In short
Kinda Funny Games Daily (Aug 29, 2025) covers PS6 handheld rumors, Capcom denying Pragmata is a Mega Man game, Pokemon Legends ZA’s Lucha Libre event, plus earlier discussion/reviews of Twisted Metal Season 2 and a Nintendo Life Mario Paint preservation video.
Guests
No recurring guests. The show is hosted by Greg Miller and Tim Gettys; they also briefly take a call from actor/performer Samoa Joe (Sweet Tooth in Twisted Metal) and mention Nintendo Life’s Zeon (creator of the Mario Paint video).
Key claims
- Sony may plan a Switch-style PS6 portable that docks and can run games natively above PS5 base power (Moore’s Law is Dead; AMD-based APU; rumored ~$500; late 2027).
- Capcom producer Naoto Oyama says Pragmata is “completely new” and “not a Mega Man game.”
- Pokemon Legends ZA will celebrate with a live Lucha Libre event at Arena México on Sept 25; Hawlucha gets Mega Evolution; Mystico (Sin Cara) is confirmed.
Notable examples
Twisted Metal Season 2 is praised as a better, tournament-focused adaptation; Nintendo Life bought 100 Mario Paint SNES copies to recover saved art/music, with only a few “holy crap” finds.
Written by AI. May contain mistakes. Listen to the episode to check what was said.
Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOCoffee Choices
0:57 to 1:46
Discover various coffee options available at grocery stores.
“Sierra has all the best active and outdoor brands for the super athletic stuff, like running gear for cruising up the trail.”
Hosts and Clown Outfit
2:00 to 2:45
Hosts introduce themselves and discuss the clown outfit situation.
Twisted Metal Season 2 Review
2:45 to 6:39
An in-depth discussion about the second season of Twisted Metal.
“So I'm going to take the L here, even though in theory what I was saying was correct.”
Video Game Adaptations
6:39 to 9:10
Discussion on the success of video game adaptations, specifically Twisted Metal.
“I had seen when people, when this was on the run up to this, people were talking about, or maybe it was after the first episode that this was more like the game.”
Nintendo Life's Mario Paint Project
9:10 to 11:42
Explore a unique project where memories from Mario Paint are recovered.
“But the next thing I want to talk about is just a very, very, very cool thing that the homies over at Nintendo Life did.”
The Evolution of Game Reviews
11:42 to 14:00
Hosts reflect on how video game reviews have changed over the years.
“But first I wanted to call out, could you imagine running this business in 2008, 9, 10?”
Introduction and Super Chats
14:02 to 14:40
Listeners are encouraged to engage through super chats while celebrating a birthday.
“super chats to tell us what's going on in what you want to talk about and what's happening over there.”
Housekeeping and Upcoming Content
14:40 to 15:50
The hosts discuss the schedule for upcoming shows and special events, including a reaction to a Borderlands 4 panel.
“We're reacting to the Borderlands 4 PAX panel.”
Transition to News
15:50 to 16:00
The conversation shifts towards the Roper Report, which will cover key news items.
“Today, They were brought to you by X reel, but we'll tell you about that later.”
PlayStation 6 Handheld Rumors
16:00 to 18:10
Discussion about reports of a PlayStation 6 handheld with Switch-like features and its expected capabilities.
“Also, if you are a Twitch person, you might have seen a whole bunch of false starts on the intro.”
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Skepticism Around Handheld Viability
18:10 to 19:50
Hosts express skepticism about the feasibility and market potential of a dedicated handheld PlayStation device.
Generational Changes and Technology
19:50 to 22:20
Exploration of how console generations are evolving and the implications for future gaming hardware.
Dreaming of a True PlayStation Handheld
22:20 to 24:20
Hosts discuss their desires for a powerful PlayStation handheld that can play next-gen games seamlessly.
“And so you're getting into the Xbox PC space more than that.”
Doubts and Expectations for PlayStation's Future
24:20 to 28:05
A critical look at PlayStation's strategy and the potential for innovative handheld devices in the gaming market.
“I definitely don't think this is like saying they're coming out at the same time.”
PlayStation 6 Marketing Strategy
28:05 to 31:29
Discussion on how PlayStation 6 may be marketed and its audience.
“I think it's going to be a weird thing for PlayStation that they're going to market it more like the portal, less like the switch.”
PlayStation 6 Marketing Strategy
31:44 to 33:34
Discussion on how PlayStation 6 may be marketed and its audience.
“Plus, it's back in stock now on Xreal.com.”
PlayStation 6 Marketing Strategy
34:40 to 35:34
Discussion on how PlayStation 6 may be marketed and its audience.
“Sierra has all the best active and outdoor brands for the super athletic stuff, like running gear for cruising up the trail.”
Capcom's Pragmata and Pokémon Legends ZA
35:35 to 42:05
Discussion on Capcom's game Pragmata and Pokémon Legends ZA including launch details.
“Can you talk about how he described the car?”
Celebrating Pokemon Legends ZA with Lucha Libre
42:05 to 43:36
Learn about the unique promotional event for the launch of Pokemon Legends ZA.
“yeah i know you're more of a world kid yeah but like mario one mario two mario three uh there's world one, one dash one, one dash two, whatever.”
Personal Stories and Experiences with Lucha Libre
43:36 to 45:28
Hosts share their past experiences with Lucha Libre and discuss the upcoming event.
“Hawlucha's Mega Evolution doubles down on its wrestling inspiration, giving it ornate plumage and making it look ready for a main event match at the next Wrestlemania.”
Speculation on Steam Deck 2 Release
45:28 to 47:35
The hosts discuss rumors regarding the release of the Steam Deck 2 and its implications.
“Oh, and how'd everything go with current?”
Current Landscape of Handheld Gaming
47:35 to 49:45
An analysis of the Steam Deck's position in the current handheld gaming market.
“i don't believe at all this just seems like the most speculation kind of pulled out of educated guesses i've ever seen it does make sense though i don't think that we're close to a steam deck to and 2028.”
Developer Support and Gaming Ecosystem Evolution
49:45 to 52:16
Exploration of how developer support shapes the future of handheld gaming.
The Impact of Metal Gear Solid Delta's Release
52:16 to 56:00
Discussion on the release of Metal Gear Solid Delta and its reception among gamers.
“Journalists, reviewers were asking this question.”
Reflections on Metal Gear Solid Delta
56:00 to 57:20
A heartfelt discussion about the legacy of Metal Gear Solid Delta and its impact on fans and creators.
“But anyway, people are just wild out there.”
Excitement for Terminator 2D No Fate
57:20 to 58:50
The hosts express their excitement for the upcoming Terminator 2D game and its retro aesthetic.
“If you're unfamiliar, this is from Bitmap Bureau.”
Yooka-Laylee and Upcoming Releases
58:50 to 1:01:10
Discussion about the upcoming game Yooka-Laylee and its enhancements, alongside other game releases.
“Taking a movie and just turning it into a 2D like Super Nintendo style platformer in 2025.”
Super Chat Interactions
1:01:10 to 1:01:40
Engagement with audience through super chats, sharing thoughts on various game topics.
“Specifically because Yooka-Laylee is$4 right now on the different shops.”
Diverse Gaming Conversations
1:01:40 to 1:10:06
Discussion about various games, their impact, and community speculation on future titles.
“Starting at the very end, Snug says, what else should we do in Mexico, Tim?”
Discussion on Game Preferences
1:10:06 to 1:10:56
The hosts discuss their varied preferences in video games and celebrate diversity in gaming.
“His outfit sucks, but what a game looking forward to.”
Transcript
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1:45Andy Cortez:Today, in the nerdy news you need to know about, the PlayStation 6 might be copying Nintendo's homework. Pokemon's throwing a Lucha Libre event, and pragmata is not a mega man game we'll have all this and more because this is kind of funny games daily what's up everybody welcome to kind of funny games daily for friday august 29th 2025 i'm one of your hosts greg miller alongside forbes 30 under 30 aka the second best baby blues in san francisco aka the married one at tim gettys let's tim host law of the chat saying why is tim not wearing the clown outfit and i get it i think this is actually my first time on games daily in like the whole week oh which is weird yeah it might be wrong it's it's felt like a long time but i promise you i will wear the clown outfit i have the clown outfit i'm gonna wear if someone doesn't know what's the clown outfit about uh we were doing our gamescom predictions opening night live and i i said that uh hollow knight silksong will get its release date either at opening night live if it if it's not there it'll be at the next nintendo direct gotcha gotcha and i i you know jeff played me because the reason i was saying it is because jeff keely was was tweeting you know the clown knows and all that stuff so i was like well he wouldn't do that if hollow knight wasn't going to be at games if he didn't have the release date and it's like he did He just didn't announce it there.
