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Well, folks, we're giving away a Nintendo Switch 2 right now. You can enter through the link down in the pin comment or the description. The only requirement to enter is that you are subscribed to the channel. Today, folks, we have a bunch of news to get to. Man, I know it feels like it's been a while cuz it has. And maybe we'll talk about that a bit towards the end, but you know what? Today, we got to get to the news. We have a lot to go over. So, we have some updates coming to Xenolade 2, Nintendo Switch 2 Edition from Nintendo. They made that announcement today. Uh, more than that though, there's a really interesting story about former punk Pokemon Company employee uh, who got arrested for hiding cameras in bathrooms. Really, really weird. And there's like a actually big class action lawsuit going on about it. Uh, more than that, we found out that not only is Monster Hunter Wilds coming to Switch, too. It's something we've basically had confirmed for quite some time. More data mines have come out and now we might have an idea of how well the game's performing. And yes, I said well, not how terribly it's performing. That's kind of crazy when you consider how not well Monster Hunter Wilds runs on pretty much anything else. Uh, next up we have a ESRB uh rating come out for Spirit Farer Switch to Edition. We're going to go over some details on that front. Uh, we have uh Nixie coming out with a the ability to mimic mouse mode and stuff like that and HD rumble. So, we're going to look at that about accessories they have coming featuring that. Uh, we do have an announcement for PAX West. We don't have the full exhibitor list yet, but we do have Konami and Elimin who they're going to bring along with some featured exhibitors. Nintendo's not among them, but Nintendo usually isn't, so not really a big deal. The full list will be coming out soon. Uh, more than that, uh, Attack on Titan is going to be coming to Switch, too. We got to talk about that. Uh, Capcom actually, uh, a former Capon, anyways, uh, said that well, Nintendo kind of threatened them when it came to Zelda Oracle of Seasons and Ages. So, I we got to get over that cuz that's really interesting going back in time for that story. Uh, Electronic Arts was sold. Uh, so we're going to go over that. Uh, more than that. Uh, Diablo I 4 reportedly is coming out uh, fairly soon. Uh, we have some updates on the Sonic anniversary, the 35th anniversary. Uh, Square Enix is actually going to be uh, doing some updates here for Final Fantasy 14 for Switch 2, which some people are already really happy with. And hey, Minecraft Switch 2 Edition is finally on its way. We got to go over that. So, a lot to get into. Uh, let's go ahead and just jump into our first story. First one here we have Nintendo coming out here uh for the one of their Japanese accounts saying we have received multiple inquiries regarding the issue in Xenolade 2 Nintendo Switch 2 edition where the accessory equipment slots are reduced from three slots to two slots as a result of our investigation. We have confirmed that this occurs under the following conditions. You're using the accessory expansion kit, which can be exchanged for bonus XP from the bard of battle that appears in the field after advanced new game. And the equipment slots are set to three slots. In the menu, go to system, amiibo, scan an amiibo, and obtain a bonus WP. This does not occur if you obtain anything other than the bonus WP. The accessories themselves equipped in the vanish slots will not disappear. Additionally, we have confirmed an issue where the BGM during battles is quieter. That's the background music, right? So, currently we are preparing an update to fix these issues. We'll provide further notice as soon as the distri We will provide further notice as soon as the distribution date we will provide further notice as soon as the distribution date is determined. We apologize for inconvenience and trouble this has caused to our customers. Now, I don't have the Switch 2 edition, but I have seen some people talking about it online, and for the most part, people seem to be very, very pleased with the Xenolade Chronicles 2, uh, you know, Switch 2 edition. And look, guys, this stuff, uh, yeah, it's a little bit annoying, but honestly, kind of minor bugs in the grand scheme. Nintendo games are usually pretty polished. They're going to get this taken care of, and look, you're not losing any items. So, it's more so, hey, if this bothers you, it's only one certain condition it pops up, they're going to get it fixed. at the background music being a little lower during battles than it was in the original game. They're going to get that fixed. Pretty minor stuff. Uh but let's go ahead and get to our next story. And that one has to do with this weird story about a former Pokemon Company employee hiding cameras in bathrooms. Wait till you find out why they were doing it. So, former Pokemon Company employee was arrested for hiding cameras in bathrooms. 