Certain inventions (and even media) come along that change everything. Breath of the Wild, YouTube, the iPhone? Maybe not the iPhone. But when they do they leave a colossal impact that's felt for years. Today we wanted to discuss these things and where we'd be without them.
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SHOW NOTES
Here's the history of the Wii U Game Pad, which you didn't need but may be interesting if your curiosity piqued during that talk:
https://www.ign.com/wikis/wii-u/Early_Wii-U_Prototypes
Naoki Yoshida on the advantage of developing for just one console:
https://www.ign.com/articles/final-fantasy-16-producer-naoki-yoshida-wishes-there-was-only-one-console
TODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTS
Justin: https://www.youtube.com/@WorldFamousJtart9
Kevin: https://www.youtube.com/@TheGoldenBolt
Nicco: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl56kbl3tb-KiGEHT7MUGUg
Moriarty: https://www.youtube.com/@reallycool
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro and topic introduction
02:15 Breath of the Wild changed open world games
10:55 What was the first "Bring your own fun" video game?
16:03 YouTube and its lack of competitors
22:41 The iPhone? Big? Biggest? Ever? The iPhone? Yeah?
30:10 The Wii was a pivotal moment
34:05 The effect of Spotify on music
39:01 Gated reverb and the Amazon Kindle
50:30 The NES' impact on gaming
1:02:53 Atlus' role in reestablishing the market for Japanese games
1:12:34 Andy_MineP's Patreon Question of the Week
