 Today we got a bevy of news stories for you guys, four really big ones here. Look, we gotta talk about that Mario Wonder Direct, but actually there's something surrounding it that has to do with the next Nintendo Direct which is happening next month, so that's kind of exciting to talk about. Oh, Sega seems to put its foot in its mouth, arguing one of the most popular video game art styles of all time is suddenly no longer going to be used by pretty much anyone, especially themselves, and basically arguing that it's gonna go out of existence, so we gotta talk about that. Oh, and we're not done! Because you know what, we have a couple updates on some upcoming Nintendo Switch releases including brand new release dates and trailers, whoo, it's gonna be a really exciting show. 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Well, in this interview, Sonic Superstars producer Takahashi Izuki said this about the future of Sonic and art directions. When we talk about the brand, we definitely need to have a modern 3D Sonic game. We also need to have a classic Sonic 2D game. Those are our fundamental pillars that we need to have. We're expanding into movies and TV, but we still need to have both the 3D and 2D lineup for our gaming audience. Last year, we released Sonic Frontiers and what Sonic Frontiers was doing is taking the open zone concept to cement that 3D Sonic gameplay as something we can build on for the next 10 to 20 years to continue bringing new gameplay experiences to players. It was really the evolution of where the 3D Sonic space was going. And we feel very proud in what the team was able to deliver. We look at pixel art. It's great. But when we think about 10 to 20 years in the future, we don't think it's going to be a viable art style or presentation for our players. And in order to advance and really step things up, we did want to make sure that we're presenting something that 10 to 20 years down the road, we're still evolving and creating new content for. Let me repeat that again in case you missed it. We look at pixel art. It's great. But then we think about 10 to 20 years in the future and we don't think it's going to be a viable art style or presentation. Boy, what's interesting about that is the highest rated Sonic game of all time is Sonic Mania Plus and the original 2017 release of Sonic Mania is in the mid 80s. It would want to sell several million copies. Beyond that, pixel art has merely grown more and more popular as seen in a big resurgence today. Games like Octopath Traveler 2 and today's epic release called Sea of Stars. This year alone shows excellent progress in modernizing the pixel art style while keeping it fresh with high praise and great sales. While we may experience some brief periods where pixel art could go away, it's highly likely, just like today, to continue to persist and see resurgence many times over the next 10 to 20 years. While this statement was mostly talking about their approach to 2D and 3D Sonic, it seems strange to dismiss a very popular art direction, especially when we have seen so many youth start taking to pixel art style games in stuff like Roblox and really even more so Minecraft. So yeah, I don't really understand this argument when today's youth is getting more and more into pixel art styles and seeing the appeal and not caring as much about the best of the best graphics out there. But you know what? The Sonic team and Sega are going to do what they're going to do and I guess they're trying to get away from the pixel art style even though it tends to be the highest rated and best performing games. I mean art style doesn't make the game alone, but for some reason it seems to click. Just not with them. I don't know man. Next up we have to talk about Front Mission 2 Remake. Man, when's the last time we talked about this game? Have we ever talked about it? Well it's a good thing we're going to do now because we have a brand new trailer with a release date and some information coming from a PR email. So let's just dive right in as you're seeing at the end of the trailer it does come to switch on October 5th of 2023 and it says 12 years have passed since the second Huffman conflict. The impoverished People's Republic of Eldradesh has suffered severe economic decline since the war ended. In June of 2102, soldiers of the Eldradesh army rise up and led by Ven Makarij, they declare independence from the OCU, the Oceana Cooperative Union. In Front Mission 2 Remake, the perspective switches between three characters, Ash, Lisa and Thomas, creating a worldview that goes beyond a simple dichotomy between good and evil. Now these are some features they're advertising, engaging storyline, strategic turn-based combat, wands or customization, modernized battle scenes, free camera options, modern ingame effects, renewed soundtrack and annoying language localizations. What are you waiting for? Get your hands on this game today and get it preordered coming out October 5th. Now we're not done with talking about games because a new trailer has dropped for Fate Slash Samurai Remnant. Here it is and yes, we have some PR goodness explaining this game as well. Now remember, this game does drop literally next month, September 28th, about a month from today. Anyways, throughout the Fate franchise, pairs of masters and heroic spirits, also known as servants, have been fighting across history in a series of Holy Grail Wars, with the winning duo receiving an ancient artifact that grants wishes. Fate Slash Samurai Remnant continues the series epic Holy Grail War in the fourth year of the Keen Era, the Edo period, Japan. It has been several decades since the end of the turbulent, but blood-soaked era. And while the people are finally enjoying peace and tranquility, a battle between seven pairs of masters and servants is about to begin as the Waxing Moon Ritual unfolds in the shadows. This is where the game's hero Miyamoto Lory not to be confused with Miyamoto Shigiro or the other way around. A young man in Asakusa finds himself caught in the violence alongside his servant Saber as they fight to be the last pair remaining in order to receive the grantor of wishes, the Waxing Moon Vessel. In Fate Slash Samurai Remnant, players control Miyamoto Lory, a master who studied the Nichen Ichiru style. I'm totally sorry for butchering these names guys, we'll put a link to where you can read this for