THRILL! As the 8-4 crew gets caught up in a rad bromance with the new Resident Evil 6 trailer, and make hands-on revelaitons re: the latest RE on 3DS. LISTEN! To chatter of new Wii U features, rumors of the neXtBox, and other tender newsy morsels. EXCITE! To more Vita game impressions, as well as the details of our amazing giveaway contest <<<**LOOK**FREE PLAYSTATION VITA CLICK NOW!!**<<<

Running time: 2:39:20

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Time – Topic Discussed:
8:44 – Games: Touch My Katamari, Disgaea 3 Vita, Armored Core V
33:50 – Resident Evil: 6 Trailer and Revelations Impressions
1:32:24: – News: Nintendo Investor Meeting, NeXtBox Rumors, Diablo 3
2:30:52 – Closing Comments

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8-4 Play 1/13/2012: ALL THAT J*ZZ
Intro: Hip Tanaka – Game A (Gyromite)
Ending: The Max Rebo Band – Lapti Nek (Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi)

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You may remember our big New Years card post from last year (*ahem*) where we posted a bunch of “nengajou,” or New Years cards (see explanation below), from various Japanese gaming companies. Well now it’s 2012, which means we’ve got a whole new batch of cards for you to peruse!

If you’re absolutely clueless as to what this whole nengajou business is all about, here’s the background spiel we gave last year:

Each year on the first day of January, these post cards (or nengajō” 年賀状 in Japanese) are sent to friends, acquaintances, and business partners as a way of expressing gratitude and keeping in touch going into the new year, much like Christmas and holiday cards are in the West. One side of a nengajō has a picture or artwork, usually containing the Chinese Zodiac animal of the upcoming year (the dragon, in the case of 2012), and a short message celebrating the previous year and commemorating the coming of the next. The other side is just for the address and name of the recipient. Below we have
our 8-4 nengajō for this year, as well as some of the cards we received from various companies and friends in the Japanese gaming industry for 2012 (or Heisei 24 平成24年 in the traditional Japanese year counting system). You dig?

Special thanks go out to Phil Fish of Polytron Corporation for designing our card this year. Also, be sure to let us know which card is your favorite down in the comments below. (We know, it’s ours.)

8-4, Ltd.

From Software	Tango Gameworks

Basiscape	Access Games	Creatures	Namco Bandai Games

Capcom	Land Ho!

Epic Games Japan	Level-5	tri-Ace	Q-Games

Grasshopper Manufacture	The King of Games

GREE	Falcom	Meteor	Koei Tecmo

Square Enix	Nude Maker

Inti Creates	Valhalla	Inis	Cave

Sega	Digital Sonic Design

Dog Ear Records	Climax Entertainment	Yoko Taro (director of Nier)	Gem Impact

Procyon Studio	Prope

Sony Computer Entertainment

Platinum Games

Why try out games and form your own opinions when you can sit back and let the 8-4-some do it for you? This episode the newly-reunited gang takes on the (Press up!) new Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Asura’s Wrath demos (Right, RIGHT!), sparking a lively debate on quicktime (Tap ‘A’ repea—ALRIGHT ENOUGH!) events that pops up outta nowhere like…you know what. Speaking of outta nowhere: Wut up with that 3DS stand that comes included with Kid Icarus: Uprising? Plus the Independent Games Festival finalists, Yu Suzuki, avatar tattoos, and speculation on redesigned 3DS hardware and next-gen timing for Sony and Microsoft. (Hit ‘Download’!)

Running time: 1:27:42

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Time – Topic Discussed:
9:00 – Games: Asura’s Wrath, Final Fantasy XIII-2
26:10 – Kid Icarus Stand, 3DS Lite
43:23 – News: Falcom Music on iTunes, President Kaz, E3 Next-Gen No-Shows, Xbox Tattoos, Diablo 3, IGF Awards, Evo2k12
1:11:20 – Mixed Discussion: Super Crate Box, Microsoft CES, Gaikai Predicts the Future
1:21:49 – Closing Comments

And now…a list of music used in our previous episode!

