Nintendo Confirms Major Switch 2 Feature

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<v Speaker 1>with Me Jeff Grubb. Today, Nintendo has confirmed a much
<v Speaker 1>requested feature for the Switch to But first, please join
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<v Speaker 1>Yep, this morning.
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<v Speaker 1>Yep, I think we can confirm that the United States
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<v Speaker 1>we have a lot to get into, so let's start
<v Speaker 1>the morning mess with PS five Pro reviews are out
<v Speaker 1>our own two more Hussein wrote review over there on
<v Speaker 1>game Spot. He said powerful on paper, but ordinary in action. Essentially,
<v Speaker 1>I think the first assessment most people had is where
<v Speaker 1>tam ended up with the system itself. Now I know that, like,
<v Speaker 1>there's a lot of people who do have this thing,
<v Speaker 1>and they're looking at it. When they're like comparing it
<v Speaker 1>or trying to, like look at some games that really
<v Speaker 1>take advantage of things like Horizon, they're like, no, you
<v Speaker 1>know what, this does look better? And I do think
<v Speaker 1>it's noticeable, But is it like noticeable to the tune
<v Speaker 1>of an extra seven hundred dollars or I suppose if
<v Speaker 1>you trade in your PS five an extra three fifty
<v Speaker 1>and extra four hundred dollars. And I think the you know,
<v Speaker 1>at least at now, from the games that our take
<v Speaker 1>advantage of the PS five Pro, the fifty to fifty
<v Speaker 1>five games that do so, the answer is probably not
<v Speaker 1>really not It's not worth it in this moment for
<v Speaker 1>most people, unless you are the most enthusiastic of enthusiasts.
<v Speaker 2>Yes, I I appreciated TAM's review from the perspective of
<v Speaker 2>the layman, right, the normal human being, who is just
<v Speaker 2>am I upgrading this? Or am I good with my
<v Speaker 2>current PS five? Because that's how I and I assume,
<v Speaker 2>I mean, you and I have more knowledge than most,
<v Speaker 2>but we're not like digital foundry knowledge right right, like that,
<v Speaker 2>which is a whole other thing we can get to
<v Speaker 2>in a second. But I sort of not having tried
<v Speaker 2>it for myself, if I ever get the chance, I
<v Speaker 2>expect to be like, Wow, this looks much better, but
<v Speaker 2>it's not different enough to justify that added cost, which
<v Speaker 2>seems to be yes of the reviews that I read
<v Speaker 2>this morning where things are landing. Although I tried to
<v Speaker 2>look at digital foundriies but it disappeared. I don't know
<v Speaker 2>what's going on there, that their review was taken down,
<v Speaker 2>that it was copy struck or whatever the hell happened,
<v Speaker 2>but that hopefully they'll be able to dig into the
<v Speaker 2>more technical side of it. But at the moment, powerfron
<v Speaker 2>paper ordinary inaction. I expected to see it and be like, oh, yeah,
<v Speaker 2>I noticed a differences, but nothing to make me want
<v Speaker 2>to jump in. So I'm not surprised by these reviews
<v Speaker 2>really at all.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean, it's just that's where gaming is at
<v Speaker 1>right now, That's where console gaming is at, gaming across
<v Speaker 1>the board sort of. You know, I think every time
<v Speaker 1>the systems come up, I've pointed out that the thing
<v Speaker 1>I've noticed is the thing holding back games is no
<v Speaker 1>longer the hardware. It is now time and money. And
<v Speaker 1>now you have more powerful hardware. So technically it's even
<v Speaker 1>more time and even more money required to take advantage
<v Speaker 1>of fresh, new, more powerful systems. So and that's not happening.
<v Speaker 1>You know, games aren't getting bigger budgets now just because
<v Speaker 1>there's new hardware outs.
<v Speaker 2>So yeah, and I saw that I agree with you there.
<v Speaker 2>And I saw some analysis, so a thread on X
<v Speaker 2>or something I was reading. Maybe this was a review
<v Speaker 2>that I can't remember exactly where it was, and if
<v Speaker 2>it was, you please show yourself. PS four Pro had
<v Speaker 2>a much bigger impact when it launched, because at the
<v Speaker 2>time the PS four was creaking under its own way
<v Speaker 2>with the amount of games that were available for it.
<v Speaker 2>Backwards compatibility had just come to it, and it was
<v Speaker 2>a noticeable improvement. That sort of situation is not happening
<v Speaker 2>here because the amount of especially in the first party,
<v Speaker 2>the amount of games just isn't there.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean the amount of games, and the the
<v Speaker 1>PS five itself is a much different piece than the
<v Speaker 1>PS four was. Where the PS five they treated with
<v Speaker 1>love and care and thought it could have could be
<v Speaker 1>a success. When they launched the PS four, they were
<v Speaker 1>not sure, so they put you know, you know, a
<v Speaker 1>netbook CPU in there, and they really limited the amount
<v Speaker 1>of investment they made into the GPU. It's a it
<v Speaker 1>was a you know, the whole console generation was rough.
<v Speaker 1>They were both pretty bad consoles, the Xbox One and
<v Speaker 1>the PS four. So the PS four Pro and the
<v Speaker 1>Xbox one X were very welcome.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And and that sort of iterative jump isn't quite
<v Speaker 2>needed yet at this stage of the game, if it's
<v Speaker 2>ever needed at all. So the fact that they're trying
<v Speaker 2>to go back to this well and it ultimately isn't
<v Speaker 2>doing much more than as Tam puts, it, a luxury
<v Speaker 2>item for tech enthusiasts. That's not surprising to me that
<v Speaker 2>it's not going to be I mean, it'll probably still
<v Speaker 2>sell because it's PlayStation and some people are just tech
<v Speaker 2>enthusiasts who have to be at the top of the line.
<v Speaker 2>But will I be surprised if Sony's like, it's not
<v Speaker 2>doing as well as I hope? No, I won't.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's what that was actually gonna be. My next
<v Speaker 1>question is like, Okay, whatever the reviews, how the thing
<v Speaker 1>actually performs, maybe doesn't matter so much. Like the reality
<v Speaker 1>on the ground is people want shiny new things. Are
<v Speaker 1>enough people are going to buy this shiny new thing,
<v Speaker 1>And I think the combination of the price and the
<v Speaker 1>perceived quality of the base PS five as we've come
<v Speaker 1>to call it, is kind of those things are going
<v Speaker 1>to combine to create a situation where maybe I think
<v Speaker 1>a few fewer people actually end up getting the PS
<v Speaker 1>five relative or PS five pro relatives to the PS
<v Speaker 1>four PRO. So I think the final sort of split
<v Speaker 1>that Sony points to is that about ten eleven percent
<v Speaker 1>one in five people who purchased the PS four of
<v Speaker 1>any kind purchased the PS four pro and it probably
<v Speaker 1>will end up in the same like range here, But
<v Speaker 1>I won't be surprised if that number is actually like
<v Speaker 1>eight percent, nine percent, just a little bit lower. Sorry
<v Speaker 1>started talking about percentage points and I got a PTSD
<v Speaker 1>from yesterday. But yeah, it's exactly, but hey, that's their problem,
<v Speaker 1>not ours. And frankly, you know, even my problem is
<v Speaker 1>do I let myself get convinced to end up buying
<v Speaker 1>this thing when I'm sitting here now and thinking I
<v Speaker 1>don't need this. I really don't, so I don't know
<v Speaker 1>that could happen to me. Still, I am a sucker.
<v Speaker 1>I've planned that a bunch of times. I do like
<v Speaker 1>shiny new things, so there's still that possibility. But seven
<v Speaker 1>hundred dollars is a big enough sticker shock that so
<v Speaker 1>far it has been enough to scare me off.
<v Speaker 2>Yep, same, I am perfectly capable with my base level
<v Speaker 2>PS five and my curved monitor. Here, I'm finally playing
<v Speaker 2>through Rebirth, and I don't think I'm missing anything by
<v Speaker 2>the graphical improvements of the pro give. I can play
<v Speaker 2>Rebirth just fine and get what I want, which is
<v Speaker 2>a very confusing when is this going to actually go somewhere? Story?
<v Speaker 2>But I am enjoying it, but like that, the graphics
<v Speaker 2>won't fix that.
<v Speaker 1>Now, Yeah, just play Rebirth and you know, of course
<v Speaker 1>that's one of the games that apparently takes massive advantage
<v Speaker 1>of the PSI pro and I guess that's relatively speaking
<v Speaker 1>as well, because it's that was the one that we
<v Speaker 1>had a little bit of a blur when you played
<v Speaker 1>it in the performance mode to it. So they fixed
<v Speaker 1>that up and most of their games don't have that issue.
<v Speaker 1>So that's why it's a a bigger improvement. All right,
<v Speaker 1>let's get into a whole batch of Nintendo news. Nintendo
<v Speaker 1>did drop their earnings report earlier this week. There's been
<v Speaker 1>sort of more out of that. The CEO has come
<v Speaker 1>out a couple of times and expanded on a few things.
<v Speaker 1>I think they did end up having their Q and
<v Speaker 1>A with investors. They usually have that the day after,
<v Speaker 1>and that's happened now. So let's start here with for a,
<v Speaker 1>Kawa getting out on social media and confirming a new
<v Speaker 1>feature or a requested feature for the Switch to switch
<v Speaker 1>to will be backwards compatible with the switch. Nintendo has
<v Speaker 1>fully confirmed. Now this is from Jordan Miller at VEGC,
<v Speaker 1>and I see someone highlighting the headlines. Now, I think
<v Speaker 1>Sean has a yeah, there we go.
<v Speaker 2>Thank you.
