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[Featuring Joe Merrick] Darkrai arrives in Pokémon Sleep with new music and a new mission for players. Pokémon GO gets a new Stamp Rally feature for Osaka GO Fest and for all the PokéLids in Japan. Joe shares his thoughts on Pokémon Legends Z-A and the Nintendo Switch 2. 00:00:00-Introduction 00:02:50-Darkrai Arrives 00:10:20-Pokémon Mobile Game Round-Up00:25:30-Pokémon Stamp Rally00:35:30-Pokémon GO News00:59:15-More Switch 2 Talk01:07:15-Pokémon Games on Switch 201:33:50-Post Credits You can check out Serebii.net for all more Pokémon news! LINKS

[Featuring Joe Merrick] Darkrai arrives in Pokémon Sleep with new music and a new mission for players. Pokémon GO gets a new Stamp Rally feature for Osaka GO Fest and for all the PokéLids in Japan. Joe shares his thoughts on Pokémon Legends Z-A and the Nintendo Switch 2. 00:00:00-Introduction 00:02:50-Darkrai Arrives 00:10:20-Pokémon Mobile Game Round-Up00:25:30-Pokémon Stamp Rally00:35:30-Pokémon GO News00:59:15-More Switch 2 Talk01:07:15-Pokémon Games on Switch 201:33:50-Post Credits  You can check out Serebii.net for all more Pokémon news!  LINKS

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For his second full-length LP and most realised release as Serebii yet, the artist had one thing he had to overcome first: he was “terrified” of himself. Serebii (aka Callum Mower) shares the story behind his latest live video for 'Goji': "After three years apart, myself and dear friend Skud Gumbosi decided to do what we both missed dearly and write music together. We spent a good portion of the day working on this Bossa groove with some chords Skud pulled from his back pocket. By the end of the session we both knew we had something special but felt the ideas were far too sluggish for our liking. As you can imagine the only downside to this is that you'd need to start the song from scratch in this new BPM and key, but that meant we would get to spend another day in each other's company, and so we did just that.

Today's Song of the Day is “Dime” from Serebii's album Dime, out March 28.

INTERVIEW: Serebii on new album 'Dime' by Zac Hoffman on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

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Auckland, New Zealand's Callum Mower, known as Serebii, has always focused on pushing forward. Forward musically, forward personally, and now, forward into naked vulnerability.   Serebii's upcoming album Dime finds Mower at his most vulnerable. Historically, Mower has relied on his mastery of instruments and production with others, namely fellow New Zealander Arjuna Oakes, but […] The post Serebii: “Verrans Corner” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Let’s tap into the work of composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Serebii (aka Callum Mower) — a talented, jazzy crooner based in New Zealand. Here’s “Verrans Corner,” which AI says is a location in Auckland that includes character shops.   

Jonny starts of the morning with an interview with Serebii about his upcoming album Dime and play a first-spin of the leading single Might As Well Be Watching. Kaitlyn reported in from Q Theatre to cover the Great Camp-In with Camping cast Tom Sainsbury, Chris Parker, Kura Forrester and Brynley Stent. The comedic cast of the upcoming Silo Theatre production spent the evening sleeping in tents on the Q Theatre stage to get into the zone for the upcoming play (which has very little to do with actual camping and more to do with high camp). Julien Dyne then phoned in to chat to Jonny about the upcoming Circling Sun and Romi Wrights gig at Double Whammy this Friday. To round off the morning was Ready Steady Learn, brought to you by Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland. Dr Kiri Dell spoke about the Faculty of Engineering and Business School's collaboration with iwi in the Whareponga Valley to address climate change related challenges facing the Ruātoria region of Tai Rawhiti. 

Jonny chats to Serebii about his upcoming album Dime and play a first-spin of the leading single Might As Well Be Watching. The full album is due for digital and vinyl release in March 2025, so keep your eyes and ears out!

INTERVIEW: Serebii on 'Dime' album announce and 'Might As Well Be Watching' single by Zac Hoffman on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

Jonny chats to Serebii about his upcoming album Dime and play a first-spin of the leading single Might As Well Be Watching. The full album is due for digital and vinyl release in March 2025, so keep your eyes and ears out!

Jonny starts of the morning with an interview with Serebii about his upcoming album Dime and play a first-spin of the leading single Might As Well Be Watching. Kaitlyn reported in from Q Theatre to cover the Great Camp-In with Camping cast Tom Sainsbury, Chris Parker, Kura Forrester and Brynley Stent. The comedic cast of the upcoming Silo Theatre production spent the evening sleeping in tents on the Q Theatre stage to get into the zone for the upcoming play (which has very little to do with actual camping and more to do with high camp). Julien Dyne then phoned in to chat to Jonny about the upcoming Circling Sun and Romi Wrights gig at Double Whammy this Friday. To round off the morning was Ready Steady Learn, brought to you by Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland. Dr Kiri Dell spoke about the Faculty of Engineering and Business School's collaboration with iwi in the Whareponga Valley to address climate change related challenges facing the Ruātoria region of Tai Rawhiti. 

Episode 268: the Cascoon episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Today we talk news! In Pokémon GO, Welcome to Pokémon GO: Shared Skies! The Slumbering Sands event is happening now, through June 12! June 2024 Community Day: Goomy is Sunday, June 9, and June 2024 Community Day Classic: Cyndaquil is Saturday, June 22. Are you going to GO Fest Madrid June 14 to 16??? Pokémon GO Trainers have a chance to win a personalized PokéStop by visiting the new Football Experience at Pokémon GO Fest 2024: Madrid. The Scorching Steps event runs June 21 to June 25. You can still get the Fendi Pokemon Go collab avatar items using the code FENDIxFRGMTxPOKEMON featuring a cool sweatshirt from the real life collaboration! Our Back2Basics segment is about "how do you know if a Pokemon is good?" In Pokémon Scarlet/Violet, this weekend's 7 Star Raid, until June 9, is Swampert with the Poison Tera-type. Miz Sylver tells us her story of beating the beast! Champion Style in Pokemon Unite! Serebii Update: The latest Pokémon UNITE Battle Pass is now available in the game. Adds Champion Style Blaziken & Tsareena HolowearDetails @ https://t.co/NWlAdn57aQ pic.twitter.com/nVmtVQGqjs— Serebii.net (@SerebiiNet) June 6, 2024 Get Bianca (Champion) & Virizion until July 9, 2024 in Pokemon Masters EX. Fun new Pokemon short! Bubble Beam Berry Blast! Are you going to pre-order the giant Larvesta??? Sweet Atari shoe collab! Don't tell Pre! FAN EXPO Boston is June 14-16! Miz Sylver and The Wolf Doctor are hosting the Comic Feud: Heroes vs Villains on June 15th at Saturday 3:30 in Workshop 202. Take the survey to help determine the answers for this Family Feud-style game show and you can enter to be a contestant! Past guest Leharc Blueheart will have a booth this year, make sure to check it out! And don't forget to bring your 2DS or 3DS, you may StreetPass with Miz Sylver! Are you a kid or do you have a kid who loves comics? If you are in the Boston area, Boston Kids Comics Fest is happening Saturday, June 8. If you are Castlevania fan, check out this crazy new arcade game coming to select Round 1's! Enter the world of Castlevania and step up to the challenge to show Dracula who's boss! 🏰🧛‍♂️💪 Who's ready to take on the big boss?📍Hunt down the vampire & find a location near you. Only at select locations. https://t.co/j06YBUQjWg#Round1usa #castlevania pic.twitter.com/ZQIjeGRkhW— Round1 USA (@Round1USA) June 6, 2024 Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know! Follow @pokemoncast Tweet !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

Joe Merrick of Serebii joins us this week to talk the state of Pokémon mobile games, their current thoughts on Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, and what we think (so far) of Legends Z-A. We go over every mobile game from Pokémon GO to UNITE. We also talk about the mess that was BD/SP and how Scarlet and Violet should have been delayed. 00:00:00-Introduction 00:02:20-Pokémon Sleep 00:13:20-Pokémon Masters EX00:15:30-Pokémon GO00:30:30-Break00:31:20-Pokémon Scarlet and Violet00:46:30-Legends Z-A01:15:10-Post Credits  LINKS

