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<v Speaker 1>At this time on Thursdays, we like to talk tech,

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<v Speaker 1>and this week it is all about the Nintendo Switch too.

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<v Speaker 1>We welcome in Mark Saltzman. I'm gonna play the little thing.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it's the little thing that's all right. We

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<v Speaker 1>don't need to do it, Mark, Okay, Nintendo Switch too.

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<v Speaker 1>If you are a dvo.

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<v Speaker 2>I can do it. I can do it.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, I'm doing the dance. So we've got a cover.

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<v Speaker 2>All right.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, if you're a devote of Nintendo Switch, you're probably

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<v Speaker 1>going to get a Nintendo switched too, right. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I know there's an article, you've played with it, you've

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<v Speaker 1>checked it out.

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<v Speaker 3>Is it worth it?

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<v Speaker 1>But I was kind of opining before I had you on,

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<v Speaker 1>Mark that, like, if you love the Nintendo Switch, is

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<v Speaker 1>it does it matter?

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<v Speaker 3>If it's worth it? You want the new one, don't you?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? You know the Nintendo's they know how to create

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<v Speaker 2>It's like their secret sauces is very thought after by

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<v Speaker 2>many other game companies. They know how to make games

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<v Speaker 2>that are super fun. You often can't put your finger

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<v Speaker 2>on it. It's often family friendly content, not always, but

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<v Speaker 2>they just they they've got that Jena Sequa. They just

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<v Speaker 2>know how to make a game system that makes it

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<v Speaker 2>so desirable. You probably grew up saying Nintendo. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>long before the Wei and all that, you probably played Marrio.

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<v Speaker 1>My first foray into addiction was Super Mario Brothers for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, me too. Meta. So yesterday in New York,

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<v Speaker 2>Nintendo hosted an event for media to officially launch the

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<v Speaker 2>Nintendo Switch to or at least announce the launch date

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<v Speaker 2>of June fifth, And yeah, I mean, look, it's it's

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<v Speaker 2>very similar to what made the Nintendo Switch popular in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty seventeen and to this day, which is primarily the

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<v Speaker 2>fact that it's a versatile console. You can play it

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<v Speaker 2>on the go. It has a screen, so to help,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, reduce the are we there yet from the

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<v Speaker 2>backseat if you will, on a road trip, But then

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<v Speaker 2>you can dock it and play it on a big

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<v Speaker 2>screen TV. For most of the Nintendo Switch models, not

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<v Speaker 2>all of them, but most of them, so they haven't

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<v Speaker 2>changed that that formula remains the same, but they've made

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<v Speaker 2>it better in virtually every other way. For one, the

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<v Speaker 2>screen that you play on is instead of a six

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<v Speaker 2>point two inch, it's nearly eight inches, and it's a

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<v Speaker 2>better quality screen and with not just with better resolution,

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<v Speaker 2>twice the pixels or dots that make up the image

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<v Speaker 2>compared to the last model, which just means the games

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<v Speaker 2>just look so much more vibrant. But they've also up

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<v Speaker 2>the refresh rate, so it's a lot for those geeks listening.

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<v Speaker 2>It's one hundred and twenty hertz refresh rates, which it's

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<v Speaker 2>double the sixty frames per second that most game systems

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<v Speaker 2>play at. And so this is just incredibly you know,

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<v Speaker 2>fluid gameplay. So the new Mario Kart World, which is

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<v Speaker 2>the launch title, it can support up to thirty two players,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know it's going to be really silky smooth

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<v Speaker 2>when you play that. They've also added a Sea button

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<v Speaker 2>shenon in the bottom right quarter of the Nintendo Switch,

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<v Speaker 2>and C stands for Chat. Before, believe it or not,

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<v Speaker 2>they really didn't have an intuitive way to chat with

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<v Speaker 2>other players while you were gaming. You can attach an

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<v Speaker 2>external microphone, but it was clumsy, but now you just

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<v Speaker 2>press that button. It's got a noise canceling microphone built

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<v Speaker 2>into the Nintendo Switch too, so you can chat in

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<v Speaker 2>real time with friends around the world over Wi Fi,

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<v Speaker 2>and the option to add a camera if you want

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<v Speaker 2>for video calling. And so just for in gameplay as well,

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<v Speaker 2>Like if I'm stuck in a level in the game

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<v Speaker 2>that I know Shannon you finished, or Gary, I can

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<v Speaker 2>call you through my Nintendo Switch too, and you can

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<v Speaker 2>say and I can share my screen and you can say, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I know exactly where you are. Mark, this is what

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<v Speaker 2>you need to do. Go over here and look for

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<v Speaker 2>the Princess Peach whatever you get done. Yet, there's also yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>there's also a better kickstand. That was a pain point

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<v Speaker 2>with the existing Nintendo Switch is kind of flimsy in

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<v Speaker 2>the back, so when you prop it up on a

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<v Speaker 2>table or desk, it might fall, you know. So they

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<v Speaker 2>just added a budd of new technologies to it to

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<v Speaker 2>just enhance the experience. But at its core, it's very

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<v Speaker 2>similar to the original Nintendo Switch, just better and virtually

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<v Speaker 2>every every other every way all the features.

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<v Speaker 1>Mario Kart World too, has the open world to race

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<v Speaker 1>through this time. I mean we've seen it in Burnout

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<v Speaker 1>Paradise or and for the Horizon, but it's the first

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<v Speaker 1>for the Mario Kart series.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, look at you.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, I did my homework, okay.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, it is open and it's going to add

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<v Speaker 2>to the replayability because you can there's so many different modes.

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<v Speaker 2>One of them is called free rome, which means even

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<v Speaker 2>if you want to.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh no, he's cutting out, not in know the hell.

