Why are Mario and Sonic lacking the Olympic Video games? | Pure Nintendo Podcast E72

This week on the Pure Nintendo Podcast, Jemma and Kirk delve into the present Olympics fever, which highlights that Mario and Sonic are notably absent from this 12 months’s occasions.

Final week, we mentioned our time with Nintendo World Championships: NES Version. This week, we take a look at a number of viewer feedback on the sport, resulting in additional dialogue on what works and what’s lacking.

In the meantime, Minecraft is pairing up with Tetris in a particular DLC occasion, bringing the 2 cube-based worlds collectively for the primary time. We additionally take a look at the present checklist of gross sales on the Swap, and an attention-grabbing boardgame primarily based on Shin Megami Tensei.

We’re additionally enjoying a number of video games this week, together with SNK Vs. Capcom, together with the up to date Star Wars: Hunters. With a brand new droid often called KAO-S and a brand new enviornment set in Darth Vadar’s personal fortress, there’s a variety of new content material to maintain gamers engaged.

We save the most effective ’til final, although, as Kirk relays his first impressions of Ys X: Nordic. The complete sport comes out this October, and Kirk was lucky sufficient to attend a media occasion with the builders final week. It’s shaping as much as be a terrific entry within the long-running collection, and we’ll be masking the complete sport when it comes out, too.

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Till subsequent time, sport on everybody!

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