<v Speaker 1>Sean appreciate that. So now we have headlines again. All right,
<v Speaker 1>switch too, We'll be backwards compatible. We'll switch Nintendo, confirms
<v Speaker 1>Jordan Miller VGC Nintendo's confirmed that the successor of the
<v Speaker 1>Nintendo Switch will be backward compatible with the Nintendo Switch,
<v Speaker 1>and a post on Twitter a message from Nintendo President
<v Speaker 1>Shintaro for Okawa also announced that further information about the
<v Speaker 1>successor to the Nintendo Switch would come at a later day.
<v Speaker 1>I'll just I'll read the message you posted. This is
<v Speaker 1>for a kala, which is how they always start their stuff.
<v Speaker 1>I love it. At today. At today's Corporate Management Policy briefing,
<v Speaker 1>we announced that Nintendo Switch software will also will also
<v Speaker 1>be playable on the successor to the Nintendo Switch. Nintendo
<v Speaker 1>Switch Online will be available on the successor to the
<v Speaker 1>Nintendo Switch as well. Further information about the successor to
<v Speaker 1>the Nintendo Switch, including its compatibility with the Nintendo Switch,
<v Speaker 1>will be announced at a later date. So jas, let
<v Speaker 1>me ask you. Do you read this as full compatibility
<v Speaker 1>across the board? No? With no exceptions?
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that would include physical mea right? I mean else,
<v Speaker 2>how else are you supposed to take that? I feel
<v Speaker 2>like Nintendo is a company that's comfortable enough to have
<v Speaker 2>made the distinction if it was just digital downloads versus
<v Speaker 2>digital and physical. They just say it's backwards compatible on
<v Speaker 2>the successful successor to the switch, which tells me that
<v Speaker 2>they're either to keep the cartridge format that they have now,
<v Speaker 2>or they've included two slots yep, kind of like how
<v Speaker 2>three DS and uh or yeah, three DS right, that's
<v Speaker 2>a lot on topic.
<v Speaker 1>Yes, and the DS had a Game Boy Advanced slot
<v Speaker 1>on the bottom is something like that. The thing I
<v Speaker 1>remember most three DS we used might be actually how
<v Speaker 1>they actually end up doing it, which I think there
<v Speaker 1>was one slot, but there's like a little tab on
<v Speaker 1>the side of three DS games. Could I could be
<v Speaker 1>mixing this up, but I think that's how. It's just
<v Speaker 1>a little almost imperceptible tab and that would prevent you
<v Speaker 1>from putting those games in a DS. But you could
<v Speaker 1>put DS games in a three DS and and gotten it.
<v Speaker 1>That's probably how this is going to go down the
<v Speaker 1>the There's been some advancements in the kind of flash
<v Speaker 1>memory that Nintendo game puts on for their game cards
<v Speaker 1>they use, uh, and you know it's not it's still
<v Speaker 1>not as cheap or or readily accessible as like a
<v Speaker 1>CD or something like that, or DVD or a Blu
<v Speaker 1>Ray even uh, but it's there's been advancements there. They're
<v Speaker 1>they're more storage, so they should be able to have
<v Speaker 1>much bigger games this time around, which will be a requirement.
<v Speaker 1>But in doing that, they will probably have to have
<v Speaker 1>a new format, but it could look very similar to
<v Speaker 1>the Switch format as it stands. So yeah, I think
<v Speaker 1>one side of it, like you mentioned, physical digital all
<v Speaker 1>should just work. That's kind of what they're implying here.
<v Speaker 1>The other side of it is and I think this
<v Speaker 1>is not like a huge surprise to anybody, but like
<v Speaker 1>there's motion control games that need a joy Con to work.
<v Speaker 1>So this system is probably going to be a lot
<v Speaker 1>like the Switch one, which we were already assuming, right.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, because that prototype had come out the last time
<v Speaker 2>we were here, with a doc look like Home Store
<v Speaker 2>Runner and the magnetic the magnetic Joey cons on either side,
<v Speaker 2>So that makes sense. I mean, I fully expected it
<v Speaker 2>to be more of an iteration in form factor and
<v Speaker 2>have all the improvements be under the hood. What I
<v Speaker 2>am curious about is two things. One will the will
<v Speaker 2>the kortridge just taste the same?
<v Speaker 1>Oh, and I bet they'll taste even worse.
<v Speaker 2>And two I'm being told to emphasize by showing which
<v Speaker 2>cartridge I just want to make sure I say that right, I.
<v Speaker 1>Was gonna let it go. I was gonna let it go.
<v Speaker 1>I was gonna be like, I'm gonna be, uh the
<v Speaker 1>bigger man and not make a point of it. They're
<v Speaker 1>not cartridges, everybody. They're game cards. Cartries imply that they
<v Speaker 1>become like part of the system instead of just holding memory.
<v Speaker 1>They're just game media like CDs. How dare you Sean?
<v Speaker 2>But yes, old man, yells Alas, I.
<v Speaker 1>Was trying not to be that man. I was trying,
<v Speaker 1>but get leave it up to Sean to just presh
<v Speaker 1>the button. Yeah, game card, cartridge, whatever, it's all the same.
<v Speaker 2>Uh we have this weekend. You're the smaller man.
<v Speaker 1>Yes, that's right, that's definitely true. Uh yeah, I'm the
<v Speaker 1>thing that I'm like still curious about, is okay. So,
<v Speaker 1>like the first couple of sentences say like what we
<v Speaker 1>were what works back to even kind of broke those down.
<v Speaker 1>But then they're like, there will be more information about
<v Speaker 1>how this works. This compatibility works with the switch one
<v Speaker 1>to switch to. Does that make you believe that maybe
<v Speaker 1>there's more to this, like improved performance from some switch
<v Speaker 1>games automatically on switch to Do you think that that's
<v Speaker 1>maybe what they're implying here or is it something less
<v Speaker 1>than that.
<v Speaker 2>I don't think Nintendo gives a crap about stuff like that.
<v Speaker 2>I think the switch cards cards are going to work
<v Speaker 2>the way the switch cards work, and then the new
<v Speaker 2>six switch switch successor cards with the little notch or
<v Speaker 2>whatever the form factor is going to, you know, perform
<v Speaker 2>another way it. Maybe maybe you'll get a better battery
<v Speaker 2>life out of the switch one games because they're not
<v Speaker 2>using as much of the that's good point more powerful
<v Speaker 2>internal hardware, so they get more gameplay on the go.
<v Speaker 2>But other than that, no, I as soon as you
<v Speaker 2>said the notch in the three DS exactly, well, I
<v Speaker 2>think it's gonna go down now just as similar as
<v Speaker 2>it could be without being too different. Now, that also
<v Speaker 2>runs into a we use scenario where it might if
<v Speaker 2>the name is not different enough, then the look of
<v Speaker 2>it won't help either. So hopefully it's not just called
<v Speaker 2>switch to, it's something different enough that they don't add
<v Speaker 2>that extra layer of confusion, right, especially if everything's going
<v Speaker 2>to be as similar as we think it will with
<v Speaker 2>the leak thought from the last time I was on
<v Speaker 2>Plus now this backwards compatibility conjecture that we're doing here
<v Speaker 2>that I think is the last big pitfall with switch
<v Speaker 2>to the actual naming of it. If it's different enough,
<v Speaker 2>I think they won't fall into that. We you think again,
<v Speaker 2>But I.
<v Speaker 1>Mean the easiest way to avoid that is just called
<v Speaker 1>a switch to. Right. If it's a switch to, everyone
<v Speaker 1>who buys stuff understands what that means. It works, It's
<v Speaker 1>worked for the PlayStation without fail so far. And if
<v Speaker 1>you're going to be the most conservative version of Nintendo
<v Speaker 1>and hope to avoid that, that that that's the answer.
<v Speaker 1>I think, true. I do like switch advanced, though, I'm
<v Speaker 1>sure yeah. I mean, Nintendo's been able to pull it
<v Speaker 1>off before, so it's not like I don't think they
<v Speaker 1>would shy away. For if they feel like they have
<v Speaker 1>a name that sounds really good and works really well,
<v Speaker 1>I think they'll they'll do it. But if that's their
<v Speaker 1>biggest concern, switched to is the easiest way to avoid that.
<v Speaker 1>So sure, you know, and I think there's no way
<v Speaker 1>it doesn't have the switch name though, right, It's definitely an.
<v Speaker 2>Absolutely has to, yes, has to, if only for a
<v Speaker 2>familiarity of those who are not familiar with games alone.
<v Speaker 1>Yep, I think, uh, the you know, last thing on
<v Speaker 1>this point is, you know, so if games do get
<v Speaker 1>some improvement, though, like maybe not automatic, because they we
<v Speaker 1>know that they were according to the reporting showing off
<v Speaker 1>an improved version of Breath of the Wild to some
<v Speaker 1>developers at like games Com the year before, the year prior,
<v Speaker 1>not this past games come, but the year prior maybe
<v Speaker 1>or maybe it was this that one. It's all conflated
<v Speaker 1>in my head. But so it's like one of the
<v Speaker 1>big things with this system is right, no, those games
<v Speaker 1>can run better. Do you think the possibility here is
<v Speaker 1>that the thing that the change that they might talk
<v Speaker 1>about at a future date could be and here's how
<v Speaker 1>that works. And some of these games will have ten
<v Speaker 1>dollars upgrades things like that.
<v Speaker 2>I think they might have seen the ten dollars upgrade
<v Speaker 2>model from Sony and like what they're seeing there, like
<v Speaker 2>if you own the cart and you can just verify it,
<v Speaker 2>or if you have the digital license, you just pay
<v Speaker 2>an extra small fee. I don't know. They might not
<v Speaker 2>even go the full ten bucks. They might try and
<v Speaker 2>be different and go five nine to nine or something
<v Speaker 2>a little more you know, marketing friendly, just to say, hey,
<v Speaker 2>you can turn this on for a quick upgrade for
<v Speaker 2>this one time fee if you already own the game.
