Sorry for the issues with the first upload, the video file was corrupted! Not sure how that happened. We just got back from watching Sonic 3 lol have a great end of week and weekend everyone 💖
I got so confused as I watched some of it an hour or 2 ago and then I went back to watch the rest and saw it say 44 minutes ago, I thought time was moving crazy slow
I just wanna say Wood i know you read the comments and its okay if we wouldnt agree politically i appreciate your efforts to not “be political “ so yes lets talk about prices but to the fans of yours who we don’t have the same political opinions as you we still want to enjoy the show and respect each other. I always click the show no matter what the title or thumb is just because i like your long form contents and you have a right to say your opinions just saying my part as the viewer hope you can try not to alienate us whos your fan and supports Current Administration. Wish you the best always and Congratulations Kim!!!!
I'm with Kim, it's not conceited to love your work. I create a bunch of different things from edits, to art, and for my edits, hours goes into them, getting all the timing right and synced, and in the end I am so proud of my creation, I want to share it with my family and others, and often I will watch my own stuff over and over again. It's pride in what we do and create, it's completely normal.
As someone who works in the semiconductor industry-fabs in the United States that make quality products do not have a demand shortage. They won’t be able to suddenly increase production capacity just because demand for domestic product increases.
Congratulations for getting in! Many influencers I have seen didn't get in and is funny because I remember you saying you will definitely NOT get it 😅 Nintendo heard you.
@@Spectarium Wow. I think they should make it so 'outsiders' can at least get a Good gist of goings on just outside the event, like a stall or something because they won't get the close-up view. Anyhow, I hope they also hold (local?) events to the whole Public on launch day.
43:12 the problem with Trump and tariffs is he talks about them as if the tariffs punish/cost the manufacturer when it actually costs citizens. Historically tariffs have failed to bring manufacturing back to the US. So we'll see how long this lasts. Hopefully it won't.
If it comes down to it, I would 100% pick you up a Switch 2 in Ontario and meet you at Niagara Falls! This is all completely insane. Hope everyone stays safe out there!
You cover gaming news and also the industry as a whole. You absolutely should feel free to talk about "politics" especially considering there isn't a single topic you could talk about that wasn't impacted by politics.
Wood, you *absolutely* should talk politics, insofar as you should openly discuss how political decisions affect you and your main hobby/line of work. Politics isn't just suits in a room making decisions, it's the effects of those decisions in the real world. You don't have to take a stand on every issue, but if you have something to say about something happening to you, you should be free to say it.
Its not political to discuss what economists are saying will happen with the Tariffs coming in, regardless of who actioned them. Unless there are people who want to politise the expertise of guys in finance who have been doing it for tens of years in many cases.
It sucks that ppl have to make such a disclaimer about not wanting to get political just to make a simple statement that really isn't based off you political stance at all. But holy crap crazy you guys have been married that long already, that's big. Congrats!!
I think important part of context for tarrifs piece here is that Nintendo (as well as Sony and Microsoft) actually wrote a letter to the government back in 2019 when Trump first tried to push these tarrifs and failed. In this letter they pretty much said that any increase (25% was pretty common example) on console prices will put them out of reach for many of their consumers. So yeah this all doesn't look good...
Chip fabs can't just be started up in an old warehouse, they require specialist clean room construction, ultra clean room conditions etc. Building one is the work of years.
Absolutely amazing that you got accepted! I got accepted to go as well to the London Switch 2 Experience. I’m still in shock I got accepted out of everyone that entered, can’t wait to get hands on with it! I’m sure I’ll put it in a video somewhere if filming is allowed. Congrats to you and congrats to both of you on the pregnancy, that’s absolutely amazing!
Heyoo, catching up with the pod on a Friday. its nice :) hope y'all had a lovely anniversary! Deeply hoping the Nintendo-Ninjas aren't waiting for you in April.