Al and Kev go through their favourite marriage candidates in farming games Timings 00:00:00: Theme Tune 00:00:30: Intro 00:03:03: What Have We Been Up To 00:17:52: News 00:31:39: Marriage Candidates 01:05:25: Outro Links Tchia on Switch Sunnyside Release Spirittea “Helping Hands” Update Snacko Character Customisation My Time at Sandrock Cross Platform Multiplayer Stardew Valley 1.6.4 Monsterpatch Screenshot Moonstone Island Switch Tease Contact Al on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/ Transcript (0:00:30) Al: Hello farmers and welcome to another episode of the harvest season. (0:00:34) Al: My name is Al. (0:00:37) Al: And we are here today to talk about cottagecore games. (0:00:43) Al: Transcripts are available as always in the show notes and on the website. (0:00:47) Al: Kevin, welcome back. (0:00:49) Al: How are you doing? (0:00:54) Al: Yes, it has. (0:00:55) Al: You were last on the pixel cross. (0:01:05) Al: Yeah, I’ll be honest, I haven’t played it since that episode. (0:01:11) Al: But I think that’s mainly because I don’t– (0:01:16) Al: well, it’s partly that. (0:01:17) Al: But I also think that the Switch is not the best way for me to play games like that. (0:01:23) Al: I think if I had it on my phone– (0:01:28) Al: no, it’s not even just that it’s like if I had it on my phone, (0:01:30) Al: I would do it a lot more. (0:01:31) Al: The problem is I don’t want to close the game that’s open on my switch to open that up. (0:01:35) Al: Well, yeah, they say that but it doesn’t ever work on the PS5, at least in my experience. (0:02:05) Al: In my experience, I’ve never managed to get it to actually work. (0:02:10) Al: But what do I know? I feel like it would be simple, but I don’t know. I’m not a games console developer. Oh yeah, it’s just software. I do software. It’s just that, right? It’s easy. (0:02:16) Kev: All game dev is simple, don’t you know? (0:02:23) Kev: It’s just copy-paste. (0:02:26) Al: Cool. So we are going to talk this episode about our favorite marriage candidates across different Kojkokou games. (0:02:32) Kev: Oh yeah, time for some deep lore, time for people to learn about us, or tags. (0:02:35) Al: Yeah, yeah, it’ll be interesting to see how many of Kevin’s are from wildflowers. (0:02:45) Kev: the answer just wildflowers (0:02:46) Al: Or will we actually learn some new information? (0:02:51) Al: So we’re going to talk about… (0:02:55) Al: Yeah, it’s just Wesley three times, right? (0:03:01) Al: So we’ve got, before that, we’ve got some news. (0:03:05) Al: What have you been up to? (0:03:06) Kev: Ohhh, what have I been up to? (0:03:10) Kev: Cassette Beasts, Cassette Beasts, you already know this, you listen to Rainbow Road audio. (0:03:14) Kev: Cassette Beasts! (0:03:14) Al: I haven’t listened to this week, still. (0:03:16) Kev: Um… (0:03:18) Kev: Oh, okay. Yeah, oh yeah, that’s true, but, um… (0:03:20) Kev: Uh, so Cassette Beasts, the… (0:03:24) Kev: Poet Monster Catching Not Pokemon Game. (0:03:28) Kev: Uh, I forget the name of the developer, but, uh, I have it on Switch. (0:03:38) Kev: cheap it’s good I don’t even know where to begin it’s just the presentation is immaculate because they put a lot of emphasis on their style a lot of 80s 90s influence you know as the titular presets were popular then right the music is fantastic the mechanics are there’s (0:04:08) Kev: substantial maybe a little confusing or overwhelming at times just because but that’s probably just because Pokemon has so long dominated the market slash my life right it’s hard to readjust but in general the game is pretty snappy and quick it feels a lot more dynamic than say Pokemon or I think most other monster catchers the designs are fun the the (0:04:39) Kev: interesting yeah I like I don’t I could go on into a whole episode about this I might it’s somebody else who’s a fan but I wonder I can hear him screaming from Australia right now but yeah cassette piece is just a plus plus stellar, stellar stuff, um, I uh, (0:04:51) Al: I wonder who that could be. (0:05:08) Kev: I’ll give you what I’m at near the end, I think from where where my quests are and my levels and whatnot (0:05:15) Kev: I’m in the last stretch of the game (0:05:19) Kev: It is (0:05:21) Kev: The Antagonists are interesting. It’s not just the Team Rocket ripoff. It’s a some otherworldly beings actually rather odd (0:05:33) Kev: And one thing about the game right there’s a partner system where you always (0:05:38) Kev: Have two players on the field by default on your side (0:05:42) Kev: And so there’s a handful of different characters you can pick as your partner (0:05:48) Kev: One of the last characters you unlock is named Barkley. They are just a dog who can transform into monsters (0:05:55) Kev: They have headphones, yeah (0:05:57) Kev: So Barkley is great. Um, but yeah, that’s that’s cassette beasts great grain great game (0:06:05) Kev: Aside from that I have been (0:06:08) Kev: flying since I picked up my 3DS for the termination of the online services, just to make sure some stuff was squared away. (0:06:17) Kev: I’ve fired up Weapon Shop Delmase. (0:06:24) Al: as you do. It’s an interesting combination of French and English there. (0:06:32) Kev: It’s made by a Japanese developer, so you know, that’s some good, good stuff. (0:06:36) Kev: Um… (0:06:38) Kev: It is a small, it is part of the what’s called the Guild collection (0:06:44) Kev: Compilation of different small smaller sized video games on the 3ds (0:06:50) Kev: by different developers and (0:06:54) Kev: Game directors and stuff like that (0:06:57) Kev: I’ve heard described as like a game jam But the people making them or you know established studios and developers so they are all (0:07:05) Kev: Polished games and whatnot (0:07:08) Kev: You play a weapon shop as the you know name wouldn’t fly you are in charge of a weapon shop where you have to forge weapons for various characters and heroes from your archetypal (0:07:22) Kev: RPG classic fantasy characters (0:07:25) Kev: there’s a (0:07:28) Kev: French knight who’s over the top and full bravado. There’s a (0:07:32) Kev: samurai Reserve in old-fashioned. There’s a Grand Mahalo swinging axes (0:07:38) Kev: and t. It’s a comedy game. So much to the point that it has an actual sitcom style laugh track. It is it is a fun little game. It’s it’s very laid back in space. The forging part of it is just a little rhythm mini game and the adventures that the characters have. You kind of read about them in the background. There’s like this little social media feed that you follow their updates and stuff like that. (0:08:09) Kev: Very, very cute. Very fun. It’s published by Level 5. The Professor Layton and Yo-Kai Watch Company. And they’re very good at making things very whimsical and cartoony and fun. And this game very much follows in that way. (0:08:24) Kev: But but yeah, that’s that’s mostly what I’ve been up to those two games. What about you, Al? Let’s go. (0:08:30) Al: Fair enough. Can you guess? Can you guess what I’ve been playing? (0:08:34) Kev: is it a stardew valley how many have you been marrying (0:08:37) Al: It’s Stardew Valley. I’m still, I’m still playing it. (0:08:41) Kev: are you marrying people left and right for this episode (0:08:45) Al: Oh, no. No, no, no. This play through has certainly not changed my opinions on (0:08:51) Kev: Yeah, yeah, uh, what, where are you? (0:08:52) Al: on any particular candidate. (0:08:55) Kev: What have you discovered or what’s how far into. (0:09:00) Al: All right. Well, so I have progressed quite a bit since the last episode, because I think it’s two episodes ago. And when I did that episode, it was like an early episode. And this is like a late recording episode. So it’s been like nearly three weeks. And I haven’t stopped playing that entire time. I keep trying to do other things and then I go, but I could be playing Stardew instead. Yeah. So I think last time I had just finished. (0:09:22) Kev: Exactly, but they’re not stardew, right? So why would you? (0:09:30) Al: I finished the Georgia stuff. So I had just finished buying all the standard Georgia stuff and Kelly shouted at me for that. Since then, I have done all of the other upgrades. So I’ve got the movie theater. I’ve given Palma House. I’ve given the shortcuts. I don’t know if you’ve done the show. (0:09:56) Kev: Uhh, I think I wanted to, I bet. (0:10:02) Al: So I’ve got them, I unlocked and finished Ginger Island. (0:10:06) Al: That’s all done. (0:10:07) Al: So I’m now just using it as a massive ancient fruit farm. (0:10:10) Kev: You finished it, wow. (0:10:12) Al: Yeah, yeah, no, I’ve done all that. (0:10:13) Al: So I’m just using it now as a massive ancient fruit farm. (0:10:17) Al: So I have, I think, 250 ancient fruit plants growing there, (0:10:23) Al: which so, yeah, so like every week I’m making, oh, let’s see. (0:10:30) Al: Uh, yeah, like. (0:10:31) Kev: You’re making JoJo levels of money. (0:10:32) Al: I’m making like 600,000 a week, I think, um, including I have, uh, every four days I make a hundred thousand from honey, uh, because did you know that (0:10:46) Al: fairy rose honey is worth a lot of money? (0:10:50) Al: And so I have a large section of ginger Island devoted entirely to be houses (0:10:55) Al: with fairy roses growing there. (0:10:58) Al: And yeah, every four days I make a hundred thousand from. (0:10:58) Kev: All right. (0:11:02) Kev: Dang, that’s– you got this down to a T. (0:11:02) Al: I have built three of the four obelisks now, so I just got the final one to do, (0:11:10) Al: which I should probably do after my next harvest. (0:11:13) Al: And I’ve bought the return scepter. (0:11:16) Al: So that is the first time I’ve bought the return scepter. (0:11:20) Kev: What is the return set to? (0:11:20) Al: It is very pleasing. (0:11:22) Al: Oh, have you not seen this? (0:11:23) Al: So that’s one that Crobus sells it. (0:11:27) Al: And it’s a tool that, I mean, it’s basically just a totem, right? (0:11:30) Al: So it lets you get home. (0:11:32) Al: But it’s like a portable obelisk or a multi-use totem. (0:11:38) Al: So yeah, you use it wherever you are and you get sent straight to your front door. (0:11:45) Al: So that has changed things significantly. (0:11:49) Al: Yeah, I mean, I’ve done most of the things. (0:11:52) Al: So I’m at now, what is it, 60% of the achievements on Steam. (0:11:59) Al: basically the only things I have left to do are, obviously. (0:12:02) Al: I’ve got one more obelisk to do, I’ve got the golden clock to get, (0:12:05) Al: which will take me quite a while because obviously it’s 10 million. (0:12:08) Al: That’s a lot of money. It’ll take me a couple of years to build up that. (0:12:10) Kev: But the turtle, though, that- (0:12:13) Al: Well, yeah, I could probably get that in a week if I wanted at this point. (0:12:20) Al: And then the only things I’ve got left to do are, there’s a few crafting recipes I haven’t used once. And I have basically not done any cooking. (0:12:30) Al: And I… (0:12:32) Al: I need… I have a lot of villagers that I have almost no hearts with. (0:12:36) Al: So if I want to get to completion, those are the things I need to do. (0:12:42) Al: The cooking and the friendship levels. (0:12:44) Al: Apparently, to get completion, you have to have cooked everything once (0:12:48) Al: and you have to have everyone at max hearts. (0:12:54) Kev: That sounds like you got the hard part stuck. (0:12:57) Al: I don’t know, I feel like that’s the hard bit. (0:13:00) Al: constantly going around and giving people (0:13:02) Al: gifts and just oh I don’t know like I well it’s just it’s so much work and it’s like you can only give them two gifts a week and I have figured out that everybody except Penny and Leia everyone except them like Jade the the gem and I’ve been hoarding a lot of Jade because I don’t know if you know this but in the desert, the desert trader. (0:13:04) Kev: Interacting with people, ugh. (0:13:30) Al: Um… (0:13:32) Al: will trade you a staircase if you give them a jade and so I’ve been I’ve got like a lot of crystalariums creating jade so that I can just take a hundred jade to the desert and get a hundred staircases and just like speed run my way down Skull Cavern to get some iridium. (0:13:51) Al: And they only take two days to do a jade so every two days I get another like 20 jade or something so I have just got like a hundred jade on me at all time to just give to anyone. (0:14:02) Al: Nobody whenever I see them but the problem is I just like doing that consistently is the annoying bit so I don’t know if I will ever if I will try and get to completion or not I haven’t decided because that bit in and of itself that and the cooking in and of itself it’s a lot of work. (0:14:21) Al: Like there’s there’s a few bits and pieces like I haven’t shipped everything yet there’s a few things I haven’t shipped but that’s like maybe 15 things I haven’t shipped right That’s probably pretty easy to do. (0:14:32) Al: That won’t take me long, like, you know, that would take me a season probably at best because you can grow anything on Ginger Island at any point. (0:14:38) Kev: Peasant crops (0:14:50) Al: And I now have the point, and now I can buy anything from Pierre at any point. (0:14:54) Al: So I can just go and buy the stuff and grow it and ship it if I care, but I’ve not decided of a care amount. (0:15:02) Al: you know so I don’t know I’m just going just now I suspect I will fall off before I get to that point like that’s a lot of work to get to that point I’m in year four now yeah I can’t it’s yeah there’s a there’s I’ve done a lot what’s my playtime on Steam let’s see my playtime so bear in mind this is my entire Steam playtime but obviously I only (0:15:32) Al: started playing on Steam when the 1.6 update come out. Is that a month ago now? (0:15:36) Al: Is that a month ago? About a month ago. That’s 124 hours. So, yeah. (0:15:46) Kev: I honestly I thought it would be longer like I was I was making 300 (0:15:49) Al: Wow, thanks. Let me check when the date was. March 19th. It’s not quite been a month. It’s not been a month yet. (0:16:02) Al: Uh. One, two, three, four. It’s not even been four. It’s four weeks on, four weeks on Tuesday. Um, so 124 by four. That’s 30, 30, 31 hours a week. I’m doing a full-time job here. Yeah. Oh man. If you could print, if you could print money from stard yard, (0:16:02) Kev: Well, there you go. See? Plenty of time to do the comp- (0:16:20) Kev: Yeah, but which one’s more pro- well, maybe not profitable. It’s satisfying, at least. (0:16:27) Kev: Which one’s the real job? (0:16:30) Al: be a millionaire. (0:16:32) Al: I have, I’m at, I’m over, what am I at now? I’m over 10 million. Yeah. 10 million total I’ve made. Um, I just. We’ll get to that foreshadowing. So I don’t think, I don’t think when I record the next episode that I’ll still be playing it, I think I’ll be in another break, but yeah, it’s, it’s been fun. I have enjoyed, I’ve enjoyed this play through. I I would highly recommend anybody who’s played… (0:16:40) Kev: That’s what’s in the .64 update. (0:17:02) Al: Stardew before to go over with a Jojo run, I do think it’s fun, a fun way to do things. (0:17:07) Kev: Nothing like crushing the local small businesses always a good time (0:17:07) Al: Yeah. (0:17:08) Al: Look, look, none of the businesses shut down and Jojo gives some jobs, like I don’t see the problem here, you know? (0:17:16) Kev: Yeah, yeah, well you’re not wrong long! (0:17:21) Al: And plus, let’s not pretend like Stardew is an anti-capitalist game, I have sold… (0:17:26) Al: I’ve made 10 million G’s, I am a capitalist. (0:17:28) Kev: Heh heh heh heh. (0:17:32) Al: If anyone is a capitalist, I wouldn’t be surprised if I was making more money than Jojo now. (0:17:36) Kev: I’m the captain of industry. (0:17:38) Al: Plus, if you don’t do the Jojo route, you can’t buy the auto petters, you have to go through Skull Cavern to get them, and that’s not fun. (0:17:47) Al: So. (0:17:49) Al: Great. (0:17:51) Al: That’s what I’ve been playing. (0:17:52) Al: Should we talk about some news? (0:17:56) Al: Alright, Chia, which is the game… (0:18:01) Kev: See ya! (0:18:02) Al: Based on New Caledonia, they have announced that they’re releasing a Switch version on the 27th of June, so if you’re waiting for the Switch version of this game, there you go. (0:18:14) Al: 27th of June. (0:18:19) Kev: Well, I forget, every time I see the trailer for that game, that is a game with a lot of stuff. (0:18:24) Al: Yes, I still haven’t played it but it’s definitely on my ‘maybe play at some point’ list because it does look like it would be good fun. (0:18:36) Al: Yeah, what’s better? (0:18:42) Al: Sunnyside have announced that they’re releasing on the 24th of May on Steam and on PlayStation and Xbox on the 10th of June. (0:18:51) Al: They just said, it’s really annoying, they said, “Steam on the 24th of May and (0:18:54) Al: consoles on 10th of July” and I was like, “What do you mean by consoles?” (0:18:57) Al: And I had to look through their video and pause on the back last thing to see that there is no switch, no switch is coming. (0:19:04) Al: They have confirmed in their replies on Twitter that it is not going to switch but there you go. (0:19:11) Kev: Of course, the Switch isn’t a real console, that’s for babies. (0:19:16) Al: Yeah, there we go. (0:19:30) Al: I don’t know what to say. (0:19:36) Al: I have a pizza planet top. (0:19:37) Al: I’m fat. (0:19:37) Al: I’m thinking, yeah, I’m wearing a pizza planet top right now. (0:19:42) Al: Yeah. (0:19:44) Al: I bought it when we, I bought it when we went to Disney and Los Angeles when I was there in February. (0:19:51) Al: I thought so. (0:19:52) Al: I thought so. (0:19:52) Al: I was like, I’m going to have to buy something. (0:19:54) Al: Let’s see what we’ve got. (0:19:54) Al: And I saw a pizza. (0:19:55) Al: And the best thing about it is it doesn’t say Disney or Toy Story on it at all. (0:20:01) Al: It’s entirely like it’s an in-universe thing. (0:20:02) Al: It’s just pizza planet. (0:20:03) Al: So those who know know and those who don’t know, yeah, I thought so. (0:20:04) Kev: Oh man, that’s the best! (0:20:06) Kev: Yeah. (0:20:08) Kev: That doesn’t have the stench of corporate brand. Just as strong. (0:20:12) Kev: But, uh… (0:20:13) Al: I mean, it is for a pizza place. (0:20:14) Kev: Yeah. (0:20:15) Al: So, you know, real ones know. (0:20:16) Kev: But, real ones. (0:20:25) Al: Spirity have announced that their Helping Hands update is out now. (0:20:31) Al: It looks like the big thing is you get more hints towards how you you’re doing things if you’re stuck so you can ask one young who is the floating cats better on a donut that goes around with you. (0:20:46) Kev: it hints are great. Actually, one of the things about cassette beasts that I really love, (0:20:46) Al: If you’re stuck, you can ask him for hints. (0:20:56) Kev: they call it rumors, where random townspeople will give you information on where to look for (0:21:04) Kev: different objectives, including monsters that you have not captured. (0:21:11) Al: nice. I would like that in Pokemon games because this is the thing the number of times that I just have to go to Serebii to figure out where this Pokemon is is dreadful. (0:21:22) Kev: Yup, I am always fervently of the belief that you should never have to. (0:21:36) Al: Stardew does that well, I mean, like it’s quicker to go to the internet for a lot of things but the secret notes and the lost books tell you literally everything about that game. (0:21:49) Al: Like the number of times I go “oh what about this thing?” and I search and it’s like “well it was in this lost book” and you’re like “oh don’t tell me I need to reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed!” (0:21:56) Kev: Alright, that’s a whole different discussion. (0:21:57) Al: Yeah, no kidding, no kidding. (0:22:06) Al: The books they’ve added in the 1.6 update in Stardew as well is quite fun, I don’t know if you’ve seen that but they give you like extra powers and stuff like that, they’re good for you. (0:22:17) Al: Bum-ba-dum-ba-dum, where are we? We are at, yeah, Spirity, you know you’ve not played Spirity have you? It was me and Johnny who did the episode. All right, cool. I don’t think this is dragging me into playing the game again, I will say. (0:22:36) Al: Bunch of extra quality for life improvements as well but I’m not going to go over them just now because they’re pretty specific to if you’ve played the game. I don’t think any of these are going to be like “oh I must play that game now” now that they’ve removed Pooh Bird near the players house that led to nowhere. Like that was the one thing that was stopping me playing that game. All right, what’s next? We’ve got Snacko. Snacko have added in their newest update. (0:23:07) Al: I’m not going to talk about version. (0:23:08) Kev: Yeah, yeah, that, uh, did long time coming and. (0:23:09) Al: In their latest update, they have added character customization, which is good. (0:23:14) Al: And we like character customization. (0:23:16) Al: This is good, good job. (0:23:19) Al: We like it. (0:23:25) Al: So if you want, if you want a pink cat with a neon yellow tail and two differently colored eyes, then you can do that. (0:23:32) Kev: That sounds rad actually oh, yeah now you’re a real gamer (0:23:36) Al: That’s the word I couldn’t remember. (0:23:41) Al: I was like, I knew it was something I couldn’t remember what it was. (0:23:54) Al: They’ve also reaffirmed that they are planning on getting 1.0 out this year. They’ve said late this year, so if I were to bet, I would be betting it’s next year, but I’m not (0:24:06) Kev: Well, I mean, they’re at 0.9.2, so, you know, how many more could there be? (0:24:10) Al: Yeah, but they started at like 0.8.3 or something, right? (0:24:18) Al: Kevin, what are you doing? (0:24:19) Al: I said I wasn’t gonna talk about the version numbers. (0:24:21) Al: Stop it. (0:24:22) Al: My time at Sandrock have announced that they’re bringing cross-platform multiplayer to the game this summer. (0:24:22) Kev: Oh, that’s good. (0:24:31) Kev: Okay, but no general that is good across the platform should be the double for everything right or the a goal for everyone (0:24:44) Al: Yeah, I’m still not playing the game. (0:24:48) Al: But a game I am playing, Stardew Valley, concerned David has announced that there is a 1.6.4 is coming out soon. (0:24:53) Kev: What version number, Al? (0:24:58) Kev: The fourth 1.6 update. (0:25:03) Al: The fifth one actually, I think. (0:25:06) Al: The numbers always start at zero, counting starts at zero, Kevin. (0:25:11) Al: And yes, there’s a new update coming. (0:25:14) Al: Uh, I wouldn’t normally mention this, but it does say there is adding some new, a few goodies as well as bug fixes. (0:25:23) Al: So it’s not just bug fixes. (0:25:24) Al: There is some other stuff coming. (0:25:26) Al: No hints. (0:25:28) Al: Well, no, no hints are hints. (0:25:30) Al: Yes, there are hints, uh, a new fishing thing and some new mining related. (0:25:36) Kev: Oh, a new fishing thing, is it gonna be, is it making it good? (0:25:41) Kev: Is that the update? (0:25:42) Al: I’ve caught all the fish by the way that’s done those legendary fish were quite a quite a struggle but I got them (0:25:45) Kev: Oh, man, oh, man. (0:25:56) Kev: Yeah, but I am curious what it is though, but there you go Just you thought you were out, but he’s concerned. It’s about to reel you back in right away (0:26:08) Al: I thought the point was I wasn’t out yet. (0:26:10) Kev: Well you said you might be out, but you’re you’re definitely not gonna (0:26:16) Al: Speaking of not being out, or being it, Monster Patch, which is the new monster collector from Sean Young, who made Littlewood, he has posted a new screenshot of the playable trainers (0:26:33) Al: for the game. And yet again, for some reason, this screenshot also includes the dead dude. So I really want to know what the deal is with this dead dude, because this is, (0:26:43) Al: I think, the third screenshot we’ve had with this guy just lying on the street dead in a pool of blood. (0:26:50) Al: » Yeah. (0:26:50) Kev: What if it’s not in the game and it’s just in all the promo or screenshots? (0:26:57) Kev: That or my arm (0:26:59) Kev: That and breakfast has this running joke where in all their patch notes. They have some mention of a character named Gus He’s a possum wielding a knife the state of him having the knife or not (0:27:11) Kev: It’s not in the game, but just (0:27:14) Kev: But anyways moons not moon star (0:27:18) Kev: Monster patch (0:27:22) Al: It’s a cool selection of playable characters. It makes it sound like it’s not customization, (0:27:26) Al: which I think I’m fine with. I don’t think every game needs to have character customization. (0:27:30) Kev: - Yeah. (0:27:34) Al: I think you need to make a decision about whether the game should have or not, and it sounds more like that you are playing that specific character rather than playing as yourself. In that sort of situation it makes sense not to have card to customization, right? (0:27:52) Al: It’s weird for RPGs where you’re like, “Oh, hey, here’s this person.” (0:27:56) Al: And it’s like, “Oh, I’m going to make this person me.” (0:27:59) Al: And it’s like, “No, no, the point is, it’s their story, not yours.” (0:28:02) Kev: Right right one interesting thing he says each trainer has a unique passive ability (0:28:10) Kev: drastically influence your playstyle that that is I think that’s actually pretty cool (0:28:14) Kev: um I don’t know what those abilities are exactly the hard mode it’s it’s the the guy with the rainbow mohawk you know the devil or (0:28:16) Al: That just means I’m gonna have to play this game 12 times, right? (0:28:26) Al: Yeah, or the one with the devil horns, maybe. (0:28:32) Al: Yeah, yeah, no, I’m I loved everything I’ve seen about this game, but I look forward to playing it. (0:28:42) Kev: Unlike the guy with the bandana, his eyes are not open. (0:28:46) Al: Or, you know, the guy in the pool of blood. (0:28:55) Al: His eyes are doing nothing. (0:28:57) Al: Finally, Moonstone Island. (0:29:01) Al: Don’t get excited. (0:29:02) Al: This isn’t a huge thing, but Moonstone Island have reminded us that it’s spring. (0:29:07) Al: It is currently spring, and that’s important because they said the Switch version was coming out in spring, 2024. (0:29:12) Kev: “Oh, is that why you’re bringing this up? I was very confused! Hahaha!” (0:29:16) Al: Spring 2024 is when the Switch version comes out, so, the game could come out on Switch anytime between now and they say June 24th. (0:29:17) Kev: “Okay.” (0:29:20) Kev: “Okay.” (0:29:28) Kev: You there you go (0:29:30) Al: Which is the definition of Spring that they use. (0:29:32) Kev: Now there you go until they have to reach for that southern hemisphere spring (0:29:40) Al: Mm. Kevin, your opinion on everything getting fish bow, fish bow. (0:29:45) Kev: Yeah, yeah (0:29:47) Kev: Yeah, oh yeah. Um, it’s pretty good at first and I heard about like a boy then I saw it. No, they look pretty good (0:29:54) Kev: The only one I’m really hoping for I (0:29:57) Kev: Hope they put (0:29:58) Kev: a whole fish bow inside a fish bow if they do that that’s it, that’s the deal it’s genius, you can’t compete (0:30:01) Al: I want them to do so what was that I can’t remember the name of it but the one that was like just a tree trunk and it’s like spinning round I want them to do that but like scale it prop scale it properly so he’s sticking out the fishbowl and spinning around inside the fish ball. (0:30:16) Kev: oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah oh gosh, log something yeah, log something yeah, that’d be a good one [Laughter] (0:30:28) Kev: Whoa, that’s good. That’s strong. I like that. That’s good. That’s good thinking out. Oh, man. I’m down for that (0:30:34) Al: Like there’s so much fun things they could do with this. (0:30:37) Kev: Yes, they could um, oh man, oh (0:30:42) Kev: Gotta give a little diver suits to the fire ones so they don’t die in the water (0:30:46) Al: Oh, I just noted that that one is the the tree trunk one is in the original tweet. (0:30:51) Kev: oh (0:30:51) Al: And it is it’s not it is to scale, but it’s quite small, but he is sticking out the fishbowl. (0:30:54) Kev: Yeah, yep, oh well, you know yeah, I did but gotta make a little (0:30:58) Al: So. (0:31:03) Al: Yeah, it’s still good. (0:31:05) Al: Still sticking out. (0:31:06) Al: Don’t worry. (0:31:07) Al: Cool. (0:31:09) Kev: there’s what now I’m just remembering moon style there’s one that’s just like a teardrop that with the face just just put the fishbowl with just that the like face just have him in there okay news (0:31:09) Al: That’s all the news. (0:31:11) Al: Oh. (0:31:22) Al: Yeah… News is finished. That is it. The news has newsed. (0:31:31) Kev: news ever until next week all right Al (0:31:34) Al: It has newsed. Hmm. Can you tell I’m tired? (0:31:40) Al: We’re going to talk about marriage candidates. So we have played between us a lot of farming games, (0:31:48) Al: of which many of them have romance. (0:31:49) Kev: have yep I’d known complainer of romance let’s see which ones I like (0:31:52) Al: And yeah, well, this is the thing, so like, I think, I mean, just to make it clear, I think we’re probably both on the same page with this, is that I don’t think that either of us dislikes the concept of romance in games full stop, but that a lot of games put it in because they feel like they need to, not because they want to, and then they don’t put in the effort into it and the character. (0:32:10) Kev: of course right right (0:32:22) Al: Characters feel flat, their dialogue feels shallow and you don’t feel like you’re actually a character in this game trying to woo this person, you feel like you’re trying to check. (0:32:35) Kev: Rigs exactly absolutely right looking at you (0:32:39) Kev: What’s what’s the one that’s not Stardew Valley though? No, no the other one the the one the names like it (0:32:42) Al: Fae Farm. Not Fae Farm, the other one. Oh, Sugardew Island. Yes! (0:32:47) Kev: with Sugardew yeah (0:32:52) Kev: Fred those waters carefully sugardew (0:32:56) Kev: But but yeah absolutely oh, you know what surprise cassette piece has romance in it (0:33:02) Kev: You can romance one of the partners if you’d like (0:33:06) Kev: Which caught me by surprise? (0:33:08) Kev: price. (0:33:10) Al: So, we’re gonna talk about what marriage candidates we have liked the most in these games. (0:33:16) Al: I have a list of three. (0:33:17) Al: I don’t know what you have, because I can’t see your list. (0:33:18) Kev: I have… I have four. (0:33:22) Al: You have four. (0:33:23) Al: Okay. (0:33:24) Al: Well, you’ll need to start then, but before we get into that… (0:33:27) Al: I guess… (0:33:28) Al: What? (0:33:28) Kev: Well, well, I was about to say I well I have three and one that you know, that’s a thing (0:33:29) Al: Sorry. (0:33:35) Kev: But we’ll get to that. Okay, let’s this let’s do the stardew one. I assume you have a stardew one (0:33:42) Kev: Okay, so that right. This is our starting point the the OG (0:33:46) Kev: What? (0:33:48) Kev: Who’s your stardew pick out? (0:33:50) Al: Well you’ve got to start because you’ve got four, otherwise you’ll do two in a row. (0:33:51) Kev: Okay, okay fine. All right. I went with Leia Leia I don’t know. (0:33:57) Al: Okay, Lea Lea doesn’t matter, we don’t have voice acting, it can be whatever you want. Lea Lea, (0:33:57) Kev: I never know how to pronounce your name. (0:33:59) Kev: Yeah. (0:34:02) Kev: Yeah. (0:34:03) Al: that’s fine. Was Lea your first marriage candidate and starred you? Okay, what drew you to her? (0:34:03) Kev: All right. (0:34:04) Kev: There you go. (0:34:05) Kev: Um. (0:34:08) Kev: So. (0:34:10) Kev: Yes. (0:34:12) Kev: Yes. (0:34:14) Kev: All right. (0:34:16) Kev: You know, like. (0:34:18) Kev: Wow. (0:34:19) Kev: It’s. (0:34:20) Kev: I feel like this is very illuminating. (0:34:24) Kev: She’s the only nice one it feels like. (0:34:24) Al: Oh no. Oh, interesting. Yeah, no, I guess she is, she is right, because like, (0:34:28) Kev: Right? (0:34:30) Al: you first meet her and she’s like, “Oh, you’re from the city, what’s it like there?” (0:34:34) Al: You know, whereas so many others are not, they’re not interested or downright mean in some cases. (0:34:39) Kev: Yep, yep (0:34:43) Kev: So, okay. Well, all right, let’s be cool. Let’s back up a second My fish pic was gonna be robbing but then the game was it all know she’s married and whatnot. I’m fine (0:34:52) Al: So you find the other the other red head then. (0:34:55) Kev: I can’t remember the second was (0:34:58) Kev: Yeah, yeah, I don’t remember the second one was but there was somebody also married I can’t remember (0:35:07) Kev: But then out of the actual eligible ones (0:35:09) Kev: I was gunning for Hailey, I recall it first But then, not only did she shoot me down at the Spring Dance But she taught me down hard, she was like “Ewwwwww” (0:35:18) Al: she she does that is like that is if if that’s your first example of stardew like 12 days in and hilly just goes oh you’re like oh my wow he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he (0:35:29) Kev: Yeah, yeah, I’m just I just kind of throw my hands up like well (0:35:40) Kev: People and then I properly met Leia and and it’s like, you know, I’m fine. You’re you’re the only decent tree on treating me decent (0:35:51) Kev: That is by and large the only thing I needed (0:35:57) Kev: That said I do like (0:35:59) Kev: Her whole art thing. I think being an artist is a cool thing. I (0:36:06) Al: I’m not sure what her sculpture is meant to be, though. (0:36:08) Kev: Did nope I don’t either and I’ve been told her that (0:36:13) Al: It’s certainly something. (0:36:15) Kev: It’s abstract Al all right (0:36:19) Al: You’re not wrong. (0:36:20) Al: It is definitely abstract. (0:36:22) Kev: What about you out who won you over you won over (0:36:24) Al: Yeah, okay. (0:36:29) Al: I think I’ve talked about this before, but my first and still favourite marriage candidate… (0:36:29) Kev: » At gunpoint, perhaps. (0:36:30) Kev: » [LAUGH] (0:36:36) Al: that inspired you is Hailey. (0:36:38) Kev: She’ll like it when she said “ew.” (0:36:40) Al: The reason why is the exact reason that you were absolutely… (0:36:46) Al: It’s the exact same reason that you decided to stop trying with her. (0:36:50) Al: I was very insulted when you first meet her, and she goes, “She’s just so dismissed above you, and then she’s mean to you.” (0:36:59) Al: And it’s like, there’s an amazing moment when you walk up to her and she’s like, “Oh, you (0:37:06) Al: got in the latest catalogue of some magazine, because dirty, muddy boots are really in fashion just now.” (0:37:10) Kev: Yeah. (0:37:10) Kev: Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. (0:37:15) Al: And you’re like, “Whoa! (0:37:16) Al: Oh, what! (0:37:17) Al: What was that?” (0:37:21) Al: You’re just like, “I love a challenge, right? (0:37:24) Al: It’s a game. (0:37:25) Al: The whole point of games is to be challenged.” (0:37:28) Al: And so I was like, “Oh, this is a person who really doesn’t like me, doesn’t like (0:37:36) Al: the idea of me, and I know that I can win her around, and I just need to figure out why.” (0:37:43) Al: And actually, I found that her story progression from that to falling in love with you is actually really sweet because she realises that she doesn’t need to care, she starts off so superficial and ends up realizing that. (0:37:48) Kev: - Yeah. (0:38:06) Al: But love is much deeper than that and I thought that was really nice and that’s why I think she has the most progression of any character that I’ve… (0:38:12) Kev: It is. So, I would agree, you know, I’ve read stuff on the Wiki and stuff, and I did see several of her scenes, because I still talk to Hayley Plenty and had friendship events with her and whatnot. And I agree, I think, not even just Stardew, I think in almost any game with romance, that’s probably one of the biggest character arcs/growth of a character I’ve seen, which is pretty (0:38:42) Kev: cool. Um, yeah, no, no, I get it. Um, uh, and like I said, I went for her first, right? (0:38:49) Kev: Blondes, like, yeah, let’s be honest. Um, but, uh, you know, it is interesting to me. (0:38:56) Kev: This is very revealing about how or why we play games in general, right? Like you appreciated the challenge and absolutely I get that, right? Both in terms of a game or, or, you know, (0:39:09) Kev: a thing with relationships. (0:39:12) Kev: I like the fantasy escapism of games, and I get enough failures in the real world! (0:39:14) Al: Yeah, I’m not sure I would want that in real life. Right? Like, you know. (0:39:21) Al: Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. (0:39:28) Al: Well, and that’s an interesting thing, right? Like, I wonder how much of that is, and that sounds pretty accurate, right? Because, like, I first played Stardew when I was already married for, like, 2016. I’d been married for three years at that point, you know? So I was, like, I, you know, wasn’t experiencing that in real life. So it’s not like I would be, like, it would be reminding me of experiences in life that I didn’t want to think about, (0:39:32) Kev: Yeah? Sure. (0:39:42) Kev: Okay. (0:39:52) Kev: Yeah, yeah, oh man, oh (0:39:59) Al: it was very different to that. And I certainly, you know, I didn’t have to, it’s not like I didn’t have to work to make Rona fall in love with me. Of course I did, like, these things are always work, but it’s not the same thing. She didn’t, she was always a nice person. She, you know, (0:40:05) Kev: Yeah (0:40:13) Kev: Your drought your dowry was enough (0:40:14) Al: didn’t first… Yeah, exactly, exactly. No, she, no, no, she, you know, she’s always been a nice person. And so it’s not… I think that’s interesting. Yeah. (0:40:29) Kev: It is because You know that I think this is actually really important context because i’m on the (0:40:35) Kev: Polar ops end of the spectrum like for people who haven’t fought on from things I’ve said over these i’m gonna i’m just laying it all out for you people like I (0:40:44) Kev: have never had (0:40:46) Kev: Not only a relationship i’ve never been able to get a date. Let’s i’ll be honest here like (0:40:53) Kev: Look at me people like ugh (0:40:55) Kev: um, so my (0:40:56) Al: You’re not an audio podcast, Kevin! (0:40:57) Kev: experience flesh (0:41:01) Kev: Well, I’m being open here! You wanted a relationship! (0:41:03) Al: Look at me. (0:41:05) Kev: This is it man! This is the heart of it! (0:41:07) Al: I wasn’t expecting a therapy session, but here we go. (0:41:11) Kev: Well, now you guess what! This is why romance is a thing! (0:41:13) Al: Oh, dear. (0:41:17) Kev: Like I said, escapism and fantasy! (0:41:18) Al: Oh, dear. (0:41:20) Kev: Well, let’s get it going today! (0:41:24) Kev: Alright! (0:41:29) Al: » Listeners, if you wanna date Kevin, message in, we’ll get it started. (0:41:35) Kev: So if you do, you gotta compete with some other ones! (0:41:39) Kev: Because, before Leia, (0:41:43) Kev: many moons ago for an even younger Kevin. (0:41:47) Kev: I was in middle school, actually. (0:41:50) Kev: I had interest in girls at that point, but I wasn’t dating, per se. (0:41:54) Kev: I was too young for that, for the family and whatnot. (0:41:58) Kev: But I played a game called Harvest Moon, A Wonderful Life. (0:42:01) Kev: And it is there where I first met my first ever sweetheart of ever! (0:42:05) Kev: Any kind, virtual or not. (0:42:07) Kev: Celia/Cecilia in the remake. (0:42:11) Kev: She was one of three candidates. (0:42:16) Kev: There was… she is… (0:42:19) Kev: So there was the other two that I didn’t select. (0:42:21) Kev: Her name was Nami. (0:42:23) Kev: She’s the kinda tough girl. (0:42:26) Kev: More distant to Luke kinda girl. (0:42:30) Kev: There was Muffy. (0:42:35) Kev: Or Molly in the remake. (0:42:37) Kev: She was the barkeep. (0:42:40) Kev: And Molly was nice enough. (0:42:43) Kev: But again, Celia/Cecilia, she’s very sweet. (0:42:47) Kev: She works on a farm, right? (0:42:49) Kev: So she gets what you’re doing. (0:42:51) Kev: She’s very down-to-earth and sweet. (0:42:54) Kev: And really just a sweetheart. (0:42:56) Kev: And I think that’s what won me over. (0:42:58) Kev: She’s also just mechanically like the easiest to win over. (0:43:02) Kev: Um, because again, she works in a farm so she likes crops and stuff like that her gifts are easiest to get to and you probably encountered her more going to the farm to purchase supplies and whatnot but she obviously has a special place in my heart for being the the very first yeah and in the remake she’s pretty much the same thing still still wonderful person and what’s cool is when you marry her like her helping around the farm and stuff feels very natural right? (0:43:35) Kev: I think that’s a fun little element because you know sometimes your person you marry or whatever they’ll help out but you can tell you know they’re trying they get a gold star for trying right but nah she she knows what she’s doing on the farm and I think that’s pretty cool yeah all right what about you who’s (0:43:51) Al: Fair enough. (0:43:55) Al: So my number two, um, is, uh, uh, study of seasons, tree of towns. (0:44:02) Al: We have Iluca. (0:44:04) Al: Um, Iluca is, uh, one of, uh, the, um, identical twins in, if you’ve, if anybody has played the game, uh, the, um, I can’t remember. (0:44:16) Kev: Oh, oh yeah, okay. (0:44:17) Kev: She’s a winner. (0:44:18) Kev: I just Googled her up. (0:44:19) Kev: I like that. (0:44:20) Kev: All right. (0:44:21) Al: Remember, I can’t remember the name of the town because it’s been a couple of days. (0:44:26) Al: Um, there’s, uh, there’s like three try towns and the one that she’s from is like a kind of Islander style, like Pacific Islander style village. (0:44:36) Kev: Paros, oh wait, carousel. Oh, is that the name? I’m looking at the wiki here (0:44:43) Kev: Sorry, no, that’s a cafe name. Sorry. Oh (0:44:46) Al: Yeah, no, no, it’s Lulu Coco. So the interesting thing about this is so you unlock the three towns as you go. So you start off with one of them, which is like the Western US style one, and then you unlock the one that is like based on a Japanese town. And then you unlock this one, (0:44:48) Kev: Lulu Coco (0:45:00) Kev: Yeah frontier sure (0:45:08) Al: which is more kind of Pacific Islander type thing. And so if you start off this game and you (0:45:16) Al: look for your marriage candidate, you are not going to find Aluka or her sister Saluka. (0:45:21) Al: and you (0:45:22) Kev: That is a cool little (0:45:24) Kev: Little twist right because I think especially storage seasons they they very much trained you like you know You got to start looking right away, but having all these characters locked (0:45:32) Al: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, because you want it, because it’s a lot of work, right? You got to start early. And, you know, it’s not that there was nobody else in that game that I thought would be an interesting marriage candidate, but there was no one that was like, “Oh, this is the person I must woo.” And then you unlock this third town and you’re like, “Oh, no, (0:45:37) Kev: Right yep (0:45:53) Kev: Yeah (0:45:56) Al: this is it. This is the person.” And the interesting thing is they have, obviously they are identical Oh, twins, they look- (0:46:02) Al: Almost identical, the only difference is physically are they wear different coloured clothes and they tend to have different facial expressions, but that’s because their characters are very different, their personalities are very different. (0:46:18) Al: And as you get to know them, you find that out very quickly. (0:46:23) Kev: I I take it she’s a (0:46:32) Al: uh no so it’s it’s more well no not really so it’s more like Seleucah is more um how would I describe it uh she’s kind of more kind of like sleepy I guess kind of like not she just kind of (0:46:46) Kev: Yeah. (0:46:49) Kev: Okay, she goes through life at her own pace and sometimes does nothing, per the wiki. (0:46:49) Al: takes things as she yeah yeah exactly exactly oh does that what the wiki says yeah no I think I think Iluka is much more strong-willed and has a lot more. (0:46:56) Kev: Yeah. [laughs] (0:47:02) Al: I’ll use the same words as the wiki, I guess, if that’s what you’re reading out. (0:47:13) Kev: He’s somewhat strong-willed and also has a cheerful personality. (0:47:22) Al: So yeah, I think that’s a really fun thing to do, is to have identical twins who have quite different personalities. (0:47:30) Kev: Yeah, no that that is pretty cool um that is I like that that’s very good um and also purple hair thumbs up for that (0:47:39) Al: Yeah, it’s funny that they both have purple hair, because that implies that either it is a genetic thing, in which case I’m intrigued there, or they both decided to get their hair dyed the same color. (0:47:52) Kev: Ah, yeah, both are very interesting implications. (0:47:52) Al: That seems odd to me, especially as they’re so similar in lots of other ways. (0:47:59) Al: So, yeah. (0:48:01) Al: So yeah, that’s my second one. (0:48:04) Kev: All right. (0:48:06) Kev: My third one. (0:48:07) Kev: So as much as I was not a fan of the romance in this game, (0:48:14) Kev: being present at all, really. (0:48:16) Kev: And the characters, I think, in general, were a bit flat. (0:48:22) Kev: Sarah from Moonstone Island. (0:48:26) Kev: So she is the town’s blacksmith. (0:48:31) Kev: And I think her personality stands out from a lot of other characters. (0:48:37) Kev: Not in just Moonstone Island, but across the board in these College Corps games as a character, (0:48:44) Kev: especially a female that you can romance and whatnot, right? (0:48:48) Kev: He is very, very like bubbly. (0:48:52) Kev: He is very very like bubbly and cheerful. (0:48:54) Kev: She will not necessarily go after you, she will not ask you out on dates per se, but she will openly flirt with you and what not. (0:49:04) Kev: Yeah, right from the start, yep. (0:49:04) Al: like, right from the start as well. Like, she’s so, so fast into that. You’re like, “Whoa! Calm down!” (0:49:08) Kev: Yup. (0:49:10) Kev: And so, yeah, I do think that stands out, and again, the fact is, yes. (0:49:22) Kev: But, you know, someone who gives you attention like that, I think is pretty cool. (0:49:28) Kev: And she is fun, right, because as a blacksmith, right, like not the traditional role that one might expect, and that’s kind of her story as well, like how she likes working with the medals and being tough and stuff. (0:49:42) Kev: So that is, I don’t know, I think she’s pretty cool. (0:49:44) Al: Yeah (0:49:48) Kev: She’s fun, yeah. (0:49:49) Al: Also pink hair (0:49:52) Kev: And then after… yeah, I mean, yeah, I will not, I will, I could go down a list and all their care could fall under that, but yeah, even aside from that, post, when they did the marriage update, they added more dialogue and stuff like that, so you get to experience more of her life at home and fun it is. (0:49:56) Al: Which apparently is a thing that you like so good to know (0:50:22) Kev: She loves soup, that’s, I don’t know why it’s a running thing, she loves soup. But yeah, again, that is Pharah from Moonstone Island. (0:50:29) Kev: Alright, what is numero tress for you, Al? (0:50:34) Al: My third one is a new one from Coral Island, and that is Lily. And my reason is, I think (0:50:37) Kev: Of course. (0:50:43) Al: I’m not aware of another programmer in a farming game, like a character in a farming game that is a programmer, and therefore, not that I’m aware of. I will talk, I’ll talk. (0:50:52) Kev: Wasn’t somebody in Stardew does…programming? (0:50:58) Kev: It’s–I think it’s–I’m gonna look it up. (0:51:00) Kev: Okay, you talk while I look this up, heh heh heh. (0:51:04) Al: And so, there’s just something really nice. I mean, I felt like, I mean, people are gonna say, (0:51:08) Al: “Oh, you married yourself in that game.” Like, I mean, essentially, yeah, right? Like, it’s nice to see kind of that represented. You found it. See, yeah, okay, fine. I’ve never, and this is actually, (0:51:18) Kev: Sebastian, from Stardew, is a programmer. (0:51:23) Kev: But it’s Sebastian. (0:51:26) Al: I realized like 10 minutes ago that I think we need to do another episode with people who my actually romance male characters. (0:51:34) Al: Because I think we’ve made a very clear preference in this episode. (0:51:34) Kev: Well, he- look. (0:51:38) Al: Well, I know you’ll probably have one coming up, but other than that, (0:51:43) Al: other than that, it’s quite female heavy. (0:51:44) Kev: You’re not wrong. (0:51:46) Kev: Yep, you’re not wrong, you’re not wrong. (0:51:48) Kev: It would be fun to get a reverse of this, right? (0:51:52) Kev: We’ll reach out to some people. (0:51:53) Al: Yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely, definitely. (0:51:54) Kev: That would be fun. (0:51:57) Al: But I think that it’s fun to see that, right? (0:52:01) Al: and not only is she a programmer. (0:52:04) Al: But she works from home, she has our own home office, so like she spends most of her time in her house, and so that kind of makes it a bit different to track. (0:52:15) Al: Most of the time when these characters are like “oh I need to go find where they are”, (0:52:18) Kev: Yeah, yeah, yeah (0:52:18) Al: literally you’re like “oh she’s at home” of course she’s at home she’s working or when she’s finished she’s relaxing she’s at home, right? (0:52:25) Kev: That’s cool (0:52:25) Al: And I think that I thought that was quite interesting and yeah yeah there we go, that’s (0:52:30) Kev: Right, yeah because So many of these characters are like or not even just the romance balloons Right, like everyone goes to the town bar because that’s the gathering point or whatever, right? (0:52:41) Kev: And then one goes to the festival. So having someone who’s much more (0:52:42) Al: Yeah. Intraverse. (0:52:48) Kev: Traverted yeah, that would be the word, right? (0:52:50) Kev: Yeah, I think that is pretty cool representation like you can kind of see that in some characters, but they don’t really act it out (0:52:58) Al: No, and they tend to be, they tend to be say like Clint, for example, in Stardew, who’s like more introverted, but you dislike him because of how he actually deals with that. (0:53:05) Kev: Yes! (0:53:08) Al: Whereas with Lily, it’s like she’s introverted and doesn’t tend to spend time with other people, but it’s not because she’s a terrible person and doesn’t know how to deal with people. (0:53:16) Al: She just prefers not to, you know, there’s a massive difference. (0:53:20) Kev: Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Oh man, we should do the the anti the hate list (0:53:25) Al: I will say this, my one problem with Lily is that as with most characters in Carl Island, (0:53:25) Kev: episode at some point just thinking of clint there. Um, all right. Oh that oh (0:53:38) Al: when you marry them, they lose all their personality and they do nothing. And I really hope they’re going to fix that at some point, because it’s just such a depressing thing to remove everything from that person. You know, in Stardew, they go and still have a life after you’ve married them and they have their own little area in your head. (0:53:52) Kev: Yeah… (0:53:55) Al: And then, you know, like I was finding this because I married Emily in this one. (0:53:56) Kev: Yep. (0:54:00) Kev: Yep. (0:54:05) Al: And you, you wake up, you go talk to her and she says what she’s going to do for the day. (0:54:08) Al: Or she’s outside telling you what she’s just done, you know? (0:54:12) Al: Whereas you go up, you wake up in Coral Island, I go talk to Lily and she’s like, good morning. (0:54:17) Al: And then that’s it literally says nothing else and just stands in the bedroom the entire day.<