44year-old Ben Sai, a former Pokemon Company employee, has been arrested following accusations of hiding cameras in a Starbucks bathroom in order to film customers and staff without consent. That's just disgusting. Anyways, after a talk with police, Sai admitted to hiding cameras in multiple locations, including Starbucks, Safeway, in his own home, and in more locations. Altogether, police have confiscated six hidden and remotec controlled cameras and the footage is being analyzed to see if people were filmed without consent. Sigh's activities were discovered thanks to Starbucks manager who found one of the cameras hiding in a sink drain pipe which was pointed directly at the toilet. Sy told police he hit cameras no more than 50 times and it's been confirmed that he's been doing this as far back as 2017. When pushed about his reasoning, Sai said he was mainly curious about transgender people and was not attracted to children. Pokemon Company was the last location Sai listed as a place of employment. When contacted about the situation, Pokemon Company said Sai no longer works for the company and the company is cooperating with law enforcement. Now, here's the big update here. Pokemon Company is actually involved in a class action lawsuit following the situation as a former employee claimed Pokemon Company failed to protect workers and visitors. The lawsuit aims to represent anyone who used the bathrooms at Bell, Washington office between 2017 and July 25th, 2026. Now, I don't know where the class action lawsuit is going to go. I don't know a whole lot of information about I dug into it. There's not a lot out there. Pretty much what that update said is what's being sued. Uh the Pokemon Company, obviously, there, you know, some concerns about them not maybe protecting people. Of course, look, I'm not going to blame the Pokemon Company directly for one bad faith actor doing some absolutely disgusting, gross ass The excuse of saying I just am curious about transgender. What are you curious about? Some of them have penises, some of them don't. What is there to be curious about? Oh, I don't like kids. Look, you think I believe for a second? Like, why are you even bringing up? Oh, it wasn't to look at children. It was just for curiosity about trans. What kind of curiosity about transgender couldn't you just find out on the internet with some simple Google searches? I'm going to be honest. This is one of the most disgusting stories I've ever had to the unfortunate, you know, I guess need to talk about. I'm really grossed out. This is an extremely disgusting thing. Um I mean, I think the guy should be in prison, but I look, this is Japan. I don't really know all the laws there, but he's been doing this for a long time. I mean, it's 2026. nine years. So, yeah, he did it at the Pokemon Company, did it at Starbucks, did a bunch this is this is disgusting. Uh, it's probably an addiction. And, uh, I guess technically nobody was hurt. I This is so gross. I We got to move on. I can't I can't even think about this story anymore. All right. Uh, next up, we have some really interesting stuff about Monster Hunter Worlds through a new data mine. So, it says Nintendo Switch 2 Wilds. So, Mount Central Wilds potentially running at 1080p to 1440p docked in 720p to 864p handheld. Now, they have all the evidence here, the screenshots and stuff from all of the stuff showing it off. And so, I think you guys can understand that from the images, but if it isn't obvious enough, Twitch 2 Wilds is likely running at a dynamic resolution targeting the value shown in the images. Since they updated the dynamic resolution uh enums to add new ones at 30 to 40 fps low, those seem to be related to this. Also, maybe the underscored is shorter for docked. Not 100% sure, but it makes sense to me. They also added enums to check Nintendo Switch online. That's cool, right? Don't ask me about the stuff in the images. I was forced to add that. All right, guys. So, really interesting stuff. I am just going to point out here that uh if it is if there is a 40 FPS mode, that does suggest the game can actually run fairly reliably at 30 FPS, which is kind of wild because it's been hard to sometimes hit that on some other platforms. So, one thing we do know is it's the RE engine, and the RE engine has worked really, really well on Switch 2. But more than that, we also know that, hey, uh, people get surprised over and over again at what the Switch 2 can handle. And one thing that companies absolutely have to do on Switch 2 is optimize, optimize, optimize. They're also probably using DLSS. So, guys, uh, we're just going to have to wait and see. Obviously, uh, we need footage, we need everything. Uh, don't know if it's even coming out this year. might be something they wait till early next year. But hey, it is pretty cool. You know what's also pretty cool? Our next story about Spirit Farer. So, it got rated by the ESRB and we're going to go over a little bit of the rating summary here. Spirit Farer Nintendo Switch 2 edition is rated T14 by the ESRB with language, use of tobacco, and violin references. This is an adventure game. Look, we don't need to go over. We know what Spirit Farer is. Obviously, we're not going to get any um you know, performance metrics here, but hey, it's coming to Switch 2. We don't know when, but that is really, really exciting. Next up is really exciting for thirdparty accessories because Nintendo has a couple unique features on the Switch 2. First off, the second version of HD Rumble that no one's been able to mimic yet. And third off, uh, how about mouse mode? Not everyone's been able to mimic that either. So, we get over to Nixie, one of the number one accessory makers out there, in my opinion anyways, based