My 2 Cents - Konami/Sony Deal, Microsoft/Activision Next Move, Nintendo ...

this week My 2 Cents Nintendo/Gaming video for the week of May 7 to 13 I give my thoughts on Konami and Sony could be working together, Microsoft hiring a lawyer to appeal the CMA, Nintendo releasing their financial report & a unique FPS in development

0:00 - Intro

2:18 - Quick My 2 Cents

https://www.destructoid.com/sony-pixelopus-concrete-genie-studio-shut-down/

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2023/05/starfields-esrb-rating-appears-to-have-been-revealed-by-bethesda

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/05/capcom-reports-yet-another-record-year-of-game-sales

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/private-division-signs-a-new-action-adventure-ip-from-pokemon-studio-game-freak/ ( GameXplain on this - https://youtu.be/DFOH9m_7nPU )

https://mynintendonews.com/2023/05/11/marvelous-game-showcase-2023-coming-later-this-month/

https://mynintendonews.com/2023/05/11/devolver-digital-is-hosting-digital-stream-in-june/

https://mynintendonews.com/2023/05/10/hollow-knight-silksong-release-pushed-back-as-team-wants-it-to-be-as-good-as-it-can-be/

https://mynintendonews.com/2023/05/09/the-nikkei-nintendos-next-system-seems-to-be-progressing-well/

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/05/piggybacks-official-guide-for-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-releases-this-june

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/05/nintendos-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-tv-ad-might-be-its-best-one-ever ( NintendoAU Zelda Trailer - https://youtu.be/wIJODMsYbkc )

9:58 - Movie/TV Show

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/05/the-mario-movie-might-be-appearing-on-streaming-services-very-soon

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-last-of-us-is-one-of-hbo-maxs-most-streamed-show-ever/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marvels-blade-delayed-writers-strike-1235480828/

https://thedirect.com/article/jonathan-majors-kang-recast-marvel-studios-preparing

https://thedirect.com/article/hbo-max-replacement-app-warner-bros-photos

https://deadline.com/2023/05/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-box-office-milestone-disney-1235360717/

https://www.ign.com/articles/disney-plus-will-start-adding-hulu-content-as-part-of-one-app-experience

16:28 - Part 1 Konami & Sony

Links

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2023/05/rumour-konami-expected-to-feature-in-huge-ps-showcase-in-coming-weeks

https://wccftech.com/sony-exclusivlity-deals-konami-mgs3-silent-hill-castlevania/

https://www.xfire.com/sony-new-exclusivity-deal-konami/

24:12 - Part 2 Microsoft/Activision

Link

Michael Patcher on the ABK deal - https://youtu.be/lDA1tq999CA

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/microsoft-hires-an-eu-beating-lawyer-to-help-overturn-uk-regulators-activision-merger-block/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/05/06/microsoft-eu-lawyer-activision-call-of-duty-merger/

https://www.eteknix.com/microsoft-to-hire-top-lawyer-to-take-on-the-uks-competition-watchdog/

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/uk-regulator-adds-further-restrictions-against-microsoft-activision-blizzard

https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/eu-decision-clearing-69-bln-microsoft-activision-deal-expected-may-15-sources-2023-05-10/

32:38 - Part 3 Nintendo

Links

GameXplain on this - https://youtu.be/PToD9RClod4

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/hard_soft/index.html

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/05/switch-hardware-sales-now-over-125-million-ps2-nintendo-ds-target-still-a-way-off

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/05/as-switch-momentum-slows-nintendo-expects-further-sales-decline-next-year

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/05/nintendo-switch-surpasses-one-billion-software-sales

42:06 - Part 4 Mouse

Links

Mouse Steam Trailer - https://youtu.be/YUDbfCWLCDk

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2023/05/mouse-looks-like-cuphead-in-first-person-and-its-coming-to-xbox

https://www.eurogamer.net/mouse-stars-disney-esque-gun-toting-cigar-smoking-noir-detective

https://www.engadget.com/mouse-is-a-first-person-shooter-inspired-by-vintage-disney-134113206.html

47:38 - Outro

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Super Mario World Recorded Live Stream Part 3

Part 3 of my recorded live stream of Super Mario World on April 29, 2023

0:00 - Intro

0:58 - Start of Gameplay/Sunken Ghost Ship

5:32 - Valley of Bowser 1

15:24 - Valley Ghost House

26:34 - Larry’s Castle

30:12 - Valley Fortress

32:54 - Front Door/Bowser Battle

38:36 - Ending

43:46 - Outro

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Andor Season 1 Review/Thoughts

