In short
Sony raises PS5 console prices again (April 2), plus broader discussion of gaming becoming too expensive; Nintendo rumors include a Star Fox revival and an Ocarina of Time remake.
Guest backgrounds
Episode is hosted by Greg Miller. Guest is not a separate interviewee; the show includes “Forbes 30 under 30” (Greg’s co-host/segment presence) and multiple named contributors are mentioned, but no distinct guest bios are provided in the transcript.
Key claims
- PS5 prices rise $100 globally: Standard $650 (from $550), Digital $600 (from $500), PS5 Pro $900 (from $750); PS Portal rises $50 to $249.
- Gaming is shifting toward “high earners,” with lower-income players struggling.
- Market pressure may push consumers toward cheaper platforms (Switch) and/or cloud gaming, but cloud isn’t “prime time” yet.
Notable examples
- Analyst Matt Piscitella (Edge/PC Gamer) says gaming trends toward affluent-only hobby.
- Nintendo Switch 2 seen as a value alternative; Switch 2 still selling strongly despite expectations.
- Rumors (Nate the Hate/VGC): Star Fox classic-style game on Switch 2 summer 2026 with online multiplayer; Ocarina of Time remake in late 2026; no 3D Mario until 2027.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOCelebrating Special Occasions
0:45 to 3:00
Hosts celebrate Greg's mother's birthday and discuss funny anecdotes.
“I had a little laugh at my desk as I was writing out the cold open, specifically the last bullet point of Glenn Powell is playing Star Fox in the Mario Galaxy movie.”
Wild Casting News
3:00 to 6:00
Discussion about unexpected casting in the upcoming Mario Galaxy movie.
“And then I go, you're going too slow and I whip the empty out of him.”
PlayStation 5 Price Hike
6:00 to 8:00
Detailed discussion on Sony's decision to raise PlayStation 5 prices.
“with all these things, with the shortage of memory loss, as we like to call it here, right?”
Economic Implications for Gamers
8:00 to 11:00
Analysis of how global economic factors are affecting gaming prices and accessibility.
“Anyways, early reaction to the price increases is a mix of anger and disappointment, but few are shocked at the news given the way things were going.”
Future of Gaming Consoles
11:00 to 14:00
Predictions on future gaming hardware prices and market challenges.
“You know, we're talking about the biggest games being games like Fortnite and Roblox and Call of Duty, right?”
The Future of Cloud Gaming
14:03 to 15:02
Discussing the potential and current limitations of cloud gaming platforms.
“Game Pass has the cloud and I could be playing stuff there.”
Nintendo's Price Strategy
15:03 to 16:52
Analyzing the potential price increase for Nintendo Switch and its market implications.
“And I have a question immediately about it once I say it, but is the switch to is Nintendo.”
Nintendo's Competitive Edge
16:53 to 19:12
Examining how Nintendo could maintain its market position amid rising prices.
“That's a lever for Nintendo Nintendo switch online expansion pack.”
Marketing and Brand Loyalty
19:13 to 21:40
Understanding Nintendo's brand value and potential consumer loyalty strategies.
“You're getting these game of the year contenders that people want.”
Evaluating Console Prices
21:41 to 23:20
Discussing the feasibility of raising console prices and its impact on sales.
“You might be able to bump that up to$550 for the base and $600 for the bundle with Ocarina of Time.”
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Market Trends and Gaming Accessibility
23:21 to 28:00
Debating whether rising prices could lead to a decline in gaming accessibility and participation.
“So yeah, you could see that could be a big part for it.”
Impact of PS5 Price Increases
28:00 to 29:00
Discussing the potential chilling effects of price hikes on video game sales.
Concerns Over Video Game Industry Stability
29:00 to 30:50
Exploring fears about another video game crash due to rising prices and layoffs.
“And I've said this for weeks, maybe even months now.”
Future of PlayStation Hardware Development
30:50 to 33:00
Debating the risks of releasing new hardware in a challenging economic climate.
“But I just feel like with Microsoft being like, no, we're changing course at the worst possible time that I don't believe they believe in their streaming future.”
Streaming vs. Native Gaming
33:00 to 34:20
Analyzing the viability of cloud gaming and its potential to replace traditional consoles.
“No, that's my problem is I feel like in another alternate universe where everybody in this tech space doesn't get so excited by the shiny fucking keys of AI in front of their face.”
Challenges Facing Cloud Gaming Adoption
34:20 to 36:10
Discussing the obstacles that prevent mainstream acceptance of cloud gaming solutions.
“I'm thinking of I had it for a hot second.”
Nintendo's Upcoming Releases
39:25 to 41:30
Reporting on rumored major releases from Nintendo, including Star Fox and Zelda remakes.
“That's according to prominent Nintendo insider Nate the Hate, who's shared a plethora of information on the company's 2026 plans, which mashes with what VGC has heard from our own sources.”
Excitement for Ocarina of Time Remake
41:30 to 42:00
Anticipating the significance and nostalgia of a potential Ocarina of Time remake.
“You need a cigarette after that one, huh?”
Nostalgia for Ocarina of Time
42:00 to 43:09
The hosts discuss the enduring appeal of Ocarina of Time and their hopes for a remake.
“And also, I know we had the 3DS remake as well.”
Expectations for the Remake
43:09 to 45:58
They share their expectations for a potential Ocarina of Time remake regarding gameplay and design.
“my one fear with it if I have a guess my big fear is that this thing is going to come out digital$70 physical$80 does it come on the Ocarina though?”
Voice Acting in Zelda
45:58 to 47:17
Discussion on the potential for voice acting in the Ocarina of Time remake and its implications.
“And so that was kind of a different thing.”
Star Fox in the Mario Galaxy Movie
47:17 to 51:18
The hosts discuss Star Fox's inclusion in the Mario Galaxy movie and its significance.
“When it's too late, but also we're on the same side, which is Nintendo why?”
Alana Pierce's Charred Pictures
51:18 to 56:01
Discussion about Alana Pierce's new production company and its focus on game adaptations.
“Because whenever this happens, I get so worried of like, what's losing development time here?”
Discussion on Harry and the Henderson's
56:01 to 56:46
A heated debate about the merits of the Harry and the Henderson's movie versus the TV show.
TV Show Nostalgia: John Lithgow and iCarly
56:47 to 58:56
Nostalgic reflections on John Lithgow's roles and the impact of iCarly.
“They had the same fucking goddamn Sasquatch from the film in the show.”
Wii News Channel Updates
58:57 to 1:00:02
An update on various small gaming news from the Wii News channel.
“You'd go to our last story, the Wii News channel, where you cover all the small news items you need to know about.”
PUBG Blindspot Shutdown and Game Developments
1:00:03 to 1:01:07
Discussion on the abrupt shutdown of PUBG Blindspot and ratings for other games.
“Since our last update, the team has been exploring multiple ways to improve the experience and move the game forward.”
Nickelodeon and Childhood TV Shows
1:01:08 to 1:02:25
A deep dive into various Nickelodeon shows and personal childhood memories.
“Multiple ways to improve the experience and move the game forward.”
Bob Barker Controversies and Legacy
1:02:26 to 1:06:12
Exploring controversies surrounding Bob Barker's legacy and comments.
“Chico or maybe it's Chico 23 says happy Friday.”
Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:00If you want to get our shows ad-free and our exclusive shows, go to patreon.com slash kindoffunny. Today, in the nerdy news you need to know about, Sony is raising PlayStation 5 prices. Zelda Ocarina of Time could get a remake this year, and Glenn Powell is playing Star Fox in the Mario Galaxy movie. We'll have all this and more because this is Kind of Funny Games Daily.
0:31What's up, everybody? Welcome to kind of funny games daily for Friday, March 27th, 2026. My mother's birthday. Happy birthday, mom. I'm one of your hosts, Greg Miller, alongside Forbes 30 under 30, a.k.a. New York game awards nominated, a.k.a. Bicep poppy blessing at EOE junior. Happy birthday, Greg's mom. Happy birthday, Greg's mom. Happy birthday. You know what I mean?
0:57Blessing Adeoye Jr.:I had a little laugh at my desk as I was writing out the cold open, specifically the last bullet point of Glenn Powell is playing Star Fox in the Mario Galaxy movie. Because that sounds like such a mad lib. It does. Like, if you told me that a year ago, I would have been like, what do you think? The Mario movie cast. Oh, I really feel like this is the least egregious of like. Oh, I mean, like the first thing is like Star Fox is the movie. That's the thing where I'm like, oh, that's fucking crazy. Glenn Powell is playing Star Fox. Oh, it's a Mario Galaxy. Like every part of this. If you told me a year ago, I would have been like, no, you're lying.