<v Speaker 2>Yahda YadA YadA. Also too, though the enhanced version of
<v Speaker 2>Breath of the Wild could just be from as we
<v Speaker 2>were talking about earlier, the internal hardware just being better,
<v Speaker 2>right like if it's not if it's if it's if
<v Speaker 2>the battery life is better, or whatever we were talking about.
<v Speaker 2>It could just be naturally happening on an enhanced version
<v Speaker 2>of the console. That again, these companies do like making money,
<v Speaker 2>so the one time fee for the expanded version a
<v Speaker 2>la Sony does make the most sense from a business standpoint.
<v Speaker 2>But whether or not they do that.
<v Speaker 1>And then here's the scenario where it's like they might
<v Speaker 1>be including that caveat there at the end or that
<v Speaker 1>addendum because maybe there's maybe it's more complex than what
<v Speaker 1>we're thinking. Maybe there's just a switch inside of the
<v Speaker 1>switch to maybe like because you know the switch to hardware,
<v Speaker 1>while it will be similar to the switch one, it's
<v Speaker 1>not like one to one, like just everything that works
<v Speaker 1>on the switch to or it will switch one would
<v Speaker 1>just work on the switch to. Naturally, they had to
<v Speaker 1>do some work here. It's possible that the work that
<v Speaker 1>they did is here's just to switch one in there. Now,
<v Speaker 1>that's unlikely, I think because one of the things that
<v Speaker 1>they emphasized Nintendo did in their earnings report is how
<v Speaker 1>important these games are, these game purchases are to the
<v Speaker 1>continued success of Nintendo. Of like, people feel like they're
<v Speaker 1>in the ecosystem. People have subscribed to Nintendo Switch online,
<v Speaker 1>the games that the that they purchased are now tied
<v Speaker 1>to their Nintendo Switch account or their Nintendo account, and
<v Speaker 1>we want all that stuff to carry forward. And that
<v Speaker 1>only works if they've sort of solved a way to
<v Speaker 1>play these games in perpetuity beyond the switch to. But
<v Speaker 1>it's still possible they just put a switch one inside
<v Speaker 1>of the switch to and in that situation it would
<v Speaker 1>be like, oh no, Yeah, those games just go in
<v Speaker 1>there and they work just like they're running on the
<v Speaker 1>switch one. But if you do want a enhanced version
<v Speaker 1>of like Breath of the Wild, we're going to sell
<v Speaker 1>that to you again as a switch to version. That
<v Speaker 1>sounds kind of like Nintendo to me at that point.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, this switch seption version that you've come in, Yeah,
<v Speaker 2>this switch switch inside your switch. Yeah, the Russian mistroke
<v Speaker 2>is switch or whatever. Yeah, damn it, Jeff, Yeah, how
<v Speaker 2>did you have to say that, because that makes perfect just.
<v Speaker 1>I could see them doing that just by Nintendo be like, well,
<v Speaker 1>that would save us money. Actually, I don't know how
<v Speaker 1>much much money would save them in the long rand
<v Speaker 1>to put a switch aside every switch to but it'll
<v Speaker 1>be easier maybe than like solving the technical problems now,
<v Speaker 1>and then it still creates this opportunity to be like,
<v Speaker 1>and here is the enhanced version of all of those
<v Speaker 1>Switch games. And we know you all complained about the
<v Speaker 1>way they ran on that system, so we know that
<v Speaker 1>you have a craving for these games running at a
<v Speaker 1>higher frame rate and a higher resolution, And now we
<v Speaker 1>can do that.
<v Speaker 2>We'll see played right into their heads.
<v Speaker 1>Jeff, Yeah, we'll see. I would probably buy a version
<v Speaker 1>of Breath the Wild that ran at sixty frames per second.
<v Speaker 1>It would be guilty to do. Hey, Speaking of enhancements,
<v Speaker 1>though Nintendo Switch Online data miners have discovered four K
<v Speaker 1>resolution options and support for mesh shaders. We'll get into
<v Speaker 1>what that means here in a second, but a data
<v Speaker 1>miner on social media platform Blue Sky's discovered that the
<v Speaker 1>latest version of the Nintendo Switch Online play test program
<v Speaker 1>has added support for both mess shaders and four K resolution.
<v Speaker 1>The discovery has inevitably led to speculation about the next
<v Speaker 1>console from Nintendo, which is set to be revealed sometime
<v Speaker 1>this financial year, which ends the thirty first of March
<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty five. Now, the tenn to Switch online play
<v Speaker 1>test program is that you know, weird game that I'm in.
<v Speaker 1>I can't talk about really, but you've probably seen some
<v Speaker 1>stuff online here or there. It definitely seems like something
<v Speaker 1>that they're testing now to like carry over into the
<v Speaker 1>switch to. I wish they would just put it out
<v Speaker 1>because you know, I'm sorry not to new, but I
<v Speaker 1>had fun. I would like to keep playing it. It's
<v Speaker 1>over now, at least my understanding should be over to.
<v Speaker 1>I don't know if they extended it or anything, but hey,
<v Speaker 1>four K resolution, four K output resolution is probably what
<v Speaker 1>we're expecting here, right. The game renders internally ten eighty
<v Speaker 1>outputs at four K for your TV, so it just
<v Speaker 1>like looks nice and they don't have to you don't
<v Speaker 1>have to rely on the TVs upscaling. That's probably what
<v Speaker 1>that means, right.
<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, if it's the switch or even the switch
<v Speaker 2>to even the switch too, yeah yeap, Yeah, what else?
<v Speaker 2>What else is you don't really have an option other
<v Speaker 2>than that explain, like I'm five mesh shaders, right, I think. Yeah.
<v Speaker 1>So mess shaters is a new graphics rendering pipeline. It's
<v Speaker 1>a new way of just presenting graphics on your screen, newish,
<v Speaker 1>and it's something I think that Nvidia has been pushing.
<v Speaker 1>I think it's primarily available. It's available in many of
<v Speaker 1>the graphics libraries like the direct X and Vulcan, but
<v Speaker 1>Nvidia's sort of like pioneered it there. So that's probably
<v Speaker 1>one of the reasons why I switch to is getting
<v Speaker 1>it maybe pretty early. What it does is there is
<v Speaker 1>a geometry shaders, and then there are there's other shaders,
<v Speaker 1>and these things happen one and then and then the
<v Speaker 1>other happens, and mess shads put them together and can
<v Speaker 1>intelligently know which one it needs in any one moment.
<v Speaker 1>So basically what it boils down to is it's way
<v Speaker 1>more efficient and can improve a performance in many games.
<v Speaker 1>One game so far that I'm aware of is taking
<v Speaker 1>advantage of mess shaters actually uses it, and that is
<v Speaker 1>Alan Wake two. Alan Wake two uses mess shads, so
<v Speaker 1>like it's probably gonna be used in a lot more
<v Speaker 1>games going forward. But this is good news for a
<v Speaker 1>lot of developers who might be considering this sort of
<v Speaker 1>thing because now you know the Switch two can handle
<v Speaker 1>that and it's very good for performance. That's my general understanding.
<v Speaker 1>I'm no expert.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah that's alan Wake two was also mentioned by Seoan
<v Speaker 2>in the chats as a game, and if they can
<v Speaker 2>make alan Wake two look that good, like like a
<v Speaker 2>Switch game, make us look as good as alan Wake
<v Speaker 2>two or at least close to that, sign me up. Yeah.
<v Speaker 1>I mean, but like photo realsules are going to be
<v Speaker 1>a lot easier with something like mess shaders.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, four K resolution, stuff like that, top of the
<v Speaker 2>line graphics processing makes sense for something, especially with we've
<v Speaker 2>been waiting so long for Switch to to be revealed
<v Speaker 2>in a certain capacity. So the fact that they're exploring
<v Speaker 2>these options that all make sense to me.
<v Speaker 1>Yep, yeah, I mean again, like their partnership with Video Yeah,
<v Speaker 1>like that is the kind of thing that will lead
<v Speaker 1>to situations like this where in videos like look, Nintendo,
<v Speaker 1>we're working together for the long haul, Like when we
<v Speaker 1>first announced this deal, we said it was gonna be
<v Speaker 1>twenty years, like, so we're gonna be as we make
<v Speaker 1>new technologies, we are going to be thinking about ways
<v Speaker 1>that you can use it. And when you have a
<v Speaker 1>new console, we're gonna have a menu of options for
<v Speaker 1>you to select from of can we get this into
<v Speaker 1>the switch too, And we're gonna work. We're gonna do
<v Speaker 1>our best to make sure that that is possible. So
<v Speaker 1>when we're building you your your custom chip that is,
<v Speaker 1>you know, necessarily less powerful than a lot of other stuff,
<v Speaker 1>maybe it still has all of the access to the
<v Speaker 1>most powerful features, so that you can get the best
<v Speaker 1>case scenario from that less powerful chip. So you know,
<v Speaker 1>I'm I'm excited from that perspective, you know, And then
<v Speaker 1>out putting at four K is kind of table stakes.
<v Speaker 1>We knew that was gonna be the thing. If a
<v Speaker 1>single game runs natively at four K on the switch
<v Speaker 1>to I will I think I will like maybe eat
<v Speaker 1>a half or something. I will be surprised if that
<v Speaker 1>is the case, especially if it just took off, yes,
<v Speaker 1>the one I just took off. Especially because you know,
<v Speaker 1>they're very very likely we'll have DSS, so there'll be
<v Speaker 1>less of a reason for games to run at four
<v Speaker 1>K in the first place. So we'll see, all right,
<v Speaker 1>let's take a quick break when we get back plenty
<v Speaker 1>more to talk about from these Nintendo earnings. We'll talk
<v Speaker 1>about that right after this. All right, let's get into it.
