Yoshi and the Mysterious Book Review - Kinda Funny Gamescast

Summary

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Kinda Funny Gamescast: Yoshi and the Mysterious Book Review

Date: May 19, 2026
Hosts: Greg Miller, Tim Gettys, Blessing Adeoye Jr., Andy Cortez
Main Theme:
A detailed discussion and review of Nintendo’s new Switch 2 exclusive, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, exploring its gameplay, structure, strengths, shortcomings, and place within the broader context of recent Nintendo platformers. The hosts also touch on family-friendly gaming, the evolution of Yoshi titles, and Nintendo’s approach to game design in the new generation.

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Episode Overview

The primary focus is Tim Gettys’ review and the group’s reaction to Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, exploring its gameplay mechanics, how it functions as a kids’ game, and its appeal (or lack thereof) for adults and seasoned Nintendo fans. The cast further discusses Nintendo’s approach to platformers, with tangents into Mortal Kombat nostalgia and the future of Switch generations.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Warm Up & Recent Gaming Check-In

[01:41 – 07:13]

• The hosts share what they’re currently playing:
  • Blessing: “Zero Parades for Dead Spy,” “Invincible Versus,” a little “Forza Horizon 6.”
  • Greg: Revisiting “Forza Horizon 5” with his son, Ben.
  • Tim: Previewing "Mina the Hollower," dabbling in several games, deep dive into “Mortal Kombat Legacy Collection.”

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book – Main Review

[08:18 – 22:04]

Game Basics

• Release & Platform: Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive, May 21, 2026; $59.99 digital, $69.99 physical.
• Premise:
  • Play as Yoshi, helping a mysterious talking book, Mr. E, remember the creatures living within his pages.
  • The player explores habitats, interacts with creatures, and learns facts about them.
• Gameplay Structure:
  • No traditional combat; no health/damage.
  • Open, exploration-driven levels rather than linear platforming.
  • Each chapter is a themed habitat (mountains, water, etc.), with creatures as level “objectives.”
  • The focus is on experimenting, combining, and discovering secrets about each creature.
  • Discovery-oriented—akin to an interactive encyclopedia; lots of text, journaling, and curiosity-based mechanics.

Tim’s Core Review

[09:32 – 15:51]

• Score: 7/10 (“Good” on the Kinda Funny scale)
• 12 hours played, did not 100% it; mostly handheld.
• “If you go into it as a traditional 2D Nintendo platformer, you’re going to be disappointed. That’s not what this is.” (Tim, 12:28)
• Notable mechanics:
  • Learn about creatures by interacting—eating, moving, combining, using Yoshi’s moves.
  • Players can name creatures themselves.
  • No real fail state—about curiosity, not challenge.
• “There’s a lot more Tears of the Kingdom DNA in this than I expected...a lot more Mario 64 DNA...” (Tim, 15:51)
• Discovery—many possible secrets per level; currency lets you buy vague hints; levels are replayable to find more secrets.

Child/Families Perspective

• Not voice acted—must read all discoveries/text.
• Tim: “I don’t see it being fun for you to sit with [your child]...I think they went a little too heavy in a direction that doesn’t hit with families.” (21:44)
• Blessing: Sees Yoshi games as focused on a younger age demo; not personally drawn to them anymore, but appreciates the aesthetics.
• The amount of text and made-up words makes it tricky for kids learning to read.

Visuals & Audio

[24:27 – 35:37]

• Yoshi is “never looked better;” great animation, responsive controls.
• Tim disappointed art style didn’t reach heights of “Woolly World” or “Crafted World;” backgrounds sometimes get repetitive.
• Ton of new creature/character designs.
• Music: Not as memorable or melodic as classic Yoshi games. Some tracks reminiscent of past Yoshi low points (mocking “kazoos” in New Island).
  • “...the soundtrack to Yoshi games has been an issue...Yoshi’s New Island theme song is maybe the worst thing I’ve heard in my life.” (34:31)

Replay Value, Rewards & Unlockables

[30:38 – 32:00]

• Collectibles: discover and catalog facts about each creature, name them.
• Unlockables: new UI/custom HUD overlays—some described as underbaked (“maybe the worst unlockables of all time”).
• All Yoshi colors unlockable from the start.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the shift in gameplay:
  “This is not the one [to bring Yoshi back to its classic heights]. But it tries something very different and that’s a step in the right direction.” (Tim, 12:28)
• On Discovery:
  “Reminded me of Tears of the Kingdom...so many times you try something and it just works.” (Tim, 16:00)
• On Family Appeal/Reading:
  “So many of the words are just fucking dingly dorfs... it’s weird stuff. It’s a lot of text...They kind of expect Greg to sit there with Ben and read all of it.” (Tim, 23:24)
• On Aesthetics:
  “Yoshi’s never looked better himself. The animations are great...” (Tim, 24:33)
• On Game’s Place in Yoshi Legacy:
  “I love Yoshi’s Island 1. One of my favorite games ever...Everything since has been downhill.” (Tim, 10:19)
• On the Soundtrack:
  “[The music] is not confident. It’s trying something, but it doesn’t achieve it. They need to just go back to melody-based bangers.” (Tim, 34:49)
• On Child Engagement:
  “I can imagine being a kid and getting really into that [filling out the book and naming creatures].” (Tim, 28:24)

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Pros & Cons – Summary Table

| Pros | Cons | |------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| | Gorgeous Yoshi animation/character design| Art style doesn’t push boundaries, bland at times | | Inventive focus on discovery/curiosity | Not a traditional challenging platformer | | Creative physics interactions | Very text-heavy, not ideal for pre-readers | | Fresh take on collectathons | Music is forgettable and uninspired | | Tons of new creatures to meet/name | Unlockables/UI rewards lack excitement |

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Game Introduction: 08:18
• Tim’s Review (Score, Gameplay): 09:32 - 15:51
• Family/Reading Suitability: 15:08 - 23:24
• Graphics & Audio Discussion: 24:27 - 35:37
• Unlockables & Replay Notes: 30:38 - 32:00

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Broader Nintendo & Platformer Reflections

[39:24 – 49:46]

• Discussion about Switch 2’s opening lineup, expectations for future Mario/Kirby/Yoshi platformers.
• Interest in a 3D Yoshi game akin to “Kirby and the Forgotten Land.”
• Desire for Mario 64-style open world, modern platformers that blend exploration and courses.
• Host nostalgia and preferences for platformer difficulty and format ("I want focused, I want intense, I want production values…like ‘Galaxy’” – Tim, 45:45).

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Final Thoughts, Recommendation & Audience Advice

• Tim’s final word:
  “A seven. Wish Yoshi games were different, but I enjoyed what this one was.” (36:27)
• Enjoyable for Nintendo/Yoshi fans with curiosity for new takes on the franchise; not recommended for those seeking classic platformer challenge or easy solo experiences for young children.
• May be best experienced together with an involved adult if playing with a child.

