PlayStation State of Play Live Reaction (November 2025)

Summary

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Kinda Funny Gamescast: PlayStation State of Play Japan (Nov 2025) – Live Reaction

Date: November 11, 2025
Hosts: Tim Gettys, Blessing Adeoye Jr., Andy Cortez, Snowbike Mike
Summary Prepared by: Kinda Funny Podcast Summarizer

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Overview

This episode features Kinda Funny’s live, unfiltered reactions to the first-ever PlayStation "State of Play: Japan," a 40-minute showcase focused on games developed in Japan and Asia, curated for that audience and hosted by voice actor Yuki Kaji. The crew—Tim, Blessing, Andy, and Mike—share their predictions, hopes, and running commentary, capturing excitement, confusion, and the unique energy of a Kinda Funny group watchalong.

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Main Discussion Points & Insights

1. Pre-Show: Anticipation & Predictions

• Regional Focus: The hosts are curious how "Japan and Asia-focused" will influence the show’s content and delivery in contrast to the typical global State of Play formats.
  • “It's a mix of not only being Asian developers, but also an Asian focused audience. I'm interested what that's actually going to mean or if it's really just going to have a different host, you know?” (Tim, 05:08)
• Hopes for Iconic Japanese IP Revivals:
  • Blessing wishes for the return of Japan Studio-style games and hopes legacy titles like Dark Cloud, Ico, or Everybody's Golf might make a comeback. (06:15–07:38)
  • Andy dreams of a Bloodborne remake and a new Everybody’s Golf (07:45–08:09).
  • Mike shouts out long-lost favorites like Tokyo Jungle (08:17–08:32).
• Expectations Management: With no leaks, the crew pivots to cautious optimism, expecting at least some niche or intriguing titles but warns against expectations for megatons like Final Fantasy or Kingdom Hearts sequels.
  • “You can still be disappointed. [...] Like, there is still a chance that this is just a straight up dud. Right? But I don't think it's gonna be. I also don't expect we're gonna get Final Fantasy 73 and Kingdom Hearts 4 and like all this crazy shit, but like anything is possible right now.” (Tim, 08:39)
• Show Format: The team prepares viewers for the possibility of lengthy subtitle-heavy interviews and deeper dives into games less relevant to a Western audience (09:55–10:18).

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2. Comedic Banter & Warm-Up

• Gift Exchanges and Inside Jokes: The squad exchanges sweatshirts and candy, with playful arguments about the proper way to carry coins—joking about coins in pockets vs. wallets (01:02–04:11).
  • "I legit have not used coins in 20 years." (Tim, 03:24)
• Toro the Sony Cat: The panel riffs on Toro, PlayStation’s unofficial Japanese mascot, connecting it to nostalgia and discussing its surprising cultural staying power (00:52–01:27).

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3. Live State of Play Japan Reactions

Key segments and moments (by rough timestamps below):

[17:41–18:43] JRPGs vs Cozy Games – Running Counter

• The crew starts a lighthearted competition on predicting the prevalence of JRPGs vs. cozy “life sim” titles.
  • Notable Quote:
    "I do want the counter. JRPG versus cozy game counters." (Blessing, 21:59)

[20:25] Chibi Art & Localization Woes

• The hosts comment on certain Japanese game art styles ("Chibi") and joke about inconsistent localization and audio mixing.
  • "It's like there's something like when the video gets transported to America that like the audio channels are missing, you know?" (Andy, 20:50)

[24:05–24:56] Fatal Frame II Remake Excitement

• Enthusiastic, genuine surprise at the reveal of a Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly remake.
  • Memorable Moment:
    "I'm impressed with this. Like, this is way above and beyond what I expected from a Fatal Frame 2 revisit." (Tim, 26:44)

[32:41–33:42] Visual Novels & “AI: Somnium Files”

• Discussion about Japanese detective/visual novel games and the cult popularity of titles like AI: The Somnium Files and the “cocaine” metaphor for their addictive design.
  • "That's how I feel about these AI Somnium File games." (Blessing, 33:12)

[34:48–35:15] Pac-Man/Sonic Crossover

• Joking confusion about weird crossovers and debate about how accessible the content is for newcomers.
  • "For people who play Pac Man. Do I can play through Pac man to get to Sonic, or can I just boot up the game and play the song?" (Blessing, 35:15)

[39:11] Vocabulary Lesson: “Incongruous”

• Tim busts out the word “incongruous” to describe mismatched pixel art, leaving the group briefly derailed in a hilarious vocabulary tangent.
  • “That's a good word, bro.” (Andy, 39:13)
  • “You just threw that out.” (Snowbike Mike, 39:45)
  • Tim: “If I'm gonna be honest, I'm very, very happy, actually.” (39:56)

[41:08–42:57] BlazBlue Entropy Effect & ArcSys Roundup

• Discussion of popular Japanese fighting games, with Blessing noting he often buys such titles but never boots them up—a familiar gamer dilemma.

[43:32] Gotcha Games & Marquee Mobile Offerings

• Running gag about encountering yet another gacha RPG among the reveals.

[44:58] Fate/Trigger Madness

• Live confusion reacting to rapid game reveals, commenting on wild gameplay mechanics and questionable visual choices.

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4. Standout Reveals & High Hype Moments

• Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake
  • Panel genuinely wowed by production value and faithfulness (26:44)
• X-Men Multiplayer Shared Experience Game
  • High energy as they speculate on new features and the reveal of Spider-Man/Miles Morales; hosts gush over "the little shared experience place" and character design discussion (49:37–52:07)
• Elden Night Rain Expansion
  • Showstopping moment—the new map, bosses, and icy biome for what sounds like an Elden Ring expansion or spiritual successor. "They just unleashed them." (Andy, 54:18)
  • "Redeem the whole damn show. Right there." (Andy, 54:39)

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5. Post-Show: Reflections, Hardware, and Meta Commentary

• PS5 in Japan – DualSense & Price Talk
  • Interesting aside about slow PS5 adoption in Japan, rising hardware prices, and the need to continually market the platform’s features (55:40–56:54).
  • "The PS5 has been getting more and more expensive in Japan too." (Blessing, 56:08)
• Speakers & Accessories
  • Amusement regarding newly-announced PlayStation branded speakers/tasking whether anyone will actually buy them (56:54–57:11).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Expectations:
  “Even if there are no expectations, you can still be disappointed.” – Tim Gettys (08:39)

