Listen to Your Heart (feat. Nintendo Switch 2 Predictions, Rift of the Necrodancer, Two Point Museum, Kirby games,  Yakuza 0)

Listen to Your Heart (feat. Nintendo Switch 2 Predictions, Rift of the Necrodancer, Two Point Museum, Kirby games, Yakuza 0)

Author: Stephen Hilger + Brendon Bigley April 9, 2025 Duration: 2:01:43

If you're playing as Marluxia you have to go for the science victory.


Discussed: Predictions for the April 2nd Nintendo Switch 2 direct, Rift of the Necrodancer, Theatrhythm Final Barline, Two Point Museum, Civilization, ⁠We Entered the World of Microsoft Excel eSports & Got Our Asses Beat⁠ by People Make Games on YouTube, Kirby's Dreamland 2 DX, backlogs of pain, Yakuza 0, the Yakuza Biglete Order

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Timecodes:

(00:00) - This is confusing...

(02:25) - The pinnacle of unpreparedness

(03:53) - What are we going to learn about the hardware?

(08:13) - The games

(11:17) - Nintendo Online

(12:19) - Nintendo Today

(14:47) - Back to the games

(31:17) - Third-party games

(38:01) - *applies clown makeup*

(40:10) - New games?!

(40:58) - Rift of the Necrodancer | Silksong confirmed

(51:37) - Two Point Museum | Brendon's turn

(01:07:20) - Kirby stuff

(01:08:15) - Kirby's Dreamland 2 DX | Kirby stuff

(01:29:12) - Yakuza 0 | Ya ever hear of these "Like a Dragon" games??

(01:59:39) - Wrapping up

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