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Where The Hosts Stand

• Tim: Enjoyed it, recommends as a “good” but not great game; praises creativity but notes limitations for family/kids’ play.
• Greg: Excited to try with his son, but unsure how it’ll land due to the reading barrier.
• Blessing: Might sample it, but lacks personal draw—would rather focus on Mario/Wonder/Kirby.
• Andy: Appreciates the visuals and inventive mechanics, but little personal interest.

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TL;DR

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is an inventive, curiosity-driven Switch 2 exclusive with gorgeous Yoshi animations and a fresh approach to discovery—less about classic platforming, more about interaction, learning, and experimentation. It’s best for series fans or parents willing to play alongside kids, but the text-heavy style and lack of voice acting make solo play harder for young children. Not the genre-defining return some hoped for, but a fun, creative detour.

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Notable Quotes (with Timestamps)

• “If you go into it as a traditional 2D Nintendo platformer, you’re going to be disappointed. That’s not what this is.” – Tim, 12:28
• “There’s a lot more Tears of the Kingdom DNA in this than I expected…a lot more Mario 64 DNA…” – Tim, 15:51
• “I don’t see it being fun for you to sit with [your kid]…I think they went a little too heavy in a direction that doesn’t hit with families.” – Tim, 21:44
• “Yoshi’s never looked better himself. The animations are great…” – Tim, 24:33
• “A seven. I wish Yoshi games were something different than they are, but I enjoyed what this one was.” – Tim, 36:27

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Transcript

[A]

What's up everybody? Welcome to the Kinda Funny Games cast for Tuesday, May 19, 2026. I'm one of your hosts, Greg Miller alongside Forbes 30 under 30 aka New York Game Awards nominated aka Bicep, Poppy Blessing, Eddie Oye Jr. Good day, Greg.

[B]

Good day.

[C]

How are you doing?

[A]

I'm excellent. How are you?

[C]

I'm doing really well because those. Those dogs over there looking real cute.

[A]

Dogs are doing well.

[C]

Really. Real cute.

[A]

Yeah. Of course, if you didn't watch Games Daily, Cole and Chip are here. They have a puppy play pen set up over here. It seems to be going well so far. We're doing pretty well over there. I can take that. I'm excited about that. Of course, over there, Forbes 30 under 30, aka Sammy's father. It's at Tim Yetes.

[B]

Let's. I love this.

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The slow reveal.

[B]

Reveal. I love how it's kind of hard to tell what's going on.

[A]

No.

[B]

Yeah.

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During Games Daily, Chip was asleep next to Cole and he blended in so much to the bed until he started flopping out of it. It was one thing, but he's going hard in the yard and that bone over there, of course they just got to run around and bark at everybody. So that's great.

[B]

I love it. Chip's amazing.

[A]

Tim, how are you?

[B]

I'm great.

[A]

I'm excited to find out if you think Yoshi and the mysterious book is amazing, you have to glance at your

[C]

screen to remember the title of this game.

[A]

I want to call Yoshi's Wooly World so bad.

[B]

Oh man, that was many games.

[A]

I know it was. I know it. I know.

[B]

You had a whole crafted world after that.

[A]

I know, I know, I know. There was many Yoshi games before then.

[B]

After that.

[A]

Before then. How's everybody doing? Bless. How are you doing in the video game world right now?

[C]

Oh, in the video game world, I'm in a very interesting place.

[A]

Play it on me.

[C]

I started playing zero parades for Dead Spy.

[A]

I heard you talk about on Games Daily a little bit.

[C]

Yeah. Talked about a little bit on Games Daily yesterday. I'm only about maybe three hours in. There's so much game left for me to play and I'm enjoying it, but I'm at the weird place of waiting for other games to come in for review. And so I'm so. I'm scared of my time with this game getting cut short in a way that's always unfortunate when I'm playing games. You know what I mean? Like something high profile comes through and it's like drop everything. I gotta Check this thing out. And so I've been playing a little bit of it. I have a trip coming up. I'm flying to Tennessee for a wedding in the family. And so maybe that's an opportunity for me to just zero in on Zero parades.

[A]

I like that. Good job.

[C]

Thank you.

[A]

That was cute.

[C]

But aside from that, like I'm chilling. Haven't really been jumping. I've been like messing around with Invincible verses here and there.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

But I've not been devoting myself to anything.

[A]

Where are you at with Forza? Because that was what I. Last night I got home, I was like, you know what? Lego's done review wise. Like you said, we're before the next big review. So I was like, I can go do whatever I want. I was like, I'm a little bit brain dead. I just want to smash billboards and race around back into Forza.

[C]

Forza is in the Invisible versus category for me where like I'll get home and maybe do a race or two. But I'm not again, it's so. I don't want to commit to anything.

[A]

Sure.

[C]

You know what I mean? It's hard for me to commit to anything. I've just been busy also. But like, yeah, Forza is one where I think the other thing to it is that I've played Forza Horizons 3, 4 and 5 and so jumping into 6. It's like, oh yeah, I'm enjoying this. It's more Forza, but also it's more Forza. And so I don't have the need to clear out everything and you know, like play a million hours. I think the six or seven hours that I've played so far, I'm like, yeah, I've enjoyed this.

[A]

See, that's helpful for me where I've done Nothing where Forza 5 or Forza Horizon 5 is what I introduced Ben to and let him drive. But he was always the one driving. So I looked, okay, cool. But I've never played like I've driven but never played. So now turning it on and being like, all right, I got it. I was me and all of me and Olive party. I was asking Olive Party a bunch of dumb questions yesterday because of Creations being so backwards on how to find things. And he was helping me find all this different stuff. Get my Ghostbusters car up and running. I'm looking good on that. But it was like, I'm just that. And then maybe I'll try race. Okay. I still suck at racing. So I'll just smash it and I'll go Do this. And like, what's the tour like? And there's like, for me, it's all new. Everywhere I go, I'm really loving, let alone how much I like Japan.

[C]

Of course. I think you at least got to get to like, the mech race.

[A]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[C]

I think that's where that's worthwhile. I want to see what other I saw.

[A]

I watch Game do it and I

[C]

was like, yeah, that looks really, really cool.

[A]

Timothy, what are you playing? What are you up to? Or just Ben Yoshi, because of the review?

[B]

Oh, well, there was a lot of Yoshi, but it's kind of the same story as y' all were bouncing between a couple of things. But the. After the preview we did for Mina the Hollower, I've been playing a little bit more of that. And then we also have a lot of Forza. But the Mortal Kombat movie really got me in the zone, so I. I needed to hop over to Invincible. I forgot that you recommended that to me. But I've been kind of just playing a lot of the Legacy Collection and like, kind of just playing through the story modes of a lot of the old classic mks, because I don't know that I've ever fully beat, like. I mean, obviously back then there wasn't just a single story mode. It was like, yeah, if you do

[C]

arcades and see the endings.

[B]

Yeah, but like, I didn't play all of them. Like, I played a lot of MK2 growing up, but like three and like ultimate and Trilogy and all that stuff. Like, so, yeah, I've just been having. Having a lot of fun. I really want to play 9, but it's stuck on the PS3 and like 360, apparently it was on Steam, but it's delisted.

[C]

Is it not backwards compatible on Xbox?