• On Lapsed IPs:
  “I would love to see a return to Dark Cloud... a lot of those IP are just sitting.” – Blessing (06:15–07:38)

• On Niche Japanese Games:
  “That's how I feel about these AI Somnium File games. It’s like you make that sound good... but I don’t have the time or energy or desire to do it.” – Blessing (33:12)

• On Graphics/Art:
  “Something about it's incongruous.” – Tim Gettys (39:11)
  “That's a good word, bro.” – Andy Cortez (39:13)

• On Fatal Frame 2 Remake:
  “I'm impressed with this. Like, this is way above and beyond what I expected.” – Tim Gettys (26:44)

• On Elden Night Rain DLC:
  “They just unleashed them.” – Andy Cortez (54:18)
  “Redeem the whole damn show. Right there.” – Andy Cortez (54:39)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:52–01:27 — Origin/mascot trivia about Toro the Sony Cat
• 06:15–08:09 — Panel’s wishlists for classic PlayStation and Japanese IP
• 08:39 — Tim on being able to be disappointed even with no leaks
• 17:41–18:43 — JRPGs vs. Cozy games show predictions
• 24:05–24:56 — Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly remake reveal
• 33:12 — Blessing on AI: Somnium Files & cult visual novel fandom
• 35:15 — Pac-Man/Sonic crossover accessibility debate
• 39:11–39:50 — "Incongruous" pixel art tangent
• 41:08–42:57 — BlazBlue Entropy Effect and ArcSys segment
• 44:58 — Fate/Trigger gacha chaos
• 49:37–52:07 — X-Men shared world multiplayer game excitement
• 54:18–54:39 — Elden Night Rain expansion/“redeem the whole show” moment
• 55:40–57:05 — PS5 install base and hardware strategy discussion

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Closing Thoughts

The team agrees the showcase had tons of games, a decent mix of JRPGs, cozy sims, horror, and wild Japanese oddities. Fatal Frame II, X-Men multiplayer, and Elden Night Rain DCL were the most exciting drops. The State of Play format—while subtitle heavy and sometimes awkward—was generally successful, though it leaned hard into regional preferences. With a wealth of smaller, unique, and sometimes inexplicable titles, the show lived up to the expectation of highlighting the best (and strangest) facets of Japanese game dev, leaving the Kinda Funny crew entertained.

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“Redeem the whole damn show. Right there.” — Andy Cortez, reacting to the Elden Night Rain expansion (54:39)

End of summary.

Transcript

[Tim Geddes]

This episode's brought to you by Aura Frames and Shady Rays, but we'll tell you about that later. What's up? And welcome back to Another Kind of Funny Games Live reaction. This time, it's to the first ever State ofPlay Japan PlayStation tweeted out on November 11th. Actually, no, they tweeted out a couple days ago. Today's November 11th, but they tweeted State of Play Japan shares news, interviews and updates curated for players in Japan and Asia. Tune in later today, of course. I'm Tim Geddes. I'm joined by Blessing at AOE Junior.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

I'm getting to the bottom of Toro.

[Tim Geddes]

Got somebody. Has to. Snowbike. Mike.

[Snowbike Mike]

Tim, it's great to see you. Feel like I haven't seen you at all. And I'm just so happy to be around your presence.

[Tim Geddes]

I love you, Mike.

[Andy Cortez]

What are you trying to get out of him?

[Snowbike Mike]

I also been just watching nothing but game showdown clips from last Friday, and it's made me smile.

[Tim Geddes]

What an episode. What an episode. Brownie Andy Cortez.

[Brownie Andy Cortez]

Hello.

[Andy Cortez]

Hello, everybody.

[Tim Geddes]

Hello, everybody. Toro, if you don't know, is the cat, little white cat. That is my PSN icon, and it has been forever, and it probably will be forever from being honest.

[Snowbike Mike]

And what's your connection to this cat then?

[Tim Geddes]

When we. When they first. When I first made my PSN profile back in, I guess it was PS3, right? Was the first time we did that. I'm pretty sure. Anyways, you were pretty limited in what you could have. And I saw this little, cute little guy, and I. I didn't have moose yet. Moose didn't even exist yet.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah.

[Tim Geddes]

But I knew one day I was going to have a small white animal that looks like it. And if you squint, dogs, cats, they're the same.

[Andy Cortez]

They're about the same thing.

[Snowbike Mike]

Yes.

[Andy Cortez]

You know what I mean? Yeah. Similar sort of, you know, character kind of profile. Nick Scarpino, can you come over here?

[Snowbike Mike]

Have you been keeping him on the sidelines just for that?

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah.

[Tim Geddes]

Nice.

[Andy Cortez]

I want him to come in. A shipment came in, everybody. And I want to present you all with the sweatshirts that you said. If me and Snowbike might get 20 combined kills in Battlefield, you have to give us a sweatshirt. And I was like, man, you could have put that number a little bit lower if you all wanted a chance, because I think maybe seven was the max.

[Snowbike Mike]

Yeah.

[Tim Geddes]

I love it.

[Snowbike Mike]

Oh, look at this fire.

[Tim Geddes]

Nitro. Feeling left out. Wow. Yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

Damn.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

I know. What happened here?

[Andy Cortez]

What size did you get for Mike?

[Snowbike Mike]

I got I got extra large for me.

[Andy Cortez]

I got extra large and large for him.

[Snowbike Mike]

Now, since we're in the mood of gift giving. Giving. I also have a gift.

[Tim Geddes]

Okay.

[Snowbike Mike]

For one Andy Cortez, his favorite. Oh, come on. The Reese's.

[Tim Geddes]

Come on.

[Snowbike Mike]

I got an extra box. Just because I knew we'd be doing. We'd be doing this during the state of play. Nothing like a little afternoon. Pick me up.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

I also have a gift.

[Tim Geddes]

I also have a gift. 80 cents. What type of person has coins?

[Snowbike Mike]

He's gonna cover the shipping.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Well, you don't got coins.

[Tim Geddes]

No.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Well, wait, did you pull them out of your pocket or your wallet? My pocket. Okay. Well, that is weird.

[Snowbike Mike]

You're putting coins in your wallet.

[Tim Geddes]

In your wallet?

[Ad Read Speaker 1]

Yeah.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Coins in your pocket?

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah, yeah.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

I keep all my money in my wallet.

[Andy Cortez]

I don't keep coins at all. But, like, to put coins in a wallet is weird.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

That's weird.