3:17So I'm going to take the L here, even though in theory what I was saying was correct. It was. He opened the show announcing it. But I'm going to wear it. I'm going to wear it for you on the day. You're in theory. I mean, I'm right. Think about it. Think about it. Don't smile. Then why are you wearing the clown outfit? Because technically, they didn't announce the release date. So you're wrong. Yeah. I'm admitting I'm wrong. Okay. But you said you were right. In theory. In theory. Theory. Technically, theory. They're different things. Yeah. Jeff knew the release. It had the release. He just couldn't say it.
3:50Again, brilliant strategy. I think they did it the right way. Don't bury the holiday news. Sure. Get it out later. I appreciate that. September 4th.
3:57Andy Cortez:I appreciate that you're admitting you're wrong with saying you're not wrong. I like that. Well, because it's the truth. Sure. It is. There's no smile about this. I'm smiling. I'm having a great time. Maybe you should wear a clown outfit too, Greg. No, I'm not going to wear a clown outfit, please. I didn't get anything wrong about what's going on at Gamescom. I'm proud of you. Of course, thanks to InReview. I know you're wearing an Ahsoka shirt today So congratulations on that too Ahsoka on the shirt She was a little younger then She uses two Two cybers Two cybers Remember how mad everybody was Tim you doing good this morning?
4:32I'm doing fantastic for so many reasons Give me some of them Season 2 ended last night The final three episodes all dropped Did you watch them all? Last night? I've been watching them every week
4:44Andy Cortez:I mean, like, I don't want to do the traditional thing of being a parent, but it's crazy how much free time you have. I love that. Free time? I mean, that's what I'm doing. You watched three episodes of that. You watched Peacemaker, and you played more Pokemon. Like, you know what I mean? Yeah, but some of those things were, like, overlapping a little bit. Yeah, that's fine, but I mean. Yeah. Yeah, and also, Twisted Metal, a 30-minute episode. Sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure. Fine, bye. But Twisted Metal Season 2, it's fucking good. Yeah? Gone are the days. I'm going to meme it forever just because no one ever here will believe me about how good the show actually is.
5:16Sure, sure, sure. Because I always say this. Every time on top of the show, I have to bring up its debut clip from the Game Awards where we saw Samoa Joe Sweet Tooth fighting Anthony Mackie with Donald Tompkins. And it looked god-fucking awful. The show is so much better than that. I can't believe they brought such a bad... He's amazing. And he actually gets to wrestle a little bit this season. It's really nice. Yeah, Twisted Metal is freaking awesome. Everyone watching it knows. the amount of people that have started to watch it because of me have been tweeting at me like dude you're fucking right like i am so happy i gave the show a chance uh but yeah season two was better than season one i think overall um the end of it didn't leave me with the same level of like holy shit that season one did because that was definitely like uh the last episode kicked it up a notch but the final cut the final arc the final tournament thing in season two impeccable man they really got something here i really hope that the success of the show leads to another game um and it does not need to be a giant game small game really small do you think not small brawl but small i appreciate that uh as you know i don't get to keep up as much with entertainment
6:21Andy Cortez:stuff are they doing a third season has that been announced no we're still in flux on that it hasn't been announced but season two was announced pretty quickly after season one because critics liked it and people were watching it um season two seems to be doing even better yeah so I imagine it'll get picked up. This is the type of show I want one more season. I don't think we need to go on forever. I had seen when people, when this was on the run up to this, people were talking about, or maybe it was after the first episode that this was more like the game. Is that accurate in terms of like the setting?
6:48Andy Cortez:Yeah. Like what's going on, the storyline. Yeah. Because I mean, the game is just the tournament. Yeah. Season one didn't have the tournament. Season one ended teeing up that we're going to get the tournament. So yeah, this season very much was more the actual crux of the the game's gameplay um just turned into a tv show and it's freaking awesome they did such a great job the people making this love these games and love the 90s like the whole premise of the show is that an apocalypse happened in the mid 90s so everything's where everything stopped right now 90s and stuff yeah a lot of a lot of great stuff there but it's it's highly recommendable this is a it's a legitimately just good comedy show.
7:26It has the vibe of idle hands.
7:32Hello?
7:33Andy Cortez:Is this Samoa Joe? It is indeed him. Hey, this is Greg Miller. You're live on Kind of Funny Games Daily, a show you've co-hosted before. How are you? Hey, what's up, Greg? How you doing? I remember that show I co-hosted before. You put us on the map. It was great. Tim is giving his review of season two of Twisted Metal, and he says it's fantastic. Oh, I'm glad. I would hate to have seen Tim and have to do something to him. Yeah. Yeah. I'm going to pass it over to Tim and he's going to tell you how great you are. Hello, Joe. You were fantastic as sweet tooth in, in season one of the show, but season two, I think you brought it even more.
8:05I was very, very impressed with the physicality. I'm happy that they allowed you to, to show off the skills. Oh, well, Tim, I appreciate that, man. I'm glad. Well, they will say this. They've never had a problem. Let me explore the space. So, you know, I get to have a lot of fun doing a lot of different takes and they just take the best ones. Yeah. I love it, man. That's awesome. Well, congrats, because real talk, I really loved the show, and I hope we get a season three. Me too. I'm glad you guys all enjoyed it and appreciated it, and we look forward to hopefully doing it again in a year or so.
8:35Hell yeah, man. All right. Talk to you later.
8:38Andy Cortez:All right. Thanks, guys. Bye. What a nice young man. What a nice man. You know what I mean? What a nice young man. People need to know. The power that Greg Miller has. Don't worry about me. What's up with me? What else is going on in your life? Well, yeah. Everyone watch Twisted Metal because I want the show to succeed. And it is an example of a video game adaptation. Done right. Right. Yeah. And for anybody saying like, who's asking for this? There are people asking for it. It's me. And they fucking nailed it. And apparently enough people to get another one. Yeah. And they also teed up a season three perfectly.
9:08So it makes sense. They clearly want it. And I hope that they get it. But the next thing I want to talk about is just a very, very, very cool thing that the homies over at Nintendo Life did. My homie, Zeon, I think is how you say his name. z-i-o-n i've met him a bunch of times okay uh but and i feel bad that i don't actually know but also i like i i heard him say it in this video and he said it differently than i expected him to so that i'm in my head about it oh i see but now i see i've been there i've been there yeah so uh they he always does very very cool nintendo themed videos he's the the dude that carried his uh 3ds and did the street pass for everywhere he traveled and like just crazy stories always like fun like cool nintendo gimmick videos uh he did it again this time his idea was uh to find the memories and art of mario paint so he went to a ton of used game stores over the last couple years buying a hundred copies of mario paint on the super nintendo to try to load them up and find the last art saved so to try to find like all the memories of people for all the art the music that they made the animations or the images and uh yeah they bought a hundred copies of mario paint and they put out this 45 minute video of them one by one going through every single one can we fast forward i will say the majority of it it's a dud of the majority of it either the safe battery was dead or uh there was nothing there or they just like there's like for example this art that's just basic color that comes with the game um but there was a handful of big wins like there was a handful of like really cool things that would pop up and uh anytime there actually was art saved on the cartridge you'd have to go to the little like load save robot and when you hit load depending on how detailed the art was the little like load music would take longer yeah so they'd get super hyped about it we got something good we got something good oh that's awesome yeah and there was only like i'd say maybe like two that were like holy crap like they like outkick they were just amazing yeah like super dope anime stuff like that was very very cool uh but then the majority of it was like shit that like I did growing up but very very cool idea and I love that they committed to it I wish it had paid off but it's just like it does pay off even though there's not like it's not like oh there's so much art to look at it's like just the idea of some of them working and some of them not and like attempting to do this and like not faking it not fabricating it in any way just like we're actually going to take the time to look at 100 it's very very cool I'd highly recommend it over on the Nintendo Life YouTube channel fair enough
11:45Andy Cortez:Tim, we got news to get into. But first I wanted to call out, could you imagine running this business in 2008, 9, 10? And I know what you're going to say. Well, no, YouTube. I mean, if we could do everything, and specifically video game codes. Yeah. We have a Trello where I put up the card. I say, who wants a code? I then hit a PR. I come back with the codes. I put them in Trello. and like it just dawned on me today as i was posting all the codes for nba 2k and then i went and got cool greg goosebumps terror and little creek like how fucking crazy it was that when i started in this industry like ign didn't buy you the game so if you didn't review the game you had to buy the game most likely there was you know your thqs who sent you everything or did whatever but like usually you weren't maybe you got three copies of something to pass around the office and now it's just like unlimited codes it's awesome man very cool it is it isn't awesome i can't wait for greg's review of goosebumps terror and little creek he's been hyped on this is he going to actually review it he's not going to review cool greg i would like a greg way about it how about that can i get okay okay that's good about that all right if you didn't know everybody though we're going to get you into the nerdy news you need to know about because this is kind of Funny Games daily each and every weekday on a variety of platforms.
