{"id":114861,"date":"2020-06-30T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/06\/random_the_last_of_us_director_admits_hes_a_nintendo_fan_in_podcast_with_reggie_fils-aime"},"modified":"2020-06-30T18:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T18:30:00","slug":"random-the-last-of-us-director-admits-hes-a-nintendo-fan-in-podcast-with-reggie-fils-aime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/06\/30\/random-the-last-of-us-director-admits-hes-a-nintendo-fan-in-podcast-with-reggie-fils-aime\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: The Last Of Us Director Admits He&#8217;s A Nintendo Fan In Podcast With Reggie Fils-Aim\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/50e0dfee207d2\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/50e0dfee207d2\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Reggie\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/50e0dfee207d2\/reggie.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/50e0dfee207d2\/reggie.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Reggie\"><\/a><span class=\"image-credit\" title=\"Image Credit\">Nintendo<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As you may know, ex-Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aim\u00e9 has been hosting a special &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/04\/reggie_fils-aime_reveals_new_gaming_podcast_for_charity\">Talking Games with Reggie &amp; Harold<\/a>&#8216; podcast over the past few weeks. Alongside author Harold Goldberg, the podcast has had a number of games industry guests such as Geoff Keighley and Xbox head, Phil Spencer.<\/p>\n<p>The latest and final episode features Naughty Dog&#8217;s Neil Druckmann, director of <strong>The Last of Us<\/strong> and the recently released sequel, <strong>The Last of Us Part II<\/strong>. During the conversation, which takes place in the first half of the podcast, Drukmann reveals that he&#8217;s a big fan of Nintendo with a particular fondness for <strong>Super Mario<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-oembed\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-946381740-186386082\/neil-druckmann-and-siobhan-reddy-join-talking-games-with-reggie-and-harold @ 2020-06-30T10:54:44+01:00 --><\/aside>\n<p>If you happen to be a fan of PlayStation as well as Nintendo, you&#8217;ll no doubt find the rest of the chat interesting, too. The three discuss Naughty Dog&#8217;s creative process, as well as how it&#8217;s been dealing with The Last of Us Part II&#8217;s reception &#8211; just be warned that there are a couple of spoilers.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t actually the first time we&#8217;ve heard of Druckmann being a Mario fan; back in January 2018, he managed to collect a whopping 999 Power Moons in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_mario_odyssey\"><strong>Super Mario Odyssey<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Well&#8230; that&#8217;s that. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T8EFsSgaLT\">pic.twitter.com\/T8EFsSgaLT<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Neil Druckmann (@Neil_Druckmann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Neil_Druckmann\/status\/955203046547513344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>Well, it&#8217;s good to know he&#8217;s got a cracking taste in platformers, eh?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo As you may know, ex-Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aim\u00e9 has been hosting a special &#8216;Talking Games with Reggie &amp; Harold&#8216; podcast over the past few weeks. Alongside author Harold Goldberg, the podcast has had a number of games industry guests such as Geoff Keighley and Xbox head, Phil Spencer. 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