[Andy Cortez]

If you were.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

If, if.

[Snowbike Mike]

If coins.

[Andy Cortez]

If coins were present, that's the money place to put them in the wallet is weird.

[Tim Geddes]

Yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

Yeah.

[Andy Cortez]

Wait, really?

[Snowbike Mike]

You're.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Every time you're going to forget that they're in there, you're going to open that wallet up with coins? Yeah, but that's where they're supposed to be. They're coins. Yeah, but like, where am I? I'm supposed to just have, like, going

[Andy Cortez]

down the road and being like, let me get my coins out.

[Snowbike Mike]

Let me get my. Then you got to fold the wallet out. You got to dump it.

[Tim Geddes]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Andy Cortez]

Man, this is so good.

[Tim Geddes]

Wow.

[Andy Cortez]

This is so good.

[Tim Geddes]

I legit have not used coins in 20 years. Yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

I got a story about coins, but I'll save for another time.

[Tim Geddes]

Yeah. Is now not the time

[Snowbike Mike]

you're going

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

to spill all your cards out?

[Ad Read Speaker 2]

Why?

[Snowbike Mike]

What are you have in there?

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

A bunch of coins. I got so many quarters also.

[Tim Geddes]

You have a bunch of quarters. When's the last time you've used coins?

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Last week.

[Tim Geddes]

Yeah.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Yeah. There's a. There's a food spot. There's a Filipino food spot that only takes cash.

[Tim Geddes]

Okay.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

And so it was actually convenient. But that's the only time I use.

[Snowbike Mike]

If you're taking cash in 20, 25, just round up. Just round up to the dollar. Why are we throwing coins at each other? The other day they were like, would

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

you like to donate to this thing? But, but, but normally I do if it's like, you know, whatever. But then it was like, it was like $10.05. And she was like, would you like to round up 95 cents? Like that's not going to work.

[Tim Geddes]

Crazy.

[Andy Cortez]

That's not a small extra dollar, lady.

[Tim Geddes]

Oh. Everybody, we are 12 minutes away from the PlayStation State of Play Japan. And if you didn't know, Toro Inu is clickily known as the Sony Cat. All right? As the. Also known as the main character of the Doko Demo ISO series and the de facto unofficial mascot of Sony Interactive Entertainment. And you see him right now sitting on this couch waiting to be cast. There's a lot that could happen here. There's a lot of nothing that could happen here. We have no idea what really to expect except for what they're saying here. This Tuesday, we're bringing you a special episode of State of Play, running for more than 40 minutes, focusing on games created in Japan and across Asia, alongside a few other exciting updates. From beloved series to distinctive indie creations. This show is hosted by voice actor Yuki Kaji and it will be packed with great games, games interviews and new looks at anticipated titles. And then, yeah, the tweet also said it updates curated for players in Japan and Asia. So it's a mix of not only being Asian developers, but also an Asian focused audience. I'm interested what that's actually going to mean or if it's really just going to have a different host, you know?

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Bear, can you bring up the Toro image again? Chat was calling this a casting couch. You guys gotta.

[Andy Cortez]

Tim made the joke.

[Snowbike Mike]

Get your mind.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Tim made the joke. Sorry, I was. I was reading. I was doing my own reading.

[Tim Geddes]

Onoro.

[Snowbike Mike]

I'm the problem.

[Tim Geddes]

You're the problem.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

You need to go to church.

[Tim Geddes]

But yeah, I mean, like, obviously they're. They're talking even about. From beloved series to distinctive indie creations. We've seen in the state of plays recently a lot of these smaller indie games that were from Japan and a lot of them have been releasing over the course of the year. But beloved series, there's so many, right? So many Capcom that we have the big three right now with Animusha, Resident Evil, Pragmata that we did our previews on. Probably expect to see at least two of those again here, right? Square Enix can show up. There's a ton of different things. PlayStation themselves, to some extent. Marvel Token, Fighting Souls.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Yeah.

[Tim Geddes]

What's on your mind? Bless.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

I mean, you know, taking the jokes out of the Toro thing, that actually does get me excited. Because when I see Toro, I think of Japan Studio and I think of a side of PlayStation that has felt sorely missing ever since they shut down Japan Studio. Of course, it still lives through Team Asobi but that was only like a pocket of what that studio was. And so for me, this is exciting for what it could signal and what it could be. As far as trying to lean more into that. Like you mentioned, Marvel took on Fighting Souls at the last PlayStation State of Play. I guess in the summer PlayStation State of Play, I should say they highlighted. Highlighted that and did a big deep dive into what ARC System Works is doing with that game. And it felt very much like a leaning into the Japanese side of what you can do with first party PlayStation stuff. And so I hope to see more of an embracing of that one thing that might be a bit more, I guess, deeper in the bag as far as what this could be or the kind of thing we could see here. On the Nintendo Switch side, we've been seeing the Bandai Namco published games that were seemingly PlayStation things when it comes to things like Freedom wars and I feel like there was Patapon. Yeah. And everybody's Golf as well. I wonder if we could see more from that. I would love to see a return to Dark Cloud. I would love to see. We mentioned the other day, Eco, things like that. Like a lot of those IP are just sitting. And so I would love to see some sort of return to that stuff. But maybe that's me just hoping.

[Andy Cortez]

Right.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

That's hoping him right there.

[Andy Cortez]

I would love to see a re release of Everybody's Golf Hot Shots.

[Snowbike Mike]

You just got a new one.

[Andy Cortez]

Let's. Let's start over. Let's do it again. Because like, it just wasn't.

[Snowbike Mike]

You start off, you have two unlocked

[Andy Cortez]

characters, Everybody, like, it just wasn't the best. It felt like a false start. It felt like a. A kind of a. A clerical error. You know, let's re release that. Give me some more fun there.

[Tim Geddes]

Is there anything else for you though, Andy?

[Andy Cortez]

I mean, it's about persistence.

[Snowbike Mike]

Oh yeah.

[Andy Cortez]

It's about persistence, everybody. Bloodboard remake. It's happening, right?

[Snowbike Mike]

Oh, just keep, keep hoping.

[Tim Geddes]

I like mark it down. Yeah. Mike, anything from you?

[Snowbike Mike]

No, I'm just here to be wowed and impressed, you know, hopefully find something I'll fall in love with. What's up with Tokyo Jungle? Remember that game back?

