TinyCast 012 - Sayonara, Swapnote
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Another TinyCast episode for your morning! We spent the first segment lamenting the loss of popular 3DS messaging app Swapnote, but we have other eShop news to lift our spirits: Farewell, Umihara Kawase is coming to North America, the Sega 3D Classics line finally debuts in North America this month, and more!
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Episode notes:
- 01:00 - Someone actually made an @PspChan Twitter account!
- 01:45 - Nintendo killed Swapnote’s SpotPass delivery – details on the sudden service cancellation
- 04:30 - Swapnote actually launched close to two years ago, not two and a half years ago
- 07:45 - We were referring to Skullgirls senior animator Jonathan “Persona” Kim and librarian/rapper Mister Raroo here
- 09:45 - Nikki’s life after Swapnote
- 11:45 - Farewell, Umihara Kawase is coming to the U.S.
- 15:00 - Jeremy Parish’s interview with Umihara Kawase creator Kiyoshi Sakai
- 16:15 - Umihara Kawase’s Japanese title explained
- 19:15 - Progress on the Ace Attorney Investigations 2 fan translation
- 21:00 - Umihara Kawase DS is currently out of stock at Play-Asia, but you can still get an expensive copy on Amazon
- 22:15 - Here’s the new Pokémon Detective game
- 23:15 - Pokémon Smash, that Japanese show with the dude wearing clown make-up
- 24:00 - Frightening mo-capped Pikachu
- 26:00 - Cing is no more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cing
- 27:30 - New Pokémon legendaries and Vivillons
- 29:45 - Hyperkin’s Game Genie for PlayStation 3
- 31:30 - Sega 3D Classics games start coming out this month!
- 35:00 - Someone did make a list of those NES classics that Nintendo showed with stereoscopic 3D years ago
- 36:15 - Advance Wars: Days of Ruin finally releasing in Japan five years later
- 43:00 - Commando: Steel Disaster’s allegedly plagiarized soundtrack
- 43:30 - Maestro: Jump in Music was amazing
- 44:15 - Proteus released for PS Vita and PlayStation 3 via PSN last week for $13.99 (not the $10 I mentioned)
- 47:30 - Gamasutra’s article by Proteus composer David Kanaga and interview with the game’s developers
- 49:15 - I “beat” Spelunky!
- 52:30 - This is an actual character trait listed for Umihara Kawase’s heroine!
- 52:45 - Fran’s cat!
Music featured in this episode:
- Crying - “ES”
- Advance Wars Dual Strike - Rachel’s Theme
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