We’re bringing the week to a close with episode 169 of Today’s News Tonight, in which the one and only SomeCallMeJohnny joins us to discuss Square Enix temporarily suspending sales of Final Fantasy XIV and offering more free game time to players due to overwhelming server congestion, potential signs of a promising future for the beleaguered Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, a surprise shadow-drop of five new games for Nintendo Switch Online – SEGA Genesis, Grand Theft Auto III originally being pitched as an Xbox exclusive before Microsoft turned it down, and more!
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Timestamps:
0:00 – Pre-show
9:51 – Intro
18:40 – Square Enix have temporarily suspended sales and even advertisements of Final Fantasy XIV due to overwhelming demand and server congestion, and are offering 14 additional days of free game time as compensation for the long wait times just to log into the game
38:30 – Five new games for NSO Genesis (Altered Beast, ToeJam & Earl, Sword of Vermilion, Dynamite Headdy, and Thunder Force II) have been shadow-dropped, joining the N64’s Paper Mario as December’s retro game additions for NSO; also, emulation masters M2 have revealed they had a hand in developing the emulator used for NSO Genesis
54:00 – Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl isn’t dead! The second of two free post-launch fighters is coming “pretty soon,” multiple new characters and stages are in the works, cross-play is being added in the first quarter of 2022, and the addition of voice acting has also been teased…
1:11:19 – Grand Theft Auto III was originally pitched by Rockstar as an Xbox exclusive before Microsoft regrettably (at least in hindsight) turned it down
1:17:59 – The Pixel Remaster version of Final Fantasy VI appears to include limited HD-2D elements for at least the opening and opera scene, according to new Famitsu screenshots
1:42:15 – Outro and where to find SomeCallMeJohnny
Sources:
https://t.co/3WcXX6eVkf
https://twitter.com/nibellion/status/1471428284617572355?s=12
https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1471646839225077761?t=_GEYiYatKxdxc7gjuyBExA&s=19
https://twitter.com/m2_game/status/1471652852552839172?s=21
https://twitter.com/joncomms/status/1471552904070934540?s=21
https://nintendowire.com/news/2021/12/17/final-fantasy-vi-pixel-remaster-famitsu-screenshots-reveal-hd-2d-assets/
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I do believe Nick All Stars will get better and better as time goes on. Hopefully it'll eventually be worth it's price. I personally feel like the "Get better later" strategy isn't a good way of going about things though. Only because people usually go off of first impressions (Such as Mario tennis aces, No man's sky and Kirby Star Allies). Still I do like the Dev's Passion for what they make. Even in spite of me personally not caring for the actual game.
My problem is the wars that break out between fandoms. I get the only in Ultimate is a bit shoddy but half of the Nick All Star's hype was "Nick game good, Smash Bad" which I strongly disagree with. And Ultimate fans struck back when the game first released and there wasn't much content. And I see the NASB fandom getting a rival in Multiversus which doesn't sound fun at all.
Regardless I wish the devs the best of luck
Where has Steve been? Feels like it's been awhile since I've seen him on content.
I think saying the roster in Nick all star brawl is limited is unfair. Many fighting games come out these days with a smaller starting roster than Nickelodeon did. And it really isn’t Melee with Nickelodeon, it has enough mechanics to form its own identity
I came to this video for the Nick All-Stars news.
I always wanted to get the game, but I wasn't sure if I wanted to get in. But when talking about things for X-Mas, my friend told me she wanted to get it and if I would wanted to get it too. This surprised me. As she HATES Super Smash Bros. So… why in the heck would she want Nick All-Stars if she dislikes Smash Bros?
The answer? She can relate to the Nickelodeon characters more than Smash Bros' roster. So you won't need to twist my arm too much more, in order for me to get this game.
Timestamps are up in the description! Thanks so much for your patience!
FF XI was and probably still is an amazing game. Although I wish they hadn't changed some of the classes from how they originally worked as some of the 2 hour abilities being shorted to 1 hour nerfs a few classes. Red mage. I'll gladly take a 2 hour cool down for 2 mins of chain spell (Basically no cool down for spells so true spell spam) vs 1 hour for about 1 min. And yeah anyone who has played an MMO you know how much of a difference that one extra minute can be when doing DPS. healing, and more.
Goat FFXIV as usual
People: I thought you were dead.
Nick All-Stars Brawl: My death was greatly exaggerated.
My most hyped-up announcement was that Bandai just announced yesterday that there will be a dedicated stream on Bandai Namco's Japanese YouTube channel for the Digimon franchise titled "Digimon Con" (aka a dedicated Digimon Direct) on 26th Feb 2022 and they promised more info on upcoming Digimon games (including Digimon Survive, most likely), so I'm really hoping that they not only give us more news of Digimon Survive, but also HOPEFULLY give us a glimpse of the next BIG Digimon game after Digimon Hacker's Memory! :]
Nice
I do feel bad about the devs about Nick Brawl, they needed more time or budget, it is good that they are updating the game over time, and hope it gets the life it deserves
I know it was a livestream but no news video with like 4-5 topics should be an almost 2 hour video
I imagine part of the FF14 not being sold anymore is because fucking cryptocurrencies causing a shortage of tech that go toward servers as much as it is popularity
HOLY CRAP
I hope this is what we get of FFVI, it's so gooood
all you guys' nobody names are so cool!! 😍😍😍 im curious what steve's, belle's, and other gvg gang nobody names are ^^
mine's Enlaxen 😎💚
Eh, I think characters like Zuko, Timmy, and Jimmy should be in over anyone else. Also, they should put in all the turtles.
I don't think the two games are in competition with each other. Multiversus is free…