[Tim Geddes]

Hell yeah, dude.

[Snowbike Mike]

Let's get another one.

[Andy Cortez]

I bought it.

[Tim Geddes]

I bought it two months ago. Physical copy of it on PS3 because it's a little Pomeranian.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Oh yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

That's what I think about. Yeah, bring that one back.

[Tim Geddes]

We got some super chats. Volkdasher says first off, bless his haircuts. Goaded.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Thank you.

[Tim Geddes]

Second Off. So surely we cannot have any expectations for a first ever state of play Japan that's had zero leaks. Like, as commentators, are we able to be disappointed? Are we just riding waves? I think that even if there are, there are no expectations, you can still be disappointed. Like there is still a chance that this is just a straight up dud. Right? But I don't think it's gonna be. I also don't expect we're gonna get Final Fantasy 73 and Kingdom Hearts 4 and like all this crazy shit, but like anything is possible right now. And I feel like I don't. I'm not saying that as like, oh my God, like this could be the biggest thing ever, but like 40 minutes beloved series and like we're gonna see some cool games. Like, I feel confident that we're going to walk away from this being like, oh, there were some games I'm interested in playing.

[Andy Cortez]

Andy, something massive happening in that right now.

[Snowbike Mike]

It's blowing up.

[Andy Cortez]

There's a piece of merch being gifted away to the Twitch chat. And if you want a chance to win, YouTube chat members, I'm sorry, you have to come to the Twitch chat. If you want a chance to win the merch, you just have to type in exclamation point, enter to try to win the sort of a pokey, inspired sweatshirt, kind of funny, smiley. Go to the Twitch chat, type in exclamation point, enter as one thing and you will be entered for a chance to win. Sorry, YouTube, you have to go over

[Tim Geddes]

there, go to the Twitch chat. Love that.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

I will say no leaks does concern me a little bit. Like the no leaks part of it does make me go, yeah, maybe there's nothing big. I. My. I think the bottom of my expectations for this is that it is a lot of us sitting around reading subtitles of longer interviews than we'd like.

[Tim Geddes]

Yeah. I mean, they're focused on interviews here, I do think is going to be that substantial part. 40 minute run time.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

I'm prepared for that.

[Tim Geddes]

Yeah. And that's the thing too. Like, there's probably going to be a ton of games here that we're just simply not interested in, you know, And I. It does kind of feel like they're going out of their way to be like, hey, you four people sitting at this table, this isn't necessarily for you, you know, but I also know that we do like a lot of these games and a lot of potential.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

I feel like out of the four of us, maybe more so me, Andy and Tim. Right. Like, and maybe actually you Know, Mike,

[Snowbike Mike]

you played Final Fantasy out of the box.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Oh, yeah. We never know what to expect from you, honestly. Thank God we left Greg Miller at home because I feel like this is going to speak to us for more so than like, maybe a lot of other people out there. But when we think about video games, we think about, like, a large part of what makes video games. You think of Japan and Japanese culture and like a bunch of games that are developed on that side of the world.

[Andy Cortez]

So let's see some Phantom Blade zero. Let's see some Tides of Annihilation.

[Tim Geddes]

I would love to.

[Andy Cortez]

That would be really, really fantastic.

[Tim Geddes]

Is that Asian territories Ties of Annihilation for some.

[Andy Cortez]

Annihilation is China. Yeah, it is, yeah.

[Tim Geddes]

Oh, I don't know why I thought it was Europe.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah. Yeah. Well, probably because it's. It's like the Arthurian legend type of place. Yeah.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Somewhere like that.

[Tim Geddes]

Yeah. All right.

[Andy Cortez]

And you got a Jennifer English as the lead voice actress.

[Tim Geddes]

Very exciting.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

I don't know how y' all do coins in the pocket. Like, that's just.

[Snowbike Mike]

I'll tell you.

[Ad Read Speaker 3]

What are we doing?

[Snowbike Mike]

Why? Just don't keep going.

[Tim Geddes]

What are we doing?

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Grow up. Put them in your wallet.

[Tim Geddes]

Resolute says Kingdom Hearts prayer circle. English video recorded lines recently. Look, I doubt it. I highly doubt it. But Kingdom Hearts is not out of the question. Is it gonna be Kingdom Hearts 4? I don't think so, but some type of Kingdom Hearts re release or something or other.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

I think that's the thing. On top of the leaks, on top of the lack of leaks is the lack of them leading off with a game. I feel like if Kingdom Hearts was here or Final Fantasy 73 was here, I feel like they'd be like, oh, and we have this. And then we'll also talk about other things. There's no headliner, just Tor.

[Tim Geddes]

There's rarely a headliner unless it's such a known quantity. Like they don't normally go, hey, get your first look at this game. I mean, I know Kingdom Hearts 4 we've seen before, but the next time we see Kingdom Hearts 4, I bet it looks radically different. Like it might as well be the announcement of the game. Right?

[Andy Cortez]

But we get anything like, what's the over under? I'll set it at 1.5 of kind of like Cozy Life sim Square Enix games.

[Tim Geddes]

That feels like a more Nintendo vibe. Like they seem to promote those games in directs more than these. But maybe this is the beginning of them being like, hey, we could do it at PlayStation 2.

[Snowbike Mike]

That's a good line. I feel like they've been.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

They've been leaning off of that stuff. Like when was the last time we got a harvest?

[Andy Cortez]

Stella it's been a while. That's what I'm doing.

[Snowbike Mike]

We're due.

[Andy Cortez]

But that's. They were specifically saying like a year

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

ago that they were going to pull

[Andy Cortez]

back on doing a ton of projects and focusing on just.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

What was that one game? Everyday Sunshine or like every.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh, you can tell me. Anyone? I believe it.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Everyday struggle making you name a game.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah, you're right.

[Tim Geddes]

Is Japan.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Yeah, that's me.

[Tim Geddes]

Just adding some hope into the world. Team Asobi More Astrobot DLC I'll take it. We are going to take a quick ad break and when we're back, it's

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

time for the state of various daylife.

[Tim Geddes]

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[Snowbike Mike]

It's the Paradise Podcast.

[Ryan Michele]

I am your host, Ryan Michele. Bathe with my husband Sterling.

[Andy Cortez]

What's up?

[Ryan Michele]

Join us here on Hulu and Hulu on Disney where we'll discuss each episode with the cast and crew of Paradise. I'll be getting all the secrets from Dan Fogelman, James Marsden, Shailene Woodley, Julianne Nicholson, and Sterling Kelby Brown.

