Mina the Hollower Interview: Burrowing Into Yacht Club’s Masterpiece - NVC 814

Nintendo Voice Chat

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Technology, Leisure, Video Games

4.6 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Mina the Hollower is a 10/10 masterpiece on IGN, and this week, some of the folks behind Yacht Club’s latest triumph are here to talk all about making Mina over the last six years. Logan Plant and Brian Altano are joined by designer Sean Velasco and programmer David D’Angelo, and they dive into Mina’s intricate world design, fast-paced combat, clever puzzle-solving, and a whole lot more. You’ll learn about Yacht Club’s huge attention to detail in NPC interactions, item placement, movement, and everything else that went into making Mina the Hollower one of our favorite games in a very long time. Plus, David and Sean share their biggest Nintendo inspirations, from heavy hitters like Zelda: A Link to the Past, to deeper cuts like Mole Mania. Light spoiler warning: The conversation is spoiler-free, but if you don’t want to see any of Mina’s areas or bosses, we recommend just listening to this episode, or coming back after you’ve experienced her adventure for yourself. #MinaTheHollower #yachtclubgames #gaming Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.6	You've switched to Nintendo Voice Chat for the week of May 27th, 2026. I'm your host, Logan Plain. We got an amazing show in store. I'm with Brian Altano. Hey, Brian. Hey, how are you? I'm doing great because we have two very special guests from Yacht Club games who just released, or releasing this week, Mina the Hollow where it's not out yet, but our review is up today. It got a 10 out of 10. So congrats guys, Sean Velasco and David DeAngela. How are you guys doing? Hey, uh, pretty great. We just found out one second ago. We get 10 hundred points. Very, yes. So that's pretty fantastic. All right. But other, otherwise, it's, So it's been, you know, it's a hard, hard road where we're working towards getting the game out and making sure everyone loves it so
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