{"podcast":{"title":"Kiwi Talkz","slug":"kiwi-talkz-5929956","podcast_index_feed_id":5929956,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/kiwi-talkz/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/kiwi-talkz","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/kiwi-talkz/20230410_040401_5ce64ae734113cac340ddce09474e914.jpg","author":"Kiwi","episode_count":210,"summary":"Podcast with various Video Game developers as well as other people involved in entertainment such as TV/Film","last_synced_at":"2026-07-11T20:19:47.299550+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kiwi-talkz-5929956"},"episode":{"title":"Nintendo Switch 2 Direct Review With Ex Retro Studios Dev Eric Kozlowsky","slug":"nintendo-switch-2-direct-review-with-ex-retro-studios-dev-eric-kozlowsky","published_at":"2025-04-08T22:00:27+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kiwi-talkz-5929956/nintendo-switch-2-direct-review-with-ex-retro-studios-dev-eric-kozlowsky","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kiwi-talkz-5929956","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/kiwi-talkz/1977831","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/175970/1977831/kiwi-talkz/2025_04_08_06_40_25_759a5ee0-0927-4b2c-b892-5beb40af4f96.mp3","summary":"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…","meta_description":"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 watc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4107,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kiwi-talkz-5929956/episodes/nintendo-switch-2-direct-review-with-ex-retro-studios-dev-eric-kozlowsky/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kiwi-talkz-5929956/nintendo-switch-2-direct-review-with-ex-retro-studios-dev-eric-kozlowsky.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}