Hey! What you said about the tariffs was important. There’s a difference between political opinion and facts! I sort of enjoy the idea of a news update that may affect video games in the real world
Happy anniversary to you both and congrats on getting accepted for the nintendo switch 2 play experience. You must be so excited i feel bad for eeowna she didnt get in for the london event. So nintendo uk if your looking can you hook her up some tickets, uks biggest nintendo streamer of cozy games doesnt get to experience the switch 2 ahead of launch is so sad. She definitely deserves to be there. So gutted for her as i know how much it ment for her and her followers.
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I think it depends on where the actual construction of the device is done. IF it’s only chips ie only taxing a certain components of the device then it’s not 25% of a finished product price. It could be certain components which would make US competitors more competitive. The reason why international goods are so cheap is a humanitarian issue on its own but many companies manufacture in the US and find domestic suppliers. Toyota makes vehicles in the US, Texas Instruments is a major analog chip company in the US. I’m saying is the market will be volatile for a bit but will settle once manufacturers and companies find an equilibrium to these tariffs. Love the Podcast!!! And congratulations on the baby!!!
Not a very realistic look at the problem. This will not just make things more expensive for a while, but could tank the entire US economy. That’s not just “finding equilibrium”. You can’t heal a fatal wound.
@@orangeoblivion what I am saying is we don’t know. A lot is at play and we don’t know what the tariffs will do. Is it specific items or anything from a country? Is it on raw materials or final products? Will American manufacturers pick up the slack or will companies move to the US to compete? We don’t know. So why assume the worst case scenario of economy tanks and dies as reality?
Here in Brazil they did something similar to taxes, but to everything that we import, electronic or not. We pay 90% of taxes to everything that costs over $50. A Switch here costs R$2500 (Oled). It's more than the minimal payment wage of Brazil (minimal wage here is R$1509). Things are just too expensive here... 😢
The idea is the manufacturer will be forced to open a company inside USA. But what the USA doesn’t understand is their market share is shrinking. So some companies might choose to forgo the market altogether.
I was SHOCKED, when i opened up my email and saw that QR code. I got Dallas April 26th session D. I’ve got to go. I’ll never have this opportunity again. They match your QR code to your Nintendo Account. You can bring up to 5 people, as long as they have a Nintendo Account I got it Wood. I left a comment yesterday on your other video too
I know Kim doesn’t feel like it right now, but she looks so beautiful. I was thinking that the last 3 or so podcasts I saw with her before I knew, just appreciating the fit choices and how cute she looked. It definitely gave me a bit of a giggle watching the podcast today now that I do know 😂😂 Coincidence? Who knows, but either way it’s great to see her looking so calm, confident and cute. You’ve got this Kim! Give yourself the props you deserve girl
Congrats Wood! 🥳 This would be like a literal dream for me and I'm sure so many others. I'm , yeah I'm just lurking out on the waiting list after being kicked out of the running , don't mind me. 😅
Your video has WHITE PIXELS! 😅 And I was so scared my OLED TV had an accumulation of white, dead pixels! Tried it with other content right away, and luckily it looks fine. Don't scare us tech nerds all so much! 🤯🤣😜
I thought there was dust on my phone and kept trying to wipe it away but it wouldn’t! Until I moved the image around and noticed it was part of the video hahaha 😂
Huge congrats on the anniversary! And Kim is absolutely GLOWING ❤reminds me of my wife when she was pregnant. It's truly a euphoric experience wood. Cherish it.
Not to start an argument, here’s my understanding on how the tariff situation is expected to work, and some of this I’ve gotten from another TH-camr who talked about this regarding his merch that he’s been dealing with for awhile, because China’s been paying tariffs for awhile. So the US retailers are going to say “we wanna sell your switch, but when it arrives in port we have to pay a tariff, can we negotiate on the price?” And since Nintendo needs the US market, they’re going to work with the retailers to find a price that works for both parties so that consumers can buy it at a reasonable price, and eventually they’ll probably bring manufacturing domestically, at which point they would only need to import some components, and they’d only need to pay tariffs on those parts that are manufactured internationally. Not trying to be argumentative, just trying to share some hope that it likely won’t be as expensive as a lot of people are worried about.
