Nintendo Switch 2 Direct Review With Ex Retro Studios Dev Eric Kozlowsky

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Former Retro Studios Dev Eric Kozlowsky (Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze) and I review the direct and go way off on another tangent lol. You can watch my life reaction to the Switch 2 direct(with former retro studios devs in the chat) here https://www.youtube.com/live/ocm4oRD-aik Get all the info on Eric and Fuzzybot's game Lynked here http://playlynked.com/ www.landofkoz.com www.fuzzybot.com Bluesky Eric - @vonkoz.bsky.social #nintendoswitch2 #switch2 #nintendoTIMESTAMPS00:00 - Intro00:55 - Eric’s & Kiwi’s Overall Thoughts On The Switch 2 Direct04:30 - Discussion On Mario Kart World, Price & Bundle08:50 - Trumps Tariffs10:51 - Price Of Video Games12:05 - Switch 2 Edition Prices/GTA VI16:29 - Metroid Prime 4 18:54 - Nintendo Makes Bad Trailers20:48 - Nintendo Does Weird Stuff21:32 - DS Online/Remastering 3DS Games22:28 - Twilight Princess With Wii U Tech Demo Graphics23:05 - Difference Between Remasters & Remakes/Wind Waker & Twilight Princess24:40 - What Will Happen With Metroid Prime 2 & 3 Now27:35 - Metroid Prime Hunters/Multiplayer28:30 - Smash Bros Is Years Away29:45 - Star Fox 99/Animal Crossing Sales/Nintendo Budgets32:10 - Tears Of The Kingdom/The Future Of Zelda/Zelda II Remake34:15 - Donkey Kong Bonanza/David Wise40:30 - Koji Kondo/Shigeru Miyamoto/The Old Guard Retiring42:28 - Third Party Games On Switch 2/Handheld Market46:04 - Hollow Knight:Sliksong/Drag X Drive48:10 - Eric Home’s In On Art Straight Away49:45 - Linked: Banner Of The Spark’s Development54:26 - Steven Spielberg/Mouse & Keyboard56:00 - Accessibility Options In Game Development57:00 - Kiwi & Eric Won’t Buy A Switch 2 At Launch58:12 - Cost Of Switch 2 In NZ/Zelda Film Trilogy Being Shot In NZ1:01:00 - Chris Mason Working On The Last Of Us/Mario Movie1:02:29 - Will The Zelda Movie Be Original?/Shooting The Trilogy All At The Same Time1:04:00 - Pop Songs In The Mario Movie/Bluelight Samurai/Zelda Trailer1:06:40 - Closing Comments

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