[B]

It is. I don't have an Xbox set up currently. Like, where I'm playing, like when I have. This is my upstairs setup.

[A]

So everything's an Xbox.

[B]

It's. I know, I know that's all true. But it's also. That seems complicated, you know? Yeah.

[C]

If they did. Because Legacy Collection, that was like mortal kombats 1, 2, 3 and 4 and like the Game Boy ones and stuff. If they did another Mortal Kombat collection that was the PS3 era, the 3D era, would that be something that would interest you?

[B]

Yeah, for sure.

[C]

That would interest the fuck out of me.

[B]

Yeah. I mean. Spoiler alerts. One of the. One of those games is on my top hundred.

[A]

Whoa.

[C]

I think one of those games might be on my top 100. I definitely like on my short list, which is actually a long list at the time.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Mortal Kombat. The three. One of those 3D ones was for sure in the conversation. But then there was also another, like, more modern one that was in the conversation. I forget where I netted.

[B]

I know it's. It's. It's tough to think about it, but I. I do want to replay nine because it's been so long. People were telling me that there was a way to get it, even though it was delisted on Steam, but I need to buy it from, like, a shady website. I'm like, I don't know. It was. Yeah, nine was. I don't know why that's so weird. I don't know. Oh, I know why. It was because, like, Freddy Krueger in them or like, whoever. Yeah. But anyway, a lot of Mortal Kombat in my life right now, and at the very least, just me playing the Mortal Kombat theme song every chance I get and holding Sammy and making her punch things. And she seems to be into it. I'm very into it.

[C]

Question. Deadly Alliance, Shaolin Monks, Deception, Armageddon versus dc, which is your favorite?

[B]

Well, that's the thing. Favorite. I'd go Deadly Alliance. I know the Deception's best.

[C]

Deception is so good.

[B]

Deception is the best. And Shaolin Monks. Just shout out to Shaolin Monks. Oh, yeah.

[C]

Come on.

[B]

I think that one's a little too different to like, put in the same category. I want a new Shaolin Monks. I want a shaolin monks in 2027.

[C]

I'm sorry. Surprised we haven't gotten one yet. I wonder if NetherRealm was like, that's not us. You know, we're only making fighting games. Maybe they would have to have another WB studio make it, which they have studios that would, I think, make a banger shout in months for sure. I think now's the time.

[B]

Now is the time. There's never been a better time.

[A]

There's never been a better time for you to pick up a kinda funny membership. YouTube.com kindafunnygames Apple, Spotify, and of course patreon.com kindafunny to get everything you do ad free. Get your daily dose of me and get good karma. Of course you can go the extra mile. Super chat. Right now while we're live on YouTube.com kindafunnygames to be part of the show, hit me with your questions about Yoshi and the mysterious book. Of course we couldn't do this without our patreon producers on patreon.com kind of funny. So thank you. Carl Jacobs, Omega Buster and Delaney. The Psalm Twining. Tim has his finger up to acknowledge

[B]

something a couple of people in the chat are talking about. Top hundred because I mentioned top hundred update for everybody. We are still trying to talk to the cities that need to sign off on us doing the live event here. Nick and I actually have a call with them tomorrow. So that doesn't necessarily mean we're gonna have more information tomorrow, but it means we'll get something tomorrow. So things are moving. Just want to keep you all updated. We're still trying to make everything happen and we are all still. We're working very hard on the top hundred currently. So going good for now. You can move on.

[A]

Let's begin the show with what is and forever will be topic of the show. Yoshi and the Mysterious Book comes the Nintendo Switch to 5-21-5999 digitally, 6999 physically play as Yoshi and help a mysterious talking book named Mr. E. Remember the creatures living within his pages. Open him up. Explore colorful habitats and experiment with each creature to learn all kinds of surprising facts across every page. Timothy Robert Geddes, you love the Yosh.

[B]

I love the Yosh so much.

[A]

Your child's nursery is Yoshi island themed.

[B]

Mm.

[A]

Amazingly done. So many great Nintendo Easter egg eggs, signed cartridges in there. There's. You got everything on the wall. You got it on the shelves. You're doing the damn thing. I need to know if Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is a good game. If it's a game I should play by myself, it's a game I should play with Ben. If it's a game that's going to make Ben love Yoshi even more than the Mario movies already did. So give me top level. How long did it take to beat? What are you thinking? Where are you on the kind of

[B]

funny scale I want to say I'm probably 12 hours in Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. I've done most of what is available to me. I've beat the game obviously, But I haven't 100% at it yet. I don't think I'm planned to 100%. It is a very fun one. 200% for certain people. I don't think I'm that person. That's okay. Got a lot of enjoyment out of what I have experienced. I played it on the Switch too, obviously because it's exclusive there. I would say 80% handheld, 20% on the TV. And of that 80% handheld, say 20% of the time was me awkwardly curled up on a couch in the studio with everyone making fun of me and taking pictures of me.

[A]

Sure, sure. That's how I didn't have to cuddle like that.

[B]

I mean, I just like getting comfy, you know what I mean? I was.

[C]

You told me this is not the Mario Galaxy movie.

[B]

I love the Yoshi games, specifically Yoshi's Islands. I don't think it's a secret that after that it's kind of been a downhill trajectory for the games overall. Like even when there were semi highlights, like a Yoshi story, Yoshi's island ds, Yoshi's worldly world, they're all okay. You know, I don't think that they. They get even close to the amazing game that is Yoshi's Island. One of my favorite games of all time. And I think one of the best platformers Hard stop of all time. So we get to this and it's always that, will this be the one? Will this be the one? And I can definitively say this is not the one. However, I do think that this tries to do something very different than the last couple installments that I think is a step in the right direction. Overall, when I was thinking about this, what score I was going to give this game, sure I had a 6.5 in my mind, but then I looked at our. Yeah, thank you very much, Kevin. That is the unfinished version of our room here with moose on the Oshi rug. But when I looked at our words that we use to review video games, Kevin, if you could bring those up, I'm thinking I'm like that. Six. Okay. And even 6.5 where I was at, that doesn't seem accurate to how much I was enamored by this game, how much I did enjoy this game and how creative a lot of it was and how good a. Of lot a time I had with it. So my final score is a seven. I do think this is a good game and I think that a lot of it is. Your mileage may vary when it comes to how much you're going to get out of it, because if you go into it as a traditional 2D Nintendo platformer, you're going to be disappointed. That's not what this is. This is way more a game about curiosity and about exploring different worlds and learning about these different creatures. And every single level is a different like creature that you're going after to learn about their. Where they live, their habitat, how they interact with other creatures and how they interact With Yoshi to be able to explore the level in different ways. There's not an end of the level. In fact, you can't get hurt. There's not combat in this. It is very untraditional compared to the other, other Yoshi games. Despite controlling exactly like Yoshi's Island. With a couple improvements, I think that something that I'd like to see in a more traditional Yoshi's island platformer in terms of like how the shooting the egg and aiming the egg works and things like that. Yoshi's very responsive. I really like his moveset and controls in this game. It's fun to move around and they give you a lot of great reasons to want to move around in these levels. The way that it works is the book opens up. Each chapter is a different type of location, like mountainside or, you know, water area. The traditional classic stuff. And then you see a bunch of these different little creatures and you like zoom in on one of them and you enter that creature's level. When you're going around the level, like I said, there's no end point. It is all you on the pages of the book. So you're kind of exploring through the pages and as you're going through, you pretty immediately will find the creature in the beginning of the level. And from that point on, you're just discovering a bunch of things about that creature through platforming. And it'll pop up on the page. And the page starts to fill out with little things of like, oh, Yoshi tried to eat that, the, the, that creature and it didn't taste good. And it's like, oh, there's this other creature that looks like it's eating a lot of things. Maybe it will like that. And then you have. You get creature A, close to creature B, it eats it and then it's like, oh, then it turns into a bigger thing and you're like, okay, that's how that works. When it interacted, it's all about kind of the, again, curiosity and creativity of the world around you. And when you eventually achieve a bigger goal and find enough facts out about this creature, then a big kind of like you get a three star. Some of the things you learn, you get one star or two star. Okay, when you get the three star thing, you can end the level there. You can end the level at any time, but that's kind of the. You beat the level type thing and then you can go back out and then you'll have more information about that creature and, and you can actually name the creature yourself, Mr. E, Mr. Encyclopedia, but Mr. E for short.

