16-Bit Dreams Podcast

We start the pod with a some criticism of the Kingdom Hearts cloud version and Nintendo ending the 3DS and Wii-U E-Shops soon. On brighter news Cyberpunk 2077 is finally a functioning game. The three of us being huge SMT fans we were exciting to talk about the Soul Hacker 2 announcement, but on the other hand Persona fans distain for everything not Persona creates bitter feelings. Street Fighter 35th anniversary is now and they have made 2 big announcement, the first one the Capcom Fighting Collection and Street Fighter 6. We also been playing The King of Fighter XV and realize we might be in the new golden era of fighting games.

Game Recommendation

Greedo - Star Ocean: Last Hope

Sness - Paper Mario Pro Mode/Master Quest

Kylioken - Infernax 

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Time for our Nintendo Direct 2/9/2022 review and we have plenty to say about all the craziest announcement. Tactical RPGs are making a huge comeback this year and we are excited for titles such Project Triangle Strategies, Front Mission 1 & 2, and Metal Slug Tactics. Is Nintendo is finally on the right path to becoming company we know they can be?

Game Recommendations

Greedo: Lost Ark & X-Com (1/2)

Sness: Mother 2 Deluxe

Kylioken: The King of Fighter XV & River City Girl Zero

Today on 16-Bit Dreams we discuss Sony buying Bungie and were there possibly better options. Greedo and Sness played Streets of Rage 4 for the time over the weekend and give their review, we want to give a special shoutout to DotEmu for the games under their belt and upcoming.

Game Recommendation

Greedo - Streets of Rage 4

Sness - Final Fantasy 7 New Threat (mod)

Kylioken - Yu-gi-oh Master Duels 

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We literally have no topic so we freestyle the entire episode 

Is the quality of games falling off? This is going to be a Greedo episode; with that in mind should game provide the content for the price tag they are offering and do the little things like texture and frame rate matter to the experience. Warning Kylioken & Greedo go at it again.

Game Picks

Greedo - Super Mario Maker 2

Sness - Bug Fable

Kylioken - Unmetal

Microsoft made a super big money play acquiring Activision Blizzard for 68.7 BILLION dollars. What plans do they have up there sleeves with this move and how will the other companies react. Gamers have an issue with God of War being ported to PC and  on the other hand the entire Kingdom Hearts series being ported as a cloud based game to the Nintendo Switch which bring up the topic of port begging and the dealing with ramification of it.

Game recommendations of the week

Greedo - Monster Sanctuary

Sness - Persona 4

Kylioken - Evil Tonight

Games Done Quick (GDQ), a week long charity event where runners attempt to speed run a game is happening right now and we want to bring some attention to the event. On the depressing side Capcom Cup 2021-22 is cancelled due to Covid which may affect Street Fighter's 35th Anniversary and E3 is moving to a digital event yet again.

Greedo's pick| Bug Fable

Sness' pick| Lufia and the Fortress of Doom

Kylioken's pick| Smelter

Today we look at the IGN top 100 game list and we are not very optimistic. Certain placement are DEFINITELY questionable while we feel some game (mainly Greedo) think most of the games don't belong on the list

Game recommendation for the week

Greedo: The Witcher 3

Sness: Melee Online

Kylioken: Dungeon Munchies

Fresh from Christmas we seen an intriguing list of overrated games and decided to list games we find overrated ourselves (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is ban in this conversation), we also ask is being overrated a bad thing. We list a few underrated games as well and why we think they need more recognition. Happy New Year and let's grow in 2022!!!

Greedo's Underrated picks - Dragon Quest 11 S: Echoes of an Elusive Age, Tactics Ogre: Lets Us Cling Together, Resononce of Fate

Sness Underrated picks -  Ni No Kuni, Grandia, Metal Gear Rising Revengeances?

Kylioken Underrated picks -  13 Sentinels Aegis Rim, Indivisible, Super Robot Wars (Franchise)