Final Fantasy XIV Sales Suspended & Signs of Life for Nick Brawl? - Today's News Tonight (12/17/21)
0We're bringing the week to a close with episode 169 of Today's News Tonight, in which the one and only SomeCallMeJohnny joins us to discuss Square Enix temporarily suspending sales of Final Fantasy XIV and offering more free game time to players due to overwhelming server congestion, potential signs of a promising future for the beleaguered Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, a surprise shadow-drop of five new games for Nintendo Switch Online - SEGA Genesis, Grand Theft Auto III originally being pitched as an Xbox exclusive before Microsoft turned it down, and more!
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Pre-show
9:51 - Intro
18:40 - Square Enix have temporarily suspended sales and even advertisements of Final Fantasy XIV due to overwhelming demand and server congestion, and are offering 14 additional days of free game time as compensation for the long wait times just to log into the game
38:30 - Five new games for NSO Genesis (Altered Beast, ToeJam & Earl, Sword of Vermilion, Dynamite Headdy, and Thunder Force II) have been shadow-dropped, joining the N64’s Paper Mario as December's retro game additions for NSO; also, emulation masters M2 have revealed they had a hand in developing the emulator used for NSO Genesis
54:00 - Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl isn't dead! The second of two free post-launch fighters is coming “pretty soon,” multiple new characters and stages are in the works, cross-play is being added in the first quarter of 2022, and the addition of voice acting has also been teased...
1:11:19 - Grand Theft Auto III was originally pitched by Rockstar as an Xbox exclusive before Microsoft regrettably (at least in hindsight) turned it down
1:17:59 - The Pixel Remaster version of Final Fantasy VI appears to include limited HD-2D elements for at least the opening and opera scene, according to new Famitsu screenshots
1:42:15 - Outro and where to find SomeCallMeJohnny
Sources:
https://t.co/3WcXX6eVkf
https://twitter.com/nibellion/status/1471428284617572355?s=12
https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1471646839225077761?t=_GEYiYatKxdxc7gjuyBExA&s=19
https://twitter.com/m2_game/status/1471652852552839172?s=21
https://ign.com/articles/nickelodeon-all-star-brawl-appears-set-to-add-crossplay-voice-acting-in-upcoming-updates?utm_source=twitter
https://t.co/mQTt0163ym
https://twitter.com/joncomms/status/1471552904070934540?s=21
https://nintendowire.com/news/2021/12/17/final-fantasy-vi-pixel-remaster-famitsu-screenshots-reveal-hd-2d-assets/
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