 1 00:00:11.119 --> 00:00:15.199 Yeah, yep, Hey, everybody, welcome the game. Last Morning is 2 00:00:15.199 --> 00:00:18.160 with me Jeff Grub, your host from giant bomb dot com. 3 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:20.160 Thank you for tuning in. In this episode, we're gonna 4 00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:23.719 be talking about a fan favorite franchise getting a sequel, 5 00:00:24.039 --> 00:00:26.600 news out of EVO, and problems with a game that's 6 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:29.480 been in development for ten years. It's gonna be a 7 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:31.600 good one because we have John Martin on the show. John, 8 00:00:31.600 --> 00:00:32.359 how are you doing? 9 00:00:33.359 --> 00:00:35.000 Doing very well with Jeff, how are you doing? 10 00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:37.359 I'm doing good. Getting used to that new shorter intro 11 00:00:37.479 --> 00:00:41.000 is That's what I'm really doing. Actually, I'm obsessed with 12 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:44.079 that wordplay game. So on Friday at UPF we did 13 00:00:44.119 --> 00:00:46.560 some fun stuff. We did that Paddle Paddle Paddle game. 14 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:48.560 It was actually a good time. Me and Beckler got 15 00:00:48.600 --> 00:00:51.880 way farther than I expected us to get. And then 16 00:00:52.039 --> 00:00:55.119 we did one hundred Men Versus Gorilla. I actually can't 17 00:00:55.119 --> 00:00:57.359 remember the name of the game. I downloaded there and 18 00:00:57.479 --> 00:01:01.520 Men one we saw that, But then we played Wordplay, 19 00:01:01.960 --> 00:01:07.239 which is scrabble blatro and now it's all I played 20 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:09.719 that all weekend. Actually, anytime I got like a minute, 21 00:01:09.719 --> 00:01:11.079 I'd kind of like was like, okay, I'm gonna go 22 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:13.280 grab something from the basement real quick, and then I 23 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:15.760 would sit down for ten minutes and play some word play. 24 00:01:16.079 --> 00:01:19.239 It's really good, it's really solid. I've kind of been 25 00:01:19.480 --> 00:01:22.959 playing it NonStop, so and all I'm thinking about, I'm like, Okay, 26 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:25.359 I could start coming up with some strategies. If I 27 00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:27.599 get Okay, two vowels next to each other get me 28 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:30.599 a bonus. And if I have two letters next to 29 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:32.879 each other, that also gets me a bonus. Oh, stack, 30 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:35.319 I could do that. Okay, here we go. And so 31 00:01:35.480 --> 00:01:38.439 I've been developing strategies even when I'm not playing, so 32 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:41.280 that that's where I'm at right now, John, I don't 33 00:01:41.319 --> 00:01:43.040 need a game like that to distract me from all 34 00:01:43.079 --> 00:01:45.319 the other games I should be playing. But here we are. 35 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:48.079 How about you? I know you were spending some time 36 00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:48.640 watching EVO. 37 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:52.439 How was it? It was a very good tournament. I 38 00:01:52.480 --> 00:01:55.400 loved all of them I watched. I did not get 39 00:01:55.400 --> 00:01:57.239 a chance to watch a lot of the top eights 40 00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:01.200 yesterday on the second stream. I was watching the mainstream, 41 00:02:01.239 --> 00:02:04.319 So like the Guilty Year, Fatal Fury, street Fighter six 42 00:02:04.359 --> 00:02:08.360 Tech in one. So I have some homework to do still, 43 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:14.759 But it's an embarrassment of riches. The only thing with 44 00:02:14.919 --> 00:02:17.879 EVO this year is I felt it was a lot 45 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:21.520 more corporate than it has been. A lot of advertisements, 46 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:25.080 a lot of sponsored segments, so that was kind of 47 00:02:25.400 --> 00:02:26.199 dragging it down. 48 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:32.680 So when Sony owns it now and there's probably a 49 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:36.800 mandate for it to make money, and I bet, I 50 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:39.080 bet the people who actually like do the running of 51 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:42.120 EVO will do their best to find the balance there. 