8-4 Play
Every other week, tune into 8-4 Play for talk about Japan, video games, and Japanese video games, straight from the 8-4 offices in beautiful downtown Tokyo.
Episodes
It's our favorite time of year: Tokyo Game Show! A cavalcade of special guests pop through to talk about everything we saw at and around day 1 of the show, including Marvel Tokon, Onimusha, RE9, Yakuza Kiwami 3, Age of Imprisonment, Nioh 3, Ghost of Yotei, Dragon Quest 1&2, and lots more!
Time — Topic Discussed
04:48 – TGS Vibes & Merch
08:42 – CAPCOM (Pragmata, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Resident Evil Requiem)
20:38 – Indies (Dem...
Get your canned beverage of choice and your ticket for the green car -- it's time to board the bullet train for TGS! For the ride over, we've got a Tight 60 filled with Silksong impressions and a breakdown of all the big news out of last week's mega-sized Nintendo Direct.
Time — Topic Discussed
00:48 – Nicknames
07:37 – Hollow Knight: Silksong
24:43 – Earthion
27:23 – News: Nintendo Direct, TGS leaks, and more!
Turn down the Silksong BGM and turn UP the talk about Metal Gear Solid Delta, the Lumines Arise demo, Exit 8 and Platform 8, and a whole buncha news.
Time — Topic Discussed
00:52 — Nicknames
03:32 — Exit 8 and Platform 8
19:50 — Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
30:50 — Lumines Arise demo
45:16 — News: Nintendo Direct rumors, PS6 rumors, and more!
UFO 50 (buy it!), Mina the Hollower demo (try it!), Neorude (look it up!), Phantasy Star IV (dust it off!), Off (turn it on!), and a whole messa news (listen to it!)
Time – Topic Discussed
01:14 – Nicknames
08:36 – Mina the Hollower impressions
16:11 – UFO 50
31:00 – Neorude The Leading RPG
33:51 – Phantasy Star IV
38:37 – OFF
44:16 – News: Opening Night Live, Kirby Air Riders Direct, and more!
Oops, all games! The Adventures of Elliot, Rematch, Mario Paint, Lunar 2, Earthion, Shin-Chan Summer Vacation, Shinobi, Ninja Gaiden, Dyson Sphere Program (the game, not the vacuum), and news!
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Roy joins to peel back Donkey Kong Bananza, go crazy on Monster Hunter Wilds DLC, and...talk about...Death Stranding 2; also Zelda movie casting, Xbox retreating from $80 games, Switch 2 sales and more!
Time — Topic Discussed
02:04 — Nicknames
09:50 — Donkey Kong Bananza
23:42 — Death Stranding 2
34:31 — Sweet Home
44:22 — News
Mark returns to hawk Lumines Arise and talk about 'Jima's latest, Death Stranding 2; also, Blue Prince bingo speed runs, all that :gestures: Xbox stuff, and obscure Famicom and PC Engine games (because JP)
Time — Topic Discussed
01:41 — PC Engine Talk
16:04 — Death Stranding 2
29:20 — Sweet Home
45:01 — News
Summer is the time for love, Takarazuka, and Death Stranding 2 early access. Plus the latest Switch 2 impressions, Japan life updates, and thoughts on the DK Direct.
00:58 – Nicknames
12:36 – Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
27:30 – Grandia
33:54 – Mario Kart World
54:09 – News: Donkey Kong Bananza Direct, Marathon delayed, and more!
One week and three and a half million units later, tune in to hear the crew's first hands-on impressions of Switch 2 and all the excitement surrounding the launch in Japan, plus the latest news out of Summer Game Fest, State of Play, the Xbox Games Showcase, and more!
Time — Topic Discussed
00:52 – Nicknames
05:38 – Nintendo Switch 2
13:04 – Mario Kart World
27:20 – Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour
34:28.– The Legend of Zelda: The ...
With The Second Coming upon us, Digital Foundry’s John Linneman joins us for an exhaustive chat through the tech driving Nintendo’s new hardware, including a few key lingering questions…
Time — Topic Discussed
00:46 – Nicknames
18:56 – Switch 2 Talk
1:04:16 – FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time
1:13:08 – Luigi’s Mansion 3
1:14:33 – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
1:16:27 – Blue Prince
1:21:34 – Doom: The Dark Ages
Tide yourself over this dry spell before the Summer Game Fest feast with (still tasty!) leftovers of Clair Obscur and Blue Prince, plus morsels on gaming media woes and EVO Japan bits in news.
Time — Topic Discussed
01:21 – Nicknames
09:30 – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
15:34 – Blue Prince
19:20 – Blue Prince Spoilers Start
23:41 – Blue Prince Spoilers End
27:34 – News: Giant Bomb, the latest in Switch 2, EVO Japan and more!
Golden Week? This year it's more of a Golden Weekend, sadly, but that hasn't stopped us from putting our vacations on pause to share impressions of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Mario Kart World, and our Switch 2 preorder experiences. Plus news!
Time — Topic Discussed
01:00 – Nicknames
05:54 – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
28:39 – Mario Kart World
39:25 – News: Switch 2 pre-orders, 8bitdo cancels US shipments, and more!
Grab your journal and get ready to scribble extensive notes on Blue Prince, the new Vampire Survivors DLC, the latest Switch 2 news, and Gabe’s turf burns in this very special pre-Golden Week Tight 55™︎ episode!
Time — Topic Discussed
00:54 – Nicknames
08:50 – Blue Prince
25:24 – Vampire Survivors: Emerald Diorama
27:22 – News: Switch 2, PS5 prices, and more!
SMAAAAAAASH that C-Button and join our chat all about (what else) Switch 2. Mario Kart! Donkey Kong! The Duskbloods! Pricing! Region-locking! Jorts!
Sure, we may have recorded before yesterday's Nintendo Direct, but that just means we had more time to talk Xenoblade Chronicles X: DE, read up on the latest Monster Hunter Wilds news, and get a 10-minute two-minute history lesson on the origins of the Metal Max franchise.
Time — Topic Discussed
01:57 — Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition
35:12 — Metal Max
42:20 — News: Monster Hunter Wilds Title Update, Game Informer retu...
Pull up a slab of cheese nan and dig in to a full episode of (what else?) Monster Hunter Wilds, as the team Gears-of-War-slow-walks you through our first few days with the game.
Time — Topic Discussed
01:50 — Nicknames
04:33 — Monster Hunter Wilds
58:05 — News: Monster Hunter Wilds breaks records, Clovers, and Death Stranding 2
Enjoy the final pod before we go Wild on the new Monster Hunter with…well, MHW review talk! Also solid chatter on some older and / or semi-obscure Japanese gems because, hey, it’s us.
Time — Topic Discussed
01:00 — Nicknames
10:08 — Monster Hunter Wilds Review Recap
23:25 — Resident Evil Remastered
32:05 — Grandia
37:24 — Stray Children
44:00 — News: Shuhei Yoshida, NetEase, Monolith closing, and more!
We did it
We finally outsmarted Nintendo
And all it cost us was…everything
Time — Topic Discussed
02:20 – Switch 2!!
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