My review/thoughts on season 1 of Andor on Disney+

Note to Parents: Andor is rated TV-14 here in the USA - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9253284/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_ql_stry_4

Teaser Trailer - https://youtu.be/j5UX1Adanis

Official Trailer - https://youtu.be/cKOegEuCcfw

Number of episodes - 12 for season 1

Cast

Diego Luna as Cassian Andor

Kyle Soller as Syril Karn

Stellan Skarsgard as Luther Rael

Genevieve O’Reilly as Mon Mothma

Denise Gough as Dedra Meero

Andy Serkis as Kino Loy

Forest Whitaker as Saw Gerrera

Fiona Shaw as Maria Andor

Dave Chapman as the voice of B2EMO

0:00 - Intro

2:04 - Part 1 What I like

Love the espionage/political approach to the series

Enjoyed the choices of cast (glad that Andy Serkis & Forest Whitaker make an appearance)

4:34 - Part 2 What I didn’t like/Mixed/Not Sure

Syril Kara (played by Kyle Holler) didn’t click with me that much

Andor sister was pretty much forgotten after a couple of episodes

6:50 - Overall

8:26- Outro

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My 2 Cents - Mario Movie hit $1B, Nintendo vs Kotaku, Xbox/Starfield Sho...

For this week My 2 Cents Nintendo/Gaming video for the week of April 30 to May 6, 2023, I give my thoughts on The Super Mario Bros Movie crossing the $1 billion mark, Nintendo blacklisted Kotaku, Xbox announcing their showcase info & Microsoft response to Redial poor release

0:00 - Intro

1:18 - Quick My 2 Cents

https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2023/05/02/star-wars-jedi-survivor-week-1-update---full-patch-notes-on-pc-ps5-and-xbox-series-x/?sh=103b2d5c6c1b ( ElAnalistaDeBits on this - https://youtu.be/mMForzkb_6g )

https://www.destructoid.com/marvels-spider-man-remastered-standalone-ps5-release-may-comic/

https://www.destructoid.com/forspoken-dlc-in-tanta-we-trust-release-date-may-26/

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/05/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-pirates-called-out-by-former-noa-boss-reggie

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/05/double-dragon-gaiden-announced-with-scott-pilgrim-inspired-visuals-and-gameplay ( Trailer - https://youtu.be/MksA6p7rqOM )

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/05/marvels-midnight-suns-on-switch-no-longer-planned

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/05/post-apocalyptic-rpg-biomutant-is-officially-coming-to-switch

https://mynintendonews.com/2023/05/02/super-mario-bros-movie-looks-to-be-set-for-digital-release-on-9th-may/

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2023/05/dragon-age-narrative-lead-claims-bioware-quietly-resented-its-writers

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/91304/nintendo-ordered-to-testify-before-ftc-in-microsoft-activision-merger-case/index.html

10:04 - Movies/TV Show

https://deadline.com/2023/05/writers-guild-strike-begins-1235340176/

https://deadline.com/feature/hollywood-writers-strike-wga-explained-1235341146/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dune-part-2-trailer-brings-war-to-arrakis-1235478375/ ( Trailer - https://youtu.be/Way9Dexny3w )

https://thedirect.com/article/marvel-secret-invasion-disney-plus-show-runtime

12:40 - Part 1 Mario Movie

Links

GameXplain on this - https://youtu.be/qlGDwfI8oDo

https://deadline.com/2023/04/super-mario-bros-movie-crosses-one-billion-global-box-office-1235341660/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/super-mario-movie-box-office-crosses-billion-1235475805/

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/the-super-mario-bros-movie-crosses-one-billion-at-global-box-office

https://deadline.com/2023/05/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-rocketing-to-around-14m-thursday-super-mario-bros-jumping-to-half-billion-u-s-early-box-office-1235357014/

22:18 - Part 2 Nintendo vs. Kotaku

Links

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/05/03/how-exactly-did-the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-spoilers-leak-10-days-early/?sh=76415f833354

https://kotaku.com/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-leak-dungeons-companions-1850395668

https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/1/23706907/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-streams-leak-nintendo

https://www.ruetir.com/2023/05/medium-publishes-spoilers-for-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-based-on-the-leaked-game-and-fans-claim-that-they-do-it-out-of-spite-since-nintendo-has-them-on-its-blacklist-ruetir-com/

https://twitter.com/ethangach/status/1651226560286818306

29:30 - Part 3 Xbox Showcase

Links

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/05/03/xbox-games-showcase-starfield-direct-june-11/

https://www.ign.com/articles/new-xbox-games-showcase-announced-for-june-with-dedicated-starfield-direct