52 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:45.639 But I mean, you know how that goes. The corporate 53 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:48.120 overlord comes. The overlord comes in and say, hey, well 54 00:02:48.120 --> 00:02:50.039 look at this budget here, let's try to make some 55 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:51.879 money on the other side. And then on the other 56 00:02:51.919 --> 00:02:55.159 side of that, the reality is there's probably some demand 57 00:02:55.240 --> 00:02:57.599 to speak to that fighting game audience. Right There was 58 00:02:57.639 --> 00:02:59.360 a couple of years ago where I think a lot 59 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:01.479 of publishers have been like, look, we were not even 60 00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:03.400 going to try to figure out fighting games. And now 61 00:03:03.400 --> 00:03:07.080 fighting games are really hot again. You know, it's not 62 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:09.599 like it's the world beating genre that it once was 63 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:13.520 in the nineties or whatever, but it's grown and right 64 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:15.240 now in this moment, they're like, oh, you can make 65 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:18.599 money making fighting games and speaking to this audience. And 66 00:03:18.639 --> 00:03:20.919 this is the one place where we know they'll all 67 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:24.039 be watching. So yeah, I think it kind of matches 68 00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:27.599 up in that way. Hopefully it doesn't like Sully it 69 00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:30.520 to the point where Ebo becomes unrecognizable. Is that a 70 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:32.599 concern do you think? Or is it just like it's 71 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:35.879 not as much as not as you know, from the 72 00:03:35.919 --> 00:03:37.159 ground up, as it once felt. 73 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:40.759 Yeah, I mean it definitely doesn't have the same grassroots 74 00:03:40.919 --> 00:03:42.680 origin that I feel like it did back in the 75 00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:45.639 early two thousands, the Battle of the Bay era, but 76 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:50.280 like it is a different feel. I don't know the 77 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:54.159 in arena experience this year versus past years. I've actually 78 00:03:54.199 --> 00:03:56.919 never been and I do want to go, but so 79 00:03:57.039 --> 00:03:58.879 I don't know if they were getting the same chipottle 80 00:03:58.919 --> 00:04:04.479 ads you're getting every single segment. But I mean EVO 81 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:06.719 is that big stage. There's a lot of money riding 82 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:08.919 on it, like Fatal Fury and Street Fighter. I think 83 00:04:08.919 --> 00:04:11.039 at like each like at least like one and a 84 00:04:11.080 --> 00:04:14.840 half a million dollars seven billion million dollars in there. 85 00:04:14.879 --> 00:04:19.319 And I mean EVO is backing other tournaments that are 86 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:23.759 were struggling, like CEO. They with the tariff stuff, they 87 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:26.160 were having a hard time selling t shirts, was which 88 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:29.879 was like one of the biggest incomes for that tournament. 89 00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:34.120 So there is good in the commercializing of it. But yeah, 90 00:04:34.160 --> 00:04:36.399 it does feel like a little bit is lost and 91 00:04:36.519 --> 00:04:39.120 it kind of just kills the pacing from going game 92 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:39.839 to game to game. 93 00:04:39.959 --> 00:04:43.600 But yeah, that makes sense either way. 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Now, 125 00:06:21.959 --> 00:06:25.040 after fifteen years, the ending of the original game is 126 00:06:25.319 --> 00:06:28.959 finally revisited in the first teaser for Darksiders four. The 127 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:32.920 announcement video recalls darksiders closing moments as War is joined 128 00:06:32.959 --> 00:06:37.240 by his fellow horsemen of the Apoca Apocalypse. Death Fury 129 00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:41.120 and Strife. The sequel is officially availed unveiled today. During 130 00:06:41.160 --> 00:06:44.319 THQ Nordick's online preview event that happened late last week 131 00:06:44.399 --> 00:06:47.279 or something like that, the publisher confirmed that Dark Siders 132 00:06:47.279 --> 00:06:50.759 four will continue the story directly after the first game, 133 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:52.759 and allowed the four players to ride together as the 134 00:06:52.800 --> 00:06:57.759 Four Horsemen through co op. This is a long time coming, 135 00:06:57.959 --> 00:07:00.680 I guess a little surprising that they actually eventually did 136 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:04.360 get here. They've done other Dark Sider sequels. In fact, 137 00:07:04.360 --> 00:07:07.879 they've done three, each starring a different like one of 138 00:07:07.920 --> 00:07:11.000 these horsemen. I think there was two three, and then 139 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:13.560 there was Genesis, which started I can't remember who that 140 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:17.319 started Strife maybe, but okay, so now they've all had 141 00:07:17.360 --> 00:07:19.720 their own game. That does kind of make sense. It's 142 