Bubsy 4D & Demon Tides developer Fabian Rastorfer (Fabraz) and Big Hops developer Chris Wade (Luckshot Games) join this week to discuss the new and exciting world of "expressive platformers." With flashy movement built for speedrunning and player expression, these new games bring a fresh energy to the 3D platformer genre... we talk about what makes them work, how complicated it can be to playtest, and what we see for the future of the genre and the games industry at large. We also cover all the Nintendo and gaming news such as Nintendo Direct rumors and presentations for the Mario Galaxy Movie & Tomodachi Life, major players retiring from Nintendo after 40 years, free updates for Donkey Kong Returns HD, Mario Kart World, Splatoon and much more. As always, we close with the games we've been playing. Listen to Super Switch Headz on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you enjoy podcasts.

0:00:00 Introduction
0:08:04 News and Rumors
0:44:12 Expressive Platformers
1:24:05 Games We're Playing

Big Hops on Nintendo Switch: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/big-hops-switch/
Wishlist Bubsy 4D: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3237970/Bubsy_4D/
Wishlist Demon Tides: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2585890/Demon_Tides/

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