1:25Blessing Adeoye Jr.:No, no. No, I don't believe you for a second. I think if you would have said this before the original, hey, here's the Mario Galaxy casting or Mario movie casting. Sure. Here's Chris Pratt. Remember our reaction to Chris Pratt? God, how can I forget? That's still one of my favorite clips of all time. It's one of my favorite moments of all time during a showcase. One by one being like, oh yeah, Chris Pratt's in it. Also, we got Keegan-Michael Key. Also, we got, was that, did they have Queen's Gambit, Anya Taylor-Joy? No. Oh, yeah, they did. They did. They did. Yeah, she's peeing. And they had Jack Black.
1:55Blessing Adeoye Jr.:Jack Black. Seth Rogen is Donkey Kong What a blessed time Charlie Day was the one who killed him It was a blessed time Now we're in the worst times Every day something worse happens How can the industry keep getting more cooked There's nothing worse that could happen What's on the docket Oh shit Let's just jump into it Remember everybody this is kind of funny Games Daily nerdy news each and every weekday Of course we couldn't do without our Patreon producers thank you Carl Jacobs Omega Buster and Delaney the Somme Twining if you're watching live I need you super chatting youtube.com slash kind of funny games just like I shrunk it too much just like Mike Deme said oh Mike maybe it's Mike Deme maybe it's Mike Deme but he uppercased Mike and he uppercased meme and he didn't uppercate the d I'm saying Mike Deme birthday tax last year I had a paint can today having my first breakfast beer love you guys and you too greg breakfast beer breakfast beers i feel like that just shuts that shuts down the whole day also your phone that's on a beer it's a cold brew yeah so you missed a little bit of content i think where my son started calling these breakfast beers and i was like do not repeat that outside of the house or i'll go to jail and then one day i cracked that weeks later i cracked one and jen goes oh breakfast beer and ben turns to me goes don't worry daddy i won't tell the police that's really funny also he can identify beer cans?
3:21Yeah. You do it over there. I'm saying, give me another one. And then I go, you're going too slow and I whip the empty out of him. No. That's not how you raise a child. That's how you raise a man. All right. For now, let's begin with what is and forever will be the Roper Report. Also, happy birthday, Mike Demi. Five items on the Roper Report. The Baker's Dazzo!
3:47I'll reach for the fog, but it didn't go. Number one, Sony is raising PlayStation 5 prices by$100 in April. This is Emma Roth at The Verge. Sony is raising the price of its PlayStation 5 consoles globally starting April 2nd in an announcement on Friday. Sony says that the standard PlayStation 5 will now cost$650 up from$550. Meanwhile, the PS5 Digital Edition now costs$600 instead of$500. and the PlayStation 5 Pro will cost$900 instead of$750 when you put$100 in the headline I was like I'm pretty sure it's$150 on fucking Pro and it's$150 on the fucking Pro along with these changes Sony is increasing the price of its PlayStation Portal as well going from$199 to$249 so$200 to$250 which is the least egregious but still still Everybody that wants a portal has one already, I'm convinced.
4:48This is the second time in less than a year that Sony has raised the price of its PlayStation 5 consoles, as the company hiked prices by$50 for all three models in late August. Sony cites, quote, continued pressures in the global economic landscape as the reason for the price hike. Quote, we know that price changes impact our community. And after careful evaluation, we found this was a necessary step to ensure we can continue delivering innovative, innovative high quality gaming experiences to players worldwide. So he says PlayStation six is going to cost four figures. That's crazy. We just did the live Greg way.
5:28Of course. Thank you all to tuned in on this. And one of the questions was like, oh man, I was hemming and hawing. Should I go and get the PlayStation five pro today and trade in my PlayStation five, which works fine. And the answer is unequivocally. Yes. Oh yeah. Go do that right now. Yeah, there might be lines. This console generation is going to be even longer than we thought it was, and we thought it was going to be long. And when the PlayStation 6 gets here, how much is this motherfucker going to cost? At least$1 ,000. At least$1 ,000. I mean, how much?
5:56Blessing Adeoye Jr.:You can extrapolate that to any piece of hardware coming out right now, right? With the global economic state of the world, with the tariffs that are happening, with all these things, with the shortage of memory loss, as we like to call it here, right? based off of these companies pulling off of, or pulling off of producing the, I don't know the exact terminology for it, but there's a shift towards AI away from RAM memory, right? Which is causing a shortage, causing prices to go up and shit, right? With all of this happening, yeah, we could talk about PS6. We could talk about the trajectory of PS5 prices, which we should stick around for a second, but we can also talk about things like the new Steam machine and how things like this make me worry more and more about that.
6:36Blessing Adeoye Jr.:Yes. is that even going to come out at this point? Yes, 1 ,000%. I forget. I'm pretty sure my prediction was I could see it being canceled after they did the, hey, everybody, yeah, we said spring, but things are happening, and we'll get back to that. And I don't think there is any solution to the memory loss we currently face here. Of course, we were talking about the RAM shortage driven by AI that I don't think there's an easy solution to that, that you go, okay, we fixed it. We have a plan. You go, oh, man, things just keep getting more expensive. We have what we have the allotment what of what we have but we won't be able to make more steam machines after that and if we do it'll be egregiously more expensive valve just goes fuck it i think pulls that plug right now the there is an opportunity opening for any corporation that can figure out how to put games and put consoles or put at least like a gaming platform into people's hands at a low cost and i think over the next however many years we're going to see the race toward that because this is not sustainable here's what's interesting about that i want to go to ign.com where w y p wesley yin pool also reported on this right but pulled in this paragraph all right that i appreciated we're talking about all the stuff we're doing all the things and then boom early reaction to the price rises i mean increases prizes it means the same thing can you can you pluralize rises price right i guess there are multiple rises the dark nine rises but that's That's a verb, right?
8:02Anyways, early reaction to the price increases is a mix of anger and disappointment, but few are shocked at the news given the way things were going. There is also growing concern that gaming is becoming, or perhaps from next month has become, too expensive for many people. Speaking to Edge Magazine via PC Gamer, Serkana analyst Matt Piscitella said gaming is trending towards becoming a hobby focused on high earners. Quote, A bigger portion of the market is going to people who are more affluent, have higher incomes, and the lower income parts of the market are really struggling, said Piscitella.
8:36That premium gaming space is leaning more and more on the affluent consumer. Of course, as we've already called out, but just to give a little bit of stuff here, the price rises come amid a turbulent time for global markets due to U.S. tariffs and the wars in Iran and Ukraine. The cost of RAM has also skyrocketed amid the global memory shortage sparked by AI demand. Sony is not alone in raising the price of consoles. Nintendo increased the price of the original Switch in August of last year, and there are fears it could be about to make the Switch 2 more expensive. Microsoft raised the prices of Xbox consoles, controllers, and headsets last May.
9:09Yeah, May of last year. It makes you wonder, are we approaching a$1 ,000 console? We already asked the question here. Yes, our answer, yes, we are. We assume the PlayStation 6 at this point is going to be$1 ,000, which is outrageous to say, but here we are.
9:22Blessing Adeoye Jr.:What if I told you that those aren't the only consoles that are going up in price? What? next month the nex playground will get a 50 price hike remember the nex playground do i remember it ask me the real question do i own it you own it i own it good good that you got it already the nex playground of course is the one that we all joked around about i did i put in the uh games cash last year for holiday guide yeah i was like i don't even have this but if you don't know this is blowing up with kids it outsold the xbox etc etc great device for children yeah like Ben and his friends fucking go crazy to play it the games aren't trash yada yada yada yes they're going up as well I saw this uh I saw it from Gamefile uh Stephen Totillo had an interview with the CEO who's talking about that and components and everything else but sorry back to my point you were talking about being sustainable this that the other I really lean into what Matt's saying where I think you're talking about like if somebody can figure out how to make this cheaper for everybody else that's awesome right but I really feel it's going the opposite way where i feel like people are going to retreat and we're going back to that uh part from the sony financials where the ceo was like it's about lack of a better term milking the consumers we already have yeah rather than trying to bring in new i think this is a batten down the hatches and do that and go this affluent way which of course fucking sucks but it also how do you it's going to shrink the market even more i i you know quote instagrammed my reel from the a couple months ago now of like it's going to get way worse before it gets better this is part of that right of like we were about to hemorrhage so many gamers so many potential gamers and then again when sony does this when xbox does this and says we're gonna milk more money out of who we have it really is gonna take a while for that market and expectation for a shareholder slash bottom line for a company to understand that like this leads to more layoffs this leads to more closures this leads to more problems as you shrink the vision of what this company entity hobby is yeah i i think what you're saying and what matt piscitell is saying is true but i think it's truer for the me's and you's and the our audience when it comes to what we talk about is like the premium gamer because i think what we'll continue to see is we talk a lot about the top six games of the last however many years the ones that are played are old games.