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:22.079 just weird to think, oh, this Dark Sider's franchise that 143 00:07:22.399 --> 00:07:27.199 has always been kind of a sleeper hit. It's been successful, 144 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:28.759 but it also feels like one of those ones that 145 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:30.680 if it went away, I wouldn't be surprised at all. 146 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:34.240 And yet it's still here, and they're they're following up 147 00:07:34.279 --> 00:07:38.480 like storytelling trails that they put in place fifteen years ago. 148 00:07:38.800 --> 00:07:40.839 I'm kind of excited about this this is pretty neat. 149 00:07:41.040 --> 00:07:42.079 How are you feeling about it? 150 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:46.879 Pretty excited about it? Too great, truth be told, I 151 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:49.279 kind of fell off a little bit after Dark Siders 152 00:07:49.319 --> 00:07:51.360 two came out. I think I think there was a 153 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:53.040 big gap of time. I think it was like twenty 154 00:07:53.120 --> 00:07:56.279 nineteen or something, or was it earlier. I don't remember, 155 00:07:56.319 --> 00:07:59.360 but I remember that having a rocky launch three. 156 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:02.319 That sounds right. God. Yeah, but it's been a minute 157 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:02.720 for sure. 158 00:08:03.600 --> 00:08:06.480 Yeah, and I haven't played Genesis. Maybe I should go 159 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:08.319 into that, but this seems like it is kind of 160 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:11.600 returning to that like back in the PS three days, 161 00:08:11.639 --> 00:08:14.079 like that God of War Zelda Hybrid, or at least 162 00:08:14.240 --> 00:08:18.160 is doing a far more cinematic like action game with friends. 163 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:21.720 That gets me very excited about something like this. 164 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:26.800 Yeah. I think they've also done a good job at 165 00:08:27.040 --> 00:08:31.120 kind of keeping the genres varied from game to game 166 00:08:31.399 --> 00:08:33.679 while still maintaining a lot of that Dark Started the 167 00:08:33.759 --> 00:08:36.320 Dark Sider's elements. I do wonder it's like, Okay, so 168 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:39.519 this is going to be, you know, another Dark Sider's games, 169 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:41.559 but it's going to support four player co op. That's 170 00:08:41.679 --> 00:08:43.559 really interesting. I'm kind of I want to see how 171 00:08:43.559 --> 00:08:46.600 they're going to make that happen. But yes, at dark 172 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:49.759 Sider's four will return to the franchisees third person perspective, 173 00:08:49.759 --> 00:08:53.039 and THQ Nordic states that it will have cinematic action 174 00:08:53.159 --> 00:08:56.399 that is fast paced and visceral oh good with melee 175 00:08:56.480 --> 00:09:00.519 and supernatural abilities. At Player's Disposal mentioned there that they're 176 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:03.240 going back to third person. That means like behind the camera, 177 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:06.720 behind the back camera perspective, where Genesis I think was 178 00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:09.720 top down the kind of and at that time I 179 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:11.120 was like, Oh, this is cool. They're finding ways to 180 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:14.879 keep Dark Siders going while doing what I'm assuming is 181 00:09:14.919 --> 00:09:18.519 a style of play that saves them money. And now 182 00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:20.559 that they've been able to figure that out, they're like, Okay, 183 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:23.000 now we can do come back with the big return 184 00:09:23.159 --> 00:09:26.519 of the series with Dark Siders four, culminate in the 185 00:09:26.519 --> 00:09:29.279 storytelling that we've been doing all this time, and get 186 00:09:29.279 --> 00:09:31.000 back to the roots of how the game plays, and 187 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:33.200 then also have four player co op. I don't know, 188 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:36.840 it just seems like a cool thing to come out 189 00:09:37.320 --> 00:09:41.679 of a tier of game publishing and game development john 190 00:09:41.759 --> 00:09:46.200 that we always like lament is doesn't exist or is 191 00:09:47.039 --> 00:09:50.480 deeply underrepresented in gaming, which is these mid size B 192 00:09:50.600 --> 00:09:53.039 tier games. Dark Siders has always been that, and it's 193 00:09:53.039 --> 00:09:55.799 always been one of the better ones. This give you 194 00:09:55.879 --> 00:09:59.279 hope that like somewhere along the line, along the lines, 195 00:09:59.320 --> 00:10:01.720 we're figuring this sort of thing out, or dark Siders 196 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:03.600 the exception that maybe proves the rule. 197 00:10:06.080 --> 00:10:08.519 I think