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Blessing Adioia Jr.
I grew up with the PlayStation 2 version of Soul Calibur 2 and so I had Bitch ass Heihachi as my special character for the game. And so to now you play in the GameCube version of Soul Caliber 2. And playing with Link. Everything is right.
Tim Gettys
Everything is right. God, what a time to be alive. F0GX is playable officially from Nintendo in 2025. It feels good.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
It feels real good.
Tim Gettys
Feels real fast. I love it. Everybody, you're probably wondering why are we at a different set right now? We're sitting on chairs instead of sitting at a desk. It's because it's the Switch to launch day. We're about to have a fun party stream after this of all of us playing the Switch 2 just like we did all night long last night. We went live around 7:30 and we're still live. We never stopped being live. Roger and Joey stayed literally the entire night. Fran came through for a for many hours. Nick was there. Me and Bless were there for a while. Greg was there and it was just like a. A menagerie of people. What, what do you want to say about last night?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I mean honestly I'm sad that I couldn't stay longer. It was such an active day. It was such a busy day. And so like to start it off with getting the Switch Twos in the office and then rolling that into. I mean y' all talking about ballerina and then the state of play, right, which was really big. And then you know, I had volleyball I had to go to, you know, I mean then coming back and you know, playing the Switch 2 and Mario Kart. I don't know. It was just such a good time, such a busy day. But, yeah, I, like, I feel like I. I felt lame because I peaced out at what, like, 11, 11:30? I don't know, man. I wish I could have stayed later.
Tim Gettys
I ended up leaving at. At midnight with Greg, and I didn't want to. It was like such middle school sleepover vibes. And I haven't felt that in a long time, like, that type of experience. And it. You can only get it when there's something fresh and new and there's an excitement in the air that everyone's, like, equally excited about. You know, a new console. Mario bopping around, trying different things, friends complaining about how many frames per second it is. It was just like a magic to everything. So, anyways, great time, and we're gonna keep those great times going because it's just starting now. Today we're gonna be streaming all day. Mario Kart and all the other stuff too, I'm sure. And then tomorrow is Summer Game Fest.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Oh, my God, I forgot.
Tim Gettys
Summer Game Fest, another thing for us to react to. And then Saturday, we're taking off, which really just means playing Mario Kart at home.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah, yeah. Finally get around to deltarune.
Tim Gettys
And then. Exactly. And then Sunday, we'll be the studio at the desk reacting to the Xbox Showcase, which I am very excited for. Would you say you're more excited for Summer Game Fest or Xbox Showcase?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
O. I would say equal. I'm equally excited. Yeah. I think. I would say I'm pretty excited for both. I think mainly because I don't know what to expect for either. I know Xbox is a bit easier because you kind of know that you're. You have the expectations of might. We might see Perfect Dark. We might see Clockwork Revolution. We know we're going to see Outer Worlds 2. You know what? I'll say Xbox. Because Outer Worlds 2, specifically, I cannot wait to see more. I love the first Outer World, and so I'm really excited to see what they have for the second one.
Tim Gettys
Yeah, I'm leaning towards Xbox as well. I. I feel like just because they've really knocked it out of the park the last couple years with this one. And I feel like we're at a place now that they have a lot, even more than they had last year in terms of teams and things that they could announce. So I feel like there's a very high chance of it being entertaining and filled with at least a couple things that make me go, oh, I'm stoked about this.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yes. I'm excited to play this on all platforms. Maybe the cloud.
Tim Gettys
I was trying to segue from, speaking of clouds, it doesn't fully work, but.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Because you got your head in the clouds.
Tim Gettys
I got my head in my cloud. For years I had my head in the clouds dreaming, thinking about what Pokemon Scarlet and Violet running right would look like.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
And it was hard to fathom, allegedly. You know what I mean? But now it's not. Kevin, can you bring up the link that I sent? This is one of the greatest.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Before already, before the. Before the video even plays. I can see this, like, the smoother textures. So in the Switch 2 version. This is insane, by the way.
Tim Gettys
Yeah. The windmills were the biggest problem in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. And for some reason, there's more windmills in Scarlet and Violet than any other Pokemon game in history.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
That was a design they wanted to challenge themselves. Yeah.
Tim Gettys
But what I love about this is like, you look at the bottom left, you see that windmill turning, that turbine.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
For audio listeners, we're looking at a side by side of the Switch 1 and Switch 2 versions of Scarlett or Violet. And yeah, we're looking at the windmills and the Switch one windmill. The rotation on the fans, propellers. They are in stop motion essentially.
Tim Gettys
Right.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Because of how bad the frame rate is in that game. And in the Switch 2 version, it is so smooth.
Tim Gettys
I mean, here's the thing. You'll look at this and your eyes are drawn to the windmill closest to us on the bottom left. That on the Switch 2 is. Is running right.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
On the Switch 1. Janky as all hell.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
But you get distracted by that and then you start looking at the other windmills.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yes.
Tim Gettys
Can we just like, appreciate windmill number four windmill on the top? Yeah.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Windmill number four struggling, trying its best. Like that is one frame per second. Yeah. Like two frames at mass max per second.
Tim Gettys
Yeah.
Kevin Coelho
You guys are better at looking at rates. Are the windmills at the bottom all moving at the same rate?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Oh, can you full screen?
Kevin Coelho
Yes.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I don't. I don't even. I don't know if we'll be able to tell, honestly. Well, I mean, windmill in the back, Honestly, windmill in the back is better than the Switch one's first. Windmill on the front. Like to really, really drive, drive this home. I think this is fucked up. They are messing with what Scarlet and Violet is at its core. This is not Scarlet and Violet.
Tim Gettys
Yeah.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
This ain't the Scarlet and Violet that I know. The game should not run this smooth.
Tim Gettys
Yeah. People shouldn't be able to do this. No, it's not fair. We had to play it the other way.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I had to play it the true its truest form. Jesus.
Tim Gettys
Oh everyone remember this is Kind of Funny Games daily. Each and every weekday we run you through the video game news that you need to know about live on YouTube, Twitch and podcast services around the globe. I like that we have this nice little windmill music.
Kevin Coelho
Yeah, I was about to cut it off for a little while.
Tim Gettys
If you love what we do, support us with the kind of funny membership on Patreon, YouTube and now Spotify and Apple Podcasts to get all of our shows ad free and a daily exclusive. Greg Way for a chance to be part of this show though. Submit your thoughts and opinions as YouTube super chats as we go. Just like Bob Shiggody already did saying. Are you guys getting Magic the Gathering Final Fantasy pre release tomorrow?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I don't know what the plan is. I didn't get a pre order cuz they're so expensive and I'm trying to. I'm waiting to see if we if anything comes in the mail to see what's up. Did you pre order?
Tim Gettys
I pre ordered something a while back. I don't remember what it was but I got some set of cards. I just don't understand magic so I'm not sure what I did.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
At the very least on Saturday I got plans to go to a magic event and I'm going to play some magic Final Fantasy set with people.
Tim Gettys
I love that.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
So I will have my hand.
Tim Gettys
I think that that's so cool that you do that. Oh really legitimately.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Thank you. I appreciate it.
Tim Gettys
I think that's like. There's such a like putting yourself out there like having fun, meeting people, playing games, trying new stuff.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I mean my weeks nowadays my weeks are. I go for. I play volleyball on one day of the week, another day of the week I go and I play cards with strangers.
Tim Gettys
Hell yeah.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
It has changed my life. I feel like such a better man.
Tim Gettys
Hell yeah dude. That's awesome. A little housekeeping for you. We're an 11 person business all about live talk shows like the one we're doing right now. After this we're gonna be playing a lot more Switch two and then at some point today we're gonna do a games cast. That's our Nintendo Switch 2. First of all impressions. We want to get more people a little bit more time with different things whether they're just playing in the office area or on stream for us to be able to give our thoughts on our first day with the Switch 2. Then if you're a kind of funny member, today's Greg Way. We don't know what it's going to be, but it's going to be me.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
That's strike three for Greg, by the way.
Tim Gettys
It's me. This one's me.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Oh, it's you.
Tim Gettys
This one's me.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Okay. I don't count when it's other people.
Tim Gettys
Yeah, yeah, this one's me at strike three.
Kevin Coelho
Yesterday or two days ago.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
No, he got it in on time. Or he didn't write the time. Like the amount of how long the Greg Way was. But he did write the topic, which is good enough for me.
Kevin Coelho
Interesting.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I just want to get there without having to read the X's.
Tim Gettys
I don't like X's.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I don't like X's. Yeah, especially seven evil ones.
Tim Gettys
True. Thank you to our Patreon producers, Carl Jacobs, Omega Buster and Delaney Twining. Today we are brought to you by X Real, but we'll tell you all about that later. I'm really excited. I'm gonna try my extra with the Switch two later today.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Oh.
Tim Gettys
I'm not confident it's gonna work.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
So you're gonna put on the glasses and see your Switch to screen.
Tim Gettys
Unfortunately, because I have Nintendo works. So the X Rail, anything that has the USB video out. Yeah, it works.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Okay.
Tim Gettys
Switch doesn't because they're motherfuckers. And you need to dock it. Remember that whole thing?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yes.
Tim Gettys
You the dock to the hdmi. So you instead need to have a little dongle that you can power and then a second USB C going out. So I'm going to test. We'll see. I'll keep you all updated. Maybe I'll do it on stream. Maybe I'll have. I'll play Mario Kart against you. You playing on the tv and you.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Play with the glasses.
Tim Gettys
Augmented reality. No one will make fun of me.
Kevin Coelho
Why don't you just plug in the HDMI to type C in the back of the Switch?
Tim Gettys
Yeah, we could do that.
Kevin Coelho
Okay.
Tim Gettys
But then I'm tethered to the world. I want to be mobile.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Mobile.
Kevin Coelho
Okay.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Get this man on the road for now.
Tim Gettys
Let's begin with what is and forever will be. The Roper Report. It's time for some news. We have eight stories today. Story number one. What a headline. My Switch 2 came with snacks.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
What a day.
Tim Gettys
This comes from Jazz Stewart at Polygon. Upon receiving my Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch to Pro controller delivery on this cold, wet June launch day morning, I was blessed to find a Gift from Sam Walton himself. Okay, maybe not Sam, who's been a ghost since 1992 while I expected to open my package to reveal Nintendo's hot new console, lo and behold, nestled in the reusable bags placed on my front porch were two cans of pizza flavored Pringles at two bottles of Coke to wash it all down. I've witnessed many console launches in my day, but I've never been gifted stacks to power my initial gaming session with a brand new console. Now bless.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
Did you prep the show today?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
You're the one that came up with the news stories?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
You're the one that decided this is story number one.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah. All right. Yeah. All right. Yeah.
