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Noah's gone this week so Tori and Nathaniel are brushing up on some of the hot new video game trailers out this week. Nathaniel finally gets his chance to review the Mario movie.

THINGS MENTIONED

The new Zelda trailer seen around the world.

Final Fantasy 16's newest trailer.

Fortune on the insane amount of money the Mario movie is making.

Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah produces the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod  and on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and you can email us at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.

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Well, we did it, folks. We paid real U.S. dollars to go see the Mario movie. We share our thoughts, some news from this past week as well as updates on the media we're consuming.

THINGS MENTIONED:

YouTuber Nando v Movies on what he thinks is missing from the Mario movie.

Polygon on the supposed Persona 3 remake leak.

Insider Gaming on the PlayStation portable leak.

Eurogamer on Quantum Break's removal from the XBOX marketplace.

(Read this with a deep sigh) Destructoid on the Street Fighter movie that's in the works.

A basic breakdown from Star Wars.com of the new stuff announced at Star Wars Celebration.

This cool Twitter thread about the history of gaming in South Korea.

Special thanks to the band always other. You can listen to more of their music at their bandcamp: alwaysother.bandcamp.com.

Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah produces the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod  and on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and you can email us at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.

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Tori and Noah are joined this week by Robin Bea and Willa Rowe, the hosts of Girl Mode, another great gaming news podcast. We talk everything from the current state of games media to how much we adore the great games that are only really sevens out of 10 at the end of the day.

You can find Girl Mode wherever you listen to podcasts and on twitter and cohost.

THING MENTIONED:

Check out the TTRPG for Trans Rights in Florida bundle on itch.io!!

Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah produces the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod  and on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and you can email us at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.

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Noah comes back to the show with gaming news, and Tori is finally digging into a modern classic. Oh yeah and the new 100 gecs album is great.

THINGS MENTIONED

Polygon: Fortnite expands its creative mode in neat ways.

Brendon Bigley's video about F-Zero GX.

SMT 4chan leak.

Mixed feelings in the world about Disco Elysium's new photo mode.

Anime girl tax filing simulator.

Gamestop is doing better?

Fight, Magic Items by Aidan Moher.

Patrick Klepek from Waypoint on Metroid Prime and its remake.

Here's an example of the bonkers Just Dance lore.

Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah produces the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod  and on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and you can email us your favorite video game deep lore at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.

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Pour one out for the 3DS eshop, which closes March 27, far too soon. Nathaniel and Tori lament its demise, talk about weird, messed up chicken sandwiches and talk about, you guessed it, Persona 5.

Special thanks to Nathaniel Wilson for co-hosting this week's episode. You can find him on twitter @nathanbased.

THINGS MENTIONED:

An IGN article explaining the Diablo 4 KFC collab.

Cooking Mama and the Mama-verse from YouTuber Dream Jelly.

This wasn't mentioned on the show, but here's a link to a good beef stew recipe Noah made instead of playing video games this week.

Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah produces the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod  and on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and you can email us your fave 3DS games at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.

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I think we talked about Korean food more than video games this week.

THINGS MENTIONED:

The Vice Munchies video about Army Base Stew.

Maangchi on YouTube.

Saniya Ahmed's funny tweet.

Polygon on Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 4's announcement.

A Kotaku article about Adam Sessler, Tarks Gauntlet and G4's weirdly racist past since some of those original tweets are gone.

A GameSpot article about the proposed names for the XBOX.

Saniya Ahmed's column for Unwinnable.

Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah produces the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod  and on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and you can email us your Fire Emblem hot takes at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.

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Editor, author and now game designer Alanna Okun returns to the show to talk about her journey from gamer to amateur game designer. We talk some game news, Alanna's game design process, her inspirations, and, of course, we discuss what we've been playing. 

You can find Alanna Okun on Twitter @alanna, on substack at buttonmash.substack.com and on itch.io at alannabean.itch.io.

THINGS MENTIONED: 

YouTuber Skill-Up's Final Fantasy 16 interview with Naoki Yoshida.

The Verge’s FF16 interview.

The Pokemon explanation trailer.

The Gamer on more than 200 Apex Legends testers getting fired.

A GameRant breakdown of some of the canceled Apex Legends side projects.

Alanna's game development YouTube recommendations:

Shaun Spalding

Peyton Burnham

Friendly Cosmonaut

Game Maker's Toolkit

Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah produces the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod  and on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and you can email us your Fire Emblem hot takes at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.

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Whoa! We're back! We took it slow on the news this week, but we both played some games and the podcast has a new Wife Guy incoming. 

THINGS MENTIONED: 

Good Vibes Gaming's video about the Tales of Symphonia remaster.

Video Game Podtimism.

IGN: Mortal Kombat 12 accidentally announced, coming this week.

Gameranx swears that the classic Metal Gear Solid games are coming to Steam.

Tears of the Kingdom art book did leak, but I can't find a good link to the pictures due to copyright strikes. Google this one at your own risk.

Extra special thanks to Palette Knife for the use of their track Damn Son, Dim Sum off of their new record New Game+. Find more of their stuff on Bandcamp: https://paletteknife.bandcamp.com.

Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah produces the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod  and on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and you can email us about your fave Harvest Moon romances at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.

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Come for the Nintendo Direct news, stay for our Harvest Moon hot takes. 

THINGS MENTIONED:

Nintendo Life's video about Direct announcements that weren't in the Direct.

This Kotaku article on Keke Palmer's Twitch escapades.

Gamerant on the latest live service deaths, including Rumbleverse.

Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah produces the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod  and on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and you can email us about your fave Harvest Moon romances at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.

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None of the big dogs want to play with E3 anymore, Nintendo Direct rumors continue to buzz and The Sims does an inclusivity this week. Plus, the latest on Tori and Noah's 3DS quest and more. 

THINGS MENTIONED: 

IGN's exclusive report about how E3 ain't looking so good this year.

r/gamingleaksandrumours

PapaGenos on YouTube.

Polygon on Jedi: Survivor getting pushed back a month.

Kotaku on Sports Story's secret complaint room.

From Kotaku: Modders have reverse engineered The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.

EA does an inclusivity with the Sims, and it's neat.

One-time Press START guest Jenny Windom/Kimchica's new venture, Geeks and Grounds, a monthly game club.

Extra special thanks to Nicky Flowers for the use of their track Mr. Tuesday. Find more of their stuff, like their Wii Shop Channel remixes, on Bandcamp: nickyflowers.bandcamp.com.

Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah produces the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod  and on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and you can email us about your fave 3DS games at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.

Find us on social media, and wherever else podcasts are found, here: linktr.ee/press_startpod.