The State of Gaming - Game news from September - 2021
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The State of Gaming - Game news from September - 2021 är avsnitt 132 av den svenska spelpodden Spelfarsan med vänner, publicerat 3 oktober 2021 och 35 min långt. Det ingår i formatet State of Gaming. Avsnittet är på engelska.
Game news September 2021 – THQ Nordic, PlayStation Showcase and Nintendo Direct recapped
About the episode: Three big showcases in one month: THQ Nordic's 10th anniversary show, the PlayStation Showcase and a Nintendo Direct. The panel picks the highlights, from Alan Wake Remastered and God of War Ragnarök to Metroid Dread, Triangle Strategy and N64 games on Switch. Episode two of the English-language monthly news recap.
Chapters: The State of Gaming - Game news from September - 2021
- 00:00 – Intro: State of Gaming is back after a summer break
- 01:29 – The silent beer can, owls and rum and coke
- 04:55 – THQ Nordic showcase: four sequels
- 08:49 – PlayStation Showcase and the Knights of the Old Republic remake
- 10:43 – Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
- 13:31 – Alan Wake Remastered
- 15:13 – Deathloop – and a tip for Twelve Minutes
- 18:00 – God of War Ragnarök and "fat Thor"
- 19:52 – Nintendo Direct: Triangle Strategy
- 24:24 – Metroid Dread
- 25:20 – N64 and Genesis games on Switch Online
- 27:10 – ActRaiser Renaissance, Mario Party, Chocobo GP and Kirby
- 31:40 – Splatoon 3, Bayonetta 3 and a Disney disappointment
This month's gaming news in The State of Gaming - Game news from September - 2021
THQ Nordic: the year of the sequel
Four picks from THQ Nordic's 10th anniversary showcase, which the panel found the least exciting of the three: Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed, where the alien Crypto wreaks havoc in the 60s to a Rammstein track; Outcast 2, with one raised flag for Avatar-style friendly aliens (the HD remaster of the original gets a tip as a decent buy on Steam); Elex II, a janky "AA+" game you'll either love or hate; and the turn-based Jagged Alliance 3, which looks "slow enough to be enjoyable". All sequels – what does that say about the state of gaming?
PlayStation Showcase
- Knights of the Old Republic Remake – only a short teaser for a modern classic from the days when BioWare could do no wrong. The remake isn't made by BioWare.
- Tiny Tina's Wonderlands – a Borderlands spin-off with dice, fantasy and guns in cel-shaded style. Tina's voice is annoying, but it suits her.
- Alan Wake Remastered – "It's finally happening." The panel loves the story and the music, and two of the three are fans of cozy horror. Wait for the remaster if you haven't played it; the panel guesses the DLC is included, and it is – both The Signal and The Writer come with it. It also sparks the question of why it's always the wife who goes missing.
- Deathloop – out now to mostly positive reviews. Nobody on the panel has played it; it might be a Steam sale pick. If you want a loop game, Twelve Minutes with Willem Dafoe is recommended instead.
- God of War Ragnarök – beautiful, but if you don't like God of War this changes nothing. Highlight: Thor as a big, mead-drinking guy who can still kill you with one punch. Kratos in anger management would make a good sitcom.
Nintendo Direct
Triangle Strategy is pitched as a new Final Fantasy Tactics with Octopath Traveler graphics, with a battle system where you push enemies into your own units for extra attacks – and the developers listened to feedback from the demo. That leads to a wish for old Final Fantasy games in Octopath style, and rumours of Final Fantasy IX and Tactics remakes.
Metroid Dread is the new main installment in Oscar's corner. It builds on Samus Returns with melee and free aiming, and seems to have proper speed boots. The downsides: walls are marked too obviously and wall-jumping is simplified. A let's play is promised.