Tim Gettys
Switch 2 gamers have flooded the Internet with details on their Nintendo Switch 2 halls. While some brag about claiming their new console at midnight or being able to find one without a pre order, others brag about the flavor of Pringles they received from Walmart. Some unlucky individuals didn't receive the snack care package. Others receive the snacks with other miscellaneous bonus goodies including wet wipes, Tide samples and band aids. Apparently Walmart knows just how messy a good gaming session can get. Reception has ranged from confusion to appreciation, with some believing this is some ploy to save face after Walmart started canceling pre orders a few days before the Switch 2's release. No matter where you landed the discussion this bizarre pre order bonus will be remembered when we look back on the Nintendo Switch 2's launch.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
What's going on, Tim?
Tim Gettys
I don't know, but last night me, Kevin and Greg were at the Nintendo store for the launch party events for Nintendo Switch 2. And Greg Miller did one of the most or asked me one of the most bizarre questions. Fuck it. Why?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
No, no way. Fuck it really is.
Tim Gettys
What the fuck man? I thought literally I'm talking shit about him. Why? What could he possibly have to say? We have Pringles to talk about on.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
This gaming news show. We had to talk about these wet wip. So they're going out with people.
Greg Miller
Kind of funny. Game Showdown Season three champion.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Oh, move my hand over here.
Greg Miller
Frankly boys, it's a little bit insulting.
Tim Gettys
Yeah.
Greg Miller
That on a day this big you would make this story number one. All right, sure, it's Switch to launch day, but as you might remember, Timothy.
Tim Gettys
Yeah.
Greg Miller
Me and this championship run we're intertwined with the Switch 2. All right, run. What happened when they announced the Switch to? I said I would cash in stars in the bank and you ran away like a coward.
Tim Gettys
Yeah, that's that's true.
Greg Miller
That was a bullshit move on your part. All right, so what I did, tried to make it right, Tim. I told everyone near and far that I would confirm the parade details. That I would confirm the parade details. That's right. San Francisco, we're bringing the kind of funny championship parade to you. What day is it going to be?
Tim Gettys
Saturday.
Greg Miller
Before I get to that, what I need you all to know is that this is a championship parade for me. Thank you, Barrett. Greg Miller, your season three champion. All right. And I know a lot of you are saying maybe I don't want to go to San Francisco on a Saturday. That's fine. Right now. Go to kind of funny.com store. Kevin, show kind of funny.com store right now, please. I appreciate the smoke. I see everyone else in here annoyed by it. Not me. We have not one, but two championship shirts for you.
Tim Gettys
Oh, my fuck.
Greg Miller
There's the kind of funny game showdown. Team blue championship three Pete. Of course. We're the three Pete. There it is. You see it right there? Three time champion. That's what you're looking for right now. Of course, if you are one of the people who thinks I'm the most handsome champion there's ever been on game showdown. We appreciate that. And there's a shirt for that, too. God, there's the team blue shirt right there.
Tim Gettys
All right, team blue shirt.
Greg Miller
These are what you need right now. Roberto, super chats. What's the name of Greg's walkout music? That is element 80s ego, everybody. Love that song. Great song. These shirts are up right now. And what I'm gonna need you all to do is realize you already spent all mom's money on the Nintendo switch and you need to buy both these shirts and bring them to San Francisco on Saturday, June 28. Saturday, June 28 is Greg Miller's championship parade, everybody.
Tim Gettys
Well, I can't be there.
Greg Miller
Oh, that's a shame.
Tim Gettys
It's Pokemon Go fest.
Greg Miller
Oh, that's a shame. Well, you see, what's funny about the Greg Miller championship parade is that it's going to be down on the Embarcadero.
Tim Gettys
No.
Greg Miller
As part. As part of Pokemon Go fest. See, Tim. No, see, Tim, I know. I know how much you. You love Pokemon Go and you love walking the Embarcadero with your little friend Andy Goldfarb. Well, I thought I would bring the parade to you so you don't have to choose. You don't have to choose what you do. You can come be part of the parade with hundreds, if not thousands of kind of funny best friends in my team blue shirt as we walk the Embarcadero.
Tim Gettys
Yeah, we didn't get.
Greg Miller
We didn't get it. This isn't like a legal parade. We're not taking over the street. We'll walk on the sidewalks and be respectful. We'll play Pokemon Go with you because you can have fun. You will lift me up. You will carry me. We will walk the Embarcadero and end outside of spg. That's square pie guys on their little grassy area.
Tim Gettys
Oh, my God.
Greg Miller
Can we get Hunter Pence to come give a speech? Can we get the mayor to come give a speech?
Tim Gettys
Oh, man.
Greg Miller
I have a call with Niantic today to see if they'll give me a special Pokemon Go thing.
Tim Gettys
No. I want everyone to know if you have been watching the show for the last couple years, I've been on my journey to level 50, the final level.
Greg Miller
When's that gonna happen?
Tim Gettys
And if. If things keep going the way that they have been the last couple days, I should hit level 50 on Saturday, June 20th.
Greg Miller
Oh, that's a shame. Oh, that's a shame. Oh, I can't believe this just lined up this way. I can't believe Joey didn't help me and tell me things you told her. Saturday, June 28th. Greg Miller championship parade. Probably around 11am we'll figure out the details on where we're meeting, but right now, just buy the shirt. All right. I earned it.
Tim Gettys
You earned it.
Greg Miller
I earned it.
Tim Gettys
All right.
Greg Miller
Thank you. Have a great show.
Tim Gettys
Thank you.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I do like this as a test of whether or not people will wear Greg Miller on their chest.
Tim Gettys
Yeah. You know, it's a test that I.
Greg Miller
Think historically they don't. Historically, those shirts don't sell well. But they were drawings before, not championship shirts.
Tim Gettys
Oh, God. God.
Greg Miller
Have a great show.
Tim Gettys
Are you talking to Niantic?
Greg Miller
Yeah, because I guess there's some other Pokemon Go thing happening today.
Tim Gettys
There's always Pokemon.
Greg Miller
They were like. He's like, I'm. I'm out of town at this.
Tim Gettys
Oh, yeah, Go Fest. Yeah, Because Go Fest is like a month long thing. But then there's Go Fest Global. It's a two day thing.
Greg Miller
And he just said, call me anytime. And I said, I will.
Tim Gettys
Oh, great. Well, I don't want. I was about to say, thanks, Greg, but no, I'm not going to.
Greg Miller
You're welcome.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
You know, at first I was like, wow, two days away from your birthday. Like, you really dodged that, being on your birthday. But then, yeah, I explained the Pokemon Go thing.
Greg Miller
I Know, it's actually worse important for optics. The San Francisco Pride Parade is not that day. It is the next day.
Tim Gettys
It is on Sunday.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
That makes a lot of sense.
Kevin Coelho
Yeah.
Greg Miller
Okay, heads up, everybody. There are a lot of jokes in the beginning. Greg's gonna steal the Pride Parade. I said I want to do that, and I refuse to do that.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
You're gonna open up for them.
Greg Miller
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Opening up for the Pride Parade.
Tim Gettys
Oh, man.
Greg Miller
I should reach out to them, too. Okay, good idea. Thanks. Bless.
Tim Gettys
Oh, my Lordy Lord. Well, what I was gonna say, just awful before that happened, is it was me, Greg and Kevin at the Nintendo Store and Greg asked me one of the oddest questions a human being's ever asked me, do I want a Band Aid? And he, like, had Band Aids and he, like, offered me a Band Aid. And I don't think there's any question more alarming than do you want a Band Aid when you don't know you're bleeding. Yeah, I wasn't bleeding. That's bizarre, right?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
But he has. And immediately I start looking, I'm like, what don't I know? You know?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Is he asking, asking you this with a straight face?
Tim Gettys
Yes.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
It's not like a Greg Miller character. Total straight face, genuinely like, you want.
Tim Gettys
To be Band Aids?
Kevin Coelho
A Band Aid, like, travel kit.
Tim Gettys
Yeah.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
What happened after? Is that the end of the story?
Kevin Coelho
That's the end of the end of the story.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
You asked, did you grab a Band Aid from him?
Tim Gettys
Did you say, no, I didn't need it.
Kevin Coelho
He did that to me too. And I was like, am I bleeding? He said, no. And I'm like, what the hell am I gonna do with the Band Aid?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Well, that's what Walmart's doing to many of the customers. They are giving wet wipes, Tide samples, band aids, miscellaneous bonus goods. Now, before the show, Kevin asked, is this just a. Is this a make good or is this like a marketing move for how messy this pre order stuff has been? And I'd imagine so, of course. Shout out to Rog, former Roger Porney and Joey, who are streaming last night. And we're getting chats in from people in the audience that were like, yo, I just got my Switch 2 and they sent in Coke and Pringles. I saw people on my Blue sky timeline tweeting about this, right. Of getting Coke and Pringles and good.
Kevin Coelho
Looking kitchen behind too.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
You see that? Yeah. Shout out to this. Of course, if you go to the hashtag Walmart, surprise, that's where Roger was asking people to send Their things to kind of. Kind of funny vids on Twitter and blue sky.
Kevin Coelho
Oh, we have that same table now.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Who says that's not ours? I snuck in. I do appreciate that. There's no consistency as far as the flavoring of Pringles and what the prizes.
Tim Gettys
Yeah. Oh, Mexican. The Walmart surprise is hilarious because like Pringles and Coke.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I understand that as a universal like, oh, that's cool. The. It's where we get into the wet wipes and band aids where I'm like, oh, okay, you're just picking things out. I feel.
Tim Gettys
Yeah, you're just grabbing whatever's there.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
There's utility there.
Tim Gettys
But I have good news.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
What's that?
Tim Gettys
I have a Switch tube being delivered today from Walmart. So let's see what happens here. I'm really excited about Pringles. You know, would you.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Would it surprise you to know that like, in organizing this show, really, it is a thing of like, all the news stories are kind of like this. Yeah, it is this. Everybody got out the way of the Switch launch as far as everybody. As far as like other news dropping. But all of the news here, all the news items we got are very much like just weird news stories.
Tim Gettys
Yeah.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
That we got like the Switch.
Tim Gettys
I will say that obviously any new launch of anything with demand is. There's going to be a lot of problems. There's going to be canceled pre orders. There's going to be like, just like a weird ass things happening left and right. But what I will say anecdotally said that wrong, but you get what I'm saying.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
I have never seen more people happy with how a launch went online than this. Oh, the amount of like how well Best Buy has handled pre orders of like waiting in line. Sure, there's a long line, there's a lot of people. The lines move fast. They were organized. Things were good. Our experience at the Nintendo store last night was amazing.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Oh, yeah.
