Xdrive Megabox (Gamescast‪)‬ Mike & Jymbo

Hello! Today we're talking all things consoles - what was our first, what have been our favourites? We're also digging into expectations for the Switch 2, and a little bit about the Zelda movie. This episode was recorded back in October but apologies it suffered a loooong delay!

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Jymbo & Mike are back. Get ready to hoik on your tunic and shake your Sheikah Slates, because this time we're diving into Nintendo's new epic, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

We're covering first impressions up to about 15-20hrs in - so very few spoilers, and lots of theorising about what might happen next. No doubt we'll do a Part 2 follow-up to see if those theories were right very soon...!

Enjoy!



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Hello! Did you miss us? Never to be out-listed, and in anticipation of The Game Awards, Mike & Jymbo gang up with NEW people (!) - Mike & Ting from Lost Levels Club podcast - for our first ever crossover episode, ranking our Games of the Year for 2022. We got a beautiful mix of styles and genres out of this, so we were very happy. Much better than the actual Game Awards, I'm sure. So please enjoy :)

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In this show:

Shin Megami Tensei (series)
Call of Duty: Warzone 2
Citizen Sleeper
Immortality
Ghostwire Tokyo
Patrick's Parabox
Baba is You
Jonathan Blow
The Entropy Centre
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Rollerdrome
I was a Teenage Exocolonist
Pokemon Legends: Arceus
Persona 5
Horizon Forbidden West
Tunic
Marvel's Spider-Man
Into the Breach
Elden Ring
Margit the Fell Omen
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Tingle
Mario Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
Olli Olli World
Life is Strange: True Colours
Forgotten City


Jymbo's Reviews!

Ghostwire Tokyo
Mario Movie Trailer


2023:

Hogwarts Legacy
Forspoken
Starfield
Star Trek: Resurgence
Fire Emblem: Engage
Metroid Prime 4


Game Awards:

Sifu
Cult of the Lamb
Stray
Elden Ring
God of War: Ragnarok
Plague Tale: Requiem


THE ULTIMATE TOP 5 (combined):

Elden Ring
Mario Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
Tunic
Call of Duty: Warzone 2
Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Never to be out-Nintendo-fanboyed, Mike and Jymbo embark on a highly rigorous analysis of the Nintendo Direct of February 2022. Lots of announcements! Some quite interesting and exciting ones! Lots of JRPG-y... things... And Takahashi and Koizumi playing Switch Volleyball.

We ask:
- Which announcements were you most excited by?
- What are you actually going to buy?
- What does Nintendo's 2022 look like?

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Show notes

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What are we playing?

Jymbo: Front Mission (original), Shin Megami Tensei 4: Apocalypse, Triangle Strategy!

Mike: Forgotten City (finished), Olli Olli World, Subnautica... and watching Love is Blind: Japan...


News

Cyberpunk PS5 is out!
Elden Ring!
Vault of mint condition games found in Nebraska!


Topic of the show: Nintendo Direct February 2022
- Which games are you most looking forward to?
- Which will you actually buy?
- What does Nintendo's 2022 look like?


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Wh-wh-wh-welcome back! We're finally here!

After a brief hiatus of 6 rather than 2 months (who's counting, eh?), Jymbo and Mike are back for a Series 2, kicking off with Gaming Resolutions. We've had quite a lot of big news this month, like the Microsoft-Activision deal, so we discuss that. Then we get into what we're aiming for with games this year. Enjoy!

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Show notes

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What are we playing?

Mike: Life is Strange: True Colours, Forgotten City, Hitman 3, Metroid Dread, Smash Bros Ultimate

Jymbo: God of War (PC), Subnautica & Subnautica: Below Zero, Thunder Tier One, Outer Worlds, Cyberpunk on Stadia mobile (!!)



News

Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard

God of War launched on PC

Cuphead Netflix Show trailer out (show coming Feb 18)

+ Jymbo was secretly reviewing the new Nacon Xbox mobile controller!



Out this month

Expeditions: Rome [PC] – January 20
Hitman Trilogy [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO] – January 20
Rainbow Six Extraction [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO] – January 20
Windjammers 2 [PC, Switch, Stadia] – January 20
The Company Man [Switch] – January 21
Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem [PC] – January 25
Pokemon Legends: Arceus [Switch] – January 28
Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection [PS5] – January 28



Topic of the show: Gaming Resolutions 2022

Jymbo resolutions:


Play Switch outdoors more
Play more Xbox
Do some more console tinkering
Play more backlog 
Play more multiplayer with friends and not strangers
Play more games out my comfort zone
Go to more events, retro shops, charity shops
Get a PS Vita
Attend a carboot sale



Mike resolutions:


Be less addicted to PS Store / Nintendo eShop
Play at least 5 big games released this year, WITHIN this year
Try some streaming, either multiplayer or singleplayer
Read and write more



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OK, we got excited. The Game Awards were actually very good! So we came out of temporary retirement for one last job. 

We catch up, talk all things Game Awards, review the announcements, and talk our own top Games of the Year. Enjoy!



Show notes

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Rough timestamps:

What are we playing? - (0:00-14:30)

Game Awards reactions - (15:00-43:00)

What games have we 'missed' this year, that we'd still like to play? - (43:00-57:00)

Games of the Year? - (57:00-1:10:00)



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Find Jymbo: https://twitter.com/Jimtendo_DS,

Email us: xdrivemegabox@gmail.com

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