Also discussed: the new Switch Online tier with N64 and Sega Genesis games and cordless replica controllers (thumbs broken by GoldenEye are remembered), ActRaiser Renaissance (cleared twice on SNES, mostly for the sim part), Mario Party Superstars, Chocobo GP ("it is Mario Kart"), Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Mario Odyssey with Kirby), free new content for Mario Golf, Splatoon 3 (a couch game, if you have friends) and Bayonetta 3. Disney Magical World 2 nearly ruined the whole show.
Quick facts about The State of Gaming - Game news from September - 2021
| Game | Developer | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed | Black Forest Games | THQ Nordic |
| Outcast 2 | Appeal Studios | THQ Nordic |
| Elex II | Piranha Bytes | THQ Nordic |
| Jagged Alliance 3 | Haemimont Games | THQ Nordic |
| Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake | Aspyr | PlayStation |
| Tiny Tina's Wonderlands | Gearbox Software | PlayStation |
| Alan Wake Remastered | Remedy Entertainment | PlayStation |
| Deathloop | Arkane Lyon | PlayStation |
| God of War Ragnarök | Santa Monica Studio | PlayStation |
| Triangle Strategy | Square Enix / Artdink | Nintendo |
| Metroid Dread | MercurySteam / Nintendo | Nintendo |
Avsnittsbeskrivning från podden
The month of September has come and gone. It had a few big game shows and in this news recap of the month we will go over them in some detail. What does Nintendo have brewing and will all humans die again according to THQ? Also Kratos is still angry. Step in and find out!
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00:00:00Then we say hello and welcome to State of Gaming. It has been week 38 and it's time to rock it in English again. Let's do some real heavy news. Some heavy news coming at you. September edition 2021 news time. Newsreel. Keeping it real in the news. Keeping it cool. Keeping it cool. Well, that train has left the building. if it ever was in the building. So this is actually, for all of you, let me think now. Was the first episode during summer or before summer? Before summer. I think it was May. The May edition. So for all of you that are wondering what happened to the additions between May and September, we don't have an answer for that. They're gone. They never happened. But we're back now. And this is, as we mentioned in the first episode, but we might as well do a recap seeing as this is only episode two. This is our monthly sort of summary of the hottest news in gaming and gaming events and whatever else we feel like we want to mention that have to do with gaming. So we'll focus on September in this episode. And we have, well, by a happenstance, because we didn't know this when September started, but...
00:01:29This month had three kind of big gaming shows. And we'll probably focus most of the time on those, if not all the time on those. But before we get to grips with all that good stuff, we do have a standing feature in both this series and our other shows. Oh my God, it happened again. Did you catch that? No, we didn't. No, you don't. You need a special mic. This needs an explanation. So we have this feature where we open a can of beer every episode. And the dead silence that you just heard was when we opened that can and the microphone just didn't pick that up. That was me opening a beer. Yes, and that's Linda's feature. But you might have heard some sassy congas because that's how I usually make that work. Anyway, we do have a can of beer. Yeah, it's kind of overflowing. It is. So what you need is not like a boom mic. You need a beer mic. A beer mic. I do need a beer mic. So what do we have?
00:02:30I have a beer from a brewery called Brass Tax. Brass Tax? I have no idea. I bought this in Uppsala. So it might be from... Oh my god, it's overflowing. It's happening. It's overflowing. Was it owls on the can? Yes, and it's called Cahoots. Cahoots. And I can't really move this closer to the camera because my... So I guess it's hoots from the owls. Yeah. Yeah, that's good. So yeah, what's the taste like? Is it a birdie for you? Yes. Well, it doesn't really taste that much, to be honest. Oh, well. Is it one of those that kind of sneak up on you? B. Like, after a couple of sips, I've only actually tasted the foam right now, to be honest. So maybe that's why it doesn't really... I mean... If we remember this, and we probably won't because we kind of never do, we'll get back to that at the end of the episode. Not promising anything because we never deliver. How about you, Oskar? What do you have going on booze-wise? Kind of apple cider, but this is kind of pure thing, so it's not even cider. It's more of what you call it when you just pressed it. It's kind of... Okay, so like the...
