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Press X

Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw

Topics:

• Quick updates from last week:

• “Trimming the Herbs” has been beaten in Super Mario Maker just before the shutdown of Wii U online play! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7yvVJbji0U

• Midori punk’d us about retiring—is still actively leaking Sega and Atlus news

• Midori: The theme color of Persona 6 is green https://twitter.com/mbkksstbhz5/status/1777240240824197390

• “Development began in 2019 along with P3R and P5T.” https://twitter.com/MbKKssTBhz5/status/1777242043276042264

• Midori: Disney and Sega are working together on a brand new mobile game, to be released next year https://twitter.com/MbKKssTBhz5/status/1776784601886683541

• Xbox is reportedly planning Gears and Call of Duty reveals at its Summer event https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-is-reportedly-planning-gears-and-call-of-duty-reveals-at-its-summer-event/

• Bloomberg: Dragon Quest series producer Yu Miyake steps down to head up mobile games development. NieR producer Yosuke Saito is reportedly a "strong candidate" to replace him on DQ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-05/top-dragon-quest-producer-steps-down-in-square-enix-overhaul?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTcxMjI5NjU5OSwiZXhwIjoxNzEyOTAxMzk5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTQkQ4VE9UMEcxS1cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJBRDcxOUY5NDBGRTk0MzNBOERCNzI2OEJDOTY3NzY3QyJ9.aFWG23-UTflyWSDMGnx6jj0QiG0aFob_zFzAPy5AWAs

Questions from Discord:

• Beavis Christ: What's a gaming design trend you miss?

• Brydude: Since you guys all know I’m an eternal Sonic nerd, in your guys’ opinion: What is the best Sonic game? What is the worst Sonic game? What is your favorite game in the franchise? And what is your favorite soundtrack of the Sonic franchise?

What we’re playing:

Mary: FF7 Rebirth, Honkai Star Rail, Silent Hill The Short Message, Life is Strange 2

John: Unicorn Overlord (finished) 🦄👑, Chrono Trigger on mobile

Greg: Apex Legends, Rocket League

Brett L: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Brett M: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII: Reunion (beat), Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (beat), Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, 13 Sentinals