Lite Switch: Dec 31, 2025 | Ranking 95 Nintendo Switch Online games

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Happy New Year 1 and all, and
welcome back to the old

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Switcheroo where we're talking
gaming retro with Mike and Jamo.

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I'm Mike and I'm Jamo.
On January 14th, we're kicking

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off Season 4 with The Legend of
Zelda Majora's Mask with a

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couple of our returning guest
hosts, Derek Mcduff from the

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Underrated Movie Podcast and
Rear Yells from Twitch.

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So this is the last episode of a
feature we've been calling the

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old Switcheroo Light Switch,
where instead of our normal

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focus on the over 300 retro
games available on Nintendo

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Classics, we're going to be
ranking the 1st 98 games that

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we've played on our way to the
to the big 100, as well as

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sharing our New Year, New Year's
gaming resolutions for 2026.

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Subscribe or follow us on
YouTube, Spotify, Apple, or

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wherever you listen to make sure
you're ready for when Season 4

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starts.
Mike.

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I know it's going to be a good
one because we've recorded that

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episode already.
Yes, it's so awesome, so fun.

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Speaking of fun, Mike, very
Merry Christmas to you.

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And Merry Christmas to you.
We are recording on Christmas

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Day because I got my family
stuff done early and Mike I

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think has it still coming up
here.

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Mike, you're, you're a big
Halloween guy.

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Are you a big Christmas guy too?
I like I'm very pro Christmas

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lights.
I'm not as big for on Christmas

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overall.
All with the possible exception

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of weird Christmas specials.
Yeah, 'cause you posted to our

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Discord.
Never forget, everybody join the

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Discord links on
www.theoldswitcharoo.com if you

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want to join up.
But Mike posted one of my

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favorite Christmas memes, which
is Marley and Marley and Me,

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which is a hybrid of the dog
movie Marley and Me with the

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Marley and Marley.
So, but I I'm on the hot take

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though.
Muppet Treasure Island way

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better than Muppet Christmas
Carol.

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Muppet Christmas Carol for me,
but it they are they are both

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extremely solid.
Yeah, yeah.

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They're good examples when you
just take The Muppets into sort

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of a genre or a story.
Yeah, Yep, Yep, yeah.

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You said that.
The Muppet Formula.

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Yeah, like I do kind of
appreciate I can say it this

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way.
Brian Henson said to me that I

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think he thought, like, if
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Muppet movie, The direction to
go in this same vein wasn't

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necessarily a specific story,
but basically just do a Western.

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Wait, Brian Henson, Is this Jim
Henson's son?

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Yes.
OK, OK.

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And is he involved in the
current Muppet stuff?

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Not really.
They kind of have sold stuff

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off, but that was kind of his
like, yeah, if I was still

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making the calls, like that's
where I that would be the

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direction to go.
Well, though, this feels

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Christmas Carol adjacent, so I'm
going to go there.

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You saw a Muppet Haunted
Mansion, right?

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Yes.
I like that movie.

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It it, I'm going to say I'm
confident about it, but it's

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definitely in the running for
the best Haunted Mansion movie.

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Right, well so getting back to
Christmas though, I shared on

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our discord that my little
brother gifted me our first ever

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old switcheroo merch.
It is a eco friendly washcloth

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with our dope logo on there and
I've got some extras so DM me in

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the discord if you'd like 1
shipping's on me and you know

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what you do with the washcloth.
This is between you and God.

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That's a weird way to say I just
said look, it's a washcloth, OK?

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I don't expect you to keep it
nice.

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That's that's what I'm implying.
Mike, keep it classy.

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Mike, come on, keep it classy
while.

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Supplies last.
While supplies last yes, I think

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I have 3 or 4 extras so we'll
just do first come first serve.

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But you know, I think they came
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Like I think they're pretty
cool, you know, and I'm

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definitely grateful that you
talked me into doing the

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redesign with the new colors and
everything because that the old

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red one that your wife hated so
much.

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And Cat, if you're listening,
Cat, you're right.

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Okay, this ones way better.
So I don't say that

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derogatorily.
Yeah, awesome.

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So let's move on then towards
the future, towards the new

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year.
You ready?

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All right, so we are going to be
having a brand new segment of

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our show in Season 4, beginning
with episode 5.

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We'll be announcing the first
ever and standings.

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Now the podcast that inspired me
to start a podcast is called

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Ultra 64 and we Universe.
Mike, did you ever mess with

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them?
I think I checked out a little

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bit on the 64 one.
Yeah, they ranked Stephen Woody,

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the guys who did it, they ranked
every and 64 game released in

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North America.
And he had a complete set at one

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point.
So he was playing on the

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cartridges and everything.
And then when they wrapped up

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that show, they still wanted to
keep podcasting.

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So then they tackled every Wii U
game released in North America

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in their sequel series We
Universe.

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And so Stephen Woody, you know,
I'm definitely check them out.

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We'll put a link in the show
notes.

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But it was so fun hearing their
rationale and seeing the kind of

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list form that I haven't won do
rankings since the very

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beginning.
Not really your thing though,

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Mike, right?
Not normally, not normally when

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it becomes a joint thing, I
think, I think it loses

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personality and it loses sort of
independent perspectives.

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Right.
And so, you know, those who've

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been listening for a while are
just know Mike, Mike's big math

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guy.
I mean, he's both good at it and

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it appeals to him.
So we and by we, I mean Mike

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figured out using Google Sheet
it coding.

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Did you do coding?
That's not the term.

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What is it programming?
I mean, I, I, I call this coding

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and I would also call this.
I just knew what I wanted and

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how to Google for it correctly
to find someone else who's been

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like, no, here's how you do
this.

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Plug in this code.
So Mike and I have each made our

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individual ranked lists of the
1st 98 games, which will bleed a

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little bit into Season 4 'cause
like I said, we're going to

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start the segment in Episode 5.
So we'll be including the games

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that we are uncovered in Episode
one, 2-3 and four of Season 4

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and the spreadsheet will find
the mathematical average between

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our two opinions.
And so this isn't gaming retro

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with Mike and Jamo.
This is the and in between, this

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is the mathematical middle
ground between our very

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different personalities are very
different tastes in gaming's.

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We're going to see exactly where
we crossover.

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Did I summarize that?
Well Mike, is that the gist of

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it?
Yeah, I think that.

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Covered is it's basically taking
the 2 rankings and you know if

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something's 12th on one list and
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it's going to end up at 37th.
I don't know why I didn't pick

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easier numbers to do that.
He's just flexing math God over

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here.
OK, so we're going to start off

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by looking at our individual
bottom 10 games.

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So, Mike, can we start with
yours?

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Yeah.
And I will also mention all of

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this will show up on the website
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So you'll be able to take a look
at these and those will stay

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roughly updated as we go.
Right.

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And so do you.
Do you want to read your your

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bottom 10 or you want me to read
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For you I can read my bottom 10.
All right, starting with number

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98.
Let's do these.

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We'll go down to the very
bottom, OK.

