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Episode 292: Goodbye 2012Episode 292: Goodbye 2012
This double stuffed episode makes up for last week’s week off, even without Paul in the podcast.
The news covers the following items:
- Sony stops shipping PlayStation 2 in Japan
- WWE may not get $45M owed by THQ for license
- Asheron’s Call 2 returns
They then covered the top stories of the year, which leads to the Question of the Week, “What was the biggest news item in 2012?”
Episode 720: Yu-Gi-Oh Stinks!Episode 720: Yu-Gi-Oh Stinks!
This week, the guys talk about how Yu-Gi-Oh players stink, literally. Aside from that, they also discuss the Star Wars Outlaws‘ $110 and $130 editions, Palworld‘s PvP arena, the Rogue Prince of Persia getting revealed, yet another Stardew Valley patch is on the way, Activision Blizzard and NetEase renew their agreement to publish games in China, and free updates heading to Fallout 4.
The news includes:
- Sega declares 2024 the Year of Shadow the Hedgehog
- Slay the Spire 2 releases in 2025
- EA denies rumor that it canceled an in-progress Dead Space 2 remake
- The Dread are the new enemy faction coming to Destiny 2
Let us know what you think.
Wii Sports Resort and Wii Motion PlusWii Sports Resort and Wii Motion Plus
Nintendo plans to capitalize on the monumental success of Wii Sports by doing what they do best, building a hot game with an accessory backing its success. The new Wii Sports Resort will be a mini-game set like Wii Sports and Wii Play but with a beach setting and games like frisbee.
Frisbee? How can the Wii motion controller handle a Frisbee toss? Wii Motion Plus of course! We believe they’ll be packing the game in with the Wii Motion Plus to add more value to the purchase. Honestly, this adds more value to the accessory as a driving force to make sales and increase margins. Game accessories are a great way for Nintendo to profit, consider the pack in game marketing material.
As Wii Play has shown us, historically, gamers want the accessory and the bundled game is just icing on the proverbial cake. Wii Play, as a game, was lacking in many ways and would be, as a stand alone product, a definite must-not-have title. But, considering the amount of Wii controllers sold, this allows Wii Play to show up high on best games sold month over month.
Wii Sports Resort takes this to a new level by using the term “Wii Sports” in the game, allowing the masses to flock to the store to get anything that can reproduce the fun of the original title. Nobody knows, yet, if it will reproduce the same fun factor but the accessory is neat.
(Thanks, joystiq)