00:03:55The origins of cider? Yeah. Old school. Let's go with old school. Yeah, old school stuff. And apple, right? Yeah, and a slight hint of something strong. So delicious? Yeah, it is. Hashtag delicious. I am going for something that I know to be delicious, but right now I'm kind of fighting off a somewhat severe cold, so I can't really feel any taste at all. But this is rum and coke. Which is delicious, like normally speaking. Yep, tasted nothing. But you know what? We'll live with it. Just like my beer then. Exactly. Two out of three tasted nothing. So this is usually where we mention some general news before going into it. But we don't really have that in this like summary show because everything is kind of the best of what's been given us the last month. So we will start with one of the shows.
00:04:55And I thought we should take them in order of hotness. Because I think we all can agree that the 10th anniversary THQ Nordic showcase was the least fun, even though all of them were kind of good. Yeah, but there's nothing really surprising. Not that much. So I only picked a few shares out of that cake. And the four games that I wanted to mention, and feel free to add to that list if there are any that you feel should be there, were Destroy All Humans 2, Outcast 2, Elex 2, and Jagged Alliance. I just realized that all of them were 2 except the last one. Yeah. And then Jagged Alliance 3, I should say. All of them are sequels, so no new games here. Yeah. And what does that say about the state of gaming? I don't know.
00:05:44That nobody has any new ideas anymore. No one has any fresh ideas, exactly. So Destroy All Humans, we basically liked. All of us. It's a funny, quirky, kill humans in weird ways in the 60s type of thing. With a little alien that came back from the moon. He named Crypto doing his Rammstein imitation whilst destroying a lot of humans. That trailer had a really good music track in the form of Rammstein's America. I think it's called that track. So that was really good. And we will definitely keep our eyes on that one. And then we had a lot of talk about Outcast 2, which we kind of also like to look at. Even though I had to raise my flag for the Avatar theme thingy. Because there were friendly aliens dancing, and then we killed them all. I think it would be quite good anyhow. Yeah, I'm certainly looking forward. Also, we should mention that Oscar kind of said that the original remake, or was it a remaster? It's a remaster, HD remaster. Still was pretty decent. Yeah, so pick that up. I think it's kind of a decent price also. Is it on Steam? Yep. Cool.
00:07:02And then it was Elex 2, which is another sort of almost AAA title. Maybe a AA+, if that's a thing. It's a thing now. It's out. Heard it here first. So this game kind of also is in like the future, apocalyptic, one man out to save the world kind of deal. Kind, which, I don't know. There were different fractions, some of them with him, some of them against. It's one of those games that you either probably love or hate. Because it's definitely a bit janky. That's why I said a double A+. So it's not quite there. But, you know, it's decent. And then we had Jagged Alliance 3. And we kind of liked the trailer. It looked fun. And the action, I think Linda put it like in... It looks slow enough to be enjoyable.
00:07:55I mean, it's so hard when you watch this video because it's such a cool, like the video, the intro video is so cool and it's a lot of action and it's fast and stuff's happening. And then the gameplay that you're shown in comparison is very slow and you pointed out that it's a turn-based game. Yes. So I guess it's hard to make turn-based games look cool in these kinds of videos somehow. Yeah, you're right. And we also mentioned like this is one of those games that is in the new era of turn-based top-down strategic games. And there's been a few like Desperados 3, I think, came out like the past year and that looked very similar in style. So maybe those games are on the way back, so to speak. People used to have...
