We got some goodies this week including Bayonetta Origins, Octopath Traveler II, and more Fitness Boxing! Plus Perry sat down with Frozax Games to discuss Tents and Trees!
Casey is busy working on Various Daylife rom hacks, so once again Alex and Perry are left to pick up the pieces.
Worry not, because this double-length (#) episode is PACKED with a little over an hour of Nintendo goodness. Alex reviewed Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon for NWR, so he talked about it for a while. Spoiler alert: it's really good! After that, Perry sat down with Francois Guibert of Frozax Games to discuss the very cool Tents and Trees for a quick interview. Then, wrapping things up, Alex is really into Octopath Traveler 2 so far.
We then go into a Poll Results Time to ask: Whattaya Buyin? (on the 3DS and Wii U eShop). As part of that, we talk about Rusty's Real Deal Baseball???
We got some goodies this week including Bayonetta Origins, Octopath Traveler II, and more Fitness Boxing!
When Bayonetta 3 came out a few months ago, there was a secret chapter you could access that was like 10 minutes long and had a zoomed-out, kid version of the series’ titular protagonist doing a couple light puzzles in a colorful art style. It was slow, not very fun, and lacked context. What was this thing…DLC?
As it turns out, no, it wasn’t. It was actually a playable teaser for the full-price puzzle-action-adventure game Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon. If that wasn’t surprising enough, get this: the final product is really good! It’s a clever take on both Bayonetta and Zelda that represents developer Platinum Games at its most creative.
The spin-off is notable in that it shows a side to Platinum’s iconic protagonist rarely seen: her early life. As the introduction explains, Cereza’s conception (Bayonetta’s given name is Cereza) is the result of a forbidden tryst between her mother, an Umbra Witch, and her father from the opposing Lumen Sages tribe. Because of the romance’s nature, Rosa was imprisoned and Cereza was, after a failed rescue attempt, banished to a nearby forest. She was then raised by fellow witch outcast Morgana.
One day, Cereza is told in a dream to follow a white wolf in order to gain the power to reunite her with her mother. Along the way, she manages to summon a demon that takes residence in a doll her mother made for her. The demon, which Cereza names Cheshire, isn’t particularly fond of the young witch. Cereza wants to gain confidence in her witching abilities and save her mother, while Cheshire wants to go back to the underworld. Destroying four elemental orbs, apparently, would give the pair the power to accomplish both of their goals.
I can’t say enough good about how evocative the atmosphere here is. Inspired by Alice in Wonderland and Grimms’ Fairy Tales, the game’s bright colors pop like you’re playing a living story book, and the dark whimsy seen in its apparent inspirations shows up in full force. It’s visible in the writing, the soundtrack featuring a full instrument ensemble, the cutscenes told via story book pages, and even a warm-voiced narrator (I love that her grumbling impression as she narrates the game actually *is* Cheshire’s voice acting). It’s not as over-the-top as Bayonetta proper. This is more cozy, more subtle.
Bayonetta Origins plays nothing like its character-action counterpart. It instead pulls the camera way back, somewhere between a traditional third-person action game and a 2D Zelda. The big gimmick here is that you control both Cereza and Cheshire at the same time, the former with the left stick and the latter with the right.
Cereza casts spells that restrain enemies and manipulate the environment while Cheshire does your damage-based attacks and destroys large objects. The movesets expand some as you progress, and Cheshire gains the ability to do things like use a vine to reach things far away and shoot a Squirtlesque water gun from his mouth.
While the simultaneous control at first gives you a bit of that “patting your head while rubbing your belly” effect, it works surprisingly well. This is no doubt assisted by the pared back nature of enemy encounters. The duo primarily attacks with contextual one-button presses of the left (for Cereza) and right (for Cheshire) triggers, and puzzle/combat environments usually stay on the less elaborate side to accommodate. The game’s design around the duo is consistently fun and rarely frustrating.
The largest comparison point on the game end is Zelda. Although you’re dealing with interconnected locations instead of Zelda’s dungeon-hub structure, the marriage of action, puzzle, and exploration is highly reminiscent. That’s not all: you’re also opening big chests to a fluttery piano and collecting “hearts” (i.e. flowers) the same way–health upgrade pieces in the world and full upgrades after boss fights. You also end up in the occasional interdimensional portal, some optional and some not, that contain puzzle and combat challenges. Those have a real BOTW shrine vibe to them.