Hey, Pals! It's time for GameCola to wade into the latest Gaming Controversy and settle things once and for all! Note: Things will most likely continue to be unsettled indefinitely. Join Joseph Martin, Alex Jedraszczak, James Pelster, and Blu Ryder as they cement their palship by discussing such topics as: - Man, folks are really worked up about this Palword game, huh? - Will lawsuits fly or will the controversy die? - Pokémon Gen 10 is going to reignite the flames of passion for sure - A fan requests we discuss the prevalence of Remake+ videogames - The wacky world of Sonic Adventure hacking - Legacy game engines are becoming a problem - Jeddy's back on his Picross grind - What times have we been recent in playing videogames? [Podcast Intro/Outro "5 is Average" by Meteo Xavier] Pals from palworld.fandom.com Pokémon from Bulbapedia and Serebii

Episode 260: the Swampert episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Did we mention that Mudkip is the latest Build-a-Bear? Before we talk news... Miz Sylver wishes she could have made it to Universal Studios Japan for PokeWeen!!! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tina & Fam | Crazy Fun Travel (@hangrybynature) In Pokemon GO, it's time to Party Up! Until Monday, November 27. Don't forget Mareep Community Day Classic on the 25th! Here's some shocking news: Mareep will make its electrifying return for #PokemonGOCommunityDay Classic! Look forward to a surge of Mareep on November 25 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time.https://t.co/olYHtTN1y2 pic.twitter.com/2ppnUf4AiV— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) November 6, 2023 Miz Sylver thought we should know that Ruby & Sapphire came out 21 years ago on Nov 21st 2002. On this day in 2002, 21 years ago, Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire were first released. These games started the third generation and introduced 135 new Pokémon. It told the story of you stopping Team Aqua or Team Magmahttps://t.co/TBhike1yUB pic.twitter.com/IxiJVSgpnm— Today in Pokémon History by Serebii.net (@SerebiiOTD) November 21, 2023 Eevee day/week is being celebrated! If you're playing Pokemon Cafe ReMix... don't skip out on the Vee Vee Festival until December 1! It's also Eevee Week in Pokemon Sleep until November 27. See Pikachu and Eevee in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 23! Pokémon Scarlet & Violet is featuring Mighty Hisuian Samurott with the Water Tera type on Nov 23-26 and Nov 30-Dec 3 in seven star raids! Pokémon Concierge starts Thursday Dec 28 on Netflix! It looks so sweet! Were you team Fist Bump in the last Splatfest??? Pokemon Shopping! Pokemon Oodies! The Pokemon Center has even MORE holiday items! And Dudunsparce plushes are seasonless. Get stylish basics from the Pokémon x APC collab! Check out Crudo Leather Charm Bracelets with lots of Pokemon options. The Tiffany & Arsham Studio & Pokémon capsule collection! Plus, there's a huge sale at the official Nintendo online store! Plus, Nindies are always a delight! Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know! Follow @pokemoncast Tweet !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

