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Stupid Game Awards reaction https://www.gematsu.com/2024/11/the-game-awards-2024-nominees-announced

GOG Preservation Program announced – preserving old games for current and future PC setups https://www.gematsu.com/2024/11/gog-preservation-program-announced-preserving-old-games-for-current-and-future-pc-setups

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin spin-off Sakuna Chronicles: Kokorowa and the Gears of Creation announced https://www.gematsu.com/2024/11/sakuna-of-rice-and-ruin-spin-off-sakuna-chronicles-kokorowa-and-the-gears-of-creation-announced

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition gets massive improvement patch, original developer's name gets removed from splash screen https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/rockstar-has-given-grand-theft-auto-trilogy-a-big-graphical-update/

Grove Street Games CEO complains https://x.com/TSWilliamson/status/1857124999045222581

Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3’s plot ‘is complete’ as the game enters full production https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/final-fantasy-7-remake-part-3s-plot-is-complete-as-the-game-enters-full-production/

Xbox is exploring handheld devices, but a release is still years away - Jason Schreier / Bloomberg Link

Secret Level official trailer revealed ahead of December 10 debut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvY9Uq7I30Y

Donkey Kong Country park is revealed at Super Nintendo World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8OtALOr8JI

Nintendo announces Black Friday offers https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/nintendo-announces-black-friday-offers-providing-even-more-ways-to-play-this-holiday-season/ 

Pocketpair details lawsuit filed against it by Nintendo and The Pokemon Company https://www.gamesindustry.biz/pocketpair-shares-nintendo-the-pokemon-companys-demands-from-palworld-lawsuit

The Pokémon Works is a new subsidiary formed by The Pokémon Company and ILCA, developing both games and “services” like Pokémon Home https://www.pokemonworks.co.jp/

Nintendo Sues Streamer of Emulated, Pre-Released Games https://www.404media.co/nintendo-sues-streamer-of-emulated-pre-released-games/

Echoes of Wisdom developers tried to make Link talk but decided it felt wrong Twitter (Genki) / Automaton-Media

LightSpeed Studios establishes LightSpeed Japan Studio led by Hideaki Itsuno (DMC5, Dragon’s Dogma) https://www.gematsu.com/2024/11/lightspeed-studios-establishes-lightspeed-japan-studio-led-by-hideaki-itsuno

Mass Effect TV Series in the Works at Amazon from Fast & Furious 9 Writer https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/mass-effect-tv-series-amazon-writer-marvel-1236203755/

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle gets gameplay deep dive trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vujiFT4cQm8

Campfire_knight: Going to go a bit broader with my next question topic this time: What video game character would make for the best roommate and why? Try to think more creatively beyond reasons like "because they are hot!" Lol For example, Link would make for a terrible roommate because of his incessant need to shatter pots. No keeping indoor plants around that guy.

Switch 2 will be backward-compatible with Switch 1 games https://x.com/NintendoCoLtd/status/1853972163033968794

Nintendo financial results https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2024/241105_5e.pdf

146.04 million Switch units sold total

Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom sold 2.58 million units in 5 days, Paper Mario: TTYD sold 1.94 million units, LM2 sold 1.57 million units

Nintendo reports 34% decrease in net sales, 31% drop in hardware, and 27.6% fall in software for first half of its fiscal year https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2024/241105e.pdf

Nintendo’s four-part "Structural Changes Surrounding Our Dedicated Video Game Platform Business" (p. 13): https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2024/241106e.pdf

Nintendo Music app launches for NSO members https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ5EeImWYaI

Mario & Luigi: Brothership reviews are out https://www.metacritic.com/game/mario-and-luigi-brothership/critic-reviews/?platform=nintendo-switch

Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket tops 10 million downloads in 2 days, makes $12 million in less than a week

Take-Two Interactive sells publisher Private Division, which has been working with Game Freak for Project Bloom https://www.gamesindustry.biz/zelnick-on-private-division-sale-those-projects-were-smaller-were-in-the-business-of-big-hits