[Tim Geddes]

Paradise.

[Ryan Michele]

The official podcast is now streaming and

[Tim Geddes]

stream paradise on Hulu and Hulu on Disney. We're back, everybody, but where's the state of play? Show me the couch. 58 seconds. Do something. Toro dance for me.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Mike is taking the over on the 1.5 square ending scales. I'm going to go under to go under with Andy. Okay, I think we see more.

[Snowbike Mike]

Oh, what's the thing that we see the most?

[Tim Geddes]

I. I'm going under as well.

[Snowbike Mike]

Under for Tim I don't know about

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

most, but I was gonna say. I'm gonna say. I say we see more JRPGs. Like pixel art. JRPGs?

[Andy Cortez]

Oh, 2.5 D. Wow.

[Tim Geddes]

Okay.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

2.5 D or 2D.

[Tim Geddes]

Yeah. Okay.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Probably more 2.5 D. Okay.

[Tim Geddes]

Do we see a new HD 2D remake?

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Oh, God, I hope so. I was thinking about this. You know what? I'm just gonna say it so I can speak into existence. I was thinking this the other day. I would love a Live Alive 2.

[Tim Geddes]

Oh, I know.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

The one that we just got was a remake of Destination. I think they had the stuff. Just make another one. I'll make a brand new one. Yeah, me too.

[Tim Geddes]

Do it. Chrono Trigger.

[Andy Cortez]

Elden Ring two? Possibly. You never know. Bloodborne three.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

How many Gacha games? How many Genshin likes?

[Andy Cortez]

It's like a pre decorated apartment.

[Tim Geddes]

Remember when Nick was obsessed with the couch from the Switch reveal? I mean, who was it?

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Come on.

[Tim Geddes]

This game looks prom to solve the world. He's trying to like, mimic the concept so far.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

I'm one for one, by the way.

[Snowbike Mike]

I know.

[Ad Read Speaker 2]

I.

[Andy Cortez]

You put a beard on that dude in some glasses.

[Ad Read Speaker 2]

That's MacD a million dude we might get ourselves into. I haven't thought about it. Really? I should try doing all the things that humans do to find my own purpose. Something only I can do.

[Snowbike Mike]

Did he prevail?

[Andy Cortez]

Doth he yet rule over this realm? The Chibi arts are really throwing me off. The proportions. No way, man. That's maximilian. Dude.

[Snowbike Mike]

This is the stuff. You and me battling side by side again. Flame Splitter.

[Andy Cortez]

There's no time to waste. Here's to one last adventure.

[Snowbike Mike]

Ooh.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Did we know that?

[Tim Geddes]

I don't think we did.

[Andy Cortez]

I just love those oddly audio mixed.

[Tim Geddes]

It's like.

[Andy Cortez]

It's like there's something like when the video gets transported to America that like the audio channels are missing, you know?

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Sorry, sorry.

[Andy Cortez]

Sound effects lowered. You're supposed to get the full 5.1 mix.

[Snowbike Mike]

Oh, yeah. We like this one.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

You're lying.

[Andy Cortez]

No,

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

my old friend.

[Snowbike Mike]

No shots. That was crazy.

[Andy Cortez]

Absolutely no shots. This went viral for a minute.

[Snowbike Mike]

Yeah, I remember this. We happy with this one.

[Tim Geddes]

Oh, my God.

[Andy Cortez]

Really, really, really love.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

There's two kind of funnies, y'. All. We live in two different kind of funny.

[Snowbike Mike]

I'm right there with him.

[Andy Cortez]

I got him.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

There's no shot. You knew this existed.

[Snowbike Mike]

Happy with this one?

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

I do want the counter. JRPG versus cozy game counters.

[Tim Geddes]

Okay.

[Andy Cortez]

Okay.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Because are you gonna be up 2:1. Is this coffee talk.

[Andy Cortez]

How to buy this.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

That's cool.

[Tim Geddes]

What the.

[Andy Cortez]

Jesus. Put it on the stream schedule for Andy. This is a long ass, Nick.

[Tim Geddes]

Okay?

[Andy Cortez]

They just canceled the one they just showed.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

That was the book. Like Pokemon Red and Blue.

[Snowbike Mike]

It's like the girl out of pub. We got a supply drop over there.

[Tim Geddes]

We gotta get.

[Andy Cortez]

Another long neck too. Here we go. There's always a scourge. There's always a long neck.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Okay.

[Andy Cortez]

Man, those key arts are just frightening.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Retrofiner.

[Snowbike Mike]

Neo.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Oh, Neo.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah, you're right.

[Tim Geddes]

3. No, it's a fiddle, friend.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh.

[Tim Geddes]

2. Scariest game I've ever played in my life.

[Snowbike Mike]

Oh, yes, we've seen this one.

[Andy Cortez]

We saw it on Switch too, right?

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Yeah. I'm not gonna delete Neo3 for my nose because I'm 100 sure we're gonna see it. Yeah, I'm just gonna keep that dance.

[Ad Read Speaker 2]

Don't let go together.

[Tim Geddes]

This game is up.

[Snowbike Mike]

Like, I. I don't want it to come back.

[Ad Read Speaker 2]

The festival failed.

[Andy Cortez]

Why did it fail, Tim?

[Ad Read Speaker 2]

So. Because.

[Tim Geddes]

In the past, there was one up. Little girl

[Ad Read Speaker 2]

forever.

[Tim Geddes]

Okay.

[Andy Cortez]

Frame two. Crimson Butterfly remake.

[Snowbike Mike]

Had to say the remake.

[Ad Read Speaker 2]

Shall we begin?

[Andy Cortez]

Okay, just in time to party for spring break. What we need to decide is we'll do a marathon stream for goddamn Reanimal.

[Snowbike Mike]

Oh, for Reanimal. Yeah, that's a good one.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

How many players is that?

[Andy Cortez]

Because I really want to play through

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

it, but I'm also scared I'd be.

[Andy Cortez]

We already have one of the books.

[Snowbike Mike]

Oh, yeah.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

I mean, I do love, you know, they call me Puzzle Poppy. So I look at how many people work at Team Ninja. They have about 200 since 2021.

[Andy Cortez]

That's how many games they put on. Yeah.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

One person working on each game.