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As broadcast October 13, 2023 with plenty of conflicting vibes in tow.  Today is obviously Friday the 13th, a bad luck day in most peoples' minds, but Danno grew up in a household where his mother, born on Friday January 13, 1956, always considered it a lucky day.  So, as dedication to Danno's fierce protector and the lover of vintage and scary movies in his life, we had a bit of a bifurcated playlist tonight, with parts 1 & 2 all witches, and stepping on cracks while we finished with a 2nd hour of good luck, positive vibes, and just general sunlight to also help all of you get over it if today freaks you out a bit.#feelthegravityFriday the 13th XLIVOct 13, 2023Tracklist (st:rt)Part 1 (00:00)Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Bad LuckKelly Finnigan – TroubleAaron Frazer – Bad NewsThe Supremes – Bad Weather (Reflex Revision)Steely Dan – Deacon Blues Part 2 (32:49)Adekunle Gold – SinnerSerebii ft Skud Gambosi – Don't You Feel LuckyArjuna Oakes & Serebii - SatellitesGenevieve York feat Teo Oliveras – Better at Bad ThingsMargot Guryan – I'd Like To See The Bad Guys WinHana Eid – WeirdDehd – LuckyNilufer Yanya – Same Damn LuckDehd - Desire Part 3 (60:36)Aretha Franklin – Dr. Feelgood (Live in The Netherlands, 1968)Etta James – At LastClassics IV – SpookyOsole – Good DayLEISURE – All The Good Times Never DieThe Mighty Bop – Feelin' Good!Beyond Luck – Nature's Meditation feat Keter Darker Part 4 (91:16)Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – He Said I Can (Live at The Apollo)Emma Donovan & The Putbacks – My GoodnessRichard Swift – Lady LuckBlondage – Lucky Black SkirtJungle – Can't Stop The StarsUniversal Togetherness Band – Lucky Stars 

As broadcast September 21, 2023 with plenty of love still left for the music.  Tonight we had lots of amazing new music and albums to talk about in our Sampled funk and soul first hour, most notably Black Thought's "Love Letter," an accapella statement of warmth and continuing affection for hip-hop as the genre that changed the world celebrates its 50th anniversary.  Great new joints as well from Jalen Ngonda, Serebii, and a heart-rendering gift from the Bastards of Soul.  For parts 3 & 4 Dan Lloyd kicks down the door for the final time in the next couple of weeks with tunes from Indonesia's Grrrl Gang, Brutus, and Stay Inside to highlight the hour.#feelthegravitySampled Funk & SoulPart 1 (00:00)Reyy – Don't Say Nothin'Black Thought – Love LetterJalen Ngonda – That's All I Wanted From YouRick Astley – Never Gonna StopDon Arcadio & Sade – Like A TattooJoel Culpepper feat Tom Misch – FreeAndrew Ashong feat Kaidi Tatham – Low Ceilings (Mala remix) Part 2 (34:48)Bastards of Soul & Keite Young – This LoveOuida – VisionsTerrace Martin & Alex Isley – ParadiseSerebii – InsideSunking – Black Friday (CARRTOONS remix)Neal Francis – Changes Pt 1 & 2 (Live) AMPED with Dan LloydPart 3 (64:50)Scream – DC Special Sha La La Slaughter Beach, Dog – Strange WeatherGrrl Gang – Rude AwakeningEquipment – MinnowTeenage Fanclub – Foreign LandThe National – Laugh Track ft Phoebe Bridgers Part 4 (96:02)Shoreline – NeedlesBrutus – Love Won't Hide the UglinessThe Staves – You Held It AllHotwax – Phone MachineStay Inside – An InvitationChris Shiflett – Overboard