PlayStation's Wolverine creative director is now creative director for Xbox’s Perfect Dark https://www.gamefile.news/p/wolverine-perfect-dark-brian-horton-playstation-xboxMass Effect TV Series in the Works at Amazon from Fast & Furious 9 Writer https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/mass-effect-tv-series-amazon-writer-marvel-1236203755/

Joe: Multi-part question: How much stock do you personally put into reviews? Has a review ever made you delay a purchase of something you were interested in? What is a game, show, or movie you felt the reviewers completely missed on?

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition launches 3/20/25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meabXp-IFkM

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete launches December 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBwJdX8fnfQ

Shadow Man & Turok 2: Seeds of Evil join NSO Expansion Pack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN6IbpsG9wM

PH Brazil rumor: Nintendo is courting third-party game remasters for Switch while Nintendo works on Switch 2 games https://www.resetera.com/threads/pr-brazil-nintendo-is-courting-3rd-party-devs-to-do-remasters-on-switch-1-to-make-up-for-nintendos-own-teams-being-busy-with-switch-2-games-in-op.1017648/

Nash Weedle (???) rumor: Elden Ring Definitive Edition coming to Switch 2 https://x.com/NWeedle/status/1850582123448520822

Super Mario Party: Jamboree seems to have its biggest franchise launch yet in Japan https://x.com/GameDataLibrary/status/1849535108182663396

Yakuza Kiwami on Switch is reportedly “selling like hotcakes” https://www.reddit.com/r/yakuzagames/comments/1gd6rh4/ryu_ga_gotoku_studio_director_masayoshi_yokoyama/

Yooka-Replaylee seems to be coming to Switch 2 https://x.com/PlaytonicGames/status/1849435903661367704

Sony shuts down Concord developer Firewalk Studios and mobile developer Neon Koi https://sonyinteractive.com/en/news/blog/an-update-from-playstation-studios/

Sonic X Shadow Generations sales topped one million on the first day https://www.gematsu.com/2024/10/sonic-x-shadow-generations-sales-top-one-million

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind launches December 10 https://www.gematsu.com/2024/10/mighty-morphin-power-rangers-ritas-rewind-launches-december-10

Ubisoft Confirms It's Exploring New Rayman Ideas Amid Report of a Remake https://kotaku.com/rayman-legends-remake-ubisoft-prince-persia-lost-crown-1851679621

Ubisoft releases a message to fans https://x.com/princeofpersia/status/1849450780945740029

The weird, stupid, nerdy story of the Princess Crown fan translation patch https://www.segasaturnshiro.com/2024/10/26/original-translator-did-not-approve-princess-crown-patch-release/

campfire_knight: If you had a Pokemon as a mascot for your very own sports team, what would it be? Also, what would your team name be?

Joe: What random household item would you like to get Nintendo-fied? I already pitched the Kirby toilet. Also, it comes with a Mario Sunshine-inspired bidet.

Super Nintendo World opens at Universal Studios Orlando on May 22, 2025, as part of Epic Universe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS3v1OC-mx8

Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program details revealed https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kfClf9A9jQnsHN6v91dZ7RVbUvpB1fGzG0ew0KLy7B8/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.4qsm8bne311c

Banjo-Tooie joins NSO Expansion Pack on October 25 https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1847080296140706216

Mario & Luigi: Brothership was developed by Octopath Traveler developer Acquire https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:porwhxzwut6vszlqjcvnmmag/post/3l6zrflwywf26

Masahiro Sakurai is developing a new game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qPqBilhEtI

Random details: July 2021: wrote a game proposal "finished at lightning speed," October 2021: Smash DLC development finished, new dev team for new game to be assembled for April 2022. Wrote, recorded, captured footage for entire YT channel during that window between projects, finished in February 2022

