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- What's your take on the Microsoft heading over to Nintendo rumor? Well, considering that this morning they just announced that Cuphead is coming to the Switch, it's happening. (upbeat music) In all seriousness, though, it's really cool that Cuphead is coming to the Switch and that confirms at least some degree of Nintendo and Microsoft hand shaking. Whether or not this means that we're gonna get the full rumor that I was talking about before is true. For those of you that don't know, the rumor going around is that Microsoft is gonna bring a lot of their stuff to the Switch, not just games, but also services like Game Pass. And that's a really interesting concept that I'm personally excited for, I hope that happens. I think Microsoft is slowly moving away from focusing on their hardware, instead being like, "Yeah, we make an X-box, "but we also just make all this other cool stuff too "and we make it available wherever people wanna play it." So hopefully this is the first step and evidence that it's actually going to happen. Personally, Cuphead is my favorite Microsoft exclusive right now they've release in the past few years. There's other great games, don't get me wrong, but just Cuphead is such a relatively unique idea, especially with the art style, and I love the challenge it presents, that I am so excited to have it available on the go and not just on a console. And I really hope that this is gonna see just a little extra new content come in as well. I don't think they've confirmed anything for the Switch version specifically, but I do know we have an expansion on the way that'll hopefully be soon, because I need more of it. With Project XCloud on the horizon, can we expect an Xbox handheld in the future, or Switch style smartphone controller? Honestly, I don't think Microsoft plans to make any kind of hardware for Project XCloud. I think the whole point is to bring it to other devices and just let stuff that already works, work. After all, you can already use an Xbox One controller with an Android style phone, that's the exact setup they've been showing every time they've demonstrated how XCloud can work. They have an Xbox One controller with a little phone clip, and they have an Android phone attached to that. So I really think that's the only route they're gonna go, and instead of doing a Switch type controller, they could just bring XCloud to Switch, like we were talking about. There is a lot of rumor and kind of evidence trying to pile up that Xbox is willing to work with Nintendo, and that could be one of the forms it takes. So yeah, short version, I don't think they're gonna make any hardware, I think they're just gonna bring it to as much preexisting stuff as possible, and focus on the service. Okay, guys, I know I should be answering questions, but I was just on Twitter and had the thought, what if Cuphead in Smash Brothers? Maybe that'll be another video later. That'd be cool. What do you think the next big hit on Switch will be? Okay, let me just be straight, objective, honest here, probably Pokemon. I mean, it just makes sense. Pokemon Let's Go already did pretty well, and that was kind of a remake, reboot, re-imagining, whatever, of the original games. So having an actual new mainline Pokemon entry come and be the actual first main series one to be on a bigger high quality console than just the little handhelds, that's probably gonna be it. I also think Fire Emblem has a decent chance, because Fire Emblem Awakening is really what kind of jump started the 3DS and saved it from its initial lackluster launch. But I don't know if necessarily the next one's gonna be big enough to follow that same momentum. It's probably gonna be Pokemon, who are we kidding? Which starter Pokemon are you gonna choose for Pokemon Sword and Shield? Alright, so I'm really sorry to fans of Sobble, but right now I'm between Grookey and Scorbunny. I'm not 100% for either one just yet. I'm leaning towards Scorbunny because I traditionally always really like fire types, and so that's big plus for me. But I have to admit, there's something appealing to me about Grookey that he's just a monkey with a stick and he hits things with a stick. That's hilarious, I love that. But I'm not for sure sold neither one just yet. I'm gonna wait for the final evolutions, and that's when I'm gonna make my decision, because yeah, come on, it depends on how cool they look in the end, right? What are you most excited to see from E3? First off, what do we even have left to see right now? So Sony left, they're just not there at all. EA is going to be there with their own separate EA plaything, but they're not doing a press conference, which might mean we're not actually getting any real game announcements, which, honestly, I am kind of okay missing their press conference. That's usually the most painful. So from the people left, we have Nintendo, which