Nintendo's B-Team Is Carrying 2024 - Delayed Input with Kyle Bosman 

Yo, are you the Oscar's trophy

The appropriate 10 for the “gonna take you for a ride” reference. Respect.

"Nintendo Directs should be fun........." I'M SHAKING RIGHT NOW

“19 other losers” I felt that

"Nintendo grew a great apple tree and gave it a little shake." Great metaphor

The toys are back in town

I was screaming "dont you fucking dare bosman" repeatedly at the screen in the last 30, unending, seconds.

What I find interesting about the Metroid Prime 4 trailer is how much it was tailored specifically to Metroid Prime fans. They made virtually no attempt to make this game look appealing to people who don't already want it. When they show the scanning feature, most people aren't going to be interested - you can scan random stuff in the environment just to read text about stuff? Nobody cares about that. But Metroid Prime fans care about that, and they care a lot. The stinger at the end of the main segment of the trailer was Sylux dramatically emerging with two Metroid (or maybe Mochtroids?) - but nobody knows who Sylux is. He appeared decades ago in a spinoff game on the DS and then got teased in the after-credits scenes of two other games. His reveal as the villain is incomprehensible to most viewers. But Metroid Prime fans know him, and seeing him as the villain is a big payoff for them. I get the feeling that part of Nintendo's strategy with their IP these days is to rely on their fans to generate buzz around their games - Nintendo doesn't care if their Metroid Prime 4 trailer doesn't appeal to newcomers to the franchise, because they expect the fanbase to pump up that appeal via the hype factor.

10 for “Take you for a ride”? Damn right.

That ending... I was like what is he doing?... Why is this getting tense? I remembered the last thing he said and laughed out loud a SECOND before the tension release. Insane comedic timing, Kyle

That suspense at the end just to say "ko" was hilarious. Nice bit Kyle.

It’s Kyle Bosman, from the channel Kyle Bosman.

The Mario Party sales stats are crazy.

"10" Indeed, it was a ten.

I still don't think Samus would have made it through even if she was a switch exclusive. The second Nintendo got a picture of her holding an AK47 they would have been like "Oh actually Samus uses a beam cannon :)" They would 100% seriously have the expectation that all weapons would be modeled for her.

welcome home hobbit

That ending! I died!

I love how nonchalantly Kyle said 10 in the Marvel vs Capcom collection.

Rate the Tease is an all time section, it needs to make a come back. Take you for a ride is the reigning tease champ, lets see if there are any contenders in the future

Kyle being so mad at the Funko tease is so funny Oh my god I hadn’t gotten to the end yet. Brilliant.

I love the unexplained 10 for "This one's gonna take you for a ride" because if you know, you know.

Mario and Luigi series declined when they took away Luigi's stripped socks. Coincidence? Yes. But I still blame that fact.

"Nintendo thinks in decades" what a quote! So true, and a large part of what has made their IPs so valuable

Kyle Goldman

"10" Nothing else needed to be said. Perfect Kyle

"You can be a little bet sillier down there in the handheld"

“Come on! Show me something I can’t wait to jump on.” This is the perfect expression of my feelings with most video game trailers. Thank you Kyle.

"I save the day in every single video game" Made me laugh more than it probably should've

Nintendo basically the top of the big three in terms of making the gaming industry not feel depressing

What separates Nintendo from the competition, is the fact that they obviously see value in more than sale numbers. Or let's say they've realized that by keeping the quality high in every aspect of their established franchises, the numbers will eventually come. Many of these "B-team" or "handheld" games are being developed by contract developers, but, there are obviously Nintendo producers overseeing art direction, design and everything else, to make sure they keep the standards or styles that they're going for. At the same time, for example Xbox management doesn't even know what's being made in all their studios. I remember a GamesIndustry interview with Schafer and Urquhart in which they said Matt Booty specifically told them they don't care what game they're making, as long as they've got a steady output for GamePass. To Nintendo, games are not "content" to fill out a library.

I'm so glad you mentioned the moment Samus scanned a space pirate,saw he was dying and said "Good." and kept on rolling.

As soon as the Fun-ko pun happened during the livestream, Bosman's face immediately entered my mind. Maybe they could've gone with "A FUNK-Y CROSSOVER AWAITS!"

8. You thought carefully about which number was the funniest and you nailed it. This is why I'm here.

Now i'm expecting pink gold Kyle for the next one

Nintendo is the master of curating and vaulting their IP. It is surprising how much it matters. Just look at the movie industry for years they stuck with a release window where a movie would play only in theaters and then you would have to wait about a year to be able to watch it at home. The home release was almost as anticipated as the theater release sometimes. Now movie studios are tripping over themselves to have their movies available to stream within weeks if not day and date with theaters. Now theater box office is tanking and the streaming services are still not profitable. Furiosa is an amazing movie but people don't care because the value of a movie playing in a theater has gone to zero. Nintendo knows how to keep the value of their games high and a lot of that has to do with gatekeeping the experience.

That is it, Kyle has joined a Cult! They are making him wear a golden tunic. Probably the Golden Sun Cult. Kyle please don't drink any Kool-Aid or eat any Yogurt. Sidenote: Does anyone remember that game Golden Sun?

You could teach Michael Patcher a few things - he seems to think that Nintendo are idiots for not releasing games on Microsoft Xbox.... The fact that he owns a lot of Microsoft Stock, of course, has nothing to do with it...

“The toys are back in town.”

Should have called it( legend of Zelda : the missing link) .

You bring of an important point a lot of Nintendo critics tend to not consider, the importance of IP. I have seen the argument that if Breath of the Wild or Tears of the Kingdom were not built around the Zelda IP, they wouldn't be as popular or critically acclaimed. An important thing people seem to be ignoring is those games wouldn't have been made without a major IP attached to them. Zelda being the IP is what gave the confidence in Nintendo as a company to want to invest so much time and money into those game's development. Also, despite people saying this, the game's share tons and tons of similarities to older 3D Zelda games, right down to how combat works with its lock on systems.