11:47Blessing Adeoye Jr.:You know, we're talking about the biggest games being games like Fortnite and Roblox and Call of Duty, right? And it is these same games that people return to, that people spend their time in. I think a lot of that is going to have to do with free-to-play. And a lot of that, I think, is going to continue to become more of a normalized and popular thing, especially for younger audiences who might not have the disposable income. Like, you look at a game like Genshin, you look at Wuthering Waves, games that our audience I think often rolls their eyes at and goes like oh who wants this stuff tens of millions of people want this stuff because those are what their player numbers are because that is a an accessible way to play these games for people who might not be able to to spend$900 for a PS5 pro guess what I can play this thing on my phone I can play this thing on whatever like the bare minimum console is or at the very least I don't have to pay to gain entry into this thing and I can live in this game as opposed to being me you or our audience where it is i'm gonna buy every other game that's coming out this year that's the thing that's going to become more and more and more difficult as the years go yeah 100 i think you look at how what is going to be succeed what is going to be a success and then what we're already seeing trend-wise and yeah it is people really committing to the games they're already involved in and sticking with that one unicorn game that they love and want to be i'm gonna buy a gta and i'm gonna play this forever i'm gonna buy crimson desert and play this forever because i view this as like a game that i can just live in for hundreds of hours exactly yeah i wouldn't be surprised if crimson desert in the next five years gets a mobile version or like i mean we'll have a weed news coming up where they're trying to get it on switch as well right but like to my thing of finding those lower cost entries like i think i know xbox has talked about cloud for the longest time yeah if you can figure that out in a way that actually gets the common consumer to go oh this is good enough like i like this right like i can play video games this way that's going to be huge because that's going to be what's what gets people in you come back to well first off you mentioned you know you wouldn't be surprised if crimson desert has this would you be surprised if i told you in one week crimson desert sold 10 million copies i'd be shocked yeah oh good because that's why you won the pizza bet thank you all right everybody crimson desert has not sold 10 million copies roger does in fact owe you a pizza bet thank you very much kevin thank you very much um i think there's really two in the same boat one in another boat to talk about this okay and i think it's both xbox and the cloud gaming and then phil and sarah's vision which i feel microsoft didn't believe in and yada yada yada and that's because microsoft's all in an ai etc and then even nvidia which of course is leading so much of this ai stuff but also has geforce now which we've used and really like and yada yada and i feel like both xcloud and nvidia geforce now didn't have time slash the push to get locked in with enough gamers to go this is really cool so that when you get to this situation, people turn and go, hey, this is the solution.
14:40Game Pass has the cloud and I could be playing stuff there. I don't need the expensive box. I don't need the new thing. NVIDIA GeForce now using the 5080s, I think it is in the cloud or whatever. Like, oh, I'm paying for this, but I'm getting a PC. I feel like both of those should be, for so many people, the answer to this, but I don't think that they've had enough time to gestate, get market share, and really care about it. I think the winner in all this, which also winner is an interesting thing. And I have a question immediately about it once I say it, but is the switch to is Nintendo. Hey, I do think they're going to inevitably increase the price of the switch to they've done everything they can to not do it.
15:18But if PlayStation is finally giving up, Xbox has already given up. You assume Nintendo is seeing the same. Hey, AI Ram, this thing, other, there was a super chat in here. We're getting so many of them. Thank you. uh Saul wrote in and said going off what Phil DeFranco mentioned yesterday apparently helium is also expensive and that's used to make chips for the majority of tech on top of the GPU and RAM the actual creation of it is also pricey so in general tech being shaken up I assume switch is going to raise their price but I still think if you're a parent or yeah parent a lapsed gamer who doesn't want to can't go anymore because gas costs eight dollars a fucking gallon can't go out as much your uh kids are interested in video games but you don't want them playing the trash on your phone you see them playing or whatever you go all right let's get you a video game console and i think you go to best buy and you look at them all the shelves and you're seeing eight hundred dollars for a playstation and then you see a switch to at five hundred dollars you go well it's nintendo i know them i trust them it plays all the switch games it does this thing and again it's that it's good enough i see that coming in and being a chance for nintendo to make up even more ground and carry a generation here in a way that i can see everything matt's saying about high-end affluent gamers being the i'm playing on the pro i'm using a pc whatever it is you're playing the high-end stuff but for somebody who just wants to play games the switch being the easy solution and a proven solution yeah i could see that and i think we're already
16:52Blessing Adeoye Jr.:seeing that right like we talked about the switch sales numbers earlier this week we talked about in the last seven days and switch two even though it seemingly isn't um living up to nintendo's projections for it it's still one of the fastest selling consoles of all time right people are still showing up for the switch too so i think there's power there there's something there and i think that's only that's only going to continue as we have the copia we're going to talk about in the next story of games that are rumored and nintendo they are finding a synergy with trying to expand what media looks like for them as they get into movies which makes me nervous but like they seem to be navigating it well so far we'll see what that zelda movie looks like but yeah yeah yeah they're not immune as well i wonder what that looks like when we do get the switch to price increase or we do like what are what are the levels levels the levers available to pull for nintendo to go all right physical and digital we're gonna make them different prices that way maybe we can get away with selling an$80 physical version of the game, but Hey, $70 in the digital store.
17:52Blessing Adeoye Jr.:Like you can do that. Right. That's a lever for Nintendo Nintendo switch online expansion pack. Right. Can we see that golden price? Probably like playing online for a lot of game for a lot of players is an important thing. Maybe less so for Nintendo players, but there are still those games. There are still the Pokemons, the smash brothers, even the Mario carts when Splatoon comes out someday, right? Like those are games that people like to play online. they're going to want nintendo switch online for that hey if we raise the price on this yeah people might jump on that right like those levers exist for nintendo in ways where maybe they're able to stay off the console price because that might be too much of a damning thing for this for the hardware sales of the switch too but we'll see big curves md writes in with super shango switch two for 450 dollars is just an absurd value in this market slash economy if nintendo can hold the line longer they'll see a huge boost i don't think you're wrong and i think nintendo while i can easily see them in christ increasing the price here i'm with you of like they will do everything around it before they do that where we already saw them increase the controller price right the camera price and whatever it was yeah the original switch price like they're doing everything they can to knock it in the way of the momentum of the switch too and i think maybe again i'm being too naive but the way nintendo is as a company and again we were talking about this yesterday or two days ago me and tim on the show by being you know pro gamer more than and they're still a corporation they still want to make money i could see them eat it eat it for a little bit because i do think this is this is now for nintendo in an investment in the next five years where it's like you want to eat it right now to have this price point against the big guys especially when things like Resident Evil Requiem are coming out and running excellent on it.
19:38You're getting great games. You're getting Pacopia, right? You're getting these game of the year contenders that people want. Eat it right now. Let the prices go up. Let people be offended by that. But then the switch to is going to still be around when they do come out with the PlayStation six, when project Helix does come out and it is a grand $1 ,200 and you are like, what the fuck are you talking about? And then that's when you look at the switch, you go look at the library. that Switch 2 already has, let alone what you could play bringing Switch 1 games into it. You've proven yourself, Nintendo, as this entity.
20:11People go for that.
20:12Blessing Adeoye Jr.:Yeah, I think so. I just think the question there is, can you afford that? Like, in the now, in the future, like, can you, with everything, with the price of everything going up, can you, Nintendo, actually go hold the line? Like, raise other things, but hold the line on the console price? I think they could. We talk all the time about the war chest of money Nintendo has. Like, they do have a lot of money. Again, it's not just one person making the decision. It's a company and, you know, they're bored and yada, yada, yada. But I do think they could say, let's take a short-term loss here so that we're long-term.
20:46Not only, remember, as I've awoken Nintendo to and become, I would say, a Nintendo fan again through Ben in the same way I'm a Pokemon fan through Ben, right? Like, Nintendo is so much more than the games. Nintendo is the brand. It is the characters. It is the IP. It is the store. It is the movie. Like there's so much stuff to celebrate Nintendo. And so if it is that idea of like, yo, let's eat shit right now. Let's lose money on the consoles. We're making, make it up, hopefully on the software, but make it up more importantly on you going to the store and buying the Nintendo branded PJs at Walmart.
21:21Cause you love Mario so much. Yeah. And maybe again, that's a little too naive.