Tim Gettys
Like they got that shit down.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Do we know how long it took Barrett? Because Barrett did send us a slack last night saying that the line he was at Best Buy was like, hell.
Kevin Coelho
I think it was about 90 minutes that he waited.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Okay.
Kevin Coelho
Yeah. And I met him halfway through.
Tim Gettys
Makes sense if there's hundreds of people, but like, think about that. 90 minutes for hundreds of people to get their orders and stuff. Like, that's awesome.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Hell, yeah.
Tim Gettys
So I, I'm just like impressed with Best Buy specifically. I guess I want to give the shout out to. I will say the boys in blue.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Hold on.
Tim Gettys
Explain that to blue and Yellow.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Okay, that's better. That's better. You know who's not happy? Some people in New York who bought their switches from a particular GameStop. You're going to have to read story number two for that.
Tim Gettys
Story number two, everybody. GameStop Nintendo Switch 2 customers hit with punctured screens after store employees staple receipts to the box. Oh, no.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Come on.
Tim Gettys
Aaron Klotz at Tom's Hardware reports Nintendo's highly anticipated Switch 2 arrives today. But for some, the launch is bittersweet. Some units from GameStop have reportedly been damaged by staples responsible for holding store receipts onto the boxes. Motherfuckers, don't be stapling my shit. Just period.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Also, how hard are you stapling these things?
Tim Gettys
Like, that is some wild stuff. Yeah, don't be doing that.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
You're treating these boxes with no regard.
Tim Gettys
Like Greg Miller, dude.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah, he does that.
Tim Gettys
Disgusting. Several customers have gone to X and Reddit to report the issue, noting that the staples are puncturing through the Switch 2's thin packaging material and damaging the console screen. One such customer said, stated on X that GameStop stapled the receipt for me and my friend Switch Twos to the box. Another from Rude Boy on X said, hello, my switch 2 has staple holes in the screen. They stapled the receipt to the box.
Kevin Coelho
What do we see?
Tim Gettys
Why are they straight up doxing these? Why are they calling out the GameStop at 1756 Forest Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10303?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Because people should know the GameStop not to go to.
Tim Gettys
Don't go there, man. They'd be stapling.
Kevin Coelho
But like, LCD screens, when you. When you puncture them, they bleed, right? Like they. No, no, but like, I'm serious. Like the liquid. The liquid part of LCD liquid crystal display bleeds. There's no bleed in this. I think we're being bamboozled.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
You think they're faking it?
Kevin Coelho
I think someone.
Tim Gettys
Someone wants attention.
Kevin Coelho
I think someone hates that particular store. It has a film. All right, well, that's good enough then.
Tim Gettys
JG says they need a band aid. They should have got it from Walmart.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Should have got the band aid. And also, yeah, there's another reason why Nintendo's like, don't take off the protective film because guess what it saved. I imagine it saved the Switch because it's still turned on, so you still play it.
Tim Gettys
Most of the reports appear to be coming from the aforementioned GameStop location in.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
New York, so 1756 Forest Avenue in Staten Island, New York. 10-303/plus, get it together.
Tim Gettys
Can you imagine being an employee at GameStop, 1756 Forest Avenue, Staten Island, New York.
Kevin Coelho
Stop saying we're gonna get sued.
Tim Gettys
Can you just imagine the feeling of seeing this being like, I'm out of here?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Like, the way that I would not show up to work for the rest of the week. I'm calling in sick.
Tim Gettys
Oh, man.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I'm applying to other GameStops.
Tim Gettys
Oh.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I'm like, get me out of here, because I'm gonna have a riot outside.
Tim Gettys
We're done.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
My store.
Tim Gettys
We're done. Story number three.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Let's get into some real news, some good stuff.
Tim Gettys
Okay. Okay. Well, actually, before we get to the real news, I want to continue this stuff. I saw some guy on. On Twitter that I don't even want to, like, show him because, like, this is so stupid. I just want to say it. The first person banned from San Francisco Nintendo because he. His whole channel is breaking tech, like, busting it open and stuff. And, like, he had the switch and was outside the store and broke it.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Outside the store.
Tim Gettys
Okay, well, there's just a picture of him holding it. Wait, was there broken.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I assume. Was there a crowd? Like, I assume there are, like, people around him.
Tim Gettys
He did it for attention.
Kevin Coelho
Yeah, well, yeah, but, like, it's his switch at that point, right? He didn't break the store switch.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah, but, like, to be doing that in front of a bunch of Nintendo fans.
Kevin Coelho
Yeah, but to get banned from a Nintendo store? Come on, man. You can't.
Tim Gettys
Come on, Kevin.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
It's not like we arrested him.
Tim Gettys
You're seriously on the side of this.
Kevin Coelho
I mean, I just think it's a little absurd for him to get banned. He spent money on the thing. He can do whatever he wants. He could break it and try to eat it.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Here's the thing, people. I see there's a few people in chat that are like, oh, it's wild to ban him. That sucks. But it's his money. Here's the thing. He's allowed to do whatever he wants. He's not being arrested. He's being banned from establishment.
Kevin Coelho
That's crazy.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
That is. Watching him break their product.
Greg Miller
That's right. It was his property.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
In front.
Greg Miller
Kevin, do you need a Band Aid?
Kevin Coelho
Get out. Why are you touching me?
Tim Gettys
Hearing Greg come through the God Mike out of nowhere is fucking hilarious.
Kevin Coelho
Tim. Chad's on my side. You've lost this one again. First friend, now me. Greg's kidding. You, too.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
If somebody. I don't know, man. Actually, that's not a good example. I was gonna say, if somebody came in front of Our office. In front of our office. And like, I don't know, like, where I was wearing shirts that said kind of funny sucks and all y' all should die or whatever. We'd be like, all right, that person. If they're. If they're in any of our fucking Reddits or anything, we ban them. Yeah, they're not allowed.
Tim Gettys
Yeah, Kev, I feel like you're allowed.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
If you have a community of people, you should be allowed to be like, all right, we don't like certain people. They're not allowed here.
Tim Gettys
I said I wasn't gonna do this, but I'm doing it.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
As long as you're not discriminatory.
Tim Gettys
Yeah, Kev, I put a link to this right before story number three. The tweets just banned from Nintendo San Francisco. And then just a picture of him with his switch broken. You bring it up whenever you'd like, because my fault.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Okay, here's the. Here's the thing, right? Because my follow up. Because I feel like my example I just gave wasn't great, but if I see somebody outside of my Nintendo Store just breaking a switch for attention, I feel like that's potentially a safety hazard because, like, I feel like you could possibly get jumped in front of the Nintendo Store with those actions, right? If you have a line of people that are waiting to pick up their switch and they see you fucking breaking a switch in front of them, like, you can. That you could cause bad to happen that way.
Tim Gettys
Yeah, totally.
Kevin Coelho
I am just gonna say, in San Francisco, we've. Many of us have seen people just pooing on the street, and, like, there's a good chance that some random person will poo in front of the Nintendo Store. Should they get banned? Should they get banned?
Tim Gettys
I will say, Kevin, I've never seen someone poo on the street.
Kevin Coelho
No, come on. Never. I've seen it twice, and it's shocking. A Tim. It changes you. It takes something that you didn't know you needed an innocence. And I hated it.
Tim Gettys
But I did. See.
Kevin Coelho
Stop. You promised not to bring this up.
Tim Gettys
No, no, no, no, no.
Kevin Coelho
I told you specifically.
Tim Gettys
No, but. No, no, no. But, like.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Wait, what are you about to say.
Kevin Coelho
Dude, I didn't do anything. I didn't do it. I'll just say it. I'll just say it. I'll just say it. There was a man aggressively peeing by a 711 close to my house.
Tim Gettys
You're giving way too many details, Kevin.
Kevin Coelho
I'm aware. I'm aware. But, like, I'm this deep already, you know? What?
Tim Gettys
I mean, I love me off there.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
You may sound like Kevin, you took a shit in front of a GameStop or something.
Kevin Coelho
Well, first of all, we have a good friend who takes shit in bushes aggressively. You know what I mean?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Why you would keep attention to the word aggressively? What does that mean in these contexts?
Kevin Coelho
I mean, just imagine Greg Miller taking a shit in a bush. You tell me that's not aggressive.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
You know what?
Kevin Coelho
I can see he's definitely crying, right?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Do I want to know the rest of the story that you were about to tell Tim?
Tim Gettys
That was it.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Okay.
Kevin Coelho
But bless. We were driving towards this person. They are in their car. Well, no, no. Their door is open.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
They.
Kevin Coelho
They are facing the cars that are driving towards them and he's just aggressively peeing forward into the light.
Tim Gettys
It was unlike anything I've ever seen. Yeah, dude, dick out. Full stream. And it was towards the traffic.
Kevin Coelho
It was a shocking stream.
Tim Gettys
It was crazy. Yeah, like it was a lot guys.
Kevin Coelho
Like, you could tell. Quarter inch thick stream.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Oh, Jesus Christ.
Tim Gettys
You really got to think about the order of the words you're saying with the stories.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
We're saying should I said his stream.
Kevin Coelho
Was a quarter inch.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Sorry, you can't start off with quarter inch.
Tim Gettys
Real thick.
Kevin Coelho
I'm just saying that's. That's impressive to see from a car as you're driving 25, 35 miles an hour and you can just tell the force that's coming at you.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
This is the Switch 2 launch. KFC, by the way.
Tim Gettys
Yeah, we gotta.
Kevin Coelho
I begged him not to bring this story up. I said don't mention it. Literally don't mention it.
Tim Gettys
You changed some freaking details. You're the one that told the exact story.
Kevin Coelho
I can't. What am I gonna do? I gotta be honest. You know what I mean?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
This is gonna get like 25k views at least. You know what I mean? I know, I love it.
Tim Gettys
This is. Do any.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
This is what. This is what we do.
Tim Gettys
What did I just say? Let's read some super chats before we get to the stories and the ads and stuff. Matt Avery just says, roger, go to bed. Roger's going to bed. As I was getting here, he was leaving.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
And Joey, cuz they were here all night.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I saw him as I came in. He had. He seemingly had a lot of energy to him, I was like, you seem surprisingly awake for somebody who's been awake for the last 24 hours.
Tim Gettys
Ryrie game. Sorry. Ry Ry Rhymes says who's the best retailer to buy his physical Switch games from and who has the Best rewards program. Those are great questions. Best Buy used to have a great rewards program.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I miss Best Buy Gamers Club.