Al and Kev talk about all the new Harvest Moon: Winds of Anthos news and try out the original Harvest Moon. Timings 00:00:00: Theme Tune 00:00:30: Intro 00:01:53: What Have We Been Up To 00:17:35: News 00:45:31: Harvest Moon The Winds Of Anthos Medium Dive 01:09:27: Harvest Moon (SNES) 01:35:23: Outro Links Sprout Valley Release Date Moonstone Island Release Date A Tiny Sticker Tale Release Date Disney Dreamlight Valley Cozy Edition Spirittea Release Date The Wandering Village Birtdahy Update Stardew Valley Cookbook Fogu Winds of Anthos Info Contact Al on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/ Transcript [00:00.000 –> 00:01.860] There you go! [00:30.760 –> 00:35.880] Hello farmers and welcome to another episode of the harvest season. [00:35.880 –> 00:37.440] My name is Al. [00:37.440 –> 00:38.920] I’m Kevin. [00:38.920 –> 00:42.000] And we’re here today to talk about Harvest Moon. [00:42.000 –> 00:44.660] Yeah, yeah, living up to the name. [00:44.660 –> 00:45.660] All the Harvest Moon. [00:45.660 –> 00:46.660] Our name, the harvest. [00:46.660 –> 00:47.660] Yeah. [00:47.660 –> 00:50.440] This is our Harvest Moon Bonanza episode. [00:50.440 –> 00:55.920] Yeah, we’re going to the old, the new, the good, the bad, all of it. [00:55.920 –> 00:56.920] Yeah. [00:56.920 –> 00:58.920] And we’ll not tell you which is which yet. [00:58.920 –> 01:05.980] So before we get into that, obviously, transcripts are, as always, available in the show notes [01:05.980 –> 01:07.360] and on the website. [01:07.360 –> 01:09.320] So they’re there if you need them. [01:09.320 –> 01:14.200] Yeah, we’ve got a bunch of news to talk about. [01:14.200 –> 01:21.240] And then we’re going to do a dive into a bunch of information that’s come up on Harvest Moon [01:21.240 –> 01:24.280] Winds of Anthos over the last week. [01:24.280 –> 01:30.620] Coincidentally, this was coincidental, on the week that we decided that we were going [01:30.620 –> 01:37.060] to play the original Harvest Moon, now that it’s out on Nintendo Switch Online. [01:37.060 –> 01:39.680] So we’re going to talk about that at the end as well. [01:39.680 –> 01:46.540] Yeah, that’s gonna, that’s really an interesting timing there, how it all lined up. [01:46.540 –> 01:47.540] It’s amazing. [01:47.540 –> 01:48.540] I love it. [01:48.540 –> 01:52.440] I wish more episodes worked like this. [01:52.440 –> 01:56.080] But before all of that, Kevin, what have you been up to? [01:56.080 –> 01:58.220] Oh, good question. [01:58.220 –> 02:00.160] So I’m doing early plug. [02:00.160 –> 02:04.440] I didn’t talk about last week, but the episodes already out. [02:04.440 –> 02:05.720] Things have been busy over at the other show. [02:05.720 –> 02:11.200] I’m now working with our dear friend Alex on Rainbow Road Radio. [02:11.200 –> 02:15.640] I’ve been play well, not this as much this week, but I’ve been playing a little bit of [02:15.640 –> 02:19.880] Super Mario Sunshine, because we covered that. [02:19.880 –> 02:25.560] There’s a big media episode for you guys to listen if you want to hear my in-depth thoughts, [02:25.560 –> 02:28.080] but my general consensus, I still like the game. [02:28.080 –> 02:29.320] I’m giving it a thumbs up. [02:29.320 –> 02:30.320] Yeah. [02:30.320 –> 02:32.200] Do I get to have feedback on your episode here? [02:32.200 –> 02:33.200] That sounds fun. [02:33.200 –> 02:34.200] Sure. [02:34.200 –> 02:35.200] Yes. [02:35.200 –> 02:36.200] I think it was great. [02:36.200 –> 02:40.320] I will say, I didn’t like the fact that there was a question over whether it was better [02:40.320 –> 02:42.760] or worse than Mario 64. [02:42.760 –> 02:45.000] Mario 64 is terrible. [02:45.000 –> 02:50.040] Mario Sunshine definitely has its issues. [02:50.040 –> 02:53.760] You can tell it’s a 20-year-old game. [02:53.760 –> 02:57.360] You can tell it’s a 20-year-old game, which by the way, it’s insane that something that [02:57.360 –> 03:00.220] looks like that is 20 years old, but that’s just time. [03:00.220 –> 03:04.560] It just keeps moving. [03:04.560 –> 03:06.040] It works both ways here. [03:06.040 –> 03:13.960] GameCube is a weird era because not only does the stuff hold up fairly well 20 years later, [03:13.960 –> 03:22.960] but if you look at what was out five years before, it’s insane, because 64 is not that [03:22.960 –> 03:24.040] far before Sunshine. [03:24.040 –> 03:25.260] It’s crazy. [03:25.260 –> 03:26.260] This is the thing. [03:26.260 –> 03:34.680] If you look at screenshots of Mario 64 next to Mario Sunshine, they look a decade apart. [03:34.680 –> 03:42.680] You can literally see the polygons on him in Mario 64, and in Mario Sunshine, it’s smooth. [03:42.680 –> 03:45.760] If it’s the sort of thing that was released just now, people would be like, oh, it’s a [03:45.760 –> 03:50.160] little bit outdated graphics, but they wouldn’t be like, oh, it’s horrific. [03:50.160 –> 03:52.160] It’s pretty good, still. [03:52.160 –> 03:55.720] You get an indie developer in this day and age who would release it and nobody would [03:55.720 –> 03:59.600] bat an eye, right? [03:59.600 –> 04:00.760] It’s not that far behind. [04:00.760 –> 04:01.760] It’s insane. [04:01.760 –> 04:04.200] Yeah, yeah, definitely. [04:04.200 –> 04:07.760] The biggest thing, I think, as you discussed on the episode, is the camera. [04:07.760 –> 04:08.760] Yeah. [04:08.760 –> 04:09.760] Real issues. [04:09.760 –> 04:10.760] It’s the camera. [04:10.840 –> 04:14.960] The Mario team have figured that out, and the newer games have much better cameras. [04:14.960 –> 04:17.760] Yeah, yeah, they are. [04:17.760 –> 04:23.920] It’d be nice to see that game get a proper remake, not just this weird half port that [04:23.920 –> 04:26.960] they do for the collection or whatever. [04:26.960 –> 04:31.580] I think I’d be fine with, I mean, I get why you would want that, but I think it would [04:31.580 –> 04:37.780] also be fun if they just had the flood in a newer game, because that was what makes [04:37.780 –> 04:39.200] it different, right? [04:39.200 –> 04:40.200] Absolutely. [04:40.640 –> 04:45.960] I know the whole, oh yeah, well, Bowser’s Fury is like the spiritual successor to Sunshine, [04:45.960 –> 04:49.040] and I get why people are saying that, but it’s not the same. [04:49.040 –> 04:51.120] No, absolutely not. [04:51.120 –> 04:58.440] I think it was, getting more in-depth, there was stuff in the code that implied it was [04:58.440 –> 05:03.000] very much more, not just going to be spiritual, it was going to be, they were working on a [05:03.000 –> 05:05.920] Sunshine sequel to some degree, but there’s no flood. [05:05.920 –> 05:08.720] And that’s the thing that makes Sunshine, Sunshine. [05:09.240 –> 05:14.120] It’s built on the same code base, similar in lots of ways, but without the flood, it’s [05:14.120 –> 05:15.120] not the same. [05:15.120 –> 05:17.320] Yeah, you’re super right. [05:17.320 –> 05:22.040] I said like a remake, because I don’t think I will ever see flood come back in a game [05:22.040 –> 05:28.760] in my lifetime, or a new game, let’s say, so that’s why I’m thinking of the remake, [05:28.760 –> 05:30.760] but of course that would be my preference. [05:30.760 –> 05:32.760] I would give for a new flood. [05:32.760 –> 05:34.760] That’d be good fun. [05:34.800 –> 05:42.800] Yeah, and again, a little tidbit from that episode, but there were like, seven? [05:42.800 –> 05:45.800] They originally had like ten different nozzles for flood? [05:45.800 –> 05:46.800] Yeah. [05:46.800 –> 05:51.800] I want to know, oh god, okay, yeah, I’d love to see a sequel with more stuff. [05:51.800 –> 05:52.800] That would be fun. [05:52.800 –> 05:57.240] Yeah, but regardless, Sunshine, that was a good media episode, go listen to it, thank [05:57.240 –> 05:59.720] you for listening, Al. [05:59.720 –> 06:03.720] And actually, I highly recommend the episode that we’ll be releasing, well actually it’ll [06:03.760 –> 06:08.840] probably be out by the time listeners are listening to this, because Mario Wonder, we [06:08.840 –> 06:16.200] got our direct, and so we got the content for you guys, we go in-depth into our thoughts [06:16.200 –> 06:17.200] on Wonder. [06:17.200 –> 06:19.960] This was a good time to start a Mario. [06:19.960 –> 06:28.920] I know, it’s so good, yeah, it was great timing, much like this episode. [06:28.920 –> 06:37.160] But anyways, aside from the Mario life, nothing too crazy, I’ve been Tears of the Kingdoming, [06:37.160 –> 06:39.160] guess what, still good. [06:39.160 –> 06:40.160] Shock. [06:40.160 –> 06:45.920] Yeah, Don-Don’s are cool, I met them, I saved the pirates, no, I killed the pirates and [06:45.920 –> 06:50.320] saved literally another way around. [06:50.320 –> 06:56.960] Other than that, nothing too exciting, Unite, Snap, oh, the Mewtwo raids, I guess we can [06:57.000 –> 07:01.360] talk about that, or Scarlet Violet. [07:01.360 –> 07:10.720] It’s fine, I guess, it happened, I did it, I mean, there’s a whole spiel here I could [07:10.720 –> 07:19.240] go into, but there’s just something about optimizing an event like this, a strategy [07:19.240 –> 07:24.120] so well that it kills the fun for me a little bit. [07:24.600 –> 07:31.840] I get that, I guess the problem is that I think is people’s problem, unless you just [07:31.840 –> 07:40.640] go like, well, the raid can do these 10 different things, and therefore you can’t plan for it. [07:40.640 –> 07:44.680] Unless you do that, I don’t think there’s really a way to not have that happen, because [07:44.680 –> 07:49.960] you have thousands of players who are like, I need to min-max this, I need to figure out [07:49.960 –> 07:52.080] how to solve this. [07:52.080 –> 07:58.840] I find it quite fun to see the crazy strategies, like, oh, why on earth is everybody setting [07:58.840 –> 07:59.840] up electric terrain? [07:59.840 –> 08:03.120] Oh, it’s because apparently electric terrain means you can’t sleep. [08:03.120 –> 08:04.120] Oh, that’s fun. [08:04.120 –> 08:09.560] That’s an interesting one, I did not realize that was a thing, that’s the kind of parts [08:09.560 –> 08:14.320] of the game that I’ve never really been bothered to be interested in because I’m not a competitive [08:14.320 –> 08:15.320] player. [08:15.960 –> 08:23.800] Yeah, and to get, I guess for people who don’t play Pokemon or don’t know, there’s an event [08:23.800 –> 08:28.720] where you team up with three other players and you can fight a big Mewtwo, well not actually [08:28.720 –> 08:31.080] big, but it’s a very strong Mewtwo, right? [08:31.080 –> 08:37.760] And if you happen to have a Mew on you, which they gave out in distribution, or you happen [08:37.760 –> 08:42.200] to have one transferred in for whatever, you get a boost to your Mew, because there’s that [08:42.200 –> 08:47.200] rivalry in Pokemon Mew vs Mewtwo or whatever, and that’s fun and all, right? [08:47.200 –> 08:56.080] And so yeah, so there’s these obviously very efficient strategies to be in the event, but [08:56.080 –> 09:02.880] the real kicker is Mew has the ultimate, or like the poster child for adaptability, can [09:02.880 –> 09:06.160] learn every move, do everything, whatever it wants to, right? [09:06.160 –> 09:13.440] So I would have preferred a weaker Mewtwo where you didn’t have to maximize your strategy [09:13.440 –> 09:20.120] to, because it is a difficult challenge if you don’t know what you’re doing, right? [09:20.120 –> 09:26.560] But if it were so weak that, if it were doable without having to do that, right, where everyone [09:26.560 –> 09:30.840] could just run different things, or you could plan maybe something with your teammates, [09:30.840 –> 09:33.440] where everyone didn’t have to be the same, I think I’d enjoy that more. [09:33.440 –> 09:40.680] But that is, you know, that’s just wishful thinking, Cela V, it’s min-maxing video games, [09:40.680 –> 09:42.880] it’s what you’re going to do. [09:42.880 –> 09:43.880] But that’s what I’ve been up to. [09:43.880 –> 09:44.880] What about you, Al? [09:44.880 –> 09:45.880] What’s going on? [09:45.880 –> 09:50.080] Yeah, well, obviously I was doing the Pokemon raids as well, I quite enjoyed the getting, [09:50.080 –> 09:54.040] I think it took me about four turns, and we finally got a team together that was actually [09:54.040 –> 09:58.200] knew what they were doing, and we still had to do, I think the fun thing about this one [09:58.200 –> 10:01.760] is like, yeah, you have a strategy, but you still have to do it, and you have to do it [10:01.760 –> 10:02.760] well. [10:02.760 –> 10:06.040] So it’s like, you know, it takes the whole, was it five minutes? [10:06.040 –> 10:07.040] Is that how long one is? [10:07.040 –> 10:12.920] It takes almost the entire five minutes to do that, even if you’re doing everything perfectly. [10:12.920 –> 10:18.600] And just seeing like four random people connecting online, not knowing each other, and noticing [10:18.600 –> 10:22.480] what the others are doing, and just adapting to that, and just going, that was really fun, [10:22.480 –> 10:23.480] right? [10:23.480 –> 10:27.800] Because especially in the one that I won, like all four of us set up light screen turn [10:27.800 –> 10:32.640] one, and I was like, Oh, no, it’s just a group full of support Pokemon, we’re gonna lose. [10:32.640 –> 10:37.440] But then it turns out that the other two of the people had leech life, which is the [10:37.440 –> 10:41.640] big, big hair that you have to take it down. [10:41.640 –> 10:46.360] And they just they just started getting to the strategy that would lead them to do the [10:46.360 –> 10:48.680] swords dancing and leech life, blah, blah, blah. [10:48.680 –> 10:58.240] And I had the right moves for both to be support or be technical and the other and so we kind [10:58.240 –> 11:02.480] of me and the other one kind of just tag teamed and it worked really well, which was good [11:03.120 –> 11:08.640] Yeah, see, I’ll say that to like, that sounds pretty fun. [11:08.640 –> 11:12.920] I did mine with a team off the bat of people I was talking to, like I didn’t do with random. [11:12.920 –> 11:17.840] So we got it one and done pretty much we had it on the bat. [11:17.840 –> 11:24.160] But I will say that it is fun, at least even we because with four people, like you said, [11:24.160 –> 11:26.680] there’s there’s different roles and different movesets you can carry. [11:26.680 –> 11:28.480] So there’s a little variability. [11:28.480 –> 11:33.440] And yes, as you could probably pack one of different move to kind of pivot if you need [11:33.440 –> 11:36.880] to in the middle of a battle, which I did as well at some point. [11:36.880 –> 11:39.160] So that that is a little then it’s kind of fun. [11:39.160 –> 11:40.880] And so yeah, I did that. [11:40.880 –> 11:46.600] I’ve obviously been playing some Harvest Moon, original Harvest Moon for the SNES on the [11:46.600 –> 11:47.600] Nintendo Switch. [11:47.600 –> 11:48.600] Of course. [11:48.600 –> 11:52.600] This is my first time playing with these, these virtual console, whatever you don’t [11:52.600 –> 11:53.600] play any of them before. [11:53.600 –> 11:58.060] No, I’ve never, you’ve broken the dam, you’re going to be all in on all of them. [11:58.060 –> 12:01.660] You kind of Yeah, now that I saw. [12:01.660 –> 12:02.660] It’s not too bad. [12:02.660 –> 12:05.780] I’ll probably pick up some of the other ones finally try that Pokemon trading card game [12:05.780 –> 12:06.780] for the game. [12:06.780 –> 12:07.780] Well, that’s so good. [12:07.780 –> 12:10.620] I think I think that has aged really well as well. [12:10.620 –> 12:13.500] Like obviously, the graphics are very clearly Gameboy. [12:13.500 –> 12:19.980] But that’s, that’s like, that’s a style people still do because they like it so much. [12:19.980 –> 12:23.620] And it’s just obviously quite a limited selection of Pokemon and cards. [12:23.620 –> 12:26.500] But the actual the gameplay is solid. [12:26.500 –> 12:28.360] Like the game works really well. [12:28.360 –> 12:32.860] Like I’ve gone back to that game multiple times over the years, which is wild to think [12:32.860 –> 12:34.820] about. [12:34.820 –> 12:39.340] Because card games can be kind of hard to do on like, or easy to mess up. [12:39.340 –> 12:41.300] Let’s say on on a video game. [12:41.300 –> 12:42.300] Yeah. [12:42.300 –> 12:47.540] And so yeah, I am very curious just to see that because yeah, I don’t I hear nothing [12:47.540 –> 12:48.660] but good things about it. [12:48.660 –> 12:54.300] So that’s why I really hope I really want them to bring the sequel, translate the sequel [12:54.300 –> 12:56.100] out because that was Japan only originally. [12:56.100 –> 12:57.100] Yeah. [12:57.100 –> 13:00.460] So I’ve never never played that because I know this fan translations and stuff, but [13:00.460 –> 13:01.460] it’s not. [13:01.460 –> 13:02.460] Yeah. [13:02.460 –> 13:03.460] Yeah, of course. [13:03.460 –> 13:09.260] So, um, and I fell back into Marvel snap, oops. [13:09.260 –> 13:13.100] I think last last week, last week when we were talking, you were talking about Marvel [13:13.100 –> 13:15.480] snap and I was like, oh, I played it for ages. [13:15.480 –> 13:19.900] And then I think you’d mentioned the daily, the daily bonuses we’re getting at that point. [13:19.900 –> 13:20.900] Yeah. [13:20.900 –> 13:23.140] So I went in and got them. [13:23.140 –> 13:30.380] And oops, within the last week, I did the entire season. [13:30.380 –> 13:31.700] So yeah, that was crazy. [13:31.700 –> 13:34.260] Although this is where my complaint about this game comes in. [13:34.260 –> 13:38.940] Yeah, apparently, they don’t give you enough experience in the season pass missions to [13:38.940 –> 13:42.340] get to level 50 in the season pass, which is very annoying. [13:42.340 –> 13:45.940] If that is wild, if you’ve been playing the whole month and doing daily missions most [13:45.940 –> 13:50.460] days and, uh, and that sort of stuff, then you can, you can easily get enough for free, [13:50.460 –> 13:54.660] but not if you just, if you do it all at the end, which is really annoying. [13:54.660 –> 13:58.620] It’s like, I feel like they should, I feel like they should be able if you do every single [13:58.620 –> 14:02.300] season pass mission, I feel like you should be able to get to 50 right. [14:02.300 –> 14:03.440] That’s that. [14:03.440 –> 14:07.660] It’s not like because they clearly, they’ve clearly built it up around that, right? [14:07.660 –> 14:10.880] Because it’s enough to get you to 45, right? [14:10.880 –> 14:14.660] It’s not like it only gets you to 20 and you have to do so much more work to get it. [14:14.660 –> 14:15.660] I didn’t know that. [14:15.660 –> 14:16.660] 45. [14:16.660 –> 14:19.260] Oh, that’s, that’s cold. [14:19.260 –> 14:20.260] Thanks. [14:20.260 –> 14:21.260] Oh, just right. [14:21.260 –> 14:23.880] Oh, that’s, that’s rough. [14:23.880 –> 14:28.340] So I’m trying to decide in the next day, cause I think we’ve got one day left of it. [14:28.340 –> 14:32.900] It’s literally a day and a couple of hours or something to decide if I’m buying the season [14:32.900 –> 14:36.340] pass because I can’t just buy the 10 quid season pass. [14:36.340 –> 14:38.280] You can’t, I can’t do that. [14:38.280 –> 14:42.060] So I’d need to buy the 15 quid one, which gives you the extra 10 levels and would take [14:42.060 –> 14:43.060] me up to 50. [14:43.060 –> 14:44.060] It’s just so annoying. [14:44.460 –> 14:48.420] Well, it sounds like it worked exactly as they planned on you. [14:48.420 –> 14:49.420] They got you. [14:49.420 –> 14:50.420] Yeah. [14:50.420 –> 14:54.060] They got me in with those dailies and then I had was just enough time to get through [14:54.060 –> 14:59.460] all the missions and then be annoyed and have to pay more money is genius. [14:59.460 –> 15:02.420] At the very least, this season passes. [15:02.420 –> 15:03.420] Okay. [15:03.420 –> 15:07.580] It’s at least for me personally, like I’m not, I wouldn’t be weeping if I didn’t get [15:07.580 –> 15:08.580] it. [15:08.580 –> 15:11.700] Next one seems much cooler, but regardless, that’s just a preference thing. [15:11.700 –> 15:12.700] Yeah. [15:12.700 –> 15:13.700] Maybe, maybe I’ll just, I mean, there’s, there’s, there’s. [15:14.340 –> 15:15.860] I mean, the thing is, right. [15:15.860 –> 15:16.980] It’s a good value. [15:16.980 –> 15:17.980] The season pass anyway. [15:17.980 –> 15:18.980] It is a great value. [15:18.980 –> 15:24.100] You get so much gold and you get loads of good stuff. [15:24.100 –> 15:28.580] And so it’s like, it is the best value thing to buy in the game. [15:28.580 –> 15:32.980] And it’s like, I’ve now, I’ve spent a week unlocking basically everything and it’s like, [15:32.980 –> 15:39.180] I can pay 15 quid and get all the, all these 55 levels. [15:39.180 –> 15:42.900] But anyway, whatever I’ll decide tomorrow, how long I’ve got one day? [15:42.900 –> 15:44.420] Time’s good right now. [15:44.420 –> 15:45.420] One day and eight hours. [15:45.420 –> 15:49.700] So I need to, I did basically need to decide by the end of tomorrow cause it flips over [15:49.700 –> 15:50.700] while I’m… [15:50.700 –> 15:53.940] Did you, did you play on PC or just on your phone? [15:53.940 –> 15:55.580] I’ve done about, I’ve done about both. [15:55.580 –> 15:59.780] And so I’ve not played it on PC cause I use, I use a Mac most of the time, but I, on the [15:59.780 –> 16:02.700] Mac you can use the iPad app. [16:02.700 –> 16:06.900] So I’ve been doing it on my phone and, and using the iPad app on, on my, on my computer. [16:06.900 –> 16:08.980] And it’s good fun. [16:08.980 –> 16:13.500] I do kind of want to, I mean, I’m currently on a windows machine, like talking to you, [16:13.500 –> 16:17.740] but this is, recording the podcast is the only thing I use it for. [16:17.740 –> 16:20.060] So I might install it after this and see how it looks. [16:20.060 –> 16:26.420] Cause I know it’s, it’s like widescreen, isn’t it? [16:26.420 –> 16:31.380] It’s weird because like, obviously Marvel Snap is a very mobily mobile game designed [16:31.380 –> 16:33.140] for mobile to fit that phone. [16:33.140 –> 16:34.140] Right. [16:34.140 –> 16:38.760] And so it is wide screen, but like the field of play isn’t that much wider. [16:38.760 –> 16:47.520] It’s still feels very much like they just uncropped the background, but the animations [16:47.520 –> 16:50.720] and all that stuff, it is buttery smooth. [16:50.720 –> 16:52.200] It is pleasing to look at. [16:52.200 –> 16:53.560] So it’s still worth checking out. [16:53.560 –> 16:55.080] Oh, here’s an important question. [16:55.080 –> 16:56.080] It’s on Steam. [16:56.080 –> 16:57.080] That’s how you get it, right? [16:57.080 –> 16:58.080] Yeah. [16:58.080 –> 16:59.760] Does that mean you can play on Steam Deck? [16:59.760 –> 17:01.660] I want to say yes. [17:01.660 –> 17:06.560] So the only, the only thing, the only thing on the compatibility is that it doesn’t use [17:06.560 –> 17:12.400] the, it uses the onscreen keyboard for some things, which is, means it’s not technically [17:12.400 –> 17:15.840] fully compatible, but it does mean it’s completely usable. [17:15.840 –> 17:16.840] Yeah, probably. [17:16.840 –> 17:20.520] Like how often, I mean the only text I think you input is names of decks, right? [17:20.520 –> 17:23.600] When else would you entering text? [17:23.600 –> 17:24.600] I guess so. [17:24.600 –> 17:25.600] Yeah. [17:25.600 –> 17:26.600] That’s pretty much it. [17:26.600 –> 17:27.600] Yeah. [17:27.600 –> 17:28.600] Interesting. [17:28.600 –> 17:29.600] I wonder how it would play on the Steam Deck. [17:29.600 –> 17:32.360] Well, maybe you should let us know next week. [17:32.360 –> 17:33.880] Maybe I should. [17:33.880 –> 17:34.880] Maybe I should. [17:34.880 –> 17:35.880] Okay. [17:35.880 –> 17:36.880] Yeah. [17:36.880 –> 17:38.520] So that’s what we’ve been playing. [17:38.520 –> 17:40.760] Let’s talk about some news. [17:40.760 –> 17:47.720] So first of all, we have three games announcing their release dates over the next month. [17:47.720 –> 17:48.720] Three games! [17:48.720 –> 17:49.720] That’s… [17:49.720 –> 17:50.720] Why? [17:50.720 –> 17:55.680] It’s not like there’s anything else in September you need to worry about. [17:55.680 –> 18:00.300] First up, we have Sprout Valley, which is coming out on the 8th of September. [18:00.300 –> 18:01.680] So that’s just in a few days. [18:01.680 –> 18:04.720] And two days after this episode comes out, that’s Sprout Valley. [18:04.720 –> 18:05.720] Okay. [18:05.720 –> 18:10.360] Before you even describe the game, naming that, that’s a dangerous game and they know [18:10.360 –> 18:11.360] what they’re doing. [18:11.360 –> 18:14.360] Oh, they absolutely know what they’re doing. [18:14.360 –> 18:15.360] That’s bold. [18:15.360 –> 18:20.880] That takes some chutzpah to do an SV with a valley. [18:20.880 –> 18:21.880] It’s not just that. [18:21.880 –> 18:24.280] Stardew Valley was originally called Sprout Valley before. [18:24.280 –> 18:25.280] Was it? [18:25.280 –> 18:26.280] Yeah. [18:26.280 –> 18:27.280] Oh. [18:27.280 –> 18:31.280] So, I don’t know whether they knew that or not, but that is a thing. [18:31.280 –> 18:32.280] Yeah. [18:32.280 –> 18:33.280] So that’s 8th of September. [18:33.280 –> 18:34.960] That one’s coming out. [18:34.960 –> 18:40.520] And then Moonstone Island are coming out on the 20th of September. [18:40.520 –> 18:44.400] Actually, can I back up to Sprout Valley because we’re just listening there, but I just want [18:44.400 –> 18:51.480] to comment like, for people who look at the video, it looks like a Tamagotchi farming [18:51.480 –> 18:52.480] game. [18:52.480 –> 18:53.480] Yeah. [18:53.480 –> 18:54.480] I guess the sprites are kind of Tamagotchi. [18:54.480 –> 18:55.480] Yeah. [18:55.480 –> 18:56.480] I can see it. [18:56.480 –> 18:57.480] It is cute, right? [18:57.480 –> 18:58.480] It is. [18:58.480 –> 18:59.480] Yeah. [18:59.480 –> 19:00.480] I will say that it looks very cute. [19:00.680 –> 19:01.680] Yeah. [19:01.680 –> 19:02.680] Moonstone Island. [19:02.680 –> 19:03.680] That’s a thing. [19:03.680 –> 19:04.680] Yeah. [19:04.680 –> 19:05.680] Moonstone Island, 20th of September. [19:05.680 –> 19:08.560] Do I want to complain about the summer thing? [19:08.560 –> 19:09.560] I don’t know. [19:09.560 –> 19:10.560] Yes. [19:10.560 –> 19:11.560] September’s not summer. [19:11.560 –> 19:12.560] Yeah. [19:12.560 –> 19:16.960] So they’re like, oh, we said we’re going to release in the summer, and it’s technically [19:16.960 –> 19:22.080] still summer on the 20th of September, and I’m like, if you’re going to go into technically, [19:22.080 –> 19:28.440] if you’re going to go, oh, okay, then I’m going to technically right back at you. [19:28.440 –> 19:32.000] Summer doesn’t have a universally defined, and no, I’m not talking about Northern Hemisphere [19:32.000 –> 19:33.080] and Summer of the Hemisphere. [19:33.080 –> 19:38.680] If we just talk about this Northern Hemisphere, there is no universally defined definition [19:38.680 –> 19:41.440] of summer. [19:41.440 –> 19:42.440] There are, there is like- [19:42.440 –> 19:49.040] Actually, the Equinox is on September 21st, whatever date it is, I don’t remember. [19:49.040 –> 19:50.040] This is the thing, right? [19:50.040 –> 19:52.240] Like, it’s people are like, oh, well, it’s still technically summer. [19:52.240 –> 19:55.000] It’s like, depends on your definition of summer, right? [19:55.000 –> 20:01.000] There’s the astronomical definition of summer, which, yes, does end on the 23rd of September [20:01.000 –> 20:02.120] this year, right? [20:02.120 –> 20:06.940] So yet, sure, it would be under that definition of summer. [20:06.940 –> 20:11.980] But there’s also the meteorological season, which has already ended. [20:11.980 –> 20:15.140] The 31st of August was the last day of summer in that season. [20:15.140 –> 20:19.660] And then that’s not to mention there’s the lesser used Celtic season, also sometimes [20:19.660 –> 20:24.460] named the solar season, which we, you know, defining the seasons by the sun is a crazy [20:24.460 –> 20:26.540] idea, right? [20:26.540 –> 20:28.700] Which does May through July. [20:28.700 –> 20:35.100] So if you’re going to start saying, oh, it’s technically summer, I’m gonna say, well, technically, [20:35.100 –> 20:38.540] it depends on your definition, so. [20:38.540 –> 20:46.540] So regardless of when it’s, it’s not releasing in summer, I don’t care what they say. [20:46.540 –> 20:51.820] People don’t remember, it’s, this is monster collecting card is farming, there’s a lot [20:51.820 –> 20:52.820] of things going on. [20:52.860 –> 21:02.700] It’s a monster collection farming game on like floating islands in the sky. [21:02.700 –> 21:05.420] There’s a lot going on. [21:05.420 –> 21:06.420] There’s a lot. [21:06.420 –> 21:12.420] I mean, to me, it does look like it could be a lot of fun, but I need to play it to [21:12.420 –> 21:13.420] see. [21:13.420 –> 21:14.420] Yeah. [21:14.420 –> 21:17.020] I can’t remember whether this one is one of the ones I kickstarted or not. [21:17.020 –> 21:21.540] I don’t. [21:21.580 –> 21:26.860] When you do so many things like this, sometimes it’s hard to stand out because it has all [21:26.860 –> 21:30.580] the buzzwords or whatever. [21:30.580 –> 21:35.940] But that said, looking at the trailer, there is, oh my gosh, they even have romancing, [21:35.940 –> 21:36.940] don’t they? [21:36.940 –> 21:37.940] Oh, yup. [21:37.940 –> 21:38.940] Yup. [21:38.940 –> 21:39.940] You’re going to go on a date there. [21:39.940 –> 21:40.940] Oh, goodness. [21:40.940 –> 21:41.940] On the sky islands. [21:41.940 –> 21:46.060] You got to go on dates in the sky islands. [21:46.060 –> 21:50.180] See what they should have done was just focused on their little monster designs are quite [21:50.180 –> 21:51.180] fun. [21:51.340 –> 21:53.700] There’s a very tall like tree log guy. [21:53.700 –> 21:57.260] There’s a cool robot golem you fight. [21:57.260 –> 21:59.780] There is, they put a lot of care into the game. [21:59.780 –> 22:00.780] I’ll say that. [22:00.780 –> 22:01.780] Right. [22:01.780 –> 22:02.780] Yeah. [22:02.780 –> 22:11.020] Whether I don’t know if other directions they wanted to go to and was the best call. [22:11.020 –> 22:12.980] They are putting effort into it. [22:12.980 –> 22:13.980] Yeah. [22:13.980 –> 22:21.780] Also I do like, I am, I like the card battle menu where you pick a card to do it and tag [22:21.780 –> 22:23.300] it even if it’s just flavor. [22:23.300 –> 22:24.340] I like it. [22:24.340 –> 22:29.900] It’s a nice looking thing, but, but yeah, you can look at your, look at the trailer [22:29.900 –> 22:32.900] yourself and decide if you want to pick it up on September 20th. [22:32.900 –> 22:38.140] But yeah, it does, it does feel a lot like it’s the, oh, we’re wanting this game to be [22:38.140 –> 22:42.660] five different games in one and that can work and sometimes it doesn’t work. [22:42.660 –> 22:46.980] So we’ll, we’ll see whether this one works or not. [22:46.980 –> 22:48.420] This one, I didn’t kickstart it. [22:48.420 –> 22:50.940] I don’t know whether it was a kickstarter or not, but I didn’t. [22:50.940 –> 22:52.700] I didn’t kickstart it. [22:52.700 –> 22:54.140] I did kickstart Sprout Valley. [22:54.140 –> 22:56.140] So I’ve got that coming. [22:56.140 –> 22:57.140] Yes. [22:57.140 –> 22:58.140] Free game. [22:58.140 –> 23:05.680] And the third game that’s announced its release date is A Tiny Sticker Tale. [23:05.680 –> 23:10.220] This is the one, I mean, it’s not really a Cottagecore game, but it is by the developers [23:10.220 –> 23:11.220] of Lonesome Village. [23:11.220 –> 23:12.220] So that’s why I’m mentioning it. [23:12.220 –> 23:15.220] I mean, it has the vibes. [23:15.220 –> 23:16.220] Yeah. [23:16.220 –> 23:17.220] Yeah. [23:17.220 –> 23:18.220] Yeah. [23:18.220 –> 23:19.220] Yeah. [23:19.220 –> 23:22.440] I think that would be what some people would call a cozy game, not necessarily a cottage [23:22.440 –> 23:23.860] core game. [23:23.860 –> 23:30.620] If we want to get into these definitions, we don’t want to get into these definitions. [23:30.620 –> 23:32.940] If we wanted to, that’s what I would say. [23:32.940 –> 23:33.940] Okay. [23:33.940 –> 23:37.260] So, um, but yeah, this is from Lonesome Village. [23:37.260 –> 23:41.460] We covered that game a while back, Johnny and I, they’re the Mexican developers. [23:41.460 –> 23:45.680] So of course I’m going to probably get this game regardless and support them. [23:45.680 –> 23:50.860] I will say, I don’t know what the Lonesome Numbers Village were, but this looks like [23:50.860 –> 23:55.440] they got a little more, uh, a little more love when maybe they had a little bit more [23:55.440 –> 23:57.140] money for some production value. [23:57.140 –> 23:58.140] Yeah. [23:58.140 –> 23:59.140] Yeah. [23:59.140 –> 24:00.140] Yeah. [24:00.140 –> 24:03.020] So for people who may not remember, Lonesome Village was essentially a puzzle collection [24:03.020 –> 24:04.020] of games. [24:04.020 –> 24:05.020] They’re very good. [24:05.020 –> 24:06.020] Good one. [24:06.020 –> 24:09.020] Um, like, uh, all sorts of different types of puzzles and whatnot. [24:09.020 –> 24:13.660] This one, you’re going through an adventure sort of thing. [24:13.660 –> 24:16.620] And as the name implies, tiny sticker tale. [24:16.620 –> 24:20.380] You’re using stickers to actually put stuff, like you put a sticker of a bridge to make [24:20.380 –> 24:21.380] a bridge. [24:21.380 –> 24:23.380] Um, it’s actually a clever, cute idea. [24:23.380 –> 24:24.380] Yeah. [24:24.380 –> 24:25.380] Yeah. [24:25.380 –> 24:30.620] And it’s on this, it’s really small levels, um, where you’re basically getting from one [24:30.620 –> 24:34.020] side to the other using stickers as a kind of, it’s again, puzzle-y, right? [24:34.020 –> 24:36.740] They clearly love their puzzle games, which is totally fun. [24:36.740 –> 24:41.220] Um, and what I really like about what they’ve done is it’s, it’s, it’s the same art style. [24:41.220 –> 24:45.380] And I don’t know if any of the characters are exactly the same, but like it’s clearly [24:45.380 –> 24:49.100] leaning into its strongest thing, which is the art style. [24:49.100 –> 24:50.100] It’s super cute. [24:50.100 –> 24:56.220] And I like when they can do that and it works well because then you’ve got a love of consistency [24:56.220 –> 24:59.420] across multiple games, which is good fun. [24:59.420 –> 25:07.220] And also their art style works really well for stickers actually, so, um, yeah, it goes [25:07.220 –> 25:08.220] great. [25:08.220 –> 25:11.360] Cause it’s like all, they’re all kind of like 2D sprites on the world. [25:11.360 –> 25:16.100] They’re big, bold shapes, round cartoons. [25:16.100 –> 25:17.820] So it works great. [25:17.820 –> 25:23.900] Um, and it looks like you can just spit ball, I haven’t read anything, I’m just off this [25:23.900 –> 25:24.900] one trailer. [25:24.900 –> 25:28.740] It looks like you can even decorate a little house or something with your stickers and [25:28.740 –> 25:29.740] that’s nice. [25:29.740 –> 25:30.740] Yeah. [25:30.740 –> 25:31.740] Um, which is good. [25:31.740 –> 25:36.740] I don’t think we see enough stickers in video games like gameplay wise, like actually doing [25:36.740 –> 25:37.740] something with them. [25:37.740 –> 25:38.740] Yeah. [25:38.740 –> 25:42.460] Last one I can think of was that Paper Mario game and that one did not work well with stickers. [25:42.460 –> 25:45.220] Um, yeah, it’s quite clever what they’ve done here, right? [25:45.220 –> 25:47.180] Cause they’ve made the whole game play about stickers. [25:47.180 –> 25:48.180] Yeah. [25:48.180 –> 25:50.460] Of course you can then use that as a collection and base thing as well. [25:50.460 –> 25:55.020] And it’s still, uh, it’s not one of these things where your collectible is, as I’ve [25:55.020 –> 25:59.420] said multiple times before, where your collectible is just the same identical thing a hundred [25:59.420 –> 26:00.420] times. [26:00.420 –> 26:01.420] You’re getting different ones. [26:01.420 –> 26:06.380] So the collection becomes its own fun thing rather than just a thing to complete. [26:06.380 –> 26:07.380] You know? [26:07.380 –> 26:08.380] Yep. [26:08.380 –> 26:14.060] Actually I should, uh, I should, that reminds me of a very, uh, personal experience. [26:14.060 –> 26:17.340] So I buy card games and whatnot, right? [26:17.340 –> 26:18.340] Um, yeah. [26:18.340 –> 26:23.260] I buy like, I mostly do it for playing the games, but every now and then I’ll buy something [26:23.260 –> 26:27.580] like, I enjoy collecting, I don’t go after sets, but people do that. [26:27.580 –> 26:28.580] Right. [26:28.580 –> 26:30.980] But you know, the only kicker is, well, the best thing you can do is like put it in a [26:30.980 –> 26:31.980] binder or whatever. [26:31.980 –> 26:32.980] Right. [26:32.980 –> 26:35.740] Like it’s a, it’s a little hard to display or whatever. [26:35.740 –> 26:39.740] But anyways, the point I’m trying to say is back when I was younger though, in, in Mexico, [26:39.740 –> 26:44.900] I lived in Mexico for a little while, um, appropriate for this discussion, um, they [26:44.900 –> 26:50.580] would, one of the things that was hot for the kids or whatever, you could buy similar [26:50.580 –> 26:52.420] to cards, but they were stickers. [26:52.460 –> 26:55.300] Um, and there were like different things and you could buy sticker books and you could [26:55.300 –> 26:57.900] like place your stickers on in the books and stuff like that. [26:57.900 –> 27:01.500] Like I had a Dragon Ball sticker book that I fondly remember. [27:01.500 –> 27:03.580] Um, so yeah, good, good stuff. [27:03.580 –> 27:05.420] This uh, it leans into that. [27:05.420 –> 27:06.420] Stickers are fun. [27:06.420 –> 27:07.420] Yeah. [27:07.420 –> 27:08.420] Good fun. [27:08.420 –> 27:10.500] October 4th, that’s the fourth. [27:10.500 –> 27:11.500] Is that the right date? [27:11.500 –> 27:12.500] Yes. [27:12.500 –> 27:13.500] Tiny little sticker, tiny sticker tale. [27:13.500 –> 27:14.500] That’s the one. [27:14.500 –> 27:17.940] October 4th on Steam and Switch again, doing that, uh, dual release like they did for Lonesome [27:17.940 –> 27:18.940] Village. [27:18.940 –> 27:19.940] Very good for them. [27:19.940 –> 27:20.940] Cool. [27:20.940 –> 27:21.940] Yep. [27:22.460 –> 27:23.460] Cool. [27:23.460 –> 27:27.460] So that’s the three new releases over the next month and just a very, very fast rundown [27:27.460 –> 27:29.140] of September. [27:29.140 –> 27:34.780] We have Rune Factory 3 Special is out now, it came out yesterday when this episode comes [27:34.780 –> 27:35.780] out. [27:35.780 –> 27:38.860] Fae Farm and Sprout Valley, both on the 8th of September. [27:38.860 –> 27:41.420] Moonstone Island on the 20th of September. [27:41.420 –> 27:45.660] Monechos Night Market, Harvest Moon, The Winds of Anthos and Paleo Pines, all on the 26th [27:45.660 –> 27:49.860] of September and Wildmender on the 28th of September. [27:50.780 –> 27:51.780] Boy. [27:51.780 –> 27:59.780] I don’t, obviously the cottagecore space isn’t, uh, how should I put this, right? [27:59.780 –> 28:04.300] It’s maybe not as well defined or cutthroat as other spaces, right? [28:04.300 –> 28:05.300] Because like… [28:05.300 –> 28:10.540] Sure, but I mean, none of those, I have not taken any, like I know that sometimes I’m [28:10.540 –> 28:14.940] like, oh, it’s not really like, you know, sticker tale, whatever, but like that list, [28:14.940 –> 28:16.700] they’re all farming games. [28:17.660 –> 28:23.340] Like there’s, there’s no, no end, artistic license taken with them. [28:23.340 –> 28:34.300] The three big games on the one day on the 26th, whatever you said, that’s ooh, somebody’s [28:34.300 –> 28:35.900] gloves were thrown down. [28:35.900 –> 28:39.620] They like, they, the gauntlet was thrown. [28:39.620 –> 28:47.100] They, Paleo Pines looked at Monecho and then called them out. [28:47.100 –> 28:50.500] But you know, at the end of the day, Monechos Night Market is all that matters, so, you [28:50.500 –> 28:51.500] know. [28:51.500 –> 28:52.500] Yeah. [28:52.500 –> 28:57.260] It’s funny because I noticed today that apparently Winds of Anthos, I hadn’t noticed, doesn’t [28:57.260 –> 29:02.100] come out on the same day in Europe, it’s coming out like a week and a half later. [29:02.100 –> 29:04.860] And I was like, oh no, that’s really annoying. [29:04.860 –> 29:09.100] But then I realized, I’ll just, I’ll just be playing Monechos Night Market for that [29:09.100 –> 29:10.100] week anyway. [29:10.100 –> 29:11.100] Exactly. [29:11.100 –> 29:17.100] And we’re doing the Monechos Night Market episode first, because Micah’s busy. [29:17.100 –> 29:21.140] So it all works out anyway. [29:21.140 –> 29:22.140] All good. [29:22.140 –> 29:26.540] I am totally fine with that, but we’ll talk about Winds of Anthos later. [29:26.540 –> 29:27.540] Right. [29:27.540 –> 29:28.540] More news. [29:28.540 –> 29:31.660] We’ve got Disney Dreamlight Valley have announced their Cozy edition. [29:31.660 –> 29:38.780] I like the, I like the implication that the other versions of this game are not cozy. [29:38.780 –> 29:43.960] I will say something, some of those, that game gets, if you think about it, it gets [29:43.960 –> 29:44.960] dark. [29:44.960 –> 29:45.960] It’s like, it does. [29:45.960 –> 29:46.960] It’s raw. [29:46.960 –> 29:47.960] It does. [29:47.960 –> 29:50.180] So the Cozy edition doesn’t come with any of the dark stuff. [29:50.180 –> 29:51.180] It’s just cozy. [29:51.180 –> 29:52.180] No. [29:52.180 –> 29:53.180] No. [29:53.180 –> 29:54.180] Everyone’s not dead from the evil vines. [29:54.180 –> 29:56.380] This is a little bit funny, right? [29:56.380 –> 30:01.900] Because it’s a, it’s a physical case you’re getting, but with a download code. [30:01.900 –> 30:05.740] Oh, don’t you love it when they do that? [30:05.740 –> 30:09.060] But you also get a sticker set, a sticker sheet. [30:09.060 –> 30:11.460] Do you know about Fallout 76? [30:11.460 –> 30:17.620] I mean, about the game or like the physical, the physical, the physical edition of Fallout [30:17.620 –> 30:18.620] 76. [30:18.620 –> 30:19.900] No. [30:19.900 –> 30:20.900] Was that the same thing? [30:20.900 –> 30:28.260] It was a similar thing, but the download code, they actually put a paper disc in the CD slot [30:28.260 –> 30:34.100] to say download it. [30:34.100 –> 30:36.280] It’s just salt in the wound. [30:36.280 –> 30:38.860] That’s that was uncalled for. [30:38.860 –> 30:43.320] By the way, Nintendo, make your Switch 2 cases, make them smaller, please. [30:43.320 –> 30:44.320] They’re still too big. [30:44.320 –> 30:45.320] Right? [30:45.320 –> 30:46.320] Why did they get tall? [30:46.320 –> 30:47.320] Right? [30:47.320 –> 30:51.460] The case, the cartridge is smaller than the 3DS one, but the case got really tall. [30:51.460 –> 30:52.460] That is real. [30:52.460 –> 30:53.460] What’s that about? [30:53.460 –> 30:55.600] It got thinner, but taller. [30:55.600 –> 30:58.900] It’s like, they’re like, we need to use the same amount of plastic. [30:58.900 –> 31:00.700] It’s I don’t, I don’t get it. [31:00.700 –> 31:03.220] Like I, you know what? [31:03.500 –> 31:07.460] That is, I want to know the thought process to get there. [31:07.460 –> 31:12.860] I suspect it was to make it the same height as the Xbox and PS5 ones because it is now [31:12.860 –> 31:13.860] the same height as them. [31:13.860 –> 31:14.860] I think. [31:14.860 –> 31:15.860] Is it? [31:15.860 –> 31:16.860] I think so. [31:16.860 –> 31:17.860] I need to double check. [31:17.860 –> 31:18.860] Have I got one? [31:18.860 –> 31:19.860] I’ve got PS3. [31:19.860 –> 31:20.860] It’s PS4 and 5. [31:20.860 –> 31:23.420] Are they the same size as PS3 or are they taller? [31