it does give credence to it, the fact 198 00:10:08.600 --> 00:10:12.320 that they were willing to change up the formula, even 199 00:10:12.360 --> 00:10:15.399 if some people were kind of like ostracized. Based on that, 200 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:18.960 they've always seemed to find an audience. I think it 201 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:22.399 is evident that if you have a very specific tone 202 00:10:22.519 --> 00:10:25.879 or you set the stage, keep things similar but different, 203 00:10:26.840 --> 00:10:28.399 and you kind of go back to what a lot 204 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:30.039 of people are asking for. I think that's going to 205 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:33.679 be huge. I think it really does. YE just focus 206 00:10:33.720 --> 00:10:36.960 on like if you have a vision for this, if 207 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:40.360 it is crazy enough, I think it will work. We 208 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:41.799 just need a lot of a lot more people to 209 00:10:42.039 --> 00:10:44.840 take chances on games like Dark Siders. I think it's 210 00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:46.159 super cool that it's back. 211 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:51.000 Yep. Of course this is all under embrace. Srtage Q 212 00:10:51.120 --> 00:10:54.559 Nordic is part of the and it's like there was 213 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:57.879 a moment there where I was thinking all of those things, 214 00:10:57.919 --> 00:11:01.679 all those franchises that they acquired. Nothing's gonna happen with 215 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:04.960 any of that anymore. It does feel like, coming out 216 00:11:04.960 --> 00:11:08.000 of this THHQ Nordic Digital Showcase twenty twenty five that 217 00:11:08.039 --> 00:11:10.759 TCHQ Nordic at least has kind of figured out its 218 00:11:10.919 --> 00:11:12.799 role under all of that while being able to like 219 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:17.000 survive the deepest cuts of that company. TCHQ Nordic was 220 00:11:17.080 --> 00:11:19.600 hit just like everyone else with layoffs and all that, 221 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:22.960 but they you know, that resulted in a lot of 222 00:11:22.960 --> 00:11:26.960 like projects being canceled or Embracer trying to work with 223 00:11:27.039 --> 00:11:29.879 outside companies like Amazon to fund the game development like 224 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:32.000 they were doing with tomb Raider. I think that was 225 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:34.320 happening there for a bit. It was all weird, and 226 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:36.840 I thought that weirdness was going to extend to every 227 00:11:36.919 --> 00:11:40.200 aspect of Embracer. But TCHQ Nordic seems to have figured 228 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:42.320 some stuff out. Not that things are all sunshine and 229 00:11:42.399 --> 00:11:45.720 rainbows under Embracer, but they had a lineup of games 230 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:49.559 this is everything announced that THQ Nordic Digital Showcase twenty 231 00:11:49.600 --> 00:11:52.480 twenty five. From George Foster at the Gamer John the 232 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:54.679 reality is I'm looking at a lot of these titles 233 00:11:55.159 --> 00:11:56.799 and a lot of them don't do anything for me, 234 00:11:57.159 --> 00:11:59.080 I don't even recognize some of them, even though they 235 00:11:59.120 --> 00:12:01.519 maybe they've been around. There are a couple of highlights 236 00:12:01.559 --> 00:12:03.799 I'll call out. If there's anything that you want to 237 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:05.679 call out, feel free to do so as well. I 238 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:08.039 guess one of the bigger ones actually is they're doing 239 00:12:08.080 --> 00:12:11.320 another SpongeBob game. After they brought back Bikini Bottom and 240 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:13.399 that's that did really well for them. They did a 241 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:16.600 sequel to that that was you know, received with a 242 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:21.559 lukewarm like reviews and you know, appreciation for the fans. 243 00:12:21.759 --> 00:12:23.679 They did that Patrick Star game that I thought was 244 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:28.080 a pretty decent like goat simulator like, and now they're 245 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:31.039 doing this one weird. It was weird, but it's just like, 246 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:35.320 you know, you basically just throw Patrick Starr around the 247 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:37.559 world and he just interacts with things. It's a weird 248 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:41.159 game and I like it. Actually, SpongeBob SquarePants Titan of 249 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:44.360 the Tide finally gets a reveal. After many many leaks, 250 00:12:44.360 --> 00:12:47.600 SpongeBob's next game has finally been officially announced and it's 251 