on my experience with it during the Switch era. Nixie becomes a first third party on Switch to replicate mouse mode and HD Rumble 2. So Nixie is a third party accessory maker that makes controllers. Okay, we know all that and uh let's get to what they did. So there are plenty of thirdparty switch controllers out there, but you might be surprised to learn that not a single one manages to include mouse mode or HD Rumble 2 support. It seems third parties have been struggling to crack the code on those features. But Nixie confirmed they found success. That make them the first third party Switch 2 controller maker to release ones that support those features. We don't have a release date for the controller, but here you go. Oh, you can kind of see a little video of it in action here. Um, so yeah, they're just showing off obviously their Joy-Con replacements. You see they're kind of mimicking the colors. You can see mouse mode working there. Obviously, it's really hard to kind of show off HD rumble and stuff like that because uh, you know, it's it's a handfield thing, right? Anyways, new pictures have showed up from Nintendo patents watch. Uh, we can see some of the things they have going on. Obviously, GameCube style with little clear stuff going on. Obviously, this is from an event. Um, you're seeing some stuff going on. The headphone jack, um, all this kind of stuff. So yeah, guys, uh I'm really excited for this. This does open the door to third party JoyCons becoming more accessible. Uh which obviously is nice to have in a market where things are really expensive. So there's actually a nice market for third parties right now if they can make some quality accessories and undercut the Nintendo prices, which again might be really hard. PCB prices are apparently going to be going up soon and the tech industry is a mess. All right, guys. Well, let's talk about games. Uh we got to talk about PAX West. Look, the Nintend crew, Nintend podcast, it's tonight. I am going to PAX West. So is Thunder Stash. So is Gamebird. So is Eric. And hey, our significant others, Andre Restart's going to be there. Fablam's going to be there. And so many more. Uh, so we're already starting to set our interviews. Uh, well, not interviews, I should say, our meetings with the companies that are going to be there so we can play the games. And one of those companies is Konami. So Konami brings Metal Gear, Castlevania, and more to PAX West. So the games they're bringing to PAX West are going to be Metal Gear. Uh that's going to be the uh master collection volume 2. They're going to end up bringing obviously Castlevania Belmont's Curse. That's one I'm interested in to check out for you guys. I don't know if they'll have the Nintendo Switch version there, but I'm I'm going to be trying to see if they do. Uh because if they do, I'd like to report back to you guys. I know there's some real concerns around like the blurriness of that game. And plus, look, despite that, is it actually still a good Castlevania game? Well, I don't really know, but going hands-on will definitely help sort that out. And then Silent Hill Townfall. Now, for my purposes, covering that doesn't really matter. It might come to Switch 2 eventually. I have no idea. So, I'll probably end up going hands-on, but I don't plan to make a video on it cuz um right now it's not announced for Switch 2, right? But hey, that's really cool. We're not done though because we have a bit more packs announcements because they have their featured exhibitor list up. And we know Atari is going to be there. Bandai Namco, that's a big one. We're going to be playing their games for sure. Uh games from Poland's going to be there. Joy City, obviously, Konami, as we mentioned, N Ocean Drive, Riftbound, League of Legends trading card game, of course, cuz yes, they do have, you know, the whole uh tabletop trading card game stuff going on there. And obviously the uh Yukio, I think that's supposed to be a really sure uh studios. Uh but again, we don't have the full list yet, so we're going to leave it at that. Uh but yes, that is what is going on with packs right now. I'm just really excited to get there. Uh, next up I just want to talk about Attack on Titan 3 because we have a nice little post here about I'm going to throw the trailer up here. Releases on December 10th. So Koe Techmo and developer Omega Force announced that Attack on Titan 3, the latest installment in the Attack on Titan action game series is coming on December 12th or sorry, December 10th, 2026 for the Switch 2. Attack on Titan 3 is the riveting culmination of Omega Force's action game series depicting the story of Attack on Titan from its survey corpse beginnings to a dramatic conclusion. In this title, fans will dive into the action by taking on the role member of Scout Regiment to relive the historical events that shaped the world alongside the iconic cast of Attack on Titan. In addition to the standard edition, available in digital and physical format, fans can pre-order a special steelbook launch edition with icon art on all physical platforms. A digital deluxe edition is also available for pre-order and features the base game, the digital artbook, a character customization pack, an original equipment pack, a starter item pack, and a 72hour early access key. Players who pre-order the digital copy of the game will receive the Wings of Freedom