This week on NEP, we're covering the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct and the collective meltdown over the professor. Plus more Star Ocean talk, Killer Queen Black, and the new indie cutie, Super Crush KO. Plus, listener response to Galen's "Pokemon is games-as-a-service" claim.

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Timestamps:

• 07:00 – Adventure Log: Star Ocean: First Departure R, Killer Queen Black, Super Crush KO
• 48:01 – News: Fire Emblem Three Houses' Byleth joins Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as DLC fighter #5, Cuphead and more; FE3H DLC 4: Cindered Shadows and the Ashen Wolves,
• 1:21:59 – Additional DLC
• 1:24:47 – Listener Mail: Pokemon DLC and games-as-a-service and Galen's wrong

Additional DLC:

• Oni Dino: Roseanne of the Connors – Jose (YouTube) https://youtu.be/QRwIosijD3A
• Star Ocean FAQ https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/psp/939439-star-ocean-first-departure/faqs/55557
• Galen: I made Gamecube Joy-Cons – Shank Mods (YouTube) https://youtu.be/Sb0-I8FkUWU

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Galen's Insta: true_mobius

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We're back in the saddle with the first regular episode of 2020! This week on NEP, we're covering the big Pokemon Sword and Shield Direct, the negative response, and trying to make sense of something when we don't really have a dog in the fight. We also accidentally talk about Star Trek and Star Wars a bit, too? Why? Oni Dino probably has the worst take you've ever heard involving Pokémon and Star Wars. But also the "Great Oni Dino x Galen Argument of 2020" has already begun with the incendiary question: is Pokémon now a games-as-a-service game? We're on opposite sides of the ring, ready to duke it out.

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Timestamps:

• 02:40 – Adventure Log: The Witcher 3
• 13:21 – Adventure Log: Star Ocean First Departure R
• 25:21 – Pokemon Direct discussion! Mystery Dungeon remake! DLC expansion pass! Fan backlash! Toxic fandom!
• 1:08:15 – Additional DLC
• 1:12:21 – Listener Mail: Unique experiences with games that we'll never forget, even if the games weren't the best.

Additional DLC:

• Oni Dino: Gerald's Game – Film on Netflix
• Galen: Totally Not Mark - Drawing Goku in 9 different Styles https://youtu.be/KgR8fFLPTfM

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Galen's Twitter: @mobius087

Galen's Insta: true_mobius

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Ending song by I am Jemboy on YouTube.

Happy New Year! Start off the decade on the right foot by joining Oni Dino and his buddy Galen as they predict Nintendo's 2020! We line up around 20 questions about Nintendo's future and predict the outcomes. Who will be the victor? Also, there seems to be a Nintendo Direct around the corner. We want certain Smash characters as DLC and we have great, realistic arguments for why they really could be future characters. Plus, Wii U ports that make sense. And a healthy dose of Fire Emblem: Three Houses talk.

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Timestamps:

• 05:24 – Adventure Log: Gato Roboto and Magic the Gathering
• 23:06 – News: Mystery SKUs at Gamestop, Nintendo Direct incoming? And Animal Crossing footage.
• 31:52 – GAMING PREDICTIONS for NINTENDO's 2020: the cutthroat game!
• 1:06:02 – Smash DLC predictions!
• 1:16:37 – More Bethesda support on Switch? Fallout? Elder Scrolls?
• 1:21:05 – Upcoming Wii U or Nintendo 3DS ports?
• 1:25:21 – Additional DLC
• 1:29:03 – Listener Mail: Where does the Fire Emblem series go after the brilliant Fire Emblem: Three Houses? Base-building? Managing villages? Roller Coaster Tycoon? Then, we talk about Blizzard's future support on Switch—could we see vanilla WoW? Let's think realistically.

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Galen's Twitter: @mobius087

Galen's Insta: true_mobius

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Ending song by @_hi_ok_ on insta.

It's the last episode of NEP of the decade! Join Oni Dino and Galen as they give their personal awards across the nightmare-scape that is gaming 2019. Biggest surprise, biggest embarrassment/controversy, best new character, and so much more. The gang employs a process of elimination that requires bargains, arguments, concessions and a whole lot of passive aggressive love. What will win? How will we compromise? Who won't make it out alive?