[A]

I'm kidding.

[B]

It allows you to name any creature anything you want. I didn't really do that. I do think that that is something that is more geared towards kids, obviously. I think this game overall, very good towards everybody.

[A]

Poopy pants and 100%.

[B]

100% right. But yeah, you can see it here. It's like when you eat one of those pops in your mouth, blew a bubble and each one of those gets you kind of stars.

[C]

Are those narrated at all?

[B]

They're not.

[A]

That was my big question. Yeah. This is something I have to sit with and read with Ben or if he can play it on.

[B]

And that's the thing is it's like I feel like this is going to be a very. Just kind of loose review because. And fairly unfocused just because there's a lot of perspectives to talk about where it's like for adults playing this game, for Nintendo fans playing this game, platformer fans. Like, would I recommend this? And the answer is yes. It's not a hard recommend, but like there's a lot of nifty stuff going on here. The discoveries, some of them pop up in ways I would have never expected them to. Some of them are very obvious. Like you're always going to want to try shooting an egg at. At the creature, try eating the creature to at least get that. That base stuff.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But there's a lot more Tears of the Kingdom DNA in this than I expected. There's a lot more Mario 64 DNA in this than I expected. With the amount of times you're doing something and you see a layout and you're like, I wonder if this works the way I think it does. And nine out of ten times it does. And it reminded me of Tears of the Kingdom, which is so nice. And a lot of the things in this are physics based. So a lot of the creatures kind of start to work as power ups in. In a different sense. So each level does kind of have its own gimmick that gives you different abilities. Like you can see a whole bunch of different ones here. Like this little stick guy. Like you can jump on him and use him as like a slingshot essentially. So depending on where you put him, you can sling up to different areas for more collectibles or more discoveries. And it really is just a game about discovery. So if that sounds interesting, there's a lot here and an overwhelming amount actually. Like each Creature has like 100 discoveries per level or something like that. Maybe, maybe that's Too much. Maybe like 50, but I never got all of them for a single level. Like, even going back and, like, trying a little harder. And you can accumulate flowers and coins and the currency is used to buy hints. So you can open the book after you've been in a level and see potential discoveries you missed or discoveries that you made, but you didn't complete the, like, arc of all of the discoveries down that path. And then you can pay to get more hints to go find it. And the hints are pretty vague, but they're just like, yellow plus red equals whatever. You know what I mean? Giving you things like, oh, okay, I get what that means contextually for the level. But it is a lot of. There was a lot of more moments than not where I was just like, oh, that was cool. Like, I liked that that worked the way that. That it did. There's a lot of physics stuff that didn't feel great to control, and that kind of like, took the fun out of it a bit. And the game bizarrely ends the kind of ends out of nowhere and you get the credits. You're like, wow, I really, really wish there was more game here because it just started getting good. And then they're just like, oh, wait, there actually is a lot more game. And then you roll credits again. It's a little weird. I don't know why they did it that way, but I'm happy because the back half of the game is significantly better than the. The front half, I would say. Not that the front half is bad, but just the way that they add things together and the abilities together and start, like, making it a little more complex and adding more to what you're doing. I was like, oh, there's a lot here. So by the time the second credits rolled, I was like, I had a really good time with that.

[A]

Hell yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Blessing. Talk to me about it because I eventually want to go from the dad angle and yada, yada, yada. But you, of course, a big Mario fan. A big Nintendo fan.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

What is everything Tim saying doing for you?

[C]

Not much at all. But, like, I think it's neat. I don't view Yoshi games as for me, though.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

Even going back to what Yoshi's crafted world, Yoshi's wooly world. Right. Like, when I was a kid, N64, Yoshi's story was actually a big hit in my household. And I think that was more so just my sisters love the vibe of Yoshi's story. Right. The music, the art style that really spoke to us. But even me playing that game, I was kind of like, I'd Rather play Mario 64. I'd rather play something I think that might have been my age at the time. Like, when I look at these Nintendo platformers, I kind of view them as different tiers of what age range they're trying to hit. So, like, obviously not clean, but Mario I view for like maybe older kids, right? Maybe like if you're in that 7 to 10 range, you might start to get into like a Mario platformer, maybe a little bit younger than that might be Kirby. And then I view Yoshi is like the youngest of them all as far as what you're trying to speak to. And so I always appreciate modern Kirby for being Nintendo's, you know, avenue to speak to that age range of kids. But on a gameplay level, I've just never had any interest on getting into New Kirby or New Yoshis. I just like, I like looking at them. You know, I like, I like the artistic direction that these games always take.

[B]

And yeah, jumping off that, talking about the artistic direction, like, and also just some of the previous entries, like, I cannot say enough how amazing Yoshi's island one is. Like, that game is so damn good. And yeah, then we start to get the iterations. We got two sequels to that game that tried to recapture the magic and it just simply didn't work. There was Yoshi's Island DS and then New Yoshi's island on the 3DS, which was a travesty. Yoshi's Island DS was okay. But then when we get the Woolly worlds and Crafted worlds, even those like, Woolly World is a very good game. Crafted World is not as good. But the art styles are, are awesome. But even to your point, they are very, very dumbed down and geared towards kids in a way Yoshi's island wasn't. And so I've always been a little saddened by that because I don't understand the need. I don't, I don't really think that there's, I don't buy that the choices they make make it a better experience for kids. Like I, I played Yoshi's island when I was a kid and I don't, I'm not doing the back in my day thing, but Yoshi's island works. And I don't think that they, they need to do some of the changes they make to enhance the experience and make it more of a children's thing. Because to Greg's question earlier or someone's question, like, they don't read. There's a lot of words on this. And so they're kind of expecting Greg to sit there with Ben and read him all of these, like, discoveries and things that are happening and which I do really like. Yeah.

