Nothing to see here, folks. (It's all in your ears).
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/28412/episode-267-the-friendly-ghost
With James taking a rare week off, we looked to have a substitute but... things happen. So instead, you get a three-man show with plenty of gaming goodness. In New Business, Jonny checks out the hilarious, goofy 3DS download called Freakyforms (formerly known as Picture Lives!). He also checks in with Uncharted 3, which leads to a fun discussion of writing in video games, and he finally boots up BioWare's Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, or simply KOTOR. Jon catches up with his thoughts on last week's RetroActive game, River City Ransom, plus some reactions to the superb Batman: Arkham City, coming to Wii U next year. Instead of new game impressions, Greg comments on the initial Japan sales numbers for Super Mario 3D Land (in stores today for our North American listeners) and revisits the final hours of Twilight Princess to steel himself for the second coming of Zelda on Wii.
In the second half, we've got Listener Mail up the wazoo. First up is the high price of Resident Evil: Revelations and whether digital delivery could be the answer. Then we debunk speculation (from certain other podcasts) of Nintendo's imminent demise, and ponder whether there are any developer acquisitions that would make sense for the Big N as it makes the transition to HD software development.
In lieu of our regular show next week, we'll be podcasting live on Saturday, Nov. 19th starting at Noon Eastern. We hope you will be there and support this event as well as a great charity. If you can't make it, we hope to deliver a recording of the telethon roughly around the same time, and podcast subscribers should get it automatically. If you prefer to download episodes manually, check the event page next week for direct links to the recording.
Editing out Karl... That sounds familiar...
lolEditing out Karl... That sounds familiar...
Well, Karl was "edited" out by fate so to speak; if I had chosen to edit him out, I would of course have replaced his audio with whale noises.
Editing out Karl... That sounds familiar...
Well, Karl was "edited" out by fate so to speak; if I had chosen to edit him out, I would of course have replaced his audio with whale noises.
lolEditing out Karl... That sounds familiar...
Well, Karl was "edited" out by fate so to speak; if I had chosen to edit him out, I would of course have replaced his audio with whale noises.
There should so be a random couple of whale noises in an episode.
Hmm, Greg is Dr. Dre. I like that. I guess that makes me what, Snoop Dogg? I figure James is Eazy-E, Jonny is Nate Dogg.Lindy your already Silk. You can't have two rapper names unless your killed but, not really and come back.
Great talk about how other podcasts are worthless sources for anything Nintendo. Have unsubscribed from many shows that just had ridiculous conversations about topics they clearly knew nothing about.Completely agree, I work nightshift at a hockey arena so i basically listen to podcasts all shift. I've tried many podcasts but by far the best for nintendo discusion are the 3 NWR podcasts. Some of the media outlets don't even try to disguise the nintendo-hating -_-
RFN is definitely your best source in regards to podcasts. They are positive when there is good news, critical and thoughtful when there are negatives, and always knowledgable about the topic at hand.
Great talk about how other podcasts are worthless sources for anything Nintendo. Have unsubscribed from many shows that just had ridiculous conversations about topics they clearly knew nothing about.Completely agree, I work nightshift at a hockey arena so i basically listen to podcasts all shift. I've tried many podcasts but by far the best for nintendo discusion are the 3 NWR podcasts. Some of the media outlets don't even try to disguise the nintendo-hating -_-
RFN is definitely your best source in regards to podcasts. They are positive when there is good news, critical and thoughtful when there are negatives, and always knowledgable about the topic at hand.
The main thing that stands out about the NWR podcasts are the amount of intelligent discusion focused at Nintendo by people who actually know what they're talking about, i mean no one would even bother with the business commentary that you guys do for example. NWR's podcasts are my favourite gaming podcasts let alone nintendo podcasts... Well since a life well wasted (http://alifewellwasted.com/) never puts out any episodes anyways...
YMMV regarding the show's style, but Player One Podcast is generally friendly towards Nintendo, and they often complain about media not giving Nintendo games a fair shake.
YMMV regarding the show's style, but Player One Podcast is generally friendly towards Nintendo, and they often complain about media not giving Nintendo games a fair shake.
this.
2. As KDR correctly identified above, as of now, there are not really any tangible benefits for consumers in download-only gaming. But, there are benefits for companies in terms of screwing us! So, I for one am very content to see Nintendo continue "lagging woefully behind" in this regard. Plus, as Greg said, right now Nintendo's business model does not need any revamping from their end. If consumers still feel first party games are worth the $50 price tag after years on the market? Guess what? That is Nintendo's reward for delivering on QUALITY.
Other companies who are trumpeting disposable, annual, releases and DLC up the whazoo are going to have to keep treading that water and seeing how far they can nickel and dime consumers to recoup their bloated budgets. As Lindy acknowledged, those map packs ain't never gonna be free again, people! And how long do you think it will take before we start seeing "Platinum Editions" released AFTER some "Gold Edition"? :P: :
The fact that the conversation eventually lead down the path of "well, hypothetically they could do away with NDS functionality on the 3DS," yea, I guess that would help them get on board with downloading full NDS games.... it would also be a rip-off! And not Nintendo's style.
"But NinSage," some might already be typing feverishly, "the new Wii remodel took away GCN support!" Yea, it did, but that's not because it is going to try and sell you downloadable GCN titles. In other words, the business model is saving on hardware costs, not trying to squeeze you for digital transactions. Also worth remembering, this comes on the heels of being a full console generation removed. I am content with the industry-wide standard of having one previous generation of backwards-compatibility.
Thus, lag on, Nintendo!! .... oh... and keep making hardware your competition needs to imitate ;D