I remember the bogo Wood! I never had a WiiU but my next door neighbor got Pikmin 3 for free and that was my first introduction to the series. Still a favorite to this day :)
Nintendo shifted a lot of manufacturing to Malaysia, so they're not likely to get hit as hard as China, but China is already tariffed and they're not getting as big of a hike in the plans as even Europe
Congrats on making it. Sadly I did not. Sucks but no skin off my back was gonna get a Switch 2 at launch anyway because I do game reviews freelance. Would have been nice to have gotten to try it out beforehand but not really a huge loss.
I agree that your recent video was wanna of the best things you’ve put out. Nice job, and yeah, very slick editing job too. Also I wouldn’t stress too much about tariffs, at least not yet. Let’s wait and see. One point is that companies don’t want to miss out on sales by hiking their prices up too much, so the tariff may be covered by them or their governments to some degree. The US is too massive a market for them to risk all of us just choosing not to buy, which would hurt them more than paying the tariffs themselves, or at least a good percentage of it. Tariffs are also used by most other countries, it’s not some wild new thing the US invented, so I think things will settle into place more or less.
Congratulations on the baby and on 7 years of marriage. You guys make such a great couple and I'm sure you'll be wonderful parents. It's flown by for us as well. We've been married for 13.5 years and it feels like half that, still feels like we're just getting started.
Wood, I totally remember the Wii U claim a game & I used it to claim Wind Waker HD at the time so that I could buy Pikmin 3! My thought process was that I could get a remake for “free” since I was gonna buy Pikmin 3 anyway cause I was so excited for it. The whole reason I got a Wii U was because of the OG Mario Kart bundle w/the Mario controller and I really enjoyed having that system. Especially since my family’s Wii had been stolen with Animal Crossing City Folk inside 😭
Happy anniversary, Wood and Kim! Also, congrats to Wood for actually getting into the Switch 2 live event! We have the Switch 2 Direct on April 2 to look forward to, and then we have Wood's coverage of the live event to look forward to after that.
Wood regarding the last experience on June 1 being your reason for guessing June release: the switch 1 had similar events around launch & some of those occurred even after the console launched (most countries got it same time, but some didn’t). There is also a strange 2 week gap in mid May with no experiences happening, despite every other event being consistent weekend after weekend. In addition, if you follow the same timeline as Switch 1 first look (late October to early March release). That would place Switch 2 launching late May. Now Nintendo doesn’t always do things the exact same, so playing it safe I would also probably say June. But just going by logistics/switch 1 scheduling, it would be in May. The reasoning of the last experience on June 1 m doesn’t mean much. There’s actually a Nintendo switch 2 experience yet to be dated in South Korea, Korea was one of the very few countries that got switch 1 much later (December 2017).
I concur. Most people believe it'll be June because of this. I've seen polls and opinions in the subreddit and only a small percentage of people are certain it'll be may. I'm certain it'll be may, and can't wait for the majority to see they're wrong when its announced in april😂
Topic for next pod!! Since so much has been talked about the switch 2s hardware, Would love to hear your thoughts on what you’d like to see change on S2’s SOFTware/UI, specifically the E-Shop. In my experience it’s always been a slow glitchy mess, can we hope for a better Eshop experience on switch 2? Thanks! Keep up the good work
The conversation about TSMC was interesting but I believe they are starting fab in Arizona by sometime this year. I have a feeling this will have an affect on costs. We'll see 😅
Thank you for shining a light on the issues in your country. Although, I think it needs a clarifying who these tarrifs are for. The companies are hit with extra tax on importing Chips/Devices, it's up to them how they deal with that tax, likely a portion will be passed to consumers. But it's not a straight 25% tax on YOUR purchase of imported electronics.
Thank you. It's not as simple as some make it sound. There are still market conditions, supply and demand, etc. It's more complicated and nuanced, and we really don't know how things will actually pan out.
I won 3 tickets to the LA event woohoo! I just signed up me & 2 family members that I had on my account, but I’m gonna probably bring some friends or give the tickets away if I can’t make it.