Tim Gettys
It was so good. So good.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Like, I used to exclusively buy games from Best Buy because they had such a deal, but then that went away. So I honestly don't know. This might be one from chat, like, because, like, I wonder, is GameStop good with their membership? Because they're the only one I can think of that has a consistent membership.
Tim Gettys
GameStop sucks in my experience. Yeah, I, I don't.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I know as a company right now.
Tim Gettys
No, I'm saying they're like, they're membership stuff. Yeah. But I, I feel very lucky that we have this Nintendo store. It will be where I buy my physical Switch games now because they just present them very nicely. And like, my biggest problem is I hate buying them on Amazon because it is a crapshoot of what you're gonna get. Yeah, if they even have Nintendo games. There's such a problem, Bezos.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah, if they even have Nintendo games, like, they're selling out.
Tim Gettys
They're not selling the Switch.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I don't even think about that.
Tim Gettys
It's crazy. Sergio de Luna says, got a new job today. New job and a new Switch, too. Congrats.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Congratulations. Amazing.
Tim Gettys
Mr. Hawk says, could this be a way for Walmart to utilize their grocery delivery system in order to get pre orders delivered at a specific time? That is an insane conspiracy theory that I kind of like.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Dude, I. Yeah, I like that. Conspiracy.
Tim Gettys
Yeah, I like that because. Yeah, because that. Well, that is the big thing is like, it sounds like the pre orders. If you go to a store for the midnight launcher, 9pm launch or whatever, that went well, but they're not really shipping morning of day of like. So Best Buy is like not doing a great job with the shipping part of it, whereas it sounds like Walmart's kind of kicking ass. I've seen so many people like, yo, I got a knock on my door at 6am because switching Pringles.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
And yeah, every picture I'm seeing is like in like a. Almost like a grocery bag. Like, they're not in boxes like I would expect for like a. Joey Radzlum.
Tim Gettys
Says, that's exactly why they did it. It was the Spark drivers. I'm learning.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
No way. I didn't even think about the ingenuity. Huh. That makes a lot of sense.
Tim Gettys
How nifty is that? Robert Garado says, what's the name of Greg's walkout music? I don't remember. He said earlier, rewind just a little Bit. Rael says Walmart delivered my switch to at 6:15am the delivery driver said she was getting a $10 incentive for delivering switch to orders before 9:00amThis is crazy. This is cool.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah, this is really cool.
Tim Gettys
This is cool. Good for you Walmart. Bad for you for not handling the like, pre order. Like, is your order going through stuff that well.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
But otherwise here Sam Walton make moves.
Tim Gettys
Mr. Nice Guy. Rye says, I've never bought something so quickly quickly in my life.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I'm talking about the Greg shirts.
Tim Gettys
I unfortunately am too.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
Jeff Bull Jr. Says Walmart gave me Coke and Hot Ones Pringles with my switch to delivery. This is hilarious.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah, like again, this is one of those ones where that's this. The reason I put this in store number one is because it is kind of a bizarre slash cool thing that I think a lot of people are just going to associate now with. Like when they think back to their switch to launch, memories of sitting back eating a pizza pringles.
Tim Gettys
Nothing like 6am Pizza Pringles drinking a.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Coke that may or may not have your name on it.
Tim Gettys
You know, I mean, pizza's on a Pringle. You can eat pizza anytime.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I mean, that's fair.
Tim Gettys
Dustin Mim says, I got my Switch 2 from Walmart and it wasn't the Mario Kart Bundle. It was just the regular Switch 2. But they did give me a Switch 2 Pro controller. I didn't order that.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Sounds like you picked up somebody else's order. That does not sound like yours, Dustin.
Tim Gettys
Super Tyler said the game stopped by me held a Mario Kart 8 tournament to see who would get the first switch too. That's rad. My roommate. Shout to Toon Tris one. Oh, that's awesome. Toontris is at least at one point from Game Explain. I've watched a lot of their videos.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Oh, cool.
Tim Gettys
Pover says Target sucks dragon balls as they didn't create a shipping label till today. Won't get mine till Wednesday. Yeah, I haven't heard anything good about Target.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah, it's. The whole thing's been a trash fire, but yeah, that doesn't surprise me.
Tim Gettys
Alex Frazier says he can do what he wants with his property and they can do what they want with theirs. The logic applies both.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
And that's what I'm saying, Alex.
Tim Gettys
The bottom line, because Blessing said so. Jeff Grubb's game mess says Kev is wrong. He could break it and store could ban him.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
There you go.
Tim Gettys
Get him Grub.
Kevin Coelho
I didn't say ban him. I just said they shouldn't that's absurd. He broke it outside.
Tim Gettys
I mean, we don't know that.
Kevin Coelho
You know what I mean?
Tim Gettys
I'm just saying.
Kevin Coelho
I'm sorry.
Tim Gettys
I just saw a picture. I'm just like doing some math together in my minds.
Kevin Coelho
Grub. I didn't have all the information. Tim just. I just. I just went off what Tim told me he promised.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I gotta assume he didn't do it in the store though, right? Because like if he did in the store and that's an open and shot.
Tim Gettys
You looked at the Mario mascot in the fucking eyes.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
If you do it in the store, that's an open and shot case. You're banned.
Kevin Coelho
The mascot wasn't there, right?
Tim Gettys
I didn't see him. I didn't have eyes on him. I did see a bunch of dogs dressed up as Mario and Luigi. Gold.
Kevin Coelho
Brock, that's your first warning. Is your first warning. You get two.
Tim Gettys
Jeff Grubb says it is Tim's fault. I'll accept that. Grub. Good luck with the summer game fest. I'm very proud of you guys for still doing the giant bomb couch even though you guys are independent. Yeah, that makes an incredibly hard job even harder. And I can't wait to see how you pull it off. But I know you're going to have faith in you. Ricardo Gonzalez has just started watching and the first thing I hear is Kevin saying 2 inch thick stream has been cracking up at work.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
That's what we do here.
Tim Gettys
It is what we do here.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
We supply joy.
Tim Gettys
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Blessing Adioia Jr.
What was that festival that had the multiple documentaries? Fire fest. This is giving me some fyre fest vibes.
Tim Gettys
The problem is this will be undocumented.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I mean, will it?
Tim Gettys
We can only.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Will it. You don't think Kevin's gonna be out there with the iPhone?
Kevin Coelho
Absolutely not.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
With a microphone? No.
Kevin Coelho
Thank you. Oh, but it is Tim's birthday, so we can count it as his birthday party.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
There you go.
Tim Gettys
Story number three. Xenoblade Studio reveals a co developed Switch 2's big launch game. This comes from Andy Robinson at BGC.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
He's freaking out everybody.
Tim Gettys
Xenoblade Studio Monolith has confirmed it assisted development of Today's big Switch 2 launch game, Mario Kart World. Posting on X Monolith said it had assisted with the design of characters and courses for the Switch 2 game. Monolith, which is fully owned by Nintendo, has previously contributed to many first party games including Splatoon, Animal Crossing and Zelda. Interesting.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
Not too big of a surprise. They have done this a lot in the past.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
It feels like they're Nintendo's designated open world.
Tim Gettys
Exactly. Assist team. And so this being an open world game, that makes a lot of sense. Then designing characters a little bit weird courses. That makes sense.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah. It's funny because they do. Even though I say that right? Like they say everything but open world. But like the courses are part of the open world and.
Tim Gettys
Yeah, and I'm trying to like not give too many of my actual impressions of Mario Kart or the Switch yet because we have other shows for that today. But one of the biggest observations I've had is how impressed I am with the open world. Like I'M not necessarily saying I like it better than just traditional Mario Kart courses. Yeah, we'll have to wait for later for my thoughts on that.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
But I do think that it's, like, very fun to just drive around. There's, like, a lot of things, like, it's well designed to get from one place to another.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
That's my thing with it, is my impression, my very limited impressions, because I've only played maybe 20 to 30 minutes of the free roam mode. But as far as the layout of the land, I think it's actually, like, really, really well crafted. I just wish it was filled with more, like, varied things to do and, like, more interesting things to explore. And maybe as I play more, I'll find some of that. But, like, as far as, like, the construction of it, I'm fairly impressed so far by how natural the world of Mario Kart world feels.
Tim Gettys
And so, you know, maybe Monolith has a lot to do with that, but Shout out to Monolith, man. I feel like they are such a important factor to Nintendo in the last decade. And, you know, Xenoblade is one of those franchises that it really seems like if, you know, you know, like, I don't know anybody that plays Xenoblade, and it's like, ed, it's okay, okay. You know, it's their life, it's their personality. So. And the games are beautiful. You look at Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, and then you look at Xenoblade Chronicles, you're like, what the happened? How is this possible?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I think it pulls together Nintendo's library so well just as far as, like, the audience it serves and how serious people take it. Right? Like, it's that game where we, I think, with. With many Nintendo games, at least for me, I'm like, all right, story isn't necessarily the thing I come to these things for. Like, and I say that loosely because Tears of the Kingdom. I love the story of Tears of the Kingdom.
Greg Miller
Right.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Or, you know, Metroid, I think, oftentimes has stuff where it's like, oh, I care about what's going on here in the story. But it's different from, I think, something like when I hear people. When I hear people talk about Xenoblade and the characters and, like, how much they vibe with, like, the writing of the game and all that stuff. Right. I think it serves a particular sect of the Nintendo audience that is very important for, like, that hardcore side of gaming.
Tim Gettys
Totally. Story number four Nintendo fans surprised to find Switch 2 Edition game cartridges also work on Switch 1 this comes from Tom Phillips at IGN. Nintendo fans have known for some time that Switch 2 is backwards compatibles with Switch 1. But what happens when you do the reverse and stick a Switch 2 game in a Switch 1? God, people are weird. But I get it.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
You know, insert a Switch 2. Only game like this reminds me of back in the PS1 days when I was just, you know.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I know exactly what you're gonna say.
Tim Gettys
I know, I know, I know. But I. I just. I want to take it a step further.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
There's nothing cooler in the world than CDs.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
In the 90s, I agree. Specifically, like, CDs were so cool. That Monster Rancher game. So cool. Turned CDs into monsters. Are you kidding me? AOL giving out these things in the streets. Me and Kevin using them as Frisbees towards each other. Weapons.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah, it's probably like. It's probably good. Why they kind of went away over.
