Jon's reign of terror continues as we talk Pokemon Sun/Moon, Excitebike 64, and more. You may want to wash your face afterwards.
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James continues to wander abroad, and has almost certainly married a life-sized Gundam during a sake-fueled bender by now. While he sorts out his pending annulment, we present you with another episode of NWR Chat. Jon brazenly assumes the hosting chair yet again, with Pokemon superfan Alex Culafi joining us along with the baleful stares known as Gui and Greg. This week New Business features Alex with a ton of thoughts on Pokemon Sun/Moon, Gui giving us a LEGO City Undercover update along with initial thoughts on Excitebike 64 on VC, Jon finally trying out Super Mario 3D World, and Greg offering "early" thoughts on Dragon Quest VII.
On the other side of the break is Listener Mail. This time around we discuss Switch, unsurprisingly; its price vs. handhelds, the potential for Wii U games to be ported for launch, and why you might buy a Wii U after Switch releases. You can experience your own release by sending any and all questions to our inbox.
Episode 500 is near and still yearning for more RFN Episode RetroActives. Deconstruct your favorite RFN episode from the past and make us laugh, cry, and feel shame. In short, it'll be just another day at the RFN office.
Anecdotal, but count me as one person who will not buy ports of Wii U games to Switch game if there either isn't an upgrade path or heavy discount on the titles. Re-buying $5-10 virtual console games is a whole different ballpark than full-priced console games.
Can't say I understand the hype around the new Pokémon games. I played the demo, and found it very disappointing. Setting the camera so close to the models seems like a mistake, since they look like crap, and the demo still suffered from some noticeable frame rate drops despite taking out stereoscopic 3D. No one seems to be talking about that, but I really wish they'd stuck with 2D environments. It's not like they had to move to 3D graphics to remove the grid. I wonder if they didn't develop it with the Switch in mind rather than the 3DS. since the "third version" of this set is rumored to be coming to Switch. Either way, considering it is coming out so late in the 3DS' life cycle, it's one of the worst-looking games I've seen on the system.
The demo was a bit too hand-holdy to me, but I guess it should be expected from a demo. The problem is that the whole thing feels too gimmicky, from the special moves to the riding Pokemon thing and the silly (and frame rate-killing) photographing minigame, which seems to be a growing issue with Pokemon games.
I can believe it's better than X/Y and the Ruby/Sapphire remakes, but playing the demo made me want to replay RGBY more than spend 50 Trudollars on the new ones.
