Make sure your body is ready before listening! This week on the NXpress Nintendo Podcast, Cameron Daxon, Marc Kaliroff, and Campbell Gill return from a COVID-induced hiatus to talk the highs and lows of recent Nintendo news. After giving a short and sweet shout out to the expectedly underwhelming additions to NES/SNES online lineup, the gang turns their attention to the one and only Reggie Fils-Aime, former President of Nintendo of America, whose book Disrupting the Game: From the Bronx to the Top of Nintendo has just released! Marc gives the hosts the rundown about this book that spills all the Regginator’s secrets to effective management and reveals a new side of one of Nintendo’s most recognizable icons.
Of course, we can’t stay positive for too long–that’s why Marc and Campbell share their thoughts on the much-anticipated reboot Kao the Kangaroo. While this revival of a beloved franchise from the early 2000s showed much promise early on, the finished product leaves much to be desired: Marc and Campbell are more than happy to talk about how its levels are extremely mundane, its story insufferable, its characters unlikable, and its gameplay almost entirely broken due to a load of glitches, framerate dips, and resolution issues on Switch. It’s not even the best marsupial-themed platformer on the console!
Closing things out on a better note, Cameron shines an indie spotlight on the adventure game Citizen Sleeper, a narrative-driven sci-fi epic that shatters expectations to deliver one of this year’s standout experiences. This is a game where you can have a heart-to-heart with a vending machine, after all–what’s not to love?
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Playlist:
LFXIV – NXpress Intro
00:43 – Main Event: Disrupting the Game Review
“Main Theme” – The Legend of Zelda: A Link to The Past
26:30 – Main Event: Kao the Kangaroo Review
“Athletic Theme” – Super Mario World
46:20 – Indie Spotlight: Citizen Sleeper Review
“Fairy Fountain” – The Legend of Zelda: A Link to The Past
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 231: Castlevania Season 4 and Famicom Detective Club Reviews
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 230: An Interview with Lost Words: Beyond the Page Creative Director, Mark Backler!
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 229: Ask Iwata Impressions and Shantae Review
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 228: Indie World Reactions, SaGa Frontier Remastered Review, and More
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 227: Pac Man 99 First Impressions, Star Wars: Republic Commando Review, and More!
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 226: Monster Hunter Rise Impressions, Nintendo Disappointments, and More
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 225: Happy Birthday, Animal Crossing New Horizons!
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 224: Reviewing Persona 5 Strikers, Stubbs the Zombie, and More
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 223: Playing with Power Review and Celebrating International Mario Day
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 222: Switch’s Fourth Anniversary and Pokémon Presents Reactions
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 221: Celebrating 10 Years of 3DS, Capcom Arcade Stadium, and Ghosts ‘n Goblins Resurrection
Best of the NXpress Nintendo Podcast: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Best of the NXpress Nintendo Podcast: Super Mario World 3D World Wii U Review
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 220: Nintendo Direct and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury Review
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 219: An Interview with The Completionist, Jirard Khalil
NXpress 218: Pokemon Anniversary Celebration, Nintendo Financial Results, and More
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 217: Yacht Club Games on Cyber Shadow’s Development, Unused Lore, and More
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 216: An Interview with the Editor-in-Chief of Boss Fight Books
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 215: Monster Hunter Rise Demo Impressions, Bowser’s Fury Discussion, and More
Best of the NXpress Nintendo Podcast: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island
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