<v Speaker 1>Like I said, more Nintendo News, Nintendo Switch Online has
<v Speaker 1>thirty four million subscribers. This is from my Nintendo News.
<v Speaker 1>Nintendo's latest financial report had a lot of interesting data. However,
<v Speaker 1>there was one thing in the report that may surprise you.
<v Speaker 1>You see, around this time every year, Nintendo likes to
<v Speaker 1>provide an update about how successful Nintendo Switch Online is,
<v Speaker 1>so it isn't surprising that Nintendo did the very same
<v Speaker 1>thing with this financial report. According to Nintendo, there are
<v Speaker 1>now over thirty four million users that are paying for
<v Speaker 1>a Nintendo Switch Online subscription as of September thirty, twenty
<v Speaker 1>twenty four. Ask for more details on this, all Nintendo
<v Speaker 1>says is that although we did observe a year over
<v Speaker 1>year decrease in membership, partly due to fewer new releases
<v Speaker 1>in the past year focusing on online play, many people
<v Speaker 1>continue to enjoy on Nintendo Switch Online.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.
<v Speaker 1>I think this is kind of like, Okay, this is
<v Speaker 1>where these sorts of services settle right in the thirty
<v Speaker 1>million to fifty million range and they bounce up and down.
<v Speaker 1>I think PlayStation Plus is one that goes around like
<v Speaker 1>forty two to forty five million, and every once in
<v Speaker 1>a while I have an increase, then it drops back
<v Speaker 1>down for a few quarters in a row. Things like that.
<v Speaker 1>So Nintendo Switch Online a system that doesn't have you know,
<v Speaker 1>Call of Duty for example, that pushes a lot of
<v Speaker 1>people to get these subscription services so they can play
<v Speaker 1>games online onto console. This is pretty good for Nintendo Switch. Now.
<v Speaker 1>Obviously there are a lot of games that people do
<v Speaker 1>like playing online on Nintendo Switch, but it's it's just
<v Speaker 1>not the obvious. It's like, oh, well, I'm going to
<v Speaker 1>play Call of Duty. I need this. It is I
<v Speaker 1>want to play Mario Party online with a friend, Mario
<v Speaker 1>Mario Kart, Super Smash Brothers, things like that. But this
<v Speaker 1>is the new way of doing things. Nintendo did talk
<v Speaker 1>about how important it is to have a subscription service
<v Speaker 1>like this and Nintendo accounts because they expect this transition
<v Speaker 1>from Nintendo Switch to Nintendo Switched to in part driven
<v Speaker 1>by backward compatibility, to be the smoothest one they've ever had.
<v Speaker 1>They called that out explicitly about how each new console
<v Speaker 1>generation they sort of had to reset the clock down
<v Speaker 1>to zero and rebuild up the people they could sell
<v Speaker 1>games to, and now they expect that to be completely different,
<v Speaker 1>and with thirty four million subscribers, that should be exactly
<v Speaker 1>the case, right, Yeah.
<v Speaker 2>Sure, And if that's where it's settling after the heyday
<v Speaker 2>of Super Smash Brothers, which was probably one of their
<v Speaker 2>biggest online contributors outside of Mario Kart, which I would
<v Speaker 2>like to say Mario Kart at day is over, but
<v Speaker 2>it's not. The game just continues to sell beyond all
<v Speaker 2>logic and reasons. So if it's going to settle at
<v Speaker 2>thirty four million and you're going to have that built
<v Speaker 2>in on the cusp of a new console, yes, they
<v Speaker 2>have to feel like they're sitting pretty. And also too,
<v Speaker 2>the fact that the people opting for the higher tier
<v Speaker 2>is also steadily increasing is a great sign as well.
<v Speaker 2>If they continue to add more things to that expansion
<v Speaker 2>pack to make it more valuable in the eyes of
<v Speaker 2>the consumer, you might see the entire subscription base rise.
<v Speaker 2>So because people might want to subscribe to online and
<v Speaker 2>then look at the two options and think, well, there's
<v Speaker 2>enough here that I can just bypass the original and
<v Speaker 2>just go straight into the expansion pass. It's not necessarily
<v Speaker 2>people who are already online and upgrading, you know what
<v Speaker 2>I mean. So I think they're in a very good
<v Speaker 2>spot here as far as their online base, which is it?
<v Speaker 2>And my memory is like, it's not lost on me.
<v Speaker 2>How weird it is to say that Nintendo's in a
<v Speaker 2>good place with online subscribers, Yes, because it has always
<v Speaker 2>been a very back burner sort of deal for them.
<v Speaker 2>They seem to care now, which is nice. If only
<v Speaker 2>the games ran a little better, But that's hopefully the
<v Speaker 2>switch too. We'll fix that problem. But the fact, I mean,
<v Speaker 2>the fact that the company that has treated online is
<v Speaker 2>like a thing that goes with their games, not the
<v Speaker 2>selling point of the games is almost at forty million ors,
<v Speaker 2>you know, north of thirty million subscribers. It's wild.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think it's clearly they see the business case
<v Speaker 1>for it. Clearly. They see the benefits it has to
<v Speaker 1>the continuation, the continuity of revenue coming in from a
<v Speaker 1>certain subset of gamers, and they love that. So they
<v Speaker 1>have slowly started to have to like, all right, we
<v Speaker 1>do have to make improvements to justify this and keep
<v Speaker 1>people in our ecosystem. And they've mostly you know, they've
<v Speaker 1>done that. Now you know they revamped their online network.
<v Speaker 1>You know, has that really manifested in any game so far?
<v Speaker 1>Not to my knowledge, maybe in like the recent Mario
<v Speaker 1>Party or stuff like that. It hasn't made that much
<v Speaker 1>of a difference so far. But you know the promise
<v Speaker 1>is there, and then you know the promise for them
<v Speaker 1>is also. You know, Call of Duty is coming to
<v Speaker 1>the switch the nintend or Microsoft promised it would. So
<v Speaker 1>at that point, maybe you do get a situation where
<v Speaker 1>you know it's probably not going to be the primary
<v Speaker 1>place that anyone plays Call of Duty, but maybe you
<v Speaker 1>get like you know, a million two million new subscribers
<v Speaker 1>to switch online from people who do want to play
<v Speaker 1>Call of Duty online on their switch, and uh yeah,
<v Speaker 1>and you have that. Now you have the infrastructure there
<v Speaker 1>and ready to go to take advantage of that.
<v Speaker 2>And if they can, if they can somehow utilize like
<v Speaker 2>hotspot technology and make Call of Duty run on the
<v Speaker 2>switch as a cheaper option than say a like a
<v Speaker 2>portable PC or or Android streaming like the Razor Edge,
<v Speaker 2>then that's another avenue they could explore too. That might
<v Speaker 2>be a little more advanced for the younger crowd, but
<v Speaker 2>for people who are playing Call of Duty. It's something. Yeah,
<v Speaker 2>I mean if you're sitting on the if you're sitting
<v Speaker 2>on the bus and you can connect to your hotspot
<v Speaker 2>and getting match Call of Duty and while you're driving,
<v Speaker 2>that might appeel with a lot of people.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And you know, the advantage that Nintendo has over
<v Speaker 1>like a Steam Deck is Switch is locked down and
<v Speaker 1>so the you know, Call Duty developers can just implement
<v Speaker 1>their anti cheat stuff and they know that the cheating
<v Speaker 1>is you know, maybe least likely to come from a
<v Speaker 1>Nintendo Switch audience at least you know, Nintendo Switch to
<v Speaker 1>audience even more so because that will be more secure
<v Speaker 1>than the Switch one. So yeah, I think that they'll
<v Speaker 1>they'll be able to get those games without the worry
<v Speaker 1>that the anticheat has broken. So we're just gonna stop
<v Speaker 1>putting games out on or putting them out as compatible
<v Speaker 1>with the Steam Deck, which is something that's happened a
<v Speaker 1>couple of times now, and for a handful of games
<v Speaker 1>they're like, we're never putting out a Steam Deck version
<v Speaker 1>because of the anti cheat stuff. So yeah, there's it
<v Speaker 1>could still have a place in the market or something
<v Speaker 1>like that. But in the meantime, when I look at
<v Speaker 1>Nintendo Switch Online and the reasons I have it. I
<v Speaker 1>think I mostly have it because it's cheap enough to justify,
<v Speaker 1>but like as a an impulse purchase, like fifty dollars
<v Speaker 1>a year for Nintendo's Switch Online Expansion Pack. You know,
<v Speaker 1>it's significantly cheaper than any of the other options. You know,
<v Speaker 1>more than less than half the cost of a year's
<v Speaker 1>subscription to might be like listen a third of the
<v Speaker 1>cost of like the PlayStation plus premium service that I
<v Speaker 1>got the other day. So yeah, it's just kind of
<v Speaker 1>easy to justify it. But if Nintendo's trying to grow it,
<v Speaker 1>you know, they just put out the music app as
<v Speaker 1>one of the things, like like, hey, this is part
<v Speaker 1>of Nintendo Switch Online. If you have a membership, now
<v Speaker 1>you can use this app and listen to music. I
<v Speaker 1>don't think that's growing it, but it maybe helps people
<v Speaker 1>justify keeping it, ortens the deal, sweetens the deal, right,
<v Speaker 1>Maybe it helps people convince themselves to pick up the
<v Speaker 1>service here or there. But I don't think it's a
<v Speaker 1>huge difference. You know, that said beyond like big third
<v Speaker 1>party games a dropping, are there features they could add
<v Speaker 1>to Nintendo Switch Online to grow it?