[Tim Geddes]

I'm impressed with this. Like, this is way above and beyond what I expected from a Fatal Frame 2 revisit. And. Brian Storm says Aaron Yeager is a good interviewer. Is that the voice actor of Aaron Yeager?

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

That's cool.

[Andy Cortez]

Hey, that was a quick nice in and out interview. Yeah, not too bad.

[Snowbike Mike]

We got some horror games.

[Tim Geddes]

There's our guy. What's he have to say?

[Andy Cortez]

Goro.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Let me translate that.

[Tim Geddes]

Oh, no.

[Andy Cortez]

It was during what I believe would be my final battle.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Dynasty wars, you know.

[Snowbike Mike]

We're so back, dude. We're so back.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Maybe I had to eat Neo3 for my n.

[Snowbike Mike]

Now. What's the vibes here? Building off of Origins. This is dlc.

[Tim Geddes]

It looks like horror.

[Snowbike Mike]

Fellow.

[Andy Cortez]

Sons of the yellow earth fly by my side, for together we shall seize

[Snowbike Mike]

a New age of peace with our own. Everyone should play Dynasty Warriors. Me and Roger talked about it today. Games, you know, that might not get some love here at the end of the year. Go play Dynasty warriors back.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh, he's playing the Zelda, right?

[Snowbike Mike]

Yes. He was really liking that. That's why.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

That must. Somebody went crazy. Yeah, I know. Somebody saw that and was like, oh, my God, he's back.

[Andy Cortez]

I just looked up the, like, history of Japan encyclopedia. Media found out who that was. Even they gave up on the PS5 Pro. Dude, they don't even have a pro app there. The standard ass. PS5. It's expensive.

[Snowbike Mike]

GT. Where are we in the GT timeline? The time for a new. Why don't we just add knock before

[Andy Cortez]

Christ,

[Snowbike Mike]

we already on the timeline.

[Andy Cortez]

I mean, he just talked about DLCs.

[Snowbike Mike]

That's where we're at.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

GT7 just came out.

[Snowbike Mike]

Did it like years ago?

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Maybe two or three years ago. I feel like we're not talking about GTA until next gen. If I could, like, clear my schedule and just play this game, I'd be down.

[Andy Cortez]

87 was four years ago.

[Snowbike Mike]

No, it's been a long time.

[Andy Cortez]

But we were on this set while Mike was talking. That was 2023. So it was like around three.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Yeah, I was gonna say it because I was playing it in VR, but was that after we first started doing

[Tim Geddes]

Work from home, though, like his first

[Andy Cortez]

review, we were talking about Milo or

[Snowbike Mike]

whatever that fucking guy's name was in there, bro.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Thank God I get 2032 off.

[Andy Cortez]

That's great. Oh, this is cute.

[Tim Geddes]

I fuck with this.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

So heavy. So, like, is it not just square that are making games like this? Is everybody doing it? Because, like, I think I usually assume that it's square.

[Tim Geddes]

Yeah, that is interesting.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Also somebody in chat keeping count.

[Snowbike Mike]

I'm doing my best.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Mike's got it.

[Andy Cortez]

Mike's got it. Also, should I translate for, like, audio listeners? Thinking about, like, people in the car.

[Snowbike Mike]

Come out in may.

[Andy Cortez]

Where's jace balder? She loves.

[Tim Geddes]

What is this?

[Snowbike Mike]

I don't. I don't know what this is.

[Andy Cortez]

It's like a detective type game.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Can anybody help me?

[Snowbike Mike]

We're talking about people listening. This is some sort of Digimon Name

[Andy Cortez]

someone to ask that for every game showed.

[Tim Geddes]

For the rest of this.

[Andy Cortez]

Someone tell me what this is, please.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

I always fit. Mix this up. Is this in the same series as.

[Snowbike Mike]

Oh, we.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh, Tokyo Extreme Race Plus. Or you're gonna ask about 990?

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

999? Yes. Because, like, I hear about that. It seems like People really like it. It's like one of those ones where it's like you hear somebody describe the feeling of doing cocaine or something, but it's like, I don't have the time or energy or desire to do it. But you make that sound good. That's how I feel about these AI Somnium File games.

[Andy Cortez]

AI Somnium files got a 78 in 2019 on Meta.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Yo, that motion rack game.

[Andy Cortez]

Let's get to night rank. We're gonna give you.

[Snowbike Mike]

We're gonna roll this. This is a game I never thought I'd love. Played it once.

[Andy Cortez]

They didn't love it. I was right. Didn't love it. It. Have you gone back? You don't need to go back when you have one special night.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Honestly, it'd be like that, though. You know, you play katamari once and it's like, all right, cool. That was fun.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah, I got the gist.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

No chocolate. I don't know what game.

[Andy Cortez]

Sonic Revolution.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Okay. This is Pac Man World.

[Ad Read Speaker 1]

Okay.

[Andy Cortez]

Somebody help.

[Snowbike Mike]

Somebody help.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Legitimately, I was like, is he coming to Sonic or. And if so, what Sonic game is this? I don't recognize.

[Tim Geddes]

Oh, Available today. There we go.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

For people who play Pac Man. Do I can play through Pac man to get to Sonic, or can I just boot up the game and play the song? Let me know.

[Tim Geddes]

It's important.

[Andy Cortez]

I mean, that's arguably the coolest thing I've ever seen. You know what I mean? Like, at the end of the day, it's that. It's like, you know, gray fox, cyborg ninja. Yeah. When Tyler Hansbrough's face is bloody.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

This guy looks like the professor from PowerPoint.

[Andy Cortez]

Big O. That looks like big O.

[Ad Read Speaker 3]

Like that.

[Snowbike Mike]

Yeah, big.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh, yeah, look at that. It was a tsunami. Like anime back in the day. I remember

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Kamen Rider.

[Tim Geddes]

Yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

That all came at me really fast.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah, There's a lot of violence.

[Snowbike Mike]

Ever since the AI game, everything's been going, oh, he's interacting.

[Tim Geddes]

Things are happening.

[Andy Cortez]

Another scary.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

I got excited.

[Andy Cortez]

It looks like a crazy gut, that game.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

They made the dinosaur fighting. That's what I thought it was.

[Snowbike Mike]

Who are they adding now? Who's in Sonic Racing now?

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Steve from who? From Minecraft, I think Minecraft is already. I was going to make the joke of scheme for Minecraft, but I thought he was already in there.