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<v Speaker 3>Free rome means you don't, she doesn't know, we don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>Try it again, try it back.

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<v Speaker 2>I love that this is a segment called tech talk

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<v Speaker 2>and the technology is us right.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, right, try again, Free rome, what does that mean?

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<v Speaker 2>Free roam? They don't you don't play on a particular circuit,

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<v Speaker 2>like you're not actually racing. You can free rome the

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<v Speaker 2>environments in this game and even stop and get out

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<v Speaker 2>of your car or your cart and take pictures with

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<v Speaker 2>your friends within the game. And that's really fun. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>lots of different environments, desert and like you know, mountains

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<v Speaker 2>and it's that that was a real hit during the

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<v Speaker 2>demo yesterday. Just the idea that you can just play

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<v Speaker 2>however you like. And yeah, it's going to get and

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<v Speaker 2>then for those who do like to race, there's more modes,

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<v Speaker 2>more competitions, more trophies. But yeah, I think Nintendo fans

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<v Speaker 2>are going to love it. It's going to be four

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<v Speaker 2>fifty when it comes out on June fifth. There'll be

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<v Speaker 2>some bundles as well, where you can also get that

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<v Speaker 2>Mario Kart World game with it and other bundles. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>people are looking forward to it, I think overall, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to be backward compatible for those who are

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<v Speaker 2>wondering World Grade. I just spent you know, a couple

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<v Speaker 2>thousand dollars on games over the years. It will play

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<v Speaker 2>your previous games and in some cases you can pay

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<v Speaker 2>a small feed. They didn't disclose how much, but it'll

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<v Speaker 2>upgrade the older games with even more features and better

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<v Speaker 2>graphics and all that to play on your Nintendo switch

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<v Speaker 2>to if you want.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, and then a final question, what is Knockout mode?

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<v Speaker 2>Knockout Mode is a highly competitive racing mode within the

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<v Speaker 2>game where you go from country to country, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>like it's like what do you call what do you

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<v Speaker 2>call it? Like sudden like deathmatch where sudden deaths where

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<v Speaker 2>if you if you're out, you lose and then there's

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<v Speaker 2>no going back. You got to start from the beginning.

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<v Speaker 2>And so it's going to be for those who are

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<v Speaker 2>hardcore gamers that if you lose a race, that's it.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's you're knocked out of that course and you

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<v Speaker 2>have to find another way to get back in, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's like the heartless way. I think a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>the hardcore gamers are really excited about that mode. I did.

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<v Speaker 2>I did play a bit of that in New York

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<v Speaker 2>yesterday at this Nintendo event. Yeah, it's fierce.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the thing that's cool And I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>because I'm not a Nintendo switched person, but the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that every single lap on every single course is unique

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<v Speaker 1>on this game, I think that's fascinating.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that takes that takes a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they do such a good job. Sorry to cut

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<v Speaker 2>you off. They do such a good job with the

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<v Speaker 2>course design, and then they add things like weather that

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<v Speaker 2>will impact you know, your you know your performance. You

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<v Speaker 2>have to keep that all in mind. When you're drifting,

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<v Speaker 2>for example, and it's raining, you have to compensate. And

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<v Speaker 2>so yeah, I mean again, Nintendo knows how to make

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<v Speaker 2>great games. There. There's a new Donkey Kong called Donkey

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<v Speaker 2>Kong Bonanza that we played yesterday with a fully destructible environment.

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<v Speaker 2>Instead of like running up a hill and around it

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<v Speaker 2>or go around it, you can actually punch your way

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<v Speaker 2>through the mountain like it's all interactive, And yeah, that

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<v Speaker 2>was fun. There's going to be some Legend of Zelda updates.

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<v Speaker 2>So part of Nintendo's success is their exclusive iconic mascot

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<v Speaker 2>based games like Princess Peach like link from Legendzelda. That

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<v Speaker 2>will all continue. So yeah, Circle the fifth of June

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<v Speaker 2>four forty nine. It's more than what the Nintendo Switch

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<v Speaker 2>was when it came out, but hey, that's inflation. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know if triffs are also playing a role there,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's a lot of fun from what I what

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<v Speaker 2>I could tell with my day of playing yesterday. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>tough gig, I know, all right.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's worth it's worth buying the five hundred dollars

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<v Speaker 1>one that comes with Mario Kart World, right, because it's

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<v Speaker 1>seventy or eighty if you're going to buy the game,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously you're going to buy the game.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. There's been some, yeah, some negative coverage on X

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<v Speaker 2>from gamers who resent digital games being eighty dollars. It

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<v Speaker 2>is ten dollars more than other digital games for Nintendo

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<v Speaker 2>Switch too, and then the physical game could be as

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<v Speaker 2>much as ninety dollars. So yeah, before you know it,

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<v Speaker 2>they'll be a hundred dollars video games. But if you

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<v Speaker 2>can play for a couple of years, you might be

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<v Speaker 2>able to justify it. If it's a game that you

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<v Speaker 2>can finish in five hours, then no, right, But Nintendo games,

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<v Speaker 2>Nintendo games tend to have legs, longlegs.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the good thing about being bad at video games

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<v Speaker 1>is it's just a lifelong fun for me. I will

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<v Speaker 1>never beat the game in five hours. Mark, thank you

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<v Speaker 1>so much, appreciate it. Always enjoy talking to you.

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<v Speaker 2>Likewise, Shannon, thank you.

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<v Speaker 3>Mark Saltzman.

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<v Speaker 1>There follow him Mark underscore Saltzman on the X always

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<v Speaker 1>a good follow a lot of great content of their