<v Speaker 2>I mean you have to expand the what they call it,
<v Speaker 2>but like Nintendo Super Nintendo.
<v Speaker 1>They just called it took the Switch online, like Nintendo's
<v Speaker 1>six four and stuff like that.
<v Speaker 2>Okay, so they would have to add maybe other consoles
<v Speaker 2>if they can figure out the GameCube, I think that
<v Speaker 2>would be a bit of a boon, or even some
<v Speaker 2>of their other handhelds. I don't know how you would
<v Speaker 2>do DS on the switch. Maybe turn it sideways and
<v Speaker 2>have one side of the screen be the touch screen
<v Speaker 2>and the other side. That probably be the most logical
<v Speaker 2>way to do it.
<v Speaker 1>One of my hopes for the switch too, is because
<v Speaker 1>of the magnetic connectors, maybe you can flip the switch
<v Speaker 1>screen sideways and if there's magnetic connectors on the top
<v Speaker 1>of the bottom so you get a vertical screen like
<v Speaker 1>in Tate mode, that would rule.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that would be awesome.
<v Speaker 1>Wow, that's a great I hope some of that. I
<v Speaker 1>doubt it.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the more deal sweeteners like that to get more
<v Speaker 2>people in are safe. I don't know that. Like you said,
<v Speaker 2>Nintendo Music, despite them already updating it twice since it launched,
<v Speaker 2>Super Mario Wonder and donkydown Country two are now on there. Yeah,
<v Speaker 2>I don't think that's going to be enough. It's going
<v Speaker 2>to be enough to you know, because I've wanted to
<v Speaker 2>stream Nintendo's music forever and I finally have a solid
<v Speaker 2>option to do that for most. For some games, not
<v Speaker 2>all of them, but some, it's not enough for the
<v Speaker 2>for the layman, so that they would need more. Maybe
<v Speaker 2>maybe they do the free games every month, like for
<v Speaker 2>once a month, like a game you can play it
<v Speaker 2>for free for the entire month and then it goes away.
<v Speaker 2>They get a little sort of how Games with Gold worked,
<v Speaker 2>but it's a temporary thing, so it is a game
<v Speaker 2>pass Games with Gold hybrid. I don't know. I don't
<v Speaker 2>end vi the people that have to make that decision,
<v Speaker 2>but for me, it would just be like more free
<v Speaker 2>stuff because that seems to be what people are most
<v Speaker 2>attracted to.
<v Speaker 1>Yep, I think you're probably right there. All right, let's uh,
<v Speaker 1>I guess this is the last. Now a couple more
<v Speaker 1>Nintendo stories. Nintendo reports rapid growth for Metroid, Zeno Blake Chronicles.
<v Speaker 2>And more.
<v Speaker 1>Basically, they put out a chart showing how Pickman, Kirby, Metroid,
<v Speaker 1>and Zeno Blake Chronicles have all seen significant growth as
<v Speaker 1>franchises on the Switch compared to the WU and three DS. Now,
<v Speaker 1>let's go with Metrod here. For example, Metroid has sold
<v Speaker 1>four point nine to nine million units of video games
<v Speaker 1>across all the games released for the Switch, and then
<v Speaker 1>it sold juster point nine to eight million for three
<v Speaker 1>DS and WEU games. Now, if you might remember, there
<v Speaker 1>weren't a lot of Metroid games released for the WU.
<v Speaker 1>Things like that. But hey, yeah, I do do not
<v Speaker 1>doubt that this series has seen growth, just like you know,
<v Speaker 1>Kirby's at fifteen million on the switch, where it was
<v Speaker 1>five point six two million on the WU and the
<v Speaker 1>three DS, Hickman seven point eight six million on the switch,
<v Speaker 1>it was one point seven eight million on the WU
<v Speaker 1>and three DS, and then Zeno Blake Chronicles seven point
<v Speaker 1>seventeen million on the switch, where it was one point
<v Speaker 1>four to one million on the WU and the three DS.
<v Speaker 1>It's the switch effect. And I suppose this is Nintendo
<v Speaker 1>saying the switch effect has filtered down all the way
<v Speaker 1>from you know, it's not just Zelda and Mario. Like
<v Speaker 1>Zeldo was the biggest glow up in terms of franchise,
<v Speaker 1>always did well. But then Back of the Wild, a
<v Speaker 1>game that's sold like thirty five million copies or something
<v Speaker 1>like that, more than thirty million copies, which is just
<v Speaker 1>unheard of from just about any other kind of game.
<v Speaker 1>So that had the biggest effect. But that effect it
<v Speaker 1>applies across the board, including franchises like Pickman and Metroid.
<v Speaker 1>Do you think this is them saying, Hey, if you
<v Speaker 1>like these franchises, we're gonna stick with them because we've
<v Speaker 1>seen this growth and that growth can continue.
<v Speaker 2>I hope so, because it seems to me that the
<v Speaker 2>logical idea of releasing a game on a console that's
<v Speaker 2>successful will warrant success for those dormant franchises. I think
<v Speaker 2>Animal Crossing might be another great example that also had
<v Speaker 2>the benefit of launching during a global pandemic which nobody
<v Speaker 2>could see could see coming.
<v Speaker 1>Although gentle Animal Crossing has like started to pick up
<v Speaker 1>in terms of sales, like it's out selling most other
<v Speaker 1>games except for Mario Kart, Like it's sales are picking
<v Speaker 1>up a man, yep, wow.
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, looking at this chart here that you've now
<v Speaker 2>shared on the screen. This releasing games on the popular
<v Speaker 2>console and you get better sales. It just seems like
<v Speaker 2>simple math to me. Kirby has had what two maybe
<v Speaker 2>three launches on the Switch.
<v Speaker 1>More than that, Like, yeah, if you count some like this.
<v Speaker 2>Does not include digital according to download right again, this
<v Speaker 2>does not put downloadable only.
<v Speaker 1>But there was because there's there was that Kirby remaster
<v Speaker 1>remake forgotten.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so I forgot about that.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, they've done a lot with Kirby. Yeah, it's like
<v Speaker 1>three in like one year.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's not the one that has the most sales
<v Speaker 2>on this chart, but I think the biggest beneficiary is
<v Speaker 2>Xena Blade.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.
<v Speaker 2>You had two core entries in that series, each one
<v Speaker 2>with a DLC expansion, and I think it the Switch
<v Speaker 2>specifically has taken Zena Blade Chronicles from sort of a
<v Speaker 2>niche RPG to like more in the conversation of one
<v Speaker 2>of the best ones you can play right now. Yeah,
<v Speaker 2>and I think they did something.
<v Speaker 1>I think they did exactly what you said, right, like
<v Speaker 1>just make it available on the console. They have done
<v Speaker 1>that with Zena Blade Chronicles where three yes, and now
<v Speaker 1>they're going to you know z you know, Blake Chronicles
<v Speaker 1>X is going to be on there, and like the
<v Speaker 1>DLCs are all on there. It's it's yeah, it's a
<v Speaker 1>scene of Blake Chronicles machine and uh, and that has
<v Speaker 1>clearly been like people feel comfortable investing not just their money,
<v Speaker 1>but their time and their their emotions into a franchise
<v Speaker 1>when they feel like it's easily accessible to get to
<v Speaker 1>the rest of that. I think that's been sort of
<v Speaker 1>the lessons learned from Resident Evil, right where it's like
<v Speaker 1>people feel good about investing their time in that franchise
<v Speaker 1>because they know Capcom's going to one keep supporting it.
<v Speaker 1>They're going to keep putting out re releases and remasters
<v Speaker 1>and remakes so that it makes it easy to play
<v Speaker 1>the whole thing, and that's what people want. People want
<v Speaker 1>long term investments and franchises. See the BA Chronicles is
<v Speaker 1>clearly taken advantage of that. And then you know Pickman.
<v Speaker 1>You know, I think Pickman's just a breakout hit. Now.
<v Speaker 1>It was you know, one point seven eight million on
<v Speaker 1>the WEIU and the three DS. You know, Pickman three
<v Speaker 1>came out on the WIU, and then you know, three
<v Speaker 1>Deluxe and four come out on the Switch and just
<v Speaker 1>kind of crush it. They are, especially especially in Japan
<v Speaker 1>where the franchise is really really caught on. So yeah,
<v Speaker 1>good for Pickman. All right, let's see here Nintendo reconfirms
<v Speaker 1>release schedule for its upcoming movies. This is from Liam
<v Speaker 1>Dulan at Nintendo Life. Nintendo's expansion into cinema is well underway,
<v Speaker 1>and this week it provided an update on what is
<v Speaker 1>to come. Its current plans for visual content, as it
<v Speaker 1>calls it, are seemingly still on track. After the release
<v Speaker 1>of the Super Mario Brothers Movie in cinema's last year,
<v Speaker 1>the film has now been viewed by approximately one hundred
<v Speaker 1>and seventy million people worldwide. As for what's to come,
<v Speaker 1>a new animated film based on the world of Super
<v Speaker 1>Mario Brothers. Brothers is still locked in for in April
<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty six theatrical release. Then this will at some
<v Speaker 1>point be followed by a live action film based on
<v Speaker 1>the legend of Zelda series from Sony Pictures. I always
<v Speaker 1>fund to point out that that's being made by Sony,
<v Speaker 1>that that currently has a like twenty two X date,
<v Speaker 1>so sometime in the twenty twenties for that Super Mario
<v Speaker 1>Brothers two obviously coming. I'm kind of think I'm getting
<v Speaker 1>to the point where it's like, I don't know if
<v Speaker 1>that Zelda movie ever comes out.
