The MinnMax Show - Donkey Kong Bananza, Pac-Man's Dark Fate, Word Play
Added 2025-07-24 01:41:33 +0000 UTCMinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Kelsey Lewin, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, Jacob Geller, and guest cohort Kyle Bosman pile in to unpack our thoughts on Donkey Kong Bananza for the Nintendo Switch 2. Then we talk about Shadow Labyrinth, the new dark and atmospheric Pac-Man metroidvania from Bandai Namco and how to keep arcade franchises around in 2025. After that, we talk about the great new game that's Scrabble meets Balatro called Word Play from Mark Brown at Game Maker's Toolkit! After that, we answer your questions submitted here on Patreon!
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:37 - Rumor Meister Tease
00:02:43 - Win a Nintendo game!
00:04:46 - Donkey Kong Bananza
00:48:17 - Hello Fresh
00:50:46 - Shadow Labyrinth
01:07:07 - Word Play
01:24:02 - Pokémon Presents
01:26:14 - Pokémon Friends
01:31:08 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/
01:33:28 - Community questions
02:19:18 - Get A Load Of This
02:25:20 - Rumor Meister Message #4
Janet’s GALOT - https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-07-12/ice-raids-deported-los-angeles-cats-and-dogs-left-behind
Jacob's GALOT - https://youtu.be/kRqxyqjpOHs?si=Hm30DZiQR4KuzWNv
Hanson's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUTZ0fY1y0c
JeffM's GALOT - http://neal.fun
Bosman's GALOT - https://us.mentos.com/products/mentos-mints-with-vitamins
Community GALOT - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWI-UVkD_-M
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Comments
The thing with Infinity Nikki is there’s a full 50 hour quality single player game before the icky live service monetization focus.
Tommy Ostrenga
2025-07-28 20:51:02 +0000 UTCNew Show Plus idea if it hasn't been done before - pitching new games for old franchises. I liked the conversation on the revival of DK and Pac-Man then the community question about a Yoshi 3D platformer.
Duderado
2025-07-26 16:31:03 +0000 UTC