21:28Blessing Adeoye Jr.:I want to be on your side of the hope, right? I want to be on, I want to be on that side. This is what I need though. if you're if you work at nintendo and you're listening to this i need to cut this off for five minutes okay i'll give you a second you work at nintendo especially if you're an executive or you work in the marketing division cut this off i think they could easily get away with the 500 without like people like blinking on oh yeah i know right now the base console is 450 mario kart world bundle is 500 yeah i think if you raise that 450 to 500 it's an even number if you even do this let's say you time it with ocarina of time remake you might be able to get away with 100 more dollars.
22:01Blessing Adeoye Jr.:You might be able to bump that up to$550 for the base and $600 for the bundle with Ocarina of Time. Put in some special looking Joy-Cons that have an Ocarina on. Don't make me buy another one. Don't make me buy another one. You don't get the special Joy-Cons. We're in year two. We're a year away from another revision for a revision of the Switch 2. An OLED version. Dude, do you think so? Because that would be my thought. Yeah, sure, but then everything that's going on in the tech world, where is that revision actually going to net out now? Where do we get the next... switch to light whatever the hell it's going to be i mean i hope we get an oled i know the oled i mean that's the other thing honestly if we were if if the conversation for nintendo was to hold let's try to keep the price even if they bump it up to 500 for the base right like let's not go above that i think the getting out an oled or a switch light might be able to have allow them to overcharge a little bit for those sure right you might be able to release an oled and be like$700 and Tim Gettys will buy it.
23:00Blessing Adeoye Jr.:He's so stupid. He'll buy anything. Tim Gettys of the world and I get it. OLED looks fantastic. Now you're back to what we're talking about of there's an affluent gamer. Remember when the pro originally dropped? Tim Gettys is the most rich man in the world. When the PS5 pro dropped, Tim was like, this is for me. I am that high-end gamer that likes the bells and the whistles and I'll pay for it. And so that's what he went and did. Yeah, I don't know. Jimmy Mac 88 says, the series s is sub four hundred dollars great joke jimmy but like that was actually one of the things i was on my mind talking about going into next gen again the people that are able to speak to affordability will be the company that wins sure and i think xbox is in a good place to be able to speak to affordability absolutely not you don't think so no the series s performance is so bad i think that alienates people from being a gamer but like outselling the x or it was at some point yeah yeah at some point it was yeah but that was i know they already took their foot off the gas like xbox has already staked their claim here by getting rid of phil and sarah we're moving to this premium this is project helix it's gonna fucking be a pc like xbox as always through no fault of their own necessarily has at the worst possible time been like this is what we're doing and it's like fucking markets and explosions and tech everywhere it's like oh my god but yeah i agree that like Nintendo was poised is in the best position right now but it's the PlayStation and Xbox aspect where I'm like all right let's see how this goes you know sucks everything sucks yeah uh Bam says do you think Sony waiting to raise the price in April is some kind of last minute first quarter sales up uh can the rich only keep gaming industry alive yeah Bam I think that's you know we're talking about the end of the fiscal year here right I do believe uh PlayStation and Sony works on March 31st being the end of the fiscal year.
24:46So yeah, you could see that could be a big part for it. Mukda says everything is going so wrong. I can't even tell which problem is causing the price increases anymore. I'm sure a regime change in Cuba will help. Of course. Yeah. Don't worry. Our government is looking out for us. They're on top of this as always.
25:06Andrew says, could a cheap low end console that can't play all the new big games, but would play most smaller, older games be feasible.
25:14Blessing Adeoye Jr.:wait can a cheap low-end console that can play older games but not could have played the new stuff so you can't play a ps5 you can only play ps4 i guess that's just you're just describing a ps4 and no like what do we like we've already been as an industry chasing our tail on how to get mainstream consumers to come do this coming up with a cheap box that can't play the cool shit isn't the way to do it yeah i think the key and i actually i don't even think this is the key because honestly, I'm not a big cloud guy. I think they're neat. I think they're fun to try, but I'm not sold on this is the way I'm going to play games.
25:48Blessing Adeoye Jr.:However, if I'm going to take the opposing side, I think I could easily understand why an Xbox is like, yeah, let's chase cloud because if you're able to figure that out and put out a$100 cloud device for people to just play and pay for Game Pass on, that is the key. That is the thing that'll work, but that has to be a thing. You have to convince people that cloud is the way to go. years right is that that was what i was saying of like before these times and you're talking about xbox and you had phil and you had sarah and you had them pushing this vision that everything's an xbox when my cousin 20 20 something hit me up it was like hey i'm thinking about getting into gaming should i get an xbox or should i get a playstation i'm like well right now you could try being an xbox gamer for for ten dollars whatever it was at the time yeah like do this hook it up to your phone your computer whatever and stream with a controller and she was so blown away by this idea right and it didn't take because she just wasn't ready to be a mainstream whatever uh not mainstream gamer us gamer hardcore gamer uh and so he didn't buy a playstation either but it was like that was that instant you can jump in and do it right now and again phil sitting in the back of these conference rooms as an advisor now must be laughing his ass off and watching it all fucking fall apart too goddamn expensive to do anything out here pickle joystick says i know a couple of people who are waiting to get a playstation 5 for gta and imagine there's a lot of people in the same boat.
27:08Will they still get the console or decide new gaming is not for them? And will it affect GTA sales? So many people are in this boat. So many people have been waiting for GTA and saying they will go and buy this or maybe they don't even know they are. It's that sleeper agent shit that once the GTA marketing ramps up, they go, oh yeah, I'm going to fucking pull the trigger on this. Listen, y 'all made fun of me
27:29Blessing Adeoye Jr.:when I said I would pay$1 ,000 to play Zelda Tears of the Kingdom. My question for y 'all that have not bought a PS5 yet, right, but want to play GTA in the best possible form, are you willing to pay$900 for the PS5 Pro and$70 to$80 to GTA 6? Because for some of you, the answer will be yes, and you're on my side now. The problem with your question, Pickle Joystick, is will it affect GTA sales? Yes, it will. To what degree, we'll never know. We would need the crystal ball alternate reality. All these price increases don't happen. Here's how it would sell. All these price increases do happen. What's it going to sell?
28:04I just don't I don't I do think it affects it I do think there's a chilling effect I do think people look at it and go oh fuck no way but I don't know to what degree that would be and I don't think there'll be a way to say that uh spurbs says does the pro help with uh portal remote play quality yes oh yeah Tim's talked about this before it's something I never thought about but of course if your PlayStation 5 is running your games at a higher frame rate and higher resolution the screen you're then streaming to is going to be doing it as well so yeah there's a latent bump there uh yeah uh anakin says do you think we're headed towards another video game crash where people are being priced out yes i think you're already living it even if you don't know all these layoffs and all these studio closures and epic being like oh we can't make money on fortnight like we are in the crash like do i think it's going to bottom out and be the worst thing and I think it's going to be really, really bad.
29:01And I've said this for weeks, maybe even months now. But like, yes, like you have all these people who came here, bought up companies, got into this thing, went public, expecting the video game boon to never end. And now they're dealing with the fact that like, oh, shit, it's very hard to make money in video games. And what that means is that they then offload those companies, those businesses, those people. And then we're going to have to rebuild from what we have.
29:26Saul says uh with the price hikes do we see Costco drop the PlayStation like they did when the Xbox when Xbox raised their prices on their six-year-old consoles I mean that comes down to our people buying them yeah Costco's fucking crazy so who knows what they're up to they're always trying to look out for you and give you free pizza because like I would imagine the
29:41Blessing Adeoye Jr.:Costco thing was they probably weren't seeing enough Xboxes flying off shelves anyways when you raise the price it's like well no we're not going to carry this anymore I think they're trying to get rid of their thing more than anything yeah so and I don't know if they're trying to get rid of playstations but it goes on like this there's so many things in here i'm trying to find new things we haven't talked about it uh it's just crazy to read out 900 out loud i know blessed with the curse says this sucks i've been holding out for a portal oled now that's going to be too much again are they still committing to doing those kind of things like you know what i mean like if you're sitting if it's the same thing we're saying with the steam machine which has already been promoted and announced yeah if i'm back in playstation r &d and we're working on a portal oled i look around right now and i'm like just pause it like what are we doing there's no way pause it if anything pivot to that in between playstation 5 and playstation 6 handheld we've talked so much about yeah but even that what are the components going to cost yeah how much is that going to end up costing for the consumer i think again as these companies batten down the hatches what i think is happening is a lot of those projects are put on ice okay cool the market is not ready for us to put out a 1200 playstation handheld that's less powerful than the let's we got to start calling our shots we can't be flooding the market with new hardware and then expect them to buy the new hardware in a recession in this economic downturn in free fall in general of how much our components going to cost six months nine months at 12 months on the flip side do you just go let's just make it super expensive in the in our richest the richest parts of our audience will pay for it like you gotta you gotta monetize the audience that you have right like i don't think you have the option to just we're not gonna we're we're gonna sit and not release anything because then it's like you're not making the money not anything to be clear i'm saying if i'm playstation and we've been working on a playstation remote uh remote player remote play thank you uh portal the playstation portal oled and now we're to the point where it's like we still have an announcement we're here i'm looking at the prices go up and the components go up and i'm saying let's stop that because playstation 6 has to sell and playstation 6 is going to be sticker shock so what i don't want to do is two years before playstation 6 put out a remote play handheld that you go oh my god how much is that i think it's like now it's calling your shots of not so many revisions as we understand people are going to be committed to the console they currently own or the one we're currently selling so let's not put something in the middle there to muddy the message or make people go this is good enough i'm using the oled and i'm using playstation plus streaming so i don't need to really worry about playstation 6 yet gotcha my imo not knowing exactly what's going on but i don't know uh The MD says, will these hardware prices push us to the streaming future?