The motivations go beyond Zelda, though. As Cheshire gains additional powers, the pair is able to go back to previous areas by fast travel (unlocked around the halfway point) and use said powers to clean up side areas and get additional collectibles. These different flavors make for a game that sits at the intersection of Bayonetta, Zelda, Metroid, and an indie narrative puzzler from 2009. You don’t expect it to gel as well as it does, but it gels. When I wasn’t playing through Cereza and the Lost Demon’s 10-15 hour adventure, it was on my mind; I may even go back to 100% it in the coming weeks.
That of course, isn’t to say the final product is without its flaws. The adventure was overall very easy, to the point where I rarely took damage in the first 60-70% of it. The bosses also needed about half the game to start getting interesting, and only a couple represented Platinum’s best.
There were also little gameplay annoyances here and there; I found Cereza’s main environmental spell – in which you hold ZL and manipulate the left stick – a bit repetitive and tedious. Thank goodness for the game’s helpful accessibility menu – there’s an option that allows you to just hold the ZL trigger and let the game do the rest.
My last issue is with the game’s storybook cutscenes. 90% of Bayonetta Origins’ story is conveyed through storybook cutscenes with lightly animated drawings, text, and (excellent) narration. Simply put, they have a tendency to go on too long and usually drag what is otherwise a terrifically paced experience. And because there were so few in-engine cutscenes that let you see the action, it sometimes felt like there was a separation between what I was actually doing in game and the story being told.
My hope is that a potential sequel to this would alleviate some of these issues, and I really hope it gets one. Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon is a tremendous surprise that, while imperfect, beautifully blends Platinum design with light Zelda and Metroid trappings. The game’s quiet release (and cumbersome title), to me, betrays Cereza and the Lost Demon’s status as perhaps Platinum’s best Switch game yet.
We got a fun one today, talking about Resident Evil Village VR, Octopath Traveler 2, Ace Attorney and more. Plus we talk about some of our favorite Wii U and 3DS games you won't want to miss before the eShop is shut down!
We have a three person show! LET'S FREAKIN GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
After a big slice of what we've been playing, we make some 3DS eShop recommendations before it shuts down in a couple weeks. We make some of our own recommendations, go over a few of yours, and even cover the most notable remaining Wii U exclusives.
Games discussed at the front of the show (in order, at least mostly): Resident Evil 8 VR, Resident Evil 4 remake demo, Octopath Traveler 2 demo, Ace Attorney Chronicles, Fitness Boxing Fist of the North Star, Dillon’s Dead-Heat Breakers, and Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe.
We got a fun one today, talking about Resident Evil Village VR, Octopath Traveler 2, Ace Attorney and more.
Another week full of wonderful games to talk about including Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, Metroid: Samus Returns, Rhythm Sprout, and Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers. Plus an eShop Roundup?!?!
A two-manner this week because Casey *checks notes* got a flat tire. What’ll he think of next???
Don’t worry – Alex and Perry are on the case! For this short episode, we have a handful of games as well as your favorite segment and ours, the new eShop Roundup. I love that before I joined the show they used to take it seriously and now we’re just using the segment to find the weirdest, silliest stuff we can. LOL.
Anyway, games discussed: Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe, Metroid: Samus Returns, Rhythm Sprout (cool thing!), and Dillon’s Dead-Heat Breakers.
Hey, also. We’re talking about 3DS next week and doing a big segment about some of the must-play 3DS games you should get before the eShop shuts down. Want to be part of the fun? Send us an email at TNPMailbag@gmail.com and tell us one 3DS game you want to recommend to our listeners and why. If your email isn’t weird we will almost certainly read it on the show. Thanks, love ya!
Another week full of wonderful games to talk about including Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, Metroid: Samus Returns, Rhythm Sprout, and Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers.
We got a full episode full of Kirby and Metroid talk, plus Casey's first experience with PSVR2. That's not it though, Alex hits us with a surprise Mystery History!
ou say you want a long show? We won't give you that, but we have instead a DENSE show. That's even better, right?
