Yggdrasil Podcast

0:00 Intro 5:37 Speedrunners 7:06 Ultrahand 11:43 D R A G O N S 18:58 Framing 30:31 Champions 35:30 Dragon Link 40:46 Tapestry & Hyrule Castle 49:43 Companions & Game loop 55:23 Dragon Link 2 59:44 Past Zelda 1:09:05 The past and future Zelda 1:12:18 Ganondorf 1:17:30 Past and Future 1:24:57 Shrines 1:28:36 Ganondorf 2

0:00 Intro 1:48 Content Creation 23:20 The BotW tapestry and Ganon 28:32 Final trailer & skepticism 39:22 Elden Ring vs Zelda 46:52 Companions 54:52 Dungeons 1:05:39 Ganondorf the hero 1:13:32 Goat guy and Hylia 1:27:45 Skyward Sword Time loop & themes 1:41:37 Memory cutscene returning 1:46:17 Why does the Master Sword break 1:48:54 Underwater exploration 1:52:33 Dragon cycle 1:58:48 Goty competition

0:00 Zonai 13:56 Intros 29:49 Speculations 39:53 Underground 50:33 Last boss location 54:04 Dungeons 1:02:14 Shrines 1:20:22 NBC and Story type 1:28:28 Negative reaction by fans 1:35:49 Re-used music 1:40:36 $70 for Switch game

0:00 Intro 3:10 Metroid Prime Remastered 5:58 Ravorite Zelda games 11:20 Ranking BotW 16:12 The narrative of BotW 22:39 Hopes for TotK 26:47 The timeline 34:08 More hopes for TotK 44:41 Reaction to the leaks 56:15 TotK leaks 1:08:57 Will there be playable Zelda? 1:21:51 Do the leaks imply dungeons? 1:35:01 The trailers 1:48:35 Is End of timeline theory 1:53:25 Will Demise play some role in TotK?

0:00 Intro 4:40 BotW Problems 18:10 Bosses 26:57 Dungeons 33:17 Variety 37:09 The Zelda community 49:52 Why is Nintendo so tight lipped? 1:00:32 The end of the series 1:11:39 TotK scope 1:15:39 Timeline circle theory 1:18:26 Playable underground Zelda 1:26:04 $70

0:00 Intro 5:23 “It’s a good game, but it’s not a good Zelda game” 16:43 Dungeons and Shrines 20:40 TotK Potential 25:15 Breath of the Wild 40:55 “BotW is like Zelda 1” 47:06 Skyward Sword 1:00:36 TotK New Trailer 1:10:06 Ganondorf 1:13:09 What broke the Master Sword 1:20:24 Assembling vehicles 1:23:40 Playable co-op Zelda 1:28:16 Why are they mining 1:29:16 New Horns 1:36:59 $70 Price 1:46:50 Mural figure Hylia? HMK Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@HMK

0:00 Intro 2:25 Miyazaki Ruined AC 4:58 The AC Player Divide 7:21 AC Generation Descriptions 14:56 AC Continuity 16:35 ACV Generation 22:32 AC4 Criticism 32:48 AC6 Preferences 40:20 AC 4 Lore 47:24 AC5 Lore 51:52 AC6 Lore Armored Core Lore Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@armoredcorelore

0:00 Content Creation 5:26 Game Award DLC Announcement 21:47 Best Narrative Nomination 28:01 Recent PvP Patches 43:50 Zio's PvP Website 57:11 DLC Hopes (Lore) 1:12:55 DLC Hopes (PvP) 1:21:05 DLC Hopes (New Weapon Types) 1:25:12 Bloodborne and Demon's Souls Remake 1:30:46 DLC Hopes (Mini Dungeons) 1:35:24 Fight Clubs and Covenants 1:39:33 Mushroom Theory Zio's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Ziostorm

