New Mario Golf: Super Rush Trailer + FF14 Composer's Cancer Battle - Today's News Tonight (5/17/21)
456It's a new week and a lot of stuff has happened over the weekend! So in Episode 88, we're joined once again by Rebecca Stone of Twinfinite and the Nintendo Shack podcast to discuss the new Mario Golf: Super Rush trailer, Mediatonic accidentally releasing Fall Guys' source code, IGN and the Palestinian crisis, Resident Evil Village's disappointing Japanese sales debut, Final Fantasy XIV's composer Soken revealing that he was battling cancer while working on the game, and more!
Check out more from Rebecca:
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Nintendo Shack podcast: https://psvg.blog/nintendo-shack
Twinfinite: https://twinfinite.net/author/rebeccaj/
Timestamps:
0:00 - Preshow
9:45 - Intro
15:09 - Mediatonic accidentally leaked Fall Guys’ source code
21:28 - Bongo, the Danimals monkey mascot, is now playable in Sonic Dash... HUH?!
29:33 - Square Enix extending Kingdom Hearts: Union Cross’ end date from May 20th to June 29th
38:20 - New "Overview Trailer" of Mario Golf: Super Rush released
53:34 - IGN posts a statement of support and donation aid links for those suffering through Palestine's humanitarian crisis, only for their parent company to take them down, causing IGN's staff to issue a follow-up statement about the situation
1:01:06 - Resident Evil Village’s launch sales in Japan were the series’ worst since 2005
1:06:46 - Yoshinori Kitase is now Final Fantasy's brand manager
1:15:41 - Soken, the composer of Final Fantasy XIV, found out he had cancer last year and spent months in the hospital while still working on new music for the game
1:26:19 - Outro and where to find Rebecca Stone
Sources:
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/05/mediatonic_accidentally_leaked_the_fall_guys_source_code
https://www.reddit.com/r/SonicTheHedgehog/comments/nc8tca/danimals_bongo_is_now_in_sonic_dash_there_are_no/
https://twitter.com/kh_ux_na/status/1393258682469666824?s=21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R-EuaUbPvc
https://kotaku.com/ign-takes-down-article-and-tweet-sharing-palestinian-ai-1846905689?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=dlvrit&utm_content=kotaku
https://t.co/ElWulkWneI
https://twitter.com/nova_crystallis/status/1393740976619991041?s=21
https://twitter.com/RedMakuzawa/status/1393899615301234697
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