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2023/05/xbox-announces-extended-showcase-2023-featuring-in-depth-interviews-and-more

35:14 - Part 4 Redfall

Links

Kinda Funny Games Interview of Phil Spencer - https://youtu.be/yKwfEQ1eEyM

https://www.gameinformer.com/2023/05/04/xbox-head-phil-spencer-opens-up-about-redfalls-disappointing-launch-im-upset-with-myself

https://www.eurogamer.net/xbox-boss-phil-spencer-apologises-for-redfalls-disastrous-launch-we-let-a-lot-of-people-down-this-week

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/phil-spencer-reacts-to-redfalls-bad-reviews-explained-what-went-wrong/1100-6513812/

44:34 - Outro

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Super Mario World Recorded Live Stream Part 2

A recording of me live streaming Super Mario World Part 2 on April 22, 2023

0:00 - Intro

1:06 - Start of Game/Vanilla Secret 2

11:38 - Vanilla Fortress/Lemmy’s Castle

17:40 - Butter Bridge 1/Cheese Bridge Area

34:50 - Ludwig’s Castle/Start of Forest of Illusion

41:26 - Forest Ghost House

47:54 - Forest Fortress

1:00:50 - Blue Switch Palace

1:12:40 - Roy’s Castle/Start of Chocolate Island

1:17:34 - Choco Ghost House

1:20:58 - Chocolate Secret

1:34:52 - Chocolate Fortress

1:44:12 - Wendy’s Castle

1:47:30 - Outro

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Super Mario World Recorded Live Stream Part 1

A recording of me live streaming Super Mario World Part 1 on April 8, 2023

0:00 - Intro

1:20 - Start of gameplay/Yellow Switch Palace

11:38 - Iggy’s Castle/Start of Donut Plains

20:48 - Green Switch Palace

28:24 - Donut Ghost House

36:52 - Donut Secret House

42:58 - Start of Star Road

51:14 - Start of Special World

1:14:30 - A Different Look

1:20:32 - Morton’s Castle/Start of Vanilla Dome

1:31:44 - Red Switch Palace

1:38:02 - Vanilla Ghost House

1:40:12 - Outro 

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The Mandalorian Season 3 Review/Thoughts

My Review/Thoughts on Season 3 of The Mandalorian on Disney+ Note to Parents: The Mandalorian is rated TV-14 here in the USA - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8111088/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_ql_stry_4 Number of episodes - 8 Pedro Pascal as The Mandalorian Cal Weathers as Green Karga Katie Sackhoff as Bo-Katan Kryze Giancarlo Esposito as Moff Gideon Emily Swallow as The Armorer Season 3 Teaser Trailer - https://youtu.be/odnRRZKhNPk Season 3 Official Trailer - https://youtu.be/Znsa4Deavgg 2:10 - Part 1 What I like Still able to maintain the style that made the show popular Jack Black (Captain Bombardier) & Christoper Lloyd (Commissioner Helgait) were the highlights for episode 6/Chapter 22 (Though it was nice to see Ahmed Best play a different character like Kelleran Beq in episode 4/Chapter 20 than it was when he played Jar-Jar Binks in the prequel) 5:40 - Part 2 What I didn’t like/Mix/Not Sure Somewhat mixed on episode 3/Chapter 19 Not sure how a season 4 would work considering the ending for season 3 8:14 - Overall 10:22 - Outro Music used for this video - Violet Letter by Aulx Studio (from premiumbeat.com) Facebook group I’m part of Links Brothers of Oblivion Gaming Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/BrothersOfOblivion/ Team Red Gaming - https://www.facebook.com/groups/369866913186786/ Subscribe to my channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/gamer55551 Follow me on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/brian.solow.9 Twitter - https://twitter.com/BrianGamer5555 Tumblr - http://gamer55551.tumblr.com Blogger - http://briansolow.blogspot.com Feel free to donate to this channel (if you like to): https://www.paypal.me/BrianSolow Support my channel on Pateron - https://www.patreon.com/briansolow?fan_landing=true Support my channel on Steamlabs - https://streamlabs.com/briansolow1/tip Tags for this video #BrianSolow #gamer55551 #themandalorian #disneyplus #starwars #streamingtv #streaming #streamingreview #tvshowreview #tvshow