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8-4 Play: 03/09/2018: SLIGHTLY LESS MONSTER HUNTER TALK…?

More Monster Hunter World, a return to the cobbled streets of Bloodborne, and news from the latest Nintendo Direct.

Every other week, tune into 8-4 Play for talk about video games, Japan, and Japanese video games, straight from the 8-4 offices in beautiful downtown Tokyo. Hosted by 1UP Japan's own Mark MacDonald, John Ricciardi, and Hiroko Minamoto.

Mar. 9 2018

Posted by: Brad

Episode Notes:

Time – Topic Discussed:

02:25 – Monster Hunter World

12:04 – Part Time UFO

18:36 – Bloodborne – Return to Yharnam Event

26:54 – Monster Hunter World (again)

31:12 – Listener Questions

1:09:12 – News: Nintendo Direct! New Super Smash Bros, Splatoon 2 Updates, Mario Tennis, Octopath Traveler, and continued support for the 3DS family of systems. ESRB in-game purchase labelling, game industry violence talks in the US, and the sorry state of Chrono Trigger’s PC release.

2:07:14 – Closing comments

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

8-4 Play 2/23/2018: WITHINSIDE OUT

Intro: Hiroki Kikuta – Secret of the Arid Sands (Secret of Mana)

Break: Akihiko Narita, Zhenlan Kang – Rotten Vale Battle Theme (Monster Hunter World)

Ending: Masafumi Takada – The Ordinary World (The Evil Within 2)