Topic: Episode 375: Whatcha Been Shipping?

[mereel]

I'm curious whether any of the RFN crew listens to competing Nintendo podcasts. This one is heads and shoulders above the rest when it comes to 'contemplative podcasting,' but you can also be quite negative on Nintendo compared to the competition.
Anyway keep the podcasts rolling in. I love 'em.

[azeke]

I'm curious whether any of the RFN crew listens to competing Nintendo podcasts. This one is heads and shoulders above the rest when it comes to 'contemplative podcasting,' but you can also be quite negative on Nintendo compared to the competition.

I found a lot of them are drinking cool-aid way too much.

Another problem (last few connectivity episodes were like that) is lack of anything to say. They just pick pick a subject and retread and rehash over the same overused opinions over and over and over.

There is nothing to say about this, move on.

[Jonnyboy117]

I wish I automatically loved everything Nintendo did. Life would be easier and happier that way. We gotta keep it real though. They do a lot right and a lot wrong.

[NWR_insanolord]

I think RFN strikes the perfect balance between positivity and criticism. Most Nintendo-specific podcasts seem way too fanboyish, and most general gaming podcasts either completely ignore Nintendo or give them way too much ****.

[Pixelated Pixies]

I think RFN strikes the perfect balance between positivity and criticism.

Yup.

Plus, any real Nintendo fan knows that the Big N is as talented as it is idiotic. As a games company it's just as likely to frustrate as it is to delight. As a result, I've long since given up on understanding why Nintendo does what it does. I just try to take in what I do appreciate and reject what I don't.

[Jonnyboy117]

Let me also say, if Nintendo was way more or less competent in either direction, we probably couldn't do a weekly podcast about the company and it's games for eight years. The weird, unpredictable, half-assed, half-genius nature of this company makes it perfect for our torturous examination every episode.

[Pixelated Pixies]

The weird, unpredictable, half-assed, half-genius nature of this company makes it perfect for our torturous examination every episode.

This should be the new description for RFN. Imagine coming across that line in iTunes. How could you turn it up?

[Rodrigue]

Re: Bravely Default localization, they did add some unnecessary words in the localization, and sometimes had to lengthen lines to convey a meaning that is not directly translatable, but the total number of lines was the same.

[fiendcode]

Regarding Wii U Virtual Console RPGs, by the end of April America will have:

• Breath of Fire II (SNES) Capcom
• Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES) Konami
• Earthbound (SNES) Nintendo
• Golden Sun (GBA) Nintendo
• Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (GBA) Nintendo
• Uncharted Waters: New Horizons (SNES) Tecmo Koei
• Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES) Nintendo

Meanwhile Japan has all that plus these releases that are already in english in their original form:

• Final Fantasy (NES) Square Enix
• Final Fantasy II (SNES) Square Enix
• Final Fantasy III (SNES) Square Enix
• Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen (SNES) Square Enix
• Secret of Mana (SNES) Square Enix

[Halbred]

I think I've also reached my breaking point with Bravely Default. I haven't even gotten the "bad ending" yet. I hit a wall at the beginning of the Vampire subquest. It wants me to go kill six dragons in a row (oh wait, search the overworld for totems, THEN kill the dragons at each one). I'm kind of over it.