Tim Gettys
Time there, but you know, they're cool as hell. And some PS1 games you put into a CD to play music.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
So cool. Really Twisted metal man. Never forget. Instead of Switch to, only games like Mario Kart World and Switch 1 and Nintendo's last gen console will simply display an error message saying the software is designed for Switch 2. But pop a Switch to Edition cartridge of games also available on Switch 1. Like Legend of Zelda, Breath of the Wild, and it works. Whoa, what's going on here? Well, Nintendo itself hasn't gone into detail, but packaging for Switch 2 Edition games looks like absolute ass. And does note that cartridges contain both the original game and the Switch 2 upgrade. I editorialized a little bit in there. You can guess what part this Nintendo Switch 2 Edition comprises. The Nintendo Switch game and the Switch 2 Edition upgrade pack. The Upgrade pack is also available separately. So in other words, when you put a Switch 2 Edition cartridge in the Switch 1, the older console knows to ignore the Switch 2 bit and just play the original game. Nintendo doesn't appear to have ever stated in plain English that this is how some Switch 2 Edition cartridges operate, but it's useful feature to be aware of. I didn't realize this, but I did realize something kind of similar yesterday. I was playing Tears of the Kingdom a little bit when Mario Kart wasn't ready to download or anything yet. And I just had it on my monitor, which isn't 4K, but it was running way better. And I was very impressed with it. I was like, I can't believe it looks this good. And then I realized I was playing the Switch 1 version, it wasn't even the upgrade pack on the Switch too. Then I got the Switch to my. Oh my God, this is even better. So Switch 1 games just playing on the Switch 2 are better.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Really?
Tim Gettys
Yeah.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Oh, that's awesome.
Tim Gettys
They even smash. I saw people Smash ultimate loading way faster.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
See, I thought I noticed that too when I was. When you and Greg were at the Nintendo Store and like we had the, the stream focused on you guys in the background. I was just playing Smash ultimate on, on Greg's Switch to trying to unlock characters. Because apparently Greg has never booted up Smash ultimate before in his life. Because I booted up the game and it was like, piranha Plant has been unlocked. And I was like, oh, there's not going to be all the characters that I want here. And then I hopped into the, into the Smash mode and it started teaching me about if you fall off the stage, you lose a life. And I was like, oh, fuck. And I look at the character select screen, there's 10 characters available. I'm like, okay, okay, cool. We're not going to play this on stream probably. But I started trying to unlock characters as I did that, I was like, I feel like this game is running better, but I don't know if this is the. What do they call those pills that's like there's nothing to them but like they make you feel better anyway. Placebo. Yeah, I thought it was like a placebo situation.
Tim Gettys
Well, the placebo Switch Smash ultimate already ran like flawlessly considered. Right? Like in terms of the gameplay. But the. I was watching videos of it loads faster into levels. And the thing that was really impressive to, to me of like, oh, I see the difference is when you're on the character select screen, cycling between colors of outfits.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
It's instant.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
Like literally instant. So it's like, all right, cool. Does that matter? No, but like it's just cool to know it's like, all right, cool. These games are better even without any type of patch or update. So cool.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I love that.
Tim Gettys
Yeah. And any, any, any thoughts?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I mean, yeah, if you're somebody who I guess owns both Switch 1 and Switch 2 and you buy a Switch 2 version of a thing, but you want to play it on or you buy Switch to I guess cross gen version, whatever they're calling it, right? Like Switch to edition of a Switch 1 game, guess what? That cart works on both. That's convenient.
Tim Gettys
I'm. I'm really interested in the next month of coverage of Nintendo as a whole. And like all the Digital Foundry videos of breaking things down, like, actually getting the numbers of things, just because I'm interested in that stuff. But I'm also interested in just, like, the weird things that come up or, like, the stories that we're gonna learn. Because something I've been fascinated by is Nintendo's insistence on transferring your Switch one to your Switch two. And then it just, like, deletes everything from your Switch 1.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Wait, deletes everything from your Switch 1?
Tim Gettys
Yeah, if you did the system like.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
You'Re talking about the game cards shit.
Tim Gettys
Yeah, you're right. Yeah. Like your whole account, all the. All the stuff. And I'm like, that's cool, I get it. But I imagine there's a lot of people that still want their Switch ones for some reason, you know? So it's like, wait, your account's getting.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Deleted from your Switch 1?
Tim Gettys
All the data on your Switch 1 is being transferred.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I don't think that happened with mine When I did mine last night. Like, I still. If I boot up my Switch one right now, my account and stuff is still. My home page looks the same.
Tim Gettys
Kevin, could you do me a favor and grab the. The white Switch OLED from my desk?
Kevin Coelho
Yes, sir.
Tim Gettys
Because I. I actually haven't seen what happens. Yeah. Afterwards. Let me. Let me check.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I mean, yeah, it gave me, like, a warning of. And it was this. For specific games. It was Pokemon, actually, where they're like, your save data is going to move entirely.
Tim Gettys
Well, that makes sense, though.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
Because that. Those. That's. Those are the games that don't have cloud saves.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Correct.
Tim Gettys
So that's the only, like, the only way that save exists.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
But outside of that, like, I think maybe as far as the virtual game card stuff. Yeah. Like, I probably wouldn't be able to play my digital games unless I switch the game cards back, I presume. Yeah, but, like, everything's still the same.
Tim Gettys
Yeah. Here's my thing. Like, someone in the chat says, tim be spreading lies. I'm trying to not spread lies. I want to, like, fact check right now to figure this out. But what I will say is that's what the thing said when you're transferring, it says it will delete your stuff from your other Switch interest. So maybe Nintendo's lying. Everybody wouldn't be the fucking first.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I mean. Yeah, I did. I did not read the fine print. I was just like, give me my Switch to get me in there. So you might. You're probably right about that.
Tim Gettys
Everything's here.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah. That's why I was like, I don't know. That's. I was confused. I was scared for you.
Tim Gettys
Everything's here.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I was like, what did you do to your Switch one?
Kevin Coelho
What is it transferring over?
Tim Gettys
Hold on. No. To play this game, you'll first need to load the virtual game card on this system.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yes.
Tim Gettys
So that's.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
That's probably what they're implying, I imagine.
Tim Gettys
I want this all very clear to everybody. Oh, I don't care. This doesn't affect me. I was fascinated on if it's gonna affect others. All right, I take accountability for being wrong. But we, we did it.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
We did it. Hey, we, we fact.
Tim Gettys
Together. We fact checked.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
The system worked as intended.
Tim Gettys
That's how this all goes. But I also want it clear. I'm not trying to not take accountability for this, but I always want clear. I was saying that you were fighting and intended with what's going to happen over the next month.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I still am like, people like getting rid of their switch 1.
Tim Gettys
What problems people are going to have. I'm fascinated in that. So, yeah. Story number five, say goodbye to streaming apps on the Switch to. This comes from Simone de Rochefort at Polygon. Thousands of games will be backwards compatible with the Nintendo Switch 2, but streaming apps are getting left behind. On June 5, players are keeping an eagle eye on Nintendo's compatibility page with lists how many games have been tested for compatibility with the new console. As of May 27, the vast majority of Nintendo's own games and its third party games will be playable on Switch 2. Great news for players who have built up a Switch library. But what's not making leap are streaming apps like Crunchyroll and Hulu, as well as the comic reader Inky Pen. These apps aren't compatible with Switch 2, and it's not immediately clear if new versions are in development. This happens every time it's happened.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
This is the second time it's happened. Right, because the Wii did. The Wii U have.
Tim Gettys
Wii U did Netflix and stuff.
Kevin Coelho
Didn't the Wii also have Netflix? But it was a disc.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
The. We had Netflix and we was actually really big for Netflix. Like we was kind of that start of like Netflix's digital push and like that becoming like a really, really big thing. On one hand, I was gonna say on one hand I understand it. I honestly don't. I. And I. I think the part that I understand is the fact that the Switch doesn't need this. So maybe that's the part where I'm like, okay, well cool, it doesn't have it. But when I think about my personal use Case for Hulu and Netflix and all that being on the Switch too. For me it's just a thing of convenience. I don't always want to change my HDMI output or source or whatever to the second one where I have my Roku or my Apple Apple TV stick or whatever. It is the thing that. The one that Gary gifted me. Thanks much, Gary Widow. And I love it very much actually. But I just want it there, man. I want all of my. Anything that I have that has video output should just have Netflix and Hulu. That's my stance on it. I'm not giving it up.
Tim Gettys
I mean, that's fine. You know I respect you. You know, I don't agree. Like, only because here's the thing.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
They got the 4k now. I know they got the HDR now.
Tim Gettys
This is a. It's a weird thing for me because on one hand I, I'm with you that like why not? It could just be everywhere. But my reasoning for why not is that if the app isn't kept up to date and there's not people actually giving a about making sure the app is running right, it's not worth it, man.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
But why wouldn't that happen?
Tim Gettys
Because that it never does. Like these freaking shitty ass Nintendo Switch versions of these apps are not good. They're usable. And sure, it's usable. Better than not there at all for some people. Yes. I really, really, really question how many people are actually using these apps on the door the. On the Nintendo Switch. And I'm sure there are people that do.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I feel like. I feel like the number would be high if they actually put the apps on.
Tim Gettys
I don't think so, man.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
It's the Switch.
Kevin Coelho
I think that something we're not. You're not thinking about is the X real factor of. Imagine you're playing your Switch in your AR glasses and you're having a great time. But now it's. It's time to stop playing video games and now you're going to switch over to Netflix. Do you need a. You want to unplug your xreal glasses or you want to just keep watching Netflix where you're comfortable in your bed? Your massage chair. Your massage chair.
Tim Gettys
You're saying a lot of interesting things, Kev. But like I was saying earlier, because Nintendo switches bizarre ass video out stuff that's inconvenient. I'd rather use my phone with the actual glasses anyways. Like Nintendo makes it not a good experience to do a lot of these things already.
Kevin Coelho
But we won't let them bully us you know what I mean?
Tim Gettys
Yeah. I don't know. It's. I'm sure people do use this and again, whatever, like, it doesn't affect me if they have it or don't. I'm not gonna use it.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
But I, I just, this is, in my opinion, not something worth getting upset about.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
See, I, I, for me, I think of, I specifically think of my sister's family and her kids. Right. And like, I think families with children that might not have as many like streaming devices as like, less tech nerds or video game nerds or like people, people who are, who are really in on this stuff. Right. Like, I feel like there is a convenience of. All right, we have a, I don't know, we have the, the Roku and we have the Switch. All right, cool. We can have switch on TV1 and Rokubi for TV2, and both those have Netflix and Hulu and we have all that solved Now. I'm saying this even though I feel like there's a large amount of people now that just have straight up smart TVs. And so maybe that, maybe that is like not just a thing anymore as far as, like the, how convenient it is to have those extra devices that have Hulu and Netflix just installed on them so I can use them anywhere. But for me, I also think of it as just an easy thing to have. Right. Like, even if you don't update it.
