About this episode

Cameron and Kevin discuss upcoming Dragon Quest news and share their top 10 essential JRPGs.

Check out our Patreon if you'd like to support the podcast and get exclusive bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/partychatjrpgpod Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/VUZAXJryT9 Cameron and Kevin theorize on what we may see during Dragon Quests 40th anniversary livestream. The Switch 2 gets a pay increase. Kevin previews Mina the Hollower. For Topic of the Show we make a Top 10 list of essential JRPGs. Time stamps! 0:00 Intro 7:23 Dragon Quest Presentation incoming 13:33 Switch 2 Price Increase 16:11 Nagoshi Studio Website Down 20:17 Harada Joins SNK 23:59 Shift Up News Later This Year 27:50 CyGames Bringing Back Lost Order? 29:53 Stein’s Gate Reboot 32:01 The Rest of the News 34:03 Kevin’s Been Playing Leon Must Die Forever 35:28 Kevin’s Been Playing Mina the Hollower 44:30 Topic of the Show - Ten Essential JRPGs

People in this episode

Hosts: Cameron Hawkins, Kevin Kenson

Topics covered

• Dragon Quest
• Switch 2
• JRPGs
• Mina the Hollower
• Game news

Keywords

• Dragon Quest
• JRPG
• Switch 2
• Mina the Hollower
• Stein’s Gate

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dragon Quest, Nagoshi Studio, SNK, CyGames

Books & works: Mina the Hollower, Stein’s Gate

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