And what better way to start the show than to hit you with some MYSTERY HISTORY!!! Good game, decent hints. After that, Perry tells us about Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe -- he likes it! Casey then goes into VR -- he loves it! And then Alex closes the show on Metroid Prime 3: Corruption -- he wants some more of it! Alex also digs into the Pokemon news a bit...meh.
The gangs all here and we put some more thoughts on Fire Emblem Engage and Metroid Prime, but also take a nice little bite into Akka Arrh! We got News Talk plus an old segment returns!!
Perry is sick this week, but he still made it! That means Perry is also sick in the cool way (not just the sick way, which he also is).
We jump right in with Fire Emblem Engage talk. Perry has now played over 60 hours while barely watching any cutscenes, and Casey wrapped it up. We then talk about Metroid Prime. Alex beat Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and likes it more than the first game, while Casey just started playing Remastered. Alex closes us out with Akka Arrh, a new(?) Atari game made by Jeff Minter.
We then jump into the news and talk about the Pokemon Presents happening next week as well as Microsoft's strange but cool new deal with Nintendah. Perry also had some YouTube segment but I don't know the title of it and I'm not going to look it up. Another good show!
The gangs all here and we put some more thoughts on Fire Emblem Engage and Metroid Prime, but also take a nice little bite into Akka Arrh!
We gave Perry the week off which means this week’s episode is one of the good ones (JKJK miss you big dawg).
We start off with a fun Mystery History before a cool discussion about an old Nintendo console (we won’t tell ya which one). After that, Casey checks in with Fire Emblem Engage and Alex with Metroid Prime Remastered (Alex beat Prime for the first time!). The boys springboard off that Metroid Prime chat to talk briefly about nostalgia and Animal Crossing on the GameCube. Fun show this week!
We’re back this week and better than ever. Why? No reason in particular – just feeling good about our fake little radio program.
We open up the show with more Fire Emblem Engage. Casey got it so we ended up having a pretty good discussion about it for like 20 minutes. We then pivot to the quick bites. Balex is loving Hi-Fi Rush, liking SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake, and liking the Dead Space remake. Casey meanwhile has a few early thoughts on Elden Ring, and the boys talk soulslikes and wrestling for a spell.
Closing things out, Poll Time! How are you liking Fire Emblem Engage?
That gang's back at it again with Fire Emblem Engage impressions. Plus Vengeful Guardian Moonrider, Demon's Souls, and VR talk. We wrap up the show with ranking the 2023 slate of Nintendo games!
That's right, a new Fire Emblem is here and both Alex and Perry played it. Pretty early thoughts so don't get your expectations too high, but we're having a pretty good time so far. Alex also played Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider, and then Casey led some talk about Demon's Souls and VR.
After the break, we go over the games currently announced for Switch in 2023 before ranking our excitement level 1-10. Some neat stuff coming out soon!
That gang's back at it again with Fire Emblem Engage impressions. Plus Vengeful Guardian Moonrider, Demon's Souls, and VR talk. We wrap up the show with ranking the 2023 slate of Nintendo games!https://t.co/qGMCD93DtXpic.twitter.com/gbT8IfEHzH
We got games and Jimmie awards for you this week! NeverAwake, Final Fantasy 1 Pixel Remaster, plus a series of Quick Bites and then we get into some Jimmie Nominations and Poll Time!
Hey everybody! It's Talk Nintendo Time! We were gonna do Game of the Year (tm) stuff this week but we're a man down. As such, it's time for Alex and Perry to pick up the mantle!
A lotta, lotta games in the first half. Perry talked about a cool new shmup on eShop called NeverAwake, and also had a bunch of quick bites including Mom Hid My Game. Alex had a bunch of quick bites of his own; he talked Final Fantasy 1 Pixel Remaster, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, Chained Echoes, and more!
After the break, we got two more segments for you. First, the duo came up with a few Jimmie Awards that you, the listeners, will be able to vote for on Twitter starting tomorrow. Then: Poll Results Time! What was your Nintendo Game of the Year for 2022?
We got games and Jimmie awards for you this week! NeverAwake, Final Fantasy 1 Pixel Remaster, plus a series of Quick Bites and then we get into some Jimmie Nominations and Poll Time!https://t.co/u1I1anobGspic.twitter.com/uvXB3RLA62
It's the end of the year, so that can only mean one thing. Yessir, the J-Man is here to tackle our 2023 predictions as well as a plethora of games including Sports Story, Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core and much more!