Tim Gettys
Clearly not, because it's not good.
Kevin Coelho
Bless. Bless. I'm gonna put Tim's argument aside and I'm gonna elevate things one further. Not only do I want Netflix, I want it to be picture in picture while I play my video game.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Okay, now you're doing too much.
Kevin Coelho
Am I?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Nintendo's not.
Tim Gettys
Am I?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
No.
Kevin Coelho
Well, just think about how good it would be.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Did they have that for Xbox One when they first launched it? I remember that being like, I think.
Kevin Coelho
Yeah, they might have because they had to like, you plug in your cable box, right?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah.
Kevin Coelho
And then Tim wire it to my face with my xreal glasses.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I love Kevin trying to like, like very much solve like our particular use cases.
Tim Gettys
So it's interesting. The chat, the chat's against me. Some of them are against me. And I, I understand. And again, I want it clear, I'm not making the point that I don't use it. So I don't understand why any, anyone would. I understand that people want to. I just also think that this is an example of making a bigger deal out of a thing that doesn't actually exist in the form that people are acting like it does. It reminds me of the, like, oh, man, the Switch 2 box looks like the Switch 1 box. How are parents gonna know that it's the right thing? I don't think that's a real actual problem in 2025. Things are different now. GameStop employees will fix that. They'll stop it. Also, it's a big ass, too. We know the difference. And it's like, we see like. I feel like there's this for fear that we all just kind of perpetuate. Yeah, that's an interesting conversation, but it's like, yo, let's be real about stuff. And if there's fucking morons out there that, like, don't. Aren't able to do the research of knowing that there's a two after it, that's on them.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
For me, it's more. It's less of an argument of like. For me, it's more of an argument of convenience of like, I feel like for anything that I think anything that outputs, like the video or it's anything that's a entertainment box, I should say that's a way better way to say anything that you have that's an entertainment box. For the most part, I got wide consumer, like, you know, largely popular entertainment box. Should just have these streaming apps available.
Tim Gettys
Like, so should have Spotify, maybe should have Apple Music. Honestly, you draw the line.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yes, it should have all that stuff. PlayStation has all that stuff. Xbox has all that stuff.
Kevin Coelho
Put on this thing.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I use Spotify for my PlayStation all the time. If I could use Spotify for my Nintendo Switch 2 and play Mario Kart while listening to Spotify, of course Nintendo doesn't have Nintendo wouldn't let that happen. I was about to go off Nintendo probably would be very frustrating with that stuff, but I'm gonna say yes. I think they should strive to have those features because those features are convenient for people and they do console.
Tim Gettys
They require people to make the apps and work on the system, then make.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
The apps and work on that.
Tim Gettys
I mean, that's my argument.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I'm not going to say it's not that hard because I know all this shit is hard, but you can do it and it's worth it. You have. This is going to sell tens of millions of units. You don't. You don't think a lot of those people aren't going to use your Spotify, Netflix, Hulu, Crunchyroll apps on your thing?
Tim Gettys
I don't think enough. I do not think enough. That is my only argument. I do not think enough.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Fair enough.
Tim Gettys
Because despite what everyone wants to act like, the majority of people do have devices that could do that. Multiple.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
True. I just want an extra one. I just want an extra one that.
Tim Gettys
Can do an extra one. Yep. Story number six. ME characters are now genderless on Nintendo Switch 2. This comes from Mark Griffin at Polygon. Nintendo Switch 2 has changed Mii character creation. Polygon can confirm after going hands on with the console when creating new Mii avatars, players won't be able to choose between male or female options like the Switch, but rather between two styles. The new system offers players a generic generic avatars with the option to customize the Mii. And if you're wondering whether or not the Mii characters were redesigned, no, they weren't. Instead, me look unchanged, carrying over the debut design from the Nintendo Wii. I love that these little are still here.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
They don't go away.
Tim Gettys
My guy's still here. Yeah, dude from 2006.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
My guy looks nerdy as hell, by the way. Like, my guy. I must have made my. I guess I made it in 2017 when I got my Switch and I never changed it. And I look back and I'm like, God, I was a nerd. And I know I still am. Like, that hasn't changed.
Tim Gettys
Hilarious.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Let me see if I can find my.
Kevin Coelho
Yeah, because it's just in the menu. Right? Create edit of me me list.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I'm gonna see if I can find.
Kevin Coelho
I don't have any me.
Tim Gettys
While the genderless direction services have changed for the Mii characters, Nintendo isn't new to adopting this. Select a style language for gender preference. In 2022, Splatoon 3 introduced the concept of the franchise two years before animal Crossing New Horizons was released with similar options referring to gender as styles.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Cool. Yeah. Take a step into the. Into modern times. A step into the future. Right. Like, I think this is a good move for the inclusivity that we're talking about here as far as like being able to use. Pick whatever clothes, do whatever styles you want with whatever body shape that you. That you choose. Makes sense.
Tim Gettys
Yep.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Good step for. For me. Happy pride.
Tim Gettys
Fuck yeah.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Let's go.
Tim Gettys
Story number seven. Lucy goddamn James is co hosting Summer Game Fest. This comes from Jeff Keeley on Twitter. Jeff says excited to welcome Lucy James to Summer Game Fest. On Friday. She'll be co hosting the live showcase. See you on Friday. So freaking awesome. So proud of her. This is great. She's gonna crush it. We're all gonna show up and be very excited for her.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yes. This is something I've been wanting out of the Jeff showcase showcases for a while, like, open it up and like, get more faces in front of the camera and get more faces like hosting these things. I think Jeff does a great job. He's great, like, you know, hosting, obviously, but he's been doing this for a very long time and I think hosting three events every single year, there's so much room for getting variety in there, getting new faces in there, getting some, like somebody like Lucy James, who's been in the industry forever and is really great on camera and knows how to host all that stuff. Like getting. Getting more folks opportunities to be on the, like, the biggest stages possible. Good on Jeff. Like, this is what I've been wanting to see for years.
Tim Gettys
Yep. Good stuff. And love that it's Lucy.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
Because I love Lucy.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I love Lucy also. You try to make a transition or you try to make a joke about the old TV show. Which one?
Tim Gettys
It was that. It was that. But man, you know, I've been thinking about a lot of things, big things. I don't have anything bad. I'm all transitioned out.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
It's a big day.
Tim Gettys
It is a big day.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Switch two is out.
Tim Gettys
Oh, man. But if I want to know about something smaller, where would I look?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
You'd look toward our last story. The WE News Channel. Recover all the small news items you need to know about.
Tim Gettys
That's true. WE News, everyone from gamesindustry biz, Ubisoft's Mark Rubin has announced his departure from the company as its live service shooter X Defiant is officially sunsetted. Rubin, who was executive producer on the title, shared he was leaving the developer on social media saying, quote, I've decided to leave the industry and spend more time with my family. So unfortunately, you won't be hearing about me making another game.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
He wrote, if folks are more interested in that story, you should go over to games industry biz because he also goes into details about more of the stuff that just went wrong with X Defiant. A lot of it, I think just comes down to bad communication, bad vision, not being given the resources and like, bad, like, engine stuff. Like the engine they were working on just wasn't fitting for the kind of game they wanted to make. But very fascinating, fascinating stuff. And also, yeah, he's leaving the industry. Like, not just leaving the company, which is wild.
Tim Gettys
But yeah. Ubisoft, Ubisoft New game pass games coming June 5th. We have Baldur's Gate 1 and 2. June 10th, James Burke's birthday. We have Warhammer 40K coming. Sorry, Warhammer 40K Space Marine coming. June 11th, Barbie Project Friendship.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Let's go.
Tim Gettys
And Kingdom 2 crowns. June 12th, EA Sports FC 25. June 13th, the Alters. June 17th, FBC Firebreak Crash, Bandicoot 4. And Lost in Random. The Eternal Die.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Sick, sick, sick.
Tim Gettys
Let's get to some super chats because that's it for WE News.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
What you got for me, Tim?
Tim Gettys
I don't. I wanna. We got Daniel saying that broken switch is one less for a real customer. That's true. Another thing, another anecdotal thing here is it seems like switch twos are very well supplied. Like it seems like you want to get your hands on one. You can get your hands. It might not be your first place you go, but it sounds like you put a little effort into it. You'll get one of these things.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I saw some stories popping up. Yeah. That I think there was a story about. Like especially in the uk Specifically. Like if you go to a store, you're. Yeah. You have a very likely shot of grabbing a switch too, which is really exciting.
Tim Gettys
Yeah. Claw master says just want to confirm. After the Marvel announcement yesterday, the entire fighting game community lost their mind. And yes, Max. Dude lost his. He couldn't speak right. You watched his reaction.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
No, I haven't seen it yet.
Tim Gettys
Good stuff. I gotta get around real good stuff. Robbie Rob says stood in line at like 10:30 yesterday at GameStop. Second in line to buy it at 3, second to pick it up at 9. And no staples. Fantastic purchase.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Oh yeah.
Tim Gettys
Congratulations on the no staples.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I want to. Man. I'm gonna look into this guy that was banned from Nintendo Store.
Tim Gettys
Yeah.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Because like what's up with them?
Tim Gettys
What's your story? I think his attention seeking is working.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
You're right. I shouldn't pay attention to him.
Tim Gettys
Yeah.
Kevin Coelho
Damn. But then how will we do our own research?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
It's tough. I'm gonna between a rock and a hard place.
Kevin Coelho
Real pickle on this one, huh?
Tim Gettys
Fabio says Walmart delivered mine. Hey, I need to admit something.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Huh?
Tim Gettys
I've never had a pickle in a bag.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
What does that mean?
Tim Gettys
You know those pickles that they sell in the bag?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Oh yeah. I've never had one of those either. I wouldn't. Is that like a popular.
Tim Gettys
It's apparently very popular. And I love pickles.
Kevin Coelho
Are you talking about with Brian or without brine?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I don't know.
Kevin Coelho
Like, is there fluid in the bag? Okay. Because there's. There's one they sell at 711 nearby that has no fluid. It freaks me out.
Tim Gettys
Somebody get me a pickle.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
See, I Feel like you say, not the 711 you say you haven't had. Pickle. A bag is like one of those. I think it's one of those things that's specific enough to where it's like, me being like, I'm not Spam. You know what I mean? Like. Like, I don't know.
Tim Gettys
I'm with you. I'm with you.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
But I think recently people have been telling me, like, this is a. It's a thing. It's a big thing.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I've never. I don't know if I've ever.
Tim Gettys
Thing.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I don't know if I've ever been walking around, walking on the sidewalk, saw somebody walking, and they. They just. They just got a pickle in a bag.
Tim Gettys
Greg, Wait.
