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Punching Up, Episode 81 | This Nintendo Direct Was INSANE!
🕑 Added 2025-09-17 16:00:20 +0000 UTCThis week the Rick Hoeg joins the Punching Up crew to discuss the recent massive Nintendo Direct, the insane Pokémon patents and your questions!
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:10:57 - Nintendo Direct Recap
2:15:19 - What We’re Playing
2:39:05 - Insane Pokémon Patent
2:51:08 - Closing Questions
Comments
Gaymes Bond in Octobussy
Hoeg was the ONLY one into Danganronpa. Make him a permanent/more regular host. Start easing him in with the gooner talk.
Kimon Togrou
Keep Hoeg
Tacoyaki
Thank you for reading my inquiry! I loved getting roasted by Gene! 😂
Gaymes Bond in Octobussy
Cattle Country
Lunar Tear
You're not alone.
Glen Yelenovic
Brad, please don’t “fuck those kids”
Joshua
GG
christopher bozzolo
I love that Gene plays older games and can analyze it from a historical perspective
Philip Dunphy
Gene said fuck you FF9 Fans and I’ve never felt more seen. Come on Square! I’ve bought so much merch lol
C
Gotta say guys, think the shows works so well with Hoeg on it. It’s nice to have that extra voice on it and Hoeg has such a unique opinion and his kids add that young touch to it also with their perspective which he likes to bring up… might be something to think about…
Bobby C
You guys totally missed the mark with the ZA fury. I’ll definitely write in for the next show lol.
The Devmeister
Fuck Gene I just burst out laughing walking around my neighbourhood at 10 pm…. You killed me with: “hunch your neck like a lurch… like a “humoncoloid”” hahahaha. What is that like a mix between a homunculus and a mongoloid? 😂
Breno Bezerra Bluhm
Just wanted to say that Hoeg fits the trio perfectly! Loved this ep and hope he comes back on the future too.
John
As someone who has 125+ hours and the platinum for Hades 1, I was so bummed to see it was yet again going to switch first. I get that’s what they did with the first game, but now that the first game is already on PlayStation, it seemed odd they would go down that route again with the sequel
Adam Martinez
Diabolical 🤣
Soulful Bison
Gotta love them Allegheny Hoegs
BigDumbStupidIdiot
I would take a Divine Pulse toggle or a mode like Infernal that shuts it off completely.
Lunar Tear
Extremely excited for Fire Emblem 18. My biggest wish is that the Divine Pulse feature doesn't return, or if it does, that it can be fully disabled from the onset of the game. I'm all for having diverse gameplay options, and understand that many newer Fire Emblem fans prefer to engage with the games in certain ways that are more laid back. Afterall, it's with the increased popularity of these games that we continue to get more! But for my tastes, I think some of the more casual gameplay options undermine the core design philosophy of the franchise, so while I appreciate having other difficulties and classic mode, I'd also like to be able to disable Divine Pulse outright.
Aladin_Slow
Metroid, Micah.