Ooooweeeeee! It’s predictions week! That can only mean one thing: It’s Michael time!
Jordan “The J-Man” “Michael” Rudek joins us for our big 2023 predictions episode. In the second half of the show, we go over our guesses for the upcoming year and see how close we got on last year’s predictions.
Before that, we got games. Games discussed include Picross X, The Outbound Ghost, Sports Story, Sail Forth, the Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core remaster, and Melatonin.
At the end of the episode, we announce our next I Demand You (which will also probably be a Thirsty Mage crossover episode)! You have to listen to the show to find out which game it is, but it’s a good un!
It's the end of the year, so that can only mean one thing. Yessir, the J-Man is here to tackle our 2023 predictions as well as a plethora of games including Sports Story, Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core and much more!https://t.co/wqvCJrehLgpic.twitter.com/2ZCk3MJKvK
JEEEERRRRRY CHRISTMAS! Merry Christmas to all, but especially to us because on this episode of Talk Nintendo Podcast, we’re opening presents!
Who’s getting coal, and who’s opening up a copy of Fifa 18 on the Nintendo Switch (which is more or less the same thing as opening Fifa 23 on the Nintendo Switch)? You’ll find out in the first half of the show. That’s right – no need to wait for mom to finish breakfast.
After that, GAMES!!! We got a series of quick bites for ya. Perry is loving Atari 50 and really liking Jitsu Squad. Meanwhile, Alex has continued his quest to play every Nintendo Switch game. This week, he has Front Mission 1st: Remake, Lil Gator Game, and more Chained Echoes.
Next week we got predictions with the J-Man, Jordan “Michael” Rudek, himself! Who wins and who loses??? Anyway, happy holidays!
There’s something about Dragon Quest, man. I’ve only played a few of them, but even I can appreciate how cozy these bright, poppy worlds are and how good Akira Toriyama’s character designs look. In that respect, Dragon Quest Treasures delivers. But if you aren’t a dedicated Dragon Quest fan or a new player trying to experience their first Japanese role-playing game, Treasures is a tough sell.
Dragon Quest Treasures is an exploration-focused action-RPG starring Erik and his sister Mia, previously seen in Dragon Quest XI. The third-person game acts as a prequel of sorts, with the siblings being kids traveling on a raider ship that picked them up.
In the intro, Erik frees two mystical creatures – a green flying pig and a purple flying cat named Porcus and Purrsula – captive on the ship’s deck, which then transport the siblings to another world in the sky. This world, Draconia, consists of a series of floating islands shaped like two dragons. When Erik and Mia enter the new world, they are given daggers that let them talk to their companions.
Porcus and Purrsula explain that they are magical beings sent by gods to collect seven dragon stones which are in some way important to Draconia. Porcus and Purrsula task the siblings, who are hungry for adventure, with gathering the stones. The catch is that the land is full of treasure and therefore populated by competing treasure hunters. You then establish a base and, at the end of this two-hour tutorial, are sent into the world to hunt treasure and find stones.
It is at this point that you’re given access to all five of Treasures’ Pokemon Legends: Arceus-style biomes. There’s a desert one, a fire one, an ice one, a marshlands one, and a grassy plains one. You go to an open zone, find treasure buried in the ground, and dig it up by holding the A button. You locate the treasure using the help of up to three monster companions who travel with you and are able to sniff out valuables as you explore the world and complete quests.
You recruit monsters by fighting them in the wild until one wants to join you through a “scouting” process. You then have to go back to your base and give it the materials it requests (usually found in the various biomes) before it joins your team. Thankfully, there’s storage once you recruit them so you aren’t tied to only having three at any given time.
When you’re close to finding treasure, your monsters alert you and you can use your magical compass to see telepathic images from your monsters' first-person perspectives that show you exactly where the treasure is located. Treasure is not hard to find generally, and once you bring it back to base your vault gains “value” that increases your treasure hunting rank. Increasing this rank progresses the story, lets you hunt down a couple more dragon stones, and boosts your base’s facilities.
In addition to helping you find treasure, they fight alongside you in battle and each has one of several different field skills. One skill lets you sprint for a while, one lets you glide in the air, and another lets you locate materials easier. My King Slime, for example, lets me bounce on top of it in order to reach high cliffs.