I think I would really like to see more in from Pokemon. Last year they did a whole direct, basically focused on just Smash Brothers. I would not mind if that was the approach they took this time for Pokemon, cause I wanna know more about that game. From other companies, I'm actually really curious to see out of anyone, they're not gonna have their own press conference, but Capcom. I wanna see what else Capcom's working on because they've had an amazing start of this year. Resident Evil 2 Remake was amazing. Devil May Cry 5 is amazing. They've brought back Anemuja. I wanna see what else they have in the works. Because if they're maintaining this same kind of momentum of just bringing old stuff back, I'm super excited. I would love to see a Mega Man X announcement. (upbeat music) ♪ We're fighting robots ♪ ♪ Mega Man ♪ because they already kind of hinted that they're gonna maybe give it the same treatment they gave Mega Man with Mega Man 11, so that would be cool. There's a lot of unknowns and a lot of stuff I could be excited for, but Capcom, I think, is the top right now for me. When do you think we'll see Wonderful 101 on Switch, and if it turns out to be a sequel, what would you name it? Honestly, I want both of those to be true. Wonderful 101 is one of the few games from the Wii U that hasn't been ported yet that I would love to just have available on the Switch, especially handheld on the go. As for what I would call it, they would have to call it Wonderful 102, right? There's no other way to name that. Wonderful 102. That's what it is. That's what it's gonna be if it happens. What classic remakes do you think could be on the table since Link's Awakening was announced at the latest Direct? This is actually really interesting to think about because while Link's Awakening is getting a lot of attention right now, Nintendo's actually been doing a lot of remakes recently. Really think about it, we have Link's Awakening coming out later this year. Last year we got Pokemon Let's Go, which was basically a re-imagining of Red, Blue, and Yellow. And the year before we got Metroid 2 Remake on the 3DS. So I think Nintendo's actually been really on this heavy kick of at least once a year, bringing out some kind of re-imagining or remake of a classic game. So what's next? Well, we have Metroid, Pokemon, and Zelda out of the way. Something from Mario is possible, but I feel like Nintendo has done so much Mario stuff all the time every year, that I'm not really thinking it's super likely. If they did, maybe something for Mario Brothers 3 or Super Mario World. Or they could even do something with the Mario Land games on Gameboy, that would certainly be an outside choice. Other franchises they could maybe revive, I think a lot of people would love to see F-Zero come back. I think that would be a big, awesome, cool idea. But honestly, they have such a huge library to choose from, I can't pick just one specific game. Do you think FromSoft's Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice will be as successful as Dark Souls or Bloodborne? Kind of. I think it's gonna sell really well, I think there's just a lot of people that are excited of the concept of just another game from FromSoft, but at the same time, I think a lot of people aren't exactly gonna get what they're expecting. There's no early reviews of Sekiro yet, but there are hands on impressions and more gameplay that's been shown, and while there is some of that DNA clearly from Dark Souls and Bloodborne that's in there, it looks to be a pretty different style kind of game. It's really more focused on being like an old school Tenchu where it's a more stealth-action hybrid kind of deal. So I think it's gonna do well, I think it's probably gonna get some good critical praise, I hope, but I think everyone who buys it isn't necessarily gonna get the game they were expecting. Thoughts on PS5 backwards compatibility. So for those of you who have not been paying attention to the news, one rumor that's been going around is that while Sony is working on their next generation system, the PS5, probably, they are supposedly interested in actually bringing back backwards compatibility. And not just backwards compatibility with PS4, no, no, no, supposedly they're working on going all the way back to work with PS4, PS3, PS2, and PS1, which would be insane. I would love that so much if they actually did it, because I would love a convenient way to actually be able to play my PS2 games, hooked up to HDMI. Yes, I could hunt down a first generation model PS3, but I don't wanna do that, I like my Slim. So if I could have a new system that plays that entire library on the disks, not just with some downloadable game content or whatever, no, I wanna be able to use my old disks on the system, that would be so cool. Why should you buy a Nintendo Switch in 2019? (upbeat music) Why not? It's fun, it's got some good games. Play them.