On this week's special, early episode, Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and Kyle Hilliard unpack all of the highlights from the surprising Nintendo Direct showing the last big games hitting the Nintendo Switch console. We talk about The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Metroid Prime 4 gameplay, Mario & Luigi: Brothership, and the odd surprises of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and Perfect Dark! Then Kyle talks about his time playing Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree in a spoiler-free discussion, we're also taking The Deepest Dive on this DLC masterpiece from From Software so stay tuned for that. Then we round up some cool upcoming games we played during Steam Next Fest and Jacob explains why you shouldn't miss out on Still Wakes The Deep from The Chinese Room. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and leaving a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

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To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:44 - Nintendo Direct

00:04:10 - Mario & Luigi: Brothership

00:08:34 - Fantasian

00:11:09 - Dragon Quest III

00:16:08 - The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

00:25:22 - The New Denpa Men

00:27:21 - Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics

00:29:12 - Perfect Dark

00:31:20 - Metroid Prime 4

00:38:06 - Donkey Kong Country Returns

00:38:46 - Farmagia

00:40:39 - Looney Tunes: Wacky World of Sports

00:42:48 - Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree

00:54:56 - Summer Game Fest in retrospect

00:57:13 - I Am Your Beast

01:03:24 - 500 Caliber Contractz

01:07:21 - Cato

01:11:09 - Glyphica: Typing Survival

01:14:28 - Still Wakes The Deep

01:20:34 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters

01:25:34 - Community questions

02:06:09 - Get A Load Of This

Janet’s GALOT - https://twitter.com/eco_mmunity/status/1803008465947762706

Jacob's GALOT - https://youtu.be/-Ddmjcy3lEs?si=yr4tD3HsqmhmHX-Q

Hanson's GALOT - https://www.themakeyourownzone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/parmesan-lid-on-canning-jar2.jpg

Kelsey's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-VXZoZzsA8

Community GALOT - https://vgbees.com/

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