00:08:49Quite a few. I also like commandos and games like that. They used to be popular like at the beginning of the millennium. That sounds really weird saying. But sort of like at the early 2000s. And maybe they're back now after like 20 years. People want some tactics in their lives again. And nothing wrong with that. I think we all agree. So that was kind of the best part from the THQ show. But earlier this month. we also had the ps5 playstation showcase and those games are of course as you can tell primarily for consoles and they had a few few good ones and we kind of took the big ones from this list as well so i just run through them real quick and then we come back to them one at a time so we had knights of the older public remake uh tiny tina's wonderlands alan wake remastered
00:09:45Deathloop, which is now released, and God of War Ragnarok. Or Ragnarök, as real people pronounce it. As it's supposed to be pronounced. So Knights of the Old Republic is a very old game by today's standards. It's one of the original games for the 360. It might even have been the first year of that console. It even has old in the title. Yes, it's true old. And yeah, I mean, it was one of the very first games I bought for that console, so it must have been an early release, even if it wasn't like the first one. So it's also one of those games that has been sort of, it's become like a modern classic. A lot of people point to that game and say like, oh, do you remember when Star Wars games used to be good, like Knights of the Old Republic? And to some extent, Knights of the Old Republic 2. And they were...
00:10:43done by Bioware when Bioware could, as Rare did earlier, do nothing wrong. All they did became mega hits. So naturally, the remake is not done by Bioware because they're not amazing anymore. Sad times. But yeah, it looked promising, even though we got, what, 25 seconds trailer or something? Yeah, it wasn't much. But I mean, this is an old game, so there's no surprises there. There should be no spoilers. And if there is, I mean, congratulations to you because you've been living under a rock for so long now. Anyway, it's probably what we could call a teaser trailer, right? Yeah. We get teased. So next game was Tiny Tina's Wonderlands. And it's, as you can tell, connected to Borderlands. So it's one of those freestanding games within... Yeah, it's a classic spin-off in the same world. But from what you can tell, it's based around...
00:11:43Tiny Tina and some of her friends role-playing. So there was, like, dices in there and a weird mix of fantasy and guns. Yeah, and it was, I think, somehow I feel like this is the graphics of the future. It's kind of like it's... Self-shaded goodness. Yeah, because we all know how cool and realistic we can make games. I mean, we. They can make games look nowadays. So I guess this is... Something that is not new, but still... It'll be somewhat fresh even in 10 years. Yeah, I think so. As the classic cartoons of yesteryear. Yes. Or something like that. Anyway, we also kind of reached the conclusion that she has a super annoying voice that fits her. Yeah, it kind of... When you hear it first, it's like, oh, wow, I can't stand listening to this. And then after a while, it kind of feels like it suits her.
00:12:40That's pretty good. I hate her, but it's pretty good. I hate her, but it suits her. And I think it also kind of suits the game. Yeah. Yeah, but it's kind of interesting because it really makes you listen, even if you hate it. Yeah, you can't help but not to. It's like, ah, what's that annoying person saying? Let's lean into that. And we might come back to that because I think it's... Probably going to be a somewhat big release. And it's the Borderlands world and stuff like that. So we'll definitely see more trailers and content when... I think it was next year that that game would come out. The next game on the list we have talked about, we should talk about it, and we will talk about it. It's Alan Wake Remastered. Yes. And I mean... It's finally happening. It's happening. It's happening. And we love it.
00:13:31We love it. It's a fantastic story. It's a fantastic game. And now when we've gotten to see a lot of new frames from the game, it really looks amazing. And it has some solid music in there. It really does. And it has a solid story, I would say. I mean, Alan wakes up and he's missed... A week, I think, of his life and his wife is gone and he needs to figure out what happened to her. How come it's always the wife that is missing? I don't know. I think they like to have male protagonists. Yeah, protagonists. Do you even remember a game where you wake up as the wife and your husband is missing? I don't think that's ever happened. I can't even think of a movie where that happened. Where's the equality, damn it? Anyway, this is... There is no equality. This is...