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This is starting with 89 going
down to, 98 going down to.

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So we'll end with the the bottom
of the bottom.

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OK, that's not always end
rehearsal, but that's fine.

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I'm down.
All right, Mike, go.

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I am going to make a lot of
people upset with a lot of this.

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Yeah, I but yeah, before he
reads this.

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OK, This is why, you know, I'm
suddenly looking at your bottom

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10, you heathen bastard.
I am like I am suddenly very

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grateful that this is your list
and not ours.

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Yeah.
God go.

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Go, Mike.
Yeah, because this is this is my

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list for how I feel about them.
So we are starting with Metroid.

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Like a classic.
Oh God.

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I I really didn't have fun with
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Followed by Yoshi.
I kind of get that one.

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No offense, Lisa.
And and it's to be clear for

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people who haven't been
following along or reading or

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watching our backlog, we don't
mean like one of the 2D Yoshi

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games.
We mean the Yoshi puzzle game.

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Real weird.
Slidy puzzle game.

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Yeah, no argument there.
Followed by virtue of Fighter 2.

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On the Genesis you got to
clarify very different game in

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the arcades.
I mean not doing arcades on here

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followed by let's do two more
that will upset people greatly

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which would be Mega Man the Wily
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Brothers the lost levels.
The lost levels you're forgiven

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for because you don't rewind and
so you just took the frustration

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of that game right to the face.
But to put the Wiley Wars, which

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is a graphically superior
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3 in your bottom 10 is freaking
wild.

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Mike.
It was just frustration factor

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for you.
A lot, yeah.

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Just and not liking the feel of
the game.

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OK, yeah, the early Mega Man
games, the movement wasn't

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great.
So, you know, it's just so

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iconic and so influential.
Like, yeah, there, there's a lot

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of this as I was going through
this because I because I put all

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of these on cards and I
separated them out into sort of

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groups that would be easier to
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Did you get a picture of this at
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Of all I do, I do have a picture
of all of the groupings once

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I've done all the rankings and I
had, so I had about like 15 or

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16 or something.
And it's like, you know, all the

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sports games were in one cop
thing and all the Zelda games

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specifically were in another.
And then I just started

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combining things, and then a
couple were just like

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miscellaneous, like here's a
bunch of games that kind of

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showed up in one pile because
they didn't fit anywhere else.

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Yeah, yeah, OK.
And then continuing down would

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be Star Soldier.
Somewhat forgettable shooter.

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And then Congo's caper.
Yep, Ryan Lay was right about

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that one.
Good, good on you.

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Wore Boss 5 the the invention of
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No, Nintendo 64.
That's what it was.

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And we're down to the bottom
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Yeah.
Which are third worst?

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Yep, Flicky.
On the Sega Genesis, yeah.

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Weird kind of puzzle platformer
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And then super ghouls and ghosts
which may be the most that feels

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like the most wrong.
I am on one of these I guess.

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Well, to say it's the second
worst game we've ever played I.

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Was so frustrated with that
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It felt personal.
Personal at least I would have I

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would have known it was
respecting me as an individual

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and then at the very bottom for
me is zevious because.

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Zevious the Avenger.
Yeah, Yeah, Poor Zevious.

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But I believe it was Marceline
who was telling us for the first

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time, you know, just how
influential that game was both

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for like soundtrack having its
own like rock spin off and, you

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know, first ever story.
Yeah.

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Yeah.
So I know that some of my bottom

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10 is going to look a bit
similar.

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So starting at 88 is right.
Is it line 8889?

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So starting at line 89.
At ranking 89.

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OK, Ghosts and goblins.
So which is wild because I know

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that the other game we covered
in that episode is way up on our

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list, so that might be the
series with the biggest span of

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quality on our combined list.
Yeah, Ghosts and goblins.

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Then there's my boy con ghost
caper.

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So also equally frustrated by
that game.

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Not equally though, because I
rewound to not be suffering

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through that.
I mean, I think that was much

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higher for you until you had to
go get some gameplay footage and

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not rewind.
Yeah Yep, rewind and went a long

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way on Congo's Caper, then
Burger Time Deluxe which barely

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eked out of your bottom 10, so
that's not far off on yours.

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Claymates is the next worst game
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Kind of surprised you didn't see
that one show up on your bottom

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10 like that game.
It's not good.

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But that was our very first
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Vadnais.
Pretty close to the book.

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It is also very near the bottom
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Yeah.
So then 93 and 94 tennis and

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super tennis.
I just, I don't know, I just

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could not think of a reason to
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tennis being so bare bones and
super tennis being just utterly

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humorless and just nothing
really interesting going on in

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that one except for the crazy
ending where you get kicked out

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of your house and your house
collapses. 95 Andrew, I love

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you, my friend.
Don't hate me, but Clue, clue

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land.
That game is just not a fun way

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to play.
And then I guess continuing the

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theme of me not being a sports
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baseball, 97 Yoshi, then 98 ZBS.
So I think we know what our

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bottom game is going to be,
Mike.

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Yeah, I think that, I think that
is a little clear.

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I think we always knew.
Right.

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So then mathematically then
Yoshi Congos capers also got to

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be real, but real low on our and
standing.

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So all right, Mike, so those are
our bottom games.

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Will you walk us through the top
of your list?

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All right, so the top of my
list, going from 10th up to my

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top game, yeah #10 is The Legend
of Zelda Links Awakening.

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It's so good, yeah.
Love all those wacky references.

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#9A game that we haven't covered
yet or we haven't released yet,

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but will be coming, is Chippy
Robo, which will be our second

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episode of the season.
That was that's going to be such

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a surprise.
I remember we recorded that

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episode and our our listeners
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I'm just so happy you took to
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Like I was such my game too.
That's going to be high up in

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our combined list.
I love chibi robo.

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Yeah #8 is Joe and Mac.
Insane.

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Yeah, I, I know.
Insane.

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But you know, you know, the
game's not that good.

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I, I, I know you're going to
feel it's insane.

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It's just Joe and Mac too.
Is so much better.

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Not for you though.
No, not for the, not for the

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Mike list.
This is why.

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This is why the lists are
separate.

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OK.
Yes.

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It doesn't cause a podcast
divorce.

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All right, I'll shut up because
I love your #7.

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Yeah #7 ghouls and ghosts.
Chef's Kiss.

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Wonderful.
Nintendo 64, I think is what I

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gave it.
Like maybe I give it a Super

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Nintendo, but God, that game's
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It feels so good Number. 6 is
Legend of Zelda A Link to the

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Past.
My high is Zelda.

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Yeah.
So you're a top down, You're

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more of a top down guy.
I don't.

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Know if it necessarily it's a
more of a top down guy so much

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as I am not a fan as much a fan
of N64 era 3D.

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OK, OK, I can see that.
And I mean, it's the quality is

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impossible to argue.
You know, it's such such a well

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put together game #5 that's the
top five.

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Mike, what's next?
#5 excite bike 64 that.