earrings, customization item as a digital pre-order bonus, while everyone who purchases a physical or digital copy of the game will receive the Wings of Freedom hoodie customization items as an early purchase bonus. All players with existing Attack on Titan 2 or Attack on Titan 2 Final Battle save data will receive additional in-game bonuses. Save data must be stored on the same console used to play Attack on Titan 3. Uh more details will be shared at a later date. So really excited for uh this game to come over. Uh it looks really really good and I haven't even watched the anime so I already am interested. Maybe this will get me into the anime if I check it out. Next up, how about a Capcom dev? Um, he threatened Nintendo and it led to Oracle of Seasons and ages. Wait, what? So, a story for the ages here. Uh, we've seen Nintendo partner with numerous companies over the years for mainline Zelda series, but let's just go all the way back in time. Uh, Capcom had to go to extreme lengths to make these Zelda games a reality. Discovered in a 1999 issue of German magazine Total, Capcom's Yoshiki Okamoto revealed the story of how Zelda Oracle of Agents and Seasons came to be. Now, this is something that's never been translated and we haven't seen before, at least in the English world. Now, apparently, the whole thing started off with Okamoto's desire to port the original Legend of Zelda to the Game Boy Color, which Nintendo shot down. This led to somewhat of an argument with a rather heated exchange. I especially like Zelda 1, but Nintendo wouldn't port it to Game Boy Color. So, I told Mr. Miiamoto I'd produce it myself, but we couldn't come to an agreement. So, in the end, I threatened him. I said, "Hey, if Nintendo's not up for it, we'll release an identical game with different characters and just call it something else." You know, Nintendo did not like that. But as the interview was just text, it's hard to read exactly how the situation played out, the tone, all of that. I have to imagine that this threat was just a bit of playful banter back and forth. So, I hope. But we don't know for sure. Whatever the case, it's clear the argument that Okamoto made eventually got Miyamoto on board and gamers got to experience both Oracle of Ages and Seasons in 2001. So just a really really cool story looking back in time. Uh it's always nice to get some of those updates. You know what's also well I don't know if I don't know if this is nice that layoff seem to be happening but Electronic Arts uh was sold. So Electronic Arts completes its acquisition deal. It's officially owned by the Saudi Arabia PIF. So EA confirmed in September 2025 that it was going to be acquired by the group of private investors including Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund PIF in a deal valuing the company around 55 billion. Now the company has announced a deal has been completed meaning it goes private after 36 years and now is fully owned by an investor consortium comprised of PIF Silverlake and Affinity Partners. The PIFF or otherwise known as the public investment fund is the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia and is reportedly central to Crown Prince Muhammad's bin Salman's goal of making the Saudi economy less reliant on the proceeds from oil. The fund already owns billions of stock and other video game companies such as Take 2 and owns other companies such as SNK 3 months after the initial announcement was made. A filing confirmed that Piffwood would own 93.4%. So they're basically the primary owner of the company. Silver Lake Partners, an investment run by a US global private equity firm based in Silicon Valley, owns about 5.5% of shares according to the filing. Finity Partners obviously has the rest. Uh in a statement, EA uh chairman Andrew Wilson said this. This moment recognizes the extraordinary people whose creativity, ambition, and passion have made EA one of the world's leading interactive entertainment companies. We're entering the next chapter from a position of strength. We're just going to stop there because uh this purchase actually added $18 billion dollar in debt to EA and now stories are breaking out that they're about to do layoffs. So ah the modern AAA video game industry is so wonderful, isn't it? So we're just going to leave it at that because obviously you're going to see a bunch of fluff words from Saudi Arabia and fluff words from Andrew Wilson. Meanwhile, they're about to fire a bunch of people because in order for this deal to work, they had to take on significant debt. Let's go to A POSITIVE STORY. DIABLO I coming to Switch 2. So, the long- awaited Switch 2 version of Diablo I is reportedly coming in September. Interesting month. So, Deal Labs, Bill Cunn, he is very reliable. Who has an extremely lengthy and accurate record of leaking hardware and software news before it's officially announced that the game is indeed nearing completion on Switch 2. According to the insider, the Switch 2 port of Diablo IV will be released on either September 15th or the 18th. Cannot yet guarantee which of the two is correct, but the release will definitely be on one of those two dates. The game will be available at a price of $70 essentially and reportedly will have a physical release. Uh but it will be a code in box rather than a cartridge or game key card. I always hate when they call games a physical release and then