[A]

Like, I play, you know, most games I play next to Ben. And sometimes when it's just a racing or driving or whatever.

[C]

Sure.

[A]

He's doing on its own, or Astrobot, he is, you know, need my help anymore. But there's plenty of stuff we do play together and I do narrate and I do. Like when we were playing Ocarina of Time. Right. Like, I'm. I'm doing all the voices and doing that stuff. So the idea of an interactive storybook really is exciting to me and really is appealing to me for something for us to sit there and go. But I do know that he likes to play sometimes after school while mom cooks dinner. And I know that that is going to maybe run into an issue here.

[B]

Yeah. And I. I just don't. I think with the amount of words and the way it's presented here, I don't see it being fun for you to. To sit with them. And maybe I'm wrong, I don't know. But, like, as I was experiencing this, I was thinking about it through that lens, and it just seems like they went a little too heavy in a direction that I don't think is actually going to hit with families. Okay. And.

[A]

And on top, you don't think this will be up for Family Game of the Year?

[B]

Oh, it definitely will. It's 100% well, just because that'. Works. And again, this is a good game. Like, there's a lot of good stuff here and there's a lot of funny stuff. And as a Yoshi's Island Stan, the amount of fun Easter eggs and like, the amount of Yoshi's island stuff in this game is very, very cool. I should have said this at the top of the show. Like, I do think this game is closer to Zelda Echoes of Wisdom than it is to Princess Peach's Showtime. Okay. Like, okay. Because in the way of, like, the creativity of what you're doing and it taking something that's established like a Yoshi platformer and adding this twist of curiosity and discovery. Like, it does remind me a lot of what I liked about Echoes of Wisdom, but I don't think that it fully gets out of that. So it's made by good feel. That wasn't revealed until the credits because Nintendo likes to do that good feel. Have previously made the Yoshi's Crafted World, Woolly World, Princess Peach Showtime. So I do think this is a marked step up from Princess Peach. So that's good.

[C]

Do you think like, you know, it's so interesting the framing around the way we want to talk about it because yeah, my first question was is it voice acted? Because I view this as like a kid's thing. Do you see this game maybe being good in the context of a kid is learning how to read? I don't know. Really. Okay.

[B]

And the reason for that is so many of the words are just fucking dingly dorfs and like just. It's weird stuff. And like it's the thing about Nintendo that's always been true. They have a lot of text in their games and they rarely have voice acting. And if they do, it's. You know what I mean? Like a lot of their games have different versions of just funny talk. Right. And I think that's okay. I do think that there's place where. I'm not saying that this game needs voice acting. I'm saying that the direction of this game with the amount of text involved I think kind of gets in the way of me understanding the argument of why this game is so kid oriented. Whereas I think it could appeal to a blessing so much more if they did just add some more elements to make it more like a traditional Yoshi's island game. Because so much of this game is a traditional Yoshi's island game. They just pull back a certain amount of things. I think really kind of limit the audience that this game can reach. And it's by design. So it is a choice that they made. I just don't think it was the right choice.

[C]

Sounds like it needs talking flowers.

[B]

It needs to. Talking flower.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

You know, needs some wonder seeds. It needs. It needs all that. But. And then also obviously this game's gorgeous. Right? Like I love.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Yoshi's never looked better himself. The animations are great. I really, really again love his moveset. Love the way it feels. It's perfect. Like this is how Yoshi should feel and game feel to me for a mascot platformer is so much and especially when it's a character that I know exactly how it should feel and it does. It's like that is so satisfying. Visually though, I am a little let down overall with how little they push the art style. Like you see it, it looks great. You run to the sides of the book and you see the. The text kind of start to form and the gets like sepia when you get like to the edges, like that's cool. And like here you see the little like line strokes of the, the discoveries you make. All that stuff's cool, but they don't really like mix it with the gameplay at all. And I think that's something that the Yoshi games previously have been very good at. Specifically crafted world and woolly world of like integrating the, the yarn and the arts and crafts into your moveset and the area and everything. Whereas this is kind of just like a lot of the backgrounds don't look that impressive and I feel like sometimes I got a little bored of the overall energy it was putting out. And when you're in a level sometimes you can get a little confused about was I already here? Did I already do what I need to do in this part? Because it all looks pretty similar level to level. But again it all starts and ends to me with like I love the way Yoshi looks and, and that I think is the most important part. And a lot of the enemies are great. The character designs, whether they're old classics or new little creatures, which there are tons of like I think this might be the most new creatures in a Mario related IP a very long time. And I can see a lot of these guys coming back.

[C]

I got a two part question for you. What is something that you see in other Nintendo games that you wish this game did and then vice versa. What's something that this game does that you want to see in other Nintendo games?

[B]

I mean I feel it's pretty clear that I want this to have a little bit more of that traditional Nintendo platformer challenge to it. Just, just a little bit more I think would go such something to chew on. Yeah. Because I do think all the extra new stuff they added here pretty great. Like the, the way the things interact again, the Tears of the Kingdom style. Is this gonna work the way I think it does? Oh wow. It did. That's so cool. Like that's awesome to get from a 2D Yoshi platformer. Like I didn't expect that I'd get that. And I guess that's the thing. The, the second question of like what this game does. It's like I do think it is just that, that sense of curiosity and like really fulfilling the promise of like oh wow. Like I found you're constantly finding secrets and it feels like you discovered something. Like if that's kind of cool like I, it, it's in opposition to Mario Odyssey where you fart and you get a moon. You know what I mean? It's just like, just throwing so much at you that it feels like I didn't do anything, though. You know, this. It feels like you're getting discoveries constantly, but it's always like, oh, I. I did something that caused it. It's not just, you found a thing. It. It. It is a new take on a collect. A thon.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Where you're not actually, like, collecting things, you're collecting discoveries. So it's not just like mining a bunch of coins around the level. You know what I mean?

[C]

I like that.

[B]

And I think that was a very fresh take on stuff.

[C]

Tim is actually making me want to play this now.

[B]

Honestly, give it a shot. Like, I do think that it's. You'll play it for an hour and you'll get it.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And I think that's okay.

[A]

Does it feel like. So when you're filling in this book, is there a sense of, wow, I've really accomplished something? Like, do you page back through it and see, like, little things? And, like, I'm. I'm imagining it's like Tobin Spirit Guide from Ghostbusters or whatever else book talks about. Like, here's this creature and here's all this stuff.

[B]

And, like, I think this is where the kid angle really comes into play.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

I can imagine being a kid and getting really into that.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Like, really wanting to know. I mean, first off, Kev, can you pause here? Like, on the. The big blue guy that was coming out of the water.

[C]

Yeah, I know. I'm sorry. I don't know where that was. I was swiping away to get to the book part.

[B]

Oh, gotcha.

[C]

Roughly. Know where that was, timeline wise?

[B]

No, I don't, but it's fine. Thank you. Like, this is the COVID of Yoshi's Island. Right. Like this.