[Andy Cortez]

Dan did. Not really. I really underestimated how freaky that character design would be in a modern day and age. 19 to dream. Yeah, that. That's a weird fence. Legion, what were all of those drawings

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

they put the Internet fan art in the game. Don't do that. Why are you doing that?

[Snowbike Mike]

Let's go.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Maybe I'll finally play. We don't talk about the Sonic Racing Cross world.

[Andy Cortez]

Manuel in the YouTube chat says, who's that thick ass drawing? Oh. Oh. I remember playing this.

[Tim Geddes]

Never Brave.

[Andy Cortez]

It's. It's a hollow, like, oh, this is from the pal world devs. And everybody was like, damn, you're copying another game. Like, oh. It said, it'll be beginning. My bad. Yeah. I said, pocket pair.

[Snowbike Mike]

They'll never beat the allegations.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah. And this was like, right hot on the heels of, like, all the Power world controversy. Oh.

[Tim Geddes]

With multiplayer.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

I don't like that sound effect.

[Andy Cortez]

Really?

[Snowbike Mike]

The popping of the bubbles.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

I feel like that's overused. I feel like I. I've heard that

[Andy Cortez]

too much bless is like, replace it with a jaguar. An eagle. Screech.

[Tim Geddes]

I don't like it.

[Andy Cortez]

I don't like it.

[Snowbike Mike]

Yeah.

[Tim Geddes]

Something about it's incongruous.

[Andy Cortez]

That's a good word, bro.

[Ad Read Speaker 3]

Wow.

[Snowbike Mike]

Can I get a dictionary?

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Yeah, I'm googling already.

[Snowbike Mike]

Yeah, he's googling.

[Andy Cortez]

And I know exactly what you're talking about, Tim. It's when we saw that one sprite that had the same line art width, but now they. They nailed it, expanded it so it has the. It's like when fake pixel art happens and they just take a sprite and, like, make it larger. Well, those pixels don't line up.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something.

[Tim Geddes]

If you have 20.

[Andy Cortez]

Which prime we needed for incongruous.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Yeah. That's crazy.

[Snowbike Mike]

You just threw that out.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

I was not reading the Dictator.

[Andy Cortez]

That was like. Tim was about to be tackled, and then he, like, switched the football to his left hand and threw it.

[Tim Geddes]

And if I'm gonna be honest, I'm very, very happy, actually.

[Andy Cortez]

Andy, Spell it. I N O R U S. You know, G R U O U S. There you go. There you go. I knew it. As I said it, I thought that

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

was the type of triangle.

[Snowbike Mike]

It was a right triangle there.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

An incongruous triangle.

[Andy Cortez]

Thinking I saw something.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Is that the one where, like, two of the lines are matched or, like, equal and then there's one line that's not isosceles?

[Andy Cortez]

Has two.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Yeah, two. Equal.

[Snowbike Mike]

Okay, what's the one where all three are the same? Oh, my God. One of them is. All three are the same. Yeah.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

No, there's a right triangle because it has a right angle in it.

[Tim Geddes]

Yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

Oh, sure. Not. I Stopped lateral equilateral.

[Tim Geddes]

Good job. Missing link.

[Andy Cortez]

I was gonna say cosine and tangent.

[Snowbike Mike]

Well, I like that bear.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Oh, this is this Guilty Gear.

[Andy Cortez]

I thought this already. No, this looks like the

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Blaze Blue.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

There's the blue.

[Andy Cortez]

Plays Blue Entropy.

[Tim Geddes]

Yeah,

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

this is a sequel.

[Andy Cortez]

I bought this game and never booted up. Dude, they're growing.

[Snowbike Mike]

What was that? What was that breathing? That was great.

[Tim Geddes]

Oh, my God.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

I thought she was gonna be like,

[Andy Cortez]

oh, the babies are kicking. Holy crap. That was a strong breeze in there. Yeah, this. If this is Blaze Blue. Entropy. Yeah. Oh, entropy effect. Okay. X. Yeah, the first one got pretty decent rating, and it's one that I bought and just never booted it up.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

But it always looked amazing.

[Tim Geddes]

This is a lot of games.

[Andy Cortez]

This is the other Damon and Baby.

[Snowbike Mike]

Yeah, right.

[Andy Cortez]

I remember that.

[Tim Geddes]

Yeah.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

This. They announced this during the arcsis. Like, they did their own presentation, I

[Andy Cortez]

remember during the summer.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

And this is what they closed with.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah, this is a Wii Muse that I had to read on games Daily. And I laughed so hard at Damon and Baby. Really cool art style, though.

[Snowbike Mike]

Okay.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

It's another game, though, where the. The gameplay seems incongruous. But I'm into it, though. I mean, I'm into what it's doing.

[Andy Cortez]

What about inconvenience?

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

It seems isosceles.

[Andy Cortez]

Mark it down. We got a gotcha game. Rpg.

[Snowbike Mike]

Whoa.

[Andy Cortez]

God damn. Holy damn. The weapons of Mass destruction right there.

[Tim Geddes]

Oh, yes.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

It's that segment. Tactical 2026 plus. What are we doing? What's the name of this game? Oh, maybe. I don't know what it. I could have sworn we've seen this one before, dude.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah, there were a lot of Twitch bounties to play this.

[Tim Geddes]

Really?

[Andy Cortez]

I remember. I'm pretty sure. What the Is happening?

[Snowbike Mike]

Is this pvp

[Andy Cortez]

okay.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Jesus.

[Andy Cortez]

Cranking Soga 90s. So soggy my hangers.

[Tim Geddes]

It's Tetris as well. What?

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Wait, so that was Fate Trigger.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

Oh, he's in there for him.

[Andy Cortez]

Good work in this.

[Tim Geddes]

Come on.

[Snowbike Mike]

Getting that check.

[Andy Cortez]

We always applaud him for.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Us.

[Andy Cortez]

I love that some games have subtitles, and here we have double.

[Snowbike Mike]

It's like when they're watching this back. Nobody raises their hand to say that. Only Andy Cortez is saying that. Like, someone's gotta be like, hey, y', all, do you notice this during the Face Sugar segment?

[Andy Cortez]

I was like, I not noticed. I was like, can we get a subtitle? I don't know what game.

[Snowbike Mike]

We're 35 minutes into this.

[Brownie Andy Cortez]

My technique shall be Yours.