An idea for a preggo couple (as one who have been preggo 2 times and also are a gamer, PC and console); buy one or many each of ice cream in a round tub, usually it´s 500ml/tub like Ben & Jerrys. Choose cozy blankets and movies and have "Ice cream in the sofa with movies day-evening-night" :D
I wrote that comment in the middle of the video, but OF COURSE you should play the new Hello Kitty-game and eat ice cream in a tub EACH and when you want to relax your brain you can watch a movie :3
Super random but I remember ordering your satisfy grip when it was first announced and instead of the beat em ups one, they sent me a white one. I was super bummed! Gonna have to keep an eye out for whatever you guys are working on
Sorry for the issues with the first upload, the video file was corrupted! Not sure how that happened. We just got back from watching Sonic 3 lol have a great end of week and weekend everyone 💖
I was kinda confused myself why it was this short and ended so abruptly, makes sense.
Was Sonic 3 any good
Was it good?
I got so confused as I watched some of it an hour or 2 ago and then I went back to watch the rest and saw it say 44 minutes ago, I thought time was moving crazy slow
I just wanna say Wood i know you read the comments and its okay if we wouldnt agree politically i appreciate your efforts to not “be political “ so yes lets talk about prices but to the fans of yours who we don’t have the same political opinions as you we still want to enjoy the show and respect each other. I always click the show no matter what the title or thumb is just because i like your long form contents and you have a right to say your opinions just saying my part as the viewer hope you can try not to alienate us whos your fan and supports Current Administration. Wish you the best always and Congratulations Kim!!!!
I GOT ACCEPTED TOO!!! Literally couldn’t be more thrilled
Hope you have fun! I'm super eager to buy one soon as I can!
Nintendo's baby shower gift to wood
To think that for Wood's son/daughter, the Nintendo Switch 2 is going to be like an Atari 2600 when he/she grows up.
Dude. I didn't think about this. Which means i will be really old then.
I believe they confirmed it was a boy in a video.
It probably won't be the same. I was born the same year as the Nintendo DS and I don't consider that video game generation as retro or super old
not if nintendo gets 8+ years out of it like with switch she/he be 7-8 then thats around the same age I prolly got a ds
Haha, true. Top comment ^ ^
I like when he talks about controversial subjects. It keeps things interesting and shakes things up. Kim is awesome and glowing.
Yea i agree. But I wish he do more homework. He really didn't seem to have any understanding of Macroeconomics at all
@@dr.wolfstar1765 he doesn't need to, this is not the theme of the channel lol. unless he does a specific video about it
@@rodNantzhe does if he’s going to address it to his audience when he’s just wrong.
I'm with Kim, it's not conceited to love your work. I create a bunch of different things from edits, to art, and for my edits, hours goes into them, getting all the timing right and synced, and in the end I am so proud of my creation, I want to share it with my family and others, and often I will watch my own stuff over and over again. It's pride in what we do and create, it's completely normal.
Dude even if I write a really good email I’ll read it over a few times admiring it. It’s such a human thing to do
@@cosmicjellyf1sh This is very relatable
You don't get any views
As someone who works in the semiconductor industry-fabs in the United States that make quality products do not have a demand shortage. They won’t be able to suddenly increase production capacity just because demand for domestic product increases.
Happy anniversary, I like them just chatting about anniversary plans and life and just kind of a chill chat, hope you have a wonderfully great day!!
Congratulations for getting in! Many influencers I have seen didn't get in and is funny because I remember you saying you will definitely NOT get it 😅 Nintendo heard you.
not even kit and krista got in, the old hosts of nintendo minute
@@Spectarium Wow. I think they should make it so 'outsiders' can at least get a Good gist of goings on just outside the event, like a stall or something because they won't get the close-up view.
Anyhow, I hope they also hold (local?) events to the whole Public on launch day.
43:12 the problem with Trump and tariffs is he talks about them as if the tariffs punish/cost the manufacturer when it actually costs citizens. Historically tariffs have failed to bring manufacturing back to the US. So we'll see how long this lasts. Hopefully it won't.
Yeah. His last presidency had a lot of tarrifs and the economy was horrible. Here we go.
@@karlhess7278um, not it was not
@@karlhess7278 You from an alternate reality? Do the McD Ice cream machines work over there, could murder a McFlurry.
