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Nintendo files lawsuit against Pocketpair, creator of Palworld, for patent infringement https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/en/2024/240919.html

Pocketpair response: https://www.pocketpair.jp/news/news16

Echoes of Wisdom Ask the Developer interview: first female director, 2D and 3D Zelda will both continue, started as an “edit dungeon” game, took 9 days of “boot camp” to create the story https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-13-the-legend-of-zelda-echoes-of-wisdom-part-1/

Nintendo has filed a new 24GHz wireless device with the FCC https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/23/24251736/nintendo-mmwave-device-24ghz-fcc-filing

Pokémon Illustration Contest 2024 winners revealed https://www.ptcgic-cr.com/2024/en/result/prize-winners/

Context for what they won: https://www.pokeguardian.com/2056307_winners-revealed-of-the-pokemon-tcg-illustration-contest-2024

Pokémon Sleep Is Now Compatible with Major Smartwatch Brands https://mynintendonews.com/2024/09/24/pokemon-sleep-evolves-with-smartwatch-compatibility-and-spotify/

State of Play reaction: Ghost of Yotei, 🌜LUNAR REMASTERED COLLECTION🌛, Fantasian release date, etc. https://www.ign.com/articles/playstation-state-of-play-september-2024-announcements

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii launches February 28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCmDF0NqZQc

Freedom Wars Remastered hits Switch, PS, & PC on January 10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feD7epA4CBk

Netflix Geeked Week game adaptation news: Splinter Cell: Deathwatch announced with Liev Schreiber as Sam Fisher, Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft drops October 10, Devil May Cry premiere April 2025, Arcane S2 gets a new clip and arrives in November in 3 parts, More "Netflix x CDPR x Cyberpunk" is coming

Brydude: What are your thoughts on the Majima game?

“A lot” of developers may have been invited to Nintendo of America recently https://bsky.app/profile/liamrobertson.bsky.social/post/3l4dulqtriy2y

Limited Run guy was there yesterday https://x.com/LimitedRunJosh/status/1835864911022583869

Frivolous rumor: The name of the Nintendo Switch successor might genuinely be Switch 2 https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/1fi0y6i/switch_successor_is_named_switch_2/

Tears of the Kingdom art director says Depths were inspired by “Cretaceous Period-like world with dinosaurs” https://mynintendonews.com/2024/09/15/zelda-tears-of-kingdom-art-director-says-depths-were-inspired-by-cretaceous-period-like-world-with-dinosaurs/

Annapurna Video-Game Team Resigns, Leaving Partners Scrambling - long Bloomberg link

Microsoft Lays Off Another 650 Staff From Its Video Game Workforce https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-lays-off-another-650-staff-from-its-video-game-workforce-xbox-boss-phil-spencer-sends-memo-to-staff

Vince Zampella Confirms Next Battlefield Will Use Modern Setting, First Concept Art Revealed https://www.ign.com/articles/exclusive-first-battlefield-concept-art-revealed-vince-zampella

Shin Megami Tensei Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha HD collection seems to be coming https://www.gematsu.com/2024/09/steam-achievements-update-suggests-shin-megami-tensei-devil-summoner-raidou-kuzunoha-hd-collection-planned

Castlevania: Nocturne season 2 premieres in January 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17byolZw8og

Joe: What’s the best console revision? I think it's the PS2 Slim.

Mary’s PAX Adventure: Echoes of Wisdom etc.

Christopher Dring: There are “industry whispers” of something Switch-2 related this month https://x.com/Chris_Dring/status/1831232577161605130

Billbil-kun says to expect a Super Mario Bros. Wonder Switch OLED bundle (and four more Switch bundles) this month https://mynintendonews.com/2024/09/06/billbil-kun-says-the-nintendo-reveal-this-month-is-for-a-new-switch-oled-bundle/

https://mynintendonews.com/2024/09/10/billbil-kun-five-new-switch-bundles-to-be-announced-in-next-few-days-with-19th-september-release/

Nintendo spent around $910 million on R&D for the fiscal year ending March 2024 https://x.com/pierre485_/status/1831728761097637894

WayForward explains how Nintendo approached them to revive Advance Wars https://mynintendonews.com/2024/09/08/wayforward-on-how-nintendo-approached-them-to-revive-advance-wars/