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14:56Andy Cortez:We're reacting to the Borderlands 4 PAX panel. That's right. 2K said, hey, we think you guys might like this and we would like you to live react. Would you be willing to? And we said, sure, let's do it. We're all going to get together, watch the Borderlands 4 PAX panel and see what they've got up their sleeve for this game, which I have a lot of thoughts about, but I'll save them for them. Real, real, real quick. Hype level, Borderlands 4. Well, that's my whole point. That's what, I mean, that's my pre-show, my preamble to the pre-show. Okay, okay. I don't want to spoil it. We'll be live at 1245, getting ready for that 1 p.m.
15:22Andy Cortez:panel and hanging out there. If you're a kind of funny member, today's Greg Way is Greg's review of Sabrina Carpenter's new album, Man's Best Friend. I haven't listened. So sad. I was so busy watching. You did so much stuff last night. I had to make the call. Am I watching the new Peacemaker or listening to this album? I was like, I want to listen to the album in the right way. 38 minutes. I can't fucking wait. I watched the video, though. Of course. Big fan. Coleman Domingo, baby. Tears. So goddamn good. I like the ending. Thank you to our Patreon producers, Carl Jacobs, Omega Buster and Delaney the Psalm Twining.
15:50Andy Cortez:Today, They were brought to you by X reel, but we'll tell you about that later. For now, let's begin the show with what is and forever will be the Roper report. Time for some news. Seven items on the Roper report. Oh, Baker's dozen.
16:09Andy Cortez:Also, if you are a Twitch person, you might have seen a whole bunch of false starts on the intro. Throw your gold stars up for Kevin, making the show run out there. Make them rain. So much stuff happened today, but Kevin made sure we have a show. number one on the Rupert report Sony is reportedly planning a Nintendo Switch style PlayStation 6 portable this is Andy Robinson at VGC.news Sony is planning a PlayStation 6 handheld with Nintendo Switch style television docking capabilities it's claimed that's according to Moore's Law is Dead a YouTube channel that had previously leaked accurate technical info on PlayStation consoles before their announcement in a new video M-L-I-D, I like that, shares specific technical specifications for the PlayStation 6 handheld, the PS6 handheld, which will reportedly release alongside a traditional more powerful PlayStation 6 home console, which, it says, is based on up-to-date documentation from graphics partner AMD.
17:06Andy Cortez:Notably, Moore's Law says it's seen quote, multiple documents, end quote, that quote, directly call out, end quote, that the planned PlayStation 6 portable can be docked like a Nintendo Switch, and claims that it will be capable of playing games natively at power exceeding the base level of the PlayStation 5 when docked. The PlayStation 6 portable will reportedly feature an AMD APU featuring four Zen 6C cores and two further cores dedicated entirely to system tasks. In addition, PS6 is said to feature 16 XRDNA5 CU's GPU clocked at 1.20... Oh, I'm sorry. Back to the Future popped up there for a second.
17:45Andy Cortez:1.21 gigawatts. 1.2 gigahertz. in handheld mode and 1.65 gigahertz docked. Moore's Law is dead. Speculates based on specification specification costs. You don't hear that thrown around in this terminology. Specs? Yeah, specific costs. Specification. I don't know. I'm not. I'm out of my wheelhouse with the tech words. Cost that the PS6 handheld could retail for around$500 and release in late 2027. Not a chance not a chance in fuck five hundred dollars oh okay yeah yeah hell we're even close to that how much is the portal selling for right now and i know this is different portal is 200 200 right yeah yeah yeah do the math on that yeah it's not gonna be 500 and if it is it's going to be way more portal like than um dedicated playstation 6 portable um very interesting you know there are have been a lot of rumors around this i am still very skeptical about playstation's plans uh with a dedicated handheld whatever that means i also don't think that a dedicated handheld in the old school sense will ever exist again they're not doing a psp3 no exactly and they should not do that 100 makes no sense this sounds i understand we're quick to throw on the playstation 6 moniker of course this sounds like what you would expect in my opinion at least of like yeah they're going to make a PlayStation 6 they're gonna make the more powerful box and then we're going to have but I do think as if they hadn't already generations are getting murkier and murkier and don't exist to some degree you're going to get a PlayStation handheld that runs at least a PlayStation 5 yes hopefully a little bit more than a PlayStation 5 good or bad Xbox Series X levels you know I know I know but there's just a lot there that like we can say these things but it's like then there's the reality of the world of like until everything is just working on the PC handheld side of things like when we'll see what this xbox ally ally coming out right uh uh that is going to move the needle as much as it possibly can which is not going to be the portable xbox that it uh sounds like it's being marketed as and that's just the complicated nature of where we're at with generations with the different consoles with xbox specifically but you look at the playstation side of things the idea of a portable playstation 5 like i don't care that playstation 5 came out five years ago that doesn't mean oh yeah we could have a handheld of it now even like oh just a slightly less powerful it's like that's just not how this works yeah especially at any realistic price point uh period so i also think technology is rapidly increasing cloud technology is rapidly increasing and being adopted so there are compromises and ways around it that yes i do think a product will exist product already exists it's the playstation portal love it but there are definitely things that uh they could do to take that even further for the people that want it there's clearly an audience for that so it's going to be interesting and to your point of generations mattering less and less even looking at the playstation only side of things like the amount of games that are on ps5 that are also on ps4 we're going to see that with playstation 6 where so many of the games are also on playstation 5 yeah and i don't think it's going to be a switch one switch two type situation where oh it runs clearly fucking better it's playable on one and unplayable on the other yeah i think it'll just like god of war ragnarok yeah you get more features on the uh next gen version i mean but bug snacks a playstation 5 but playstation playstation 5 launch title a playstation 4 game as well miles morales a playstation 5 launch out playstation 4 guess what there was load screens that took way longer on both they didn't look as sharp no dual sense stuff that's the situation you're driving to and i do think that when we get to there it's going to be a much better system of smart delivery and all this other stuff you know what i mean the stuff that xbox has crushed in terms of again is the rog ally x xbox gonna move the needle no it's gonna be super exciting for dorks like me and dorks like you and especially for people like me that are like already so into this xbox game anywhere system but what i love about that is the pickup and play nature and it's syncing up and doing the thing and okay i can sacrifice the quality of what i'm playing on the plane because i know i'm going to come home to playing Outer Worlds 2 on my Xbox Series X or on my Razer Blade 16 or whatever.