32:33I think it could have. I think it could have. But I just feel like with Microsoft being like, no, we're changing course at the worst possible time that I don't believe they believe in their streaming future.
32:44Blessing Adeoye Jr.:Do you believe streaming is a main way to play? If I were to tell you, hey, you're not allowed to play games natively on your console for the next year, Greg. You can only play via cloud. You can only play via streaming. Is that something that you're ready to do? So I'm ready. Yes. Am I excited? No, that's my problem is I feel like in another alternate universe where everybody in this tech space doesn't get so excited by the shiny fucking keys of AI in front of their face. If they were to look and say that didn't happen. So we are doubling down on cloud. I think we'd be in an interesting place.
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33:19Cause again, G force, uh, Nvidia G force now runs so fucking well. and now granted that's me playing with my san francisco internet playing at my you know right next to my router or uh yeah plugged in i'm trying to think all the different ways i've used it but it doesn't matter right i'm not using it at a bus stop with 3g i don't fucking know but that runs well enough where i'm like damn that would be a thing where with my uh steam deck before i switch over to raw because i haven't run it on maybe it doesn't matter with my handhelds i've done before where it's like bloodlines the masquerade i was like damn i want to play that oh it does not run well on my handheld wait a second put it on nvidia geforce now damn it runs really well and looks great here like yes i have had the latency i have had oh i've moved or i've switched my wi-fi mesh network and it's trying to read the other room clearly not this one i've had those problems but my problem my problem with the question right is that none of that i think is ready for prime time yeah that's not ready for you to turn to the mainstream gamer and be like yo this all is expensive and sucks but guess what for$30 with Xbox game pass ultimate you can get all these games and cloud and you can be off to the races with it none of it is prime time because I feel like everybody started doing that and then got distracted and moved somewhere else because in the same way well that's not too that's maybe too much the all in on AI right now feels like a fad that's not going to work out I feel like there was a second where stadia oh yeah we were all in for a second on streaming.
34:46It was on Luna. Yeah, thank you so much. Yeah. We'll see. Was Ouya a streaming thing? No, I don't think so. I think I was reaching for Luna. I appreciate that. Thank you. I'm thinking of I had it for a hot second. There was a thing called Shadow. There was the one fucking one that Scott Lowe... Online. That was the OG. Give respect to your OGs. Online was there before anybody else. to this question all the skill says Xbox cloud is looking more desirable I played lag free 1440p Witcher 3 while watching pets and working from home last week it was shockingly sick hell yeah again I think cloud is fucking
35:30Blessing Adeoye Jr.:awesome but I know I've definitely told this story multiple times before but I'll never forget in like 2013 2012 somewhere around there Saints Row 3 had come out and I was just on Facebook at I don't know. I was probably 19 or some shit. And remember Facebook apps, you know, you'd be downloading, never forget using the Facebook apps. One of the apps was the guy guy app on Facebook. Oh my God. And I opened the guy guy up on Facebook and it was like, do you want to play saints row three? I was like, no way that works. And I started playing saints row three on my Facebook browser page in like 2012, 2013, somewhere around there.
36:04Blessing Adeoye Jr.:And my mind was blown. And I was like, this is the future. Yeah. This is video games. And to your point. Yeah. Like, I feel like everybody was there. and then the commitment just got lost it was the same thing i think we see with all technology and especially with what we're talking about right now in terms of how hard it is to make a bucket video games yeah it was the idea of like how hard it is to get people to go and believe in this service and do this thing and pay for this and then uh over here yeah couch commando says in super chat the stadium model cloud only console would have probably worked when looking at these console and pc prices internet speed's not there yet yeah and that's the problem is they're still in america such a variable variable to what your internet internet has to be so good like i want to be able to be in a place where i am hanging out at the bus stop and i'm like all right let me play slay let me play slay the spire well actually this is a bad idea or bad example because i have my phone but let me play i don't know super meat boy 3d is coming out i want to bust that out on my phone at the bus stop play via a cloud server or my laptop or whatever it is and just bust that out for a second play it all right cool bus is here put in my pocket yep get go i need it to be easy yep i need it to be so fucking simple and easy and we're not there yet and back to your point yeah and my point that you then got in on right yeah the industry pivoted away from like that's the priority no ai is gonna be well nfts are gonna be a priority wait now nft you know what free games of service that like trend chasing trend chasing trend chasing and that does not end well as we are seeing as we live in the repercussions they didn't raise the price of vr headsets sorry i just noticed that they're not they do not care about those they're like please take them uh everybody we still have more news to go that isn't this at all so i'll remind you that we couldn't do this without your support if you love us ranting and raving about video game news each and every weekday maybe doing previews maybe doing reviews on the gamescast playing games having a great time of course you need to support us with a kind of funny membership uh you go to patreon.com slash kind of funny youtube.com slash kind of funny games apple spotify no matter where you get the show you can go over there you can give us 10 bucks you can get everything ad free you can get your daily dose of me greg miller in a 15 to 30 minute as today's gregway was uh podcast each and every weekday and of course you'd get good karma for supporting an 11 person 11 year old small business but right now you're not using your benefits so here's a word from our sponsors this episode is brought to you by patreon.com slash kind of funny yeah yeah yeah yeah we'd love you to come give us ten dollars and get all of our shows ad free get your daily dose of me and get good karma because patreon is the best place that gives us the best revenue share on the kind of funny subscription but if that's not your style we'd love it if you came over and signed up for a free account that's right a free patreon.com slash kind of funny follow gets you the weekly schedule, access to Quips, Patreon's version of Twitter, and as an exclusive bonus, this Friday, March 27th, it gets you access to a live Gregway.
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39:55That's according to prominent Nintendo insider Nate the Hate, who's shared a plethora of information on the company's 2026 plans, which mashes with what VGC has heard from our own sources. In a new podcast, the Nintendo sleuth claimed a classic Star Fox revival is planned for release on Switch 2 this summer, hot on the heels of Fox McCloud's confirmed appearance in the Super Mario Galaxy movie. Pull him to the curb. Bless, how did you feel about people yesterday saying that talking, not just kind of funny, but in general, talking about the Star Fox thing in Galaxy is a spoiler.
40:31Blessing Adeoye Jr.:Oh, I think that's crazy. It's got a poster. It has a poster. Nintendo officially revealed it. I'm mad at Nintendo. Like y 'all should be mad at Nintendo because Nintendo, they spoiled it. But once they spoil it, it's like, well it's not a spoiler if i say it yeah you know what i mean sorry back to this then well nate the hate says starfox is coming back in summer 2026 we're getting a new starfox game in the very near future i've been told it's a classic style starfox game and that the visuals are supposed to be very good and i've heard it does have online multiplayer end quote furthermore a new 3d mario game won't arrive in 2026 as expected according to neat sources quote one game that will not be releasing in holiday 2026 is 3D Mario.
41:113D Mario will be releasing in 2027 Nate said, but there is another anniversary this year and it's the anniversary of the Legend of Zelda. What I can share with you today is that in the second half of 2026, approaching the holidays we are going to receive an Ocarina of Time remake for Switch 2. Yeah.