yourself. Anyways, it's a style of swordsmanship. He fights alongside Saber, a servant who possesses strength beyond that of humans. When facing enemies beyond human control, players will be able to instruct their servant to attack with powerful magic techniques or even take direct control of the servant to attack the enemy swarm. Dynamic battle scenes between servants help elevate the action to new heights and are must-see contests for fans of the series. By the way, if you happen to pre-order the game, you can get access to the Phantasmal Dress Miyamoto Masashusi. I don't know, it's some sort of in-game DLC cosmetic. Now for you physical collectors out there, there is a treasure box option for $115. It includes the Fate Slash Samurai remnant game for Nintendo Switch. It also includes the Fate Slash Samurai remnant material design works plus short story, an original soundtrack CD, an official short story translation booklet, a B2 sized cloth, poster, command spell stickers, the treasure box costume DLC code, Phantasmal Dress Miyamoto, and Phantasmal Dress Saber along with a treasure box collector's box. On the digital side, you can get the digital deluxe edition or a standard edition. The digital deluxe edition includes a digital art book and soundtrack, the season pass for DLC 1-3, and the season pass bonus of the hollowed relic sword, Mountings. So what are you waiting for? This game comes out next month. Get out your wallets, get out your credit cards, and go down. And well, pre-order the damn thing. Why not? Alright, last but not least, we have to talk about the Super Mario Direct happening in a couple of days. Nintendo announced it earlier. Okay, we're not actually going to talk about that. We're going to talk about the Nintendo Direct coming out next week, but first we have to talk about this particular thing, because while Nintendo announcers a Super Mario Bros. Wonder Direct happening this Thursday at 9am Central Time, did you get it? Are you going to be here? We got a pre-show, it's going to be awesome. Get your notification set. But look guys, somebody told us this was happening. Somebody out there who I have not always thought the greatest of things about told us that we should be expecting this stuff this week. You know who it was? None other than Zippo. And he said, I have to give him credit for this. We need to pay attention to the other things he said, because it has to do with an upcoming Nintendo Direct that isn't this Mario one. Let's dive in. So first he has this post over here that says Prepare for a wonderful week. Hello. Are we all having a good week so far? Yes, I see you crazy folks in the comments. Relax. I'm hearing multiple different days for when this Direct is supposed to drop from all the way to Thursday to next week. I'm going to be on the safe side and say that early next week will be the air date. That's just my most educated guess right now. That said, there's something else to look forward to this week. Remember he said this yesterday. That's right. We are indeed getting a Mario Wonder blowout this week, presumably either Wednesday or Thursday. We now know it's Thursday. Expect a deluge of new information about the game. That begs the question though. Why would Nintendo do this ahead of a Direct that's supposed to be airing soon? I don't know to be honest, but Nintendo has done plenty of weird things like this before. Maybe they just want Wonder out of the way now. Maybe they have something even bigger. Who knows? Regardless, prepare for a fun week ahead. Let's go. Not going to do the voice on that one. Not very good, but you know what? He didn't stop there because it was announced today. And uh, well, he wanted to beat his chest a little bit. I don't blame him. There. You happy? My God. People were losing their minds in the comments about this. Congrats. You wasted all of your energy on nothing. If people came, you were expecting me to deliver an epic mic drop or something, then you're going to be disappointed. Well, it might not be epic, but he does sort of drop the mic later. We'll get to this. It's 9am in the morning. I'm exhausted. Being a parent means you're always tired. That's pretty much true. That said, I'm happy and very excited that this is happening this week. I'm super eager to see more of the game and 15 minutes of new details is more than enough for me. Some questions, you're no doubt asking. Are we getting a general Direct in September? Yes, of course. I mean, that's the big question, right? Will the direct still have a big focus on Mario? Yes. Did RGT just commenting for engagement 85? Just get his dumb arse embarrassed again for the entire internet to see. You're goddamn right. He did. See, there's the little mic drop. Anywho, folks, I'm going back to bed. I'm tired. See ya on Thursday. Now we're not going to get involved in some of the YouTube bashing that went on there. That's Zippo's personal grudge against RGT. We're actually pretty friendly with RGT. We're working to get them actually on a future Nintendo Prime. Probably because that was a lining up schedule. It is what it is. But on the rest, hey, look, he did get it, right? I am going to give him a smidge of credit for it. And he, look, if a general Nintendo Direct also happens next week, he called it. I mean, he called both. It is what it is. So we'll have to wait and see. Obviously, you can still have a happy focus on Mario. They have four major Mario games. Mario Wonder, sure, that's one thing. What about Super Mario RPG, you know, the HD remastering? What about the HD remastering or whatever they're doing, the HD-ifying of the Weegee's Matching Dark Moon? Hey, that's Mario's damn brother. Oh, and what about the Peach game? They have four major Mario-esque games dropping in the next six months. Yeah, they can still have a lot of Mario in this Direct. Oh, by the way, they still have the DLC, the final DLC pack for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. That's five major things they're going to have to talk about. So I'm just saying that it does make some sense that it's going to be heavily focused on Mario. But what about a Metroid Prime 4? What about a Metroid Prime 2 Echo Shadow Drop? Can't rule that out, can we? Oh, look, I gotta stop putting my hands back here like this. I don't know what I'm doing. Do I gotta run fast? I have no idea. Thank you so much for tuning in. We'll catch you in the next video.