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 #187: Five Year Amiibo Anniversary, Indie World and ‘The Touryst’
NXpress Nintendo Podcast #186: 'Pokemon Sword' and 'Shield' Review, 'New Super Lucky's Tale'
Best Video Game Soundtracks 2019
NXpress Nintendo Podcast #185: ‘Woven,’ the Importance of Visuals, and Pokemon Backlash
NXpress Nintendo Podcast #183: ‘Luigi’s Mansion 3’ and 'Afterparty'
NXpress Nintendo Podcast #183: 'Luigi's Mansion 3' and Competing for the Future
NXpress Nintendo Podcast #182: 'Trine 4,' 'Untitled Goose Game,' 'A Knight's Quest,' and Pokemon News
NXpress Nintendo Podcast #181: 'Link's Awakening' and 'Sayanora Wild Hearts
NXpress Nintendo Podcast #180: 'Fire Emblem: Three Houses' and Keeping Up With So Many Games
NXpress Nintendo Podcast #179: 'Creature in the Well' Developer Interview, 'Daemon X Machina' Review, and 'Ring Fit Adventure' Impressions
Nxpress Nintendo Podcast #178: Switch Lite, 'Astral Chain' Review, and Standouts From the Latest Direct
NXpress Nintendo Podcast #177: PAX West, 'Astral Chain' and 'Decay of Logos'
NXpress Nintendo Podcast #176: 'Three Houses' Wrap-up, 'The Sinking City,' and Indie World
NXpress Nintendo Podcast #175: Ranking the Super Mario Series and 'Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3'
NXpress Nintendo Podcast #174: Smash's Hero and The Best Games of the Last 30 Years
NXpress Nintendo Podcast #173: 'Fire Emblem: Three Houses' Special
NXpress Nintendo Podcast #172: 'Super Mario Maker 2' and N64/Gamecube Tech
NXpress Nintendo Podcast #171: 'Bloodstained' and 'Cadence of Hyrule'
NXpress Nintendo Podcast #170: Hands-On 'Sword & Shield,' 'Link's Awakening' and 'Luigi's Mansion 3'
NXpress Nintendo Podcast #169: E3 2019 Nintendo Direct!
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