<v Speaker 2>No, I don't either. I think, man, I really wish
<v Speaker 2>they'd put two exits there. It's just so we could
<v Speaker 2>say that, like Legend of Cela's happening in the Mega
<v Speaker 2>Man franchise, that would maybe live No Super Mario Brothers
<v Speaker 2>too is If that date moves at all, I'll be shocked.
<v Speaker 2>I think. I think that it's around the time the
<v Speaker 2>first one released, which was a sweet Spot, and seventy
<v Speaker 2>million people can't be wrong, right, so that one's basically
<v Speaker 2>a locke. I'm a little more confident in you, I
<v Speaker 2>think in the live action Legend of Zilla, just because
<v Speaker 2>they have to see what Sega is doing and we're
<v Speaker 2>going to talk about them in a little while. With
<v Speaker 2>this whole transmedia strategy that they have. They have now
<v Speaker 2>a third Sonic movie coming out. Yaka is a series
<v Speaker 2>which has not reviewed well but is still there. They
<v Speaker 2>have Shinobi, which is coming a game and a movie.
<v Speaker 2>So they're starting to dredge up old franchises and get
<v Speaker 2>them out there in more ways than one, which shows
<v Speaker 2>that there's value in at least the attempt. I think
<v Speaker 2>there are other problems with a Legend of Zelda movie,
<v Speaker 2>like how do you do that? Yeah, I would love
<v Speaker 2>a Gannendorf origin story, but that's just meun.
<v Speaker 1>That sounds like a Peacock show or something.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's true too. But yeah, so I'm
<v Speaker 2>not shocked by Mario too being locked in. I do
<v Speaker 2>think the Zelda movie comes out, but that X in
<v Speaker 2>that twenty twenty X is doing some heavy lifting. We
<v Speaker 2>could be talking like twenty twenty nine. But yeah, good
<v Speaker 2>luck west Ball, good luck with that. Yep.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'm hopeful. But boy, I bet the scripts are
<v Speaker 1>coming in and they're just like, no, not this one,
<v Speaker 1>this is not working.
<v Speaker 2>Well did you just being in that room?
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean all the masters got to serve. Yeah,
<v Speaker 1>like where you like you got to like make me
<v Speaker 1>a Moto happy with your Zelda's script. That seems impossible. Uh,
<v Speaker 1>don't expect a major mass efect announcement this week for
<v Speaker 1>in seven Day. This is something comes around every year,
<v Speaker 1>this from any coot game spot. But basically it's just
<v Speaker 1>saying they're trying to tamper expectations. In seven Day happens
<v Speaker 1>every year November seventh. People celebrate mass effect because in
<v Speaker 1>seven was his rank, right, Like it's his rank.
<v Speaker 2>Inspector spector rank, that's designation of the spectr.
<v Speaker 1>Yes, that's right, they're you know, they could be a
<v Speaker 1>man or woman, and then they each year sometimes make
<v Speaker 1>announcements they at least acknowledge it over there at BioWare, Uh,
<v Speaker 1>but they just released a game, no surprise that they're
<v Speaker 1>not going to have something to say about Mass Effect
<v Speaker 1>at this point, although they did confirm that they have
<v Speaker 1>like shifted to Mass Effect, right that was some news
<v Speaker 1>yesterday that they UH put out Dragon Age and they're
<v Speaker 1>saying no Dragon Age DLC expansion like story expansion, like
<v Speaker 1>we've done a lot in the past, because we are
<v Speaker 1>all moving to Mass Effect to get that done. So
<v Speaker 1>that's some news, but that they don't expect news beyond
<v Speaker 1>that some new like re reveal of Mass Effect five
<v Speaker 1>because they're busy. They just did one game. They're getting
<v Speaker 1>to work on that one right now.
<v Speaker 2>Now. I think you might get like a teaser too.
<v Speaker 2>It won't be anything substantial. It may just be like
<v Speaker 2>a continuation of the teaser that they did last year,
<v Speaker 2>and they'll do they'll focus on like fan order and
<v Speaker 2>cosplay and all that other stuff that the community has
<v Speaker 2>been doing for years now. But I agree with this.
<v Speaker 2>I mean, it sucks that the timing is so close
<v Speaker 2>between Dragon Age and N seven day that you have
<v Speaker 2>to kind of temper the N seven expectations because I
<v Speaker 2>like that. I like this. I love Mass Effect, I
<v Speaker 2>loved I love the entire trilogy. Andromeda, you know it happened.
<v Speaker 2>We don't talk about it that much, but I'm a
<v Speaker 2>huge fan, So I like being reminded of this franchise
<v Speaker 2>and what and how much I enjoyed playing it in
<v Speaker 2>you know, twenty seven, twenty ten, and twenty twelve. God damn,
<v Speaker 2>so long ago. But so, but like, I get that
<v Speaker 2>they don't want to step on dragon Age's toes, and
<v Speaker 2>it seems like dragon Age is doing well critically and commercially,
<v Speaker 2>I think, so I get it. They want to they
<v Speaker 2>want to maximize that as much as possible. Plus I
<v Speaker 2>know I say this a lot when I'm on here,
<v Speaker 2>but like a Mass Effect update sounds like a killie thing,
<v Speaker 2>So you might see something there. Just wait a month
<v Speaker 2>December seventh or whatever the date is instead of November seventh.
<v Speaker 2>That makes sense to me. Yeah, give dragon Age a
<v Speaker 2>little bit of space and then do it later. But yeah,
<v Speaker 2>I get it. It's disappointing that it won't be too
<v Speaker 2>much of a blowout this year. But you don't want
<v Speaker 2>to mess with your game that just came out you
<v Speaker 2>worked so hard on, So it makes sense to me.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, how do you feel about them? Also like saying, hey,
<v Speaker 1>we're not going to do DLC for for Dragon Age
<v Speaker 1>Veil the Vailguard. You know, I know people have a
<v Speaker 1>lot of fondness for certain byware expansions, but it also
<v Speaker 1>feels like maybe just we've that, doesn't it Maybe it
<v Speaker 1>doesn't make a lot of sense, Like every dollar spent
<v Speaker 1>on an expansion pack for one of these games probably
<v Speaker 1>returns less than every dollar spent on a new mass effect,
<v Speaker 1>right sure?
<v Speaker 2>Yeah? And then and not only that, it takes manpower
<v Speaker 2>away from getting the new mass effect out as soon
<v Speaker 2>as possible or as soon as you know, a non
<v Speaker 2>crunch situation would allow hopefully. Uh but yeah, I don't.
<v Speaker 2>If they are satisfied with the story that they told
<v Speaker 2>then and they feel that they can stand on its
<v Speaker 2>own lengths without being expanded upon, why then should we
<v Speaker 2>demand an expansion? You know, you know what I mean? Like,
<v Speaker 2>if they're creatively, if they're happy with the story, then
<v Speaker 2>and then why if that's it, that's the story they told,
<v Speaker 2>we don't have to agree with it. Where there the fans,
<v Speaker 2>where the critics. We will come out with our opinions
<v Speaker 2>on what that story is. But if they're good, then
<v Speaker 2>I guess we have to be good, right. Is it
<v Speaker 2>an interesting choice? Yes? Did I expect there to be DLC? Yes,
<v Speaker 2>But to hear that there's not and they're going to
<v Speaker 2>focus on Mass Effect more. Someone who may be admittedly
<v Speaker 2>biased that I enjoyed Mass Effect more than I enjoyed
<v Speaker 2>Dragon Age. Sure, that's fine with me.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I get that. I think, you know, if dragon
<v Speaker 1>Age kind of continues the role here and and maybe
<v Speaker 1>outperforms where it's even at at this moment, I could
<v Speaker 1>see a world where it's like, maybe not an expansion,
<v Speaker 1>but maybe an expand alone, a like half sequel between.
<v Speaker 1>You know, sometime or soon after Mass Effect comes out,
<v Speaker 1>a smaller team working with the same assets puts out
<v Speaker 1>a smaller game, more focused. I would welcome that.
<v Speaker 2>But perhaps even a different genre. Maybe, Hey, maybe like
<v Speaker 2>a roguelike would fit dragon Age, like go.
<v Speaker 1>Back to Turn Base for a smaller story. Yeah, something
<v Speaker 1>like that could be very cool. But you know, maybe
<v Speaker 1>they also get busy remaking the dragon Age games as
<v Speaker 1>a dragon Age trilogy Anyway, let's get to the next
<v Speaker 1>story why a dragon Age trilogy compilation may never happen.
<v Speaker 1>Eddie McCoo at GameSpot Bywear released a compilation package for
<v Speaker 1>its Mass Effect series, bundling the original trilogy, But could
<v Speaker 1>the studio do the same for the dragon Age franchise.
<v Speaker 1>Don't get your hopes up, but nothing has been ruled
<v Speaker 1>out Bywear. Creative director John Eppler said in an interview
<v Speaker 1>that this would be especially difficult because the first two
<v Speaker 1>dragon Age games were made with the Eclipse engine before
<v Speaker 1>dragon Age Inquisition shifted to Frostbite. Epler told Rolling Stone
<v Speaker 1>that he's made one of maybe twenty people still working
<v Speaker 1>at Buyowear who has experience with Eclipse, which could make
<v Speaker 1>putting it together a compilation package difficult. I remember around
<v Speaker 1>the time of the Mass Effect Legendary Edition, when I
<v Speaker 1>was doing the reporting on that, a lot of Biowaar
<v Speaker 1>fans were coming to like, okay, now what about dragon Age,
<v Speaker 1>when is that going to get a trilogy? And I
<v Speaker 1>remember asking about this, and this is exactly what I heard.