00:14:26Oh, God, I don't remember where exactly in the States this game takes place. But it feels like it's one of those cozy Easter coaster places, right? Exactly, like Maine or something. New England. New England or Maine. Yeah. I mean, it looks great. It's not, though, because it's dark and sinister. But it looks great. And we like it. We have that. We probably haven't gone into that in this English format. But two of us on this podcast kind of love cozy horror. It's a thing. It's a thing. And this goes very well under that description. It's cozy horror. Ooh, that was so good. Yes. If you haven't played it, you've missed something. And now you have a chance to redeem yourself by playing the remaster. And also, I think we...
00:15:13had a hypothesis about this, even though we don't really know, but we think they've included all the DLC in this one. It could be the definitive edition. So you shouldn't play it before. If you haven't played it yet, hold out until this remaster hits the shops, because then you can actually experience all of it in sizzling HD, I would imagine. Yes. Go for it. We also have a game that has since been released, and that's Deathloop. And that was a big, big game. in a lot of the gaming shows during the summer and the past year. Also E3 of last year. And it released to sort of mixed reviews with most of them being positive. Some of them being, I'm not so sure about this if it's a fun game in the long run. But a lot of streamers have played this because it's good content seeing as it's a random...
00:16:05ingredient in all the runs that if you're lucky nothing happens twice and you have to figure out the order to do things and it's a pretty cool world as well from what I've seen. So it's probably not for everybody. Because some people kind of like to have their story fixed and a single play story be the same every time. And this just isn't. I don't think any one of us have played this, though. No, I've been so much back and forth with this game. I don't know what I feel about it. But I think the last trailer that I saw for this on this show, it felt a little bit more promising since this supposed mystery that was... Part of the story should be fun and interesting, but I don't know. I don't know either. It might be one of those games that I pick up on the annual Steam sale or whatever. Yeah. It's a perfect game for that. I mean, it kind of is.
00:17:05I would imagine that it's decent. Even if you're not a fan of the mechanic, it's probably worth a couple of hours of game time just to check out the world and the lore and stuff like that. So, yeah. But still, I'd rather play 12 minutes. Yeah. We should mention that, even though I think that might have been outside of September. But we should mention it all the same, that if you want to have a game that loops, that is really interesting. 12 minutes is not a game to miss. And it's also only 12 minutes. Whatever. Yeah, it's pretty quick. It's a quick game. It does have some weird stuff in there as well. So be warned. It can get pretty messy. Yeah. Also, they have... Oh, what's his name? That voice actor. Oh, yeah. Willem Dafoe. Yeah, that's the one. Oh. He's in there. He's doing his thing, as he always does. Yeah, and he's pretty cool, so... He is cool. Let's just vouch for something. He has a very specific voice.
00:18:00Anyway, the last and arguably biggest game of the PlayStation Showcase was the next God of War game, Ragnarok. And it looked pretty much like God of War always does. Yeah, it didn't feel like anything new. Kratos really pissed off and killing gods. Norse gods this time. It looked beautiful, though. Yes, it did. But as Oscar said, if you don't like the God of War games, this will not change anything. If you like the God of War games, this will not change anything because you'll love it. I would think God of War would be a quite nice sitcom when Kratos is doing angry management. Yeah, that could be something. Also, the good thing about them using the Norse gods this time around is that they actually made Thor a fat man. We all know, what's his name, Chris Hemsworth in the Marvel Universe? He's like a ripped dude from Australia. Not really a Norse man, but in this game they had... I mean, it's not...
00:18:57Maybe correct to call him drunk Thor, but kind of looked like a fat drunk. But he was that sort of seedy dude that could still kill you dead with one punch. But to be fair, I think he was in the latest movie. Oh yeah, the last ones. Yeah, he was pretty fat. And he was fat and he drank mead. Oh, he drank a lot of mead. And I just want to point out that his name is Thor and nothing else. Yeah, Thor. But it is spelled with a TH. No, never. I've never ever have been that way. I think it depends. Yeah, I mean, it's Anglified and it's also... We like to take credit for all those guys. But let's be honest, the Germans have those dudes as well. And, you know, we were first. Yeah, whatever. We're more to the north than they are. So, you know, whatever. Anyway, Fat Thor, pretty cool.