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Game was so surprising and how
much it had to offer, but I just

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didn't think the controls were
tight enough or maybe I just

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wasn't good enough at it.
You're just trying to bring up

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the old wound of that soccer
match, aren't you?

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I, I I'm not, although I'm glad
you bring it up.

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Yeah, Fringe benefit.
Yeah, go back and watch our

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season 1 episode if you want to
see how much of A cheater Mike,

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really.
Do you guys think I cheat with

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the rewinding?
You just you just I cheat.

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By following the rules of the
game we're playing.

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You know something some would
say that is cheating.

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I don't know who that some is,
but I'm going to find him one

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day.
All right #4. #4 Sonic the

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Hedgehog 2.
So good, so good.

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I'm almost certain that's in my
top 10.

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So that's going to be high up on
our combined list, but better

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than Sonic 2 is our other Sonic
game, Mike.

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Sonic the Hedgehog spinball,
Yes.

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Wild, that game, it just it's
just special to you.

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I guess it's just your love of
pinball and.

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I I mean, I'm going to point out
that like currently sitting in

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my apartment is the the only
thing I bought on Black Friday

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was the vinyl of the music for
Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball.

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Which reminded me, you have to
let me know if the theme song is

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how that record begins because
let's not forget the theme song

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was written in a couple of
hours.

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And so I wonder if that is like
the narrowest window for, you

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know, composition to vinyl
record.

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Like, that's fun.
OK.

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So not too surprised by your
actually, you know what?

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I thought this would be your
number one.

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What's your #2 game, Mike?
My number 2 is Mario Kart 64.

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Which I thought was your number
one, but then here comes #1.

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Number one is Pokémon Snap.
Yeah, yeah.

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I mean, it is one of our most
popular shorts.

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So, you know, follow us on
TikTok, Instagram, YouTube if

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you want to see our short form
content.

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But Derek talking about the joy
of catching a Charizard in

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Pokémon Snap.
And this was, if I remember

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correctly, when you got a switch
before I even pitched the show

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to you.
This was the first game you

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booted up when you joined my
family plan.

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I think it I think it was
because it was one that I had on

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multiple occasions tried to
emulate that game so that I

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could play it and it did not
work.

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So.
Yeah, some N64 games are hard to

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emulate, strangely enough, so.
And that's why the Analog 3D,

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which we covered our last
episode, is such a cool moment

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for a lot of people because it
uses the OG cartridges.

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And if that's interesting to
you, go back and listen to our

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Analog 3D episode.
Yeah, there's something about

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the rail shooting the like the
effectively it's a rail shooter,

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something about handling those
controls.

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It just it doesn't.
I can't get it to control one of

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the parts that needed to.
Yeah, that's a big part of the

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game.
It's all about precision.

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Yeah, being able to aim the
camera kind of matters, so.

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Then my top ten games, we are
starting with ranked #10 ghouls

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and ghosts again.
We both love that game.

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And then I have a whole Zelda
chunk.

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Yeah, 98 and 7 is Ocarina of
Time, Majora's Mask and Links

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Awakening.
So I think Zelda's going to have

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a strong showing in our combined
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That's that's for sure.
Number six, Chitty Robo, That's

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yeah.
Like I'm excited to see that.

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So unexpectedly high on our
combined list #5 Legend of Zelda

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4 Swords.
I'm surprised this one didn't

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make it into your top ten.
I thought you had a lot of fun

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when we played it.
I did have a solid amount of fun

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with that, but actually right
before we did this, I shifted

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that down a bit because I wasn't
fully sure where to put that

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because you kind of have
ultimately, I treated it as four

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swords as just the Four Swords
part and not the fact that that

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also gets you because I think
that was effectively the same

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thing as also like the color
version that has some other

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stuff you're.
Thinking of Link to the Past on

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Game Boy Advance was was
packaged on the same cartridge

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as Four Swords.
Yeah.

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And so in my mind, those are
were kind of linked for a long

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while my ranking before I kind
of broke them off because they

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were packaged is one thing.
Yeah, it doesn't make sense to

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to rank them together.
They're they're, they're two

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very distinct pieces #4 Starfox
64 didn't show up in your top

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10, but I like that one.
And you know, and Jordan

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Jordan's going to be happy to
hear that get so high up there

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#3 for context, is my favorite.
Well, I guess it used to be my

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favorite game.
I discovered it's actually

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Street Fighter three Third
Strike.

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But Street Fighter 2 is so Dang
good.

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This really should be my number
one game.

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But because the controls on the
Switch are so Hanford.

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Although now can we remap
Genesis controls yet?

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Is that a thing?
I don't know that that feels

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like if it's not, it should come
soon.

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Right.
They, they, they, they started

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like remap it or allowing you to
remap the controls for, you

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know, Nintendo classics.
But I can't, I can't for the

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life of me right now.
Remember if Genesis has that yet

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or not.
I'm going to boot it up while we

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do the last couple here #2 Sonic
the Hedgehog, too.

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Yeah.
So like, that's clearly going to

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be in our top ten.
And then number one, Mario Kart

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64.
Now Justin's going to want to

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punch me for for not not putting
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 at #1 but

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Mario Kart 64 mic it's battle
mode is still fun to this day.

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Yeah, I think that may still
remain.

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It's the best incarnation of
battle.

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Yeah, I don't, I don't think it
has ever it has ever been

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improved.
I would.

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It's not even been matched, I
don't think, no.

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And I did just confirm that the
Genesis on Nintendo classics

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does not have customizable
controls yet.

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So a Nintendo, I know you're
listening Nintendo get on that.

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All right, Mike.
So now that's coming, I hope on

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unless it's as we fear and
Nintendo is slowly ignoring the

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Genesis app until it just fades
into the, you know, into the

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horizon.
But it's been a long time since

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we got new Genesis game.
And I don't know, as we said in

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one of our other light switch
episodes, actually, no, our

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finale episode, you said you
wanted another Genesis console

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added to Nintendo classics.
So that would be pretty dope.

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OK, so now are we ready to take
a look at our Ann standings?

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Yes.
OK, so I like I said, I am going

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to be reading them off starting
with the very bottom.

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I'll just do the whole list,
including CBS, poor CBS and

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then, you know, kind of bopping
through it.

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A good clip.
And if you don't want to hear us

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go through all the games, you
have a couple of options.

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Mike, what are those?
So first of all, we'll be having

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this up on our website as well,
so you can go through it at your

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own pace.
And that'll have the full lists

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for both of both of us as well
as the Ann standings combined

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list.
And then check the show notes or

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the chapters on this for the
time stamps, because we will put

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a time stamp to the top 10.
So you can jump straight to that

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if you want to see what's the
top of the list.

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And you want me to read off the
numbers again?

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I forgot.
Are we reading off numbers?

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Are we just doing names?
Let's let's do numbers.

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All right, so here we go.
Number 98 Zevious, Any doubt?

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97 Yoshi. 96 Congo's Caper. 95
Flicky. 90 tied for 93.

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Tied for 93 is Flicky Clay Mates
and Burger Time Deluxe.