<v Speaker 1>For one thing, Mass Effect is easy because it was
<v Speaker 1>all in unreal engine. So when they build the tools
<v Speaker 1>to take something from the old Unreal engine and sort
<v Speaker 1>of spif it up. It just works across the board.
<v Speaker 1>It really streamlines that process that would not be possible
<v Speaker 1>with the way the dragon Age games work, you know,
<v Speaker 1>being able to two games being an older engine and
<v Speaker 1>then one game being in Frostbite, none of them being
<v Speaker 1>an Unreal So even the work they've done on mas
<v Speaker 1>Effect would not apply to any of them. The other
<v Speaker 1>factor that they pointed out is, you know, Mass Effect
<v Speaker 1>is a you know, for the most part, one through
<v Speaker 1>three is one big story. It all like one leads
<v Speaker 1>into the other and it's one character and that so
<v Speaker 1>like does make sense as a package. Whereas dragon Age
<v Speaker 1>is each story is more self contained. Some of them
<v Speaker 1>are very self contained, and so they'd be doing this
<v Speaker 1>work and maybe maybe it wouldn't actually have the same
<v Speaker 1>impact as a Mass Effect a legendary edition, So I
<v Speaker 1>think they continue to lean away from doing this. It
<v Speaker 1>would be a lot more work and maybe not worth
<v Speaker 1>the effort in the way Mass Effect was. So I
<v Speaker 1>would not expect this to happen, how about you.
<v Speaker 2>I don't know about a full trilogy, but maybe they
<v Speaker 2>go back to the Well for a remake.
<v Speaker 1>Of Origins or that sounds like, I'm possibility too.
<v Speaker 2>But that I think that makes more sense than a compilation,
<v Speaker 2>just based on the fact that they were using a
<v Speaker 2>completely different engine at the time, and if there's only
<v Speaker 2>twenty people still working there that have experienced with the
<v Speaker 2>old engine, that really says a lot about the industry
<v Speaker 2>as a whole. Yeah, it does, but that's another that's
<v Speaker 2>another story here, but yeah, it makes sense to me.
<v Speaker 1>Yep, all right, new Virtual Fighter game is in development.
<v Speaker 1>This is from Jason Pinellia Game Spot some SMO. Last
<v Speaker 1>year at the Game Awards, Sega announced new entries in
<v Speaker 1>multiple franchises within their backlog, including Jet Set, Radio, Crazy,
<v Speaker 1>Tacky Crazy, Tacky Crazy, Taxy, and Streets of Rage. Today,
<v Speaker 1>one of the company's executives confirmed that another classic Sega
<v Speaker 1>franchise will be punching its way back into the limelight,
<v Speaker 1>as a new Virtual Fighter has been confirmed to be
<v Speaker 1>an active development. This is from an interview over a VGC.
<v Speaker 2>Right, yes, yes, so they were speaking with Justin scarp
<v Speaker 2>Owns Carponi. I'm not sure who that is. He is
<v Speaker 2>the VP and head of their global trans media group
<v Speaker 2>that I mentioned earlier, and he flat out was like,
<v Speaker 2>so here's the full quote. We have a suite of
<v Speaker 2>titles and development right now that fall into that legacy
<v Speaker 2>bucket which we announced last year at the Game Awards,
<v Speaker 2>Crazy Taxi Jets, at Radio Reach of Rage, Shinobi, and
<v Speaker 2>we have another virtual fighter being developed, and so all
<v Speaker 2>that's very exciting there. It is. That's it. That's the
<v Speaker 2>confirmation another virtual fighters being developed. Seven words in a
<v Speaker 2>sentence have confirmed what people have wanted since technically two
<v Speaker 2>thousand and seven when Virtual Fighter five first launched on
<v Speaker 2>Xbox A wild way to find out, but something after
<v Speaker 2>Virtual Fighter five Ultimate Showdown and the way it was
<v Speaker 2>received by Sega not completely out of the rum of possibility.
<v Speaker 2>I think we all kind of had the feeling us
<v Speaker 2>Virtual Fighter fans yea, you know, all five of us
<v Speaker 2>that once Ultimate Showdown came out, and the way that
<v Speaker 2>they were like, well, okay, people will really have a
<v Speaker 2>taste for this. It's probably something that's going to happen.
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if it would be more of a
<v Speaker 2>reboot thing or if they would like just create six.
<v Speaker 2>That has not been discussed. I don't know if they're
<v Speaker 2>going to call it Virtual Fighter across e Sports like
<v Speaker 2>the last time when they announced Ultimate Showdown. It was
<v Speaker 2>originally called and we all went huh that that was
<v Speaker 2>one of the most confusing announcements. But I'm telling you
<v Speaker 2>right now, the instant I see a trailer that starts
<v Speaker 2>with that iconic put the coin in sound from Virtual
<v Speaker 2>Fighter to I may launch into space because I cannot
<v Speaker 2>wait for Virtual Fighter six. It's gonna be great. Nice
<v Speaker 2>to see it confirmed. I would have liked more than
<v Speaker 2>seven words in a sentence, but hey, any confirmation at
<v Speaker 2>all that it's being developed works for me.
<v Speaker 1>Now.
<v Speaker 2>If he comes back and says, oh, I was just kidding,
<v Speaker 2>then he's dead to me. But for now, for now,
<v Speaker 2>I feel pretty good about another Virtual Fighter coming up.
<v Speaker 1>Yep, Yeah, I like Virtual Fighter a whole bunch. Love
<v Speaker 1>to see this return. I think this is the right
<v Speaker 1>Sega to do this. They're in the right position now.
<v Speaker 1>They are firing on all cylinders. They seem to have
<v Speaker 1>a strong backbone that creates the opportunity to take risks
<v Speaker 1>with some of these things. Uh, you know, they know
<v Speaker 1>they can rely on at list, they know they can
<v Speaker 1>rely on like a dragon. The you know, they're kind
<v Speaker 1>of shifting things around to make their their PC gaming
<v Speaker 1>space stuff makes sense. Again, so total War. But you know,
<v Speaker 1>Creative Assembli has also got several other irons in the fire.
<v Speaker 1>So all right, now you have all these other classic franchises,
<v Speaker 1>we're gonna they're gonna do a bunch of stuff with that.
<v Speaker 1>They got, you know, like you said, Streets, Rage, Jets, Radio,
<v Speaker 1>all this stuff coming back. And apparently they've you know,
<v Speaker 1>we've kind of known from the beginning. That was just
<v Speaker 1>the that was just the beginning. They do have a
<v Speaker 1>lot of other ideas for these older franchises. Virtual Fighter
<v Speaker 1>getting sort of to be the next one in that
<v Speaker 1>parade is awesome, and I hope, I hope, I hope
<v Speaker 1>this initiative is super successful for them because I love
<v Speaker 1>that this is where Sega's at this rules Yeah it's.
<v Speaker 2>Face yes exactly, Yeah, very I'm getting the lot of
<v Speaker 2>cap Co vibes, So Vector Man fans, Comic Zone fans,
<v Speaker 2>sort of Vermilion fans. There's still hope for you. There is,
<v Speaker 2>just keep hoping.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.
<v Speaker 2>So if we're going to move to the last story here,
<v Speaker 2>I just want to breaking news in from the chat
<v Speaker 2>Uh to the to the Games Morning's news desk Uh.
<v Speaker 2>Jimbo Plushy now available for pre order via Blatro game
<v Speaker 2>on x Let's want to Jimbo plushy. Who wouldn't want
<v Speaker 2>to Jimbo plushy that stares into your soul while you sleep.
<v Speaker 2>These plushies will be a limited run, so make sure
<v Speaker 2>you pre order a SAP. And I am not buying
<v Speaker 2>that creepy ass motherfucker. What A that's cool? Uh? Good
<v Speaker 2>for you, go go find that. Thank you for dropping
<v Speaker 2>that in the chat whoever did that?
<v Speaker 1>Uh? And he got very excited about multiple houses had
<v Speaker 1>several scary clowns, and she was like, I love this,
<v Speaker 1>so maybe maybe I'll get that for her, although then
<v Speaker 1>I was yes, but then I was like, should I
<v Speaker 1>should we watch a scary clown movie? And she goes
<v Speaker 1>maybe when I'm maybe one. I'm a teenager. All right,
<v Speaker 1>Good call kid, good call. Well, A good way to
<v Speaker 1>know yourself, all right. Last story here that I have
<v Speaker 1>the secret actor behind Meddle Gear Solid three threes Ava
<v Speaker 1>has been revealed after twenty years. This is from Michael
<v Speaker 1>mcwerder at Polygon. For the past twenty years, the identity
<v Speaker 1>of the woman behind Ava in the Men Middle Gear
<v Speaker 1>Salad three Snake Eater has been a closely guarded secret.
<v Speaker 1>The actor credited with the role is Susetta MiNet, but
<v Speaker 1>the name is a pseudonym for a much more famous
<v Speaker 1>voiceover artist. A new video from Konami promoting the upcoming
<v Speaker 1>Medal Gear Solid three remake reveals the third episode of
<v Speaker 1>the Medal Gear Solid Legacy series hosted by David Hayter,
<v Speaker 1>reveals that the actor behind Ava in Snake Eater is
<v Speaker 1>Jody Benson. She's best known for her role as Ariel
<v Speaker 1>in Disney's The Little Mermaid and Barbie in Pixar's toy
<v Speaker 1>story franchise Crazy. That's Crazy, That's nuts. They had her
<v Speaker 1>just doing the voice, and no one knew for two
<v Speaker 1>twenty years.
<v Speaker 2>Well and said a word for twenty years. Ariel has
<v Speaker 2>been part of your world for twenty years, and nobody
<v Speaker 2>said a thing that is wild to me the way that.
