by Filippo DinolfoOn this week’s show: Fil and Pat talk at lendth about KOFXIV. Zenimax and Oculus are still not seeing eye to eye. Plus why did Nintendo struggle so much with the Wii U?
8/28/2016 Show Notes
- Intro
- What Are We Playing?
- F: King of Fighters XIV
- P: King of Fighters XIV
- B: Tales of Xillia, Umineko When They Cry
- C: Hitman, Alienation, Human Resource Machine
- The King of Fighters XIV discussion
- R&D1 talks with Famitsu
- Oda: I would rather reboot classic SNK franchises than resume them.
- Kuroki: 50-character workload was annoying but worked in the end.
- Smooth framerates and online play were prioritized over visual fidelity.
- World Championships announced
- Tech talk
- Aerial options severely limited compared to past KOF games
- Super jumps and “hyper hops” are gone
- P: This eliminates much of the need for what I call a “mute button”.
- P: Not a fan of the new Raging Storm input…
- Aerial options severely limited compared to past KOF games
- New story arc talk
- Who else is getting resurrected?
- Nelson’s “benefactors”?
- Pray for Chang and Choi (Have you seen B&B Do America…? Yeah…)
- Ryo and Butt traveling together (Garou 2 allusions?)
- Linguistics geek Patrick has observations about Verse
- Patrick bitching about cheaply made LEs…
- Did SFV terraform the genre landscape for KOF’s return?
- How great is it to see a KOF released to more or less communitywide fanfare?
- R&D1 talks with Famitsu
- SNK makes 17 legacy soundtracks available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify
- Right after we signed off: PS4 Slim leaked
- Patrick Sounds Off on the Metal Gear Survive reveal
- The latest on the Zenimax/Oculus lawsuit has damning claims about Carmack, Luckey
- ESPN reflects on Evo Moment #37
- Next up for Dissidia AE: Ace
- Horii: Dragon Quest XI scenario complete, development on track as planned
- Toejam & Earl 4 finds a publisher in Adult Swim
- P: If this leads to an Adult Swim cartoon spinoff, that would be perfect.
- Capcom has a PlayStation Humble Bundle up now
- PlayStation Plus price going up
- PlayStation Now coming to PC, Bluetooth Adapter in early September
- PlayStation Network gets Two-Factor Authorization
- Nintendo announces Nindie Summer Jam promotion lineup
- Reggie: NX will benefit from lessons Nintendo learned about messaging from Wii U
- Facebook Discussion of the Week: What do you blame most for the Wii U’s struggles?
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