We’d planned to bring you one of our first interviews in I don’t know how many years but some technical issues have pushed that through to next week.
We’ll be talking with Aaron Gwynaire about his new game NEYYAH.
As for today’s show, it’s a lot about Nintendo. Both with their Nintendo Direct held on Friday and a little something about their IP protection. We focus more on the direct, however.
I’m glad to see them supporting Mario for the 40th anniversary, although a massively overpriced port of two games wasn’t on my bingo card – however, given their recent releases of Switch 1 ports to Switch 2 with upgrades and making them SEVENTY DOLLARS, I shouldn’t be surprised.
Come to think of it, watching that direct and seeing some first party releases like Yoshi, Metroid, and others, I’m only now realizing that those will also come with a price tag of seventy or higher. And Nintendo doesn’t do discounts. Not anymore. What little they do is barely anything worth waiting for. And it’s likely I’ll move to buying their titles used much further down the road.
Not that it matters. My backlog is full of great things to play and as each week passes my PC gaming wish list keeps dropping in price with sale after sale. I’ll be fine for gaming. Just not…Nintendo gaming – though I have a full backlog there as well.
What I don’t have is Splinter Cell. Ubisoft, it has been 4,409 days since a new Splinter Cell game (non-animated series or guest spot in another game franchise, remake, BBC radio drama, or VR exclusive) was released.
Also, there’s been 4,400 job losses in the gaming industry since January 1, 2025.
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