I was hoping to see you in this comment section given your recent video on a very similar topic!! Looking forward to hearing you reference this exact episode in the future
These types of videos from actual insiders are so helpful in getting the wider gaming audience to understand how Nintendo operates and how their games are made. They're not throwing random things at a dart board like people seem to think -- their success comes from how meticulous they are with managing all parts of the company.
Nintendo's great underdogs of five Nintendo members. They may not be as iconic as others, however it is still nice to see their recognition on Nintendo's great at the time when the both of you were working with Nintendo. Love these sorts of BTS
Me, reading the video title: Ah, I probably won't be too interested in this topic Me, 30+ minutes into the video: Aha, yes yes, of course! Good ''ol Yoshiaki Kuratsune! You guys are so good at keeping the topic moving and the conversation interesting. :D (Love Kit's shirt too!)
After getting stuck in ALTTP, I realized that the original game came with a little "top secret hint book" that had solutions to the hardest or most obtuse puzzles. I recommend looking that up (I think I found an image on an eBay listing?) if you need help!! Also I totally abused the save states during the Skull Woods and the boss fights, lol.
Nintendo great five japan: shiba inu doggo in suit, bob iger, kirby, hayao miyasaki, k. k. Slider and man in pikachu air suit. Don't ruin my childhood beliefs 😅
I did not finish A Link to the Past. I replayed a bunch of Zelda games before Breath of the Wild came out, and I played this one for the first time. I got almost all the way to the end, but I got stuck in the last dungeon at a part where you have to run around a light some torches. I ran out of magic potion, I ran out of health, and I fell off a cliff. Instead of powering through, I gave up, played Skyward Sword instead, and never played it again. But I can see the appeal, it has a very charming, nostalgic style, even if there are an unnecessary amount of items.
To answer Kit's question about the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series, Explorers of Sky is the best one but Red/Blue Rescue Team are also very good. Technically there's a remake of the Rescue Team games on switch but DX changes a lot of the mechanics of the first game so I think it's still worth playing it on NSO
I always want to counter you when you joke about our bank holidays, but you genuinely always seem to comment on them on weeks we've had one 😅😂 I wasn't off work for the one this past Monday though...
I would love to see you do an episode, where you discuss the huge differences in terms of 1rst party output between Nintendo, Sony (which is incredible bad this year) and MS:) What are yout thoughts about that, and how incredible it is, that Nintendo is pulling out incredible 1rst party games in the 8th year of the Switch!
Awww man, demo discs in magazines was definitely an era in gaming. I agree, more digital demos really should create save data that is transferrable to the full game. I can't count how much times I've opened a brand new game and spent like half an hour: creating a clever name, customizing my character, and other trivial things that shouldn't be over thought. Now that I think about it, I feel that by Nintendo offering those retro games on the Online Expansion Pass they are trying to recreate that moment when I would occasionally open my 3DS to find Nintendo offering me a free retro game to download and unwrap from a small selection of titles.
The main hurdle to getting the GB and GBA Pokemon games on NSO are the fact that the NSO app saves to the cloud, and the Pokemon Company does not like supporting cloud saves. None of the mainline Pokemon games utilize the feature due to fear of Pokemon cloning (which would be easily possible with cloud saves) and because of Home integration. The current NSO apps do not allow certain games to opt out of using cloud saves, so Pokemon Company is trying to navigate the possible paths to put games on the Switch without being in the NSO app exactly. Best case solution that fulfills the Pokemon Company's desires may be a separate free app for NSO subscribers that contain those games, but that solution isn't without problems
I want to know how games like Zelda get made in regards to collaboration from other Nintendo HQs (Japan, UK, America). Is it all Japanese work? Do they from the get-go have English/American/Western influence to cater to Western players and for stories/jokes/ etc. make sense and tie to all cultures or no cultures? Do the Japanese finish the game and then just ask Nintendo America to do the localization? How does it all work? Is there a video on this already?
Sounds like that guy you were working with was actually a prize "See you next Tuesday" who, not only, denied any ideas from anyone else, but also, took your own idea on as his own down the line... Not fun.
Yeah I couldn't help but feel the similar crap of Game Informer's twitter just immediately gets scrapped... like your Nintendo Minute stuff got removed from visibility online after you left... granted it took a year after you left, but it still happened
Y'all talked about one of the people for 5+ minutes without saying his name again. He this, he that, this guy this, this guy that. Podcasts are meant to be listened to in-between other things, so I don't remember what you said his name is for something that was intended to highlight unknown figures. Please use names more frequently in segments like this!
I want more processing/graphical power and performance from the Switch 2... screen size/portability/joy con are almost like whatever, if they kept those same. I am tired of Nintendo being like 2 generations behind the competition in those fields.