22:04Andy Cortez:Versus this, where it's like, this is kind of the dream as well. And it's almost the dream of what I think so many people want the Xbox Ally X to be, right? They want it just to be a portable Xbox. They want it to be that it's just an Xbox in their hands, but it's really a PC. And so you're getting into the Xbox PC space more than that. A PlayStation handheld that is in the same ecosystem family as the five and six is going to be what i would truly want so that it is that you know like last night i'm playing or two nights ago jen wanted me to come to bed with her i'm like okay so i'm playing redacted while she's sleeping next to me and it was that thing of like oh my portal's been in too many rooms with different wi-fis gotta restart it because it's getting laggy and it's only it only gets laggy when it's not sure what wi-fi it's reading anymore so reboot the damn thing come in all right now we're off to the races and i i want to pick it up and just have it be playstation i want to take it on the plane when i go to new york coming up the problem though you're talking about make-believe land like that's amazing but there's a reason the xbox ally can't play xbox games it can play xbox pc games because those are different things like games are made differently on pc when they're made for playstation and i we're not going to be there anytime soon like we're just not so it's going to be interesting by 2027 are we closer to there i don't know but you don't think by 2027 you can they're making a smaller playstation a playstation 5 that's a little bit more powerful but looks less good or whatever no okay i mean do you like again when we get to tech stuff and computers and cpus and essential processing units somebody want me to spell it out for him over there uh i'm so outside of my wheelhouse that all i know is that take a piece of tech that's expensive and big and in five years it will be smaller and cheaper so it's like i don't i don't think it's outside of the realm of possibility that they're going to have a PlayStation handheld that can play my PlayStation 5 games natively, remote play like my portal does in play.
23:57Andy Cortez:I mean, if it's, again, if they figure out smart delivery, I'm playing PlayStation 6 games. I'm playing PlayStation games because I think that's where we're going. We're going to have PlayStation games that you can play on your 5 and you can play on your 6 and they figure out and bells and whistles it and give you whatever. Again, that's the dream. I'd love that. I just really, I don't believe that that is anywhere close to us. Like, at some point, yeah, technology will get there and pricing and all that stuff, but with where we're at right now with pricing is i have no reason to believe the prices are going this generation is different for so many reasons but and the pricing yes yes yes but even but i wasn't i mean i'm aware of tariff land and where we're at and all that even that stuff outside of this it's like there already was a ps5 slim right and it's not less powerful or anything it's just smaller so i i don't think we're gonna get in two years small enough to like slap a screen on this thing and have it actually work and have a battery like all the things a portable system would need to be able to play playstation you know as you and me as portable people as pc portable people we said goodbye to the battery we don't i can run this for 45 minutes good enough thanks everybody i'll pay through the nose i'll buy an anchor battery pack i'm all set yeah we'll see i want to be very clear i am a huge supporter of this this is the dream that is what i want i want a playstation portable that can play my playstation 5 and hopefully six games and be able to sure get a slightly lesser version of it on the plane but then come home and play the great one and have it all like work out yeah that's the dream i just have zero faith that that's a reality that's coming anytime soon like if that were to be the case like if you told me by 2030 i'd be like all right cool i could buy it 2027 get out of town 2028 9 even like 2027 yeah i just don't see being the launch of the playstation 6 i just don't that too i think and so like that would be insane and then we get into conversations and rumors we've heard before of they're working on a PlayStation Portable, and it'll be a little bit more than the PlayStation 5, I see, I can easily see that happening before the PlayStation 6.
25:48Andy Cortez:I definitely don't think this is like saying they're coming out at the same time. I don't think you launch your bells and whistles PlayStation 6 for$650, whatever it's going to be with tariff land. And alongside that, here also is a handheld that's$500, according to this thing, which I don't buy either necessarily, right? Like, you space those out, and granted, I know that the dockable, carryable PlayStation would be a niche item that would be a luxury item for many people. It wouldn't be like a ski. It's similar to what they do with remote play, where there's an audience for that, but not necessarily everybody.
26:22I mean, I disagree. I think that we're getting quickly to a point that the expectation is going to be handheld and docked and all of that.
26:31Andy Cortez:I mean, if that's the case, then this should be the PlayStation 6. Well, that's, I mean, I'm there too of like figuring that all out. And then, yeah, then it's a thousand dollar device that can do it all. But that also is just such a different strategy than what we've seen from PlayStation specifically. Sure. And so I doubt it. But I do think that there's that that could make sense. I think that the industry as a whole is going that direction. It's just PlayStation right now are in a very different spot than Xbox. And I mean, Xbox is fucked for a bazillion different reasons. Mainly branding is the thing for them.
27:02But they're going to get through that. I just don't think that PlayStation are taking the steps towards this being the future.
27:07Andy Cortez:The thing about PlayStation especially, and P. Kunagi said, I've seen so many reports about it coming alongside the PS6. I could see it happening. I just think not a chance. I think in a world where we're all so hung up on$80 games, the PlayStation 5 going up in price, the inability to know what things will cost tomorrow, I just don't see PlayStation being like, especially with all the lumps in the memes they became with PlayStation 3, coming out being like listen here's the playstation 6 here's the handheld and here's the bundle for 1500 or whatever like i just i don't see i mean i could be wrong but anyways back to what we were driving at right now playstation has been so successful last generation and but really into this generation of just being fucking quiet making the stuff when they make it whether it's whatever and they don't rock the boat i don't look at playstation i know mark's head's gonna explode but i don't look at playstation and think of them trying to innovate on hardware and get super weird with stuff i feel like more than ever with the success they've seen from four to five they've just like this is what we do this is the box we make this is the controller with an innovative controller but like i think that that's the thing though right like that is i do it's just i don't know like i still feel the docking in the system and the thing is going to be so again and i know I'm arguing myself.
28:27Andy Cortez:I think it's going to be a weird thing for PlayStation that they're going to market it more like the portal, less like the switch. Well, this is a thing for a dedicated PlayStation audience and a PlayStation family and a PlayStation gamer and dah, dah, dah, dah. It's like, I don't, is that going to go big, big, big? I think they do keep it small and they promote it small in the same way they did VR in the same way they did portal. And then we have the thing like, oh man, it sold way better than we thought it would. Yada, yada, yada. I don't know. I don't see them switching their focus to being like, we are, this is something we want everybody's home.
28:54Andy Cortez:they want you to buy the playstation 6 they want naughty dogs next game to look so fucking great on that thing yeah we'll see we will see everybody uh cody super chat says i don't know if handheld gaming has an the audience y 'all think to which point i would turn around and say look at the nintendo switch you don't think of it as a handheld you think of it as nintendo's console and that's what's changed the fucking game and it was already dying but killed handheld gaming of like oh now we can't do that anymore nobody wants a lesser version of assassin's creed because they can carry in their pocket they want assassin's creed in their pocket which is why you've seen the rise of pc handhelds and yes they have not taken the world by storm but i do think that is pc handhelds haven't taken the world by storm just simply because what though the world is wet it wasn't wet before it wasn't rain that it's changed the they haven't taken the world by storm just because of and i know this isn't me doing a character i swear the complexity of pc gaming again consoles are easy to come home plug in and play when people say they want an xbox handheld they're talking about wanting to take their xbox with them and be ready to go which is why this ally is going to be awesome for me as somebody who understands pc game pass uh game anywhere all this different stuff and it's going to be not what the majority of people want they're going to turn this on and be like wait what why oh but it's not oh it's i don't want that i just want a console on my hands which is what switch did which is why it's less powerful but why it's ultimately so fucking successful and eventually i still believe xbox and i know that what the rumor was from jez months ago that they were turning their focus to the ally but they want the they're putting their own personal handheld on ice but it's still a project that could happen i believe that i also believe they can still be working on it i believe playstation is working on this as well because again they're seeing the success of nintendo they're seeing the appetite of gamers like yourself who do want games on the go with their steam deck with their rock with their etc and i think they're going to everybody's going to try to get there so that they can get that to the mainstream and be like listen everything you love about the nintendo switch is here in this system and now you can play war zone from your couch on wi-fi not remote play just the experience will look as good of course not but that's what they're trying to do yep they've seen the success they see the dollar signs and they want to chase it and i'm excited for it tim yeah i'm also excited to keep making kind of funny content but we couldn't do that without your support remember over on patreon.com slash kind of funny youtube.com slash kind of funny games apple and spotify you can pick up the kind of funny membership kick us ten dollars get all our shows ad free get your daily dose of me in a series i call greg white and get good karma for supporting a small business but right now you're not listening on any of those platforms so here's a word from our sponsors this episode's brought to you by xreal as of august 25th xreal one pro is finally available on Amazon and BestBuy.com.