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:51.679 releasing on November eighteenth. That's out this year. So, unlike 252 00:12:51.720 --> 00:12:54.639 Cosmic Shake, Patrick is actually playable in this one. Props 253 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:56.919 to David Hasshoff. Also he was like he shut up 254 00:12:56.919 --> 00:13:00.240 in the trailer, so that was crazy. Yes, he was 255 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:02.720 in the movie, right, I did he pop up in 256 00:13:02.759 --> 00:13:04.840 the show randomly? Orsi only ever in the movie. I 257 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:09.159 don't know. I've only horse I watch a SpongeBob. It's 258 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:10.759 playing on the DVD player in the back of the 259 00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:13.000 mini van, so I always just hear it. I don't 260 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:13.440 see it. 261 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:17.600 Yeah, I mean I'm not up to date on current SpongeBob. 262 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:18.360 I guess sure. 263 00:13:19.240 --> 00:13:22.240 I don't know if he ever went in the show. 264 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:24.559 I know they got Bowie, they got a lot of different, 265 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:27.799 like crazy guest stars. But yeah, I don't think Casselhoff 266 00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:31.960 has been like in the project since like the movie, which. 267 00:13:31.799 --> 00:13:34.159 Okay, people are saying he was in two movies, all right, 268 00:13:34.200 --> 00:13:34.639 well there you go. 269 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:37.080 Oh was he in the second one? 270 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:39.759 Don't There's like a bunch of different movies. Now there's 271 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:41.720 the first movie. Was obviously in that. I remember that 272 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:43.799 joke like being a big part of it. I guess 273 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:47.600 he's been in another one, fair enough, Okay, Recreation, which 274 00:13:47.679 --> 00:13:51.320 is a follow up to Reckfest, but it has an 275 00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:54.759 open world and so people are like it's like Reckfest 276 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:58.200 meets Fortsa, which sounds great to me. I honestly, I 277 00:13:58.200 --> 00:14:02.039 think more of the herror genre should try to take 278 00:14:02.080 --> 00:14:05.120 on forts horizon and see if they can make that 279 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:09.799 work for themselves. And Reckfest feels perfect for that because 280 00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:13.799 it has all that interesting modeling of damage and being 281 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:16.360 able to have that play out in an open world. 282 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:18.000 I think that could be really fun. So this is 283 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:20.279 one that I feel like we've heard about this one before, 284 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:23.000 but they give uself a little bit more on it, 285 00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:28.080 and yeah, I'm excited to see it. Let's see Tides 286 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:30.919 of Tomorrow Sacred to the Eternal Life of Goldman. Actually, 287 00:14:30.919 --> 00:14:32.759 that one looked pretty good. This is when we've seen 288 00:14:32.879 --> 00:14:36.240 railer as well. Yeah, it looks pretty cute, right, Like, 289 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:40.799 it's got really nice stylings to its visuals where I 290 00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:42.399 think you kind of play as an old you know, 291 00:14:42.440 --> 00:14:45.200 it's a cinematic platformer. That's the best way of explaining it. 292 00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:46.840 But what stood out to you about it? 293 00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:51.399 So that trailer, Like I think I don't know if 294 00:14:51.399 --> 00:14:53.039 we got the wrong impression because it showed up in 295 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:56.480 like directs and like Nintendo directs, maybe like a Game Awards, 296 00:14:56.519 --> 00:14:59.000 but the trailer they point out, like I saw it 297 00:14:59.039 --> 00:15:01.039 was coming out I was watching EVO on Friday, so 298 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:03.600 didn't get a chance to check it until like like 299 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:07.919 this morning. Uh there's a weirdly sinister vibe to the 300 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:12.639 trailer that really is getting me even more intrigued. Like 301 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:16.120 I thought it was just a very pretty cinematic platformer 302 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:21.360 with like Ducktails esque platforming and like cane customization. It 303 00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:25.080 looks like they're going for something with this, and I'm 304 00:15:25.440 --> 00:15:27.320 I employ a lot of people to just check out 305 00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:30.519 that trailer because it kind of came out of left field. 