Overworld Weekly: A Wider View of Video Game News

By Brendon Bigley x Overworld.vgLeisure

Overworld Weekly: A Wider View of Video Game News episodes

October 31, 2024 I Didn’t Expect Pokémon TCG Pocket to Be This Good
The Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket is out for iOS and Android, and now that I've played it I'm here to answer what everyone in the boardroom of The Pokémon Company was probably asking themselves: Is it the next Pokémon GO? Does it have a shot at captivating the world in the same way? Does it say anything at all about the future of the franchise?
Sure!
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Chapters:
0:00 - Where did this thing come from?
6:26 - Is the Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket Good?
9:16 - How Battling Works
12:21 - One Million Currencies
14:08 - The Future of The Pokemon Company
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19 min
October 31, 2024 Exploring the Missing Mainline Dragon Quest
I've become a big Dragon Quest fan over the past few years, having played huge swaths of a whole bunch of them, and having finished a couple as well. Unfortunately, Dragon Quest X eludes everyone outside of Japan and has since its release on the Wii in 2012. Finally, thanks to the collective efforts of a bunch of very generous people online, you can play Dragon Quest X in English with the help of a few tools. Today's episode of Wavelengths is all about using your sickness-infused boredom to figure out how to play Dragon Quest X AND Dragon Quest X Offline. Was it worth the effort? Come along and find out, won't you?
Important links:
Adventurer's Abbey for DQX: https://dqxabbey.com/pages/getting_started.html
NexusMods for DQX Offline: https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonquestxoffline/mods/2?tab=files
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Chapters:
0:00 - You Should Play Dragon Quest
4:40 - Dragon Quest X is the Missing Link
11:05 - How to Play Dragon Quest X (The MMO)
18:19 - The Dragon Quest X Offline English Mod
24:26 - Bye!---
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25 min
October 24, 2024 Shin-Chan: Shiro and the Coal Town is DELIGHTFUL (Review)
Shin-Chan: Shiro and the Coal Town is a new, deeply chill game that is one part Boku no Natsuyasumi and one part Humungous Entertainment game. It launched this week on Nintendo Switch and Steam, and I played it primarily on the Steam Deck. I don't talk about performance at all in the video so I'll just say it here: It runs just fine on the Deck. No issues at all!
Also worth mentioning that I received code for this game from the publisher, but hopefully you know me well enough to know that wouldn't influence my review of the game at all.
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Chapters:
0:00 - The Boku No Natsuyasumi Connection
4:13 - It’s Shiro and the Coal Town Review Time
11:39 - Getting Earnest on Main
14:59 - Thanks for Watching 😘
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17 min
October 14, 2024 Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is a Miracle (Review)
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom manages to feel like a classic Zelda game, but the main methods of interacting with the environment are completely new. With a loosely open-ended structure, free reign to explore Hyrule at your heart's content, and an unbelievable number of quality side quests, it feels like a miracle the game was made in the first place — much like Tears of the Kingdom before it.
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Chapters:
0:00 - They announced this in JUNE
2:25 - It's Zelda's World, We're Just Playing It
4:58 - All About Echoes (of Wisdom)
11:25 - Another Link Between Worlds
17:32 - Let's Talk About That Combat
20:56 - The Slumber Dojo, Side Quests, and Doing Everything
24:22 - The Game is a Miracle
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28 min
October 10, 2024 Nintendo's Chaos is Actually Genius
Nintendo released an alarm clock yesterday called Alarmo, proving yet again that they're a chaotic company who completely disregards every logical move and instead focuses on what they think is the most fun idea they can bring to life. This has its pros and cons, obviously, as for every Wii you get a Wii U, but on the whole it keeps things delightfully weird.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Nintendo is Unpredictable
3:14 - What is Alarmo?
4:22 - My Experience With Alarmo So Far
9:16 - Nintendo's History of Chaos
12:21 - The Switch 2 is a Grill, Actually
14:20 - Why Nintendo Always Wins
18:26 - Subscribe, baby.
20 min
September 22, 2024 UFO 50 is a Masterpiece (Review)
UFO 50 is the new game by Mossmouth and a group of six all-timer indie developers who worked for around a decade on making fifty fully-fledged games that collectively are a huge homage to the 80s. It is a masterpiece.
Also: I've never done a review like this before! As I mention at the top, I have another in the works but I just needed to get my thoughts out about this thing, so I hope you like it. Let me know if you're interested in more.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Welcome to the Wavelengths review of UFO 50
2:32 - The Gateway to the NES
7:02 - UFO 50, Barbuta, and Lessons Learned
17:16 - Into the Aether
22:40 - Camouflage, Mooncat, and Takeaways
27:25 - How to Play UFO 50
30:35 - Masterpiece Status
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36 min
September 18, 2024 Thoughts About That Switch 2 Leak
Apparently there are some leaked renders of the Nintendo Switch 2 floating around online today, and I have a few gut-reactions to the specs and feature's we've seen.
Leak: https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/1fjp352/photos_of_switch_2_factory_prototypes_have_leaked/
More thoughts: https://wavelengths.online/posts/the-switch-2-may-have-leaked-already
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Chapters:
0:00 - Grains of Salt hours activated
1:35 - Why two USB-C ports?
3:24 - 12GB of RAM / PS4 Comparison
6:17 - A microphone! lmao!
7:39 - BIG boy!!
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11 min
September 13, 2024 Who is the PS5 Pro Actually For?
Sony announced the PS5 Pro earlier this week, and it had me asking a lot of questions about how it fits into the overall PlayStation strategy. Mark Cerny used his "big three" to talk about the device, so I implemented my own "big three" to talk about why I think the Pro might not be the thing Sony should be focusing on releasing right now.
I also forgot to mention it doesn't have a disc drive!!
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Chapters:
0:00 - Speedrunning the PS5 Pro Announcement
2:32 - Compulsion: Who is this thing for?
9:07 - Context: Why this is a weird thing to release right now
20:45 - Legacy: The real issue is the games
24:03 - Wrapping up
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31 min
September 09, 2024 My Final Nintendo Switch 2 Predictions
The Nintendo Switch 2 is rumored to be getting announced as soon as this month, which means this is my final shot at throwing a bunch of predictions and wishes at the wall before we learn more form Nintendo themselves. This is a longer one because as much as I love the Switch, there is SO much I would love to see changed in the next iteration.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Nintendo Switch 2 Prediction Time
1:39 - What will the name be?
12:35 - Will the Switch 2 be backwards compatible?
15:34 - Performance Improvements
22:25 - Bring themes back! Make it fun!
27:23 - Please fix the eShop
33:37 - Ergonomics and so much about the Joy-Cons
40:25 - Thank you SO much for listening!
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43 min
September 04, 2024 Microsoft’s Cancelled Xbox: Project Keystone
Xbox was pretty publicly working on a third member of the Xbox Series family for a few years called "Keystone" which would have been a streaming-only set top box for games played through Game Pass and xCloud. The device never materialized, and I wanted to look at why they were building it in the first place, why I was so personally interested in one, and why it never saw the light of day despite being accidentally shown publicly by Phil Spencer.
And who knows, maybe it'll show up one day anyway!
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Chapters:
0:00 - What was Project Keystone?
1:58 - An aside about the PlayStation TV
3:07 - Game streaming is good now??
7:26 - How Keystone fit in the Xbox lineup
9:08 - Why Keystone never released
10:52 - The Point: Making the medium cheaper
13:23 - Subscribe if you haven't!
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14 min