Xbox Preview reaction https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/10/17/xbox-partner-preview-october-2024-recap-everything-announced/

Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania DLC launches on Halloween for $4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGAlK-DIeAE

The Electronic Gaming Monthly Compendium hits Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/egmbook/egmcompendium

Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO sales top three million in 24 hours https://www.gematsu.com/2024/10/dragon-ball-sparking-zero-sales-top-three-million-in-24-hours

Bandai Namco has reportedly canceled several titles and is cutting its workforce https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bandai-namco-has-reportedly-cancelled-several-titles-and-is-cutting-its-workforce/

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown team reportedly desolved to work on more profitable projects after Lost Crown didn't meet sales expectations https://www.resetera.com/threads/ubisoft-has-disbanded-the-team-behind-prince-of-persia-the-lost-crown-game-did-not-reach-expectations-and-sequel-was-refused.1016355/

Netflix shuts down 'AAA' Team Blue gaming studio after making big hires (Joseph Staten, Rafael Grassetti, etc.) https://www.gamefile.news/p/netflix-team-blue-socal-studio

God of War TV series is starting over after executive producers depart https://deadline.com/2024/10/god-of-war-sony-executive-producers-depart-new-writers-joining-1236118075/

Game Freak confirms massive data breach of 2606 items, allegedly 1 TB of data stolen in apparent phishing scheme

Source code for HeartGold/SoulSilver and Gen 5 leaked, with huge amounts of prototype sprite art, models, and unused Pokemon

Tons of planning and reference documents leaked for how they designed characters (example: Skyla was supposed to look like Jennifer Lopez) https://x.com/Pinacoin/status/1845312463803240525

Extensive unpublished lore documents for the Pokemon franchise leaked, including the origins of the universe and “Original Sin,” and some of them get really creepy (Typhlosion impregnates a human girl)

Several MAJOR planned Pokemon video games, movies, and TV shows leaked https://x.com/CentroLeaks/status/1845560379428024713

Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo revealed https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-14-nintendo-sound-clock-alarmo-part-1/

Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program will start on October 24, but its content is a secret https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-switch-online-mystery-new-feature-test-requests-secrecy-from-players/

Mario & Luigi: Brothership – Overview Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF96tpchink

Sakurai reveals that Satoru Iwata had a part in naming Super Smash Bros. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2wYKkqhkG0

Tingle creator reveals who should play Tingle in the Zelda movie https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/tingle-creator-reveals-who-should-play-him-in-the-zelda-movie/

Yakuza Kiwami will get a Switch physical release through Limited Run, and Yakuza 0-6 will get LRG PS4 and Xbox One releases too https://x.com/LimitedRunGames/status/1844739951943987445 https://x.com/LimitedRunGames/status/1844739846415286559

NetEase Games announces Destiny: Rising for iOS, Android (F2P FPS RPG licensed by Bungie) https://www.gematsu.com/2024/10/netease-games-announces-destiny-rising-for-ios-android

Xbox Cloud Gaming will let you stream your own games next month https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/11/24268038/xbox-cloud-gaming-project-lapland-game-library

Xbox Partner Preview set for October 17 with about 25 minutes of third-party games https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/10/14/xbox-partner-preview-october-2024/

RaxonXVI: If you could have any IP made into a game, which would you pick and what team would you want to make it? For example, I'd LOVE an Alice in Wonderland game from the team that made Lies of P.

