Gilbert Cruz

Yeah.

So we have covered the personal.

We just got a little philosophical.

I want to get down to brass tacks.

Where are we practically in the industry right now?

I think the pandemic, to me at least, it seemed like a real boom time for gaming.

You had a lot of people stuck at home with all this time on their hands, but it's 2025.

Where are we right now?

Right.

So if we look at the games that came out this year, how would you characterize the year?

Which of these categories that you just sort of broke down for us seem to dominate?

One of the biggest stories of the year was the release of a new console.

This was the Switch 2.

Nintendo, one of, you know, the big three in console gaming, released a new one, bigger screen, better graphics, more expensive.

How did this land, and where are we when it comes to the Switch 2?

Which are the two big franchises.

And speaking of Nintendo, we had another pretty big release on the Switch 2 this year.

This is a long-running game franchise that is inextricably tied to the Nintendo brand.

This is Pokemon.

The new game is Pokemon Legends Z to A. It came out, and it seemed to cause a little angst.