306 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:34.720 There is there's like this weird like dark maternal figure 307 00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:36.799 and there's some child in the mix. I have no 308 00:15:36.799 --> 00:15:38.559 idea where they're go in this one, but it seems 309 00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:41.759 very interesting and uh yeah, one hundred percent on board 310 00:15:42.399 --> 00:15:43.120 and it's it's. 311 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:46.000 Got the like the visual storytelling chops I think to 312 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:48.320 pull off whatever they want to go for. So if 313 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:50.440 they are holding some stuff back to kind of wallop 314 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:52.080 us when we finally play the game, I think they're 315 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:54.200 gonna be able to pull it off and curious to 316 00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:57.440 see which which direction it goes. Titan Quest two is 317 00:15:57.480 --> 00:16:01.080 in early access right now. The Guild Europa fourteen to 318 00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:05.519 ten has been revealed Gothic remake is coming in early 319 00:16:05.559 --> 00:16:08.080 twenty twenty six. People have always been been clamoring for 320 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:12.279 the Gothic remake. Now here it is reannimle re animal. 321 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:14.200 I'm gonna say it that way gets a release window. 322 00:16:14.200 --> 00:16:17.159 It's coming out in Q one, twenty twenty six. I mean, 323 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:18.679 like a lot of games that are like, oh yeah, 324 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:21.080 I guess I kind of remember them showing that before, 325 00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:25.360 not all high on my radar, and then Fate Fate 326 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:29.279 Keeper looks like Skyrim but with telekinesis powers or telekinetic powers. 327 00:16:29.320 --> 00:16:32.559 I should say anything else from the showcase stick out 328 00:16:32.559 --> 00:16:36.600 to you or grab your attention, groub. 329 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:39.279 I saw a couple of things that looked interesting. Ties 330 00:16:39.320 --> 00:16:42.519 It Tomorrow looks very pretty, and I'm curious because I 331 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:46.480 really thought it was all about that, all about that 332 00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:50.840 crazy multiplayer gimmick to it. But in recreation, seems like 333 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:52.840 it's gonna be a lot of fun, like vehicular discussion 334 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:55.759 that looks very fun to mess around with. But yeah, 335 00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:57.919 I mean, besides the ones we kind of talked about 336 00:16:57.919 --> 00:17:01.440 in length, like I'm sure I get my kid cousins, 337 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:04.839 the SpongeBob games, those those games, those platformers are always 338 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:07.079 kind of like hidden gems. I feel like, yeah, ever 339 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:10.720 since the game few days, but yeah, like not a 340 00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:13.599 lot of stuff I'm looking into. Fate Keeper seems interesting 341 00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:15.079 and I didn't get a chance to check that out, 342 00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:18.759 but yeah, I don't really have much to say. It's 343 00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:19.480 cool Dark. 344 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:23.440 Sider's back, Yeah, it's it's uh. I think overall it's 345 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:26.519 just like, oh, yeah, THQ Nordica has a lot of 346 00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:30.400 games that they're working on U and that's encouraging. At 347 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:33.240 the very least. I'm glad that it wasn't good. I'm 348 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:34.720 glad it didn't get to the point where it's like 349 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:38.000 even THHQ Nordic was like we had twelve games and 350 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:41.079 now we're just making two and it's it's SpongeBob and 351 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:45.119 like one other thing. Enjoy that. It's like, no, we're 352 00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:48.200 making Dark Siders for and that, Yeah, the SpongeBob game 353 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:50.400 is new and looks pretty promising, and here's a bunch 354 00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:53.519 of other stuff that could be any number of degrees 355 00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:56.240 of quality when we get when we finally get them. 356 00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:59.440 But at least it finally does feel still like they're 357 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:02.279 mostly for It doesn't feel like they're phoning all these 358 00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:04.759 games in they're trying to make something that can do 359 00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:07.720 well and succeed, and yeah, like I said, that's encouraging. 