You Can Inspirit Enemies in Super Mario Odyssey

Podcast regulars Rishi Alwani and Mikhail Madnani join host Pranay Parab to talk about Sony at Paris Games Week, Call of Duty: World War II, Nintendo’s financials, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, and Ashes Cricket. In the second half of this episode, pop culture nerds Akhil Arora and Roydon Cerejo join in to talk about Thor: Ragnarok.

Sony at Paris Games Week

• No release dates for games
• Indie game announcements
• Guacamelee, Spelunky 2
• Sucker Punch’s first game since InFamous: Second Son
• Low-key announcements
• Did the Xbox One X launch influence this?

Call of Duty: World War II

• Early retail copies available
• Why Activision has failed to stop that
• Single player campaign locked behind massive download
• Why this is a bad precedent
• How Activision can fix this

Nintendo’s recent announcements

• Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
• Why this game will succeed
• The pitfalls of being a Nintendo fan in india
• Nintendo Switch success story
• Online service for Switch
• Games coming to Switch in 2018
• Hardware iterations we want for Switch

Ashes Cricket

• Release date
• India price
• Why the game won’t sell at that price
• What’s a good price for Ashes Cricket
• What to expect from the game
• Big Bash League mobile game

Thor: Ragnarok

• Marvel Cinematic Universe
• Where this movie fits in
• Which movies you need to watch for context
• Director Watiti’s take on an MCU movie
• Character development
• Self-effacing humour
• One-dimensional combat sequences
• Our favourite characters and moments
• Visual effects
• What’s next in the MCU

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