[Snowbike Mike]

Oh, Scarlet Bright and cleanse spoilers. Sacred land, here they come. Let me see you bleed. Wa.

[Andy Cortez]

Those animation look sick.

[Tim Geddes]

What?

[Ad Read Speaker 2]

Wounds be healed

[Snowbike Mike]

how that one day

[Andy Cortez]

I'm going to play one of these World are mine right now. I'm going to play it right now.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Give you this dirty little town you

[Andy Cortez]

so love to do with as you please. Power and the fear it induces is the only thing that can control people. You're a survivor of Wishvil.

[Snowbike Mike]

I will see you punished with my own two hands.

[Ad Read Speaker 2]

After losing the town, I. I finally understand what's truly important to me. Let's do our best to rebuild Wishvil into the place it used to be.

[Andy Cortez]

I'm looking for.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Oh, I guess that counts for both of us then. That counts for both of us.

[Snowbike Mike]

Will you continue to grip the blade of revenge Consumed by hatred.

[Tim Geddes]

What a li.

[Andy Cortez]

That sounds like I with these guys.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Whoever that character is, I with him.

[Andy Cortez]

Demo available to. Nice. Nice save. Car over.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Woodstone3 in chat. You're dead to me. But also very much looking forward to you.

[Tim Geddes]

Yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

Like, thank you for saving my fantasy.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

There we go. Wolverine. I don't think they've shown Spider man yet. I want Miles. Oh, there he is. Okay, There's Spider Man. Give me also Miles. Spider Man.

[Andy Cortez]

Hell yeah.

[Tim Geddes]

Awesome. Wow.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Whoa, dude, this game is so fun.

[Andy Cortez]

Holy cow.

[Tim Geddes]

Sick,

[Andy Cortez]

Dude.

[Snowbike Mike]

This crazy look sick. Hell yeah.

[Andy Cortez]

Just got silent. Looking like a baddie back there. Oh, I love this place.

[Snowbike Mike]

Know that. I love the little shared experience place.

[Andy Cortez]

Emote with each other.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Okay. 57. Okay.

[Andy Cortez]

72 hours, no breaks.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Oh, that's great, actually, because they did do breaks.

[Snowbike Mike]

You see Iceman in the back shooting.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

He had mangoes in his hand.

[Tim Geddes]

Creed says they didn't do new designs for the other X Men, though. That is weird. Like, they just look like X Men. 97 characters at the back.

[Andy Cortez]

He looks cool.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Eld Night Rain.

[Snowbike Mike]

We're back.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh, what are they adding? New land, new map? Like, new section of the map and a new hero. I bet you a new knife. O. Okay.

[Snowbike Mike]

Flip the map upside down like Fortnite.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Damn.

[Tim Geddes]

Put beavis and butthead in.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

I want to be the last few bosses.

[Andy Cortez]

Come on, we gotta do it.

[Snowbike Mike]

We fought that giant dragon.

[Tim Geddes]

Okay.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh, look at this new icy area.

[Snowbike Mike]

Oh, what is challenge that guy?

[Andy Cortez]

Oh, look at these new night fairers.

[Brownie Andy Cortez]

Dude.

[Andy Cortez]

Decks, dude. They're putting that son of a just

[Snowbike Mike]

out in the world.

[Tim Geddes]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Andy Cortez]

They just unleashed them.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

I was again.

[Snowbike Mike]

Whoa.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh.

[Tim Geddes]

New boss.

[Snowbike Mike]

Artorias. Holy.

[Andy Cortez]

Holy.

[Snowbike Mike]

Wow.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh, shit. Redeem the whole damn show. Right there.

[Tim Geddes]

What? What? Oh no. What?

[Snowbike Mike]

I thought it was gonna be before like before March.

[Andy Cortez]

It's still is but.

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[Andy Cortez]

The.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Ps 5.

[Snowbike Mike]

Nobody thinks it's odd that we're five years in and were kind of dual sense.

[Tim Geddes]

They know.

[Snowbike Mike]

I think the audience knows.

[Tim Geddes]

Yeah, but it being the first Japan focus, I mean do they have a

[Snowbike Mike]

large PlayStation 4 still in base install base?

[Tim Geddes]

Oh yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

You don't think people moved PS5 already?

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Yeah, okay.

[Andy Cortez]

I think they're reminding all the devs. Hey, we know you all have been putting in dual features.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Might also be the PS5 has been getting more and more expensive in Japan too. So I wonder if that's them just reaffirming marketing, trying to sell people on it.

[Snowbike Mike]

We've seen these speakers.

[Andy Cortez]

Are you gonna get these plastic?

[Tim Geddes]

I might buy them.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

I want them. Yeah, that's the other thing is I don't need them but I also. I still want them.

[Andy Cortez]

I want them because my TV speakers suck and I've had a dead Bose soundbar for about seven years.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

I guess my thing too is that I don't have speakers for my PlayStation because I have it connected to a monitor and so it'd be nice to figure out a way to. Ps 5 digital edition.

[Tim Geddes]

I just have no idea how that compares.

[Andy Cortez]

Damn night range just really up.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

That last hurrah for game of the year.

[Andy Cortez]

Dude. For real.

[Snowbike Mike]

Okay,

[Tim Geddes]

Well chat saying it's about US$360.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

No way. Now it's just a digital only PS5.

[Tim Geddes]

Yeah, you can only the only Japanese language.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh, region. Region locked. Yeah, because Switch did. Switch 2 did that as well so they could make a region locked one that doesn't have to be deal with tariffs at all. Yeah, I'm gonna find a way to

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

make you pay for it. Nice little so.

[Andy Cortez]

Today.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Thank you.

[Tim Geddes]

Shoto.

[Andy Cortez]

He's gonna be like there's no door here, I need help stuck in this room.

[Snowbike Mike]

He's Shoto too. Yeah, this guy's. This guy.

[Blessing at AOE Junior]

He's getting checks.

[Snowbike Mike]

Good for him. You gotta love it everybody.

[Tim Geddes]

That was our reaction to the state of play Japan for 11-11-2025. We are about to do a kind of funny games cast breaking down everything we just saw. We will be right back.

[Brownie Andy Cortez]

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[Tim Geddes]

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[Brownie Andy Cortez]

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[Andy Cortez]

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[Blessing at AOE Junior]

Hey.

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[Andy Cortez]

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[Andy Cortez]

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[Andy Cortez]

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[Blessing at AOE Junior]

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[Brownie Andy Cortez]

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