According to a report from Deadline, the Board of Directors for the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has unanimously approved the authorization of a potential strike in the event that the upcoming bargaining meeting with the video game industry does not yield satisfactory outcomes. This voting process will take place from Tuesday, September 5, until Monday, September 25. Industry giants such as Activision, EA, Insomniac Games, and WB Games are among the companies that will be involved in the negotiations. SAG-AFTRA aims to secure various protections, including safeguards against the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in the industry, as well as wage increases of 11% retroactive to the expiration date of the previous agreement, followed by 4% increases in the subsequent two years. These demands align with the standards provided to individuals working under film and television contracts. Additionally, the guild is advocating for the presence of a set medic during stunts or hazardous work, similar to the protocols in place for film and television productions, and the prohibition of stunts during self-taped auditions, along with the implementation of vocal stress protections. The Pokémon Company has forged a partnership with TV Tokyo to produce a live-action drama centered around its enduring franchise. According to a statement from TV Tokyo's Twitter, which has been translated by Serebii, the TV series named “Pocket Filled With Adventure” is set to debut on October 19 in Japan. At present, it remains uncertain whether the show will be localized for international audiences or provided with official English subtitles. Diverging from the approach taken in the previous live-action adaptation, the Detective Pikachu film starring Ryan Reynolds, “Pocket Filled With Adventure” appears to eschew the inclusion of physically embodied versions of the beloved pocket monsters. Rather, the series revolves around the character of Madoka Akagi, portrayed by Nanase Nishino, as she embarks on an immersive journey into the world of Pokémon after receiving her old copy of Pokémon Red from her mother upon relocating to Tokyo for employment at an advertising firm.

Episode 252: the Treecko episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Today, we talk news! In Pokemon GO, it's the Solstice Horizons event until June 25, including the Starry Skies Special Research! Squirtle Community Day Classic will be July 9. The Pokemon North American International Championships are in Columbus, Ohio, from Friday, June 30, 2023, through Sunday, July 2, 2023. Reserve a spot to shop! In Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, catch Chesnaught until June 18! And... June 30 to July 3rd, get a special Arcanine! Serebii Update: A Shiny Arcanine based on Paul Chua's Arcanine from his EUIC team will be distributed during the North American International Championships from June 30th through July 3rdDetails @ https://t.co/gDbXkHSvkT pic.twitter.com/azMktPwVVh— Serebii.net (@SerebiiNet) June 12, 2023 New Battle Pass in Pokemon Unite! And don't forget Leafeon! New Pokemon TCG Live has launched! Shopping! Pokémon Masters EX Uniqlo! TEAM ROCKET! Sweet Limited Run Nitro Switch cases. Did you love TMNT Shredder's Revenge? The DLC is on the way! COWABUNGA!@TMNT #ShreddersRevenge Dimension Shellshock DLC is coming later this year with:🐇 New playable characters including USAGI YOJIMBO🤯 New game modeNew palette options@TributeGames x @NickelodeonWishlist on Steam: https://t.co/7stTZD7cbv pic.twitter.com/4f4KCFeVp4— Dotemu 💾 (@Dotemu) June 7, 2023 McDonald's Tetris Nugget? And it's Grimace's Birthday... Nintendo Summer of Play tour may be coming to a city near you... but not near Boston... Platinum City Gaming always has tons of events... Check out for info on their Juneteenth celebration, and also check out their Hunks! Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know! Follow @pokemoncast Tweet !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

Episode 251: the Celebi episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast. Tonight, we have a special guest! Johnathan of A-Game Studios joins us to talk about their upcoming title, Star Salvager! Miz Sylver stopped by the booth at PAX East after hearing rave reviews, and she can't wait for the early access on Steam, expected in the fall! If you want to try Star Salvager yourself, it's being featured during Steam Next Fest, June 19-26! If you want to win a copy for yourself, check out their Steam Wishlist Giveaway until June 30th! Plus, Jonathan tells us the twists and turns of his path to becoming a game developer, including a stop-off in the land of The Portal! And of course, we talk news! In Pokemon GO: June 10, 2023 is Axew Community Day. Dive into the Water Festival: Beach Week on June 6 to 12! Check out the updates to the Style Shop. Pokemon GO has a web-store now! In Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, you can now connect to Pokemon Home! Plus, get a Bronzong during the Japan Championships streams on June 10th and 11th. Serebii Update: A Bronzong based on the Bronzong used by 2022 Senior World Champion Yasuharu Shimizu will be distributed to Pokémon Scarlet & Violet during the Japan Championships streams on June 10th and 11th.Details @ https://t.co/Wo8N0aHtsd pic.twitter.com/e9YXo0ojoj— Serebii.net (@SerebiiNet) May 26, 2023 Check out the XY Kalos Quest series on Pokemon TV! Pastel Joy-Con! And Minecraft Pringles? Mortal Kombaaaaaaaaaaaaat! It's coming out September 19th! And if you are going to PAX East, register for the Nintendo Live 2023 event by June 22! Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know! Follow @pokemoncast Tweet !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

Episode 248: the Tyranitar episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Tonight, we have a very special guest, Serena, the General Manager of the South Portland Round1 Arcade. We talk with her about how she rose to great power from being a starting team member in Bowling at the Taunton, MA Round1, her love of Pokemon Snap, and just how awesome it is to play Pump It Up at the arcade! But that's not all, she also sings! She's in the South Portland Lyric Music Theater production of Cinderella, opening June 2, 2023! We also talk news... In Pokemon Go... Regieleki in Elite Raids Sunday April 9! Spring into Spring until April 10. A Mystic Hero will be here April 13 to 17. In Pokémon Scarlet & Violet... Don't forget Lechonk at GameStop! The Pokémon Europe International Championships are April 14 - 16, they'll have a code distribution for Palafin! Pokemon Stadium is coming April 12 to Nintendo Switch Online Pokemon Cafe Remix is so cute! Serebii Update: Pokémon Café ReMix to add Sylveon in its Confectioner outfit to Delivery starting tomorrow, March 30th 2023 https://t.co/NWlAdn57aQ pic.twitter.com/cUHxP1P20y— Serebii.net (@SerebiiNet) March 29, 2023 In Pokemon Unite, Lapras is coming April 13th... Serebii Update: Holowear for Lapras, Goodra and Sableye have been revealed for Pokémon UNITE. Due to come over the next couple of monthshttps://t.co/gDbXkHSvkT pic.twitter.com/e3JeVFEvI5— Serebii.net (@SerebiiNet) March 5, 2023 Pokémon Shopping is our weakness! Team Rocket street style. Finally, the Liepard Sitting Cutie is here for Miz Sylver! LeChonk everything The newest My Nintendo reward is Kirby-themed! Mario Movie! D&D Movie??? Overwatch 2 April Fools! New ultimate voice lines in #Overwatch2 for April Fools! 🃏We didn't capture them all, so be sure to head in-game and listen out for them. We hope to see some clips in the replies 💬Which one is your favorite? 🗳️ pic.twitter.com/cd1nu9yGIT— Overwatch Cavalry (@OWCavalry) March 31, 2023 Anime Boston is this weekend (April 7-9)! Miz Sylver is hosting Pokemon I Choose You on Sunday at 2pm in Panel 207! The Boston FIG is coming next month, May 20 and 21! Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know! Follow @pokemoncast Tweet !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

Episode 246: the Larvitar episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Tonight, we have a special guest Cindy Tran aka IDSpuds! Besides being a fun cosplayer, she is a Social Media Coordinator at Obsidian Entertainment! Follow her awesome adventures all over the internet! Follow her as @idspuds on tiktok! Follow @IDSpuds View this profile on Instagram ✨Spuds✨ (@id.spuds) • Instagram photos and videos And be afraid of her COSPLAY! Nutcracker Zenyatta from Overwatch by @spudsc_indy. Photo: @athelmedia. #Overwatch #Cosplay #Costume #CraftYourFandom pic.twitter.com/g2p3lX4SOz— the RPF (@therpf) May 11, 2018 We also talk news! March 18, 2023 Community Day: Slowpoke and Galarian Slowpoke Pokémon GO Plus + device slated to hit shelves in July! Learn about the whole Ghimmighoul Pokemon Go and Pokemon Scarlet and Violet connection! In Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, use codes LETSTERA and MORESPEED for mystery gifts before March 31! And prepare for Decidueye Tera Raids March 17-19 and 24-26! Pokemon UNITE awesome new holowear! Serebii Update: Pokémon UNITE has added one new piece of Holowear: Elegant Style for Clefable. Details @ https://t.co/gDbXkHSvkT pic.twitter.com/IWTaKqzCwI— Serebii.net (@SerebiiNet) March 9, 2023 Poke-Shopping! Sugoi Mart, Puma X Pokémon, and My Nintendo Pokemon Rewards. Overwatch 2 and One Punch Man Collab! SMITE Magic Prime Gaming Bundle! New Tetris movie!!! Plus the most hilarious Tetris short! Spirited Away Live! Plus Yadon! Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know! Follow @pokemoncastTweet!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

