Here’s a Podcast Book Club Poll #4 – Portal, Metroid Prime, or Zero Escape?
Posted on 10 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Book Club, Features | 1 Comment
Well guys and gals, it’s time once again for another NintendoEverything videogame book club! This time up we have a trio of fairly interesting games that will likely breed a lot of discussion regardless of which is picked, so take a look at the poll below and take your pick. It’s worth noting that sheer number of votes will not be the only determining factor when we’re considering which game to play and discuss on the podcast; another large factor will be which game has the strongest case made for it in the text answer within the poll, so do your best to rationalize which one of these three is most worth discussing in a serious sense.
Unsure what the NintendoEverything Book Club for Videogames is? It’s simple: Just like a real book club, we get together every week and discuss a game chronologically in great depth with the goal of promoting and enjoying some genuine discussion of games on a deeper level than you might find elsewhere. Listeners are encouraged to send their thoughts along to our podcast email to potentially be read on the show.
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Here’s a Podcast – Episode 80!
Posted on 10 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, Podcast | 1 Comment
ON THIS EPISODE: A return to normal quality sees us talk about how impressive Portal is and how Valve achieved such a cohesive sense of place in a relatively minimalist game, and a discussion of Persona 4 turns towards the analytical with some exploitative discussion on more complicated games and what elements might help and hurt such ambitious experiences.
PLUS: We go through every announcement in the Nintendo Direct and give our thumbs up or thumbs down, in addition to general discussion about all of the games/features shown.
AND: Listener mail has a few really great game-design-driven questions that have us analyzing screenshots from Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and speaking on the subject of redundancy and teaching in games, and how this might separate the good games from the great games. Here are the two screenshots we refer to in the segment: Image 1 Image 2
This Week’s Podcast Crew: Austin, Jack, and Laura
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[Interview] Circle Entertainment and FK Digital talk Quell Reflect and more
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, Interviews, Wii U | 3 Comments
Circle Entertainment recently revealed to Nintendo Everything that the publisher will be bringing Quell Reflect to the eShop. The company’s Chris Chau (producer) as well as FK Digital developers Mickey Lin (director) and Aloner Chiu (assistant director/planner) shared more details about the game in a recent interview.
Head past the break for our full discussion. Along with Quell Reflect, we asked about Wii U, interest in retail, and the Chinese market.
Here’s a Podcast – Episode 79!
Posted on 10 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, Podcast | 1 Comment
ON THIS EPISODE: It’s up late, but we still have Laura talking a tiny bit about Broken Sword on iOS, Austin discussing the great boss design of Oracle of Ages, Jack brings up Super Paper Mario yet again and talks about Umihare Kawase for a second.
PLUS: We have a brief discussion about whether games should always be fun or efficient, as well as going over regular news and a bunch of listener mail!
AND: We’re really sorry about this episode. You might just want to skip it.
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[Famicompendium] JESUS: Kyōfu no Bio Monster
Posted on 10 years ago by Patrick(@Patricklous) in Famicompendium, Features, General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments
Have you ever bought a game based on nothing but the title? I sure have and that’s why I’m now writing about Jesus: Ky?fu no Bio Monster (or to use the fan-translated name – Jesus: Tale of the Dreadful Bio-Monster). Don’t go into Jesus expecting some kind of insane Japanese take on Christianity, though, as it’s more about researchers fighting space monsters and anime girls rocking out on synthesizers – or sometimes both at the same time. It’s hardly the most exciting game to play, but it still manages to be crazy in its own way.
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Here’s a Podcast – Episode 78!
Posted on 10 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, Podcast | 0 comments
ON THIS EPISODE: Jack re-fills us in with some love of Papers, Please, Laura causes a long and hearty discussion about Little Inferno, and Austin continues to berate A Link Between Worlds while praising Oracle of Ages.
PLUS: A lot of news about Nintendo’s future and their new “Quality of Life” business strategy— a discussion ensues.
AND: Plenty of listener mail about achievements, Nintendo’s future, and our favorite sequels rounds out the show.
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[Video Review] Unepic (Wii U eShop)
Posted on 10 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Reviews, Wii U eShop | 5 Comments
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Here’s a Podcast – Episode 77!
Posted on 10 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, Podcast | 1 Comment
ON THIS EPISODE: Austin lambastes A Link Between Worlds further, Aysha (filling in for Laura) gives us her impressions of Orcs Must Die! and Outlast, and Jack sings the praises of Papers, Please and Super Paper Mario.
PLUS: Listener mail includes some criticism of achievements, lots of speculation about Nintendo’s future, and a fairly entertaining song about our podcast! Plus more.
AND: We try to play Settlers of Catan while doing the podcast for the first hour. It uh… didn’t work out so well.
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[Interview] Muteki reveals Dragon Fantasy: Book I 3DS additions/changes, talks future support for the platform, more
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Interviews | 2 Comments
Muteki Corporation recently revealed to Nintendo Everything that it will soon be bringing Dragon Fantasy: Book I (as well as Book II) to the 3DS eShop. We spoke with creative director Adam Rippon to learn about what’s new in the 3DS release, whether or not we can expect more 3DS support from the studio in the future, and a whole lot more. Continue on below for our full discussion.
Here’s a Podcast – Episode 76!
Posted on 10 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, Podcast | 0 comments
ON THIS EPISODE: Austin discusses the faults of The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Laura gives her first impressions of Chibi-Robo: Photo Finder and Little Inferno, and Jack fills us in on the wondrous adventures that await you in LIMBO.
PLUS: A long discussion about Nintendo’s financial situation, what it means, and what they could do about it. Jack comes up with a particularly interesting idea that would suit their situation very well.
AND: A massive dumping of listener mail keeps us busy for the final hours with topics from the design of Super Mario 3D World to what games are good to play if you’re in a bad mood.
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