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A lot of neat announcements came from the most recent Nintendo Direct — the first since the passing of Satoru Iwata. Nintendo is seated in third place in the current console war and needs some big boosts; so are these ideas hits or misses for us?
Here’s what we talked about, with time stamps for your convenience:
00:28 – Twilight Princess HD happening
01:37 – What Twilight Princess Needs Most
06:44 – My Pokemans on 3DS
07:59 – Interested in going back to original Pokemon?
11:40 – Mother 3 on Japanese Virtual Console
16:54 – Bravely Second!
20:46 – Dragon Quest VII and VIII for 3DS
25:35 – Portables vs. Consoles
31:24 – Cloud Storms into Battle!
32:54 – Cloud’s Japanese voice is also a polar bear
35:49 – Linkle: a female Link… well, kiiiiind of.
44:40 – Since Link is a blank slate, that means…
And some imagery of what we talk about:
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Podcast Ep 11 Nintendo Direct
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Twilight Princess HD
A very under-appreciated Zelda comes to Wii-U.
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Mother 3 was originally on GBA
Coming to Japanese Virtual Console.
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Mother 3
It's a sequel to "Earthbound," whose Japanese name was actually "Mother 2," which you probably already knew, but we have to say for the younger kiddos.
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Cloud Storms Into Battle!
Temptation to buy a Wii-U admittedly rising...
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Cloud in Smash Bros.
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Bravely Second
Sequel to the best Final Fantasy game (that wasn't actually called "Final Fantasy") in years!
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Dragon Quest VII and VIII
Both coming to English, FINALLY.
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DQ7
3DS version of Dragon Quest VII, originally on PSOne.
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Dragon Quest VIII
3DS version of this PS2 RPG on its way west.
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Linkle: The Female Link (Kinda)
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Linkle: The Female Link (Kinda)
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Linkle: The Female Link (Kinda)
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Linkle: The Female Link (Kinda)
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Linkle: The Female Link (Kinda)
