Star Fox Returns, Mixtape Review, Xbox's Gigantic Asterisk
5/7/20262 hr 42 min
https://www.patreon.com/minnmax - Support MinnMax at the $5 tier on Patreon and we'll DM you Steam codes for EVERY Deconstructeam game: The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, Many Nights A Whisper, Gods Will Be Watching, Essays on Empathy, and The Red Strings Club. Offer ends 5/11/26. We'll update this description if we run out of codes.
We include a bonus snippet of Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, and MinnMax's production assistant Nick Stefanacci's reaction to the new Star Fox game on Nintendo Switch 2 before diving into the main show that has Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and special guest Kahlief Adams from Spawn on Me diving into the excellent new game Mixtape from Beethoven & Dinosaur in a spoiler-free review. Then we revisit Saros on PlayStation 5 (codes provided by PlayStation), share early impressions of Dead as Disco's rhythm combat, compare the upcoming NBA The Run to NBA Street, and then try to wrap our minds around Xbox'x shifting messaging and the state of gaming news. After all of that, we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and submitting a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
Please watch and share the new MinnMax Spotlight on Virtue and a Sledgehammer from Spain - https://youtu.be/oWntPAOyH8g
Check out Kahlief Adams' Spawn on Me podcast here - https://www.spawnonme.com/
Here's a link to the video version of this episode - https://youtu.be/7nxS-s-jlR8
Watch our Star Fox reaction stream here - https://youtube.com/live/0HnYlU71PFA
Learn more about the BDS Xbox boycott here - https://bdsmovement.net/news/boycott-microsofts-xbox
Help support MinnMax's supporters!
https://www.iam8bit.com - 10% off with Promo Code: STRAWBERRYFIELDS
https://www.buyraycon.com/minnmax - 15% off earbuds
To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:03 - Star Fox Reactions Highlights
00:07:02 - The main show begins
00:11:26 - Check out the MinnMax Spotlight - Virtue and a Sledgehammer
00:14:29 - Mixtape
00:44:25 - Raycon
00:45:45 - Saros
00:59:10 - Dead as Disco
01:09:39 - NBA The Run
01:25:20 - Xbox's messaging
01:53:13 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/
01:55:09 - Community questions
02:31:32 - Get A Load Of This
Janet’s GALOT - https://www.kodak.com/en/consumer/product/cameras/digital/charmera-keychain-digital-camera/
Jacob's GALOT - https://www.weezerpedia.com/w/index.php?title=Shrek
Hanson's GALOT - https://bsky.app/profile/benjaminreeves.bsky.social/post/3mkt547rz722p
Kyle's GALOT - https://bsky.app/profile/[kylehilliard.com/post/3ml4baped5s2c](http://kylehilliard.com/post/3ml4baped5s2c)
Community GALOT - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX78Au6xATz/?igsh=d2djZWY4cnB5OGVm
*Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer.*
Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
Support MinnMax directly on YouTube - https://youtube.com/minnmax/join
Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow
Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax
Subscribe to our solo stream channel - https://www.youtube.com/@minnmaxstreamarchives
Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch
Follow us on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/[minnmax.com](http://minnmax.com)
Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Clips
Transcript preview
First 90 secondsBen Hanson· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hey, everybody, Ben Hanson from MinnMax here. There was a Star Fox emergency right after we recorded this episode of the MinnMax Show podcast, and so we jumped in for a live reaction stream with Kyle Hilliard and MinnMax's production assistant, Nick Stevanacci, who is a huge fan of Star Fox. So you can check the link in the description if you wanna see our full reaction, but in this big reveal of the surprise Nintendo Direct, they announced they're making a Star Fox game for Switch 2, and it's just called Star Fox, but it is another remake of Star Fox 64. And it has a redesign of all the Star Fox characters, and they're shockingly realistic. They're going for a more animal look here. Some people say they're going for the puppets on the Super Nintendo box art. It's different from puppets. They're going for more animal-like with these depictions of Star Fox. So big reactions all across the internet. But just so we can cover it on this week's episode of the podcast, here are snippets from that reaction stream before we get to the meat and potatoes of new stuff for the MinnMax show this week. [lasers firing] Uh, we're also, of course, joined by [laughs] Nick Stevanacci, MinnMax's production assistant and world's biggest Star Fox fan. Hello, Nick.
Jacob Geller· Panelist1:02
I'm about to have a freaking heart attack.
Ben Hanson· Host1:04
[laughs] Don't have a heart attack. Don't have a heart attack. Just survive.
Kyle Hilliard· Co-host1:06
I'm ge- I'm genuinely worried about Nick, like, truly. Like, are you gonna be okay?
Jacob Geller· Panelist1:10
My heart's pounding so much. I don't know. I, I might cry. I, I, I...
Ben Hanson· Host1:13
[laughs] All right. Let's jump in. We don't know what the hell this is.
Kyle Hilliard· Co-host1:15
Yeah.
Ben Hanson· Host1:15
This is [laughs] as fresh as it can get.
Kyle Hilliard· Co-host1:18
This, this is looking 64 remake-y, right?
Ben Hanson· Host1:20
That's what he said, yeah. See the- The visuals are like- Oh, no!
Jacob Geller· Panelist1:23
What?
Ben Hanson· Host1:25
Oh, no.
Kyle Hilliard· Co-host1:25
What?
Ben Hanson· Host1:25
Oh, no. [laughs] Oh, no.
Kyle Hilliard· Co-host1:27
What?
Ben Hanson· Host1:28
I think I, I like it.