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35:28Andy Cortez:Tim, you're looking sexier than ever. Thanks for having me. Hey, how are you, Mike? Thanks for coming out. Hey, good morning, Greg. What's going on, everybody? Well, Tim's friend, Curran's rolling up to drop something off. So Tim had to run out there and get it. Can you talk about how he described the car? No, we shouldn't. I don't want to do that. Curran, of course, does the spreadsheet that makes all of our in-review rankings work. So we shouldn't piss him off. All right, we shouldn't do that at all. Instead, you can sit in for story number two, a heartbreaker. Number two, Capcom settles it.
35:57Andy Cortez:No, Pragmatik isn't a secret Mega Man game. This is Andy Robinson over at VGC.news. news capcom has officially debunked one popular online fan theory that its upcoming sci-fi action game pragmata is secretly a megaman revival online fan theories kicked off earlier this year noting the similarities between the design of pragmata's robot girl sidekick diana and capcom's megaman as well as the thematic connections like the game taking place on a moon base taken over by evil machines infected by a virus however capcom has now officially debunked the rumor after VGC Pragmata, I'm sorry, quizzed Pragmata producer Naoto Oyama about the theory.
36:37Andy Cortez:Quote, Pragmata is not a Mega Man game, he laughed. It is a completely new game from Capcom. I was actually one of the producers on Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection as well, so I'm happy to see people who love Mega Man are passionate about Pragmata too. From my standpoint, it's nice to see people are being so positive about it. End quote. I don't fucking buy it! You think he's doing the double psych on you? Damn, everybody caught on too quick? Let's debunk it. Debunk it. Try to get out there. Debunk it. Okay, because I'm over here taking this news going, oh, man, thank God. Because y 'all had me riled up about the Mega Man stuff as not being a big Mega Man guy.
37:13Besides Mega Man soccer, one of the all-time best. Never forget. You know what I mean? I'm over here like, do I need to start playing Mega Man? What do I need to know about this to enjoy this? So I'm happy with this news. But also, what if it's a double psych? I think it's a double psych, man.
37:26Andy Cortez:I think it's just people are too close. You got to lie now. You got to lie. You got to lie. People talk. And again, it keeps it in the. Guess what? Here's another beat. We're in the headlines. We're on Games Daily again. That is the positive here. It keeps you in the news cycle. We talk about it. We have a fun little quote here. Ha ha ha. No, it's not Mega Man. Winky. You know what I mean? Watch out. That's the thing Andy's leaving out of this report. Did he wink? Did he say something and then wink? You know what I mean? Or his fingers crossed behind his back. Exactly. Did we see it all the way through?
37:55Andy Cortez:I can't wait for Pragmata based on the demo, which I think is a vertical slice. I think Pragmata is still quite a ways out. But I'm excited to see it. I don't need it to be a Mega Man tie-in, but I just think that'd be fucking cool if you hit credits and then, or whatever, Dr. Wily shows up or some guy named Dr. W. It would be a pretty wow moment right there. But I'm really excited for this game, surprisingly. You guys have really gushed about it coming off the previews, and I'm excited to see what it's bringing to the table with that fun combat that you guys were talking about, kind of the gadget, the moment to moment with the lock.
38:26Hack the guys and then shoot the guys. So yeah, write this down. I'm interested. Write it down, everybody. And if it becomes Mega Man, cool. Sounds like a wild moment.
38:35Andy Cortez:You're going to be all about that if it becomes Mega Man? I'm like, ah, snap, I got to play all the Mega Man. CJ Splitson says, bad marketing. Let people think it's Mega Man. It's a double-edged sword. Because, of course, if you let people run with it's Mega Man, it's Mega Man. Then they're going to get there. And if it's not Mega Man, they're going to be pissed off. Yeah. But also, having a quick interview where you're saying it's not Mega Man, put you back in the news we keep talking about here we are you know we've never talked enough about pragmata so i appreciate that uh speaking about something we don't talk enough about number three on the ropa report pokemon legends zeta a celebrates upcoming launch with lucha libre showdown this is darren at game spot mike let's do a full stop um you were on games daily yesterday yep my list of course you uh of course complimented me on coming back from pokemon worlds tim come on here because we get a mic to get a mic because we this is everybody this involves everybody okay okay this involves you the audience um we have a problem uh yesterday you talked about pokemon you you talked about me uh coming back from pokemon worlds yes and being professional my blessing said i was professional for saying pokemon legend z day because of course we've been calling it za we call it za yeah and i said of course i was blown away i went to the demo and saw them usher in the people before me and then my group afterwards and both times the woman introduced it as Pokemon Legends Z to A I come home last night the one the only Uncle Jordan that's Jordan Midler from VGC the big man in my WhatsApp saying with a voice memo you're fucking wrong and he says whoever told me it's Z2A is incorrect and he went as far as to hit up European PR who said no it's not Z2A that it is ZA.
40:21It's just ZA?
40:24Andy Cortez:Jordan Miller, I'm asking right now permission to play your message. I'm going to play your message. Because he doesn't name names. Let's go back here. Fucking name names. Who's Mr. Nintendo? Z to A. ZA. I like Z to A though. It's kind of like a cool spin. No. It's Pokemon Legends ZA. Whoever told you it was Z to A has no fucking clue what they're talking about. First of all, The problem is The Japanese katakana for Z Reads like Zeto So people that are fucking clowns Have thought that it's actually Z2A It's just ZA or ZA Is also acceptable This comes from Pokemon's Chief of European PR ZA is not acceptable You don't think so?
41:12No
41:13Andy Cortez:So I guess they're right But I still feel like I'm gonna hit up our PR guy and check on that. You know what I mean? Why don't you call him right now? Step off. Let's do some journalism. No, don't call him on the show. You'll call him on the show. I've been calling him a lot. I've been bothering him a lot. He loves it. I know, but I never save his number. No. Y 'all have a great time. I'll see you on the next one. I gotta remember this man's number. Mr. Nintendo, you know? Yeah, no, that's not him. Did I save it under this? No. He gets off easy because I can't remember his number. We'll get to the bottom of it.
41:44Andy Cortez:We'll get to the bottom of it. But again, Midler knows a lot. yeah he does so if he says za i apologize oh i don't apologize i got sold a false bill of goods at the demo twice i saw it twice from the same person in the same presentation z day yeah why didn't somebody step up in there talk stop them when you played super mario brothers growing up yeah i know you're more of a world kid yeah but like mario one mario two mario three uh there's world one, one dash one, one dash two, whatever. Growing up, I always said one to one, one to two. Oh, interesting. And I think that's just because you learn the dash.
42:22It's like normally in sports, but that was wrong. Yeah. People can be wrong about that.
42:26Andy Cortez:I mean, people still say Mario. They do. They're well aware that's wrong. You know what I mean? Either gross. Number three, Pokemon legends. Z a. We're trusting in Midler. Everybody celebrates upcoming launch with Lucha Libre showdown. This is Darren over at game spot. Pokemon Legends ZA launches for Switch console soon. And to celebrate, the Pokemon Company has announced a special event for the game that will feature live Lucha Libre wrestling. Also known as the best form of wrestling by people of quality. Crushed it, Darren. The event will kick off on September 25th at Arena Mexico in Mexico City.
42:59Andy Cortez:The Pokemon Company says the showcase will feature four exhibition matches. with one of the confirmed performers being Mystico who performed in WWE of course in the early 2010s under the ring name Sin Cara. The Pokemon company added that tickets for the event will go on sale soon but if you can't make it the matches will be streamed via the official Pokemon and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre YouTube channels. The announcement was made shortly after the reveal of brand new Mega Evolution for Pokemon Legend ZA. Fittingly the Pokemon getting the power up in the game is Hawlucha, a Luchador themed Pokemon with unique high flying moves in its arsenal.