8-4 Play 12/30/2011: HAPPY NEWS YEAR SPECIAL
Intro: Nobuo Uematsu – Decisive Battle (Final Fantasy VI)
Ending: Village People – YMCA

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Ready for those boring ol’ holidays to turn into crazy-awesome holiDAZE? …No? …Wait — did you notice there was a “z” on the end? …Well the point is you should listen to this 8-4 podcast, with talk about 3DS & Vita sales numbers and what they mean (and don’t mean), Gravity Rush, Uncharted, and Hot Shots Golf (all Vita), 3DS’s Swapnote and new demos for Resident Evil: Revelations, Metal Gear Solid 3D, and Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy, plus Kiki Trick for Wii, the Zelda timeline, Mario 64 speedruns, and more.

Running time: 3:01:33

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Time – Topic Discussed:
16:05 – Vita News
47:22 – Uncharted: Golden Abyss
58:39 – Gravity Rush
1:20:07 – 3DS News
1:27:06 – Kiki Trick
1:36:50 – Resident Evil Revelations
1:53:13 – Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy
2:26:11 – Metal Gear Rising
2:54:52 – Closing Comments

And now…a list of music used in our previous episode!

8-4 Play 12/9/2011: S***LOAD OF HATS
Intro: Playstation Vita Setup Theme
Break 1: 8-4 Boyz – Haw yeah (It’s Vita)
Break 2: Playstation Vita PSN theme
Ending: Yoko Komiyama – Intercepting the Great Gong (Monster Hunter Tri)

Also…this week’s links!

・Siglemic’s Super Mario 64 Speedruns

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Christmas comes early as special guests CheapyD and…others…join the 8-4 crew to discuss the new PlayStation Vita, top to bottom: the launch, the games (including Uncharted, Ridge Racer, Hot Shots Golf and more), the mem cards, remote play, PSP backwards compatibility – every mother-father thing you can think of, from the feel of the flaps that cover the card slots to the menu music. Then! We shift gears to go deep, so deep, so deep into Monster Hunter 3G we put Qurupeco’s butt to sleep. You listen now, Joe!

Running time: 4:00:23

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Time – Topic Discussed:
9:55 – PS Vita: The Hardware
1:52:28 – PS Vita: The Games
3:01:55 – Hands-on with Monster Hunter 3G

And now…a list of music used in our previous episode!

8-4 Play 12/9/2011: S***LOAD OF HATS
Intro: Kazumi Totaka – Find Mii 2 Theme
Break 1: Kenta Nagata – Rainbow Road (Mario Kart 7)
Break 2: Josh Aker – Battle 6 (Infinity Blade II)
Ending: James Brown – Living in America

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Is Miyamoto stepping down at Nintendo? Did Ueda quit Sony? What’s going on with the Vita?! What games will be revealed at that Spikey awards show thing?!? Why worry about such questions when you can listen to the 8-4 gang fret about them for almost 3 hours! Also: Infinity Blade 2, Mario Kart 7, more (yes more, dammit!) Skyrim and Uncharted 3, Pushmo for 3DSware, firmware updates for the 3DS, 360, and PS3, and more newsy news.

Running time: 2:47:01

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Time – Topic Discussed:
7:50 – Games: Pushmo, Skyrim, Mario Kart 7, Uncharted 3, Infinity Blade II, Find Mii 2
56:28 – Vita Pre-Launch Problems
1:21:08 – 3DS Firmware Update, Monster Hunter 3 G Demo
1:32:09 – News: PSVita Account Clarification, Miyamoto Retiring, Fumito Ueda, Sales, Gamepro and GameSetWatch, Xenoblade
2:41:01 – Listener Feedback
2:44:16 – Closing Comments

And now…a list of music used in our previous episode!

8-4 Play 11/24/2011: SKYRIM-WARDLOFT SWORD…ERS
Intro: Jeremy Soule – Main Theme (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
Break: Hajime Wakai – The Sky (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Ending: David Bowie – Let’s Dance

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Question: Which game should you be playing right now, Skyrim or Zelda: Skyward Sword? Answer: Yes. Honestly, that’s all you need to know, but the 8-4 crew prattles on anyway in a spoiler-free discussion of the glorious highs and bowel-quaking lows (OK, more like the minor annoyances) of two of this year’s best games, then chit-chat (read: rage) about Sony’s PSP UMD-to-Vita transfer program, rumors about the next Xbox, and online buzz on the future of Metal Gear in news.