Secrets of Mother 2, an official book about the creation of EarthBound, releases in Japan on November 27 https://x.com/obscuremother/status/1832833881734582401

PlayStation 5 Pro launches November 7, costs $700, has no disc drive https://blog.playstation.com/2024/09/10/welcome-playstation-5-pro-the-most-visually-impressive-way-to-play-games-on-playstation/

A Minecraft Movie gets first teaser trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE2YZhcC4NY

Yakuza Wars has leaked, seems to be a mobile game https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/segas-mobile-game-yakuza-wars-appears-to-have-been-revealed-early/

Fantasian: Neo Dimension will give you the option to play Final Fantasy music in battle https://blog.playstation.com/2024/09/04/fantasian-neo-dimension-on-ps5-hands-on-report/

English synth-pop band claims it rejected putting its song in GTA6 because Rockstar only offered $7500 https://x.com/martynware/status/1832360363179868488

Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki says Sony doesn't have "much IP" that it "fostered from the beginning" https://archive.md/dR7p1

Brydude: What do you think about the release of Astro Bot; do you think it’s a GotY contender? Do you guys enjoy the game? Should Sony continue releasing single-player story games instead of live-service games? Are you excited on playing Episode Aigis?

campfire_knight: 1) What is your most anticipated game that as of yet has no release date? 2) What would be the most out-of-left-field remake you would be excited for? For me, the answers are: 1) Mina The Hollower and 2) LoZ 2: Adventure of Link.

Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom reveals the Still World, dungeons, Swordfighter form, and automatons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUdJF8gyO4A

Japan: Nintendo has now run out of replacement parts for New Nintendo 3DS https://mynintendonews.com/2024/08/29/japan-nintendo-has-now-run-out-of-replacement-parts-for-new-nintendo-3ds/

Mario Party developer NDCube changes its name to Nintendo Cube https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/mario-party-developer-ndcube-has-changed-its-name/

Nintendo of Europe president Stephan Bole steps down after six years, replaced by CFO Luciano Pereña https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-of-europe-president-steps-down-after-six-years/

Square Enix may be working on Final Fantasy XIV for Switch 2 https://www.gamereactor.eu/yoshi-p-on-bringing-final-fantasy-xiv-to-nintendo-consoles-were-having-conversations-making-progress-hopefully-well-have-news-soon-1427113/

Concord shuts down on September 6 after launching on August 23 https://blog.playstation.com/2024/09/03/an-important-update-on-concord/

NetEase is shutting down Ouka Studio, the developer of Visions of Mana - Really long Bloomberg link

Had been cutting Ouka staff since at least spring https://x.com/6d6f636869/status/1829342570042048776

Rocksteady hit by layoffs after Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League underperforms https://www.eurogamer.net/rocksteady-hit-by-layoffs-after-suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-underperforms

Hideaki Itsuno leaves Capcom after 30 years https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/hideaki-itsuno-leaves-capcom-after-30-years

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos remaster announced for consoles, PC alongside Argonaut Games revival https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/croc-legend-of-the-gobbos-remaster-announced-for-consoles-pc-alongside-argonaut-games-revival

RGG Summit 2024 set for Friday, September 20 at 6:00 a.m. ET https://x.com/RGGStudio/status/1828830663510011906

Joe: With the news of a Metal Gear Solid 4 re-release coming in the near future, are there any other games stuck on PS3 that you'd like to see get ported onto modern consoles? I'd really like the Infamous and Resistance games.

Beavis Christ: What is the greatest console generation and why?

August Nintendo Direct + Indie World reaction https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240827010243/en/Surprise-Releases-and-More-in-an-Indie-World-ShowcaseNintendo-Direct-Partner-Showcase-Double-Feature

Some of the things shown: Pizza Tower out today, Sea of Star DLC spring 2025, MySims: Cozy Bundle November 19, Capcom Fighting Collection 2 in 2025, Castlevania Dominus Collection today, Tetris Forever in 2024, Yakuza Kiwami October 24, Suikoden I&II HD Remaster launches March 6

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSu6i2iFMO0

Lego Super Mario Kart sets confirmed for 2025 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/lego-super-mario-kart-sets-confirmed-for-2025/

A canceled Crash Bandicoot 5 would have had a Spyro crossover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzHwPNPW2VM