43:37Andy Cortez:Hawlucha's Mega Evolution doubles down on its wrestling inspiration, giving it ornate plumage and making it look ready for a main event match at the next Wrestlemania. Pokemon Legends ZA launches on October 16th for Switch 2 and Switch and will be reviewed by Greg Miller. This is so freaking cool. I was at Arena Mexico when I went to Mexico City. No shit. Oh yeah. Yeah. We talked all about it. It was a long time ago. It was. Sorry. I can't tell you. Yeah, I got to see them all. Anyone in Mexico City, I highly recommend going to to see a show at arena they happen all the time but on top of that there was like a cool tour that we did beforehand where they kind of like guide you around the area and give you a history of the the spot and some of the different characters we'll be seeing they gave everyone masks and stuff it was a lot of fun um so i think it's cool that they're doing this and i i again going back to what i was saying yesterday about uh pokemon legends zaz uh marketing i like that they're really going all out for it and making these mega evolution pokemon big deals and like having fun marketing events around it that feel like they make sense.
44:31And there's like love and care put into it. Cause that's not always the case with our little pocket monsters.
44:36Andy Cortez:I want you to know as the number one Pokemon fan in the office, the number one hall Lucha fan in the office, how upset I am by the date, September 25th, my wife will be out of town. So I can't pressure the Pokemon company to send me and Tim to this to Mexico city. Dude, it can't be that hard. How long was the flight from here to Mexico City? Four hours Maybe like five and a half We could do a day trip Yeah, you know what I mean? Come in the night before, drink all day Go to the Pokemon show Exactly, right? Lousy ass Ben I thought, what if I brought him with me? And then I was like, ah Jen's probably not stoked if I was to cross country lines With him to a new country That's the whole thing Sucks, you know what I mean?
45:24I know, dude
45:26Andy Cortez:but we can still watch it online together that's gonna be cool I'm wondering what Mexico City what time is it they central yet yeah central okay so maybe we could do a live reaction or something to it depending on the event maybe that's the first wrestling Ben ever sees pull them out of school we come here we do a live reaction to it That'd be great. Okay. We'll think about this. Everybody. Number four on the Roper report. Oh, and how'd everything go with current? Is he okay? Everything's good. Okay, great. Number four on the Roper report. Steam Deck 2 dot, dot, dot. In two years, we go to Grace Benfell over at GameSpot.
46:08Andy Cortez:A new rumor points to a potential 20...
46:14Andy Cortez:2028. That's another year that sounds made up. That's crazy. Yesterday it was. Somebody said 2031. I was like, shut the fuck up. What? Shut the fuck up. 2028 release window for the Steam Deck 2. The source of the rumor is a post on forum NeoGAF, which I did not even know was still kicking, from hardware leaker Kepler L2. Within a thread about Steam Deck competitors, a user wondered if the upcoming ROG Xbox Asus ally would be undercut by new portable PC releases from MSI or Valve. Kepler L2 replied, quote, Steam Deck 2 is 2028 without further details. Officially, Valve has released no information on the timing or the potential hardware of a Steam Deck follow-up.
46:51Andy Cortez:In response to speculation about a revised Steam Deck in 2024, Valve said the next model would be, quote, a generational leap. The original Steam Deck first launched in February 2022 and was followed by an OLED upgrade in November 2023. Valve has continued to support both platforms with new updates and features. Recently, Valve expanded its Steam Deck Verified program to hardware able to run Steam OS, meaning you can now check if a Steam game will run on your Legion Go S or other portable PC platforms. the popularity of the steam deck has resulted in a horde of competitors microsoft is releasing a steam deck competitor via an xbox branded version of the rogue asus ally that device will launch october 16th timothy how do you feel about this date date i believe and i buy any of this info i don't believe at all this just seems like the most speculation kind of pulled out of educated guesses i've ever seen it does make sense though i don't think that we're close to a steam deck to and 2028.
47:53I mean, 2027 I wouldn't be surprised by. I just don't see one happening this year or not this year. I think it's very unlikely to be next year but it wouldn't be the most shocking thing if towards the tail end of next year it makes an appearance. I just think that with all the talk of SteamOS, I am kind of expecting more of a home theater or living room type of box of some sort. I wouldn't be surprised if we got something like that. in the sooner uh time but i also think that steam's in a very very interesting place right now with how xbox is um making its moves when it whether it's actually like dedicated pc stuff or on the handheld side of things and how all these different os's are uh kind of maturing i am very interested in the next year of how all the handshakes are working out because uh we know that the ally x can like load steam and have your steam games and all that there is the question of like all right is the steam deck going to be able to load into this xbox um os that's not the official name for it no of course whatever it is and as far as i know right now that is not the case that has not been confirmed it's not even necessarily something that uh is likely but i do think that that can change at any moment i know you can dual boot on the steam deck there are ways around it for sure but just how much like simpatico hey we're all getting along here let's all just try to win is there going to be and how much actual competition is there going to be because the steam deck is in a league of its own currently when it comes to the handheld gaming pc market but i think that they also just haven't had a direct competition with a group that has like their own dedicated storefront and games like xbox has so i also don't think that the ally x is necessarily going to eat steam decks lunch at this point when it launches but i do think that it's going to be the stiffest competition that it's had but do they look at them as uh competition or collaborators that's the question i want to see um i hope that makes sense no it makes perfect sense yeah yeah a steam
49:55Andy Cortez:deck 2 i imagine is coming valve's always such a weird company they can do whatever they want they can abandon projects whatever they want to so i would i mean i think a steam deck 2 makes perfect sense again they talk about generational leaps so when they can do it when back to what we're talking about earlier when you can get the most powerful stuff at the best price point in a handheld factory and all that jazz but yeah i don't i don't buy it being soon based on how quiet it's been on the western front on this but again i also think valves in some to some respect valve as a whole not their hardware division or whatever has to sit back right now and just be happy with what they did they pushed that boulder they rolled it down the hill handheld pc more popular than ever better than ever all these other people are making stuff which inevitably is leading to more purchases on steam more users on steam more concurrence on steam so it's like they don't need to get off the bench with the two like you know what i mean if that makes sense this doesn't yeah i mean there will come a time that it's it's needed i don't think that we're there yet because i still think that we're at a point that the steam deck one and specifically the oled edition were designed with a level of video games in mind uh on the lower end that we're still kind of in like there are always going to be the insane games that can't run like they're not going to run on a steam deck too either i don't think and by the time these games we're talking about do there'll be new games new games are even crazy um but like we're just at a point that like elden ring can run on the steam deck like cool there there's the elden ring is uh game of the year game of the generation to many of from the last couple years like that is a modern game that game is also on last gen consoles though right so there is something to be said there but i think that steam deck's right where it wants to be in terms of smaller indie games but even in terms of bigger triple a games to an extent you add on all the cloud capabilities i will not stop talking about geforce now and how incredible it is and now that it's native on the steam deck it's incredible so yeah they have so many just wins under their belt but i think the most important thing about steam deck we've talked about this a million times is how much the developers are supporting it and realizing the importance of it and the steam deck verified program and how seriously they all take that and when we see emails that are frustrating when they're just like oh please don't play on the steam deck and then the ones that are amazing that are just like hey it's steam deck verified we we care about this like that is making video games that is that the work being done because of the steam deck from the devs now is going to allow a potential future where the playstation dreams that you have might actually yeah of course and i think you know to the pr emails of don't play this on steam deck or this is steam deck verified the fact that you saw that switch so quickly from when i remember got when i got my steam deck and then i would start accepting pc codes for myself And it would be the response of like, does this run on Steam?
52:29Andy Cortez:Oh God, let me check. And then it became so many games. Journalists, reviewers were asking this question. So many have standardized it in their breakdown of here's the embargo. Here's this. Here's if it can run on Steam or not. Like Steam Deck. Great stuff. I like that a lot. Over here, Superbeard said they owe it all to Switch. This is Vita erasure. This is a PSP erasure. And I won't have it. All right. Vita did all this. No, Game Boy was like, here, we'll make boiled down garbage games. The Vita was like, Hey, you want to bring your Madden save both places? Let's go. I'm not even going to get in and do it.