Kevin Coelho
Tim, were you there when I was in Texas, when I opened my present that Avery got me?
Tim Gettys
Yes, yes.
Kevin Coelho
That's where the pickle in the bag. That's why it's in your mind.
Tim Gettys
Well, that's one of the reasons why. Greg, can you.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
No, Chad, I've had a lot of.
Tim Gettys
Spam educate me on some pickles here.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I love Spam, but, like, I feel like if I hadn't had Spam, it wouldn't be that much of a surprise. What is this? Oh, it's a Band Aid.
Kevin Coelho
So take it.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
See, my. My natural reaction was to look at myself, like, do I have pets?
Tim Gettys
Exactly. Greg. Yeah. Pickles in the bags. These little guys.
Greg Miller
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
What's the deal? Are they. Is this a big deal? Is this, like a cultural.
Greg Miller
Someone would say it's a big deal.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Hey, I've never seen this before. This packaging. No, I've never seen this.
Greg Miller
Oh, no.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah.
Greg Miller
They're a big enough deal that. I mean, I think that if you're on the. If you're. If you're paying attention to pickles like I am. Yeah. You'd know about it.
Tim Gettys
Yeah.
Greg Miller
We had one forever, right? At the original spare bedroom.
Kevin Coelho
No, here.
Tim Gettys
Huh.
Kevin Coelho
We had one here for, like, a year. I got it.
Greg Miller
There was one where it was, like, a bit that somebody sent, and we had, like, I think on the set forever in the old.
Tim Gettys
I don't remember that.
Kevin Coelho
I don't remember that at all.
Greg Miller
Fairly certain. Could be wrong, but fairly certain, but yeah. Pickles in a bag. People love pickles. You love pickles.
Tim Gettys
I do. I've never had blessed.
Greg Miller
Because he didn't know about this.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
No, I don't love pickles. Yeah. I don't really mess with pickles like that.
Tim Gettys
If I wanted to try one of these today. Yeah, like. But I want a real one. I don't want a shitty 711 one without the.
Kevin Coelho
Why is it.
Greg Miller
I mean, I would just. I mean, I'm going to be straight up with you. I think that's. That's what they are.
Tim Gettys
Oh, yeah.
Greg Miller
I've never, never been like, I want a pickle, and I go and I get the pickle in a bag. Like, I. I do think I'm above that. I either want. I want some artisanal pickles that are, like, in the jar at the deli. You know what I mean? Some guys got to go in with tongs to get them. Or I'm eating Clawson, and I'm probably only eating Clawson's.
Tim Gettys
All right. I'll have to think about this.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Wait.
Kevin Coelho
But, like, these are flavored.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah, that's.
Kevin Coelho
I mean, that's kind of cool.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah, no, that's giving. That's pretty much giving. 7 11.
Kevin Coelho
The last one is Tapatio. And then Tim, the 7 11, the dry Brian one. It's only one of them. They still have the one in fluid, the Brian one.
Tim Gettys
Oh, okay.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
Get over here.
Greg Miller
Behind Blessings. Throw that back up. Because I remember Andy's got the wrinkle of Texas movie theaters having pickles. Were they pickles in a bag or were they nice deli pickles? Like, with.
Kevin Coelho
No, it's big time.
Tim Gettys
They were. Early on, they had the. It was the big ass.
Greg Miller
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
The big jug, the big. Yeah. Clear thing, and then, you know, the tongs and put in the paper bag. But now they've sort of switched over to this. I've seen a lot of, like, the. The Cinemark bistros have these. You know, they still got them in the Valley.
Kevin Coelho
Are these good? Are these acceptable to eat?
Tim Gettys
Oh, yeah.
Kevin Coelho
Okay.
Tim Gettys
Where would you recommend I get one if I wanted to try a pickle in a bag?
Kevin Coelho
I'm telling you, 7 11. They got them at 7 11. Let's go.
Tim Gettys
All right.
Kevin Coelho
Me. You. You get a pickle. I get a hot dog. I don't know.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I'm. I've been to 711 quite a bit nowadays. I don't know if I've seen these show up at 7:11.
Kevin Coelho
They're over by the, like, egg sandwiches that nobody eats.
Tim Gettys
I'm gonna eat a pickle today, guys. We're gonna do it. I'm gonna go to 7:11 or I'm gonna have our best men go to 7:11.
Kevin Coelho
I'm so excited.
Tim Gettys
Okay.
Kevin Coelho
I want a hot dog so bad. He won't go to the 7 11, by the way.
Tim Gettys
Oh, you're right.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I'm not even asking.
Kevin Coelho
I'm not gonna ask, nor will we answer.
Tim Gettys
Would you believe he. He threw a pickle down in front of that 7 11? Got banned for life, man.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
See, you can't y' all be. Gotta be careful about what you're doing from these stores, you know, I mean, they care, dude. They. You're gonna cause a riot.
Tim Gettys
8 bit Louise says, Happy Nintendo Switch 2 day Tim. Tell Kevin to stop supporting X and use Blue sky instead. Stop xing and start BSing Louise. You can't be doing that.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah, and here's. Here's the thing that I want people to keep in mind, because I put the links to the news stuff in the document, so usually Kevin's going off the stuff that I'm putting in there. A lot of news comes directly from X. I don't control where people post things. And so, like, I try to use Blue sky because Blue sky is now my main platform. So, like, oftentimes I'm just. I see the Blue sky post. But, like, there's a lot of things where. If I'm referencing the story, if I'm referencing an X tweet specifically, that's the only way I can do.
Kevin Coelho
Could also be that I'm logged in on X and not Blue sky, but it's just because my ex is auto login and my Blue sky isn't. I don't use social media anymore. Too much work.
Tim Gettys
We all need to grow up. Take that however you will.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Fair enough. Also, I don't respect X. I call it Twitter, but also, I don't care anymore. I can't. I can't be.
Kevin Coelho
I also call it Twitter.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I can't keep caring about. If I'm talking about this thing all the time, I'm just gonna call it whatever the I want.
Tim Gettys
I'm sorry.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Like, yeah, we've lost the battle. Trump is president. Everything's gone to shit. I don't know what to do anymore.
Kevin Coelho
It was. It was Twitter's fault too.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I can't stress about calling it X or Twitter. I don't care. I don't use the platform like that anyway.
Tim Gettys
The Frog Night says, Tim, switch to Tony Hawk 3 and 4. Pre order is up on Best Buy. Exciting times, everybody. Maro says, heading to my local Best Buy to hopefully get a switch to lady on the phone. Said they have 25 in stock and five bundles, but I find that hard to believe. Wish me luck. I do wish you luck. I think. I think it's gonna happen.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Oh, yeah, right. Let's do it.
Kevin Coelho
Yeah, dude. Be able to get it the next day in the morning. That's cool.
Tim Gettys
It's cool stuff.
Kevin Coelho
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
Victor Fry says Xbox One had Snap and I loved it. Bring back picture and picture on consoles. You guys, I need you to understand how much I love Fran Mirabella Every time. The rare times I'm with him these days, it always just brings me so much joy. Last night's stream is a perfect example of it. But there's so many memories. I have a friend that will just never leave this noggin of mine, and one of them is him reviewing the Xbox One when it first came out, and him essentially turning one of the IGN demo rooms into his private office for an entire week as he had the Xbox One and the Kinect set up. And he was just in there all day yelling at that thing, snapping things.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Hell yeah.
Tim Gettys
And just living his friend life. You know what I mean? Xbox on. Xbox on. Xbox on. For hours a day. We're all just trying to work. Hearing Fran just say xbox on.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
He's playing like Dead Rising three on the screen with, like, football playing in the corner. All right, that means it's working over there.
Tim Gettys
This is the fucking life. Nova says not switch tube. Yesterday's PlayStation State of Play was a repeat of E3 2018 for me. That's where Dragon Ball Z Fighters and Tetris Effect were originally shown. Both were my personal games of the show. Wow, that is kind of a fun little.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah, everything kind of comes back around in circles.
Tim Gettys
It rhymes. Poetry. George Lucas said that it rhymes.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Poetry.
Tim Gettys
It's. It's like poetry. It rhymes. That was him trying to defend the prequels.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Oh, you know what? Never mind. I was gonna make a reference to a different podcast. You ever listen to a podcast and then, like, you try to recall it and you think it was like you were having a conversation earlier, and then you realize it wasn't a conversation you had, it was a podcast that you're listening to. Anyway, what's the next super chat?
Tim Gettys
That's all. That's it. That's those chats. Do we get anything wrong on this episode? Impossible.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Absolutely not.
Tim Gettys
Let's see. Let's see. Okay, okay. Kebab says, worth noting, the no Man's sky update also makes the cross save functionality available to all players. It was in beta before. Now it works with Switch too. That's cool.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Sick. That's probably from yesterday, right?
Tim Gettys
Yes, yesterday, Kestrel said, whatever, I'll read it. I'm in a giving mood. Tim said that this was the Launch of the most satisfied customers. That's not true for Target. Preorder customers who had their switch to ship on launch day. FedEx ground to arrive a week late. I did specifically call out Target.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah, you did.
Kevin Coelho
Damn.
Tim Gettys
You know what I mean?
Kevin Coelho
He's giving out ass whoopings. He got you, bro.
Tim Gettys
I don't know who got who there, but.
Kevin Coelho
Oh, no, you got him.
Tim Gettys
I believe in it. Okay. What the fuck? We got some weird shit in here today. Interesting. Bless you. Thank you, Condors. Condor says as somebody who worked fulfillment at Target during the Xbox series X and PS5 launches, the package generally won't go out until late afternoon because that's when the shipping company picks up the day's shipments, at least from the store. Can't speak to shipping warehouses. We had a daily deadline to finish by 4:30 and shipments for pre orders generally and annoyingly don't go out until early the next week.
Kevin Coelho
Interesting.
Tim Gettys
Yeah. So it sounds like don't go to.
Kevin Coelho
Target, but also don't try, like, go and pick it up, you know, like, it's really cool that Walmart did this, but this is not the norm.
Tim Gettys
It should be, man. Figure it out, everybody.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Cameron Kennedy.
Tim Gettys
Goddamn Pringles.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Cameron Kennedy. One's pretty good.
Tim Gettys
Cameron Kenny says. Hey, y' all, if you do a local switch one to two transfer, it doesn't delete everything. If you choose the option, we don't have the two yet. It uploads everything and wipes your switch one. Tim was only half wrong. Take back the apology, please. I will take back the apology. Thank you, Cameron Kennedy. Thank you.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
There you go. He's not a liar, guys.
Tim Gettys
Man, that was. That's.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
You know, I understand the stress that you're under.