41:30Blessing Adeoye Jr.:You need a cigarette after that one, huh? We've all been predicting it forever, but my God, please. I mean, I didn't think we'd get it this year though i prayed to god every day for this according to nate the hate nintendo is unlikely to stream i'm sorry yeah no to stream a general nintendo direct until june but it could make smaller announcements on social media such as new looks at splatoon raiders in fire emblems fortune weaves and anticipated switch to additions for pikmin 4 and xenoblade 2 there's so much here there's so much here where do you want to start i mean ocarina come on let's fucking go that's exciting god that game's good you know in Mike's obviously playing it right now on his streams you know Ben and I started it back and I was so shocked to turn it back on and find that yes it holds up thank God holds up oh man Ben stopped playing it not because of it was bad or whatever you know that's a game I kind of play and he watches and he wants to play more and it's like I'm gonna go and restart it and play with it and 64 controller by myself because I love Ocarina so much to be back is so nice I'm so excited for it right I love Ocarina as well I think it could I guess you saying it ages well actually is pretty cool.
42:35Blessing Adeoye Jr.:And also, I know we had the 3DS remake as well. But the fact that this is a thing, this is a game where it is every... God, how long has it been since Ocarina? 30 years? Almost about 30 years since Ocarina time? Yeah. Yeah. I was going to say, I played it in high school, senior of high school. Yeah, that would have been 99. No, 00. 99 00. Let's say decade and a half or so, remake Ocarina. I feel like that's a good tradition. I feel like that's a good cadence to keep I don't really have much to say about the Ocarina thing I'm just like oh hell yeah I hope it's true my one fear with it if I have a guess my big fear is that this thing is going to come out digital$70 physical$80 does it come on the Ocarina though?
43:23Blessing Adeoye Jr.:no the special edition for like$120 maybe more now we're talking about the affluent gamer what's that special edition? What's Tim Gettys' one? Here's my fucking card, Nintendo. Whatever you want. You know what I mean? Come on. Super Chat from Sky Fellowship says, My theory for the Ocarina of Time remake trailer. We see Zelda's nightmare. She's in bed, very restless. It cuts to her dream, and we see the king. It pans, door opens, and bam, here's Ganondorf. He smiles. Title card. I like that. I like that. I like that a lot. I like that a lot. Do you? I mean, I guess to talk about it a little bit, right?
43:57Blessing Adeoye Jr.:Like, how different would you want it to be? Would you want it to be shot for shot, gameplay beat for gameplay beat the same exact game but way prettier or do you want them to take more modern zelda isms and put them in the game i don't want i want to see we've already got the ds one i want them to do new stuff with it okay i don't want i want it to look this sounds so stupid i want it to look like a real zelda i don't want it to look like link's awakening or Echoes of Wisdom or whatever. Okay. I love those games. I've enjoyed playing those games, but I want it to be like, it looks like a modern ocarina.
44:37Does that make sense? Like a... What do you envision for art style? Do you want it to look like a Breath of the Wild? Are you thinking like... I want it to look as serious as Breath of the Wild, but I don't want it to be Breath of the Wild. Okay. I don't want it to be on climbing everything.
44:50Blessing Adeoye Jr.:It has the scope and has the camera to be behind the back. What I want, and I think that'll be the moment that so many people talk about is i want to relive the moment of leaving the village walking into hyrule field and going holy shit yeah because that as a kid oh my god replaying with ben it's laughable that's the you walk in and it's so flat and tiny you're like oh but this nobody did this i want it to be we go and it's like holy that's the tough thing i think that's what i i i'm with you that i want it to feel like zelda i want it to have that like seriousness i don't think is the right word but i guess like grounded this is a fantasy world where shit can get dark but also light all this shit right um i you know i i think i lean more towards i want it to be straight up like make it as ocarina as possible right like i want it to be more traditional zelda than a breath of the wild or tears of the kingdom i love those games but i kind of miss the twilight princess ocarina like traditional zelda dungeon style of game so i kind of want that as well but you're right that once you get into Hyrule field, there needs to be liveliness.
45:56Blessing Adeoye Jr.:Like there needs to be a sense of, Oh, this is a world now because yeah. And 64 was a very long time ago. And so that was kind of a different thing. It's a lot more. You have any trepidation that Nate, the hates just talking about anniversary. Oh, no, I actually, I'm wrong. Don't worry about it. Don't worry about it. I was pivoting. Forget everything I said right there. Joshua super chat that says people will hate me, but this needs to be Nintendo showing that voice acting does work in Zelda. They've already done it in Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom, pull the trigger. I can see that.
46:30Blessing Adeoye Jr.:I don't know if they need to, but I would like voice acting. I think it's time. I think more Nintendo franchises. Do you think Link talks though? I mean, just do what they did in Breath of the Wild where Zelda's talking to us. That's fine. Ganondorf can scream at us. See, this is a tough one because if it was a brand new Zelda, I would say Link should talk, but because it's Ocarina of Time, I'm like, what's Link going to say? What's his motherfucker have to say in this game? I'll say that Link doesn't have to talk but I want the other characters to be voiced That's fair enough We gotta get around to Link talking sooner or later Side of Fry says they're gonna make it look like the movie coming out which would make a lot of sense Which would be cool, that could lead to the movie having a bit more yeah, Ocarina influence, Ocarina vibes which is, I think, a good place to transition into Star Fox We should hop into story number three because I think that'll feed into Star Fox Story number three, Glenn Powell the voice fox mcleod in star jesus christ super mario galaxy movie this is jordan moreau over variety quote the super mario galaxy movie is assembling even more a-list voice actors as glenn powell will bring to life fox mcleod uh the surprise nintendo character joining the mario brothers powell posted a video on instagram announcing news friday he most recently starred in the thriller how to make a killing this year nobody he's in the running man like fox space pilot from the star fox games pal took to the skies in the breakout role in top gun maverick in 2022 the inclusion of fox was a surprise but eagle-eyed nintendo fans spotted a glimpse of the character in a recent super mario galaxy movie trailer so few things glenn powell i like him a lot i think he's a great choice i love the top gun maverick connection here that we have with him playing a pilot i think that's awesome um listen you know for the people that might get mad that we're talking about it.
48:15Blessing Adeoye Jr.:We're all on the same side. It's too late. When it's too late, but also we're on the same side, which is Nintendo why? Nintendo why? They get asses in the seats. Nintendo, but like, you think kids need Star Fox to watch the new Mario Galaxy movie? Some dorks do. Some dorks do. They weren't going to go see this. The kids were going to see it anyway. Kids are the primary audience for the movie. Keep this a secret for the adults out there. It's the adults that are going to get excited for Star Fox. It's crazy. I don't think, I don't think this moves the needle that much for like getting, getting butts in the seats.
48:46Blessing Adeoye Jr.:Um, I do think this is cool because this then leads into this. I, so I dreamt, I dreamt about this, Greg. I've no joke. I've had multiple podcasts going back to okay beast where I had an episode of the podcast that I don't think you find anywhere now where, um, I gave my pitch for working our way towards the super smash brothers move. Of course. Right. If I was Nintendo, I was making a Mario brothers cinematic universe, whatever. Nintendo Cinematic Universe, what would it look like? And it looked exactly like this. It looked like Mario going to space, a la Mario Galaxy, and meeting Star Fox. In my dream, there was also Samus.
49:23Blessing Adeoye Jr.:There was also Captain Falcon. There was also Kirby, right? Like, I wanted to meet all these people in space. Of course, I wouldn't expect them to do that. But the fact that we're here, the fact that we've made it this far, we're getting that Smash movie. You sure as shit are getting that Smash movie. I'm excited. No doubt there. No doubt there. And we're going to get a Star Fox movie, I bet. You get one? Yeah. Over on BS, that's a blue sky, Tim. Tim, BS, that's a blue sky, Tim. 13 of the 82 Super Smash Brothers Ultimate characters are now officially in the Super Mario Brothers movie. 16 if you count Easter eggs of Little Mac, Duck Hunt, and Pit from the first movie.
49:57So if you don't count Fire Emblem characters, we already have almost the entire roster.
50:01Blessing Adeoye Jr.:And we have, like, there are teams with Pikmin in them. There was Rob, R-O-B, the guy. The robot. He was in that. Yeah. Like. He's in your kitchen. They're building the blocks here. And yes, I do think the Star Fox movie happens. because this reminds me a lot of how... You think he'll get his own movie? Yeah. Okay. Because I think Star Fox weirdly works really well for a movie, right? Yeah, but... You want to talk about voiced Nintendo characters. Star Fox has been voiced since N64. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But is Star Fox going to put asses in the seat? After this, yeah. Okay. I mean, how big is his moment going to be in this movie?
