Yggdrasil Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

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 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...