😂😂😂😂 it was@@joebungus3447
@@joebungus3447 Keep lying to yourself 🤣🤣🤣
Just wanted to say I really like you guys. Happy belated anniversary 😊
0:25 "I'm so in love with you" "Ohhh cheers" 😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭
I think she said, "oh geez" haha
If it comes down to it, I would 100% pick you up a Switch 2 in Ontario and meet you at Niagara Falls! This is all completely insane. Hope everyone stays safe out there!
You cover gaming news and also the industry as a whole. You absolutely should feel free to talk about "politics" especially considering there isn't a single topic you could talk about that wasn't impacted by politics.
Wood, you *absolutely* should talk politics, insofar as you should openly discuss how political decisions affect you and your main hobby/line of work. Politics isn't just suits in a room making decisions, it's the effects of those decisions in the real world. You don't have to take a stand on every issue, but if you have something to say about something happening to you, you should be free to say it.
Its not political to discuss what economists are saying will happen with the Tariffs coming in, regardless of who actioned them. Unless there are people who want to politise the expertise of guys in finance who have been doing it for tens of years in many cases.
It sucks that ppl have to make such a disclaimer about not wanting to get political just to make a simple statement that really isn't based off you political stance at all. But holy crap crazy you guys have been married that long already, that's big. Congrats!!
I got accepted for the 2nd day in NYC, the only day I applied for. I didn't really have any hopes to get in, but excited to go.
Happy anniversary guys! Fun episode! Personally, I always love when Kim is heavily featured on this pod.
I'm sooo happy for you Wood ❤ for all the good news this year. You and Kim give me hope tbh
I think important part of context for tarrifs piece here is that Nintendo (as well as Sony and Microsoft) actually wrote a letter to the government back in 2019 when Trump first tried to push these tarrifs and failed. In this letter they pretty much said that any increase (25% was pretty common example) on console prices will put them out of reach for many of their consumers. So yeah this all doesn't look good...
Y’all are such a great couple and yes Kim IS GLOWING 🤩 super duper big ginormous congrats on the baby!!!! ❤😊
Chip fabs can't just be started up in an old warehouse, they require specialist clean room construction, ultra clean room conditions etc. Building one is the work of years.
Idk if it's just because I'm in the same life stage as you right now but just really happy for everything going good for you guys this year!
Absolutely amazing that you got accepted! I got accepted to go as well to the London Switch 2 Experience. I’m still in shock I got accepted out of everyone that entered, can’t wait to get hands on with it! I’m sure I’ll put it in a video somewhere if filming is allowed. Congrats to you and congrats to both of you on the pregnancy, that’s absolutely amazing!
Im in high school and am struggling to save for the switch 2. If these prices rise even 25% I won’t be able to afford it.
Just save more.
@@pixelatedpixels7823 it’s not worth $500-$800. I have better things to spend my money on if it gets that bad
@@pixelatedpixels7823 It’s not worth $500-$800. I have better things to be spending my money on if it gets that bad
@@pixelatedpixels7823 it’s not worth $500-$800. I have better things to spend my money on if it gets that bad.
@@pixelatedpixels7823its not worth $500+. I have better things to spend my money on if it gets that bad.
Heyoo, catching up with the pod on a Friday. its nice :) hope y'all had a lovely anniversary! Deeply hoping the Nintendo-Ninjas aren't waiting for you in April.
I was accepted into the Los Angeles Switch 2 Experience. I'm excited for everyone else who got in! Congrats to you both on the baby news
Have fun!
Happy anniversary, hope it's good.
If she felt up for it, I'd vote Kim for the Switch preview day.
it's so cute, you can tell Woody just wants to talk about it, 13:00 like he doesn't get this opportunity enough; love is sweet
Hey! What you said about the tariffs was important. There’s a difference between political opinion and facts! I sort of enjoy the idea of a news update that may affect video games in the real world
Happy anniversary to you both and congrats on getting accepted for the nintendo switch 2 play experience. You must be so excited i feel bad for eeowna she didnt get in for the london event. So nintendo uk if your looking can you hook her up some tickets, uks biggest nintendo streamer of cozy games doesnt get to experience the switch 2 ahead of launch is so sad. She definitely deserves to be there. So gutted for her as i know how much it ment for her and her followers.