<v Speaker 2>Later on, she talks about seven years ago, an unnamed convention,
<v Speaker 2>someone slipped the copy of Snake e Ar to her
<v Speaker 2>for to sign, and she said, why are you bringing
<v Speaker 2>this to me? And he said, because you're in it.
<v Speaker 2>And she said, do you know my deep dark secret?
<v Speaker 2>He said yeah, She said, keep it quiet. So and
<v Speaker 2>also she explained, she explained why she did that. That's
<v Speaker 2>because this was such a departure from her child friendly,
<v Speaker 2>family friendly things, right.
<v Speaker 1>She said that she did family based, children based projects
<v Speaker 1>and throughout her career, and so voice acting director Chris
<v Speaker 1>Zimmerman suggested that she go with a pseudonym.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, which I get that logic sure absolutely makes sense
<v Speaker 2>to me, and honestly, it makes for a better reveal
<v Speaker 2>twenty years later when we can all appreciate it a
<v Speaker 2>little bit. Well, that's very cool, Metal Gear, Solid three motors.
<v Speaker 2>I look forward to the aerial mod coming to coming
<v Speaker 2>soon to the PC version. And I love how she
<v Speaker 2>picked the name too. What was your dog's name growing up,
<v Speaker 2>Susette Monett? You know what, let's build on that. Let's
<v Speaker 2>how about Susetta And instead of money, like the artist
<v Speaker 2>will do mine? And Y was like, Neil done, watch
<v Speaker 2>that video. It's great.
<v Speaker 1>This is a very cool thing. I love. Well, I
<v Speaker 1>guess I love when the sort of thing happens. How
<v Speaker 1>often does something like this actually happen? That's it's just
<v Speaker 1>such a unique scenario.
<v Speaker 2>So that's a goofy story.
<v Speaker 1>Absolutely, But yeah, I'm getting excited for Delta. I wish
<v Speaker 1>it was coming out this year, but yeah.
<v Speaker 2>Two, they announced when it's coming out, and they still
<v Speaker 2>say twenty twenty four. Got better get on that run
<v Speaker 2>out of time here or there, pals.
<v Speaker 1>I'm sure he is working with a hand in hand
<v Speaker 1>with Jeff Kewey for the Game Awards on that one.
<v Speaker 1>They love each other.
<v Speaker 2>Did you imagine they come out holding hands all the stuff.
<v Speaker 1>Wow cats and living together? Yeah? No way. All right,
<v Speaker 1>let's see here, I got the pole question. We get
<v Speaker 1>to that real quick. All right, there we go. Uh,
<v Speaker 1>let me were fresh? Actually did we put the pole
<v Speaker 1>question up? Because? Uh, yeah, we didn't. We forgot Jam
<v Speaker 1>was sick, so we didn't put up the poll question.
<v Speaker 1>So here's what we're gonna do. We'll get that pull question.
<v Speaker 1>We'll put it up and then we'll also put up
<v Speaker 1>to days and we'll do both tomorrow here on Game
<v Speaker 1>Mess Mornings. And by we I mean yes me, I forgot.
<v Speaker 1>I forgot everybody. Look, well, my bad de Shaun was traveling,
<v Speaker 1>Jam was sick, and I am a bad person, so
<v Speaker 1>you could see how this sort of thing would happen.
<v Speaker 1>But new pole question will be do you think the
<v Speaker 1>live action Zelda movie will ever come out?
<v Speaker 2>Yes? Or no?
<v Speaker 1>I'm just kind of curious to see where people are
<v Speaker 1>at with this, and we'll get the results of that
<v Speaker 1>and talk about on Games Mornings here on giant Bomb tomorrow.
<v Speaker 1>Before we get to what's happened on giant Bomb though,
<v Speaker 1>Jason Finelli, what's going on with you where if you'll
<v Speaker 1>find you on the internet.
<v Speaker 2>I'm still writing news for GameSpot, as we talked about earlier,
<v Speaker 2>had a second feature go live on Rolling Stone, spoke
<v Speaker 2>to the folks behind Metal Slug Tactics about bringing modern
<v Speaker 2>retro games to the modern era. As half of it
<v Speaker 2>was with the CEO's studio, Aurelian Lose, which is a
<v Speaker 2>great name, and then the other half is with the
<v Speaker 2>dot EMU CEO and Bear talking about all the things
<v Speaker 2>that they've done with Streets of Rage and wind Jammers.
<v Speaker 2>And he also talks about a game that he would
<v Speaker 2>like his next game, but his dream project. But not
<v Speaker 2>his next game, it's not confirmed, but his dream project,
<v Speaker 2>the game he would like to bring back into the limelight,
<v Speaker 2>be it in its original form or in a new form.
<v Speaker 2>And the answer might surprise you, because it surprised me.
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to make you go read the article though
<v Speaker 2>to find out other than that I am you know,
<v Speaker 2>big Man Finelle on basically everything every social media that
<v Speaker 2>there is, including Blue Sky. If you are traveling to
<v Speaker 2>Bluer Skies, I am over there as well. And yeah,
<v Speaker 2>to have a couple features from Magic Con in Vegas
<v Speaker 2>a couple of weeks ago, ones already up. I spoke
<v Speaker 2>to Blake Rasmussen, who is the head marketing guy, and
<v Speaker 2>Aaron Forthite Forsyth, who is one of the heads of
<v Speaker 2>design for Magic to gathering talking about the next year
<v Speaker 2>of what they're coming out with, like the Final Fantasy Set,
<v Speaker 2>the Spider Man set, the SpongeBob Secret Layer which has
<v Speaker 2>been an interesting reaction, and all the things that they're
<v Speaker 2>planning on doing there. It was an interesting conversation. Have
<v Speaker 2>another one coming out soon, specifically about Foundations, which goes
<v Speaker 2>into pre release this week. Sorry if that's Greek to you,
<v Speaker 2>but for those who it's not Greek too, I promise
<v Speaker 2>it'll be good stuff. Yeah, that's that's that's what's happening
<v Speaker 2>here now. We're just running out the clock till twenty
<v Speaker 2>twenty five and moving and starting the year off over again.
<v Speaker 1>Yep. As far as Giant Bomb goes, I think we're
<v Speaker 1>probably gonna kick a few things from today just to
<v Speaker 1>let people, you know, take some time. So no Blake
<v Speaker 1>club today. If we do one later this week, we'll
<v Speaker 1>let you know. But I was just saying and slack,
<v Speaker 1>we should take it easy today, So no Blake Club.
<v Speaker 1>I might stream something here in a little bit by myself,
<v Speaker 1>just hang out with y'all, but if I do, I'll
<v Speaker 1>let you know that could also I could also just
<v Speaker 1>up pull the ripcord on that as well. We'll see
<v Speaker 1>how we're feeling. But we should be back to normal
<v Speaker 1>things here in the next couple of days. We'll keep
<v Speaker 1>you all posted. But yeah, let's take care of each other.
<v Speaker 1>Let's do our best to be there for each other.
<v Speaker 1>You know, go play a game or not, Go read
<v Speaker 1>a book, do something nice for yourself and for the
<v Speaker 1>ones around you that you love, like hang out with
<v Speaker 1>Jason Fonelli. That was a nice thing for me. Jason,
<v Speaker 1>thank you so much for hanging out with me today
<v Speaker 1>and talk about video games. Man, I really appreciate it be.
<v Speaker 2>To do it. It was a nice way to get
<v Speaker 2>out of my funk. I was describing my feelings this
<v Speaker 2>morning as I drove the kids to school as that
<v Speaker 2>moment when noise cancelation headphones activate and you're just in
<v Speaker 2>that weird like yeah, whoa and you can't really hear anything.
<v Speaker 2>It's that's what it was. So to get that out
<v Speaker 2>of my system and to talk here with you is
<v Speaker 2>something I very much appreciate, and I just want to
<v Speaker 2>echo what you said. Reach out to people who might
<v Speaker 2>be affected by this in your life, make sure they're okay,
<v Speaker 2>do what you can for them. Empathy will get us
<v Speaker 2>through whatever is coming. The strongest thing you can do
<v Speaker 2>is be it empathetic and just nice to the people
<v Speaker 2>around you. And I can't really say it any better
<v Speaker 2>than that. So yep, be careful, be safe, enjoy yourselves.
<v Speaker 2>So that's it.
<v Speaker 1>Yep, it's you know. It just takes a couple of
<v Speaker 1>people who really, you know, can push this stuff forward
<v Speaker 1>with love. Everyone else is gonna be miserable. And I
<v Speaker 1>don't blame anyone for doing that. But let's try to
<v Speaker 1>be a pillar here there where we can. It's not
<v Speaker 1>going to be a constant thing when you can do it.
<v Speaker 1>All right, let's see anything else I wanted to mention. No,
<v Speaker 1>I think we're good. Oh yeah, eighteen hours of extra
<v Speaker 1>life is now live on YouTube. Sean got the whole
<v Speaker 1>archive put up. I think he said even something about
<v Speaker 1>doing timestamps, which is insane, but he might be doing
<v Speaker 1>that very least though. Go watch it. It's a really
<v Speaker 1>good time. If you missed it. There are several incredible moments.
<v Speaker 1>Not several, there's dozens of incredible things, because it's just
<v Speaker 1>jam packed with an amazing moment. So go watch that
<v Speaker 1>if you want to. Put it on the background over
<v Speaker 1>the next couple of days and enjoy yourself. All right, Well,
<v Speaker 1>thank you once again, Jason, Thank you everybody for listening
<v Speaker 1>and watching. You are the best audience in gaming. Until
<v Speaker 1>next time, have a good one, take care of yourselves,
<v Speaker 1>and goodbye.
<v Speaker 2>There y'all, the headphones aren't letting me put this hat
<v Speaker 2>on the way I wanted to. Sorry,