Running time: 2:21:13

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Time – Topic Discussed:
8:49 – The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
48:00 – The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
1:35:22 – News: UMD-to-Vita, Super Tanooki Skin, Xbox 3 Rumors, Metal Gear Solid: Rising
2:16:44 – Closing Comments

And now…a list of music used in our previous episode!

8-4 Play 11/10/2011: HOOKED ON THE BROTHERS
Intro: Group X – Super Mario Twins
Ending: AKB48 – Heavy Rotation

Also…this week’s links!

・Rimalus Bruiant loves dogs

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You’ll have to think fast and move even faster to complete this podcast! Gaming Jesus is being held captive by the evil Koopa tribe of turtles. It’s up to you to rescue him from the clutches of the Koopa King before time runs out. But it won’t be easy. To get there, you’ll have to listen to detailed impressions of Super Mario 3D Land, plus chatter about Uncharted 3, Wii U, the future of the 3DS, controller patents, and some late-breaking info about Robin Hood and where babies come from.

Running time: 1:24:28

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Time – Topic Discussed:
8:46 – Uncharted 3, JJ’s Robin Hood Idea
22:14 – Super Mario 3D Land
35:22 – News: Iwata vs. Investors, 3DS predictions, FrankenWand, Game Sharing, Early Vita Bundle, 360-2 Rumors, AKBaby
1:19:47 – Closing Comments

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8-4 PLAY 10/28/2011: NEWSALANCHE
Intro: 6955 – SUPER T.I.M.E. FORCE Trailer
Ending: Digimon Season 1 Theme Song

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:DEEP BREATH: PlayStation Vita pre-order lines, Level-5 World games (Ni no Kuni for PS3, Yokai Watch, Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney, etc.), Nintendo 3DS high and lowlights, Mario Kart 7, Find Mii 2, Reggie’s chin, Monster Hunter 3G, WoW meets Digimon, Zelda: Skyward Sword reviews, MAGs in Phantasy Star Online 2, Ezio in Soul Calibur V, GTA V predictions, Yakuza 5 towns, Dark Souls DLC (or lack therof), Metal…Ge….*cough* :PASS OUT:

Running time: 1:57:06

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Time – Topic Discussed:
16:55 – Vita Preorders, Vita Facts
33:40 – Level-5 World
47:34 – Nintendo Direct, Nintendo Earnings, Zelda
1:08:30 – Blizzcon
1:13:06 – News: PSO2 MAGs, Ezio in Soul Calibur V, Yakuza 5, Daytona USA, Frankenwheel, GTA5
1:52:44 – Closing Comments

And now…a list of music used in our previous episode!

8-4 Play 10/14/2011: GAPING DRAGONS AND GREEN GLOWING BREASTS
Intro: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi – Rolling Start (Daytona USA)
Ending: Johnny Mathis & Denise Williams – Without Us (Family Ties)

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PRAISE THE SUN! Dark Souls has been consuming most of our lives, but we do manage to eventually break away from talking about it to discuss other recent happenings, including Square Enix’s surprise retooling of Final Fantasy XIV, Sega’s XBLA remake of Guardian Heroes, and Capcom’s limited edition Monster Hunter 3DS. Plus: hands-on impressions of Robot Invader’s Wind-Up Knight, ears-on impressions of the 25th anniversary Zelda Symphony orchestra concert, listener feedback, and more!

Running time: 1:25:56

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Time – Topic Discussed:
7:55 – Dark Souls
25:18 – Final Fantasy XIV 2.0
32:06 – News: Gabe Newell Doom and Gloom, PSN Passwords, Vita Game Prices, Monster Hunter Edition 3DS, Guild 01
53:11 – Wind-Up Knight
56:25 – Hiroko Reads Listener Feedback
1:22:15 – Closing Comments

And now…a list of music used in our previous episode!

8-4 Play 9/30/2011: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHIN’
Intro: Motoi Sakuraba – Four Kings (Dark Souls)
Break: Keiichi Okabe – Deep Crimson Foe (Nier)
Ending: Player – Baby Come Back

Also…this week’s links!

・EpicNameBro’s Dark Souls Guide Playlist
・Two Best Friends Play Dark Souls

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