Our 2nd edition of our funk & soul, rock & roll favorites is finally online.  Danno picks his favorites in the soul department for 2022 with joints from Danger Mouse, Ghost Funk Orchestra, Monophonics, Dallas Tamaira, and many others.  Dan Lloyd also rocks his best in the rock stars and smashed guitars realm for the past year, with mega joints from The Beths, Say Sue Me, King Gizzard, and a slew of other extra nice guitar murderers.  TracklistPart I (00:00)Ghost Funk Orchestra – IntroductionGhost Funk Orchestra – Your Man's No GoodMonophonics – Love You BetterDanger Mouse & Black Thought feat Michael Kiwanuka – AquamarineIbibio Sound Machine – ElectricityMarxist Love Disco Ensemble – 1905 Part II (30:26)El Michels Affair & Liam Bailey – Walk With MeMonster Rally – Moon Flower Bloom Dallas Tamaira – Just FineArjuna Oakes & Serebii – FlavourSkinshape – High Tide, Storm RisingKokoroko – War DancePart III (57:29)The Beths – Silence is GoldenPlosivs – Broken EyesGang of Youths – In the Wake of Your Leave100 Gecs – Doritos and FritosEditors – Heart AttackKing Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Magenta MountainPart IV (87:30)Viagra Boys – TroglodyteCave In – New RealitySay Sue Me – No Real PlaceThe Garden – Horseshit on Route 66Death Cab for Cutie – Asphalt MeadowsScreeching Weasel – Any Minute NowGinger Wildheart and the Sinners – That Smile

Full show: https://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com Artists Played: WordChemist, Marz Mello, conshus, EyeQ, Shamis, Rebiere, Soul Supreme, Gabriel Teodros, Kendra Morris, Rahill, Eligh, DJ.Fresh, Arjuna Oakes, Serebii, KOE The Flavekid, Mega Ran, DJ DN3, E-Turn, Divino Niño, LYZZA, The Good People, Jade Lawhon, Sincere Vega, Marlowe, Blu, Joell Ortiz, Georgie Sweet, Hip Hop HeadUcatorz, Dinco D, Erykah Badu, OutKast, GOODie MOb, IMAKEMADBEATS

As broadcast October 6, 2022 with plenty of purified water from Lake Minnetonka.  Tonight we go back to 2016 where, in the unfortunate aftermath of Prince's all-too-early demise, his estate decided to open up The Artist's compound in Paisley Park for the viewing public.  For the remainder of the first hour we kept it funky with our Sampled weekly, and new tunes from Dustbowl Revival, Al Green, and Arjuna Oakes kept the fresh cuts coming through part 2.  Dan Lloyd once again dropped in for our weekly AMPED rock sesh, highlighting some big tunes out this past week and albums that drop tomorrow, with Slipknot, LCD, Paramore, and Anxious being highlights.  We also debuted our rock spotlight to finish the show, which honestly is not just two weeks too late, but several seasons, and we highlighted Baek Yerin's rock project The Volunteers to close things.#feelthegravityTracklist (st:rt)Part I (00:00)Prince – MusicologyDustbowl Revival – Set Me FreeLady Wray – Through It AllLucas/Heaven – Every City Has a RhythmVieux Farka Toure & Khruangbin – LobboArjuna Oakes & Serebii – Guava Part II (32:03)Durand Jones & The Indications – Giving UpKelly Finnigan – Catch Me I'm FallingAaron Frazer – You Don't Wanna Be My BabyBuddy Guy feat James Taylor – Follow The MoneyAl Green – Wanna SayFela Kuti & Afrika 70 – Alu Jon Jonki Jon Part III (70:21)Slipknot – AdderallYeah Yeah Yeahs – FleezBush – Heavy is the OceanParamore – This is WhyLCD Soundsystem – New Body Rhumba Part IV (1:44:35)Anxious – SunsignVUKOVI – QUENCHThe Beatles – Tomorrow Never Knows (Take 1)King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Iron LungThe Volunteers – Let Me Go! Anxious – Sunsign

Full show: https://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com Artists Played: O_Super, MegaRan, conshus, Kristen Warren, Sol Messiah, Locksmith, Stic.Man of Dead Prez, Chiara Civello, Apollo Brown, Philmore Greene, Kennebec, Samuel T. Herring, Homeboy Sandman, Arjuna Oakes, Serebii, Ezra Collective, Free Daps, Lee Fields, Sharky, Karolina, Jenny Penkin, Che Noir, Tryf Bindope, Tekbeatz, The Midnight, Madison McFerrin, Ozay Moore, Newselph, OutKast, GOODie MOb, IMAKEMADBEATS

All the hype for the Fashion Week themed Pokémon GO event and the upcoming Pokémon GO October Community featuring Litwick, tied in with the Season of Light.  Steve writes in about his experience in Korea and we discuss availability of the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet themed OLED Switch and the new Hori Pikachu, Mimikyu, and Gengar themed controllers.  Ed Sheeran will have a new Pokémon song out this week.

As broadcast September 22, 2022 with plenty of your boy Roy to keep you company.  Tonight we open with the old and new from one of our absolute heroes in Roy Ayers, who just was part of Kyoto Jazz Massive's first album in 19 years!  We also funked up the first hour with tons of favorites in Joan As Police Woman, Arjuna Oakes, Serebii, Surprise Chef, and Devon Gilfillian amongst a slew of others.  For hour 2, you know the drill as Dan Lloyd brings the heat with our AMPED rock weekly, showing off the good, the bad, and the ugly in rock for this week's season opener.  Great tunes from The Beths, Editors, and Meat Wave being highlights although a huge miss from Placebo covering a Tears For Fears classic is thrown in to sabotage the works and finish the show strong & oh so wrong!  Enjoy!#feelthegravityTracklist (st:rt)Part I (00:00)Roy Ayers – Running AwayKyoto Jazz Massive feat Roy Ayers – Get Up (DJ Kawasaki 45 edit)Brandi & The Alexanders – Where You BelongObject Heavy – Righteous WalkDevon Gilfillian feat Janice – Sugar QueenArjuna Oakes & Serebii – Flavour Part II (33:31)Calibro feat Joan As Police Woman – The Ballad of Sacco & VanzettiSurprise Chef – IconoclastsKutiman feat Dekel – Always Be AloneThe Harlem Gospel Travelers feat Aaron Frazer – Help Me To UnderstandRudy De Anda – CariñoMiles Davis – Katia (Full Studio Session) Part III (67:30)Smashing Pumpkins – BeguiledEditors – VibeThe Beths – Head in the CloudsSports Team – DigThrice – Open Your Eyes and Dream Part IV (97:33)Bloods – RadicalMeat Wave – 10kThe Garden – OC93White Lung – Date NightGogol Bordello – Blueprint (Fugazi cover)Placebo – Shout (Tears for Fearscover) 

A lot of misinformation this week that we need to clear up! Some Pokémon games won awards at TGS this past week. Drama about Pokémon hating Nuzlockes hit Twitter by storm. Dodrio comes to UNITE and Rosa & Shaymin arrive to Pokémon Masters EX. Lots of Sword and Shield distributions are happening right now, including Shiny Eternatus. Finally, cheating and gaslighting in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. 00:00:20 - Introduction00:06:00 - Best Selling Games TGS00:16:50 - Dodrio in Pokémon UNITE00:23:50 - Rosa & Shaymin00:27:40 - GameStop Eternatus00:35:50 - Break00:39:30 - Nuzlocke Drama00:52:30 - Cheating in the Pokémon TCG01:16:30 - Question of the Week01:24:20 - Pokémon of the Week01:31:30 - Post Credits

Full show: https://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com Artists Played: E-TURN, DJ SPS, Qwel, Swamburger, conshus, IMAKEMADBEATS, Butta Verses, Danielle Ponder, Connie Price, The Keystones, Rakaa Iriscience, Dilated Peoples, Bomba Estereo, Manu Chao, Jalen NGonda, Sly5thAve, JSWISS, Arjuna Oakes, Serebii, Marlowe, Henry Franklin, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Andromeda, Beth Orton, Dawn Richard, Spencer Zahn, Paradox, Leo Low Pass, Tab-One, DJ Sean P, Picante, Butcher Brown, Winter, Ras Kass f. Eric Jaye, OutKast, GOODie MOb, IMAKEMADBEATS

Episode 240: the Magby episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Pokemon GO is still going full steam ahead! Claim your bundle of bonus items through Prime Gaming, and follow up every two weeks! Reminder: the Pokemon World Championships are Aug 18-21. Get Celebratory avatar items! (And there's so much more in celebration of the Worlds... Receive Victini and Sinistea During the 2022 Pokémon World Championships in Pokemon Sword and Shield, make reservations online for the 2022 Pokémon World Championships Pokémon Center Pop-Up Store, and avatar items in Pokemon Unite!) #PokemonWorlds 2022 is almost here, and #PokemonUNITE is celebrating! Check out what's in store. #UNITE1st pic.twitter.com/GPn676s82E— Pokémon UNITE (@PokemonUnite) August 14, 2022 More on Pokemon Go... we talk Galarian Zigzagoon Day! The GO Fest Finale is Saturday, August 27, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. local time. In Pokémon Sword & Shield, get Ash's Dracovish until August 25th using the code GANJ0UAG0882 Serebii Update: The code for the Ash's Dracovish distribution in Pokémon Sword & Shield has been revealed. Code: GANJ0UAG0882Runs until August 25th 2022Details @ https://t.co/gDbXkHT3ar pic.twitter.com/4HoYPsX2Yb— Serebii.net (@SerebiiNet) August 12, 2022 For Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, Players who purchase the game will be able to receive this Flying Tera Type Pikachu via the Mystery Gift feature in game until 2/28. In Sygna Suit Steven & Deoxys will be available to scout until August 27, 2022. Pokémon: The Arceus Chronicles is coming to Netflix September 23rd, and there's a new Pokétoon, Jigglypuff's Song! Check out the virtual Pokémon Trading Card Game: Online Illustration Exhibition, open through October 23, 2022! The Billionaire Boys Club × Pokémon Collection is Available Now! Miz Sylver wants to know... how do cool events like the Long Island Retro Gaming Expo do these awesome Pokemon distributions??? Get ready to catch what you never got! This weekend at #LIRetro bring your original cartridges and Gameboy/DS consoles to receive the following rare #Pokemon from our special download station being set up to provide OFFICIAL transfers of these legendaries! https://t.co/AiS7k4C900 pic.twitter.com/nOEaajzWix— LI RETRO (@Liretro) August 8, 2022 In case you missed it too, have you seen the new(ish) My Nintendo Rewards Avatar Rewards? Check out the Splatoon 3 Direct! OVERWATCH ANNIVERSARY REMIX VOL. 3 IS NOW LIVE! The PAX West (September 2-5 in SEATTLE) PAX Pokémon League Rules are posted! PAX West 2022 Rules are here: pic.twitter.com/fKMx8qQUZb— PAX Pokemon League (@PaxPokemon) August 13, 2022 Freeplay Bar & Arcade's Providence, RI location is having a Family Day Sunday August 28th from 11 am - 4 pm. The Lapras of the Seas! イシツブテとラプラスはとっても仲良しみたい pic.twitter.com/7EdggejXM1— Kオニィ (@thsugakke) August 7, 2022 Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know! Follow @pokemoncastTweet!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

Episode 238: the Smoochum Episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! This episode we have a special guest, Matt from Master Sword! Miz Sylver first heard Master Sword at PAX Prime 2021, where they rocked the main stage like the champions they are! Matt tells us about his childhood love of videogames, the origin story of the band, and the deets on the upcoming Majora's Mask concept album! The Master Sword website is the place to learn everything about the band and connect with all their social media. If you want to see Master Sword live, Facebook is the best place to check for upcoming show dates. Or Follow @masterswordband! Check out their music on BandCamp and all their videos on YouTube! After Matt's amazing interview, we talk news! Don't forget that Sunday, July 17, 2022 is Starly Community Day! Check for in person events near you! In Pokémon Sword and Shield, check out the Magikarp Competition! And are Miz Sylver and the Wolf Doctor just behind the curve? We're just learning about Marks now! Serebii Update: The Pokémon Sword & Shield Jump! Magikarp online competition has been announced. You may only bring 2 Pokémon to battle, one of which being Magikarp. No Legendary Pokémon allowed.Details @ https://t.co/gDbXkHSvkT pic.twitter.com/WQqkZnRaMa— Serebii.net (@SerebiiNet) July 7, 2022 The Pokemon UNITE 1st Anniversary event starts July 21! Sync Pair Gloria and Urshifu are available in Pokémon Masters EX until August 5! Pokémon Puzzle League is available on Nintendo Switch Online! Join Ash, Brock, and Misty as they gather in Puzzle Village to compete for the title of Pokémon Puzzle Master!Pokémon Puzzle League is coming to #NintendoSwitch for #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack members on 7/15! #Nintendo64 pic.twitter.com/GRC9xa09Zl— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) July 8, 2022 The Pokemon Go crossover is happening in the Pokemon TCG Online! If you want to do some Pokémon Shopping, check out the incredible Ocean of Friendship figure! Miz Sylver tried and loved the Kung Fu Tea Kirby Drink! The LeSportsac Pac-Man collaboration is on sale! Smite Prime has a new Regal Warrior Erlang Shen skin, and in the regular old SMITE game, there's another incredible crossover, this time with Nickelodeon! Jeff Goldblum is jazzing it up. Can we move to LA??? Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know! Follow @pokemoncastTweet!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

Serebii.net's own Joe Merrick joins Casey, Kat and Seth on this Pokemon-packed panel to discuss the 9th generation reveal of Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet, as well as talk about Arceus one month later, can the Steam Deck unseat the Switch (nope) and more Nintendo goodness. 00:00:00 - Intro & Pokemon Gen 9 is Here! 00:12:08 - Pokemon Legends Arceus Chat 00:29:20 - Is the Steam Deck the Nintendo Switch Killer? 00:38:58 - Triangle Strategy is Getting Great Reviews 00:44:28 - Kirby and the Forgotten Land Demo is Here! 00:48:16 - Kat Takes 00:56:54 - NVC's Best Console Ever! 01:02:25 - What We've Been Playing 01:06:07 - Question Block & Outro

As broadcast January 4, 2022 with plenty of hot indie toddies for your freezing podcast face.  Tonight we welcome Prince Paolo back to the studio to rock another playlist of mostly not new but stuff we missed with the year end wrap-up shows.  Lots of very good stuff out in the later stages of 2021 & very early in 2022, with new joints from Nite Tides, Arjuna Oakes, Teenage Priest, and a great cover of Nada Surf from Pom Pom Squad that really pays respects to the 90's elders, especially the shot-for-shot video.  Always a good time, #keepitindie.#feelthegravityTracklisting:Part I (00:00)Pom Pom Squad – Popular feat Matthew Caws from Nada SurfSmall Black – Kyoto Nite Tides – TimeArjuna Oakes – I Got MineCassandra Jenkins – Hard DriveBAIRD – Darkness of the NightPart II (35:46)Prince Innocence - Sadie & MaudPastel Jungle – Sound Delight8BIT WIZRD - Blue (Yeah)Community Swimming Pool - I Don't Knowapril june - xmas breakTeenage Priest - Mirror (Acoustic) Part III (62:44)Spaceface - Rain Passing Through (feat Mikaela Davis)Vases - Comfort CreatureYounger Hunger - Light Stream Team Leader – VolumesNathaniel Pozin - Bed SpinTV Room - BalconyPart IV (95:46)Foxy Panic - AnecdoteAzure Blue - Define Your DreamsOutlaw Boogie - Eyes Wired ShutStores - mud seasonThe Ballroom Thieves – BorderlineKacimi - Il Fait Si Chaud Ce Soir 

As broadcast December 23, 2021 with plenty of quality stuff you might have slept on to keep your pod-noddin' wakeful.  Tonight it's our final Sampled & AMPED funk punk soul rock weekly Thursday, and for our first hour Danno went through part 2 of his favorite singles of the year with great tunes from Neal Francis, Curtis Harding, Hojean, and Kendra Morris highlighting our second go-round of funky faves for this year.  For our final AMPED rock hour, Dan Lloyd is into part 3 of his best of 2021 which sees us talk about some of the critical darlings in the big publications that you might have missed for this year, along with a few that we thought were pretty iffy calls by the critterati.  #feelthegravityTracklisting:Part I (00:00)Shaka Loves You – Get DownCurtis Harding – Can't Hide ItNeal Francis – BNYLVHoly Hive – Story of My LifeLaura Rain & The Caesars – Rise AgainThe Rugged Nuggets – The Wait Is Over Part II (32:11)Arjuna Oakes & Serebii – First NightsHojean – Over 85 (Live Version)VC Pines – Be HonestAlanna Royale – Fall In Love AgainMichael Kiwanuka – Beautiful Life (edit)Kendra Morris – Catch The Sun Part III (60:01)Arjuna Oakes & Serebii – First NightsHojean – Over 85 (Live Version)VC Pines – Be HonestAlanna Royale – Fall In Love AgainMichael Kiwanuka – Beautiful Life (edit)Kendra Morris – Catch The SunWolf Alice – SmileEvery Time I Die – AWOLDry Cleaning – Unsmart LadyHalsey – You Asked For ThisWillow – GaslightSquid – G.S.KPart IV (90:42)Iron Maiden – Days of Future PastFoo Fighters – Holding PoisonLucy Dacus – VBSSpiritbox – Secret GardenLow – Days Like These 

As broadcast December 8, 2021 with plenty of extra island breezes for you podcast punters.  Tonight we head to a land waaaay down south in New Zealand.  The country at the so-called "bottom of the world" is surely up near the top as far as music goes, with a plethora of talented bands, producers, and vocalists that truly do put NZ on the map.  Great tunes throughout from Fat Freddy's Drop, Sola Rosa, Ladi6, Yumi Zouma, and many other very worthy artists & bands.#feelthegravityTracklisting:Part I (00:00)Fat Freddy's Drop – Raleigh TwentySola Rosa feat Kevin Mark Trail & Sharlene Hector – For The Mighty DollarArjuna Oakes & Serebii feat Mo Etc – Holding CellLadi6 – IkarusAvantdale Bowling Club – To Live & Die in AD (Live) Part II (30:26)The Black Seeds – Out of LightAaradhna – I'm Not The SameLorde – Mata KohoreMakaira Berry feat Hamiora Tuari & Pere Wihongi – ToreaFat Freddy's Drop feat Lisa Tomlins – Hope (LOCK-IN) Part III (58:49)Fat Freddy's Drop - Wandering Eye  The Black Seeds – Sometimes EnoughAaradhna - Brown GirlLadi6 - GuruPrincess Chelsea - When the World turns greyArjuna Oakes & Serebii – First Nights Part IV (89:06)MADEIRA – ManipulatorSola Rosa – Something Good (HIGH HOOPS flip)Yumi Zouma - Text From Sweden.BENEE - MonstaMONNI - You were my starHOA - Hanagae

As broadcast September 2, 2021 with plenty of extra echoes on that dub for you podcast surfers.  Tonight we pay tribute with the entirety of our first quarter of the show, remembering a legend on the mic & in the booth, who not only changed reggae & dub forever, but far beyond those as well.  Lee "Scratch" Perry passed away on Sunday aged 85, and one in that amount of years could hardly have more influence than The Upsetter.  After that, we have a good amount of new funk & soul to get through with a remix from Prefuse 73, a live version from Hojean, and a pretty amazing bit of afrobeat from Common as well!  For our 2nd hour AMPED rock feature, there are some blistering tunes to go through as well, with Turnstile out with their colossus of an album, IDLES covering Metallica, and Halsey teaming up with Trent Reznor on her new album which is also cracking stuff.#feelthegravityTracklisting:Part I (00:00)Lee “Scratch” Perry – Disco DevilBob Marley – Sun Is Shining (Lee “Scratch” Perry Dub)Dennis Alcapone feat Lee “Scratch” Perry – Back Biter (aka Shocks '71)Lee “Scratch” Perry & The Upsetters – Curly LocksThe Orb feat Lee “Scratch” Perry – Golden Clouds Part II (30:16)Arjuna Oakes & Serebii – First NightsHojean – Over 85 (Live)Maston & L'éclair – Swiss FrancDaste. – changes Freddie Gibbs & Yasiin Bey – Never Die (Prefuse 73 remix)Common feat Black Thought & Seun Kuti – When We MoveFela Kuti & Afrika 70 with Ginger Baker – Ginger Baker & Tony Allen Drum Solo, Pt 2Part III (62:59)Turnstile – BlackoutHalsey – HoneyIron Maiden – StrategoTeenage Bottlerocket – You're Never Going Out of StyleJohnny Marr – Spirit, Power and SoulPart IV (93:02)Bat Fangs – Queen of My WorldIDLES – The God That FailedGeese – Low EraUltra Q – BowmanOasis- Live Forever 

