# Nintendo Switch 2 Direct Review With Ex Retro Studios Dev Eric Kozlowsky Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/kiwi-talkz-5929956/nintendo-switch-2-direct-review-with-ex-retro-studios-dev-eric-kozlowsky Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/kiwi-talkz-5929956/nintendo-switch-2-direct-review-with-ex-retro-studios-dev-eric-kozlowsky.md Podcast: [Kiwi Talkz](https://stenobird.com/podcast/kiwi-talkz-5929956) Published: 2025-04-08T22:00:27+00:00 Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/kiwi-talkz/1977831 Audio file: https://content.rss.com/episodes/175970/1977831/kiwi-talkz/2025_04_08_06_40_25_759a5ee0-0927-4b2c-b892-5beb40af4f96.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kiwi-talkz-5929956/episodes/nintendo-switch-2-direct-review-with-ex-retro-studios-dev-eric-kozlowsky Duration seconds: 4107 ## Resource Former Retro Studios Dev Eric Kozlowsky (Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze) and I review the direct and go way off on another tangent lol. You can watch my life reaction to the Switch 2 direct(with former retro studios devs in the chat) here https://www.youtube.com/live/ocm4oRD-aik Get all the info on Eric and Fuzzybot's game Lynked here http://playlynked.com/ www.landofkoz.com www.fuzzybot.com Bluesky Eric - @ vonkoz.bsky.social #nintendoswitch2 #switch2 #nintendo TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - Eric’s & Kiwi’s Overall Thoughts On The Switch 2 Direct 04:30 - Discussion On Mario Kart World, Price & Bundle 08:50 - Trumps Tariffs 10:51 - Price Of Video Games 12:05 - Switch 2 Edition Prices/GTA VI 16:29 - Metroid Prime 4 18:54 - Nintendo Makes Bad Trailers 20:48 - Nintendo Does Weird Stuff 21:32 - DS Online/Remastering 3DS Games 22:28 - Twilight Princess With Wii U Tech Demo Graphics 23:05 - Difference Between Remasters & Remakes/Wind Waker & Twilight Princess 24:40 - What Will Happen With Metroid Prime 2 & 3 Now 27:35 - Metroid Prime Hunters/Multiplayer 28:30 - Smash Bros Is Years Away 29:45 - Star Fox 99/Animal Crossing Sales/Nintendo Budgets 32:10 - Tears Of The Kingdom/The Future Of Zelda/Zelda II Remake 34:15 - Donkey Kong Bonanza/David Wise 40:30 - Koji Kondo/Shigeru Miyamoto/The Old Guard Retiring 42:28 - Third Party Games On Switch 2/Handheld Market 46:04 - Hollow Knight:Sliksong/Drag X Drive 48:10 - Eric Home’s In On Art Straight Away 49:45 - Linked: Banner Of The Spark’s Development 54:26 - Steven Spielberg/Mouse & Keyboard 56:00 - Accessibility Options In Game Development 57:00 - Kiwi & Eric Won’t Buy A Switch 2 At Launch 58:12 - Cost Of Switch 2 In NZ/Zelda Film Trilogy Being Shot In NZ 1:01:00 - Chris Mason Working On The Last… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kiwi-talkz-5929956/episodes/nintendo-switch-2-direct-review-with-ex-retro-studios-dev-eric-kozlowsky/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/kiwi-talkz-5929956/nintendo-switch-2-direct-review-with-ex-retro-studios-dev-eric-kozlowsky.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.