Black Myth: Wukong sales surpassed 10 million in 3 days, racked up second highest concurrent player count of any Steam game ever https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/black-myth-wukong-sales-top-10-million

Lost in Random: The Eternal Die announced for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/lost-in-random-the-eternal-die-announced-for-ps5-xbox-series-switch-and-pc

Castlevania in Dead by Daylight launched today https://x.com/DeadbyDaylight/status/1828463083833987390 

https://deadbydaylight.com/news/castlevania-collection/

A few other fancy cosmetics https://www.reddit.com/r/deadbydaylight/comments/1f2mm9j/is_this_rift_peak/ 

PlayStation MENA Hero Project announced as an incubator program for game developers in the Middle East and North Africa https://sonyinteractive.com/en/news/blog/mena-hero-project-vibrant-dynamic-unstoppable/

Beavis Christ: What are some of your favorite gaming-related content creators?

GamesIndustry.biz: Devs don’t expect Switch 2 to launch this fiscal year, hoping for April or May 2025 at the earliest https://www.resetera.com/threads/chris-dring-gamesindustry-biz-podcast-developers-are-being-told-not-to-expect-the-switch-2-to-launch-this-fiscal-year.952125/#post-127125447

Toyo Securities analyst Hideki Yasuda believes Switch 2 will launch first half of 2025, cost under $499 https://x.com/Wario64/status/1824432585381986704

Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club demo launches August 19 (Chapter 2 on 8/22, Chapter 3 on 8/27) https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/emio-the-smiling-man-famicom-detective-club-demo-launches-august-19

Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket launches October 30 https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/pokemon-trading-card-game-pocket-launches-october-30

Dragon Age: The Veilguard launches October 31, gets a $220 Rook's Coffer Edition ($150 with no game) https://gear.bioware.com/products/dragon-age-rooks-coffer

The Plucky Squire launches September 17, coming to PS+ Extra & Premium on day one https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/the-plucky-squire-launches-september-17-coming-to-playstation-plus-game-catalog-on-day-one

Alien: Rogue Incursion launches December 19 https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/alien-rogue-incursion-launches-december-19

Two Point Museum announced for PS5, XSX, PC https://x.com/SEGA/status/1823721605819769285

Former Star Fox artist Takaya Imamura's new game, Omega 6, gets an English trailer https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/star-fox-artists-omega-6-gets-its-first-english-language-trailer/

Actual trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s50Tkt9rAI

Sega's Eternal Champions will get a movie written by Zelda writer Derek Connolly https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sega-eternal-champions-movie-skydance-1235975970/

Activision issues cease-and-desist to the H2M mod for Modern Warfare Remastered https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/activision-issues-cease-and-desist-to-modern-warfare-remastered-mod-that-shot-it-back-up-the-steam-charts/

Evercade announces new cartridge for Legacy of Kain Collection https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/evercade-announces-its-next-cartridge-legacy-of-kain-collection/

https://www.eurogamer.net/everything-announced-at-gamescom-opening-night-live-2024

Joe: What is your Roman Empire (something you think about a lot) of video game cultural moments? For example, I think about the 2008 E3 presentation with Ravidrums demoing Wii Music. 

Nintendo files patent for new Switch cartridge https://mynintendonews.com/2024/08/09/nintendo-files-patent-for-new-switch-cartridge/

Rachael Lillis, voice actor of Misty, Jessie, and Jigglypuff in Pokémon, dies at 46 https://x.com/TheVeronicaT/status/1823000035883438271

IMDb says she did 423 episodes of Pokémon, not including movies https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0510418/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_8_in_0_q_Rachael%2520Li

Doom + Doom II Enhanced surprise-released with tons of new features https://slayersclub.bethesda.net/en-US/article/doom-doomii-release-notes?linkId=100000279162898

New, upgraded version of SNES Doom coming from Limited Run Games https://x.com/LimitedRunJosh/status/1821643514750378183

Ready at Dawn, 20-Year-Old Studio and Developer of The Order: 1886, Shuttered by Meta https://www.ign.com/articles/ready-at-dawn-vr-studio-that-once-worked-on-god-of-war-shuttered-by-meta

Krafton purchases, revives Tango Gameworks and Hi-Fi Rush IP https://www.gamespress.com/en-US/KRAFTON-Strengthens-Global-Presence-Through-Strategic-Integration-of-T

includes HFR director John Johanas https://x.com/johnjohanas/status/1822804769699946697