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All right, 92 Super Tennis, 91
Super Ghouls and Ghosts.

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So it still made it into our
bottom 10 Mike.

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Not quite the second worst game,
but it's in the bottom that I

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had a rough time with that as
well.

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Tied for 89 is Star Soldier and
KLU.

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KLU Land 88, Baseball on the NES
87.

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Pilot Wings Tide for 84. 85.
Tie for 85.

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I'm going to get the hang of
this Virtual fighter Two on the

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Genesis and Ghoul Patrol 84 Dig
Dug 2 Trouble in Paradise.

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You were disappointed by that
one.

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Yeah.
Because that's the one where you

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were hoping it was going to be
Dig Dug.

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I think everybody would be
hoping it was Dig Dug.

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Yeah, then 83 Super Soccer, 82
Doomsday Warrior Tied for

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Eighty, Super Punch Out and
Tennis 79 Super Mario Brothers,

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The Last Levels 78 Zelda 2 The
Adventure of Link.

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Mike, what's this doing all the
way down here?

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Sitting quite calmly, it would
appear.

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Just as result, the two I will
die on that hill one day. 77

448
00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:33,040
Mario Brothers the arcade game,
not Super Mario Brothers the

449
00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:36,640
arcade when we have to hit the
turtles from underneath. 76

450
00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:42,720
Golden Axe 275 Doctor Mario on
the NES. 74 Metroid.

451
00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,800
I did what I could.
Everybody OK, I got it out of

452
00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:50,880
the bottom.
The bottom drags 73 The Legend

453
00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:54,920
of Zelda NES Yeah, that game has
not aged that well, has it?

454
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,760
Yeah.
I I think it definitely is a

455
00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:03,240
product of its time and part of
it, the product of its time was

456
00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:07,120
the expectation that you would
be getting help on that game

457
00:27:07,120 --> 00:27:09,960
from other people.
Yeah, which you did not.

458
00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:13,320
I did not.
And then also that, you know, to

459
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,760
beat that one, I had to rewind
like mad.

460
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:18,040
That game just feels unfair
towards the end.

461
00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:23,440
And like the last dungeon. 72,
Kung Fu Heroes 71, Pinball on

462
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:29,080
the NES 70.
I sorry, no, that's right, 70.

463
00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,080
I didn't screw up Star Fox on
the SNES.

464
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,880
Again, another iconic game.
You know, it's very historically

465
00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:41,800
important, but just not that fun
to play by modern standards.

466
00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,880
I, I I.
Think it also just the graphics

467
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,520
are rough.
Right, Yeah.

468
00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:51,680
I mean, revolutionary for the
time, but by today's standards,

469
00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:55,600
playing with polygons with that
few frames of animation, it's

470
00:27:55,680 --> 00:28:00,440
it's a bit of an eyesore.
But I'm happy to see though that

471
00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:05,240
Star Fox 2 and Star Fox 64 looks
like they're going to be higher.

472
00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:07,880
I would guess Star Fox 64 much
higher but let's see where how

473
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:11,120
it shakes out.
Tied for 67th place, a three-way

474
00:28:11,120 --> 00:28:15,360
tie, Mappy land, Kirbys
Dreamland 3 and Doctor Mario on

475
00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:21,600
the Game Boy 66.
Super Baseball simulator 1065.

476
00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:27,400
Our first game we ever covered.
Jelly Boy Episode 0.

477
00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:33,000
There he is tied for 62nd place.
Another three-way tie, Metroid

478
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:37,320
2, Return of Samus, Mega Man,
The Wiley Wars, and Kid Icarus.

479
00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:41,720
That's an embarrassing little
chunk because those are three

480
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:47,360
very cool, iconic games, so I
blame you for them being just

481
00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:50,800
low.
You know, I actually, I think

482
00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:55,400
one of those may not be me.
Kid Icarus I put kind of low.

483
00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:59,880
Yeah, no, I would say I thought
I had.

484
00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:06,000
Kid who are higher than me, I.
Don't know where I ended up on

485
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,000
Metroid 2.
Check the website, find out

486
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,040
where I put Metroid 2 because I
don't remember.

487
00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:16,640
While he's looking, I'll keep
going. 61 Ghosts and Goblins the

488
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:18,960
NES version Serial wants you to
know it's not the arcade

489
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:24,680
version. 60 Excite Bike tied for
57th Spanky's Quest, Smash

490
00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:29,440
Tennis and Castlevania.
Sorry, Kai, although we're

491
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:31,680
getting kind of in the middle of
the pack here, this is kind of

492
00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:34,640
not super embarrassing.
Yeah.

493
00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:39,280
And it is kind of interesting
like we have a very, the pack is

494
00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:42,800
not as separated out as one
would think when you look at.

495
00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:46,440
We'll also put like what the
actual the average ranking is on

496
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:49,920
this and just there's a massive
chunk in the middle and I think

497
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:56,320
a lot of that represents very
divisive takes between US and

498
00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,160
they all just kind of average
out into the middle bit.

499
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,880
It's the embodiment of our
arguments, Mike.

500
00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:06,320
That's why I like it. 56 F0, 55
Prehistoric man.

501
00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:09,680
That thing, that goofy little
game beat out some classics.

502
00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:12,480
So kind of pulling for you,
whatever that caveman's name

503
00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:15,080
was.
Tied for 53rd Kid.

504
00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:17,640
Chameleon and Breath of Fire.
Those are two very different

505
00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:22,320
games to tie 52 Kirby's
Dreamland 2 that was the Gameboy

506
00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:25,640
one with the animal companion 51
fighters history.

507
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:27,640
That's definitely one of the big
surprises.

508
00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:28,840
That was the Street Fighter
clone.

509
00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:30,840
It was like, this is actually
kind of fun to play.

510
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:36,880
Like, we had a decent time with
that 150 Doctor Mario 64490, our

511
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:40,240
first Season 4 game, Solomon's
key.

512
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:47,120
Tune into Episode 4 of Season 4
four to see why we liked that

513
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:51,200
game, or at least why I liked
it, and we might tolerate it.

514
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:54,040
Spoiler alert.
All right, 48 Super Mario

515
00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:56,200
Brothers.
Yeah.

516
00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:59,400
So I think at this point now
we're at like, OK, these games

517
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:03,160
are good, right?
Which again, speaks to the

518
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:06,000
quality of Nintendo classics
that we've covered this many

519
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:11,840
just good games for like 20
bucks a year or 50 bucks a year

520
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:15,600
if you get all the systems.
Like I don't know man, someone's

521
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:19,400
got to know about Nintendo
classics out there. 47 Echo the

522
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:21,880
Dolphin.
Still our most popular TikTok to

523
00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:23,360
date.
That thing is still chugging

524
00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:26,360
along with the viewership.
Love that one. 40 more views

525
00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:28,280
than new videos.
Yeah, it is.

526
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:31,160
It truly is.
Something about the conspiracy,

527
00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:34,360
conspiracy theory, alien aspect
of echo the dolphin really

528
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:35,880
grabbed the Internet by the
brain.

