Nintendo went and announced a whole bunch of release dates and confirmed games, so the Newscast Trio sits down and chats for almost two hours about what this spring and summer mean to Nintendo fans.
After the Summit discussion, we have the regular segments of Whatcha Reviewin (Endless Ocean 2, Shiren the Wanderer, Retro Game Challenge), and the weekly downloads and releases.
Finally, we conclude our Game Club discussion of Blaster Master Overdrive, and set up the next Game Club (Mega Man 10).
As always, we welcome any feedback you would like to give.
Credits:
This podcast was edited by Andy Goergen.
Music for this episode of NWR Newscast is used with permission from A Boy Named Earth and Jonathan Coulton via Creative Commons License.
Very nice episode. But I have to comment on the chapters. THERE'S TOO MANY OF THEM!
Just out of curiosity, what is it about excessive chapters that makes it inconvenient? Does it just make it hard to actually skip around the episode because there's too much clutter?
My only complaint is that I was a little disappointed when the show just ended, as I've come to expect an RFN-style stinger at the end. I realize that the material for that isn't always there, but you should try to include something like that.
Just out of curiosity, what is it about excessive chapters that makes it inconvenient? Does it just make it hard to actually skip around the episode because there's too much clutter?When I add new files to my iPod it loses its place in the current song and starts from the beginning. Not a big deal if it's a 5 minute song, but if it's a 2 hour podcast it can be tricky finding out where I left off. So I really like chapters because then I just have to remember I'm halfway through chapter 4 or whatever. But when there are 26 chapters it can be difficult to find the right one and annoying because if I try to skip to the next chapter within the first two seconds of any given chapters it just restarts that chapter rather than moving to the next one.
And also, ejamer, that's what I get for not owning the original Endless Ocean. I knew there was no clear and present danger, but I was unaware that there were docile sharks.
I'll echo appreciation for the Shiren talk. It was very interesting and once again pushed me towards trying one of these, especially as I seem to have more patience for difficult games (like Blaster Master: Overdrive).
