Oct 20, 2026 · 46 min · 12 segments
Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to another episode of The Gamerheads Podcast. In this episode, Roger sits down with Brian Shea to talk about what they…
[laughs] Uh, but I, you know, one thing that, that I haven't covered yet is the Nintendo Direct, and I wanna just touch base on the Nintendo Direct before we get into the first Nintendo Direct, which was the remake of Ocarina of Time.
But the second one, I guess, what were some of your favorite takeaways or announcements from that Nintendo Direct we had a few weeks ago?
Yeah
... of those look like kind of the next step that I would like from both of those franchises.
Yeah
Um, you know, it, it was, it was always up in the air for me whether or not they would keep up with 2D Metroid after Dread, because Dread did reasonably well, but it further solidified alongside Prime 4 that Metroid is not to the point where we see like other franchises like Mario, Zelda, and, uh, now Animal Crossing-
Yeah
Like Metroid is still very much in that niche category, which is interesting seeing as how the Metroidvania genre has exploded in so many ways.
Yeah
... that that would kind of, uh, you know, the rising tide would lift all boats, including the-
[laughs]
[laughs]
Yeah.
But, you know, who's to say it won't at one point? The Zelda franchise wasn't the biggest seller in the world until Breath of the Wild.
Mm.
[laughs] Uh, but I, you know, one thing that, that I haven't covered yet is the Nintendo Direct, and I wanna just touch base on the Nintendo Direct before we get into the first Nintendo Direct, which was the remake of Ocarina of Time.
But the second one, I guess, what were some of your favorite takeaways or announcements from that Nintendo Direct we had a few weeks ago?
Yeah
... of those look like kind of the next step that I would like from both of those franchises.
Yeah
Um, you know, it, it was, it was always up in the air for me whether or not they would keep up with 2D Metroid after Dread, because Dread did reasonably well, but it further solidified alongside Prime 4 that Metroid is not to the point where we see like other franchises like Mario, Zelda, and, uh, now Animal Crossing-
Yeah
Like Metroid is still very much in that niche category, which is interesting seeing as how the Metroidvania genre has exploded in so many ways.
Yeah
... that that would kind of, uh, you know, the rising tide would lift all boats, including the-
[laughs]
[laughs]
Yeah.
But, you know, who's to say it won't at one point? The Zelda franchise wasn't the biggest seller in the world until Breath of the Wild.
Mm.
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