529
00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:40,080
Banana 46 Wario's Woods, my
beloved Wario's Woods.

530
00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:43,480
I think maybe the best puzzle
game we've played so far, and

531
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:45,080
then a huge.
Tie.

532
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:48,280
We have a two.
We have a two way tie followed

533
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:49,840
by a five way tie.
Gotcha.

534
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:54,520
OK, so tied for 44th, Joe and
Mack 2, Lost in the Tropics and

535
00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:58,160
Super Mario Kart.
Both very quality games.

536
00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:04,560
You know, I'm not mad at that.
And then tied for 39th place is

537
00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:09,000
a five way tie versus Excite
Bike, Star Fox 60, Star Fox 2,

538
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:14,000
Excuse me, Shining Force 2,
Crystallis and Castlevania

539
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:16,720
Legends.
What I love about that is that

540
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:20,280
Castlevania Legends is by far
thought of as the forgotten or

541
00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:24,040
forgettable game, but you and I
had that sweet spot of like you.

542
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,040
Know this game's not bad.
I had.

543
00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:29,480
I had fun with that one.
And you beat that one without

544
00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:32,000
rewinding.
Yeah, Yeah, that was satisfying,

545
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:32,480
so.
And.

546
00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:34,080
It's like, oh, people's
complaining, it's too easy.

547
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:37,040
It's like, welp.
I'm good with that.

548
00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:39,640
Made these boys happy.
Justice for Sonja Belmont.

549
00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:42,120
Leave a comment if you also like
Sonja Belmont.

550
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:47,000
OK, so then now we're out of the
tie 38th place Mario Kart Super

551
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,160
Circuit.
I was kind of surprised to see

552
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:52,360
that rank higher than the SNES
one because we both kind of

553
00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:55,560
agreed that one was kind of kind
of rendered irrelevant.

554
00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:58,960
I.
If I was going to play one of

555
00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:00,320
them though, I'd be more likely
to play it.

556
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,640
Yeah, it looks better.
It's got the slight 3D elements.

557
00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:07,480
It's kind of more what you
expect Mario Kart to feel like.

558
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:13,040
Yeah, I'm with you 37.
Punch Out on the NES 36.

559
00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:18,000
Kirby's Dreamland 35.
Mario Party tied for 33.

560
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:23,000
This.
Mike, you read it?

561
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:28,480
I ain't reading this one.
Tied for 33 is the.

562
00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:32,360
Classic Joe and Mack.
I knew you were going to say it

563
00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:35,280
like that.
And also Street Fighter 2

564
00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:38,280
Champion Edition.
Listen, Internet, I know you

565
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:43,480
hate Mike like I do right now,
but listen, the controls, if you

566
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:50,400
have the Nintendo Switch Online
expansion pass, boot up Street

567
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:53,800
Fighter on the Genesis and see
how unwieldy it is to have those

568
00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:57,840
controls on a Well, I just,
yeah, just period.

569
00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:01,080
Yeah, I.
Mean it probably is worth noting

570
00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:05,560
that that is another factor to
this like that is the highest

571
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:09,719
fighting game that.
Insane, insane.

572
00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:10,960
Mike does not like fighting
games.

573
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:14,280
And I love them as we need that
meme, that godfather.

574
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,800
Look what you did to my boy.
They massacred my boy.

575
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:19,320
Like that's what you did, you
bastard.

576
00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:23,719
All right, 32 Kirby Superstar,
31 Blast Core.

577
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:25,120
Yeah, that was high on both our
lists.

578
00:34:26,159 --> 00:34:31,320
Then a tie for 29th Kirby's
Adventure and Super Mario World.

579
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:34,760
Those are both really high
quality Nintendo platformers.

580
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:38,239
I'm not mad.
Like that might be the best NES

581
00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:41,960
platform we've played paired
with the best or one of the best

582
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:44,000
Super Nintendo platforms we've
played.

583
00:34:44,199 --> 00:34:46,400
So yeah.
And Mike's not a platformer guy,

584
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:48,400
so I probably knocked those down
a bit.

585
00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:53,080
Tied for 27th, Mario Tennis and
Fantasy *4.

586
00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:57,200
Interesting.
Fantasy Star Four I thought was

587
00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:02,080
super underrated.
We both liked it though. 26th

588
00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:09,120
Mario's Pick Cross then tied for
23rd, Breath of Fire 2, Mario

589
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:11,680
Super PIC Cross and Pilot Wing
64.

590
00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:15,200
I like when we have little
variety clusters like that.

591
00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:20,680
A flight SIM, a puzzle game, and
an RPG all tied for 23rd.

592
00:35:20,720 --> 00:35:23,640
What a weird list.
The pic cross game is ending up

593
00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:25,080
higher on here than I thought
they might have.

594
00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,600
Yeah, well, I mean, you remember
I cheated and you said that

595
00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:31,880
ruined the point of the game.
But look, I had fun, so who are

596
00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:33,640
you to say that I played the
game wrong?

597
00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:39,200
I had fun.
No, you're like, I'm to say

598
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:43,320
you're wrong, but you didn't say
it. 22nd Golden Axe on the

599
00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:45,480
Genesis.
A lunch game for the Genesis.

600
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:49,520
Pretty cool.
Pretty cool. 21st Excite Bike 64

601
00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:52,520
again, a game I like more
playing against you than playing

602
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:57,440
the against the computer.
Another season 4 episode Tech

603
00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:00,720
Mobile at the 20th place.
That was another pleasant

604
00:36:00,720 --> 00:36:04,080
surprise.
We'll definitely, you know,

605
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:05,960
invite you to listen to that
episode.

606
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:08,400
We had our friends from
Arcadiology, Brad and Jordan

607
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:12,400
back and a lot of competition
between the two podcast in that

608
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:14,680
episode.
I won't tell you how it shook

609
00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:19,600
out, nor do I want to remember.
That'll be coming out just after

610
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:24,160
the Super Bowl because we have a
vague awareness of sports and so

611
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:27,480
we timed it.
You're very generous to say we,

612
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:29,560
but you have a vague awareness
of sports.

613
00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:31,920
If you had told me the Super
Bowl takes place in November, I

614
00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:33,360
would have completely believed
you, Mike.

615
00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:38,040
The whole point of this show is
averaging us out and then kind

616
00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:41,680
of being being where we are.
Mike, we should make a romantic

617
00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:43,680
comedy where we will fall in
love with the same robot.

618
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:49,080
OK, tie for 18th place.
Someone, someone plug that into

619
00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:50,120
AI.
Make that script.

620
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:53,800
Thank you very much.
Tie for 18th Sin and Punishment

621
00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:55,960
and The Legend of Zelda Majora's
Mask.

622
00:36:56,800 --> 00:37:02,600
Yeah, I mean, again, two very
cool, very unique and 64 games.

623
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:07,640
You like Sin and Punishment more
than Majora's Mask, right?

624
00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:09,840
Yes.
Yeah, yeah.

625
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:13,920
Even with the wall that I hit on
sin and punishment.