Congrats on 7 years!! 🎉
I love Kim’s Nirvana on mtv unplugged shirt
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I think it depends on where the actual construction of the device is done. IF it’s only chips ie only taxing a certain components of the device then it’s not 25% of a finished product price. It could be certain components which would make US competitors more competitive. The reason why international goods are so cheap is a humanitarian issue on its own but many companies manufacture in the US and find domestic suppliers. Toyota makes vehicles in the US, Texas Instruments is a major analog chip company in the US. I’m saying is the market will be volatile for a bit but will settle once manufacturers and companies find an equilibrium to these tariffs. Love the Podcast!!! And congratulations on the baby!!!
Thank you for taking the fear out of it!!! That was really really really helpful and needed 💕
God I wish we could directly tag them in this comment! They are really jumping to conclusions
Not a very realistic look at the problem. This will not just make things more expensive for a while, but could tank the entire US economy. That’s not just “finding equilibrium”. You can’t heal a fatal wound.
@@orangeoblivionI think you need to learn a bit more about economics and market factors before you assume too much.
@@orangeoblivion what I am saying is we don’t know. A lot is at play and we don’t know what the tariffs will do. Is it specific items or anything from a country? Is it on raw materials or final products? Will American manufacturers pick up the slack or will companies move to the US to compete? We don’t know. So why assume the worst case scenario of economy tanks and dies as reality?
Here in Brazil they did something similar to taxes, but to everything that we import, electronic or not. We pay 90% of taxes to everything that costs over $50.
A Switch here costs R$2500 (Oled). It's more than the minimal payment wage of Brazil (minimal wage here is R$1509).
Things are just too expensive here... 😢
27:57 "we having a baby and thats number 1 ofcource .......anyway the SWITCH 2 IS COMING OUT"
The idea is the manufacturer will be forced to open a company inside USA.
But what the USA doesn’t understand is their market share is shrinking. So some companies might choose to forgo the market altogether.
yeah its about 40 years late for this manevour lol
I was SHOCKED, when i opened up my email and saw that QR code. I got Dallas April 26th session D. I’ve got to go. I’ll never have this opportunity again.
They match your QR code to your Nintendo Account. You can bring up to 5 people, as long as they have a Nintendo Account
I got it Wood. I left a comment yesterday on your other video too
Duuude that's awesome! 😎
The Kirlia card is so perfect! A Pokemon trainer mama with her little baby.💚
If these tariffs do affect the Switch 2, I don't really think people can blame Nintendo.
If the cost goes up people will spend the extra to get it. If People will pay $500 for current consoles why wouldn't they pay $500 for switch 2
Happy anniversary and congrats on the baby! Love you guys!❤
Happy Anniversary, Wood and Kim!! 💕 you're such a beautiful lovely couple (and family), and my partner and I admire you both 🫶🏻
I know Kim doesn’t feel like it right now, but she looks so beautiful. I was thinking that the last 3 or so podcasts I saw with her before I knew, just appreciating the fit choices and how cute she looked. It definitely gave me a bit of a giggle watching the podcast today now that I do know 😂😂 Coincidence? Who knows, but either way it’s great to see her looking so calm, confident and cute. You’ve got this Kim! Give yourself the props you deserve girl
Kim is right he said that ,because he doesn't understand how tariffs work and who pays them never has
It's not 100% cost to the end product it's a percentage of the part cost... which would be in bulk on shipment coming in
Kim you are absolutely beautiful and glowing 💖✨💖✨ also… I’ve got the same shirt!!!!
Congrats Wood! 🥳 This would be like a literal dream for me and I'm sure so many others.
