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8-4 Play 5/8/2026: FANTASTIC MR. STAR FOX

8-4 Play

8-4, Ltd.

Technology, Leisure, Video Games

4.6 β€’ 750 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Up-to-the-minute Star Fox hot takes, week-or-two-old Saros first impressions, and the ancient mobile flip-phone Japan-only Xenosaga spinoff review you never knew you wanted.

01:10 – Nicknames
06:38 – Star Fox Direct
30:42 – SAROS
41:40 – Xenosaga Pied Piper

Transcript

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0:00.0

The

0:07.0

The Welcome to the next 8-4 play podcast, your first, only greatest home for talk about Japan and games and Japanese games.

0:45.5

I am your host, Marky, Gamein, Jesus of McDonald, back remotely.

0:50.2

That's right.

0:51.1

If you were very nostalgic for 2021- 2021 era podcasts you're in luck today because

0:57.3

I'm the only or no what era was that where I was the only one who was remote

1:03.0

regularly everybody else in the same room

1:06.4

it's about right maybe that was more 2023

1:09.8

but it's very apropos because it's a very nostalgic episode.

1:13.5

We're going to be going back to a lot of old things.

1:16.6

Apparently, speaking of old things, happy birthday to John Ricciardi, 37 years young.

1:25.4

That's right.

1:26.0

That's right.

1:32.3

Born just a little after, born a little bit before the N64 debut.

1:33.5

How does that feel?

1:35.5

I was that N64 kid.

1:37.8

Yeah, it feels good.

1:38.4

Feels good. I got a nice birthday surprise at 7.30 in the morning or whatever it was for us.

1:43.7

That's right.

1:44.0

I woke up to, I woke up and like, I looked at my phone for a second and I usually go back to sleep for like an hour and then I saw a message from somebody at work and I'm like, I should reply to this. I replied and then I'm like, I'm going to bed. And then literally like two seconds later, our friend, a friend of the show, Farm Boy in Japan, messages and is like,

2:01.4

Nintendo just announced direct in 15 minutes.

2:04.0

And I was like, shit.

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