[A]

This dude's on the COVID Penis on

[B]

the COVID And I like seeing, like, characters that I've known forever, like, reinvented visually this way of, like, how cool it looks, where it's, like, kind of transparent. Like before, it was just, like, opaque blue. It's just. It's very cool. And I do think that this is. They. They kept true to the world of Yoshi's Island. And that is a world that I care about so much that when I was little, I would read the instruction manual, the physical instruction manual, to learn this name. Got it now. But, like, it's cool to know if. If I was Ben, I could play this. I can name him whatever I want to, you know? And I. That's because I am, like, I care about Mario Cannon probably too much. So I, as a 36 year old man, anytime Mr. E was like, you want to name it something, you do want to just go with. I got, I was like, go with what you got, you know, And I imagine if I was a kid I would still go down that path.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But I'm sure there's a lot of kids that want to name these things and then laugh at calling them funny things.

[A]

I can see Ben us naming it whatever he wants to name it, which will be poopy something and then him wanting to run into the kitchen and show mom.

[B]

Yeah, exactly. And, and so the discoveries because of how they work when they fill out the book, it's, it is kind of cool to look at a creature and then see all the different things it does and how it interacts with all the other things. And that is literally paging through the book. And yeah. And there is again, I can imagine being a kid seeing that and being wowed and like learning something be like, oh, that means I could do this in that other level. Yeah, that's cool. But I, I'm a seasoned gamer, so you know what I mean?

[A]

Big deal, guys.

[B]

I already kind of put that stuff together. But I do think they do a really good job for, for new players to potentially have that sense of wonder

[A]

and discovery, surprise and delight. The question I had before I want to kick it over to Ads co op. Is Ben playing the solo and I'm just riding next to him or is there something for me to do with another controller?

[B]

I don't even know if there is co op. There might be. I have no idea. Didn't attempt that. One thing I will say is the game has maybe the worst unlockables of all time. Like the big thing that you get towards the end of the game and like finishing the game is like weird UI elements that it's like a customizable UI that is supposed to like help you explore and discover things, but it just makes things look really cluttered. It's so hard to explain where it's essentially like blueprints that go on top of your entire screen and like you get to choose which HUD elements you want to add and it adds things that I just don't understand the use for. Like a lot of them are just like, it'll tell you like the acceleration of how fast Yoshi is going or it tells you how much life Yoshi has, like how many hearts of life he has. But there's no combat so you're not getting hit. So I don't understand like why it's even there. That's weird. It feels very, very, very like half baked. Not even right. It just feels under baked and they treat it kind of like a reward. And it was one of the more baffling things I've ever gotten as like, hey, you did the thing. Now you get this cool thing and you look at you like why would I ever want to use this?

[C]

You get do you unlock like different

[B]

colors for Yoshi from the jump you can play. You choose whatever Yoshi color.

[C]

Oh that's nice.

[B]

Yeah. Okay. You can. And anytime you can go out and change, there's no difference between them except for the color. But they're all there. Everyone's here.

[A]

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[C]

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[A]

And we're back. The dogs are asleep. They're having a nice little cuddle session over there. Brothers in arms as they say, Tim. So what else haven't we touched on for Yoshi here that you want to hit on?

[B]

Solid Python 2099 says Tim. Is this the most stable Unreal Engine 5 game you've played lol. Yeah, it ran really well. Like there's some slowdown in parts. But I think a lot of that is art design more than it's like performance. I think it's like by. By design. I didn't love the look of the game on handheld as much as I loved it on a big screen. There was something about the compression of the Yoshi art details. Yeah. I think you kind of lose a bit of the magic there when you play handheld. But that's not a performance thing. That's just more a personal graphics take. And then on the soundtrack side, the soundtrack to Yoshi Games has been such an issue where there was like the biggest downfall of all time. Yoshi's Island Banger soundtrack. Yoshi's Story. I'll give it to it. Bangers.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

The one thing I remember from Yoshi's story is the soundtrack.

[B]

Yeah. There's like good stuff. And then eventually around Yoshi's new island, they just took the most fucked up fentanyl induced detour, like insanity. Like it's. There's something like the Yoshi's New island theme song is maybe the worst thing I've ever heard in my life.

[A]

No way.

[B]

Like I would have to find it and have kept pull it up. It is, it's horrible. And this is not that bad, but it's way too in that direction. I guess my one thing I'd say about the soundtrack of this game is it's not confident. It like it really, it. It's trying to do something and I really don't think it achieves it. I. I think that it. They need to just go back to like melody based like Bangers.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And it's like they don't do it at all. And is this it?

[C]

Yeah, it just sounds like noise.

[B]

Can you, can you send that to asset?

[A]

Sure.

[B]

Because I need people to hear this.

[A]

Kevin. It is fun eye for assets.

[B]

So yeah, that's, that's such a bummer because like it's such a big part of the experience when you're like walking around these worlds and stuff. And I feel like that's such a letdown.

[C]

I'll bring it down for the smiley for best style because we compile, you know, both visual style and music style. And like. Yeah. When your music's not standing up to amazing visuals, it's like you're gonna give the whole pack. Oh,

[B]

why would they go with kazoos?

[A]

This wasn't New Island. This is Yoshi's New Island.

[B]

You had to Experiment a little bit.

[A]

Got some paddock.

[C]

We all had a kazoo era, and

[B]

I need y' all to understand this. Plays constant, dude. Through the game.

[A]

There was a day where Ben was not listening. We were all, like, on Razor's Edge, and he came in with the kazoo, and I'm like, bro, not the time. Read the room.

[C]

God, I remember kazoos in elementary school. That was a fun unit. It was like, the same. It was like a unit after the recorder also. What a blast. I missed the recording.

[A]

Anything could be music. Anybody could be a musician.

[B]

That's it. That's all I got but a seven. Yeah. I wish Yoshi games were something different than they are, but I enjoyed what this one was.

[C]

Okay, fair enough.

[A]

I'm looking forward to this one. I think Ben's really gonna like it. I think the visual style will grab him. I think it'll be fun to play. I don't know if it'll get him like Mario Wonder has, where Mario Wonder is a. I'm. I'm. He is finishing Mario Wonder. He is getting every seed. He's coming to me. Help me beat this level. Yada, yada. This strikes me as we'll play it. It might even be an Ocari this time thing where we play it for, like, an afternoon. And then he's like, I never ask about this game again. This is one of the ones that falls by the side.

[B]

But you can also play Yoshi's island on the nso, you know?

[A]

Is that what he should do?

[B]

I think so. I think everyone should do that.

[A]

How's it stack up to Mario Wonder?

[B]

Better.

[A]

Oh, wow.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

There you go.

[C]

Because he's growing on me.

[B]

I'm not gonna lie.

[A]

You're gonna be driving home.

[C]

Let's stop by Walgreens, grabbing some I can't kazoo. Nowadays, there's no hobby lobbies here.

[A]

You got to buy Amazon. I. I gotta go there, I guess.

[B]

Solid Python says Yoshi needs a 3D game like Donkey Kong with Bonanza. Yes. Oh, my God. If there was a. I mean, real talk. It doesn't even be a Donkey Kong Bonanza, because I think that is way too big of an ask. That would be a dream for me, but Kirby in the forgotten land for you. That's what I want.