626
00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:16,440
Right.
Yeah, You like the novelty of

627
00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:18,360
it.
And you discovered the Pacific

628
00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:23,560
Rim multiplayer mode.
All right, 17th, Star Fox 64.

629
00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:27,960
OK, not mad at that. 16th,
because we love the boys at

630
00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:30,960
smashing game time so much.
We covered a game that was not

631
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:36,480
in the Nintendo classic catalog.
Zombies hit my neighbors, so

632
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:39,200
that one's high up there.
And it is available for purchase

633
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:41,960
on the Switch.
It also has Google Patrol, which

634
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:46,520
is in your bottom 10.
So it's a quite a range of

635
00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:49,320
quality on that 2 pack.
All right, we're getting towards

636
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:54,120
the top here. 15th Gunstar
Heroes, I mean, no surprise

637
00:37:54,120 --> 00:38:00,000
there.
Super high quality #14-F-099 not

638
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,560
in Nintendo classics, but
included with your Nintendo

639
00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:05,080
Switch Online subscription.
Mike, how do you feel about that

640
00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:09,280
one?
It's a little higher than I I

641
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:12,720
expected and I think it's just,
I feel like a lot more games

642
00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:15,520
offer something more.
But I'm still very glad that

643
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:19,560
they have F-099 and they've
continued to support it.

644
00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:25,640
Yeah.
But like that, that is I'm glad

645
00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:27,280
to see them doing stuff like
that.

646
00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:33,400
Even it and I have it is one
like I have played a solid

647
00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:34,680
amount of.
There were just other things

648
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:38,000
that ended up higher than it.
Yeah.

649
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:42,840
But I appreciate that and there
was a stretch where I was trying

650
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:45,600
to play it sort of daily for a
couple weeks.

651
00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:50,680
Yeah, and I can't really think
of something Nintendo, I mean,

652
00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:54,160
beyond continuing to support
Tetris 99, which is nice, but

653
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:56,280
they haven't really done
anything like this.

654
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:59,320
They felt like there was a hot
minute there where Nintendo was

655
00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:01,760
doing all these neat free games,
and I feel like they've kind of

656
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:04,440
cooled on that.
So I would love to see it again.

657
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:07,160
I would.
Say, I think cuz not so much

658
00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:09,360
free as I thought that was.
I thought that required the

659
00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:11,880
subscription.
OK, yeah, I shouldn't say free,

660
00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:14,200
free with the subscription.
Which is a maxi moron.

661
00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:18,320
Yeah, more additional things to
make the subscription neat.

662
00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:21,760
Yeah, yeah, 100%.
Two more 15.

663
00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:25,960
Shining Force Ego War boss War
Boss 5.

664
00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:29,280
Excuse me, 12 Sonic the
Hedgehogs Pinball.

665
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:34,760
That's that janky, that janky
game coming in almost our top

666
00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:37,480
ten, our best.
Pinball game of the show, Yeah.

667
00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:46,520
Huge gap there 11 the Legend of
Zelda 4 swords OK, so you'd like

668
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:50,160
that too in our combined list
that almost broke top ten.

669
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:53,880
I adore that I still want to get
together rich that rich that's

670
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:57,080
Rhode Island, Rhode Island and
Butch combine Butch Rhode Island

671
00:39:57,080 --> 00:39:59,400
Rhode Island kill let's let's
get back online.

672
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:01,200
I haven't.
I still haven't beaten that game

673
00:40:01,240 --> 00:40:03,480
and I have two.
Also still haven't beaten that

674
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:06,440
game and that is in the like.
Should do that at some point.

675
00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:08,920
Hey, you know what, Mike?
Maybe we should make that one of

676
00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:10,600
our New Year's resolutions for
our next segment.

677
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,480
So drum roll, please.
But La La, la, La La La La La

678
00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:16,360
La.
The top 10 games of the Ann

679
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:19,360
standings.
The Mike and I theoretically

680
00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:24,400
agree #10 Ninja Gaiden.
Yeah, OK.

681
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:27,880
Starting off the top ten strong.
See a classic game that I

682
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:31,200
actually put high.
Yeah, yeah, you are not wrong

683
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:36,280
about everything #9 The Legend
of Zelda, Ocarina of Time, which

684
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:40,680
just just swept.
Actually, that just beat you in

685
00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:42,840
the cable club league.
It was between StarCraft and

686
00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:45,120
that for the top game.
Yeah.

687
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:47,880
Which kind of stinks because
Derek could get that cool belt

688
00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:49,720
and 1st coming to second, you
don't get anything.

689
00:40:52,240 --> 00:40:54,120
But I felt better.
Yeah, because I did strike.

690
00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:57,720
Also I I.
Was aiming for, like, to win the

691
00:40:57,720 --> 00:41:02,680
second tier, Yeah.
And I did not know until I was

692
00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:05,280
on with them that they were big
StarCraft fans and it went

693
00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:08,720
straight to the top, like, oh,
that was not what I expected.

694
00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:10,960
Yeah, yeah.
And I also want to point out

695
00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:13,640
smashing, sorry, cable club
league.

696
00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:18,000
If you're listening, when you
asked me how I felt about third

697
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,360
strikes chances in the league, I
said that you're going to be

698
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:22,640
wrong about it.
So just know that when you place

699
00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:24,880
this lower than it should be,
and you know what?

700
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:26,600
It's nice to be proven right
sometimes.

701
00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:31,440
I mean, there was also the
voters.

702
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:39,680
No, no, Mike, Dang it #9 Super
Mario World, Super Mario Advance

703
00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:41,680
two.
Yeah, Super Mario World.

704
00:41:41,720 --> 00:41:44,920
OK, right.
I forgot that we liked the

705
00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:47,320
Gameboy Advance 1 so much more.
A lot of quality of life

706
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:49,640
improvements on that one.
Huge amount.

707
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:53,200
I mean, Can you imagine playing
this without hearing Mario say

708
00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:57,360
junk all the time?
Every time he jumps or whatever

709
00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:00,840
#7 The Legend of Zelda linked to
the past.

710
00:42:01,240 --> 00:42:02,960
You know, you can't be mad at
that.

711
00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:08,240
Then tied for fifth place Ghouls
and Ghosts on the Sega Genesis

712
00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:11,840
and Legend of Zelda Links
Awakening.

713
00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:16,160
I mean, I adore both those
games, so that's pretty cool.

714
00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:20,200
I'm happy with that.
I think the dark horse of this

715
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:25,320
whole Ant standing is our number
four-game Chibi Robo plug into

716
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:29,000
Adventure Baby season 4.
Mike, you didn't even know what

717
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:31,120
Chibi Robo was before you played
that game, right?

718
00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:35,120
I did not.
Yeah, but gosh, that game is

719
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:39,520
Just listen to our upcoming
episode, Episode 2 of Season 4.

720
00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:42,200
It's special.
It's so wacky.

721
00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:45,000
It is.
It is the GameCube making a very

722
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:48,840
strong entry into this.
Yeah, roaring out of the gates.

