NEP 040: DQ Hero's Thwack attack and FOMO in your Shlooters

Hello my beautiful Black Eagles, Blue Lions and Golden Deer! In this episode of NEP, we put on the boxing gloves and discuss microtransactions in gaming, why Fire Emblem: Three Houses is so damn good, and the wild mechanics with Dragon Quest Hero as he debuts in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate! We also have a chat about the new additions to Nintendo Switch Online and if they save the service or not, Ubisoft's Chinese Rabbids game and the meager announcements from Nintendo and Tencent at ChinaJoy. Finally in our Listener Mail segment, we recommend JRPGs and give our brutally honest feelings about the Final Fantasy series and Kingdom Hearts series. We hope you enjoy! If you like what you're hearing, you can support us by giving NEP a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, aka new iTunes. We would greatly appreciate if you could help us out! We're very thankful for your support, and we thank you for listening! Timestamps 03:33 – Adventure Log: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 has camera and menu foibles, but Oni Dino is enjoying playing it with his husband on his fresh YouTube channel, Gayme Married. 11:17 – Adventure Log: Galen loves his Shlooter, Destiny 2. Oni is a big bully who picks on poor Galen with talks of microtransactions and predatory game mechanics. 24:47 – Breaking down why Fire Emblem: Three Houses is so damn good. Impressions on the dodgy visuals, and explaining why the gameplay loop is so satisfying. Plus, what's going on with that Byleth voice actor abusive controversy. And more Destiny chatter because we can't get away from it. 45:04 – Dragon Quest HERO in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate! And how Sakurai approaches creating new fighters' mechanics for the DLC. 55:35 – Nintendo Switch Online offering some new perks. Spirit Board Challenge Packs and Game Trials. Does this improve the system? What can be done to improve Switch Online? Galen has an idea for an incredible peripheral for new gaming experiences using old games on the Switch... it's so crazy, Nintendo would toootally do it! 1:06:39 – Tencent and Nintendo hold a press conference at ChinaJoy to announce... almost nothing. Eh. Whattaya expect. Switch will release in China at some point. Then info that Ubisoft is making a Chinese Rabbids game, "Fengkuang Tuzi: Qiyu Paidui" aka "Crazy Bunnies: Adventure Party". And Oni does a little language and localization talk. And a brief chat about why people hate Rabbids so much. 1:12:36 – Additional DLC. Talk with your grandparents. 1:18:38 – Listener Mail: Our suggestions on the Final Fantasy series, Kingdom Hearts series, and getting into JRPGs. Where does someone start? Additional DLC Granny Talk – Grump Out https://youtu.be/ZyrmJyxZEL8 Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Crystal Palace (Critical Role One-Shot) https://youtu.be/0uhqZdJ8swQ Send us an email and we'll discuss it! NintendoEverythingPod [at] gmail [dot] com #nintendopodcast #gamingpodcast #podcast Oni Dino's YouTube "Gayme Married": https://bit.ly/2JK21xd Nintendo Everything on Twitter: @NinEverything Oni Dino's Twitter: @Oni_Dino Oni Dino's Insta: Oni__Dino Galen's Twitter: @mobius087 Galen's Insta: true_mobius HUGE thank you to Headphones of Listening for NEP's intro music! Check him out on soundcloud!