While these powers work similarly to the traversal options in this year’s Pokemon games, they are tied to quickly-depleting stamina bars. These are no good. Stamina doesn’t make Treasures better or more difficult; it just annoys me when I run for 20 seconds on the back of my Sabrecat before having to jump off and jog across the open world for another 20 seconds while it recharges.
The combat, meanwhile, occurs in extremely light action RPG encounters not unlike a watered down Xenoblade or Ni No Kuni. Your monsters approach others in the wild and fight them automatically. You can do a couple Pikmin style commands, but for the most part they’re auto battling as you control your character (you can switch between Erik or Mia while you’re at your base – there is no difference between the two mechanically).
As a sibling, you fight enemies with your dagger via single button combos but the bulk of your actions will be from afar with a catapult slingshot. The slingshot is able to fire everything from pellets to elemental attacks, buffs, debuffs, and healing items at the monsters while they do their thing. There are also screen-clearing super moves that Erik/Mia and your monsters can utilize via a meter that charges over time.
The fights don’t control poorly, but I wouldn’t call the action particularly fun either. It’s pretty easy to get through Treasures’ encounters, and by level 30 I was handily defeating monsters 10-plus levels higher than me. Every fight felt mostly the same barring a few boss battles.
It could be that this combat – and game – were built with younger players in mind, and that they will have more fun running around the world with this style of combat, but for me the battles ran well out of steam by the time I rolled credits at around 14 hours. It doesn’t help that most of the bosses are reused, whether it’s a regular monster with a long health bar or the same lion guy you see like five different times.
Similarly, I take issue with the monster selection here. Of the 75-odd monsters available to recruit, there are probably about 20 unique species with unique animations. The rest are effectively repeated, with alternate color schemes and sometimes different powers. In other words, you have the blue Slime, the pink Slime, King Slime, Queen Slime, Metal Slime, and so on, all as “distinct” monsters. The bats, knights, and so on are all the same way, making the 144 recruitable Pokemon in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity seem like an embarrassment of riches by comparison.
Another annoyance can be found with the game’s rival mechanic. After a certain point in the story, rival treasure hunting gangs will attempt to steal your treasure as you explore the open zones. They’re easy to take out, and I found that one banked super move was usually plenty. Still, these sequences would at times pop up once every few minutes, making this otherwise chill vibes game into a somewhat more annoying one. Despite its simplistic structure or perhaps because of it, I did enjoy Dragon Quest Treasures as a lighter version of the exploration gameplay seen in Arceus. Digging up treasures and getting them appraised is quite fun, in part because of the enjoyable grind and in part because the treasures are often based on characters and items in previous Dragon Quest games (think Smash Bros. trophies).
Collecting cooler monsters and finding rare materials also contributed to a mostly satisfying loop, and I’m a sucker for some fun JRPG exploration. I also like looking at the colorful cell-shaded graphics, which have plenty of Dragon Quest charm to enjoy. Thankfully, it runs well on Switch.
The story is similarly a charming and low stakes affair about two siblings going on an adventure, but don’t go into it if you want character development, high stakes, or even insight into the world of Dragon Quest XI. It’s something chill and low consequence to get you from the beginning of the game to the end of it.
It’s with these pleasant vibes where Dragon Quest Treasures finds its strength. At its best, Treasures is JRPG candy that acts either as a solid first JRPG for new players or a relaxing diversion for series fans. I just wish the game wouldn’t get in its own way so much. If Treasures had more monsters, a more thoughtful combat experience, fewer annoying interruptions, and some more bosses, Treasures would hit the Saturday morning cartoon highs of Level-5s best titles. This, unfortunately, misses the mark a bit.
No Casey? Thank god#. We got plenty to cover with Dragon Quest Treasures, Inscryption, River City Girls, Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope AND Chained Echoes. Oh and News Talk Without Casey Gibson.
Casey is off literally playing World of Warcraft, but he doesn't play video games anymore so we should let him have his fun when he can(#). No matter, because Jerry and Balex are on the case with a two man show about games, games and more games!
Alex has four games for us this week. He tells us all about Dragon Quest Treasures, Chained Echoes (don't sleep on this one), Inscryption's new Switch port, and River City Girls 2. Perry, meanwhile, has been playing Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope. A little deeper in, he's lovin it!