I'm , yeah I'm just lurking out on the waiting list after being kicked out of the running , don't mind me. 😅
Your video has WHITE PIXELS! 😅 And I was so scared my OLED TV had an accumulation of white, dead pixels! Tried it with other content right away, and luckily it looks fine. Don't scare us tech nerds all so much! 🤯🤣😜
I thought there was dust on my phone and kept trying to wipe it away but it wouldn’t! Until I moved the image around and noticed it was part of the video hahaha 😂
@stealthykelp Haha, so funny! Yes, I was also trying to clean my TV, but I couldn't 😅😅😋👍
me too
I keep tripping out too
Kirlia cards and evolutions are beautiful!!! and the lore is amazing
Real ones were here for the 14 minute version
10 min 😂
Huge congrats on the anniversary! And Kim is absolutely GLOWING ❤reminds me of my wife when she was pregnant. It's truly a euphoric experience wood. Cherish it.
Just when you think you are out, they pull you back in!
Not to start an argument, here’s my understanding on how the tariff situation is expected to work, and some of this I’ve gotten from another TH-camr who talked about this regarding his merch that he’s been dealing with for awhile, because China’s been paying tariffs for awhile. So the US retailers are going to say “we wanna sell your switch, but when it arrives in port we have to pay a tariff, can we negotiate on the price?” And since Nintendo needs the US market, they’re going to work with the retailers to find a price that works for both parties so that consumers can buy it at a reasonable price, and eventually they’ll probably bring manufacturing domestically, at which point they would only need to import some components, and they’d only need to pay tariffs on those parts that are manufactured internationally. Not trying to be argumentative, just trying to share some hope that it likely won’t be as expensive as a lot of people are worried about.
Yeah I’d much rather have tariffs with a beneficial effect than high income taxes that hurt every working American.
Congrats all around on the baby, on the Switch 2 thing. And it’s cool you’re in PA now.
I remember the bogo Wood! I never had a WiiU but my next door neighbor got Pikmin 3 for free and that was my first introduction to the series. Still a favorite to this day :)
I remembered the free Wii U game. I also got Pikmin 3
Nintendo shifted a lot of manufacturing to Malaysia, so they're not likely to get hit as hard as China, but China is already tariffed and they're not getting as big of a hike in the plans as even Europe
Great episode guys!!!!!
Congrats on making it. Sadly I did not. Sucks but no skin off my back was gonna get a Switch 2 at launch anyway because I do game reviews freelance. Would have been nice to have gotten to try it out beforehand but not really a huge loss.
I think it will affect games as well
Happy anniversary!
I love how Boosteroid handles all the technical issues so I can focus on gaming.
I agree that your recent video was wanna of the best things you’ve put out. Nice job, and yeah, very slick editing job too.
Also I wouldn’t stress too much about tariffs, at least not yet. Let’s wait and see. One point is that companies don’t want to miss out on sales by hiking their prices up too much, so the tariff may be covered by them or their governments to some degree. The US is too massive a market for them to risk all of us just choosing not to buy, which would hurt them more than paying the tariffs themselves, or at least a good percentage of it. Tariffs are also used by most other countries, it’s not some wild new thing the US invented, so I think things will settle into place more or less.
absolutely loved the start up theme
Kim! Da GOAT!
AHHH!! I want the set of those 3 full arts to frame. its too cute.
Congratulations on the baby and on 7 years of marriage. You guys make such a great couple and I'm sure you'll be wonderful parents. It's flown by for us as well. We've been married for 13.5 years and it feels like half that, still feels like we're just getting started.
Wood, I totally remember the Wii U claim a game & I used it to claim Wind Waker HD at the time so that I could buy Pikmin 3! My thought process was that I could get a remake for “free” since I was gonna buy Pikmin 3 anyway cause I was so excited for it.
The whole reason I got a Wii U was because of the OG Mario Kart bundle w/the Mario controller and I really enjoyed having that system. Especially since my family’s Wii had been stolen with Animal Crossing City Folk inside 😭
Love you guys all the best❤❤❤
Greetings from Prague
And he swore there was no shot he’d get accepted 😂 feels meant to be
Happy anniversary,
Wood and Kim! Also, congrats to Wood for actually getting into the Switch 2 live event! We have the Switch 2 Direct on April 2 to look forward to, and then we have Wood's coverage of the live event to look forward to after that.