Unfortunately, that’s helped nintendo in long run. We get at least 10 games a year from them with one or two major ones a year. Because PlayStation, xbox and most triple a are so focused on tech and graphics. We hardly get any major games from them any more like we used to
I personally care more about games than made up numbers. And targetting lower benchmarks allows them to buck the trend of games taking way too long and much to make, and their output tends to be better than the "competition's" overly focus tested generic titles, in both quantity and quality
The thing about switch 2 as it relates to the original is that switch was lightning in a bottle. When you think back to 2017 the mere concept itself was extremely novel. Couple that with launching day one with probably one of the most impactful games made in easily over a decade. When you fast forward to today, a spec bump isn't going to send switch 2s flying off shelves. Honestly IMO I'm not certain how the next switch will stand out in a similar way to the first one.
Hearing that the top paying K&K stans chose a link to the past is the most unsurprising revelation yet. I'd wager over half of them haven't even heard of shadow of the Colossus let alone played it.
Those mobile games needed work. They shouldn't have tried to make mobile games, it should have just been a game that was on mobile. Stripped down versions of Animal Crossing and Mario Kart aren't what people want.
I love Nintendo but are these the 5 people we should be blaming for all the terrible decisions as well? From the youtube partnership program which sucks to all the smash tournament cancelings? Nintendo feels so out of touch sometimes with how they deal with issues regarding the fanbase. Praising people can only go so far when there is alot of bad choices being made and we never know who is the idiot making these decisions. Nintendo could've had a great image with no controversy but no, there's always someone in charge making terrible choices that will inevitably piss off their fans. I'm looking at you Nintendo of Japan.
Love these behind-the-scenes glimpses into what these key people we've seen as names or occasional photographs are actually like!
I was hoping to see you in this comment section given your recent video on a very similar topic!! Looking forward to hearing you reference this exact episode in the future
Is this the episode where Krista reveals to be the Shadow CEO of Nintendo?
These types of videos from actual insiders are so helpful in getting the wider gaming audience to understand how Nintendo operates and how their games are made.
They're not throwing random things at a dart board like people seem to think -- their success comes from how meticulous they are with managing all parts of the company.
The dog from Silent Hill.
Hey it's that dog
Kit, I see you with that Goemon shirt! Appreciate the raising of awareness for the series.
That thumbnail goes hard, I'm loving these zany thumbnails so much
Zelda playable in the overworld, and Link playable in the Underworld where Ganon's Malice sent him. That's how I see Link being playable
I’m liking your content more and more! Good stories, experience, and no strings attached. Cheers!
Nintendo's great underdogs of five Nintendo members. They may not be as iconic as others, however it is still nice to see their recognition on Nintendo's great at the time when the both of you were working with Nintendo. Love these sorts of BTS
Me, reading the video title: Ah, I probably won't be too interested in this topic
Me, 30+ minutes into the video: Aha, yes yes, of course! Good ''ol Yoshiaki Kuratsune!
You guys are so good at keeping the topic moving and the conversation interesting. :D (Love Kit's shirt too!)
After getting stuck in ALTTP, I realized that the original game came with a little "top secret hint book" that had solutions to the hardest or most obtuse puzzles. I recommend looking that up (I think I found an image on an eBay listing?) if you need help!!
Also I totally abused the save states during the Skull Woods and the boss fights, lol.
where can I find the version of this for NOA? and looking forward to the NOE version too :P
Nintendo great five japan: shiba inu doggo in suit, bob iger, kirby, hayao miyasaki, k. k. Slider and man in pikachu air suit. Don't ruin my childhood beliefs 😅
The best Pokemon Mystery Dungeon game is said to be Sky by a lot of fans.
Theory for playable Link: Echo Link, Bind Link or Reverse Bond Link (not sure which), which makes him playable! heh
Here’s to another great episode, you two! 😁
I did not finish A Link to the Past. I replayed a bunch of Zelda games before Breath of the Wild came out, and I played this one for the first time. I got almost all the way to the end, but I got stuck in the last dungeon at a part where you have to run around a light some torches. I ran out of magic potion, I ran out of health, and I fell off a cliff. Instead of powering through, I gave up, played Skyward Sword instead, and never played it again. But I can see the appeal, it has a very charming, nostalgic style, even if there are an unnecessary amount of items.
To answer Kit's question about the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series, Explorers of Sky is the best one but Red/Blue Rescue Team are also very good. Technically there's a remake of the Rescue Team games on switch but DX changes a lot of the mechanics of the first game so I think it's still worth playing it on NSO
I always want to counter you when you joke about our bank holidays, but you genuinely always seem to comment on them on weeks we've had one 😅😂
I wasn't off work for the one this past Monday though...
We're just jealous!!
You guys should make a video talking about what was going on at Nintendo after the Gigaleak
Great video guys, NOE next please
I would love to see you do an episode, where you discuss the huge differences in terms of 1rst party output between Nintendo, Sony (which is incredible bad this year) and MS:) What are yout thoughts about that, and how incredible it is, that Nintendo is pulling out incredible 1rst party games in the 8th year of the Switch!
