On this week's special, early episode, Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and Kyle Hilliard unpack all of the highlights from the surprising Nintendo Direct showing the last big games hitting the Nintendo Switch console. We talk about The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Metroid Prime 4 gameplay, Mario & Luigi: Brothership, and the odd surprises of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and Perfect Dark! Then Kyle talks about his time playing Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree in a spoiler-free discussion, we're also taking The Deepest Dive on this DLC masterpiece from From Software so stay tuned for that. Then we round up some cool upcoming games we played during Steam Next Fest and Jacob explains why you shouldn't miss out on Still Wakes The Deep from The Chinese Room. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and leaving a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Watch and share the video version of this episode here - https://youtu.be/j65BoH4se8g Get the brand new game ASKA on Steam by supporting MinnMax on Patreon at the $5 tier before the end of Friday, June 21st. We'll DM you on Patreon with a Steam code for the viking survival game ASKA from Thunderful. We're out of codes when we hit 4,690 paid Patreon supporters, so check that first on the Patreon page. Thanks for supporting independent games media! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://www.iam8bit.com - 10% off with Promo Code: TOUCHGRASS https://www.squarespace.com/minnmax - 10% off with Promo Code: MINNMAX To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...  00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:44 - Nintendo Direct 00:04:10 - Mario & Luigi: Brothership 00:08:34 - Fantasian 00:11:09 - Dragon Quest III 00:16:08 - The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom 00:25:22 - The New Denpa Men 00:27:21 - Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics 00:29:12 - Perfect Dark 00:31:20 - Metroid Prime 4 00:38:06 - Donkey Kong Country Returns 00:38:46 - Farmagia 00:40:39 - Looney Tunes: Wacky World of Sports 00:42:48 - Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree 00:54:56 - Summer Game Fest in retrospect 00:57:13 - I Am Your Beast 01:03:24 - 500 Caliber Contractz 01:07:21 - Cato 01:11:09 - Glyphica: Typing Survival 01:14:28 - Still Wakes The Deep 01:20:34 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters 01:25:34 - Community questions 02:06:09 - Get A Load Of This Janet’s GALOT - https://twitter.com/eco_mmunity/status/1803008465947762706 Jacob's GALOT - https://youtu.be/-Ddmjcy3lEs?si=yr4tD3HsqmhmHX-Q Hanson's GALOT - https://www.themakeyourownzone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/parmesan-lid-on-canning-jar2.jpg Kelsey's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-VXZoZzsA8 Community GALOT - https://vgbees.com/ Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer. Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax Subscribe to our solo stream channel - https://www.youtube.com/@minnmaxstreamarchives Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshow Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/minnmaxshow Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow This podcast is powered by Pinecast.