Archive for June 25, 2018

SMYN Ultimate | Episode 2: Smash Is Special

Your weekly weekend podcasting source recaps the biggest news in anticipation of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Youko returns with Super, TonyTH, and our guest TheBuzzSaw to discuss the first part of Sakurai’s “Smash Is Special” column in Famitsu, Waluigi fans causing harassment on social media, Bomb Rush Blush is the first dedicated music update, a closer look at a trio of veterans, Bomberman rounds up this week’s Smash Blog updates, and a question from Plumokin about a potential successor to Subspace Emissary

-OUTLINE-

(2:39) WALUIGI FANS HARASS SAKURAI

(4:02) “SMASH IS SPECIAL” (PT. 1) FAMITSU COLUMN
• (4:40) Built off pre-existing Smash games
• (7:18) Increased game speed
• (11:51) Starters are the N64 roster
• (17:31) Stages and items remade from scratch

(20:07) SMASH BLOG UPDATES
• (20:51) Mario
• (24:56) Battlefield
• (28:35) Black Hole
• (30:02) Bomb Rush Blush
• (35:38) Bomberman
• (40:00) Link
• (44:27) Ice Climbers

(51:20) MAILTIME
• Plumokin: “What do you guys think the chances are of a successor to Subspace Emissary being in the game?”

(56:30) OUTRO
Youko on TwitterThe PowerSwitch
Super on Twitter
TonyTH on Twitter
TheBuzzSaw on TwitterObvious Piranha
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SMYN Ultimate | Episode 1: Everyone Is Here

Your weekly weekend podcasting source recaps the biggest news in anticipation of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Youko returns with SamuraiPanda, Super, and TonyTH to discuss where their lives are at today, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at E3 2018, SamuraiPanda’s hands-on experience with the game, everyone is back in the roster, Ridley hits the big time, Daisy joins the list of Echo Fighters, Launch Star rounds up this week’s Smash Blog updates, Smash Bros. and the “dorm room effect,” and a question from Grimace the Minace about Nintendo catering to the competitive scene

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(2:08) WHERE WE ARE TODAY
• (2:25) SamuraiPanda
• (6:40) Youko
• (7:22) Super
• (8:11) TonyTH

(8:55) SMASH BROS. AND NINTENDO AT E3 2018
• (10:04) Everyone Is Back
• (14:06) Echo Fighters
• (19:36) Ridley Hits the Big Time
• (22:46) Invitational Tournament

(24:02) HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH SMASH ULTIMATE

(38:22) SMASH BLOG UPDATES
• (29:27) Inkling
• (43:34) Echo Fighters
• (46:50) Nintendo Booth
• (49:00) Ridley
• (51:10) Launch Star
• (52:22) Daisy
• (57:21) ZeRo Wins the Invitational
• (58:01) Alola Vulpix

(1:01:13) THE “DORM ROOM EFFECT” AND VIRALITY

(1:10:10) MAILTIME
• Grimace the Minace: “Nintendo has been making a clear effort to build Smash Ultimate around making an accessible game that still caters to and satisfies a competitive audience. Do you think they will carry this forward into directly supporting an eSports scene, or are they simply trying to make the best game they can?”

(1:14:50) OUTRO
Youko on TwitterSmash Ultimate ReactionThe PowerSwitch
SamuraiPanda on TwitterSmash Ultimate Reaction – Panda Global
Super on Twitter
TonyTH on Twitter
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