The Nextlander Podcast 005: Shinra Switches Get What They Deserve

Michael Hash

My video game spending has gone up obscenely in the past year due to hardware launches. I should know better, but I’m totally going to buy the least significant hardware release of them all.

Tom Ma

Hell yeah Vinny! FF9 is the best!

David Sobiegraj

The Switch OLED does have a better battery life than the launch Switch. That and the better/larger screen are definitely a decent reason to upgrade.

Re FF7R: I hope you guys get to the Honeybee Inn sequence! The entire section leading up to and after those events were hilarious. Imo there’s a good amount of humor/self-awareness balanced with the serious stuff.

Dr. Judge, Private Eye

I can't believe we're ACTUALLY getting FMVinny all these years later. I'm so excited!

Halph Pint

Loving the show boys! I know you're just getting up and running but video for this would be as shiny and wonderful as 47's bald head. Keep it up!

Robert Forster

I love FMV games! Thanks guys!

Robert Forster

In the original, Sephiroth was first alluded to at the end of the Shrinra stuff when the Shrinra president is found impaled with Sephiroth sword. The big Sephiroth reveal happens in Kalm, which is the first town after Midgar.

Robert Forster

FF7R chapter 3 is by far the weakest chapter. Keep going Brad, it gets better.

Robert Forster

Vinny’s newsreel voice made me laugh.

Brad Haney

Wait are you guys not playing the PS5 version of FF7? That upgrade is free. They fixed all the textures in the PS5 version.

Brad. I need to know your thoughts on Mass Effect Legendary. Your life was turned upside on release and I don’t want your opinion to fall through the cracks.

I played FF7 Remake without any knowledge or experience of the original. It worked for me like a brand new game, and reading up on the original, I think some of the narrative structure changes are to keep up with modern trends. You can’t have the big bad missing from the game. I would have been lost.

Vinny’s retirement plan is his Transformers collection

Is the thinking that this will have better battery life? OLED screens are typically slightly *less* battery-efficient, so I'm, uh... concerned.

theorbwithinanorb

I respectfully disagree with Alex about GTA V. I loved all the 3D GTAs but V felt like the most mechanically complete, fun, and frustration free out of all the GTAs. I played thru V's SP on 3 different consoles and each time the hours would just melt away because I loved driving around and being in that beautiful game world so much. And for the most part I thought the characters and writing were clever and funny. On the flip side, I could never get into Saints Row 3/4's gameplay or it's cartoonish, spoofy brand of humor. But different strokes for different folks. It's just kind of interesting because over the years of listening it seems like Alex and I have pretty similar tastes in movies, music, and humor.

Alex

The last few eps had chapters in Pocket Casts, I loved that feature, super easy to see what the games you were talking about. I don't know if it's just something going wrong in the RSS feed or if it's just more trouble than they're worth, but they're not in this weeks ep? I immeditately felt the lack of them and would love if you kept doing them. If they're working for everyone else let me know, and i'll investigate if it's a problem on my end.

Dylan Bartholomew

lol my parents are getting ready to buy a slingshot, I don't get it at all, they live in WV, so there are plenty of scenic roads I guess?

Brad Haney

I primarily play my switch portable so I will absolutely be buying this upgrade. A bigger, brighter screen with better sound and better battery life sounds great to me. That LCD is so hard to see outdoors or in any bright situation and the battery life of the original Switch is awful.

They made like 6 versions of the 3DS. So they've plenty milking left to do! I think we see a "new" Switch in 18 months or so.

Anyone think that this underwhelming switch means the next big jump (new console) comes sooner? Or is it just Nintendo milking it?

Loving the chapters breakdown

Dinky Frinkbuster

Thanks yall!