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Timestamps:

• 07:22 – Biggest Surprise (in a positive sense)
• 19:30 – Biggest Embarrassment / Biggest Controversy
• 41:07 – Best New Character
• 50:14 – Best Non-2019 Game
• 1:05:33 – Best Paperweight Game
• 1:14:20 – Biggest Disappointment
• 1:29:41 – Game of the Year

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Oni Dino's Twitter: @Oni_Dino

Oni Dino's Insta: Oni__Dino

Galen's Twitter: @mobius087

Galen's Insta: true_mobius

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Cold open song by Jaden Phoenix on YouTube

Hello my coffee-flavored Gooigis. This week on NEP, we're looking back on our predictions of 2019 and seeing what we got right, wrong, and what was totally unexpected.

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Timestamps:

• 05:54 – Adventure Log: SaGa Scarlet Grace: Ambitions
• 17:09 – Adventure Log: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
• 28:56 – Adventure Log: The Talos Principle
• 36:39 – News: Luigi's Mansion 3 multiplayer DLC details.
• 42:29 – Review of Nintendo's 2019! Looking back on our predictions and arguing like besties.
• 1:23:01 – Additional DLC
• 1:25:55 – Listener mail: Story time and Pokemon time

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Additional DLC:

• Oni Dino: Kinect: Xbox 360's most successful failure – Stop Skeletons From Fighting https://youtu.be/MmJ3LICVtsY
• Galen: Interview with Youtube CEO Susan Wojcicki https://youtu.be/3ap6PTQUMf4

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Galen's Twitter: @mobius087

Galen's Insta: true_mobius

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Ending song by I am Jemboy on YouTube!

Hello my beautiful indie darlings. This week on NEP, join Oni Dino and Karen on some big topics! We're talking The Game Awards: is it really a good celebration of video games? Is it really the biggest night in gaming? We also discuss the Nindie Showcase from earlier this week (including weighing in on the Gleamlight backlash)—Reggie says it best: indies are the most important in the industry! We also chat Resident Evil 3 Remake, and Oni Dino has tips for the newly released, unconventional JRPG, SaGa Scarlet Grace: Ambitions.

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Timestamps:

• 07:14 – Adventure Log: Resident Evil 3 Remake?
• 26:20 – Adventure Log: SaGa Scarlet Grace: Ambitions
• 45:29 – News: December's Nindie Showcase! Our impressions. Also weighing in on the Gleamlight backlash.
• 1:39:30 – News: The Game Awards. Winners, new announcements with Bravely Default II and No More Heroes III trailer. Then our opinions on The Game Awards as a representation of video games.
• 2:24:24 – Listener mail: How we consume games. How to decide on what to play next with so many good games out there.

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Oni Dino's Twitter: @Oni_Dino

Oni Dino's Insta: Oni__Dino

Karen's Twitter: @mobius087

Karen's Insta: true_mobius

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Ending song by BotanicSage!

Hello my 8-bit and 16-bit beauties. This week on NEP, we accidentally pitch our ideas for the next Luigi's Mansion game (and the next) in a fervor of excitement. Then, Oni Dino is excited about Heroland while Galen critiques Bioware's Anthem. Oni Dino goes on to talk his love for Breath of Fire II and Galen muses on the "Zelda II Maker" update we received in Super Mario Maker 2, and what Maker could be next. We then read some listener mail leading into next week's The Game Awards, a New Year Nintendo Direct and Super Mario Sunshine… 2?

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Timestamps:

• 07:05 – Adventure Log: Luigi's Mansion 3, Heroland, Anthem, Astral Chain
• 57:33 – News: New SNES and NES games coming to Nintendo Switch Online, and they're all really good ones. Let's talk about region differences, and Oni Dino gives a heartfelt synopsis of Breath of Fire, Capcom's first RPG series.
• 1:21:00 News: Super Mario Maker 2, update 2.0 comes with Zelda II Maker. Kind of.
• 1:36:24 – Additional DLC
• 1:40:42 – Listener mail: Mario remakes, sequels, Nintendo demakes, Kirby Bogard, The Game Awards, Nintendo Directs—we got 'em all!

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Additional DLC:

• Oni Dino:
  • Ryusui's BOFII translation http://www.romhacking.net/translations/1384/
  • Behind the screens with Heroland's localizers https://legendsoflocalization.com/locxloc-behind-the-screens-with-herolands-localizers/
• Galen:
  • Hello from the Magic Tavern – Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/0FGOz929il130iXEwkInBa

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Oni Dino's Twitter: @Oni_Dino

Oni Dino's Insta: Oni__Dino

Galen's Twitter: @mobius087

Galen's Insta: true_mobius

HUGE thank you to Headphones of Listening for NEP's intro music! Check him out on soundcloud!

