Super Co-op Squad: Video Game Podcast – Battle of the Scalpers: (Is the SNES Classic worth it? July Games w/ Gold & PS Plus Freebies, Sony launches Indie Filmmakers program) SCS: 36

• SNES Classic (Free Discussion)
  • Available September 27th
    • Two controllers (rumored to be longer cables this time around)
    • Priced at $79.99
  • 21 Titles including one never before officially released!
  • Contra III: The Alien Wars
  • Donkey Kong Country
  • EarthBound
  • Final Fantasy III
  • F-ZERO
  • Kirby Super Star
  • Kirby’s Dream Course
  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
  • Mega Man X
  • Secret of Mana
  • Star Fox
  • Star Fox 2 
  • Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting
  • Super Castlevania IV
  • Super Ghouls ’n Ghosts
  • Super Mario Kart
  • Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
  • Super Mario World
  • Super Metroid
  • Super Punch-Out!!
  • Yoshi’s Island

• Grow Up (XB1)  July 1-31  ($9.99)

• • Adventure platformer where you are a robot named B.U.D trying to recover parts to rebuild your ship called M.O.M after she crashed into the moon.  Sprout giant stalks as you travel from planet to planet to restore M.O.M to her former glory.
• Runbow (XB1)  July 16-31  ($14.99 on Wii U)

• Multiplayer focused game in which players try to be the first to reach a trophy at the end of the level
• Up to 9 players can play
• The mechanic is that the background changes color, and obstacles  and spikes and such, dissapear if their color matches the background

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days (XB360 and XB1)  July 1-15  ($14.99)

LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean (XB360 and XB1)  July 16-31  ($19.99)
Total Discount: $59.96

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• • Until Dawn (PS4)  ($19.99)

• • Interactive survival horror game which pits you into the eyes of 8 teenagers who all vacation together in a cabin.  They encounter a psycopath and now they fend for their lives as they try to escape and live to see another day
• • Game of Thrones; A Telltale Game Series (PS4)  ($19.99)
    • Telltale game based on the books.  Nuff said
  • Tokyo Jungle (PS3)  ($14.99)
  • • A survival action game placed in a deserted futuristic Tokyo, where life is a wasteland and humankind is nowhere to be found
    • Play either story mode, which you play as various animals and eventually find out what happened to humankind through different missions
    • Play Survival mode, a multiplyer focused mode where you control an animal and fight to survive against as many animals as possible
  • Darkstalkers Resurrection (PS3)  ($14.99)
  • https://youtu.be/WqBhOMBDgCs
    • Fighting game, remastered version of 2 Darkstalkers games
  • Element4l (PS Vita)  ($8.99)
  • https://youtu.be/HW7HDvOPiXo
    • Puzzle game where a player controls four elements who are bound together on a journey to shape life itself.  Each element controls a type of movement, and you need to travel through harsh weather conditions to complete your objective
  • Don’t Die, Mr. Robot! (PS Vita, cross buy with PS4) ($3.99)
  • https://youtu.be/m3SDEV1Kk4g
    • A colorful arcade game where your character tries to touch exploding fruit while creating a combo chain, and all while trying not to die from lasers, spikes, and other traps.  There are 4 different game modes.
  • Total Discount: $82.94

Sony is dedicated to Indie Games AND Indie Filmmakers

• The makers of Playstation is launching a new initiative called the “Playstation Emerging Filmmakers Program”.  This program allows writers and filmmakers to pitch ideas to Sony in hopes that their idea will be used to create a pilot episode and possible launch a new franchise for Sony viewers (Powers launched a couple years ago).  Anyone can submit ideas (can be submitted right now), and entries do not have to be any type of licensed product of Sony’s
  • Is this good for Sony to reach out for ideas from the public eye, versus hiring a qualified writer or filmmaker?
  • What is your stance on the fact that Sony is willing to step outside their four walls to source for ideas and possibly talent?
  • Sony will end entries on August 1st this year.  They will filter down to 10 concepts, and then Sony and film professionals with narrow those concepts down to five.  Those five will be chosed to become ideas for pilots, and possibly beyond
  • Do you see this idea succeeding, possibly become a yearly thing that Sony does?
  • If an idea or concept takes off and becomes a huge hit, will the person that submitted the idea be compensated with some form of contract, or do you think something different will happen?
  • Any final thoughts

1. Quicksilver will return in X-Men: Dark Phoenix. Evan Peters will be reprising his role as the mutant speedster.
2. The Destiny fan event, GuardianCon raised more than a million dollars for pediatric research before the convention even begins!
3. Netflix’s Sense8 recently canceled, will receive a two hour special to wrap up the show.
4. Halo developer 343 Industries has given legal clearance to a Halo Based multiplayer PC fan made game titled Installation 01.
5. Spider-Man: Homecoming 2 will be the official beginning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase 4.
6. Your phone can now be a Gameboy Color! A new device called the Hyperkin Smartboy.  This allows your phone to be compatible with both Game Boy and Game Boy Color cartridges.  Available for $59.99
7. Blizzard Announces a date for the remaster of the classic RTS game Starcraft coming to a PC near you for a priced to sell $15 and will include the Brood Wars expansion.
8. 20^th Century Fox has confirmed that an additional 6 more Marvel films will be released over the next 4 years; while rumors are flying no franchises or sequels have been confirmed.
9. Warner Bros has confirmed that over 20 shows/movies will appear at this years San Diego Comic Con, including all 4 Arrowverse Shows, Big Bang Theory and Black Lightning.
10. Netflix drops a trailer for their Live Action remake of Death Note, releasing this fall.

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