00:00 Introduction 2:52 Why are you quitting monster hunter lore once 6 starts/lore discussion 7:27 Sunbreak 8:56 Wyverian Eggs 18:27 Magic in Monster Hunter 30:25 Wyverians/ancient civilizations/dragon war/what is canon 39:16 Themes/The guild and their motives/is frontier canon? 47:18 Timeline discussion/do the games share one world?/monster ecology 59:41 Gameplay Preference 1:05:12 Fan questions/is safi jiva an alien?/New monsters/lore speculation 1:21:33 What would we have liked in Sunbreak/Things we’d like to see in future Banned's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BannedDino

0:00 Intro 4:05 Puzzle Monsters, Forelimbs & Ecology 18:56 Monster Hunter Changes & Player Demographic Preference 34:59 The Other Perspective 54:22 Mainline, Portable, & MH World 2 1:01:48 Rise/Sunbreak Monster Roster & Locales 1:12:58 MH Design Philosophy 1:18:56 Equal Dragon Weapon 1:28:15 Capcom’s Intent 1:38:42 Locales, Invaders, & Remakes 1:51:48 Open World MH, & Sunbreak The guest today is the Unnatural History Channel. His YouTube is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZNHQYK6vNkWyfUkrESL49Q

0:00 Intro 2:42 Alchemy 12:36 Associations 1:08:21 The problem with alchemical interpretations 1:13:47 More obscure than Dark Souls 1:20:14 Numen and the Eternal city 1:25:05 Marika 1:34:05 What point Radagon and Marika were one 1:49:24 Marika’s goal 2:08:50 Ranni and Melina 2:22:42 Gideon Ofnir and general confusion 2:31:07 Wisdom of Stone 2:38:22 Thematic connections 3:06:35 Wrapping up Gloam eyed queen

SmoughTown's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SmoughTown 0:00 The Deep in Ds3 3:10 Lore in Elden Ring 8:15 Is Elden Ring your favorite? 18:29 Moon stars and glintstone 27:34 Eternal city 32:05 Marika’s plan 44:44 Godwyn and Marika’s unwanted children 48:30 The gloam eyed queen 58:13 Melina 1:08:57 The Flame of Frenzy 1:21:08 Moon 1:25:40 Ranni Ending mistranslation 1:32:09 Stars 1:43:56 Disagreements with Vaati

Thumbnail image by: https://twitter.com/NattyDread011 The Lore Hunter's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/LoreHunter Amish's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/iamamish 0:00 Spoiler Rules 1:27 Behold its size! 8:56 Legacy dungeons 12:21 FS lets you miss things 19:18 Sales numbers 27:37 Magnum opus 33:21 Extreme length of the game 41:26 Mini dungeons 42:46 Spirit Ashes 47:30 Story bosses 54:20 Quest obscurity 1:01:33 Trap chest 1:03:45 Crafting 1:11:20 Vigor 1:18:00 PvP

0:00 Elden Ring’s massive popularity 8:04 LH’s interview with Game Informer guy 13:18 The sacredness of a first playthrough 17:51 How spoilers will be handled in this podcast 20:43 Spoilers in general 25:38 Chasing the dragon from your first souls game 27:23 Size of Limgrave 30:35 Density and variety 36:30 The 1 month delay 47:03 Not DS4 54:06 “From Soft makes the same games” complaints 1:00:45 Recurring themes in Miyazaki games 1:10:05 There will be no Eldritch Truth 1:12:29 As above so below 1:15:30 There’s totally working on an Armored Core 1:24:37 Open World 1:40:53 The inevitable difficulty argument

0:00 Intro 1:49 ER feels very different than DS3 7:17 The open world is not empty space 15:12 The prevalence of leaks (Since this Zio has been completely spoiled) 23:41 Rata surprised people were sick of DS 27:36 Bluepoint doesn’t understand Souls 32:28 New Cinematic Trailer and lore speculation 48:31 What is the Elden Ring 1:09:45 PvP 1:18:19 I’m sick of DS3 PvP. I want ER to be different 1:25:41 PvP Criticisms and speculation 1:31:20 Taunters tongue is not a compromise 1:47:54 Elden Ring will be better than Dark souls 1:51:03 Miyazaki is an unparalleled king Prynne’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Lazarust... Zio’s Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Ziostorm