Awww man, demo discs in magazines was definitely an era in gaming. I agree, more digital demos really should create save data that is transferrable to the full game. I can't count how much times I've opened a brand new game and spent like half an hour: creating a clever name, customizing my character, and other trivial things that shouldn't be over thought. Now that I think about it, I feel that by Nintendo offering those retro games on the Online Expansion Pass they are trying to recreate that moment when I would occasionally open my 3DS to find Nintendo offering me a free retro game to download and unwrap from a small selection of titles.
The main hurdle to getting the GB and GBA Pokemon games on NSO are the fact that the NSO app saves to the cloud, and the Pokemon Company does not like supporting cloud saves. None of the mainline Pokemon games utilize the feature due to fear of Pokemon cloning (which would be easily possible with cloud saves) and because of Home integration. The current NSO apps do not allow certain games to opt out of using cloud saves, so Pokemon Company is trying to navigate the possible paths to put games on the Switch without being in the NSO app exactly. Best case solution that fulfills the Pokemon Company's desires may be a separate free app for NSO subscribers that contain those games, but that solution isn't without problems
Great vid NOE next plz
Best accessory for switch is the rp2040.
Thank you so much for the shoutout ❤
Adore your content. Much love to both of ya ✌🏻😊❤
I want to know how games like Zelda get made in regards to collaboration from other Nintendo HQs (Japan, UK, America). Is it all Japanese work? Do they from the get-go have English/American/Western influence to cater to Western players and for stories/jokes/ etc. make sense and tie to all cultures or no cultures? Do the Japanese finish the game and then just ask Nintendo America to do the localization? How does it all work? Is there a video on this already?
Sounds like that guy you were working with was actually a prize "See you next Tuesday" who, not only, denied any ideas from anyone else, but also, took your own idea on as his own down the line... Not fun.
I mean you're basically describing the entirety of Nintendo management
1:13:00 isn't the Nintendo name meaning "leave luck to heaven" only an assumption?
Yeah I couldn't help but feel the similar crap of Game Informer's twitter just immediately gets scrapped... like your Nintendo Minute stuff got removed from visibility online after you left... granted it took a year after you left, but it still happened
GOD i miss Dragalia Lost
She dresses nicely and he wears a t-shirt!
I’ve always wanted to like Shadow of the Colossus but I found the controls to be infuriating. The true final boss is the camera.
At 20:45, what do you guys mean by "two-way communication"? You mean like how some corporate accounts will actually reply to comments?
Good insight on the peeps behind the scenes. But what happened to Reggie and why did he leave?
Somehow Yamauchi return
“Don’t let the rice people come after you” kit come on now… 😂
Y'all talked about one of the people for 5+ minutes without saying his name again. He this, he that, this guy this, this guy that. Podcasts are meant to be listened to in-between other things, so I don't remember what you said his name is for something that was intended to highlight unknown figures. Please use names more frequently in segments like this!
Pyoro
I was better at playing games when i was 10 than i am now .. and i still try whimsical things. Just sayin’
I want more processing/graphical power and performance from the Switch 2... screen size/portability/joy con are almost like whatever, if they kept those same. I am tired of Nintendo being like 2 generations behind the competition in those fields.
Unfortunately, that’s helped nintendo in long run. We get at least 10 games a year from them with one or two major ones a year. Because PlayStation, xbox and most triple a are so focused on tech and graphics. We hardly get any major games from them any more like we used to
I personally care more about games than made up numbers. And targetting lower benchmarks allows them to buck the trend of games taking way too long and much to make, and their output tends to be better than the "competition's" overly focus tested generic titles, in both quantity and quality
The thing about switch 2 as it relates to the original is that switch was lightning in a bottle. When you think back to 2017 the mere concept itself was extremely novel. Couple that with launching day one with probably one of the most impactful games made in easily over a decade.
When you fast forward to today, a spec bump isn't going to send switch 2s flying off shelves. Honestly IMO I'm not certain how the next switch will stand out in a similar way to the first one.
Hearing that the top paying K&K stans chose a link to the past is the most unsurprising revelation yet. I'd wager over half of them haven't even heard of shadow of the Colossus let alone played it.
Those mobile games needed work. They shouldn't have tried to make mobile games, it should have just been a game that was on mobile. Stripped down versions of Animal Crossing and Mario Kart aren't what people want.
I love Nintendo but are these the 5 people we should be blaming for all the terrible decisions as well? From the youtube partnership program which sucks to all the smash tournament cancelings? Nintendo feels so out of touch sometimes with how they deal with issues regarding the fanbase. Praising people can only go so far when there is alot of bad choices being made and we never know who is the idiot making these decisions. Nintendo could've had a great image with no controversy but no, there's always someone in charge making terrible choices that will inevitably piss off their fans. I'm looking at you Nintendo of Japan.