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Episode 148: Podcast of the Pudding Brains

by Nicholas Bray, Alex Culafi, Zachary Miller, Neal Ronaghan, Mike Sklens, and Scott Thompson - September 1, 2014, 7:00 pm EDT
Total comments: 4

On this new episode, we talk about the news of the new New 3DS and New 3DS XL. They're new!

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This week only, download the spectacle that is Nintendo World Report's Connectivity podcast, Episode 148, with three thrilling segments.

First, Alex, Neal, and Scott tackle the news including the announcement of the New 3DS models. Will it fragment the user base? And how many faceplates will Neal buy? Find out answers to these questions and more.

In the second segment, Mike joins Scott and Zach for another discussion of awesome video game music. This time, they play some of the listeners favorite battle and/or boss themes. The next time they convene, they'll be discussing the best tracks from Mega Man games. If you have one of your own you can submit it to us by clicking here.

And finally, we have a bonus segment for you this week. Scott, Amanda, and Nicholas will be talking about the premier of Doctor Who series 8, and Peter Capaldi's first outing at The Doctor.

Thanks for checking out our little show! We love reading and answering listener mail on the show, and you can submit it to us by clicking here. And if you have a moment, please rate and review the show on iTunes.

This week's episode edited by Mike Sklens.
"Particle Charge" by bit.shifter.

Talkback

azekeSeptember 02, 2014

About rumoured Monolith's 3DS game: it is (was? haven't heard about it for a while) meant to be new series, and that numerous Xenoblade postings on several online retailers were probably for the sequel on Wii U.

As to boss music, i posted that music Super Mario 3d Land as an example because it's such a great boss (probably my favourite final boss in any 3d Mario to date) but the music attached gets too bombastic and become generic at the end. It totally works in the context complements the boss fight perfectly, but isn't as memorable as a separate music piece.

Here's what I wrote for Scott to introduce the Magus theme (didn't get it to him in time for the show):

It starts with the black wind howling. As your arch enemy fades into view, synth organ chords announce that gothic horror is verily upon our heroes. They are facing a man who would destroy the world, a man flung from his own time and with nothing left to lose. As swords are drawn and spells prepared, the driving rhythm kicks in for a battle that you may not survive. It's easy to forget that Magus is established as the final boss, the ultimate enemy, and his musical theme helps sell that illusion to the first-time player. It's my favorite piece of video game music from my favorite video game.

SorenSeptember 10, 2014

Totally agree with Neal. Xenoblade is coming to 3DS because Nintendo sees a market with RPGs that didn't exist on Wii when Xenoblade first came out. It's hoping for at least low 6 digit sales at least.

azekeSeptember 10, 2014

Quote from: Soren

Totally agree with Neal. Xenoblade is coming to 3DS because Nintendo sees a market with RPGs that didn't exist on Wii when Xenoblade first came out. It's hoping for at least low 6 digit sales at least.

From what i remember, Xenoblade sold ~140 000 in Japan and around 250 000 (?) in NA,  so it hit 6 digits in two of the individual territories.

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