00:19:52And he'll be in the game. And so will probably a lot of the other guys. So I'm kind of looking forward to it. But as I said, if you're not a God of War fan, this won't change anything. If it was fast paid action, it's a nice game. It will be a nice game. Oh, definitely. Definitely. All right. Are we ready for some Nintendo Direct Showcase goodness? We are. We're so ready. We are so ready. And I tried to weed out the bad ones. But this was still like a big old list. So I'll just... Go through them, and then we'll get back to it. So we have Munter. Munter. The Munter. Munter Hunter Rise. Sunbreak. Mario Party Superstars. Hyrule Warriors. Age of Calamity Expansion Pass. Chocobo GP. I guess that's for Grand Prix. Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Animal Crossing. Mario Golf. Triangle Strategy. Metroid Dread. A whole lot of Nintendo 64 games. A whole lot of Sega Genesis games.
00:20:46Act Racer, Renaissance, Splatoon 3, and Bayonetta 3. Those were the big ones. Which ones do you want to talk about? Because we don't have enough time to go through all of them. I would say that I would like to talk a little about the triangle strategy. Yeah, go for it. It seems like a new Final Fantasy Tactics-ish. With Octopath Traveler graphics. Yes, exactly. And Augur Battle also, if you want to. have something like that but that's not all i thought that the battle system was quite interesting because it's not just the ordinary 4x4 strategy turn based ones but they have these things that you could like charge an enemy push him into another of your gang and then have an extra attack and it seems to have a lot of more depth than your ordinary basically combo attacks by pushing enemies around which is i don't think i've seen that in
00:21:44Any other game like this. Is this something that they changed after the feedback from the demo? Or is this something that was always in there? I think they fine-tuned a lot of things. They kind of said that in their trailer. After great feedback from the community, we've changed a lot of stuff. So hopefully... I mean, I love it that they did. Because a lot of people never do. And then they release it and they have to change things after release. But they kind of listen to the fans. I think that's great. I think hopefully they'll make it so that they sell more games. So if you're a JRPG, especially old school fan and like turn-based, then it would be, yeah, I would say so. I would love, this will never happen because they did the picture remasters, but I would have loved if they did the old classic Final Fantasy games in Octopath graphics. That would have been so good.
00:22:35And just on that note, quickly, there's nothing with this, but there are heavily rumors that it would be a remake of Final Fantasy IX and Final Fantasy Tactics. Yeah, I mean, that would be awesome. Just to put that out there. Yeah, let's hope it happens. Seeing as we're in Oscar's corner, I will just move on to Metroid Dread. You'll be playing this game, I would imagine. Yep, and I will be using your Switch. Yes, you will. So it's a cola. So how good of a game do you think this will be? Does this continue the last game's storyline? It does, right? Yeah, this is actually a new installment. It will be Metroid 5, so to speak. So yeah, it will follow the timeline. So basically, I would say that they are going with basically the same setup as with their remake.
00:23:30of Samus Returns, meaning that it will be melee attack, you will be free aiming and so on and so forth. But for once, it looks really good. And for the second argument, I would say that actually will make me happy is that it seems like they will have proper speed boots. So no more kind of time stopping shenanigans that they had in the previous installment. So... The only thing I see that I think would be a little bit meh is that it seems to be so obvious what, yeah, this wall is marked. Yeah, you can climb it. It's kind of dumbed as more of the new games are these days. You want to have it more like it was in the old games. Yeah, I always want that. Oh yeah, we didn't mention we always liked things as they used to. That's kind of what we're about.