50:34Blessing Adeoye Jr.:For me, Star Fox in Mario is the equivalent to Obafemi in Brock Lesnar, where you... Mario is putting Star Fox over here. We're bringing you up from NXT. Mario is looking at Star Fox and is like, put your foot on my chest right now. This is what gets kids into Star Fox as an idea. Okay. We'll see. I'm excited to take Ben to see this. We're just days away from the Mario movie, so it's coming up pretty quick. And the idea of a Star Fox game coming this summer, going back to story number two, I think that's really exciting. Unexpected, but I absolutely love it. To your point, if they're committed to like, Star Fox is the truth.
51:13We're going to ride the high of the galaxy movie. We're going to put Star Fox out there. He's going to be hot. And then we're going to make a movie on him.
51:17Blessing Adeoye Jr.:Star Fox or Nintendo might end up being the only company to nail the movie video game synergy. Because whenever this happens, I get so worried of like, what's losing development time here? Right? Like, are the video games being rushed? Is the movie not going to? Where are we? Where's the disconnect? In a weird way, I feel like Nintendo's found something with their flow of being able to sync things up. So, hell yeah. Hell yeah. Hell yeah to that. Let's move on to another hell yeah. Story number four. Content creator Alana Pierce launches Charred Pictures in partnership with game devs. This is Jennifer Moss over at Variety.
51:51Popular content creator Alana Pierce is launching Charred Pictures, an indie production company focused on involving game devs in film and TV adaptation projects. Charred Pictures' initial slate includes three projects in various states of productions. two movies based on gaming ip and one original indie film from pierce that is rap filming uh an adaptation of the faith the unholy trilogy no trinity sorry survival horror game trilogy is in pre-production with pierce set as the screenwriter and brandon salisbury george a romero's resident evil directing uh produced by pierce through charred pictures alongside faith the unholy trinity developer erudoff games uh as executive producer the film follows a young priest confronting demons cultists and his own fractured faith amid the paranormal of the 1980s satanic panic i've never heard of this no it sounds like a game i want to play though kevin added to my wish list also in pre-production is dead take a film adaptation of house of the dragon star abu whatever uh what's not whatever what up abu what up uh 2025 first person uh narrative horror game of the same name from the developer surgeon did you ever play through dead take no i i it's one of those like it just hit wrong for reviews yeah you guys covered it so well i think you're playing grounded or something like that yeah oh man it's so good yeah it's a good game should i
53:08Blessing Adeoye Jr.:double back for it i mean i don't like yeah because it's a night you know i mean it's like a two hour game i think okay i'll go back for it uh abu aka salim uh will co-write and co-produce the film alongside pierce and charred pictures the story explores the seedy underbelly of hollywood and the lengths people will go to achieve fame end quote the third project is godmother a film from writers Pierce and John Vernon directed by Vernon the film follows Theo revival star Paige Evans and her and as she and her boyfriend Colby Krypton star Cameron Cuff hell yeah come on what a slate of people we got here head into the high desert for a romantic weekend only to have their plans slowly encroached upon by a pair of unsettlingly friendly retirees 9-1-1 actor D Wallace and X-Men's Bruce Davidson can I get it can you google for me Bruce Davison who's that from X-Men with dark designs for her Charred Pictures describes itself as built on a collaborative model where developers are integrally involved across as many disciplines as possible including writing, art, design, music shaping adaptations that preserve the tone intent and identity of the source materials Senator fucking Kelly from X-Men hell yeah this guy turned into a blob and burst remember also I always think of him you see it right there the dad from the Harry and the Hendersons TV show love this guy Alana I need an introduction in addition to working closely with game devs Pierce says charred pictures is focused on a new way of funding for its film adaptations working with content creators who are fans of the games being adapted and want to back the projects so this is really fun to talk about fuck yeah we love Alana that's awesome I think it's fun fun coming off of the Mario movie talk because one of the things that we talked about a lot in the last couple years is video game adaptations happening more and more and more and more becoming such a widely adopted thing really cool and really smart to see a lot of get in on this and be like all right how can i be how can i be of service to what's going on especially on the indie side so these projects really cool the part where they talk about um being built on a collaborative model where devs are involved in as many of the disciplines as possible right love that really cool that's exactly what we want to see we want to see devs involved in the art in the music in the story in whatever in the aspects that are important to actually making this a good piece of art that is reflective of the video games that they put out so i think that's super awesome yeah i think working with content creators as well like every single thing about this i think is awesome shout out to alana pierce one of the coolest people i think period 100 alana i mean i've talked about i did a greg way i think earlier this year maybe last year about alana so cool alana just does cool shit all the time and alana like you just talk about somebody with the ambition and the talent to back it up it's amazing to see her do and i can't wait to see what her career will look like i do want to call out darth doobie in the twitch chat who said about the harry and the henderson's tv show the movie is better greg lol can i get the one kevin darth doobie at what point did i say the tv show was better than the fucking movie i just called out that i know senator kelly from of course x-men and from the harry and the henderson's tv show did i say the fucking show was better i didn't so what i need you to just ball up your fist like this slam it into your own head oh jesus you know what i mean yeah these people out here filling in words the fact so the fact that i fucking mentioned the harry and the henderson's tv show infers to you that i think it's better than the movie starring john lithgow not a goddamn chance first movie i ever cried at all right so don't come at me with fucking slander about how i feel about harry and the henderson's movie while also how much I appreciate the Harry and the Henderson TV show.
56:49They had the same fucking goddamn Sasquatch from the film in the show. Do you understand the differences in budgets there? Darth Doobie? Are you so dazed from punching your own stupid fucking face? Because I just told you to that. You don't understand math anymore. Take your left fist, ball that up, punch yourself in the head again. Oh,
57:13Blessing Adeoye Jr.:John Lithgow played Arthur Mitchell in Dexter one of my favorite characters fantastic shout out John Lithgow and also Third Rock from the Sun remember that no it was a sitcom TV show okay probably late 90s mid 90s mid to late 90s yeah he was on that did you ever watch Malcolm in the Middle I did yeah I've been getting a lot of Malcolm I didn't I wasn't I didn't really watch it that much I was aware of it because I feel like I'm in the same boat where I never watched it but I feel like I was showing up maybe for Simpsons or something and it was on before so you're like catching the last 15. I forget the name of the main character, but he was in Lizzie McGuire for an episode.
57:46Blessing Adeoye Jr.:I was watching Lizzie. Malcolm, yeah. Frankie Muniz. Frankie Muniz. Yeah, Frankie Muniz ended up on an episode of Lizzie McGuire which put me on to Malcolm in the Middle and was like, oh, what is this? And I remember like being aware of it. I've been getting a lot of clips of it in my TikTok. It's a funny show. I wish I watched it back in the day. You would have got it though, right? Probably not. Talk to me about iCarly. You seem like an iCarly kid. Oh, dude, I loved iCarly. Yeah. yeah iCarly's hilarious iCarly it sucks because um dan schneider who's like the shitty yeah yeah yeah i saw the documentary he was the director of it he weirdly and i'm weirdly he upsettingly directed a lot of the best nickelodeon yeah because it was drake and josh it was zoe 101 which didn't age that well actually not that great but iCarly oh my god found it has such a level of absurdist humor post season three where it's like damn y 'all entered a flow state really really good stuff in the cast is cool because i've talked that's the thing you know i think i've mentioned this maybe on shows you're around but not on but like i've worked my way backwards yeah where jeanette mccurdy showed up on modern love new york times podcast to promote her new novel uh half his age i listened to that thought it was so good that i was like oh i gotta check out the autobiography i'm glad my mom said which of course is talking about her being a child star and i carly but i have no reference to i carly so it's like and then like yesterday i got served some clip or whatever that was like a bloopers and for some reason i was like oh that's that's Jeanette right there but I've never seen her as the character it was weird yeah I don't know if I were to like even send you the best episode of iCarly I have no idea what your reaction would be to it because it's like of such an era it was such a kid a 2007 kids show that like I mean when she's talking about I had to swing a butter sock I was like I yeah I can I can I know what kind of show this is that butter sock was killing me though uh bless yeah butter socks the death of our industry yeah this is all big news if I wanted something smaller say the tiniest news I need to know about where would I go?