After the break, we have The News With Casey Gibson (ironic...), which features headlines from The Game Awards including that weird Bayonetta thing, Final Fantasy remasters coming to Switch, and why Yuji Naka can't get a break.
No Casey? Thank God#. We got plenty to cover with Dragon Quest Treasures, Inscryption, River City Girls, Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope AND Chained Echoes. Oh and News Talk Without Casey Gibson.https://t.co/jImczzGANGpic.twitter.com/n4hMTLxsR3
The boys are at it with Papetura, Portal and Portal 2, Black Mesa, and some early Sparks of Hope impressions. Plus we got Poll time and some good ol fashioned Listener Mail!
We got a shorter one this week. Just chilling, kind of between big games/news things happening (Call of Duty stuff and Yuji Naka getting re-arrested happened mere hours after we finished recording). Anyway, let’s see what we got for ya!
We start with Perry’s thoughts on Papetura, an adventure game newly released on Switch with GORGEOUS stop motion-y papercraft visuals. We then jump to Alex, who gives a smattering of thoughts on Portal, Portal 2, and Black Mesa. We then jump back to Perry, who really likes Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope. We close the show on a Poll Time (open prompt) about backlogs and a fun game submitted to us by a listener.
The boys are at it with Papetura, Portal and Portal 2, Black Mesa, and some early Sparks of Hope impressions. Plus we got Poll time and some good ol fashioned Listener Mail!https://t.co/EiLUg52fKEpic.twitter.com/jPyZaznf0V
The gang is back together! We got a full crew and a full slate of quick bites. We go a bit more in depth with Sonic Frontiers and Arcade Paradise plus Jerruh hits us with a Number Trivia!
Casey is back after WEEKS of excuses(#), so all three boys are here to discuss games, games, and more games!
Perry brings us some quick bites in the form of Mario Party, Kukoos: Lost Pets, and Rogue Legacy 2. Casey, meanwhile, talks to us about Persona 5 Royal, and Alex brings to the table Sonic Frontiers, Arcade Paradise, and Wobbledogs.
But that's not all, jimbos and jimbettes! Perry surprised us with Number Trivia all about the Pokemon series. Look forward to Alex, unprompted, saying how many Pokemon were introduced each generation, from memory (he -- I -- forgot Gen 4; I think it's like 110-120?).
We close on a Bayonetta 3 Poll Time and the briefest discussion about the new Mario Bros. Movie trailer. Good stuff!
The gang is back together! We got a full crew and a full slate of quick bites. We go a bit more in depth with Sonic Frontiers and Arcade Paradise plus Jerruh hits us with a Number Trivia!https://t.co/b16npT2cdGpic.twitter.com/dhwKh56V3e
Another week and that Jim Broni misses another week! But no worries, Jerruh and Balex get down to business with a plethora of games for you on this Thanksgiving week!
Games... too many games! We fit Bayonetta 3, Yoshi's Crafted World, Shatter Remastered, Atari 50, Run Box Run, Lunistice, and Rogue Legacy 2 all into just over an hour of Talk Nintendo goodness.
We're down a Casey this week, but worry not because Alex and Perry are here to talk about SEVEN, yes SEVEN games over the next hour.
They are, in order of appearance: Bayonetta 3 (Alex), Yoshi's Crafted World (Perry), Shatter Remastered (Perry), Atari 50 (Alex), Run Box Run (Perry), Lunistice (Perry), and Rogue Legacy 2 (Alex). We also have some random chats around the margins like the state of Sonic the Hedgehog and The Game Awards nominees being announced. Dense show this week!
Also, no stinger this week so don't even bother checking (Alex).
Games... too many games! We fit Bayonetta 3, Yoshi's Crafted World, Shatter Remastered, Atari 50, Run Box Run, Lunistice, and Rogue Legacy 2 all into just over an hour of Talk Nintendo goodness.https://t.co/V541JrRw1cpic.twitter.com/VD6uXjlJn0
Jerruh and Carseat classic episode here for your enjoyment. We talk some new hotness with the likes of Bayonetta 3 and Persona 5 Royal. Plus Jerruh gives us the downlow on the wonderfully looking Grapple Dog. Then we wrap it up with listener mail from the homies!