53:03Andy Cortez:You were playing no Madden on your goddamn game boy. The only thing Vita did right was OLED. Agreed. Well, I know. I agree. I agree. They had trophies too. Number five on the rope report. The boss voice actor dons the outfit for launch. You see this? So fucking cool. Lori Allen. Fucking badass. Oh shit. I'm sorry. I'm going to read this article, but I didn't cite who I got it from. I apologize. Kevin if you can google the first paragraph if possible to try to figure out who wrote this I forget if it's GameSpot IGN or somebody else but I'm stealing somebody's work I apologize I think it's GameSpot this week Konami released Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater the modern remake of the classic Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater to mark the event Lori Allen who voiced the boss in both games has shared a photo of herself in full cosplay as the character she first portrayed in 2004 the original recordings for Allen and the rest of the Metal Gear Solid 3 voice cast were retained this is game spot it's blair marnell i apologize blair the original recordings for alan and the rest of the metal gear solid 3 voice cast were retained for metal gear solid delta although naked snake actor david hater recently expressed his desire for a second chance to play the role hater was also the original voice of solid snake in metal gear 1 2 and 4 uh he you know he's also big boss and peacemaker yeah he's walking uh metal gear solid delta producer Nori Aki Okamura has stated that he hopes franchise creator Hideo Kojima will see how respectful the new game is to the original.
54:30Andy Cortez:Kojima left Konami in 2015 and recently said he will not play Delta. Kojima is also working on his own Metal Gear Solid-like game called Phyzzant, which is still in a conceptual phase. We'll get to all the Kojima stuff, but fucking Lori Allen, you goddamn goddess. She's so sick. What a fucking badass ass move. What a way to honor your character, the fandom and fucking crush this. If you are an audio listener, pull the fuck over on Spotify and enable the video just so you can see this. She looks amazing. She's awesome. Very fucking cool. I love that this Metal Gear's background. How nice has the last week been?
55:11Very. Well, in some ways. I mean, life in general sucks. Overall, though, I love the amount of chatter I've seen about Metal Gear. Metal Gear Solid. three just the cobra you like so many things i'm just like yeah things are back to where they need to be there's also the reason i said like oh it's kind of good i've also gotten gamers the gamers are out gamers and i know it doesn't matter it's just funny to me like how much they latch on to specific things the amount of feedback and tweets and stuff anytime we do a quick review like a youtube short uh breakdown of our longer games cast review discussions obviously context is lost and whatever, but all people love pinpointing onto something, just going crazy.
55:48People are really mad at me for being mad that they didn't change too much. They didn't change enough for Metal Gear Solid Delta. And I'm just like, I was literally just saying the fact that it's the same game. That's not a negative. It's a positive in fact. But anyway, people are just wild out there. But I love that they didn't change shit. I love that Delta is Metal Gear Solid 3, and I got to experience that again in 2025, and it was freaking awesome. Overpriced, but awesome.
56:10Andy Cortez:I hope, and I understand, This is me looking into a breakup. You know what I mean? And that's never, I'm not one of the parties that was, you know, broke up and moved on with their life, but I hope Kojima plays this at some point, or at least watches videos of it. Well, you know, whatever. See, I can only imagine. I can only imagine there's such a spectrum of emotions to see this game coming out and him dealing with it. And I, I don't know where he's at on that spectrum, but they did such a good job with it that I'd love for him to see it and understand. and I hope he sees the praise we're all giving and I mean us as video game fans again I even more than what you're saying do not know the inner workings of that man's mind or how he feels about all this I personally feel just seeing how all this went I would be shocked if he hasn't already seen enough or known enough and seen that yeah the respect is all there yeah I feel like it was pretty clear from the previews even when the game was first started oh yeah like they're it's all about protecting the legacy of this game and they did they did Well, middle years out.
57:14Andy Cortez:Everybody go play it. We loved it. Check out the review on Gamescast. But more importantly, there's another game coming. Number six, there's a new Terminator 2D No Fate trailer. I did not watch this. I threw it in the dock. I think I saw it's only 30 seconds. If you're unfamiliar, this is from Bitmap Bureau. This is the Terminator 2D action game. It looks like it's pulled right from the Sega Genesis. It looks fucking awesome. I think it's already supposed to be out, but it got delayed now until October 31st for PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PC. Can we see with some audio if possible? Peggy's 16.
57:46Andy Cortez:There we go. August 29th, 1997. Judgment Day. Yes! Yes!
58:05Andy Cortez:Los Angeles, 2029. Yes! That's John fucking Connor if you didn't know. Show some respect. That's all it was. That's all I need. I can't wait for this game. Yeah. We didn't have a release date, right? This is the... No, no. We've had a release date. We had a release date, I think, for August, and then it got delayed until October 31st. Can you go back to the end there? Excuse me. Me, me, me. Um. Excuse me. Oh, the IGN logo. I thought it said October 1st. And I was like, fuck, that's so funny. October 31st. I can't wait for this, man. I fucking love it. I can't believe that we're in the golden age, part two of 3D Platformers.
58:42and also 2D platformers. We got Ninja Gaiden Ragebound. We got fucking Shinobi Art of Vengeance. And we're about to get Terminator 2D No Fate.
58:50Andy Cortez:Yes. I can't wait. Just 2D sprites going through. Taking a movie and just turning it into a 2D like Super Nintendo style platformer in 2025. Fuck yeah, man. I forget. Do they fuck with the story too? It's been so long. I think they fuck with the story. I think they do the original, but then you can do other stuff. Maybe I'm wrong about that. that's too hard for me to jump into right now but i can't wait for it i can't fucking wait yeah lead the resistance to john connor in the future fighting for the front lines do this a unique story blending iconic scenes from terminator 2 judgment with original scenarios and multiple endings humanity's fate is yours to decide i can't i'm gonna play this shit out of this i can't fucking wait tim getting terminator 2d no fate is big news it is big news but i'm of the smallest news I need to know about.
59:39Andy Cortez:Where would I go? You'd go to the last story, the Wii News channel, where we cover all the small news items that you need to know about. Number seven, the Wii News. Game developer reports 450 Diablo developers have voted to unionize under CWA. Congratulations to them. Eurogamer reports Steam users in the UK must now verify their age in order to access store pages for games with mature content as required by the Online Safety Act. you have to you know link your credit card and then it knows how old you are Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater's first hot fix is out now and then closing it out Yuka Ripley releases October 9th 2025 that's this year that's a big one man we've been waiting for this date for a long time it's been a little weird I think that we didn't get the date for how much they've talked about this game and shown the game and had people play the game but very small team right we had them here at GDC talking to us about all this and obviously this is uh them uh trying to perfect a project that they put out a long time ago that wasn't the best received at the time you know i think there was a lot of excitement and hype for the game but uh yuka lately the original game kind of whatever at the end of the day but i i have a lot more faith in yuka replayly and i was watching game explain do a preview um of their time with this and they're like yeah this fixes everything so So very excited for that.
1:01:00And they also confirmed today that Yooka-Laylee original owners will receive a 30 % off discount on all platforms for Yooka-Roy Playly. So if you're upgrading from any of the systems that you have, Steam, Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, you can do that, which is very cool. Specifically because Yooka-Laylee is$4 right now on the different shops.
1:01:19Andy Cortez:$4? Yeah. What a steal. You'd be silly not to buy it if you're into that kind of game with the platform rings and the what-nots. You know what I mean? Yeah. I can't wait. This is going to be my first time playing through ukulele. So I hope that it lives up to expectations now. Okay. Fair enough. And that's it for We News. Now we move on to kind of funny. No, super chats. We got a lot of super chats over here. So that's great. Starting at the very end, Snug says, what else should we do in Mexico, Tim? Dude, there's so much good ass food. There's also this Japan bar. Okay. Tokyo Music Sessions something like that that was like the coolest bar I've ever been to in the world they only have two in the world they play live vinyl music it's all like sick ass cool jazz stuff very very very sleek fair enough in the super chats we have average Joe on air saying just wanted to pay my early birthday tax I turn 26 tomorrow and I believe I've achieved unk status as the kids say.
1:02:26Andy Cortez:I love that for you. I don't know what unk status is. You're just an honorary uncle? Like when you just hit that point where you're not a dad age yet, but you're not a kid in college. Kind of, but it's more just like you're old, bro. You're no longer at the kid's table. You're an unk.
