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This Month In Retronauts: April 2025 edition
🕑 Added 2025-04-27 11:00:28 +0000 UTCI hope you've got no pressing engagements for the next 150 minutes because thanks to Nintendo this is the longest Retronauts community podcast ever! You know we had to talk about the latest Direct and the announcement of Switch 2 while also making time for your comments and answers to last month's community question.
Speaking of which, I called an audible this month concerning the question so I hope you'll indulge me and use your words responsibly.
Specific items mentioned in this episode include:
Hachikō (ハチ公)
Danger Mouse (the cartoon, not the DJ)
REACHER as played by Alan Ritchson
Ritchson is slightly taller than ex-Batman Ben Affleck
I enjoy the first Tom Cruise movie but not the second
Promise Mascot Agency
read my review on Retronauts dot com
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
巨影都市 aka "City of Giant Shadows"
watch me play on Twitch! archived on my YouTube channel!
I, Robot (by Jeff Minter, not Issac Asimov)
Thank Goodness You're Here!
the "jumbo demo" of Dragon Quest Builders 2 is on Steam, Switch, and PS4/5
the first game was indeed from 2016, this sequel came out in 2018
DQB1 only hit Steam in 2024 though
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos remaster
the bottomless content pit that is Destiny 2
Capcom Fighting Collection 2 (coming soon)
Mewgenics (coming soon)
Grand Theft Auto Vice City for Dreamcast
Time Gal HD Remaster & Ninja Hayate HD Remaster
NH was called Revenge of the Ninja on Sega CD
Road Avenger aka Road Blaster aka Road Prosecutor was Data East, not Taito
Toei provided the animation for ALL these games, however
perhaps Stu was thinking of this recent Amiga announcement
TONGTONG
”Tong Tong" was indeed a panda born at Ueno Zoo in 1986 (d. 2000)
this game debuted in 1987
New Wave Toys makes the change machine replica I mentioned
Vampire Survivors: Emerald Diorama free DLC
based on the name, it's tied to last year's SaGa: Emerald Beyond
Galaxian³: Attack of the Zolgear LIVES in New Hampshire
I blame myself for segueing into Ben & Jerry's talk, sorry not sorry
I asked an ice cream community question back in March 2023 but your answers arrived in April
Stuart did indeed propose "Alex Kidd in Raspberry Ripple World"
sadly I see no cone-based flavoUrs on Ben & Jerry's UK website
English translation patch for Capcom vs SNK 2 (Dreamcast)
PS5 went up in price in EU/AU/NZ
PS+ went up in price in Canada
Nintendo's Legend of Zelda movie comes out March 26, 2027
Chappelle Ellison not "Edison"
meanwhile Capcom's 2026 Street Fighter movie lost its March 2026 date
Nintendo Direct!
Nintendo Today, dedicated news app?
Virtual Game Card
new DRM lets you "loan" digital purchases to Family members
Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army
based on Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army for PS2
I loved Hellraiser but found part II lacking (though not in the goo department)
Stu enjoys exactly one moment from Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
GRADIUS ORIGINS coming in August
the first three Gradius games (multiple versions)
Salamander/Life Force (US/JP versions) and its sequel
Salamander III (NEW!)
the website says these are all ARCADE ports, not console versions
Rhythm Heaven Groove in 2026
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream in 2026
will they include gay people this time??
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond development continues (2025?)
the Beyond title was announced last year
Switch 2 launches June 5! (happy birthday Mummy Gipp)
Stu got his preorder, I did not (yet)
"Nintendo Switch 2 Editions" of Switch games
will all data be on the cartridge? depends on publisher
Stu's looking forward to Kirby and the Forgotten Land
GameCube games coming to Switch Online Expansion Pack
Stu is right about a former Silicon Knights staffer's crimes
new feature: Game-Key Cards
cartridge is a "key" to download software onto hardware
must play with cartridge in slot
will be clearly marked on packaging if regular game or Game-Key
new games shown:
Mario Kart World (launch title)
dear lord this topic launches me on a "sexy" tangent
this better not awaken anything in anyone
Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour (launch title)
Deltarune Chapters 1-4 (launch title)
Donkey Kong Bananza (July)
Drag x Drive (summer)
wheelcha—excuse me "vehicle" basketball
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment (winter)
Kirby Air Riders 2025
The Duskbloods 2026
Switch 2 costs 449.99 USD/£395.99/€469.99
games cost $80 or more!
In Japan: 49,980 yen for Japanese-only model
69,980 for "multi-language" model (My Nintendo Store online exclusive)
I know scalpers suck but come on
rip pope
MAD Magazine's type-in program
first-time guest TheSeventhForce just released a video on Magneto!
a comment forces us to gripe about 20-year-old WWE screwups
here is the aofdb svc chaos video in glorious 240p
is a sietch a "hovel"? poor word choice on my part
Bondi in New South Wales is indeed pronounced "Bond-eye"
Art & edits by Diamond (photo source: unknown! I saw it posted a dozen times on BlueSky!)
Music heard in this episode:
8:50 audio from Reacher season 3
14:31 "Same Old, Same Old" (Promise Mascot Agency)
20:18 "Gerudo Valley" by Mariachi Entertainment System
28:19 "Seaside" (Thank Goodness You're Here!)
36:37 "Brave or Grave" (Street Fighter Alpha 3) ← BANGER ALERT
48:48 audio from the opening of Road Avenger/Blaster/Prosecutor
1:02:00 "Ben & Jerry" by Salem Ilese
1:08:18 PlayStation 5 menu music
1:20:15 "Theme of the Gorem" [sic] (Salamander 2)
1:36:43 "Attack of the Killer Queen" (Deltarune Chapter 2)
1:52:43 Pope Francis speaks outside The White House in 2015
2:01:56 "Rave Lovers from Outer Space" (Space Invaders Extreme)
2:14:20 "The Floating Fat Man (The Baron)" by TOTO, as heard in Dune (1984)
2:22:49 "Prison Sex" by TOOL
Finale: the best song I know about asking questions
Comments
Diamond Feit
yes I saw those clips on BlueSky. Dude's STILL out there at his advanced age yelling at the government and he's still right.
littleterr0r
Just saw this and was reminded of your Ben & Jerry's talk: https://www.threads.com/@hate5sixofficial/post/DJp9mU5tcUc?xmt=AQF0Xaj9gCQxnZnjY0nmUGSSV3KrUtCL8j1lb9dfrhG9dQ
Nuno Amaral
Stu, Hunger = Triforce of Power (power-hungery) Ennui = Triforce of Wisdom If ignorance is bliss then the opposite could be ennui. To be honest, I didn't really care for Ocarina of Time when it was brand new. Like reading or exercising, I respect it, I just don't like it.