723
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:52,760
Our very our only GameCube game
on here is in the top five.

724
00:42:53,720 --> 00:43:00,320
So that Make E Pokémon Snap made
the podium, as it should.

725
00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:08,560
That game's fantastic #2 Sonic
the Hedgehog 2 and #1 it's a him

726
00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:13,880
Mario Kart 64.
I was like, knowing you and I, I

727
00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:17,760
knew ZVS was going to be the
bottom, and I felt pretty sure

728
00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:19,760
that Mario Kart 64 was going to
be our top.

729
00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:21,640
But it's fun.
I like this.

730
00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:27,080
So going on, starting in Episode
5, we will be announcing our

731
00:43:27,080 --> 00:43:29,600
individual placements and then
revealing the updated and

732
00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:31,880
standing list.
And if you ever want to see

733
00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:37,280
where our combined rankings are,
go to www.theoldswitcharoo.com.

734
00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:40,160
And yeah, I think that'll be
fun.

735
00:43:41,560 --> 00:43:44,880
So Mike, we're releasing this
episode New Year's Eve.

736
00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:50,800
So we want to wish our listeners
a very happy New year.

737
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,800
And Mike did not give my
blessing for this, but I'm going

738
00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:57,880
to do it anyway.
I want to speed run a shout out

739
00:43:57,880 --> 00:44:02,640
to everyone in our Discord.
So happy new year to I'm going

740
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:13,240
to tie myself Jordan Rex shalkum
Derek light, but heavy Butch Don

741
00:44:13,240 --> 00:44:15,440
the cable club Cujo prime Hapney
crystal Lee Wasa.

742
00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:18,560
I'm Josh saying archaeus Admiral
J Mercelun Tron coyote jump

743
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:21,440
cancel Brian Kyle, the coke dub
captain.

744
00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:26,520
So sorry.
Odd Tran Julio Dempsey podcaster

745
00:44:26,520 --> 00:44:32,360
Andrew defunct games Jay Cassie
Niko rice DK swagger dragon cat

746
00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:34,320
console Co Andy Lord Tottenham
him.

747
00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:37,720
No, you can have you can't have
more soup something boss and

748
00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:40,080
rinse and hold.
It means so much.

749
00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:44,480
You guys are with us and you
know this is such a fun thing to

750
00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:46,800
do.
We hope your 2026 is absolutely

751
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:49,800
wonderful and we hope all your
New Year's resolutions come

752
00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:50,800
true.
Mike, you.

753
00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:54,320
Heard a couple of 2025.
Yes, that was a rough one.

754
00:44:54,720 --> 00:44:59,120
Fingers crossed for 2026 this is
going to be the money. 1M.

755
00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:01,320
What are some of your New Year's
gaming resolutions?

756
00:45:01,680 --> 00:45:03,120
I forgot that was about 50
seconds.

757
00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:11,560
I think the first one I want to
say I want to start using the

758
00:45:11,560 --> 00:45:14,720
Atari 2600 Plus.
I have more, yeah.

759
00:45:14,720 --> 00:45:19,320
And some of that is definitely
motivated by the analog 3D bit

760
00:45:19,320 --> 00:45:24,280
that we did since Atari 2600.
Plus is another displays the

761
00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:27,760
original games.
Well, yeah, and I want you to

762
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:29,600
have me over and we'll play
combat and everything.

763
00:45:29,600 --> 00:45:30,960
Like that'd be fun night.
Yeah.

764
00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:33,720
And I'm also hoping to try to do
a little bit of that as

765
00:45:33,720 --> 00:45:38,600
streaming.
OK, wow the most low graphical,

766
00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:41,600
probably the lowest graphic
stream that's gonna be on

767
00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:42,760
twitch.
That's amazing.

768
00:45:43,240 --> 00:45:45,920
Yeah, I didn't I it's is it easy
to hook up?

769
00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:49,640
I mean cuz it's just HDMI right?
It is HDMI, so I think it's just

770
00:45:49,640 --> 00:45:53,480
gonna be making getting it
working for the capture part of

771
00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:56,080
it.
Yeah, may not be, I gotta

772
00:45:56,080 --> 00:45:57,960
figure.
That out I mean, my little

773
00:45:57,960 --> 00:46:01,920
capture card for my Switch is a
little wonky, so you know, but

774
00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:04,880
again, I didn't really buy it in
that nice of a 1, so that might

775
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:06,960
be part of it too.
Any other?

776
00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:12,280
Resolutions.
I think there's probably, I can

777
00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:13,960
find the time.
There's a couple games that I

778
00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:16,800
would like to go back and try to
complete the.

779
00:46:16,840 --> 00:46:18,000
Yeah, that's going to be some of
mine.

780
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:20,240
What's your resolution?
What's your backlog resolution?

781
00:46:20,240 --> 00:46:22,600
I have a couple too.
I.

782
00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:25,760
Think the top one on that
because it's still sort of fresh

783
00:46:25,760 --> 00:46:27,440
in my mind, but I just need the
time for it.

784
00:46:27,880 --> 00:46:30,960
Actually his chippy robo.
I would like to try and see if I

785
00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:34,680
can get through that I.
Think you can it's not a hard

786
00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:37,440
game once you figure out what to
do, but it does have a bit of

787
00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:41,120
that moon logic stuff of like I
don't know if I would have ever

788
00:46:41,120 --> 00:46:44,720
thought to like use my radar in
the weird crop circle in the

789
00:46:44,720 --> 00:46:46,840
backyard because it doesn't
really tell me you can do that.

790
00:46:46,840 --> 00:46:49,480
You know what I mean so if
you're willing to check a guide

791
00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:52,200
if you get absolutely stuck, I
think I think that's very

792
00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:57,680
doable.
My resolutions are that I have

793
00:46:57,680 --> 00:47:03,640
been really getting into VR
boxing and I you know putting

794
00:47:03,640 --> 00:47:05,240
this out there in the universe
so I don't quit it.

795
00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:09,600
I wanna make a body
transformation video.

796
00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:14,680
I wanna show how good of an
effect this VR boxing game is

797
00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:18,120
having on me cuz getting in
better shape is something I have

798
00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:19,600
been wanting to do for a long
time.

799
00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:24,880
And I have gotten to the point
of competency in the game where

800
00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:28,320
it's like I'm not being totally
embarrassed anymore and I'm

801
00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:32,440
working up a good sweat.
So I am excited to show my

802
00:47:32,440 --> 00:47:38,160
progress on myself via thrill of
the fight to on metaquest.

803
00:47:38,360 --> 00:47:41,480
So that's my one of my gaming
resolutions.

804
00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:45,640
My other one, Brian, Brian, if
you're still listening, I'm so

805
00:47:45,640 --> 00:47:47,440
sorry.
I've had his copy of Miles

806
00:47:47,440 --> 00:47:51,560
Morales, Spider Man for like
years now and the game ain't

807
00:47:51,560 --> 00:47:53,480
that long.
And when he loaned it to me, I

808
00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:56,520
said, just to be clear, you're
not going to get this back for a

809
00:47:56,520 --> 00:47:57,680
while.
And he's like, no, I'm fine with

810
00:47:57,680 --> 00:48:00,200
it.
But it is an embarrassingly long

811
00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:03,120
time I've had that copy for a
game that's that good.

