This Month In Retronauts: July 2024 edition

runs into room Hey, Diamond Feit here. I'mma keep this brief, dear listeners: The summer temperatures in Japan are getting uncomfortably high and my vacation cannot begin soon enough. Please enjoy this audio offering from myself and Stuart Gipp before I hit the road. We over the latest news, read your feedback, and I outline where you can expect to see me (and other Retronauts!) live in person in August. As if that weren't enough, we have TWO community questions for you to ponder while my columns go on hiatus.

Alright, I'm outta here. Think cool thoughts—unless you're in the Southern Hemisphere in which case, bundle up!

Specific items mentioned in this episode include:

• 1000xResist

• Cobra Kai

• Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (read Kimimi's review for PC Gamer)

• Hyrule Warriors

• Delicious in Dungeon (I misspoke, the manga has actually concluded)

  • new Ranma ½ anime coming this fall!

• Spark the Electric Jester

• Parasol Stars (read Stu's review)

• the Silent Hill series and its many non-threatening covers

• Metroid Prime

• Berserk

• Resident Evil out on GOG.com

• Luigi's Mansion 2 HD

• Jigsaw World

• Ancient Roman (English patch)

• SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos

  • we would rather see NeoGeo Battle Coliseum or Capcom vs SNK 2

• DOOM E1M1 in Fortnite

• DOOM on a sex toy

• Hololive Nintendo World Championships tournament livestream on 7/29 @ 8pm (JP time)

• Gimmick 2 creators forgot to contact the creator of Gimmick

• new warp cuts (original) Castlevania speedruns in HALF

• Phantasy Star TTRPG coming soon

• Double Dragon Revive coming in 2025

  • this leads us to explore the etymology of "Yuke's"

• Cho Aniki "collection" crowdfunding on Makuake

  • Stu mentions Gynoug which is properly pronounced "G-noh-gu"

• Raiden NOVA

• EVO 2024 was amazing

  • we go off on Tekken 8, Street Fighter 6, Mortal Kombats, and Geese rumors

• CAPCOM: new Resident Evil, Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, and a 2026 Street Fighter movie

• Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club

• In a Violent Nature

• Serious Sam: The First Encounter

• MYST

• Game Retail Limited a.k.a. GAME

• Doug and The Racoons

• an international "lol" conversation (笑)

• Tales of Kenzera: Zau

• Botany Manor

Art & edits by Diamond. Music heard in this episode:

• 14:15 "Urgency" (1000xRESIST)

• 28:30 "Boss BGM" (Parasol Stars)

• 38:34 "Bomber King Theme" as sung by Inugami Korone

• 56:18 E1M1 but it's swingin'

• 1:05:59 "Aniki Strike Malignant Festival" (Ai Cho Aniki)

• 1:13:49 EVO Moment 38

• 1:23:44 "Within These Castle Walls" (Castlevania II FDS x NES remix)

• 1:42:46 a moment of edutainment with Asterix

• Finale: RIP James Brown, Spider Mastermind of Soul