E3 came back! Holy crap! And don’t worry, we’ll get deep in the weeds about it on this week’s show, but first we welcome PNB’s Brendan Hesse and take a look at our favorite episodes of Conan O’Brien’s Clueless Gamer, which recently took its last gasp. Then it’s on to Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, a MASSIVE spate of E3 news, and the save-related memories that defined you.
Question of the Week: What announcement from E3 are you most excited about?
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QotW: I am excited for Metroid Dread, Warioware, and Advance Wars RE-Boot. All unexpected surprises that are coming out this year!
QotW: The game I’m most excited for is Outer Worlds 2! Even though we didn’t see any actual game footage, I have high hopes for what the next installment will have in store for us! Hopefully we’ll have an option this time around for romancing companions, as well as a third person mode. I traditionally play most of “fallout/Skyrim” games in first person, but occasionally I like to go into third person while exploring. Regardless I’ll be very excited to get my hands on this next game!!
QotW: going for a slightly smaller announcement than most, I’m most excited that there is more River City Girls coming soon in both the forms of 2 and the remake/port of the Super Famicom inspiration. The original was one of my top games of 2019 and really looking forward to more of the series.
QOTW: E3 announcement that got me most excited? Why as the world’s biggest Pikmin fam, I’m excited for that PC game Tinykin. It looks like it’s combining Katamari level design with Pikmin gameplay. Biiiiig W for this plant lover!
QotW: I’m excited most for Forza Horizon 5! It looks absolutely breathtaking and Mexico should be an awesome setting complete with tropical forests, beaches, deserts, and volcanoes. I was so glad that Xbox brought their “A” game this year and the fact the most of the games shown will be on game pass day one is a shot across the bow at Sony. Also, my friends no longer have an excuse to NOT play Hades (Vidjagame Apocalypse’s 2020 GotY) anymore since that is coming to Xbox Game Pass too.
QotW: Even though it is at least a year away, I am most excited for BOTW 2. In many ways the open world from the first game still hasn’t been topped and I can’t wait to see how Nintendo expands upon it. That being said it is going to be tough to jump from a 2nd or 3rd year PS5 game to a stuttering 1080p switch game, it makes me wonder if BOTW2 will be pushed onto the next Nintendo platform.