00:24:24But you want to have the old-school exploration. Yeah, yeah. It's kind of hard to say before you actually have played it, so that's a fair point of saying. But I would imagine, because it's the same with... If you want to say something negative about it, it's the same. They've dumbed down the wall-jumping abilities as they've done in the previous ones, meaning that you can't really do any fancy stuff. It's more like you hit the wall, and then you are... propelled onto the next one and so on so you need basically two walls standing towards each other to make this move normally if you've seen competitive super metroid running or whatever then you can climb a single wall and so on but that's just details i would say still that it looks amazing it will be fun to have a new installment see what the lore is taking and i think it will be a freaking good metroidvania game actually will we do a let's play yeah
00:25:20We will. We just need to find a way to hook up your Switch. Yeah, we can make that happen. It'll take some thinking, but we can make that happen. All right, cool. I just tried to make the voice when I saw the video. The voice that I did. Yeah, that's cool. I was trying to. You were trying to mimic that? Yeah. That's now my voice. I'll do that. Yes. I will talk like this. Yeah, exactly. We should mention the collections that they've added onto their subscription service. They will add a new tier of subscription service to the Nintendo platform. And if you go for that, you will have access to a lot of the classic Nintendo 64 games. And those are exactly the games you were thinking about. Yes. Except GoldenEye is not in there. No. Yeah. Banjo-Kazooie is not in there. Banjo-Kazooie is there. It will be. 1080 probably.
00:26:14But it will be. I think they released it initially with just a few games, and then they will add on. So this might be a really good service. And also, because Sega aren't making consoles anymore, they've gotten hold of their backlog of Genesis games. Yeah, that's great. So that's a pretty good list. Both of those have some solid games. And they will also be selling the vintage Genesis and N64 controllers, but cordless. Cordless, yes. And you will only have to pay, well, $100 if you want both of them. It's $50. And can you, I didn't really understand it, but could you only buy it if you do have the subscription? No, no. I would imagine you can actually just get those controllers. I'm guessing they're not really useful if you don't have the subscription. I'm not really sure I would want to buy them for that price. No. And I don't really want that old controller back. Isn't that kind of horrific? I mean...
00:27:10I would imagine that it's one of those things that you kind of want it in. It feels right, but it's not the best controller. No, I know, but it's so much nostalgia. It's emotionally connected to those. And it's nostalgia. Yeah, that's probably what it is. I kind of just remember trying to break my thumb playing like Killer Instinct and 1080 on the 64. It's scary. That controller messed me up sometimes. And also my thumb after playing GoldenEye, it was broken. Yeah, yeah, that's true. Don't you want to relive that? I do. Yeah. I will feel the pain for real this time. I feel it flowing through me again. We should get some more games in. ActRacer, it's a weird old game, but it was very much appreciated when it came out. So it's a 2D platforming action game crossed with a sim game where you build a town. And it's nice. And ActRacer Renaissance is basically a remake from the ground up. And it was actually released during the show.
00:28:08So it's available now. It's kind of cool. It's a really cool looking game. And I've never played it, but a lot of people did. And they said it was amazing. And this looks to be the same game, but, you know, beautiful. I have cleared it twice or more. No, twice, I would say. In the SNES version, of course, then. Well, seeing as you have my console, you can just download the digital version now and do it again. yeah yeah but i was more like i enjoy kind of sim part more than action part because the action part is just your ordinary standard 2d platform action nothing there but the kind of the same thing was kind of interesting yeah so like a cross breed with the god of war and city skylines that that would be something yeah i thought it would look like a a cross between like castlevania and populous or something like that yeah yeah that's more true uh which is still cool
00:29:04Don't get me wrong. I might get it at some point. We should get a few more games in there. So Mario Party is just Mario Party. But for those who like that type of gaming, it looks pretty good. Yeah, I do. It's like the pinnacle of social gaming. Yeah. But I mean, it looks amazing. And it also looks so familiar. And it's always, I mean, every time I play it, it's like fun. It's basically the definition of just harmless fun. Wasn't that game that they had like a humongous long playthrough on the show? Yes. Well, they showed some, yeah. Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity, that's an expansion, so we don't really want to go into that much because people who have played this game probably know exactly what they want from it. The joke about Grand Prix is a bit weird. Yeah, it's so weird. It's basically Mario Kart.