it's a code in box. It's look at least like the game key card. I I don't really consider that physical either, but at least there's something physically in the box you can touch and hold. I guess you can argue there's a card inside the box. It's physical with a code on it. So, I guess you could touch it all, but come on. It's a digital copy. It just comes with a plastic box. All right. Anyways, it's not yet confirmed whether the Switch 2 version will include the Lord of Hat DLC or whether there'll be a separate purchase. While Biblical hasn't stated when the official announcement is likely to be, they suggested it might happen during Gamescom, which makes a lot of sense uh to have that announcement at Gamescom. So, we'll have to wait and see what happens with Diablo I, but it's really exciting times. All right, next up, Sonic Baby. Sonic Team Boss says, "More surprises are coming for Sonic's 35th anniversary." Here's the exact quote. Some announcements have already been made while other surprises will need to remain secret for a little longer. I know that Sonic fans are extremely observant, so I must be careful to not provide any unintended clues. It's a good It's probably really good to do that. Zelda fans are that way as well. Mario fan, dude, a lot of fan bases are very observant. So, uh, yeah, look, more is going to happen. what that more is. It's just your guess. Now, one game has happened. Uh I believe there's even a free trial for it. Final Fantasy 14 is now available on Switch 2, but there is a little bit of an issue. The loading times are kind of crazy. So, Square Enix says it's fixing the long loading times in the new Switch 2 version of Final Fantasy 14. So, the Switch 2 version of the game launched on Tuesday, bringing the MMO RPG to Nintendo players for the first time. While the general feedback from players on the Switch 2 version has been positive, some noted that there's some weird situations where loading times are unusually long. Square Enix has now confirmed it's aware and has listed some of the specific situations. So when the screen fades to black or a battle phase transition, uh when the teleporting to a different map and instance duty, when the screen fades to black, blah blah. So you can see like there's some there's some issues here. Uh and they said, you know, it's pinpointed the reason that it's having a long loading there and they're testing a fix for it right now. We have confirmed that the Switch 2 version, the loading time may take longer than usual and the screen fades to black in instance duties. A statement from the official Final F Fantasy 14 site reads, "Our investigation has confirmed that when a player enters an instance duty while surrounded by many characters, loading data will take longer than usual, which lasts until the player leaves the instance. We have identified certain cases in which data reloading and cache clearing processes required for safe rendering are taking an extended amount of time. As such, these processes have been optimized to ensure faster data loading even under similar conditions. An updated version is currently in testing. We're working to release an update as soon as possible to address this and several other issues. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding in the meantime. But yeah, guys, look, they uh this version's actually been widely praised. A lot of people are really enjoying it. But yeah, that is like the one bugaboo of long load times in certain situations. Uh and look, they're going to deal with it. Now, we get to our final story. This is one that's going to make a lot of people happy. It's a really popular game. Minecraft is finally getting a Switch to version. October 27th, mark your calendar. Mcrafters, imagine a town crier, me, rolling into a blocky village square with an equally blocky trumpet to announce some joyful news. Cue the fanfare. Minecraft is coming for Switch 2 on October 27th. And I get a very enthusiastic. Let me unfurl this metaphorical scroll a little to remind you why WE'RE ALL SO EXCITED. FIRST, the Nintendo Switch 2 renders the world of Minecraft in lush life with vibrant visuals set at the default visual experience. This means enhanced lighting, shadow effects, and more. And you can even enjoy vibrant visuals enabled content across all of the supported content in Minecraft Marketplace. The muchloved Mario Mashup Pack is also getting an update to get the most of those vibrant visual graphics. As a reminder, the Super Mario Mashup pack is exclusive to the Nintendo versions of Minecraft, bringing with it a custom Mario theme world, music, and unique skins. Explore iconic locations like Peach's Castle and Delino Plaza within Minecraft Worlds Collide. For those of you who already own Minecraft on Switch, a digital upgrade path will be available for Switch players. More details to follow. Double Dash, don't run, and mark your calendars for October 27th. Yes, I'm really really happy there's going to be like an upgrade path for owners. It'll probably cost like $5 $10. I don't know. Uh or maybe it's a free upgrade. I have no idea. Details on that later. Really happy they're going to allow that. And you know what, guys? I got to get going. This is a long video. We got a podcast. This video is dropping like maybe even as the podcast is happening. Thank you guys for being here. We'll catch you in the next one. Heat. Heat.