73: Shigeru Miyamoto's Pikmin Obsession EXPLAINED

Thank you to Better Help for sponsoring this episode. Go to http://BetterHelp.com/KitAndKrysta for 10% off your first month Thank you to Factor for sponsoring this episode. Go to http://Factor75.com/KitAndKrysta50 and use code KitAndKrysta50 for 50% off *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Hi and welcome back to another episode of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! Today we're thinking a lot about Pikmin since we've been playing the demo for Pikmin 4. We want to dig into a topic and explain to all you why Shigeru Miyamoto is so personally invested in Pikmin. He's really out there personally promoting the game but why is that? We've also been playing a lot of other games this summer. We're making some great progress in Final Fantasy 16 and we've been playing a few indie games like Dave the Diver on Steam and Ghost Trick. In our news section, we dig into Nintendo's involvement in the Microsoft FTC trial and talk about the unfortunate Niantic layoffs. We wrap it all up with questions from our awesome Patreon subscribers. This is also the last week that Kit is in Taiwan so the next time you see us, we will be reunited in person. What will happen? Who can say! Let's goooooo... 0:00 - Our last international episode starts...NOW 12:33 - Miyamoto's Pikmin obsession explained + our thoughts on the Pikmin 4 demo 45:36 - Games we are playing 1:02:44 - News news news 1:16:48 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers Thank you to our wonderful Patreon Super Stars tier: Aaron Hash, Ben Eichhorn, MaruMayhem, Eigenverse,  KissMyFlapjack, Mike Chin, Mr. Rogers, Roy Eschke, Switchingitup_, Sephazon, TheSharkAmongMen, vgmlife, Link The Hero of Winds, Angela Bycroft, TurboChargeNerd, Thomas O’Rourke, Kyle LeBoeuf, Kristopher Lara, Simon, Fredrik Ulf Konradsson, Andrew Youhas Follow Us! https://www.patreon.com/kitandkrysta https://www.youtube.com/@kitandkrysta https://twitter.com/kitandkrysta https://www.tiktok.com/@kitandkrysta https://www.instagram.com/kitandkrysta/ http://www.facebook.com/kitandkrysta/ -Kit & Krysta