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8-4 Play: 12/23/2016: MARIO RUN (FROM 2016)

Super Mario Run, The Last Guardian, Video Game History Foundation, Japanese arcades, My Horse Prince, SaGa: Scarlet Grace, our favorite games of 2016, Switch spec leaks, and more!

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.

Dec. 23 2016

Posted by: Brad

Episode Notes:

10:43 – Parappa Pop Up Shop

15:38 – Most Northern Arcade in Japan

17:50 – Video Game History Foundation

45:43: – Super Mario Run

53:50: – The Last Guardian

1:01:30 – Dragon Quest Monster Battle Scanner and Japanese Arcades

1:09:30 – Dragon Quest XI

1:11:50 – NieR Automata

1:16:45 – My Horse Prince

1:20:10 – SaGa: Scarlet Grace

1:23:15 – Favorite Games of 2016

1:32:31 – Switch Spec Leak

1:35:33 – Closing Comments

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

8-4 Play 12/9/2016: THE GONG SHOW

Intro: Yoko Shimomura – Trial of Titan (Final Fantasy XV)

Break: Kazumi Totaka – Dreams of Trico (The Last Guardian)

Ending: Michiko Naruke – Intro Theme (Wild Arms