Famiboards Discussion Club

Welcome back to the Famiboards Discussion Club! WestEgg, Irene, and VolcanicDynamo will be discussing the state of the Video Game Industry in 2024, what it all means, and if we're in for a crash!

00:00 Intro

00:45 Whatcha been playing?

06:55 Microsoft going multiplat?

26:30 Sony’s Very Bad, No Good Financial Update

35:40 Community Question: Smaller Scale/Revivals from Sony?

40:00 Live Service Games Stumbling

49:00 Industry Layoffs

52:03 Community Question: HOW WILL THE AFFECT DRAGON QUEST?

53:25 The Emperor/Empress of PlayStation

58:45 Switch 2 likely pushed to 2025, how bothered are you?

1:09:00 Our (Now Obsolete) Partner Direct Predictions/ Hopes

1:12:15 The Big Question: Is the Video Game Crashing in 2024?

1:21:10 Outro

Welcome back to the Famiboards Discussion Club! WestEgg, Irene, and VolcanicDynamo will be discussing their own favorite games of 2023, as well as looking ahead to our predictions for 2024! If you would like to join in on the discussion as well, please be sure to visit famiboards.com to check out this podcast's companion thread!00:00 Intro00:45 Community Question, What game company would you invest in?8:30 Our #3 Games of the Year (and Irene’s Honorable Mentions)19:15 Our #2 Games of the Year27:50 Irene’s #1 Game of the Year31:27 VolcanicDynamo’s #1 Game of the Year (and Honorable Mentions)44:26 WestEgg’s #1 Game of the Year (and Honorable Mentions)51:30 Irene’s Game of the Year (but not this year)53:30 Community Question, Why is VolcanicDynamo Looking forward to Penny’s Big Break Away1:00:20 What else are we looking forward to in 2024?1:10:25 Community Question, will this be the year of Metroid Prime 4?1:16:35 New Hardware releasing this year?1:20:15 Community Question, How is everyone?1:24:23 Community Question; Any remake or remaster from Nintendo that we want this year?1:27:20 Non-Video Game Nintendo Predictions1:33:05 Community Questions: 2024 Famiboards Resolutions1:37:35 Outro

Welcome back to the Famiboards Discussion Club! WestEgg, Irene, and VolcanicDynamo will be discussing our thoughts on this years The Game Awards, the good and the bad, as well as our thoughts on the upcoming Live Action Legend of Zelda film! If you would like to join in on the discussion as well, please be sure to visit famiboards.com to check out this podcast's companion thread!

00:00 Intro

00:50 Community Question: Favorite game this year that was not a Game of the Year nominee

05:40 Thoughts on the awards selections

13:48 The Game Announcements (Pony Island 2, Skull and Bones, Light No Fire, Musical Performances and more!)

26:40 OD, featuring Geoff’s best friend Hideo Kojima

30:45 MORE Announcements (Monster Hunter Wilds, Sega series relaunches)

36:50 Controversy at the Game Awards

53:05 The Legend of Zelda live action film announced reactions

57:50 Community Question: Adaptation or Original Story?

1:11:30 Casting the roles

1:17:40 What we know, statements from the Director

1:27:00 Outro

Welcome back to the Famiboards Discussion Club! WestEgg, Irene, and VolcanicDynamo will be discussing our thoughts on Princess Peach: Showtime, F-Zero 99, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, and everything else shown in the September 2023 Nintendo Direct! If you would like to join in on the discussion as well, please be sure to visit famiboards.com to check out this podcast's companion thread!

0:00 Intro01:09- Community Question #1: Switch 2 Hopeful Games

08:33 Splatoon 3: Side Order

14:00 Mario vs Donkey Kong

18:08- Minor game announcements

20:00- Super Mario RPG

23:15- Another Code: Two Memories

27:27- Princess Peach: Showtime, Community Question 2 (Most wanted Peach outfit/ability, 31:25) and Community Question 3 (Will the game be a big seller?, 34:50)

41:05- Minor game accouncements

43:55 Unicorn Overlord

49:12: Luigi's Mansion 2 HD

50:30- Nintendo Mueseum

52:10 Amiibo

54:20- F-Zero 99, Community Question 4 (Other Series 99 games? 56:33)1:01:16 Leage of Legends games1:01:53- Wario Ware Move It!

1:05:00- More minor game announcements

1:06:10- Mario Kart 8 Booster Pass

1:10:21- Among Us: The Fungle

1:10:55- Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door

1:22:38- Community Question #5: Favorite announcement and what stood out the most? Was this the last "Switch Era" direct?

1:33:44- Outro

Welcome back to the Famiboards Discussion Club! WestEgg, Irene, and VolcanicDynamo will be discussing Charles Martinet stepping down from voice acting for the Mario series, and our predictions for a September Direct. If you would like to join in on the discussion as well, please be sure to visit famiboards.com to check out this podcast's companion thread!

Please note that this podcast was recorded prior to the announcement of the dedicated Super Mario Bros. Wonder Direct, so we missed the boat a bit on that one, but there's plenty more that could be coming up as well!

Welcome back to the Famiboards Discussion Club! WestEgg, Irene, and bellydrum will be Recalling their last three months with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom in today's discussion. If you would like to join in on the discussion as well, please be sure to visit famiboards.com to check out this podcast's companion thread!

Hello everyone, welcome to the first episode of the Famiboards Discussion Club! WestEgg, Irene, VolcanicDynamo, and bellydrum will be talking about the June 2023 Nintendo Direct today. Please be sure to visit famiboards.com to check out this podcast's companion thread and join in on the discussion!