Halloween is getting 2 new games, one made in UE5 with John Carpenter "intimately involved" https://www.ign.com/articles/halloween-unreal-engine-5-john-carpenter-boss-team-games

Final Fantasy I-VI Pixel Remaster Collection – wide retail release for PS4, Switch launches October 8 in the west https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/final-fantasy-i-vi-pixel-remaster-collection-wide-retail-release-for-ps4-switch-launches-october-8-in-the-west

Dragon Ball Project: Multi announced as a MOBA for PC and mobile, regional beta test August 19 - September 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6bowq2uQM0

A new Sunsoft retro compilation brings three Famicom games to the west for the first time https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-new-sunsoft-retro-compilation-brings-three-famicom-games-to-the-west-for-the-first-time/

Sega says its Gamescom line-up includes an unannounced game https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sega-says-its-gamescom-line-up-includes-an-unannounced-game/

Box Office: ‘It Ends With Us’ Scores $50 Million Opening Weekend, ‘Borderlands’ Flops With $8.8 Million https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/box-office-it-ends-with-us-beats-exectations-borderlands-flops-1236103106/

Joe: Forgive me as I'm not sure if I even know what this question means, but which Mario character has the most aura? 

brasop: What's everyone's favorite co-op experience been? I've started the Borderlands series with my brother in online co-op and having a great time. And now that the original Doom 1 & Doom 2 re-release is out, we're swapping between that and Borderlands; it's been awesome so far. 

Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Traversing Hyrule Trailer reveals regions, horse, waypoints, smoothie shops, Bind & Reverse Bond https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/the-legend-of-zelda-echoes-of-wisdom-traversing-hyrule-trailer

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team joins NSO Expansion Pack on August 9 https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1819176417118081202

Fiscal Q1 2025 results: Nintendo sales decrease 46.5% year-on-year to 246.6 billion yen, operating profit decreased 70.6% to 54.5 billion yen https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2024/240802_2e.pdf

Paper Mario TTYD sold 1.76 million units, Luigi's Mansion 2 HD sold 1.19 million units

Monolith Soft 1st Production team hiring for new RPG directed by Tetsuya Takahashi https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/monolith-soft-1st-production-team-hiring-for-new-rpg-directed-by-tetsuya-takahashi

Dead by Daylight – Castlevania Chapter launches August 27 https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/dead-by-daylight-castlevania-chapter-launches-august-27

Game Informer is dead after 33 years https://x.com/gameinformer/status/1819399257071214854

You have to ask for a subscription refund https://x.com/MatPiscatella/status/1819417243429855361

Bungie lays off 220 employees (17% of workforce) and is trying to migrate another 155 to SIE https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/newpath

Destiny 3 was never in development, “Payback” spinoff was canceled https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-08-02/sony-s-bungie-maker-of-halo-and-destiny-faces-reckoning-after-mass-layoff

Avowed delayed to February 18, 2025 “to give players’ backlogs some breathing room” https://x.com/Xbox/status/1819495487155982486

Microsoft & Activision have formed a new team within Blizzard to work on smaller 'AA' games based on existing IP https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/microsoft-and-activision-have-formed-a-new-team-within-blizzard-to-work-on-smaller-aa-games-based-on-existing-ip

Open-world Patrick Star game leaks, apparently launches October 4 https://x.com/joshnamesnotjo1/status/1818635146771279886

Little Nightmares creator Tarsier Studios is revealing a new game at Gamescom Opening Night Live on August 20

THQ Nordic has 23 games in development (HandyGames not included), 13 still unannounced 

SEGA trademarks ‘Yakuza Wars’ in Japan https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/sega-trademarks-yakuza-wars-in-japan

"Project White Sands" and codename HLX suggest a new Half-Life might be coming https://www.eurogamer.net/more-evidence-of-fully-fledged-half-life-game-revealed-by-valve-dataminer

Lego Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi launches October 1 for $129.99 https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/super-mario-world-mario-yoshi-71438

Nintendo stores in Japan are selling gacha keyrings of classic Nintendo controllers, and they're ultra popular https://x.com/scully1888/status/1815686715379798266