0:00 Intro 3:02 Delay and lack of marketing 12:58 Are these things reflective of a serious problem? 23:26 Network test 25:48 PvP and Solo host invasions 48:39 Leaked gameplay 51:37 Leaked gameplay graphical debate 1:04:03 These problems are a result of bad marketing 1:08:11 Network test and what it means 2:14:48 Bluepoint making Bloodborne 2 The Lore Hunter: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-KN... Ziostorm: https://www.youtube.com/c/Ziostorm

0:00 Intro 5:32 The problem with twinks 9:18 Proof even the best player can’t beat a twink 11:16 The intended experience of invasions 12:48 What frequency should invaders win at? 20:15 Disagreement over invader host win rate 26:10 We should avoid standoffs where neither party moves 37:35 Anti PvP advocates and why it’s so hated by some 41:03 Framing problem with invasions 45:16 You can’t be invaded unless you engage with the multiplayer 50:09 People not wanting to engage with invasions 59:01 Pro invasion people may not be a tiny minority 1:00:16 Fel’s invasion story 1:03:39 Invader representation in polls 1:10:09 Bloodborne chalice dungeons 1:16:50 Miyazaki’s magnum opus 1:18:59 DS1 vs DS3 1:24:37 Watchtowers in Elden Ring 1:28:49 Currently only 1 invader at a time 1:30:06 PS5 hesitancy 1:35:36 They already have all the pvp people’s money 1:36:47 amish speaks blasphemous doom upon us Fel's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Felicificity iamamish's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/fsdfajklklj Evidence that you can't get invaded unless you engage with the multiplayer systems: https://www.reddit.com/r/darksouls3/c... iamamish's video on the system: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EFTyjXy...

0:00 Channel updates 10:45 Quality videos will always get views 12:32 Jacob’s MHDos review 14:12 Split brain experiments 18:46 Jacob’s video: Has MH lost its edge? 23:50 Ludonarrative dissonance 27:12 Jacob proves Rise is easier through science 44:50 Old MH aesthetic vs New 52:56 Long Sword criticism 1:03:44 To nerf or not to nerf 1:09:10 Wishes for MH6 1:34:51 Ratatoskr changes his mind on spoiler 1:46:46 MH Stories revisited 2:06:21 Jacob refuses to elaborate further on Neon Genesis Evangelion 2:19:16 MH Movie vs Legends of the Guild Jacob's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD3j...

0:00 Content creation woes 24:00 Monster Hunter Stories 2 33:24 Ratatoskr explains alienation 40:42 Stories 2 Gameplay 59:16 Endgame 1:08:00 Women’s romantic literature, pokemon, and Shin Megami Tensei 1:23:38 Easy mode in Monster Hunter 1:43:00 Rude comments and subjective opinions 1:51:31 Hot take: Being nice is not a virtue 2:03:51 Ace Attorney and Japan's 99% conviction rate 2:09:39 Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and Zelda lore 2:44:34 MHStories and Rise crossover

0:00 Intro 1:28 Tonfas and new weapons 3:25 Difference between ultimate and portable versions 5:57 New Oled switches 10:21 Hunting Horn Old vs New 29:47 Monster Hunter Stories 2 49:43 Wyverian tries to bait me into complaining about Rise but I’m done with that shit 55:29 I’ve failed 1:23:02 MH Dos Review 1:29:01 Pokemon complaints 1:31:57 Stories 2 Weapons 1:39:19 Stories 2 roadmap 1:53:46 MH Stories 2 story 1:56:54 Arc the lad: Twilight of the spirits 2:00:45 Metroid Fusion 2:03:32 SMT 2:09:46 Dragon's Dogma 2 Links to Trailers I mentioned at the end: Atomic Heart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZeDV... Towers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxEUL... Project Awakening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khmfe...