1:02:45Andy Cortez:Econic? Iconic, but it's okay, whatever. Late birthday tax from yesterday. Heart Greg. Oh, no, heart. Greg, is there a way to buy another copy of your children's book my best friends are having a baby and I want to gift them your book no we printed what we printed and we sold what we sold I don't know that they're I mean Joey might have a few in the warehouse that'll eventually go up but I don't think so unlikely but I would imagine one day we'll reprint it will that kid be having a kid at that time maybe maybe and if any of you you know want to publish a children's book let me know Kebabs writes in it says how much of the TM show will be in the next twist and metal show will be in the next game do you think the the twisted metal that's the thing is like i i truly at this point think it's unlikely we get a twisted metal game um it sounds like there was one in development that got canned um i do imagine if we do get one in the future they're entirely going to take the show as the premise there's so much great stuff in the show that just didn't exist in the games before and yeah i feel like easily could be adapted to a game okay uh l captain 22 says uh tim is twisted metal season two better than season one yeah i think overall it is i think that season one probably uh it has that like it was first thing and like it fleshes out the world in in such an interesting way whereas like two just delivers kind of the promise of what you expect from twisted metal so because of that it's like yeah they did the thing and they did it well so i do think season two is better but um like i was saying earlier i ended season one ended and i'm like i need season two now season two ended and i'm like i really hope that season three happens cool uh dj kento super chat and says started reading robert kirkman's transformers run because of tim his comic void rivals is his personal star wars with hasbro slash transformer cameos popping up a super fun read tim thanks i keep starting and then getting caught up in other things in life and then when i go back i'm like i need to start again so i just i've started freaking void rival or the i've read the first couple void rivals so many damn times but yeah i'm right there with you jacento awesome stuff and now that robert's taking transformers on like holy yeah oh my god i gotta commit to this because that's insane that's insane what a great killer dude uh neo aoshi says hey kind of funny long time listener beyond beyond uh i don't usually do this but tomorrow i'm raising money for the world central kitchen playing metal gear solid one through metal gear solid delta i have so many prizes to give away uh everybody support a long time kind of funny best friend neo aoshi that's twitch.tv slash neoayoshi n-e-o-a-o-s-h-i hell yeah sprub super chat and says i'm a 50 year old and i've never played pokemon should i wait for za or try scarlet p.s i have a switch too oh man you're in a bad spot i think personally i mean i would say jump in with scarlet right now i like scarlet so much and i think it is the the battling and the collecting and the you know all these different systems and stuff that a za seems like a lot of fun but that's going to be a different ball of wax for pokemon yeah i mean i'm going to be real spurbs i'd wait to 51 and we're going to roll the dice here and hope the gen 10 is is what i i need it to be a lot of hopes there yeah but i don't know that scarlet as your first is the right move as a 50 year old that's never played pokemon okay and i don't think it's going to be za fair enough john van pelt says quote not a chance in fucking quote I'm stealing that.
1:06:10Andy Cortez:Thanks, Tim. There's a quote from you. He's taking it from you. Ghostly Icon Super Chats says, Tim, is it weird to get a signature from the OG cast of the TMNT movie to sign my last Ronin comic? Then, the next day, have Kevin Eastman sign my comic? No. No, not at all. That's totally normal. They signed way weirder shit than that, I guarantee you. Yeah, I think that's cool. No beef there with the people you're talking about. Norman calls out in the super chat. There's been speculation that the new PlayStation 5 low power mode is aimed at letting devs get ready for the handheld digital foundry mentioned it recently.
1:06:49Andy Cortez:Yes, we talked about that on Games Daily. We did not reference it in this episode, but you are correct. That is something that's been kicked around. Lizzie super chat. It says birthday tax. Let Tim review Pokemon ZA. Greg sucks. Thank you, Lizzie. Well, Lizzie used absolutely no punctuation in that. Not a period, not a comma, so it really sucks, Lizzie. your fucking English teacher. And the final super chat comes from Gary. The third update on the top 100 games of all time. Also, Greg, check out Haley Williams is solo stuff. I think you may dig it. Oh, I love Haley Williams. We're working on getting to a place to give an update.
1:07:20A lot of work has went into the top hundred. We're trying to lock a bunch of things in and we just, there's certain things that we just can't announce yet because we don't have the answers, but we're waiting to hear back about some things and I'm very excited. It's going to be awesome. and it's going to live up to expectations. Tim, as always, is more diplomatic than Greg Miller.
1:07:40Andy Cortez:You want to know the problem? Barrett Courtney. Just because he's the only one in the room right now? No, no, because Barrett rhymes with Jared.
1:07:51Andy Cortez:We ask people watching live on Twitch.tv slash kindoffunnygames and youtube.com slash kindoffunnygames to go to kindoffunny.com slash you're wrong and tell us what we screwed up as we screwed up. We only have one in here. uh jeppo 1457 says greg please play tales of zillia which immediately doesn't sound like my kind of game but i put a trailer in here and i did google uh why we're talking about this bandai namco has tales of zillia remastered which they do list as an action rpg which does okay and it's got good kevin can we watch this trailer with sound would that be cool yeah where'd you put the trailer i put it in uh you're you're wrong it's highlighted yellow i added in way late sorry Oh, can you just drop in an assets?
1:08:31Sure, I can.
1:08:32Andy Cortez:I'm on a copy. Mike Kerzer says the super chat should check out Sword and Shield. And honestly, I'm going to say this right now. I think, Spurbs, you should play Sword and Shield. I started a really great art set. And just understand that there's going to be the big open areas that are empty as shit and the trees look like garbage. Hold on. Keep pausing. Don't worry about those. Like, that exists. We've moved on. Not a flawless game by any means. but if it's your first Pokemon experience and you don't have the baggage of caring about not the Pokedex being complete or all that stuff like that all the problems that Sword and Shield had great story wraps in a sports aesthetic awesome environment great visual style Sword and Shield it is okay fair enough now let's look at Tales of Zylvia Remastered do you know anything about this why is it why are you recommending it why do I need to play is it just because I like action RPGs and this is usually the fantasy thing is that.
1:09:30They've been recommending it to literally every host so I feel like they're PR. We do know.
1:09:36Andy Cortez:Bandai Namco in the chat. Greg, Tim, anybody. The next Tales of Remastered is... We know it's Zillia. We clicked on the link. This is not a Greg game, says CJ
1:09:57Andy Cortez:Danny says, I imagine Greg We more into Tales of Vesperia than Auxilion
1:10:06Yes,
1:10:11Andy Cortez:I am PR, says Jeppo It worked
1:10:22why do humans persist in seeking power that could destroy the world great question what are you
1:10:31Andy Cortez:yeah no i'm not playing this you can turn it off thanks you can turn it off i'm not playing this we're not worried about that you bought you barked up the wrong tree bandai get out of here okay oh and then combo says skibzilla play the adventures of elliot demo instead come on I was live on air when I downloaded that. Don't worry about that. His outfit sucks, but what a game looking forward to. I really appreciate that people like different things. You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah, of course. Of course. I'm glad that video games are so diverse. Ladies, gentlemen, NBs. That's another episode of kind of funny games daily in the books.
1:11:03Andy Cortez:Remember, of course, each and every weekday, we're here to run you through the nerdy video game news. Need to know about to start our live programming day on kind of funny things aren't ending here for us. Of course, you're about to get the Gamescast where we run through every game coming out in September to talk about our anticipation levels. And after that, of course, we will be live reacting in a sponsored stream to the Borderlands 4 Pax panel to see what they've got up their sleeve. That starts at 1245 if we end Gamescast on time, which I think we will. Important programming note I probably should have put at the top of the show.
1:11:31Andy Cortez:If you aren't here in the United States, congratulations. I'm jealous. But also remember, Monday is Labor Day. There'll be no work for us. So you will not be getting any of our shows on Monday. instead we urge you to go back and watch the Mario Party stream that was cool go watch the walkathon Death Stranding thing they edited together into 16 hours or whatever watch Barrett's Naughty Dog video that's really good don't watch AEW, don't watch Jeff Jarrett don't watch Jeff Jarrett do it, he's great because Jarrett rhymes with Barrett it's like the worst bit Joey making sure it sucks everybody came in with the chair we'll be back in a second with gamescast but if you're listening watching later like subscribe share by the membership take care of us make sure we keep the lights and mics on and until next time no it's been our pleasure to serve you
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- Pokemon Legends: Z-A Celebrates Upcoming Launch With Lucha Libre Showdown, Darryn @ GameSpot
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