Mario & Sonic at the Olympics Games series is reportedly finished; Olympics wanted to pursue esports, NFTs https://www.eurogamer.net/olympics-ditched-mario-sonic-series-to-explore-nfts-and-esports

Original tweet that spurred this discussion https://x.com/leecocker/status/1816536884304327017

Original storyboards for Super Smash Bros. on Nintendo 64 unearthed https://x.com/davidvkimball/status/1817780037078434113

The Pokémon Company retail sales for 2023 were $10.8 billion https://x.com/bogorad222/status/1816243189860213065 

(Point of reference: Nintendo net sales for the past fiscal year were basically the same $$ as above)

Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns expansion launches September 24 for $49.99 ($39.99 on Switch), adds Ghostface, Noob Saibot, Sektor, Cyrax, Conan, and T-1000 https://www.gematsu.com/2024/07/mortal-kombat-1-expansion-khaos-reigns-and-dlc-characters-ghostface-noob-saibot-sektor-cyrax-conan-and-t-1000-announced 

The Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver I & II Remastered seemingly leaks at SDCC https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/legacy-of-kain-remasters-spotted-at-comic-con/

The PSVR 2 Steam app launches on August 6  https://store.steampowered.com/app/2580190/PlayStationVR2_App/ 

PC adaptor required, costs $59.99 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstation-vr2s-steam-app-is-officially-launching-next-month/

Gamers mourn Xbox 360 after digital store shutdown https://www.polygon.com/24209001/xbox-360-store-shutdown-rip 

World of Warcraft development team has unionized https://variety.com/2024/gaming/news/world-of-warcraft-union-microsoft-response-1236083616/ 

Udon Entertainment Announces New Mega Man Comics for 2025 https://www.rockman-corner.com/2024/07/udon-entertainment-announces-mega-man.html

Mega Man X DiVE: Official Complete Works book coming in Q2 2025, plus new Mega Man manga https://www.rockman-corner.com/2024/07/udon-announces-mr-mega-man-little-mega.html 

Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club announced https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHBtMQaj7w0

Official Joy-Con Charging Stand is being released on October 17 https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1813997200000635056

Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is out: 73 on Metacritic https://www.metacritic.com/game/nintendo-world-championships-nes-edition/

Nintendo rescinds trophies for Team Jackpot, the winners of Splatoon 3 World Championship, following evidence of racism by Jackpot https://x.com/NintendoVS/status/1815794010583146887

Evidence: https://x.com/adaptability_/status/1800557391404265812

Former Chibi-Robo! developers announce robot action adventure game koROBO for consoles, PC https://www.gematsu.com/2024/07/former-chibi-robo-developers-announce-robot-action-adventure-game-korobo-for-consoles-pc

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tinywonderstudio/korobo

2003 fighting game SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos gets surprise re-release on Switch, PS4, PC https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/snk-is-bringing-snk-vs-capcom-svc-chaos-to-pc-switch-and-ps4/

Divine Dynamo Flamefrit launches in winter from Inti Creates, looks like Zelda plus first-person mech bosses https://www.gematsu.com/2024/07/divine-dynamo-flamefrit-launches-this-winter-for-ps5-xbox-series-ps4-xbox-one-switch-and-pc

The next RGG Studio game will be announced at Tokyo Game Show 2024 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-next-ryu-ga-gotoku-game-will-be-revealed-at-tgs-2024/

Hideki Kamiya wants to work on Okami 2 & Viewtiful Joe 3 https://mynintendonews.com/2024/07/20/hideki-kamiya-wants-to-work-on-okami-2-viewtiful-joe-3/

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III coming to Xbox Game Pass on July 24 https://www.gematsu.com/2024/07/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-iii-coming-to-xbox-game-pass-on-july-24

IOC Confirms the Creation of the Olympic Esports Games https://www.si.com/esports/news/olympic-esports-games-vote

Dragon Age Veilguard voice actors announced: https://twitter.com/dragonage/status/1815403173944971266 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQGdi3xF_iM 

https://www.ea.com/games/dragon-age/dragon-age-the-veilguard/news/voices-of-the-veilguard 

Brett asked the Discord- “What is your GOTY at this point of the year so far?”

Joe- Tears of the Kingdom

Beavis Christ-  LaD: Infinite Wealth and the maze on the back of my cereal box

Gamer_esq- Unicorn Overlord