As broadcast August 30, 2021 with plenty of extra rain buckets to add to the podcast experience.  On this night when Hurricane Ida is roiling The Crescent City of New Orleans, we remember Katrina making landfall almost 16 years to the day.  Fats Domino barely escaped with his life from his home in the 9th Ward, but unfortunately Barry Cowsill was subsumed by the rushing floods, passing away aged 50.  Praying for everyone in New Orleans tonight.  After that, we welcomed Stella to the studio for the final time, as Yejin is set to return to her regular duties next week, and for most of the full two hours it's all about that new stuff with great new albums out from Big Red Machine, Madi Diaz, and Evan Wright to check a bit of, along with the fantastic First Nights EP from our main men down in Wellington, Arjuna Oakes & Serebii, who joined us last Friday.  #feelthegravityTracklisting:Part I (00:00)Fats Domino – Walkin' To New OrleansFats Domino – Ain't That A ShameGeese – Low Era (edit)HONNE feat NIKI – Coming HomeLalah Hathaway & Robert Glasper – Show Me Your SoulCHVRCHES – NightmaresCHVRCHES feat Robert Smith – How Not To Drown  Part II (33:37)Madi Diaz – History of a FeelingBig Red Machine feat Taylor Swift – BirchEvan Wright – PeopleTeenage Priest – AnymoreArjuna Oakes & Serebii – ResetGorillaz feat AJ Tracey – Jimmy JimmyBurna Boy feat Don Jazzy – Question Part III (62:41)Skrillex – Don't Go (with Justin Bieber & Don Toliver)Selena Gomez ft Camilo - 999Halsey – I am not a woman, I'm a godBelly ft The Weeknd – Die For It (ft. Nas) *Clean versionDream, Alex Benjamin – Change My ClothesLiam Payne - SunshineCynthia Erivo – Glowing UpPart IV (94:49)Shawn Mendes ft Tainy – Summer of LoveGriff – One NightAlesso & Marshmello – Chasing Stars (ft. James Bay)LANY – roll over, babyRobin Loxley & Jay Hawke – Owe You NothingFenech-Soler – SomebodyNao – Inhale Exhale 

As broadcast August 27, 2021 with plenty of kiwi birds to see on the podcast scenic highway.  This week we welcomed Arjuna Oakes & Serebii to the guest artist selector slot, as their First Nights EP just dropped the same day.  A duo that has worked mainly on one off singles up to this point together, their playlist was a fascinating look into the creation process for the songs on the EP, and the interview was an amazingly funny exploration of their very unique creative processes.  First Nights is out now courtesy of Innovative Leisure!#feelthegravityTracklisting:Part I (00:00)Tracy Chapman – Talkin' Bout A RevolutionCleo Sol – Why Don't YouKhruangbin – Connaisais de Face (Tiger?)Avantdale Bowling Club – To Live & Die in AD (Live)Silas Short – Cloudy JuneSoul Supreme – Check The Rhime Part II (31:53)Arjuna Oakes & Serebii – Satellites Arjuna Oakes & Serebii – Even When You're GoneTOI – Thinking Too MuchDallas Tamaira – No FlowersLadi6 – GuruFat Freddy's Drop - Bluey Part III (63:47)Arjuna Oakes & Serebii – First NightsThundercat – GoldenboySilas Short – Queen of PaisleyConan Mockasin feat Ade – It's Just WindArrangement – Coconut MangoChartreuse – Woman, I'm CrazyPart IV (98:19)Arjuna Oakes & Serebii – Holding Cell feat MoanaLUMP feat Laura Marling & Mike Lindsay – Red SnakesCleo Sol – PromisesHiatus Kaiyote – Rose WaterBrittany Howard – Presence (Little Dragon remix)Aaron Parks – Into The LabyrinthOneira – Mynise Mou 

Can a downtempo jam be subversive? That's what New Zealanders Arjuna Oakes and Serebii are thinking with their song “Satellites” and lyrics like "You should be fighting for this // You could defy their orders." But don't worry, that attitude builds character. 

As broadcast August 12, 2021 with extra coconut for you podcast creole speakers.  Tonight we open the show celebrating the 71st birthday of Kid Creole, aka August Darnell, born on this date in The Bronx in 1950.  The founder of both Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band and The Coconuts, a true mischievous creative titan of the game.  After the opener, we had nothing but new tunes beyond that in our first hour, with new joints from MF Robots, Paul & The Tall Trees, Brian Jackson, and so many other highly worthy candidates and friends of the program.  For our 2nd hour, there was lots of good in the rock world this week, but very notable huge swings & misses by Guns n Roses, Tom Morello, and Maneskin that are such car crashes we could not help but listen to the wreckage on air.  Great tunes otherwise from the likes of Dan Andriano & The Bygones, Jail Socks, and Slothrust as well to even out the palette.#feelthegravityTracklisting:Part I (00:00)Kid Creole & The Coconuts – EndicottMF Robots – Brand New DayMoses Patrou & The Soul Tune Allstars – Who's Gonna Save Me (From Myself)Sola Rosa – You Don't Know (Dizz1 remix)Paul & The Tall Trees – Love Doesn't Need To Be HeavyQuantic feat Nidia Gongora – Macumba de MareaPart II (34:22)El Michels Affair & Liam Bailey – FadedArjuna Oakes & Serebii – Satellites Brian Jackson & Jazz Is Dead – Bain de MinuitLittle Dragon – Water (FJK remix)Brandon Markell Holmes – Garden (Rouge Vogue remix)Fat Freddy's Drop – Bones (WAIRUNGA) Part III (65:01)Fake Names – It Will Take a LifetimeGuns n Roses – ABSURDTom Morello, Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder – Highway to HellManeskin, Iggy Pop – I Wanna Be Your SlaveSlothrust – The Next Curse (ft Lzzy Hale)Part IV (95:04)Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes – Go Get a Tattoo (ft Lynks)Dan Andriano and the Bygones – Sea LevelThe Last Gang – Noise Noise NoiseThe Vaccines – Alone StarJail Socks – Peace of MindThe Jaded Hearts Club – Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) 

As broadcast July 29, 2021 with bonus beats for you podcast boppers.  We start tonight remembering Idris Muhammad, a stalwart of the jazz drums and a transformational figure in funk, disco, breaks, and by extension hip-hop & electronica.  A proud son of Nawlins, Muhammad was the man behind too many samples to count off the top of even an expert's head.  For the remainder of the first hour, we have lots of new cuts to check out with Kendra Morris, Arjuna Oakes, Common & many more to check out, with a couple more historical features of The Time's self-titled album, released this week 40 years ago, and The Roots "Do You Want More?!!!??!" which had been slated for a deluxe reissue last year that was delayed due to the pandemic.  Cometh the hour, cometh the Dan after we hit the top of the clock again for our weekly AMPED rock feature, with an absolutely shocking Jonathan Davis cover of the Pet Shop Boys, Lucy Dacus speaking Simlish, and what has to be the tune of the week from The Linda Lindas getting their 2nd spin in 3 days' time.#feelthegravityTracklisting:Part I (00:00)Idris Muhammad – Crap AppleKendra Morris feat Eraserhood Sound – When We Would RideCommon feat PJ – ImagineJoan As Police Woman feat Tony Allen & Dave Okumu – Take Me To Your LeaderThe Time – Get It Up Part II (30:03)Bobby Oroza – Breakthru (This Love demo)Arjuna Oakes & Serebii – Even When You're GoneAstrocolor feat Caley Thomas – ParadiseMonster Rally – Tangerine LoungeFlamingosis – AuroraThe Roots feat Cassandra Wilson – Swept AwayThe Root – Distortion To Static Part III (57:30)Turnstile – HolidaySlipknot – DualityCoheed and Cambria – ShouldersPet Shop Boys (with a brief snippet of Jonathan Davis) – It's a SinQuicksand - BrushedDry Cleaning – Bug Eggs Part IV (89:17)The Linda Lindas – Oh!Volbeat – Don't Tread on MeLucy Dacus – Hot and Heavy (Simlish)The Joy Formidable – ChimesLindsey Buckingham – On the Wrong Side 

Episode 213: the aw shucks Shuckle episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Tonight we talk news! It's Pokemon GOOOOO time! Today, April 24, 2021, is Friendship Day! From 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. local time! Sustainability Week continues until Sunday, April 25, 2021. And there is a special event soon to celebrate Pokemon Snap, from April 29 to May 2. A camera avatar item, a camera-themed Gift sticker, and snapshot based challenges will all feature in the event! Plus, have you noticed that Team GO Rocket has been out of commission? They are coming back, and there will be make-up Shadow Zapdos availability in June! We are all waiting for the April 30 release of New Pokémon Snap for Nintendo Switch! There are lots of preorder options out there! Target has a magnetic photo frame. GameStop has a double sided poster. Walmart has a baseball cap!Also, Fujifilm is releasing a Nintendo Switch Smartphone Printer, with a special Pikachu edition coming out in May! Wouldn’t this be perfect for Pokemon Snap??? In Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield, they're celebrating National Penguin Day through tomorrow! Plus, get a code for a Weakness Policy, good through April 26th. Serebii Update: The Pokémon Company International has released the code for a Weakness Policy: WPF1NALSPC3. Redeemable until April 26th. Full details @ https://t.co/gDbXkHSvkT pic.twitter.com/yt3RzoWGVn— Serebii.net (@SerebiiNet) April 23, 2021 Battle Tornadus and Scout N & Zekrom in Pokémon Masters EX until May 5. Plus, get Water and Electric type eggs! Take a quiz on your knowledge of the Alola region! Shopping! The Levi's Pokemon collaboration is here. The Pokemon Center has new poseable plushes, like Lucario and (SOLD OUT!) Cofragrigus. Plus check out the cool new jewelry charms! There's a Litten! Also, Miz Sylver got a Build-a-Bear Eevee! Miz Sylver gives us the rundown on the Nindies Showcase! Lego Luigi is here to join Lego Mario! Also, is Boom Boom Bowser's kid? Shovel Knight is collaborating with Arby's, and they made special "cheat codes" just for this! Smite's newest God is Gilgamesh! Boston Uprising's big online event is happening TODAY April 24, at 4:30 PM. Watch the Monster Hunter Digital Event live on April 27. Cheap Playstation+ Renewal?!?!? There have been so many good games in the Playstation Play at Home program! Add Horizon Zero Dawn to your Playstation account by May 14th! Get Quiplash for free until Monday, April 26! Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know! Follow @pokemoncastTweet!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

VGC Off The Record is the official podcast of VideoGamesChronicle.com, where site editors (and friends) discuss the week's biggest games news and behind the scenes gossip.This week hosts Steven Mcinerney and Chris Scullion are joined by Serebii.net's Joe Merrick to discuss the 25th anniversary of Pokémon and the numerous upcoming games in the franchise.

Episode 209: The epic two hundred and ninth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Today, we talk news! As usual, Pokemon GO is keeping it packed! How'd you do on the Sneasel research? Today is Roselia Community Day! There's so much going on in February, including weekly 1 PokéCoin bundles, Snorlax Research Breakthrough Encounter, five-star raids with Suicune, Latias and Latios, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, and Mewtwo, Mega Pidgeot, Mega Ampharos, and MEGA GYARADOS! Spotlight Hours feature Miltank, Luvdisc, and Pikachu. Celebrate Valentine’s Day from February 8 to 15, including the Love Cup in the GO Battle League! The Year of the Ox event, featuring red Pokemon and zodiac Pokemon, runs February 9 to 14. And congrats Elyse! Level 50 Player in the Boston Area!!! The PAX Pokemon League is accepting applications until February 26 for PAX Online (May 28th - 31st). In Pokémon Sword and Shield, Cramorant the Gulp Pokemon is appearing in Max Raid Battles until February 8. And throughout February, you’ll encounter more Fighting-type and Psychic-type Pokémon in Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield Max Raid Battles, like Machamp and Orbeetle. Plus, use the code CR0WNF1NALS to get a Galarica Wreath Code through tomorrow. Serebii Update: The code to get a Galarica Wreath in Pokémon Sword & Shield has been released: CR0WNF1NALS. Runs until tomorrow at 14:59 UTC https://t.co/gDbXkHSvkT pic.twitter.com/Bv6FPZ7MbC— Serebii.net (@SerebiiNet) February 6, 2021 It's Palentine's in Pokemon Masters EX until February 18. Pokemon TV has Pokemon Advanced Challenge episodes, and Netflix is getting more Pokemon Journeys March 5. There are more regions to explore, Pokémon to catch, and battles to be won with Ash and Goh!📅 Mark your calendars, Trainers—more #PokemonJourneys: The Series comes to US @Netflix on 3/5! pic.twitter.com/miwMx7sEs9— Pokémon (@Pokemon) February 5, 2021 We still have months before Pokémon Snap comes out, but it's time for preorder bonuses! Pre-order the new Pokémon Snap game for the Nintendo Switch system starting today on https://t.co/5EJJz0HgK7 and receive a free & exclusive Magnetic Photo Frame when it launches on 4/30! Only at Target! https://t.co/Rv77dbwWC7 pic.twitter.com/4EfVJXOYm3— Target (@Target) January 29, 2021 And Pokemon shopping never stops! Pokémon Build a Bear Mew is now here. Pokémon Center has so many new plushes, including a huuuuuuge Gigantamax Mew. McDonald's Pokémon Cards are almost here! Get them with Happy Meals February 9 through March 8. (And if you want toys, Burger King has Nintendo Switch toys with their King Jr Meals!) Pokemon shopping, there's so much of it! Does your butt need something softer to rest on? How about SITTING ON A DITTO?? Japan will be getting an official Ditto chair cushion to cradle your caboose. How crazy is that?! pic.twitter.com/Git2waPjTo— PokéJungle (@pokejungle) February 5, 2021 Pokeshopper Update : We have now catalogued all images for the new Pokémon Gengar P-Bandai Cushion with rollout tongue. Details in full @ https://t.co/NrIThYMf50 pic.twitter.com/FPNkmS4xan— Pokéshopper.com (@Pokeshopper) January 8, 2021 Check out these awesome Sonic Legos, coming soon! Check out pre-order bonuses for Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury! Gamestop has cool posters, and Target has a cool water bottle! Enjoy two Mario adventures solo or with your friends and family! Purchase the Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury game for the Nintendo Switch system on 2/12 in stores and receive a free & exclusive Reusable Water Bottle, only at Target! https://t.co/r19ZxjLSFL pic.twitter.com/D0dMGtFjaP— Target (@Target) February 5, 2021 Check out the Monster Hunter Board Game! It's time... for Resident Evil Village! Bonus game, Re:Verse, looks cool, too! Online events galore! Blizzard Con Online is February 19-20. You can enjoy the con for free, but there are premium digital packs! The Overwatch Lunar New Year is February 4 - 25. Boston Uprising has an store online! Today is the last day of Smite Swag for February 1-7. Winter Fantasy Online is this weekend! Magic the Gathering on Antiques Road Show! Plus, shoutout to Professor Evergreen, catch up with him on YouTube and play in the Evergreen Cups! Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know! Follow @pokemoncastTweet!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

Episode 206: the optimistic two hundred and sixth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! January happenings are starting in Pokemon GO! Until January 4, Slowpoke wearing 2020 glasses will be appearing. Evolve Slowpoke wearing 2020 glasses to get a Slowbro wearing 2021 glasses! Plus the Pikachu evloution line will be wearing shiny purple top hats! The Unova Event happens January 5-10! It will feature new Collection Challenges... Maaaaachop! January 16 community day features Machop. The Machop Community Day–exclusive Special Research story is "Straight to the Top, Machop!" If you purchase a ticket for the Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto event by Wednesday, January 13, 2021, you’ll get this Special Research story for free! Plus, there are standard monthly January Events. Chansey is the research breakthrough pokemon. For 5 star raids, January 1-5 is Ho-Oh, January 5-12 is Genesect holding a Burn Drive, January 12-19 is Heatran, January 19-26 is Kyogre and Groudon, and January 26 will bring a surprise! Mega Charizard Y, Mega Blastoise, and Mega Abomasnow will be appearing in Mega Raids, and on January 19, a certain Mega-Evolved Pokémon will make its Pokémon GO debut in Mega Raids along with Mega Venusaur and Mega Houndoom. Pokémon Spotlight Hours will be Lillipup, Drifloon, Shroomish, and Phanpy. Plus, Starbucks is now a partner in Hong Kong, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand! In Pokémon Sword and Shield, you can register for the Players Cup III by January 14. And get a special space Pikachu as a mystery gift! Serebii Update: A Special Pikachu gift is being given over Mystery Gift for all players of a Pikachu. Runs until January 15th 2021. Details @ https://t.co/gDbXkHSvkT pic.twitter.com/0eTGUS1IJq— Serebii.net (@SerebiiNet) December 31, 2020 Pokémon TV has winter-themed episodes! Pokemon shopping! The Pokemon Center has new Admiration Valentine's items. Pokémon Pillsbury cookies are back! Christmas Leftovers! Get Pokeball ornaments on sale from Box Lunch. Plus, get My Nintendo Rewards Points from exploring the Box Lunch page. (Plus, on the My Nintendo Rewards front, download the Bravely Default II demo for platinum points!) Pokémon Glasses! Like, for your face! Try Crash Team Racing Racing Nitro Fueled until January 5 for free! Overwatch's Winter Wonderland is happening until January 5, too! Miz Sylver was excited about the games featured in the Switch Indie World Showcase, inlcuding Calico and Cyber Shadow! Miz Sylver has been busy! She visited local Boston-area gaming favorites! Replay'd is at 252 Brighton Avenue in Allston, MA. They fix consoles! Round 1 in Taunton is closing January 17! Platinum City Gaming in Taunton totally rocked! Miz Sylver had a blast. Founders Van and Rashaud were awesome guests of the show last October! Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know! Follow @pokemoncastTweet!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

The Pokeblock Podcast is a weekly show hosted by PokeTuber HoopsandHipHop that discusses a number of topics relating to the Pokemon franchise. This week, Hoops is joined by creator of Serebii.net, Joe Merrick, to discuss his legendary website and his thoughts on upcoming Pokemon games.

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Cool Trainer Ian and I comb through the Serebii reveals, and predict what we may see in the "live stream" from the Glimwood Tangle.  We discuss the latest trailer for the anime, and Ash's new friend.  And after 21 years in North America, we ruminate on what Pokemon has meant to us.  Is Ian able to stump me in my second ever Pokedex Challenge? Pokemon of the Week is a Totem Pokemon whith questionable fasion sense Check out Ian's work at Dragon Shield, Argent Saga, and at ianspiegelblum.com  follow this show @DownBshow

Today's episode I talk about the exciting news from the Pokemon Direct on 6/05/19. New Pokemon, new mechanics, new hype! If you have not seen it yet, here is a link to the direct! (it starts 28 minutes in.) Go check out Serebii.net they have new info up on the site and are updating everything as soon as it comes out, a very cool website. If you enjoyed this hype, I would greatly appreciate if you left a review on the platform you listen to this on, would really help more people see this! Intro and outro music is by GlitchxCity go follow her, she makes amazing music! Follow me on twitter! Twitter.com/prizecount Until next hype, have a great day! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/prizecount/message

A new Pokémon has appeared in Pokémon GO! This would be the 808th Pokémon that we know about? Mass confusion has hit the Pokémon world as we try to piece together who or what this "new" Pokémon is and how it fits into this past weekend's Community Day. Held items and Abilities have been removed from Let's Go Pikachu & Let's Go Eevee! Some games press had hands-on impressions of PikaVee and we talk about that. The newest TCG set confirms that Zeraora is leaving Japan and coming to our 3DSs. Also, something about more Pokémon Funko Pops are coming... 00:00:20 - Introduction 00:03:15 - News 00:07:05 - Pokémon Funko Pops 00:13:25 - TCG Update (Zeraora) 00:17:15 - Deoxys in Pokémon GO 00:29:00 - Break Music 00:29:45 - PikaVee Information 01:02:20 - Break Music 01:03:20 - Pokémon #808 01:34:20 - Pokémon of the Week 01:43:00 - House Cleaning 01:47:40 - Post Credits www.pkmncast.com twitch.tv/pkmncast reddit.com/r/supereffective twitter.com/pokemonpodcast patreon.com/itssupereffective

What a mouthful of a title! Last week, Alex, Donald, and Serebii's Joe Merrick talk about Pokemon Ultra Sun and Moon as part of a spoiler-heavy post-mortem for this year's Nintendo World Report telethon. We talk about everything from Team Rainbow Rocket to new Pokedex numbers, as well as a bit of Switch speculation! There were some connection issues along the way due to the special recording environment, so sorry about that, but we still had some good fun! On the next episode, Mega Man!