On this non-foolery edition of the Day 0 Update: Destiny 2 is coming! Palmer Luckey is going! JRPGs are headed west. Plus Nintendo will have a greater presence at this year’s E3. That and more, up next!
4/2/2017 Show Notes
- Intro
- What Are We Playing?
- F: The waiting game
- P: Heavensward, Switch stuff, Old-Time Hockey, fighting games…
- B: Mass Effect Andromeda
- C: Zelda, MLB 17, Super Mario Run
- D: Has-Been Heroes, The Walking Dead 3.3, Persona 5
- April’s PS+ and GWG lineups
- Xbox One’s new update adding Beam and the new Guide is live
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Telltale series premieres on 4/18
- Destiny 2 announced for PS4/XB1/PC on 9/8
- Mad Catz closes its doors
- Oculus Rift creator Palmer Luckey departs Facebook/Oculus
- Wipeout Omega Collection will be out on PS4 6/6 for $40
- Final Fantasy XIV’s two week free trial is now free to play up to lvl 35 with each class
- Romancing SaGa 3 headed to PS Vita, mobile
- Valkyria Revolution releasing on PS4/Vita/XB1 6/27 for $40
- Atlus Japan blocks all PS4 Share features for Persona 5
- D: LOL yep yep.
- P: A sharp uptick in capture card sales would appear imminent.
- Eternal Champions creator Michael Latham feeling out interest in a spiritual successor
- Arika testfires unnamed project footage as 4/1 joke, admits it represents a real game
- The game, likely to become Fighting Layer 2, is Arika’s 20th Anniversary project.
- There is precedent for real gaming news happening 4/1. (Thousand-Year Door)
- P: Those redesigns, too. Hokuto, Garuda, and Kairi all look great!
- Rock Howard rounds out the KOF XIV DLC, all four join the roster April 5th…in patch 2.0
- Four DLC characters available at $5.99 apiece (Rock, Vanessa, Whip, Yamazaki)
- Whip has explicitly been priced, other outlets have reported $4.99 prices.
- Two free stages (Fatal Fury Special Terry Stage, KOF ‘97 Monaco Street Circuit)
- Full character rebalancing (notes will be discussed when available)
- New OST music added (at least the DLC character themes, probably more)
- Pattern recording/replay functionality for Training Mode
- Bug fixes, stability…
- Four DLC characters available at $5.99 apiece (Rock, Vanessa, Whip, Yamazaki)
- Turmell: I might still have a Jordan build of NBA Jam somewhere
- Licensing kept #23 out of most basketball games in the early-mid 90s.
- Konami takes sharp turn back to the gaming industry with new recruitment ads
- Franchises listed include Suikoden, Castlevania, Contra, more
- P: Seems the pachislot market is difficult when you can’t set up around brothels.
- Reggie: In contrast to recent practices, Nintendo going all-in on E3 this year
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