00:29:56It is Mario Kart. It looked exactly like Mario Kart, but with Final Fantasy characters. Why not? Yeah, but they could have just added those characters into Mario Kart. DLC, yeah. But then again, you can get more money by releasing a new game. I actually kind of thought like, yeah, maybe I can get this. Because Mario Kart is fun, so this kind of has to be fun. But it feels like Nintendo is... Well, they move with Square Enix once more, even if they are more of a Sony company. Maybe they realized that they can work with multiple companies at the same time. But this looked good. I mean, it's weird. Don't get me wrong. It looked so weird seeing anything else than Mario drive around on those tracks. But I might get it. I also might get Kirby and the Forgotten Land because that looked very much like Mario Odyssey, but with Kirby.
00:30:49Oh, yeah, that's true. It did. I thought when I first saw the trailer, I thought it kind of looked like any horror game, but a little bit more colorful. Well, you know. But then when we started hearing Kirby's feet or shoes making those familiar noises. I mean, he's a cute little dude as well. Yeah, he is. And no, I like the story. They were talking about some sort of forgotten civilization, which is always interesting. Which looked like our civilization. Yeah. Yeah. It looked pretty good. So we also had Animal Crossing, which is a huge hit, obviously, but new content. So once again, those who like that will like this. Same with Mario Golf. They have released some new tracks and Koopa Troopa as a character. And they released that during the show. So it's out. Yeah. So it's out now. And it's also free. It is very much free.
00:31:40um i think that's it i mean splatoon it's not my kind of game but the next one is coming out it looks like splatoon it yeah it's i've i've barely ever seen anything or heard anything of splatoon before this i think it might be like a fun game to play with other people maybe but doing the single player campaign i'm not sure about that You need to have friends. I've only played multiplayer, and I did that at a gaming show. So it was a good game to have in a booth at a gaming show. I can imagine that. Eight people could play it, and it was just pick up and play. It's a couch game. Yeah, it's probably a couch game. I mean, we're talking about gamers here. So if you have friends, real friends, and you kind of get them into your home at the same time, you could play this.
00:32:33What a strange world that would be. I mean, that's great. But you need eight controllers to do this. If you are eight people. True. Can you have eight controllers? I guess so. I mean, make it happen, people. And also, we have Bayonetta 3. And as everyone knows, after Bayonetta 2, no other company wanted to have the brand for some reason. It feels really weird because I really enjoy those games and they are very much similar to Devil May Cry. But for some reason, no one wanted them and Nintendo swooped in and kind of bought the IP. It feels a bit weird for Nintendo to have an IP as Bayonetta, but Bayonetta 3 looked pretty good. So there you go. I guess it sucks for everyone else. Was there any other games you wanted to mention? Yeah, I think.
00:33:22You mentioned it all. Are we satisfied? I think we are. I mean, when I saw the Disney Magical World 2, I was thinking, like, this kind of ruined the whole show for me, because this was definitely a kid's game, and then I wanted to turn it all off. I thought it was... Just a short explanation. When I saw that first, I thought it was that other... The mash game with Mickey Mouse and all those dudes. Oh, yeah. Well, I can't either. Awkward silence. Yes. Kingdom Hearts? Yes. Yes. There it is. Thank you. I thought we were talking about a new Kingdom Hearts game. They were not. This was way worse. Way worse. And on that note, it's time to wrap up this news show, State of the Gaming, episode two, September edition. And I push the limping horse over into Oscar's corner to wrap this up. Damn straight. Yep. Yeah.
00:34:18Or something like that. Okay. So I would say that fill up your glasses. Make that cozy pillow happen. Just enjoy the gaming season because it has begun for real stuff. And if you want more of us, we will be back with more fascinating news in a short while. So with that, I say thank you for tonight. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.