I was expecting the car horn at the end

MvC 10/10 no notes needed fuck yeah

I love the Marvel tease is just 10 no explanation perfect

I just got recommended this. Loved every single of your takes, I like when I find someone with semi-unpopular opinions like mine haha, they're also very original. Subbed! Keep up the good work.

Oh how I missed those mysterious vibe "Anton enhance" bits.

The flat ‘10’ for MVC collection was correct and true, and I love Delayed Input so much.

This feels like my favorite ending bit ever. Absolutely lovely, Kyle.

I think people forget Nintendo are the company that repurposed a failed cabinet to make DK and had too many screens so they decided to make Punch Out. Not to mention them reusing battery from the 3ds to put inside pro controllers. They are uniquely creative because they foster talent and don’t just go out and try to buy their way out of a bad situation. If they can figure out their online infrastructure I don’t see how they can’t be the front runners of the next gen.

End segment was peak

I was watching this on my phone and at the end you were doing the stare at the camera with the spooky music and suddenly my phone started to move because I got a text message, but for a second I was like "WTF"

9:09 I remember back during DOA4 they wanted Master Chief in the game but Bungie didn't want to since it wouldn't make sense but they made a Spartan specifically for DOA. Since Bungie isn't in control anymore we see Master Chief in Fortnite, a Spartan skin in Rainbow Six Siege, ect ect.

thanks kyle

Here's the thing I love most about "10": Kyle is the same age (approximately) as a lot of us who have watched him through the years. His industry commentary is astute, interesting, funny, etc. ... and also somewhat cynical and even depressing at times. Looking back at how gaming and the industry has changed these past few decades will do that. But for a few seconds there, Kyle and all of us are sent back in a time machine 20+ years to that time in the early 2000s when we were all playing the sh*t out of MvC2, one of the best fighting games ever, one of the best Marvel games ever (when Marvel was still awesome, right before the MCU started mucking it up). The only desperate cynicism we had was about how Dreamcast was dying because SEGA had made too many mistakes. How we felt about the game and our time with it then? 10. No cynicism or depression. Just play play play, and have a blast. Look at Kyle's face when he says "10". He's in the time machine. MvC2 took us for a ride, alright...

Great outro bit this week

great episode!

I can’t believe I fell for the Ko at the end.

I can’t believe you’ve done this. (The end bit.)

why did he say one of the best games of all time and also Pikmin 4? both of those describe Pikmin 4

That ending bit made this one of the best episodes of all time

Let us have fun, co. -> let's have fun people ??

Fantastic ending to the post-show bit.....so funny 😅. I think I might have kept the honk for the '................ko' though. Would have been perfect!

The intro this week really got me. 😂

Solid premise, squeezed in some Metroid chat, a Luigi horn placement, excellent bonus bit... 8.1

Kyle Goldman.

13:47 Fully agree that was a 10!. Darn song, lol!.

Thank you.

Excellent analysis.

Yet another amazing Delayed input. It was so FUN!… Ko.

damn bro I didn't see the ko coming hahaha I was like whats happening?

The ending was the chef’s kiss. Also, part of me thought the ending was going to turn into a crossover trailer for Smile 2.

The tease rating is exactly why Kyle is the best in the business

Genuine chuckles each ep. Well done.

Was I the only one slowly leaning towered their screen at the end?! haha

The anticipation on the "ko" was just too good. Bravo to you, sir!

Amazing video.

I knew EXACTLY what he was going to say during that long pause in the end and it still made me cackle

tricky car horn this week

The 8 for the Funko tease destroyed me

I would be okay with a Rate the Tease segment after every Nintendo Direct going forward. It was fun... ...ko.

Great take! Hilarious ending very entertaing TY

"This ones gonna take you for a ride.." TEN. Boss-man indeed

Link Between Worlds was GOTY the year it came out. I’m looking forward to this new handheld-y Zelda.

Finally, a game that me and my little sister, that I ate in utero, can play!

Kyle's reaction to the Funko introduction on stream was so funny

Handheldish is a great term for what I had been trying to express about these announcements. I'd had been a little bit worried with the Switch that we'd lose games of this scope. And AlphaDream closing in 2019 felt like it might portend that. But it seems like probably at least partially due to how crazy successful the Switch has been that they can do stuff like give us these smaller titles and remakes while their A-Teams work on big releases for the first few years of Switch 2.

Delayed Input was a lot of fun-ko this week

yo that shirt is fly my guy

Laughed way too hard at the last split second of this video.

If only other 1st party publishers had B teams that came remotely close to Nintendo’s C team output Good Feel! Out here making AAA games look bad, because the game is fun FIRST.

Many rides were taken in this episode, but the ending threw me for a loop.

You monster, can't believe you've done this.

This video was very fun ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..ko

I like the narrator 😭

THE SHIRTS!!!!!

Where'd you get Midas to touch your shirt my man?

7:00 I'd argue Sylux showing up was a huge reveal for die hard fans of the series. I know I popped off. He was my favorite in Hunters.

More than ever the world needs more B-teams.

I lost it at the last segment! Soo fun.................... ny.

WHAT IS THE RATING FOR STRAY I MUST KNOW

8:49 Also, companies like PlayStation will have valuable IP… and then just let it rot, despite having little (actively used) to begin with. Sure, letting your teams do new stuff is good, and has been successful. But they outright abandon them when they could let another team (internal or external) use it. They did like once with Sly, and a few with LittleBigPlanet, and that was about it (within the last 5-10 years anyway).