Ep. 384 - Keighleyme Pie, with Mike Drucker

Emmy-nominated writer and comedian Mike Drucker joins Brandon and Esper in answering Alex Jaffe’s questions on the Nintendo S2iitch, the ultimate fan experience, and the impossibility of defending your Persona 5 romance choice. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Brandon Sheffield, Esper Quinn, and Mike Drucker. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

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1: Hey, you guys hear about the Switch 2? (03:19)

• Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Switch 2
• Princess Peach’s New Outfits
• Tom Nook
• Barbie
• Barbie series
• Bratz series
• Mario Paint
• Astro Bot
• Super Mario Maker series
• Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is a virtual guide to the console, but you have to pay for it
• WarioWare series
• 1-2 Switch
• Nintendo Switch Sports
• Mario Kart World
• CD Projekt
• Game Boy Advance
• Wii U
• Bloodborne
• The Duskbloods

2: What’s the hardest problem you’ve ever had to solve in game writing or localization? (09:16)

• Samurai Showdown series
• Masahiro Sakurai
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• Trojan Vision

3: What games have fundamentally changed the way you think about video games? (13:52)

• WarioWare series
• You Have To Burn The Rope
• NiGHTS into Dreams…
• Balatro
• Magic: the Gathering
• Indika
• Crow Country
• Silent Hill series
• Soma

4: Improv Zone: My Uncle at Nintendo (19:25)

• Pokemon Red & Blue
• Pikablu
• Super Smash Brothers series
• Fortnite
• Sony’s Spider-Man Universe
• Spider-Man
• Kraven the Hunter (2024)
• Black Cat
• Catwoman (2004)
• Madame Web (2024)

5: Steve with a B asks, what i