Echoes of Wisdom sold 200,000 retail units in Japan in its first week, the second biggest Zelda launch on Switch behind Tears of the Kingdom https://x.com/GameDataLibrary/status/1841846709774655752

The Nintendo Museum shop is limiting sales of some items after just one day https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-nintendo-museum-shop-is-limiting-sales-of-some-items-after-just-one-day/

Saudi Arabia cuts stake in Nintendo after report said it was considering increase https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/08/saudi-arabias-pif-cuts-stake-in-nintendo-after-report-said-it-was-considering-increase.html

Masahiro Sakurai YouTube channel is scheduled to conclude soon https://x.com/Sora_Sakurai/status/1841424960151228598

Level-5 CEO hints that Nintendo convinced him to agree to another Professor Layton game https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/level-5-ceo-hints-that-nintendo-convinced-him-to-agree-to-another-professor-layton-game/

F-Zero was inspired by back Back to the Future Part II and the first Batman movie https://nintendoeverything.com/f-zero-inspired-by-back-to-the-future-batman/

Mario + Rabbids and Red Dead Redemption creators form new studio, Day 4 Night https://www.d4nstudios.com/assets/press/announcement/D4N_Announcement_10_02_24.pdf

Alien: Isolation sequel is in early development https://x.com/AlienIsolation/status/1843305291322200488

Avatar: The Last Airbender Is Getting a AAA RPG with Saber Interactive and Paramount Game Studios https://www.ign.com/articles/avatar-the-last-airbender-is-getting-a-aaa-rpg-with-saber-interactive-and-paramount-game-studios-exclusive

Halo Infinite is getting a 3rd Person Mode in November https://x.com/Halo/status/1842316353719402932

343 Industries rebrands as Halo Studios, confirms multiple projects in development in Unreal Engine 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDgR1FRJnF8

Surprising Metacritic scores: 87 Silent Hill 2, 94 Metaphor: ReFantazio, 82 Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero

Tencent, Guillemot Family Said to Consider Buyout of Ubisoft https://archive.md/Bc4Nv

brasop: Is Ubisoft in real actual trouble? We all know that many of their game titles have underperformed over the last few years, but if AC Shadows isn't a huge hit, do you think it could spell the end of Ubisoft, or at least in their current form?

Campfire_knight: Okay, here's a fun one for y'all: Try to come up with a Pokemon name equivalent to an irl band. As an example: Modest Marill (in place of Modest Mouse), Mews (instead of Muse), etc. 

Big Echoes of Wisdom discussion? (dead news week)

Ryujinx gone https://x.com/OatmealDome/status/1841186829837513017

Monolith Soft celebrates 25th anniversary with message to fans from studio head Hirohide Sugiura (use Google Translate lol) https://www.monolithsoft.co.jp/special/anniversary25th/

Horizon online game is reportedly Guerrilla’s next major product https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/horizon-online-game-is-reportedly-guerrillas-next-major-product/

PlayStation Network Slowly Coming Back Online After Significant Outage https://www.ign.com/articles/playstation-network-slowly-coming-back-online-after-significant-outage

Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian announced for PS5, PS4, Switch, and PC https://www.gematsu.com/2024/09/atelier-resleriana-the-red-alchemist-the-white-guardian-announced-for-ps5-ps4-switch-and-pc

Venus Vacation PRISM: DEAD OR ALIVE Xtreme announced for PS5, PS4, and PC https://www.gematsu.com/2024/09/venus-vacation-prism-dead-or-alive-xtreme-announced-for-ps5-ps4-and-pc

Castlevania veteran Shutaro Ida steps down from Bloodstained 2 following cancer diagnosis https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/castlevania-veteran-shutaro-ida-steps-down-from-bloodstained-2-following-cancer-diagnosis/

Devolver Digital launches new publishing label Big Fan Games – dedicated to game adaptations of entertainment brands https://www.gematsu.com/2024/10/devolver-digital-launches-new-publishing-label-big-fan-games-dedicated-to-game-adaptations-of-entertainment-brands

Dragon Quest creators rail against censorship in candid interview (maybe?) https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/09/an-evil-disguised-as-good-dragon-quest-vets-rail-against-censorship-in-candid-interview

Campfire_knight: Okay, here's a fun one for y'all: Try to come up with a Pokemon name equivalent to an irl band. As an example: Modest Marill (in place of Modest Mouse), Mews (instead of Muse), etc. 

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.