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8-4 Play: 8-4 Play 12/23/2022: HERE COMES JESUS CLAUS

In our holiday special, wayward son Graeme returns home to learn the true meaning of Christmas—i.e. Armored Core and Street Fighter, The Game Awards, Ash hanging up his Pokéballs, and plenty more. WARNING: SANTA SPOILERS: KEEP AWAY FROM 10 AND UNDER

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 2022

Posted by: Jan

Episode Notes:

01:07 – Nicknames

12:50 – Armored Core chat

33:18 – 45:30 – 52:33 – News: The Game Awards, Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters, and more!

Street Fighter 6 Beta

Final Fantasy 7: Crisis Core Reunion

And now, here’s the music we used in this episode!

***SPOILER WARNING***

Intro: The Encounter – Takeharu Ishimoto (Final Fantasy 7: Crisis Core)

Ending: Apex in Circle – Kota Hoshino, Tsukasa Saitoh, Keiichiro Segawa‎ (Armored Core Master of Arena)

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