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This week’s episode has bad audio quality, but excellent audio content as the podcast returns from a virus infected layoff. The Gaming Flashback this week looks to the 2001 GameCube launch title Luigi’s Mansion, while Paul and Jonah continue to snipe at each other while Jordan giggles.
This week’s news items include:
- Sony: Euro debt crisis will have “huge impact”
- EA adopts “no class action” clause in Terms of Service
- Bethesda denied Fallout MMO injunction
- Bioware considering Mass Effect MMO?
- Perman: Onlive will be last dedicated console platform
This week’s Question of the Week, “What was your favorite controller of all time, PC or console?” Keep tuning in!
Episode 323: What Is Nintendo Thinking?Episode 323: What Is Nintendo Thinking?
Jonah Falcon and Jordan Lund discuss PAX Prime 2013, then delve into this week’s news, Listener Feedback, and discuss the 1990’s developer Psygnosis.
The news this week includes:
- Nintendo announces 2DS, Wii U price drop
- Inafune “fought hard” for risk taking at Capcom, creators must be “willing to fail”
- Godus beta to hit Steam Early Access on 13th September
- Diablo III‘s new loot system to “cut the legs out” from the auction house
- Bethesda wants The Elder Scrolls Online available to non-Xbox Live subscribers
The Question of the Week: “How many times have you purchased a new form factor of a console you already owned?”
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Nintendo has announced the continuation in a series that started in 1984 known as Punch-Out!! for the Wii. Once upon a time we all got to pop coins into Punch-Out!!, later we were able to power on our NES and play Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! or, if you’re younger, the version of Punch-Out!! with Mr. Dream (since Tyson’s contract expired with Nintendo and he wasn’t the champion anymore).
At Nintendo’s press conference today they announced Punch-Out, Another Code, Dynasty Warriors and Sins & Punishment 2. Although Dynasty Warriors sounds like it might simply rock on the Wii, Punch-Out really digs down into the history of Nintendo and brings back one of the older franchises.
Perhaps Nintendo is hoping Punch-Out will provide proof they’re serious about the franchise titles on the Wii console. Gamers have been skeptical considering they’re getting one (real) Mario and one Zelda game every few years. Many of us buy Nintendo for their popular mascots and to relive some of the nostalgia of being a kid. Punch-Out may definitely bring back some Nostalgia.
Hopefully, Punch-Out stays true to the original series and is designed to utilize the Wii controller better than Wii Sports Boxing.
(Thanks, Kotaku)