360 00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:09.839 They're called TCHQ for a reason. 361 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:14.799 The Toy Headquarter is back at it. Everybody, all right. 362 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:17.640 The full list of all price increases for Nintendo Switch 363 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:20.319 and everything else is here. We talked a little bit 364 00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:24.799 about this on Friday, the shocking announcement that Nintendo was 365 00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:27.000 going to raise the price on the original Switch, as 366 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:30.039 well as a bunch of other accessories and even a mebo. 367 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:33.000 This is from Nintendo everything. Let's go through, like we 368 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:35.680 have the detailed numbers. Now, we had some stuff leak 369 00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:39.279 from Target, but now here's everything. So in the United States, 370 00:18:39.400 --> 00:18:42.680 the switch O LAD is four hundred dollars. It was 371 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:46.519 three hundred and fifty dollars. The standard switch was three 372 00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:50.400 hundred dollars. It's now three hundred forty dollars. Switch light 373 00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:53.960 was two hundred, it is now two hundred. Thirty. Joycn 374 00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:57.240 this is the original JOYCN were eighty. They are now 375 00:18:57.400 --> 00:19:01.279 ninety dollars. The pro controller was s it is now eighty. 376 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:04.720 The nes controller pack was sixty, it's now seventy. N 377 00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:08.039 sixty four controller went from fifty to fifty five, and 378 00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:11.720 the Super Nintendo controller went from thirty to thirty five. Now, 379 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:14.240 some accessories of the switch to also went up in price. 380 00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:17.759 The joy Con charging stand went from thirty to thirty 381 00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:20.839 five dollars, the pro controller went from eighty five to 382 00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:24.200 ninety dollars, and the joy Con two set went from 383 00:19:24.319 --> 00:19:27.680 ninety five to one hundred dollars, and then the dock 384 00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:29.960 set went from one hundred and twenty to one hundred 385 00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:32.799 and twenty five dollars. It's basically two hundred and twenty 386 00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:34.759 five dollars if you need to replace your joy Con, 387 00:19:35.079 --> 00:19:37.680 you and your docs. So if you go get hey 388 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:40.119 switch to only on Craigslist, all I have is just 389 00:19:40.119 --> 00:19:42.440 the switch to and maybe the charger. You go get that, 390 00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:44.319 you're going to spend two hundred and twenty five dollars 391 00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:48.400 to complete your set. Now, the Amibo Amibo looks okay, 392 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:51.319 sixteen dollars legacy Amibo. I don't know what that means, 393 00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:57.759 and frankly, John, I don't care to learn. It's twenty dollars. Now. 394 00:19:58.200 --> 00:20:01.519 Two pack Ambo went from thirty five or no, they 395 00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:03.680 were thirty, and it's gonna be thirty five or forty 396 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:06.759 depending on which one, so summer thirty five and summer 397 00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:09.279 forty and then finally, and I know this is gonna 398 00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:12.960 be the most devastating for people. The Nintendo soundclock Alarmo 399 00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:15.559 was one hundred dollars. Is that it is now one 400 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:19.799 hundred ten dollars. There's also price increases in Canada. I'll 401 00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:21.319