Tim Gettys
Yeah.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
That reminds me of the time that I thought Tom Cruise's name was Tom Steamboat. You know, like we both were equally.
Tim Gettys
Equally.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Equally wrong.
Tim Gettys
Well, equally right.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Equally right. We're both half. I hate this.
Kevin Coelho
Don't let him wrong his rights. No, guys. Now, obviously I'm equally.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I was in the same boat with us. The same steamboat.
Kevin Coelho
The same steamboat.
Tim Gettys
Akshita writes in and says. And just says, no, Christians cannot wear tattoos.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I don't know if that was a reply to.
Tim Gettys
Oh, I don't know. I don't know. I don't think we even mentioned tattoos this whole episode. I also have never heard wear tattoos.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Neither of us even have tattoos.
Tim Gettys
So I kind of like that though.
Kevin Coelho
You're not wearing it though, right? Like it's injected into your skin.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I think I've heard where it's embedded into your skin.
Tim Gettys
There's a.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Also, I know plenty of Christians.
Tim Gettys
There's a bunch of Christians in the chat that have tattoos.
Kevin Coelho
Yeah, it's definitely not.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I grew up in church and, like, there are plenty of tattoos there.
Kevin Coelho
You grew up in a church?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah, I practically grew up in that church, let me tell you. I was there all the time. It was my. It was my second home.
Tim Gettys
Mr. Hawk says I transferred my switch profile to the cloud last week in preparation to download on my switch, too. After everything was uploaded, the system prompted me to wipe it. If I turn it on now, it starts up into the system setup process. So, yeah, we have actual evidence for Mr. Hawks. Wow. Backing up what Cameron Kennedy said, you'll love to see it. Kebab says to explain the George Lucas thing. The prequels often repeated specific story beats from the original trilogy, such as character escapes by hiding their ship on the back of something in an asteroid field. Lucas said, it's like poetry. It rhymes. Hopefully it'll work.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I'm gonna stop asking things because I didn't need to know any of that. Yeah, I didn't need to know any of that. I try to. I try to not think about the.
Tim Gettys
Prequels and that, well, Kebab's also got your ass. Okay? Golly bless. Didn't think Tom Cruise's name was Tom Steamboat. He was trying to guess his last name based on Tim saying his last name is shared with the type of ship.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah, but, like, if I explained it that way, it wouldn't have been as funny as a joke. You know what I mean? Like, sometimes I say things because they're funny, not because they're factual. Follow what I mean, not what I say.
Tim Gettys
Right the wrongs, wrong the rights, everybody kind of funny. We're here and Games Daily is done, but the fun's not done. We're about to start more fun. We're streaming games.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Yeah, we are.
Tim Gettys
I don't know who's going to come out. I don't know who's going to play, but you're gonna have a good time. I'm gonna have a good time. We're all gonna have a good time. Kevin, you're gonna have a good time.
Kevin Coelho
I'm gonna have so much fun. Let's get beers and pickles.
Tim Gettys
I want a goddamn pickle.
Kevin Coelho
Oh, they might have one across the street.
Tim Gettys
I don't know that I trust that.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
What? Sometimes I'll order chips from across the street and I'll be eating them and I'm like, this is stale as dude.
Kevin Coelho
What do you mean? You order?
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Like when you go to a store and you buy a thing.
Kevin Coelho
No, that's not ordering. Ordering is when you get.
Tim Gettys
Do you wear tattoos too? Bless.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Wait, wait, what's define order?
Kevin Coelho
So you, you get your phone, you order it, and then it gets delivered to you.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Okay, you know what? That's fair. I never thought about that. I just always thought order was like the same. Literally the same as buy is how I would use it.
Kevin Coelho
I don't think so. Like, when you, when you walk, you.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Can'T order something in real time.
Kevin Coelho
And like, if you walk up to the. Like you order a sandwich. You know what I mean? You walk up to the sandwich vendor and you say, senor sandwich vendor. I would like.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I'm not saying that.
Tim Gettys
You just add a G to sandwich.
Kevin Coelho
You know, I say we say sandwich that way you've heard it my whole life.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Wait, so, okay, if I, if I, If I order something, basically, it has to come to me sometime in the future.
Kevin Coelho
No, no. What I'm.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I order you sandwich.
Tim Gettys
Someone in the chat says order implies a weight, which I. I think inherently.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
You know what? That's fair. No, now that I think about it, that makes sense.
Kevin Coelho
And Tim, to clarify, in Spanish, the word sandwich is sanguche, so it gets transmogged to English, you know?
Tim Gettys
Yeah.
Kevin Coelho
Where it kind of looks like a Spanish word because it kind of looks like.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
I can't say I ordered it because.
Kevin Coelho
It kind of looked but blessed. It looks like a Spanish word in my head. You get what I'm saying?
Tim Gettys
I love that it's just in the chat just says not true. And I don't know what that's in reference to too, but I think that's a great place to end this episode of Kind of Funny Games Daily. It's been a fun.
Kevin Coelho
All right, hold on. Sandwiches and torta. That's nonsense. That's non. Torta means cake. Torta means cake. I understand that people from Mexico have this weird thing where they're like, oh, it's a sandwich. No, it's a cake.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
For the record, I don't co sign anything. He just said, like, I'm sure it's fine, but I can't tell if it's fine or not what he just said, but I don't co sign any of that.
Tim Gettys
I love, I love that he dropped trans mock. That's. That's awesome because I add the G.
Kevin Coelho
So it looks like a Spanish word.
Tim Gettys
Until next time.
Blessing Adioia Jr.
Happy Switch 2 day game daily.
Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast
Episode: All of The Nintendo Switch 2 Launch News!
Release Date: June 5, 2025
On June 5, 2025, Kinda Funny Games Daily celebrated the official launch of the highly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2. Hosted by Tim Gettys, Blessing Adeoye Jr., along with industry veterans like Greg Miller and Kevin Coelho, the episode was brimming with excitement, firsthand accounts from the launch events, and in-depth discussions on the latest gaming news surrounding Nintendo’s newest console.
The hosts kicked off the episode by sharing their exhilaration from the previous night's launch events. Tim Gettys reminisced about their non-stop streaming session, likening the experience to a "middle school sleepover" filled with enthusiasm for the new console.
Tim Gettys (01:25): "Feels real fast. I love it."
Blessing Adeoye Jr. (02:02): "It was such a good time, such a busy day."
They detailed their plans to continue the celebration with an all-day stream of Mario Kart and hinted at upcoming events like the Summer Game Fest.
A surprising and delightful bonus for early adopters, Nintendo Switch 2 purchasers from Walmart received an unexpected package alongside their consoles.
Tim Gettys (10:32): "I was blessed to find a Gift from Sam Walton himself... two cans of pizza flavored Pringles at two bottles of Coke."
While some customers expressed confusion over the inclusion of snacks, many appreciated the gesture as a fun way to kickstart their gaming sessions. However, not all reactions were positive, with some viewing it as a compensatory move following Walmart’s cancellation of pre-orders.
In stark contrast, GameStop faced backlash as customers reported damaged Switch 2 consoles due to store employees stapling receipts onto the packaging.
Tim Gettys (22:18): "Motherfuckers, don't be stapling my shit."
Customers on platforms like X and Reddit shared images showing staple holes puncturing the Switch 2's packaging, leading to cracked screens. This negligence sparked widespread disapproval, with many advising others to avoid purchasing from that particular GameStop location in Staten Island, NY.
Xenoblade Studio announced their collaboration in developing Mario Kart World, the flagship game for the Switch 2.
Tim Gettys (38:52): "Xenoblade Studio has confirmed it assisted with the design of characters and courses for the Switch 2 game."
The involvement of Monolith, known for titles like Splatoon and Zelda, hinted at significant enhancements in game design, particularly with the open-world elements introduced in Mario Kart World.
Nintendo delighted fans by ensuring that Switch 2 Edition game cartridges are backwards compatible with the original Switch.
Tim Gettys (42:04): "When you put a Switch 2 Edition cartridge in the Switch 1, the older console knows to ignore the Switch 2 bit and just play the original game."
This feature allows players to enjoy enhanced versions of their favorite games on both consoles, although some confusion arose regarding the compatibility mechanics.
Despite robust game compatibility, streaming services like Crunchyroll and Hulu remain unsupported on the Switch 2.
Tim Gettys (49:43): "Streaming apps aren't compatible with Switch 2, and it's not immediately clear if new versions are in development."
This omission was met with mixed reactions, as many users valued the convenience of having streaming capabilities integrated into their gaming consoles.
In a move towards inclusivity, Nintendo Switch 2 revamped the Mii character creation system to eliminate gender-specific options.
Blessing Adeoye Jr. (57:58): "Pick whatever clothes, do whatever styles you want with whatever body shape that you choose."
This update allows for greater customization, aligning with contemporary trends in gaming diversity.
Exciting news for attendees of the Summer Game Fest, as Lucy James was announced to co-host the event alongside the traditional host.
Greg Miller (58:52): "Excited to welcome Lucy James to Summer Game Fest... she's gonna crush it."
This addition is expected to bring fresh energy and diverse perspectives to the event, enhancing the overall experience for attendees.
The hosts also covered smaller yet significant updates, such as Ubisoft’s Mark Rubin departing and the sunset of the live service shooter X Defiant. They discussed the implications of his departure and the challenges faced by the game, attributing its downfall to poor communication and resource allocation.
Additionally, the episode covered upcoming game releases, including Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, Warhammer 40K Space Marine, Barbie Project Friendship, and Crash Bandicoot 4, among others.
The episode was lively with interactions from the audience through Super Chats. Notable moments included humorous discussions about pickles, debates on Nintendo’s policies, and nostalgic references to past gaming experiences.
AIduck (10:34): "Tim, explain the George Lucas thing."
Tim Gettys (75:00): "People love pickles... I love pickles."
These segments added a personal and entertaining touch to the podcast, making listeners feel engaged and part of the conversation.
As the Nintendo Switch 2 launch day festivities concluded, the hosts wrapped up the episode with plans to continue streaming and celebrating the new console. They expressed gratitude towards their community and looked forward to future events like the Summer Game Fest.
Tim Gettys (75:39): "Let's get beers and pickles."
Blessing Adeoye Jr. (75:43): "Happy Switch 2 day game daily."
The episode seamlessly blended news coverage, personal anecdotes, and audience engagement, providing a comprehensive and entertaining summary of the Nintendo Switch 2 launch and the broader gaming landscape.
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This comprehensive summary captures the essence of the episode, highlighting all key discussions, insights, and moments that made the Nintendo Switch 2 launch day special for both the hosts and the listeners.