59:33You'd go to our last story, the Wii News channel, where you cover all the small news items you need to know about. Number five, the Wii News. We've already covered number one bullet point, Roger O's blessing a pizza. But from VGC, the CEO of Crimson Desert publisher Pearl Abyss says it's currently looking into a possible Switch 2 port. Quote, while there are some aspects we have to compromise on, because the Switch currently has lower specifications compared to the other consoles, we've begun research and development internally with a keen interest. Interesting. good luck for you the 6 access says PUBG Blindspot will shut down on March 30th do you remember this one PUBG Blindspot came out two months ago
1:00:13Blessing Adeoye Jr.:yeah this is one that I remember I don't know if Mike ever streamed it but it was on our schedule and I remember being like oh there's a new PUBG game yeah exactly in a statement posted to Steam Arc Team oh I see in a statement posted on Steam Arc Team wrote Quote, to everyone who has been part of PUBG Blindspot journey, thank you sincerely for your support. Since our last update, the team has been exploring multiple ways to improve the experience and move the game forward. However, after careful consideration, we have come to the conclusion that we are no longer able to substantially provide the level.
1:00:46Oh, sorry, sustainably provide the level of experience we set out to deliver through early access. We place player experience at the center of every decision we make, and it is based on that principle that we have made this decision. As a result, PUBG Blindspot's early access service will come to a close on Monday, March 30th. Sorry, I started laughing. Multiple ways to improve the experience and move the game forward. Our conclusion? Don't. We will not be doing that. We will not be doing that. Switch to version of Devil May Cry 5 has been rated in Taiwan. and Roller Coaster Tycoon Classic is now available on Xbox Series and PlayStation 5.
1:01:28And that's it for your final Wii News of the Week. Did you ever watch Drake and Josh? No.
1:01:33Blessing Adeoye Jr.:That was all way after that time. That was the one right there. That was the show. Did you ever watch Kenan and Kel? Yes. But like Kenan and Kel, I would say that I watched, but that was more for still having affinity for them from all that. Oh. See, Snick, right? Yeah. the Saturday night yeah are you afraid of the dark all that like that was my shit but that like just as I feel like I ended up aging out of that is when Keenan and Kel got the spin on so I would watch occasionally the orange soda and all that jazz that's crazy because like SNCC are you afraid of the dark those are the earliest edges of my memory yeah that's how far back he goes that's when I passed the baton damn it's crazy yeah yeah yeah oh man are you afraid of the dark you know what I mean that shit actually scared me as a kid oh hell yeah oh my god it was terrifying are you kidding me let me get you some super chats out of here that aren't just about everything being horrible Kyle says digging the jacket bless rare's N64 era is certified goat one of the best runs for a video game developer of all time N64 era rare is one of my favorite developers of all time so 100 % agree Jay Forelli says cast the rest of Star Fox team go oh who's who's slippy John Lithgow yes yes get Senator Kelly in there too let's go
1:02:50Rhino Hay says called in sick from work today so I can watch live love you guys we hope you're not really sick but if you are you get better and thanks for watching
1:02:57Blessing Adeoye Jr.:my original casting for Fox was Jamie Fox but this is better just for the Fox name optimistic 92 birthday tax I turned 18 at the very first PAX East and I will turn 34 tomorrow at PAX East also what if they showed Star Fox early because they're actually hiding Samus see that's what I happy birthday and I hope there's a lot of surprises I hope so yeah I want I want space to mean that like the further out we go the more we're meeting wacky characters like if we can meet Captain Falcon I might shed tears. Falcon Punch. Chico or maybe it's Chico 23 says happy Friday. That's all. Keep on gaming gamers.
1:03:32We will. Now we're into where people are real mad. I don't know. Well you know we did a lot of what would they be mad about? It was the one we're cashing up to. I think a lot of that's pre-PlayStation news. Now we're into the PlayStation news. Mickey says, first birthday tax I've paid in the last 11 years. Smiley emoji. One of my cats passed away last weekend, and all the shows have a nice constant as always. Happy birthday. We're sorry about your cat. Happy birthday. We're always happy to be there constantly for you, unlike you who haven't been there constantly for us for the last 11 years, apparently.
1:04:05So if you want to make that right before you go, Mickey, I know you got to get back to mourning your cat, but we would love 11 years worth of Super Chats. That's crazy
1:04:15Blessing Adeoye Jr.:Did you ever watch 100 Good Deeds For Eddie McDowd No I have no idea What that was doing Is that a show It's a show I tried to describe it to Roger He didn't believe me That was a real thing It was a guy A bully that got turned Into a dog That was on Nickelodeon And he had to do 100 Good Deeds Every episode was a good deed Okay Man how you put An expiration date on the show That's crazy Yeah I mean they didn't make it To 100 episodes Yeah I would expect He was trapped as a dog Did he get to be a human At the end or did they like I don't remember What the finale was like But I think Like when Alf got kidnapped by the FBI at the end of his show, and that was just the end of it.
1:04:46They left Alf on a cliffhanger surrounded by the cops. When was Alf on TV?
1:04:55Early 90s? Like, Alf, I feel like I know through syndication. Oh, okay. I assumed you were watching Alf live. No, no, no. It might have been one of those shows that was running. But it was definitely Grandma Miller, After School, I'm Waiting for Animated Stuff to Come On. or like a sick day. Remember like you'd be like sick and it's like I'm watching chips. Yeah, you're watching the California Highway Patrol. Like whatever. What's the point of being sick if you guys aren't putting on the good stuff? They didn't have it. Like that's something Ben will never fucking understand. Ben will never fucking understand just turning on TV like you got to watch what's ever on.
1:05:25Yeah. I'm watching people's court. Oh my God.
1:05:28Blessing Adeoye Jr.:All right, dude. I hate that we learn too much about people and everybody ends up being a shitty person. Who's bad now? Because I learned that Bob Barker sucks. Did he? I didn't know it. Oh yeah. I mean, I believe it. Maybe I'll double check. The thing that I read yesterday was that he, like, one, he was weird to the moment. I like you saying, I'll double check. You're not double checking before this show's over. Let me do some your wrongs. Before you defame Bob Barker. All right, let's see what I got. Plus, I got a similar TikTok talking about him, like, being really mean to the... The girls, right?
1:05:59Blessing Adeoye Jr.:The girls, yeah. Yeah. And, like, apparently he would, like, limit contestants where it's like, I don't want more than two black contestants on my show. Oh, okay. Sure, sure, sure, sure, sure. a couple people write in saying that at some point either I did or the news did or whatever called Star Fox Star Fox and his name's Fox I apologize everybody if that was me or if that's just something I read and I didn't catch it up Banders says as of September 2024 the Series X is the better selling console versus the Series S
1:06:31Blessing Adeoye Jr.:I'm looking up the ball Hollywood Reporter is the one that they have an article yesterday from this uh the docuseries is apparently there's a docuseries now with bob barker about it not with bob barker but about bob barker the the docuseries also revisits earlier claims tying barker to racially charged remarks hallstrom recounts a moment in which barker allegedly expressed fear of interracial relationships saying he believed black men were the most diseased people on earth a statement cited in the program as emblematic of a broader culture yeah that's not good that's not great which is crazy because as a kid i'm looking at Bob Barker.
1:07:03Blessing Adeoye Jr.:And I'm like, this guy is great. And now that I look back at it, I'm like, oh yeah, he was like a really old white man. Like, of course, I should have known. You should have known. I should have known. It was a different age. I was six years old. Our final one comes from Bander who says, some missed additional news from Nate. The hates leaks, fire emblem, Splatoon Raiders and rhythm. Heaven are all summer. Plus a switch to sports games. Not sure if it's a switch to update or a new game. He also said there may be a Pikmin for switch to addition dusk. Bloods later this year. hell yeah cool and that's it for kind of funny games daily everybody remember each and every weekday we're here live on twitch.tv slash kind of funny games youtube.com slash kind of funny games podcast services around the globe to give you the nerdy news you need to know about if you love that pick up a kind of funny membership patreon.com slash kind of funny youtube.com slash kind of funny games apple spotify get everything ad free get your daily dose of me greg miller uh and of course get good karma for supporting 11 person 11 year old small business we are all about live talk shows here so the day is far from over after this you're getting a very special screencast with James and Elise Willems they're here to talk about every movie coming out in April and after that it's going to be a party mode for the new Mario Wonder switch to Bella Bella Bella Bella Bella Park Bella Bella Bella Bella Bella Nikki Bella Bella oh no it's not Bella Bella it's just Bella Bella Bella Bella Bella there you go Bella Bella Bella Bella everybody until next time.
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- Start - Sony is raising PS5 prices by $100 in April - Emma Roth @ The Verge - Sources: Nintendo is planning a new Star Fox and a major Zelda remake this year, but no 3D Mario - Andy Robinson @ VGC - Glen Powell to Voice Fox McCloud in ‘Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ - Jordan Moreau @ Variety - Content Creator Alanah Pearce Launches Charred Pictures in Partnership With Game Devs - Jennifer Maas @ Variety - Wee News! - SuperChats & You‘re Wrong
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