812
00:48:03,560 --> 00:48:06,960
So that's definitely my backlog.
Thing is finish Bryan's copy of

813
00:48:06,960 --> 00:48:09,600
Spider Man, Miles Morales while
he's still my friend.

814
00:48:11,720 --> 00:48:15,920
That's that's pretty bad.
And like any games for 2026,

815
00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:20,280
you're excited to play.
I am hoping for the release of

816
00:48:20,280 --> 00:48:22,440
the mermaid mask.
What is that?

817
00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:30,360
So a while back I had talked
about a game in the Detective

818
00:48:30,360 --> 00:48:33,960
Grimoire series called The
Tangled Tower.

819
00:48:34,520 --> 00:48:36,240
Yeah, I remember that.
It was one of our light switch

820
00:48:36,240 --> 00:48:38,120
episodes.
Yeah, and one of our light

821
00:48:38,120 --> 00:48:42,800
switch episodes where it's kind
of a, it is a solved mystery

822
00:48:43,760 --> 00:48:47,520
style game that I think is a
really fun game.

823
00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:53,280
And it's a small developer and
they've been having, I'm going

824
00:48:53,560 --> 00:48:56,200
to say probably slightly
unexpected success on one of

825
00:48:56,200 --> 00:48:57,520
their other games.
And so they've been putting a

826
00:48:57,520 --> 00:48:59,960
bit more effort onto that.
And so this has been delayed a

827
00:48:59,960 --> 00:49:03,680
bit.
So it was supposed to be a 2025

828
00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:07,040
release.
I don't think it's going to be.

829
00:49:07,640 --> 00:49:11,040
And I haven't seen an update on
a specific date, but I believe I

830
00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:13,240
have seen them confirm that they
are still working on it.

831
00:49:13,720 --> 00:49:15,880
OK.
So I'm hoping that it comes out

832
00:49:15,880 --> 00:49:19,440
next year.
Yeah, well, let's let's say good

833
00:49:19,440 --> 00:49:24,160
Juju their way, right?
You know, puzzle game or is it's

834
00:49:24,160 --> 00:49:29,040
kind of puzzle slash story,
right, mystery game?

835
00:49:30,280 --> 00:49:33,600
Yeah, I kind of mystery game
thing like they or so like they

836
00:49:33,600 --> 00:49:35,600
do have a demo out that I
haven't checked out because I'm

837
00:49:35,600 --> 00:49:39,400
just waiting for the full game.
I think it's that they are also

838
00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:46,680
the developer for Crow Country.
Yes, yes, I've actually, I know

839
00:49:46,680 --> 00:49:48,120
which one you're talking about
with that one.

840
00:49:48,120 --> 00:49:50,640
Yeah.
Well, so that'd be awesome if

841
00:49:50,640 --> 00:49:53,120
you couldn't finally get to play
that because, you know, it's

842
00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:55,400
whenever a game gets delayed for
that long, you always get

843
00:49:55,400 --> 00:49:57,320
nervous like am I ever gonna
actually see this?

844
00:49:57,520 --> 00:49:58,880
You know?
So fingers crossed.

845
00:49:59,360 --> 00:50:03,160
My game for 2026.
I'm most excited about AS2

846
00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:07,000
Switch games, Switch two games
rather Dusk Bloods, which is the

847
00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:12,280
From Software Switch 2 exclusive
makers of Eldon Ring and

848
00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:14,240
Bloodborne.
It's basically Bloodborne too,

849
00:50:14,240 --> 00:50:16,160
but only we on the Switch to get
to play it.

850
00:50:16,720 --> 00:50:18,560
And like everyone's like, this
is BS.

851
00:50:18,560 --> 00:50:20,520
It's so stupid.
It's like, dude, Nintendo

852
00:50:20,520 --> 00:50:24,600
bankrolled this thing.
Like you can't get mad about

853
00:50:24,600 --> 00:50:26,920
exclusivity like when they paid
for it, you know?

854
00:50:28,680 --> 00:50:31,640
And then Splatoon Raiders.
I am.

855
00:50:31,680 --> 00:50:33,640
It's been a while, I feel like
since we've gotten a new

856
00:50:33,640 --> 00:50:35,720
Splatoon game.
And so I am itching.

857
00:50:36,160 --> 00:50:38,480
I am itching to ink some turf,
but this one's going to be like

858
00:50:38,480 --> 00:50:42,560
an adventure game, which will be
interesting because the campaign

859
00:50:42,560 --> 00:50:46,160
and story modes have always been
that game's like weakest point,

860
00:50:46,200 --> 00:50:48,520
I think.
Not to say that it's bad, it's

861
00:50:48,520 --> 00:50:50,280
just the multiplayer is so much
better.

862
00:50:50,760 --> 00:50:54,360
So I am eager to see how they do
an actual environmental.

863
00:50:54,480 --> 00:50:56,520
I mean, I hope they do.
I hope it feels like I'm

864
00:50:56,520 --> 00:50:58,880
actually exploring an
environment and not just like

865
00:50:59,200 --> 00:51:01,600
floating platforms because
that's usually what the game is

866
00:51:01,600 --> 00:51:04,440
like.
Did you ever you haven't gotten

867
00:51:04,480 --> 00:51:07,160
in Splatoon since we did that
like Kaiju mode together that

868
00:51:07,160 --> 00:51:09,160
one time?
Umm.

869
00:51:11,360 --> 00:51:14,800
I think I may have been back in
it once or twice since then.

870
00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:19,800
That's not really your thing.
Not for I think just I'm not

871
00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:24,080
good enough.
OK, well Splatoon Raiders has a

872
00:51:24,080 --> 00:51:26,160
Co-op mode, so maybe we'll
adventure together, who knows.

873
00:51:28,320 --> 00:51:30,480
So Mike, I think we're ready to
call it wraps for today, right?

874
00:51:30,480 --> 00:51:32,880
We good.
I think so.

875
00:51:33,560 --> 00:51:36,560
Awesome.
Well we are going to wrap that

876
00:51:36,560 --> 00:51:38,960
up for today.
Once again, very Happy New Year

877
00:51:38,960 --> 00:51:41,400
to all of you.
Please join us next time for our

878
00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:44,800
Season 4 premiere, which will be
going live on Wednesday, January

879
00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:49,960
14th with Majora's Mask.
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880
00:51:49,960 --> 00:51:53,640
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883
00:51:59,600 --> 00:52:06,360
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884
00:52:07,120 --> 00:52:10,120
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885
00:52:10,120 --> 00:52:11,880
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886
00:52:12,600 --> 00:52:15,560
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887
00:52:15,560 --> 00:52:18,080
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888
00:52:18,320 --> 00:52:21,040
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889
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