Wood regarding the last experience on June 1 being your reason for guessing June release: the switch 1 had similar events around launch & some of those occurred even after the console launched (most countries got it same time, but some didn’t).
There is also a strange 2 week gap in mid May with no experiences happening, despite every other event being consistent weekend after weekend. In addition, if you follow the same timeline as Switch 1 first look (late October to early March release). That would place Switch 2 launching late May.
Now Nintendo doesn’t always do things the exact same, so playing it safe I would also probably say June. But just going by logistics/switch 1 scheduling, it would be in May.
The reasoning of the last experience on June 1 m doesn’t mean much. There’s actually a Nintendo switch 2 experience yet to be dated in South Korea, Korea was one of the very few countries that got switch 1 much later (December 2017).
I concur. Most people believe it'll be June because of this. I've seen polls and opinions in the subreddit and only a small percentage of people are certain it'll be may. I'm certain it'll be may, and can't wait for the majority to see they're wrong when its announced in april😂
i'm expecting may too. get the golden week kids and then the overseas kids about to go on summer break.
I got accepted for NYC on April 5th. Would be cool if i saw wood there. I also got two tickets. One for me and one for my wife
I also got chosen for April 4th In NYC for the very first time slot!! I’m so excited!
Enjoy the experience! I bet a load of fans will be there!
Topic for next pod!! Since so much has been talked about the switch 2s hardware, Would love to hear your thoughts on what you’d like to see change on S2’s SOFTware/UI, specifically the E-Shop. In my experience it’s always been a slow glitchy mess, can we hope for a better Eshop experience on switch 2? Thanks! Keep up the good work
Wood's dad lore continues to grow
Happy anniversary you two!!
I love how in love they are!! It’s so cute!!
Glad we got the full episode, I thought Ham came and got his revenge for being fired when watching live
The conversation about TSMC was interesting but I believe they are starting fab in Arizona by sometime this year. I have a feeling this will have an affect on costs. We'll see 😅
Yea I do really wonder how much it will be if tariffs get placed on it
I got in too for the NYC session that Friday!
Happy anniversary!
Just watched Philip defranco and now I’m here watching this!
Thank you for shining a light on the issues in your country. Although, I think it needs a clarifying who these tarrifs are for. The companies are hit with extra tax on importing Chips/Devices, it's up to them how they deal with that tax, likely a portion will be passed to consumers. But it's not a straight 25% tax on YOUR purchase of imported electronics.
Thank you. It's not as simple as some make it sound. There are still market conditions, supply and demand, etc. It's more complicated and nuanced, and we really don't know how things will actually pan out.
I won 3 tickets to the LA event woohoo! I just signed up me & 2 family members that I had on my account, but I’m gonna probably bring some friends or give the tickets away if I can’t make it.
Congratulations on the baby love you guys take care.
My Friend and i got into the Amsterdam experience. We both got separate tickets and luckily we both got in🙏
Happy Anniversary!!!
I'm very glad that you got it. 😊
FYI, I won with multiple people; three kids. So it has happened.
Congrats on winning mate!
sad that it's no longer acceptable to call bad economic ideas what they are.
How is it not acceptable? You can say it: Tariffs are a stupid idea of his brain of a 5 year old.
An idea for a preggo couple (as one who have been preggo 2 times and also are a gamer, PC and console); buy one or many each of ice cream in a round tub, usually it´s 500ml/tub like Ben & Jerrys. Choose cozy blankets and movies and have "Ice cream in the sofa with movies day-evening-night" :D
I wrote that comment in the middle of the video, but OF COURSE you should play the new Hello Kitty-game and eat ice cream in a tub EACH and when you want to relax your brain you can watch a movie :3
so happy for you all
Super random but I remember ordering your satisfy grip when it was first announced and instead of the beat em ups one, they sent me a white one. I was super bummed! Gonna have to keep an eye out for whatever you guys are working on
Dope logo animation intro!
I got 2 tickets for the London one, I applied with me and my partner as we're set up as a family on Nintendo
YO I REMEMBER THAT MARIO KART CODE THING!! THAT’S HOW I GOT INTO PIKMIN YO THIS IS CRAZY