NWR Connectivity

Fresh off his review of Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Jordan joins us to discuss his experiences plus picking up Dicey Dungeons for $2. Neal and John round of the game talk with Paradise Marsh and One True Hero. The panel then weighs in on the evolving story of Bayonetta 3, Hellena Taylor, and voice actor compensation, in what has become an odd multilayered series of events. Finally we round things off with some listener mail concerning, you guessed it, Star Fox.

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The UK court case discussing Microsoft's bid to purchase Activision Blizzard is getting spicy, and we're sure it has nothing to do with how much money PS5 has printed in the UK. It's the sort of story that one day will have a book written about it, much like several Nintendo games (that's our other topic).

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Matt joins John and Neal to discuss the Super Mario Bros. Movie and the wider world of video game adaptations. Matt and Neal also now have Steam Decks and a 50% success rate at turning them on between the two of them.

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John and Neal are gone and have left the studio door wide open for the return of the Castlevania Game Club Crew. Alex de Freitas is joined by Matt Zawodniak who is reviewing the excellent port of Nier Automata on Switch and Joe DeVader who woke up one day and decided to review every indie game in a week (or at least just Wayward Strand, Beacon Pines, Jack Move and Potion Permit). The gang closes the episode with some barely relevant hololive ERROR talk followed by very relevant (but somewhat sour) Splatoon 3 talk.

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John and Neal have been playing a lot of games recently. Neal explores a fresh new take on Shovel Knight, in Shovel Knight Dig. John stumbled upon a love for Beyond Oasis on Sega Genesis which leads into a wider discussion of Genesis games on NSO. John also got a sneak peek of the upcoming ARK Survival Evolved update for Nintendo Switch and even found some time to try out XIII on Switch.

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Neal, Alex, and John sit down to discuss what has been universally praised as the single greatest piece of streamed gaming media of all time. Is Zelda's marketing sufficient for nerds like John? Is Pikmin pre-rendered? Does Fire Emblem have enough hair variety? That and more on this episode of Connectivity.

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The calm before the storm if Direct rumors and speculation are to be believed. Neal and John have each been playing a Sonic game, though Neal had an easier time hooking his up to a modern TV. Neal also cheked out Temtem, a Pokemon-like which recently left early access. Finally, some listener mail pitches us on various spinoffs and asks us to pick our favorite.

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John returns after a journey into the world of Pac-Man. Neal has also been feeling those retro vibes with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cowabunga collection. He's also been doing a little puzzle solving with Mixolumia. But the main meat and potatoes is of course, the Nintendo Direct that might happen this month. Will there be Zelda, Metroid, or Star Fox?

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John is out so Neal and Alex sit down to cover the biggest headlines in gaming. Headlines such as Sakurai announcing a Youtube channel! (and I guess Gamescom too). The boys also talk about the breakdown between Nintendo's outsourced projects and their "in-house" production. Neal also speaks fondly of Kirby Dream Buffet, the crew answer a Splatoon 3 email and we round out the show with another bonus segment for Xenoblade 3 after the outro.

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Alex joins John and Neal once again to discuss the latest in the world of Nintendo. A slightly adjusted noise pattern on Mario Kart 8's grass texture means Nintendo's perceived laziness has dropped by roughly 40%. With that out the way we can concentrate on whether the second round of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC is actually fun. We also check out the new DioField Chronicle demo and are pleasantly surprised to see Square Enix managed to invent the entire RTS genre. Finally, we had a half out Splatoon 3 Nintendo Direct which left us somewhat hesitant about the new entry.

After the credits roll, we circle back around with Alex to let the spoilers fly after he completed his playthrough of the original Xenoblade.

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