This Is Why Apple Should Buy Nintendo

On this episode of Transition, games editor Rishi Alwani and friend of the podcast Mikhail Madnani join host Pranay Parab to talk all things Nintendo, apart from Overwatch Anniversary Event, PS4 Slim bundles, PS3's end, Far Cry 5, and the future of 32-bit games on iOS.

Nintendo

• Nintendo Switch production being ramped up
  
  
  • Crossing original 10 million target
  
  
  • Production boost
  
  
  • Nintendo can’t keep up with demand
  
  


• Monster Hunter XX
  
  
  • Huge game in some markets
  
  
  • Drives up Nintendo’s share value
  
  
  • India release?
  
  


• One big game every month
  
  
  • Mario vs Rabbids
  
  
  • Super Mario Odyssey
  
  
  • Splatoon 2
  
  


• EA Sports FIFA on Nintendo Switch
  
  
  • Thoughts on the name
  
  
  • Buzzwords
  
  
  • Frostbite on iOS
  
  
  • Nintendo’s online infrastructure
  
  
  • FIFA Ultimate Team
  
  


• Arms Global Testpunch
  
  
  • Thoughts on arms
  
  
  • Motion controls
  
  
  • Art style
  
  
  • Single-player content
  
  
  • Multiplayer could be a big draw
  
  
  • Tekken 7 rumours
  
  
  • Challenges ahead of Arms
  
  

Overwatch Anniversary Event

• Changes to the economy


• More legendary skins


• Activision’s influence


• The need for changing this

Xbox Game Pass

• Games available


• Price


• Who should get it

PS4 Slim bundle and PS3’s end

• PS3 is dead


• PS4 Slim’s latest, greatest bundle


• Xbox One comparison


• Xbox One S still not available in India


• FIFA bundle on PlayStation


• Selling consoles without bundled games

Far Cry 5

• Every leak turned out to be true


• Plot and setting


• Release date


• Safe release window


• Pre-orders already live

iOS 11 and 32-bit games

• These games may not work


• Many games haven’t been updated


• Square Enix games


• Other indie developers’ games


• Recent updates


• TouchArcade and AppShopper


• Speculation on upcoming App Store features


• Thomas Was Alone on iOS


• The Witness


• Speculation on WWDC game announcements

Games We’ve Been Playing This Week

• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild


• Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2


• Steins; Gate


• Tokyo 42


• Fallout 4


• Overwatch

Music: Popular Potpourri and Path Complete from PPPPPP by Magnus “Souleye” Pålsson.