[A]

Yep.

[C]

Me and Kevin are on the same wavelength.

[A]

I'm also on Amazon Professional Kazoo for adults.

[B]

Wow.

[A]

There you go. Oh, my God. This is first off. That is, like, the worst Photoshop I've seen. They took a stock image of a man with A guitar.

[B]

Can you imagine? With the sweet sounds of the kazoo.

[A]

Oh my God. Schlong super chats and says the words I knew going into kindergarten were Thai. Smooth set. Single words are easier asked than getting my parents to play with me.

[B]

Yeah, okay. Pokemon Golden Silver. Got it.

[A]

Happy on that one. I like this question from. I'm just a Billy. As we move from our Yosh Switch 2 era here to this question. Will there be any more Switch one exclusives?

[B]

I mean this is an interesting example of like I don't know why this game is not cross gen. Yeah. I feel like it would have sold a lot more units if it was cross gen. Yeah. It's not technically doing anything that crazy. Maybe The Unreal Engine 5. I'm not sure. Maybe they're they by design use that to like get better for their next project or something. That is a bigger Switch 2 exclusive. But this is not going to move units. You know what I mean? Move move consoles. So I'm a little surprised. I understand that they want to start having Switch to exclusives. That makes full sense to me. But this one, I don't know.

[C]

Do we have any more upcoming games announced for Switch 1 from Nintendo?

[B]

I don't know but I mean Mario Galaxy 1 and 2, right. That came out end of last year and that was Switch one. Yeah. I imagine that they're going to be full steam ahead on Switch to he says rhythm heaven.

[C]

Is that coming to Switch one?

[B]

Interesting.

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[C]

I just view it as like a Nintendo. Hey, we're making the transition. Like I think Nintendo out of the console manufacturers is the most like we generations exist here.

[B]

Yep.

[C]

And so we are ushering into the new thing and leaving the old thing behind. Yeah.

[B]

For sure.

[C]

Is poke. What about Pokemon winning waves? Is that Switch to Switch to exclusive? Okay.

[B]

That's also probably end of 2027.

[C]

Yeah, that's true.

[A]

Dang.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay, other super chats. I got Jordan Vickers. Best thing about Deception Combat Chess. We shall fighting games had that mode and playable online.

[B]

The 3D era of Mortal Kombat they were just wild.

[C]

They were trying things.

[B]

It's like fuck it, dude.

[C]

They had. There was combat chess, there was puzzle combat.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And then I think in Armageddon they had Combat Cart might have been what it was called where they had a Cart racer inside of the Mortal Kombat game. And it's like it was crazy. It's a different time, it's a different era. You know what I mean?

[A]

Like justify your price tag.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Now Nintendo just saying hey 70 bucks for this Yoshi game. Go get it.

[B]

Well, I mean, it's not. It's 60, right? Like, this is one of those, like, exploring the scale situations. This is also the 70 physical. All that. But, like, they're looking at this as a $60 game compared to their $70 games. Right. Which, I mean, there's a bigger conversation to be had. Do I think this game is worth $60? I don't like. That's just true. But this is them, quote unquote, exploring

[A]

the scale instead of just making ever. Because it is 70 physical.

[B]

Physical. Yeah. But it's $60 digital, which is like the way that they're talking about the price of the games.

[C]

Self correction. It was not called Combat card. It was called Motor Combat.

[B]

Hell yeah.

[A]

That's good. You gotta like it. You know what I mean? Ed Boon had something over there now washed.

[C]

Did you see the Mortal Kombat 2 movie? No. No spoilers.

[A]

Is Ed Boone in it?

[C]

No spoilers.

[A]

Is he in it?

[B]

He's in the trailer, yeah.

[C]

Oh, he's in the trailer?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, I didn't know that.

[C]

Yeah. Okay. Well, it got me in the theater.

[A]

What does he do? What's this thing?

[C]

He's like, Stanley.

[A]

Oh, that's fucking awesome.

[B]

It's actually. It's good. I really like it.

[A]

I like Ed Boon a lot. He's really fun. We always talk backstage at dice, and then now icon, we catch up there.

[C]

We have all the shows on here. Ed Boone was like one of the first video game developers I was aware of.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

I mean, like, he's like that kind of figure where I'd be hanging out, my friends playing Mortal Kombat. And like.

[A]

You knew that name.

[C]

Yeah, I knew that name. He was like our God. It was like him and Kojima.

[B]

Yeah, okay, sure.

[A]

Hold on. You read.

[C]

So Motor Combat was pretty fun. The kart racer.

[B]

I mean, that's the thing, man. Like that era of the. The games where they had all these weird modes. Like, I played a lot of the weird minigame stuff.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

As much as I played the main.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Fighting game. Right. And like, it reminds me a lot of Pokemon stadium. Oh, mini games being so much fun.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

What are you doing?

[C]

Drafting me? Oh, he's drafting email.

[A]

I'm talking.

[B]

Talking to Ed.

[C]

Talking to Ed. Do you. Do you just know his email?

[A]

I know everybody. Oh, come on.

[C]

You know what?

[B]

This is going to end with that in the studio. Bless.

[C]

I hope so.

[B]

Yeah. We should make it happen.

[C]

I'm surprised that hasn't come up before. Of like, yo, let's talk to Ed Boone.

[A]

Dear Ed, I'm on the kind of funny gamescast and Blessing wants you to come on the show to hang out. Can we fly you SF to be on the show? Thank you. I miss you. Great.

[C]

You want to explain who I am?

[A]

Oh, he knows.

[C]

There's no way Ed Boone knows who I am.

[A]

Okay, hold on. So he's a. Do you know who Blessing is?

[B]

Oh, my God.

[C]

That's a good one to add.

[B]

Appreciate it if he says just a note for you, Bless, because I don't want to forget this. And I. I did set a reminder to myself so I don't forget when we get to the Smileys. I don't know what category it fits in, but we. I just want to give an award to the Liu Kang Kung Lao fight from the movie. Oh, I don't care what awarded it.

[C]

I mean, it deserves something. It might have to be a Mortal Kombat versus Street Fighter category. It might not even be a category. It might just be a ranking things

[B]

we loved about those movies.

[C]

Yes. Yeah, I like best fighting game movie adaptation moment.

[B]

Yeah, I don't think that you could beat Kung Lao Liu Kang. Well, it was a 10 out of 10. Perfection.

[C]

That's the homework I'm giving to Street Fighter.

[B]

Yeah, man.

[C]

Figure it out. Fight.

[B]

Figure it out.

[C]

You seem like you got so many fights in this thing. Now, on the topic of Yoshi, I want to talk about Nintendo. I don't know why I'm taking over host.

[A]

Do you know. Do you know who Blessing is? This was written live on the show and then I did pps. If you say yes, I'll hit up PR and ask the right way so neither of us get in trouble.

[C]

Nice send. What is the future of Nintendo platformers right now? Because we're starting off the Switch 2 in a very fun place where DK Bonanza kind of let it off. We're here with Yoshi and the mysterious book. We had like the re releases of

[B]

Mario Wonder, Mario Galaxy 1 and 2. We had a Mario Wonder meet up at Bell Bell Park. So because of that, I don't know that we're due for a new 2D Mario anytime soon.