We got the full crew, if only for a little while! We get into some quick hits of Nier Automata and Sophstar as well as some meater discussions on Mario and Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Persona 5 Royal and everyone's favorite, Call of Duty.
Casey is back and it looks like we have a full show...but Perry left 20 minutes in to be a good hubby. LOL.
Alex got Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, so we spent about 20 minutes breaking it down for you. Seems like it's a great sequel but some folks will still prefer the first game. We also got bites big and small in the form of Nier: Automata, Sophstar, Persona 5 Royal, and Call of Duty Modern Warfare/Modern Warfare II (the new ones). We close on some Listener Mail and Dunkin Donuts talk.
Radio Trivia crossover next week woop woop!
We get into some quick hits of Nier Automata and Sophstar as well as some meatier discussions on Mario and Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Persona 5 Royal and everyone's favorite, Call of Duty.
No Casey? No problem, we got Josh#. We get into a whole bunch of games starting with Atari Mania and get into Tunic, Pilotwings 64, Scorn, and A Plague Tale before wrapping it up with a good ol' fashioned Poll Results Time!
Casey is out this week so our buddy Josh bravely stepped in to fill his shoes. On the docket, a lot of what we've been playing!
At the front of the show, we talk about propane grilling and Mike Judge media (could you expect anything else from the Propane Maniacs???). After about 20 minutes we enter the bulk of the show: the games.
We start out with Atari Mania, an interesting-but-flawed take on WarioWare using old Atari games. Josh then tells us about Tunic, that cool action-puzzly-Zelda-y game that just dropped on Switch. Perry gives us some quick bites (A-HUM) RE: Pilotwings 64 and Nier A Tomato, and Alex closes us out on Scorn and A Plague Tale: Innocence (plus some early thoughts on its sequel, which came out this week!).
We close on a hype check Poll Results Time for the Mario + Rabbids sequel dropping this week.
Next week: Radio Trivia annual crossover! Wooooooooooooooooo!
No Casey? No problem, we got Josh#. We get into a whole bunch of games starting with Atari Mania and get into Tunic, Pilotwings 64, Scorn, and A Plague Tale before wrapping it up with a good ol' fashioned Poll Results Time!https://t.co/iLAxPWq0Aqpic.twitter.com/EZt54BIztR
The gangs back together and with it is a brand new baby, but don't worry he's still his normal game playing self. We got Nier Automata, Cuphead DLC, a bunch of Devolver Demos plus our Mario Movie trailer impressions!
Balex is back this week -- now a husband -- but we could only afford to give him a week off because the video game train never stops. Choo choo!
After some wedding talk, Perry gives some initial thoughts of NieR: Automata on Switch. Sounds like it's a pretty good port! Alex then talks about two Devolver Digital demos on Steam: Gunbrella and Stick it to the Stickman. Casey closes out game talk with that Cuphead DLC.
After that, we talk about the The Super Mario Bros. Movie movie trailer. Good voices, we think! We also talk about the absence of Charles Martinet and Alex goes off on a mini-tangent. We close on Poll Time: What's a perfect video game?
The gangs back together and with it is a brand new baby, but don't worry he's still his normal game playing self. We got Nier Automata, Cuphead DLC, a bunch of Devolver Demos plus our Mario Movie trailer impressions!https://t.co/mvfgPpCewGpic.twitter.com/3ozA1EXHUc
With Cassidy out we take the chance to have a good ol' fashioned Mystery History! Plus we talk more Return to Monkey Island, Shovel Knight Dig and... Cyberpunk? Plus plus your Listener Mail!
We're down a Casey this week so we have a classic Talk Nintendo Podcast episode with original hosts Alex and Perry.
Just kidding, except about the fact that Alex and Perry run the show this week. We jump right into new business with some talk about Shovel Knight Dig, the new title from Nitrome and Yacht Club Games. After that, we discuss R--MYSTERY HISTORY!!! Perry quizzes Alex on a game and Alex walks through the entirety of a Nintendo console's library. We close on Return to Monkey Island final thoughts and some Cyberpunk 2077.
Closing the show: listener mail! We take a letter all about games helping you through tough times.
With Cassidy out we take the chance to have a good ol' fashioned Mystery History!
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