Hello my price droppers and discount darlings. This week on NEP, we chat about game sales, what we've picked up so far, what we plan to pick up and what we recommend—all discounted, of course. Galen's enjoying Bloodstained on Switch, Oni Dino continues to synthesize in Atelier Ryza, and Waluigi's charm is prevalent throughout the show. We'll be doing our Game of the Year show in the near future, so send in your suggestions on what categories and awards we should have!

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Timestamps:

• 07:13 – Adventure Log: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Atelier Ryza
• 34:47 – Big sales! Games we've bought, games we want, games to catch up on, and games we recommend!
• 45:44 – Additional DLC
• 51:37 – Listener mail: Story-telling in video games, favorite memories, listener requests and Waluigi.

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Additional DLC:

• Oni Dino:
  • Tokyo Llama https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBQ3TEq5SrUuTJuMl1S_4ig
• Galen:
  • How to make a Swirling Dice Set - Rybonator https://youtu.be/cT9ygQ4xROM

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Oni Dino's YouTube "Gayme Married": https://bit.ly/2JK21xd

Oni Dino's Twitter: @Oni_Dino

Oni Dino's Insta: Oni__Dino

Galen's Twitter: @mobius087

Galen's Insta: true_mobius

HUGE thank you to Headphones of Listening for NEP's intro music! Check him out on soundcloud!

Ending song by Triple-Q!

Hello my happy helpers and fortune cookies! This week on NEP, Oni Dino and Galen are talking The Game Awards, the industry and mobile monetization schemes. We chat about the nominees, snubs, predictions for Nintendo and past instances—new Smash DLC fighter? Metroid? Bayonetta? Who knows! Let's keep it logical, though. Then we tackle Animal Crossing Pocket Camp getting a subscription service with a very opinionated argument over if free-to-play games like these should even be considered games. We finish things off with some Pokemon talk on the new designs, and the Gizmodo situation in our listener mail segment.

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Timestamps:

• 09:12 – Adventure Log: Atelier Ryza, Luigi's Mansion 3, Destiny Connect
• 38:00 – News: The Game Awards. Nominee discussion. GOTY discussion. Death Stranding discussion. When is it good for a producer to get involved in a creative's process?
• 1:03:21 – News: The Game Awards. Predictions! What might Nintendo have in store for us? We think realistically, then we think for fun. Smash DLC character announcement?
• 1:11:38 – News: Animal Crossing Pocket Camp subscription services and a discussion of microtransactions, monetization structures in mobile gaming and other gaming—Oni Dino argues that these are not games.
• 1:30:37 – Additional DLC
• 1:33:35 – Listener mail: Pokemon, designs, Warframe, Kotaku and Gizmodo Group Schadenfreude, being a better person, Hong Kong.

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Additional DLC:

• Oni Dino:
  • Let's Go Whaling! – Torulf Jernstrom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNjI03CGkb4
• Galen:
  • Wisecrack Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/thugnotes/videos

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Oni Dino's YouTube "Gayme Married": https://bit.ly/2JK21xd

Oni Dino's Twitter: @Oni_Dino

Oni Dino's Insta: Oni__Dino

Galen's Twitter: @mobius087

Galen's Insta: true_mobius

HUGE thank you to Headphones of Listening for NEP's intro music! Check him out on soundcloud!

Hello my poison and fairy types! This week on NEP, Oni Dino is a bit unhinged but we make it work! Galen chats Terry Bogard and Luigi's Mansion impressions while Oni Dino continues grinding the gears in Destiny Connect. We then discuss the Phanpy in the room and give our opinions on the Pokemon Sword / Shield controversy and how people are handling things on social media. And who can forget the big star of turning around 2019: Sonic the hedgehog.

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This week, the podcast is sponsored by Koei Tecmo. Check out Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout, out now on Nintendo Switch.

Timestamps:

• 10:12 – Adventure Log: Terry Bogard in Smash Ultimate, Destiny Connect, Luigi's Mansion 3.
• 45:24 – News: Sonic turns around his year. Pokemon and Pokechildren.
• 1:22:39 – Additional DLC
• 1:32:36 – Listener mail: nerdy engravings for wedding rings

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Additional DLC:

• Oni Dino:
  • Design Doc on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNOVwMpD-5A1xzcQGbIHNeA
• Galen:
  • Mario Shots: Yoshi Stranding (Death Stranding parody) by NCHProductions https://youtu.be/9jbc0VVGyW0

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Oni Dino's YouTube "Gayme Married": https://bit.ly/2JK21xd

Oni Dino's Twitter: @Oni_Dino

Oni Dino's Insta: Oni__Dino

Galen's Twitter: @mobius087

Galen's Insta: true_mobius

HUGE thank you to Headphones of Listening for NEP's intro music! Check him out on soundcloud!