The Switch 2 Price Hike is Here...

About this episode

The episode discusses the Switch 2 price increase, new game announcements, and notable retirements in the gaming industry.

This week the Punching Up crew discuss the upcoming Switch 2 price increase, Square teasing a new Dragon Quest game, Takashi Tezuka retiring, and more!Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement.0:00:00 - Intro0:15:27 - Switch 2 Prince increase0:26:20 - New Switch 2 Bundle0:29:47 - Next Dragon Quest Game announcement coming soon0:43:05 - Yoshi Demo at Stores0:48:20 - What We’re Playing1:06:27 - Takashi Tezuka retires from Nintendo1:09:52 - Unofficial Twilight Princess PC port out now1:19:07 - Katsuhiro Harada forms a new Studio with SNK1:25:06 - Sega Cancels “Super Game”1:28:03 - BBQ Questions1:37:31 - Closing Questions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Topics covered

• Switch 2 price increase
• Dragon Quest game
• Takashi Tezuka retirement
• Nintendo news
• gaming updates

Keywords

• Switch 2
• price hike
• Dragon Quest
• Takashi Tezuka
• Nintendo
• gaming news
• Yoshi Demo
• Twilight Princess
• Super Game

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Square, Nintendo, SNK, Sega

Books & works: Dragon Quest, Yoshi Demo, Twilight Princess, Super Game

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