[C]

Yeah, that feels right.

[B]

3D Mario. I mean, it sounds like all signs are pointing to 2027. I believe that.

[C]

I want to believe Donkey Kong Bonanza is the. Is the only thing that's holding me back.

[B]

But it was a different team. It was like a portion of that team.

[C]

So I.

[B]

They must have been. I mean, they're working on 3D Mario, they have to be. I mean, yeah, I, I think, I think it's 2027 that that makes sense to me. I also think that like it makes sense for them to be releasing the type of games they are right now on the switch too, because there aren't that many Switch Twos out there. You need to save some of the bigger titles to either convince people to make that upgrade or to just be able to sell to more units. Right.

[C]

So are we saying Galaxy 3, Odyssey 2 something completely new?

[A]

Completely new.

[B]

I think it's something completely new. I would give anything for it to be Galaxy 3. Oh yeah, anything like that would be so freaking phenomenal. But anything they do is going to be great. It won't be Odyssey 2 though.

[C]

I hope it's. I guess my follow up question is what space do you want it to exist in? Pun intended. Right. Like, do you, do you want another Odyssey style thing where it feels like big open levels, you're collecting all the things. It's way more about the exploration than it is about the pure platforming. Do you want something that's more 3D world where it is kind of like this top down isometric view, but it is like kind of that 2D elements mixed in with 3D. Do you want something that's like Galaxy, that's more 3D platformer but it's course based?

[B]

Yeah, I mean Galaxy 3 would be the dream because I want focused, I want intense, I want production values through the freaking roof. Like Galaxy has such wow factor because that was the goal. Right? The goal of that game was epic and they achieved it. And I, and I also feel like that was backed up by some of the best creative platforming we've ever seen. Like using the Galaxy. The Galaxy, the gravity mechanics, like allowed Mario and the world to be different than anything that we've seen before. Odyssey, like the gimmick there is cappy. Right. And that type of thing. It's cool. But personally, I mean, honestly it's not my favorite. So yeah, I don't want that. I think Odyssey was a little bit too much of everything in the kitchen sink.

[A]

Would you be excited? What I, when I, you know, still, I obviously I fall to your knees here and I say, Tim, you're the Mario God.

[B]

Thank you.

[A]

In blessing, I turn to you, I say, you're also Mario God. I'm not trying to get put myself on your list.

[C]

I was gonna curse.

[A]

But as somebody who does enjoy them 3D Marios or whatever, what I think would get me most excited for the next Mario would be like, don't get me wrong. Stick with me. I'm not saying exactly, but I'd like a modern Mario 64 where it would be.

[C]

That's where I was gonna go.

[A]

I would like it to be all the cool shit we did in Odyssey, but let's just be in the Mushroom Kingdom and let's just explore and do that and jump through the paintings and go up there and find all the secrets in one open world.

[C]

That's where I was gonna lead it. Because Bowser's Fury felt like the prototype for that kind of game. And I. I want the evolution of that, right? I want a Bowser's Fury, but it is bigger and, like, you know, my favorite modern Mario is Mario Odyssey.

[B]

And I.

[C]

Cause I like the exploration stuff, right? But my favorite 3D Mario, period, is Mario 64. And I know Tim would agree, right? It is the hub world that really makes that game. Being able to explore the castle and find the levels and finding a place, finding the levels itself. Being a game mechanic of like, oh, wait, this wall is shimmering. And then you jump into it and you're like, what the fuck? I want to feel that feeling again. And Bowser's Fury feels like a step.

[A]

I never did Bowers Fury. Maybe go back to that.

[C]

Oh, you should try out Bowser's Fury.

[B]

Phenomenal. And it's like five hours. Yeah, it's awesome. It does have a huge issue, though, and that is Bowser's Fury. Yeah, there's like, this mechanic where Bowser just kind of like, you know, like the blood moon in Zelda. It's kind of like that where just every once in a while, like, Giant Bowser comes and, like, ruins things. And it's kind of annoying. Like, it's. It's not a fun thing. But, yeah, I mean, I love that. And that's the thing, too, is, like, I'll be happy with pretty much anything we're talking about here. Like, because I also really, really love 3D World. And if we got another 3D World, I would be so stoked. I just don't see them ever doing that. Like, I feel like 3D world kind of did everything that type of game can achieve. I think Nintendo's proved me wrong before, but they've also proved me right when we got New Super Mario Brothers 10,000 times. Yeah.

[C]

I wouldn't be surprised if, like, we got a 3D world remix someday. Like, in the way of, hey, we've not done. We've not messed around with this format in A while. Let's just create a bunch of new levels and repackage. It is something that feels new, that feels fresh. But yeah, to the Bowser's Fury evolution idea, I think my ideal game would be, you have that overworld hub world that is this big explorable thing like Bowser's Fury, but then within that, you have levels that are the linear courses. Like, I guess it sounds like I'm explaining Don Kong Bonanza or Mario Odyssey, but I think I want the big world to be a big interconnected thing as opposed to separate levels, and then have levels that are findable in that world that then give me that galaxy feeling or give me that more linear 3D world type of feeling.

[B]

Yeah, no, I mean, that sounds amazing. Another dream game for me would just be Mario 64 too, where it's just a castle, but with, like, a bunch of new paintings, some old paintings with just, like, stars in new places and all that. Like, that'd be so cool.

[C]

Be fantastic. What about shifting gears, Kirby? What's next for that?

[B]

I mean, I pray it's Kirby in the forgotten land too, and I think it is. They had a hit. That game sold so well. It was so critically well received. Like, he was freaking awesome. Yeah, I. I think. I think we'll get it. We're also gonna get a ton of other Kirby stuff. That's how Kirby goes. You know what I mean?

[A]

Good old Kirby and good old Yoshi. Yoshi and the mysterious book out May 21st. Tim is giving it a 7. A good, good game on a funny scale. So I'm excited to play. Bless. Where are you at in the. Now that we're wrapping up, we're finalizing. Are you going to try it? You going to stay away from it? What are you doing?

[C]

I'm. I'm like, in between. Tim kind of makes me want to try it, just, like, see what it is. So maybe I give it an hour just to experience a little bit of it. But I'm not. I'm most likely not playing through this thing.

[B]

I don't think you'd love it. I do think that you'd like it.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Yeah, I like that.

[A]

Fair enough. Everybody, we like you. Thanks for watching another episode of the Kind of Funny Games cast. Remember, kind of Funny is all about live talk shows, meaning that right after this, it's the kind of funny podcast followed by me and Roger playing Lego Batman. And I got a humongous Lego Batman press mailer out there that I don't know what it's in let's see what's in it. Of course, you can catch all of that later on YouTube.com kinda funny games. If you're not watching live right now on Twitch or YouTube, or listening on podcast services around the globe, pick up a Kinda Funny membership. Enjoy your day, play some games, and until next time, know it's been our pleasure to serve you.