Podcast Crew: Austin (Twitter), Jack (Twitter), Laura (Twitter)
Welcome to episode 106. How are you? I’m okay. I hope you’re okay too. Here’s an overview of what we’ll be talking about on this episode:
Segment 1, What We Played: The only game we bring up during WWP is Mario Kart 8, and we talk about it for half an hour! Austin thinks he figured out specifically– down to the point by point game design elements– why he finds Mario Kart 8 less intense or engaging than other games in the franchise, and he tries to explain it to the rest of the crew as best as he can.
Segment 2, Book Club: After a lovely commissioned, professional-grade audio clip about our book club, we delve (perhaps TOO deeply) into the first chunk of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Does this game feel less unique than other Zeldas? How does it feel having such a speedy intro without a lot of setup? What’s special about this game? We answer these questions and more!
Segment 3, Listener Mail: Plenty of listener mail to go through this week including a grill session about Monster Hunter 4, a grill session about Jack saying he wishes Wii VC would stretch the old games to fit his TV, lots of nice words, and much more.
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This week’s 3DS eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. The Legend of Zelda
2. Mario Kart 7
3. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
4. Super Mario Bros. 3
5. Super Mario Land
6. Pushmo
7. Wario Land II
8. Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
9. 3D After Burner II
10. Shovel Knight
11. Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters
12. Citizens of Earth
13. Super Mario Bros.
14. Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse
15. Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
16. Pokemon Omega Ruby
17. Kid Icarus: Uprising
18. Yoshi’s New Island
19. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire
20. Pokemon Trading Card Game
Videos
1. New Nintendo 3DS XL Trailer
2. Nintendo Direct 1/14/15
3. Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D Gameplay Trailer
4. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse Gameplay Trailer
5. Code Name S.T.E.A.M. amiibo Trailer
6. Upcoming Fire Emblem Teaser Trailer
7. Cube Creator 3D Trailer
8. Mario Party 10 Trailer
9. Mario Kart 7 Video
10. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS One Dog, One Bird, One Zapper
11. Undead Storm Nightmare Trailer
12. Xenoblade Chronicles X Exploration Trailer
13. 3D After Burner II Trailer
14. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Story Trailer
15. The Cat Mario Show Episode 3
16. Yoshi’s New Island – Launch Trailer
17. Pokemon Bank Trailer
18. Super Smash Bros. – Looks like we don’t have a choice!
19. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS: The Future King
20. How to Win at Smash Episode 8
Source: 3DS eShop
That didn’t take long! Nintendo has already sent out confirmation about Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3DS themes for Japan. Two are due out on February 14, and both feature the Song of Healing as music. Pricing is set at 200 yen each.
We’ll also mention here that a new Pikachu theme is slated for February 14 as well. This one also costs 200 yen.
Two new games will be available on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console next week. They are as follows:
Sutte Hakkun (Super Famicom, 823 yen)
Valkyrie no B?ken: Toki no Kagi Densetsu (Famicom, 514 yen)
The games above are hitting the Japanese eShop on February 4.
Kirby’s Return to Dream Land has launched in Japan as the latest Wii download for Wii U. For those who plan on buying and downloading the game, note that it takes up 1184MB.
