Sacred Symbols, Episode 52: Lost in Translation (Patreon)
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Did you know words are important and have specific meanings? The gaming industry learned these essential lessons this past week, when a mistranslated and misunderstood Japanese interview concerning Final Fantasy VII Remake made it seem like the dev team was ordered to make one of the character's breasts smaller. And so we spiraled into madness... except... that's not what was said at all. Oh well! Also: Ape Escape may be making a comeback, EA failed to let everyone know Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is a Metroidvania for some reason, Disaster Report 4 is finally finding its way to the west nine years late, and Platinum Games is none-too-impressed with PlayStation 5. As is tradition, we rounded our episode with some listener mail, on topics like the ever-rarer third party exclusive, the return of Dead Space, and Konami's lack of love for Suikoden. Fear not! We'll speak clearly so there's no confusion.
Timestamps:
0:00:17 - Intro
0:02:44 - A Possible Future For Sacred Symbols
0:06:36 - Keep leaving us nice reviews on podcast services. It helps!
0:07:39 - Read GameDaily.biz's interview with EA's CEO. It's great.
0:08:37 - Is a Pop-tart a calzone? (Plus: An important PSA.)
0:11:03 - What games are we playing?
0:23:59 - Which of the recent revival games could spawn a resurgence?
0:25:52 - A mistranslated Final Fantasy VII interview causes dumb controversy.
0:30:41 - New (real) details emerge about Final Fantasy VII Remake.
0:32:01 - Is a new Ape Escape en route?
0:33:46 - EA didn't tell anyone Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is a Metroidvania.
0:37:29 - EA talks lootboxes in front of UK Parliament.
0:44:10 - Bernie Sanders throws his support behind game dev unionization.
0:45:51 - Disaster Report 4 is coming to the west.
0:47:31 - The head of Platinum Games is not excited about next-gen.
0:50:32 - Sony benefited from E3 without even showing up.
0:51:38 - Minor game announcements and release date information.
0:52:04 - This week's new releases for PS4, PS Vita, and PSVR.
1:00:51 - Tangent: What does the word ironic really mean?
1:02:34 - Will Dead Space ever return?
1:04:57 - Are there games we mocked that we eventually became fans of?
1:08:55 - At what point do we give up on a game in our backlog?
1:11:22 - Are third party exclusives dying?
1:15:23 - What style of game will dominate next-gen.
1:17:07 - What's the tension at EA between game delays and making money?
1:19:53 - Microsoft says Xbox Live isn't a "free speech platform." What's this mean?
1:25:14 - Could we ever see a Suikoden Collection?