Punching Up, Episode 44 | Looking Back at Nintendo’s 2024
Added 2025-01-01 17:00:12 +0000 UTCOn this episode of Punching Up the crew go over Nintendo's 2024 and answer listener questions.
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:14:28 - 2024 game recap
1:04:21 - Pokemon Z-A
1:18:27 - Metroid Prime 4
1:22:41 - Alarmo
1:24:03 - What We’re Playing
1:46:31 - Nintendo Music
1:51:55 - Switch Follow Up
1:54:05 - Xenoblade X
1:57:22 - DK Returns
2:00:24 - Ending Questions
Comments
Hey Gene, there actually is a Witcher spinoff game. It’s called Thronebreaker and it’s quite good, definitely worth checking out
Trill Spencer
2025-01-10 02:37:35 +0000 UTCMicah, look into open-back headphones. You can hear yourself while you talk and it’s much less disorienting than typical closed-back headphones.
Trill Spencer
2025-01-10 00:29:52 +0000 UTCI beat Brothership, and that game may have the worst pacing in a video game that I have played in decades. This game should’ve been 20 hours. The padding at the end got too ridiculous.
DipDopDoopidy
2025-01-08 01:53:39 +0000 UTCI’m a massive Pokemon fan, played every game multiple times and even have a tattoo of a poke ball on my ankle. I played the shit out of LA when it came out, beat the main game only to realise I had to capture every Pokemon in the game to unlock the real ending, at which point I said no i’m out, I went back to play LA twice since then and I can’t get more than a few hours into it… I personally think it is horrible now, from how it runs, to the over-world, to the repetitive quests, etc. Scarlet / Violet, despite their horrific performances, are miles clear for me, even though I have huge issues with the games, they just made the world so much more interesting to explore even if it had a lack of landmarks, explorable towns / cities, etc.
Cormac
2025-01-05 11:56:09 +0000 UTCAs a gamer i feel that OSTs are super important to the gameplay of a game. Blasphemous series, Octopath series, Messenger, Deaths Door and even a game like Narita Boy are all games that are elevated by their soundtracks. Pokémon Arceus is one of those games. When i heard the song “The Heartwood” while playing Arceus it instantly became a special game for me. It just added to the chill vibe to the game and I am looking forward to how they can improve on this series in ZA.
Michael Mashpotato
2025-01-03 14:20:34 +0000 UTCThe Pokemon game Micah played is either X or Y. Her starter was Fennekin, the fire fox. It’s final evolution, Delphox, is Fire/Psychic and kinda looks like a witch. 😅
NeO JD
2025-01-03 11:08:53 +0000 UTCHave had these headphones for years and can vouch that they are top class. Use them daily and battery is still awesome too
Deemac
2025-01-02 23:15:57 +0000 UTCHighly recommend the Sony XM4s Gene, some of the best headphones I have ever owned. Great sound and noise cancellation, very comfortable
Gooch Gobbler
2025-01-02 23:11:30 +0000 UTCIf you haven’t played any Mario & Luigi games and Brothership sounds too long, I think you can’t go wrong with Superstar Saga on GBA NSO. It’s lean and mean. I prefer it to Paper Mario.
Davey Cakes
2025-01-01 23:36:00 +0000 UTC
