Game Mess Mornings

Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are here to start your Thursday with news on how the Super Mario Galaxy movie is performing, speculations about how the PS6 handheld will perform, RACCOIN performing well, and more for your morning video game news! 

00:00 - Intro
3:17 - Report claims PS6 handheld surpasses Xbox Series S in graphics tests
16:40 - ‘Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Already Breaking Records With Best Ever April Wednesday At $34M – Box Office
26:56 - BREAK
22:40 - Audiences seem to mostly like Super Mario Galaxy Movie
27:11 - Switch 2 price is ‘going to have to go up’ eventually, former Nintendo sales lead says
32:19 - Analytics firm says Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 third-party ecosystem sales up 76% in 2025
39:00 - Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream FAQ details 70 Mii limit, Nintendo Switch 2 improvements, and more
47:19 - Coin-pusher roguelike Raccoin hit a massive Steam sales milestone in just 24 hours
51:30 - GOG’s optimised ports of the original PC Resident Evil trilogy are now on Steam too
51:50 - Super Mario Bros. Speedrunner Claims He’s Being Sabotaged
55:05 - Poll

Jeff Grubb is joined by Jesse Vitelli to chat about Mario Galaxy review scores, the Nintendo Switch 2 jumping up in sales, the US patent office revoking Nintendo's patent, a new MindsEye mission will apparently reveal corporate espionage, and more! 

00:00 - Intro
04:03 - The Super Mario Galaxy Movie becomes punching bag for critics
11:16 - Nintendo Switch 2 sales jumped 154% in March month-on-month following Pokemon Pokopia (in the U.K.)
19:00 - New MindsEye Mission Will Reveal 'Evidence' the Game Was 'Sabotaged', Claims CEO
25:30 - BREAK
25:50 - Resident Evil Creator’s New Studio Teams Up With The Maker Of Stellar Blade
30:40 - US patent office revokes Nintendo’s patent on summoning characters to make them battle
35:00 - Eidos Montreal Cancels 7+ Year In-Development Title That Cost Hundreds of Millions
39:40 - Darksiders Warmastered Edition coming to PS5, Xbox Series on May 19
41:50 - Blaze announces Evercade Nexus handheld, including enhanced versions of Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie
46:10 - CLICK HERE FOR BUBSY FEET PICS!
48:45 - Capcom finally confirms the theory that Pragmata is a stealth Mega Man game
52:10 - Poll

Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are back from PAX East to chat about all of the price increases from PlayStation, Nintendo possibly planning a new Star Fox, rumors of a Super Metroid remake, Crimson Desert selling 5 million sales, and more stories! 

00:00 - Intro
5:48 - New Price Changes for PS5, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal remote player
18:15 - Rumored PS6 cost for Sony 
27:11 - BREAK
27:33 - Sources: Nintendo is planning a new Star Fox and a major Zelda remake this year, but no 3D Mario
36:10 - RUMOR: Super Metroid remake coming from MercurySteam, alongside a new Metroid game
42:55 - As Crimson Desert nears 5 million sales, Pearl Abyss CEO says it’s looking into a Switch 2 port
45:27 - Devil May Cry 5 seemingly coming to Nintendo Switch 2, getting new Devil Hunter Edition
47:06 - Super Mario Galaxy movie has 2 post credit scenes
48:45 - This summer’s Xbox Games Showcase is confirmed for June, followed by a Gears of War E-Day Direct

Jeff Grubb is joined by Ronell Crawford to talk about Nintendo's games being cheaper digitally than physically in the future, Fox McCloud joining the Super Mario Galaxy movie, the cost of game development being too d*mn high, and more!

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Timestamps (note, timestamps on this free version may vary greatly depending on how many ads you receive):
0:00:00 Intro
0:03:08 Switch 2 games in the U.S. will have different prices for their physical and digital versions
0:12:08 Fox McCloud is officially appearing in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
0:20:07 STFU FRIDAY ON A THURSDAY: Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream has absolutely no profanity filter
0:25:49 More AAA games are reportedly costing $300 million or more to make
0:41:03 Eight PlayStation studios have closed since PS5 was launched: Here's the full list
0:45:29 RAM Crisis Is Forcing Super-Popular Kids Console To Raise Prices Again
0:51:01 Capcom Addresses The Street Fighter 6 Incest Storyline Fans Have Been Losing Their Minds Over
0:53:55 Jak And Daxter Fans, Prepare To Have Your Heart Broken
0:54:56 Poll & outro
0:58:46 THE BOMB 12

Jeff Grubb is joined by Phil Salvador from the Video Game History Foundation to chat about Super Mario Bros. Wonder for the Switch 2 reviews, Screamer reviews, PlayStation shutting down Jason Blundell's first-party studio, Marathon selling 1.2 million copies, and more! 

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00:00 - Intro
4:50 - Reviews for Super Mario Bros. Wonder - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park
12:01 - Critic Reviews for Screamer
18:31 - Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream ‘Welcome Version’ demo now available    
25:54 - BREAK
26:06 - PlayStation shutters first-party partner studio Dark Outlaw Games
35:57 - Analytics firm estimates that Marathon has sold 1.2 million copies, but says only 19% are on PS5
41:34 - Xbox boss pushes for Game Pass overhaul, including Netflix collaboration
48:14 - The RAMpocalypse Is Already Claiming Its First PC Gaming Handheld
52:00 - Square Enix was Metacritic’s No. 1 ranked publisher last year, thanks to 9 ‘good’ games
54:00 - Poll