The Old SwitchAroo

It was an absolute pleasure having you (and Dexter) on, so thanks for coming on and helping me hijack an episode into Captain N talk.

And would love to be on sometime when things align for it

Always good to see a great podcast hitting a checkpoint like this

Nintendo Expands Switch 2's GameCube Library Next Week With A Spooky Classic Horrifyingly good news

Nintendo Expands Switch 2's GameCube Library Next Week With A Spooky Classic.

It's always a pleasure to have you on, and it's always a fun surprise to see what you do with recording questions for these season finales.

And a big thanks to all the guests featured in this episode, including @underratedmoviepod.bsky.social , @houseofkyle.com , @hagfish.bsky.social , @warboss5.bsky.social , @kylthesheikah.bsky.social , @timmywkuk.bsky.social , and @mersaloon.bsky.social !

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In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, we're celebrating the end of season 3 by looking at the highs and lows of this season's games and playing a trivia game featuring this season's guests.

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New episode! @lowbacca.bsky.social of @theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social returns to discuss ghosts, goblins, ghouls, and other things that go bump in the night at Knott's Scary Farm!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3gsZ33uo9asLHqfhUoR2n5?si=RjiAFqKZSVqI7k6ZI9IJjA

#podcast #halloween #themepark

I'd agree that the music in Zelda feels more memorable than Crystalis, but I think Crystalis over the original Zelda is, I think, roughly where our final verdict ended up.
It did feel hard to not talk about Zelda as we went through Crystalis, just seemed like a very natural comparison.

An NES cartridge with a label that reads "The Old SwitchAroo" and "Crystalis" with an illustration of a hero surrounded by enemies. The additional text below the label reads "-or- Periodic Fable of Elements" and the text to the side reads "with Happney"

In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, Happney joins us for action RPG Crystalis (NES, 1990).

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An NES cartridge with a label that reads "The Old SwitchAroo" and "Ghosts n Ghouls trilogy" with an illustration of Arthur fighting Astaroth. The additional text below the label reads "-or- History Doomed to Repeat Itself" and the text to the side reads "with Cyril from Defunct Games"

In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, Cyril from @defunctgames.com joins us for Ghosts 'n Goblins (NES, 1986), Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, 1989), and Super Ghouls 'n Goblins (SNES, 1991).

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Grandpa Simpson at a typewriter with the caption "There are too many robocops please eliminate three. I am not a crackpot"

There're a lot more RoboCop games than I would've ever guessed.

An NES cartridge with a label that reads "The Old SwitchAroo" and "Mega Man The Wiley Wars" with an illustration Dr. Wiley and Mega Man. The additional text below the label reads "-or- Doctor, Doctor Give Me the Pews" and the text to the side reads "with Don from The Cable Club League"

In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, Don from the Cable Club League podcast joins us for Mega Man: The Wily Wars (Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, 1994), a compilation of the first three NES Mega Man games plus a bonus Wily Wars exclusive game.

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So this should close the loop for me after this was discussed some episodes ago as a game (this is the same RoboCop, right?) without me needing to play it

An NES cartridge with a label that reads "The Old SwitchAroo" and "F-Zero & F-Zero 99" with an illustration of two F-Zero vehicles and three racers depicted above them. The additional text below the label reads "-or- Crashing Out!" and the text to the side reads "with Chico D Mar from Wet Frontier"

In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, Chico D Mar ( @mersaloon.bsky.social ), creator of the webcomic Wet Frontier, joins us for F-Zero (NES, 1990) and F-Zero 99 (Switch, 2023S, 1985) - and provides this episode's great cover art.

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Now that's the kind of excitement I like to see behind a game as they let them trickle out onto Nintendo Classics

I think you may have cosmically summoned an Overthinking Games episode with some of that discussion (and more power to you for it), but also:

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In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, Andrew Linde from “Nothing New: A Remake Podcast” joins us for Clu Clu Land (NES, 1985), Mario’s Picross (Game Boy, 1995), and Mario’s Super Picross (SNES, 1995).

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Ecco may be one of the best examples of a game that hid its true nature a bit too well. I think most people that know the game don't know about the whole... alien thing.

It was a trip to learn what the later levels held

(Honestly, I don't think I ever saw the end of the first level as a kid)

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In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, Nate Brown (NateBlackest on Twitch) joins us for Blast Corps, the 1997 action-destruction game for the Nintendo 64.

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Glad they're showing you what they got

Mike and Jaymo went over to Smashing Game Time for a great discussion of game of the decade so far, and you'll be shocked what game Jaymo blocked from the top 19!

An NES cartridge with a label that reads "The Old SwitchAroo" and "Super Mario World" with an illustration of Yoshi and Mario in the foreground with Bowser in the background. The additional text below the label reads "-or- Eggs-It Stage Right" and the text to the side reads "Dempsey from the Overthinking Games podcast"

In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, Dempsey from the Overthinking Games podcast ( @overthinkggamespod.bsky.social ) joins us for Super Mario World (1991) on the SNES and its Game Boy Advance port Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001)

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YouTube video by Defunct Games Nintendo Classics: Top 66 Super NES Games on Nintendo Switch Online (According to the Critics)

We've looked at the Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Advance and even the Genesis, so there's only one system left to countdown. Here are the Top 66 Super NES Games on Nintendo Switch Online.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysoC...

Hey all! Still open for guest spots if anyone is interested!

An NES cartridge with a label that reads "The Old SwitchAroo" and "Ninja Gaiden & Kung Fu Heroes" with an illustration of a ninja with a dragon on the left side and a fighter on the right. The additional text below the label reads "-or- Kung-Fool Me Once, Fight on Ryu" and the text to the side reads "with Timmy Williams from the Whitest Kids U' Know and Urn Fulla Popcorn"

In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, Timmy Williams from Whitest Kids U Know and the Urn Fulla Popcorn podcast joins us for two martial-arts-adjacent NES games, the classic Ninja Gaiden (1988) and the not-so-classic Kung Fu Heroes (1989).

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In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, we're going back to Hyrule with KylTheSheikah (@kylthesheikah.bsky.social ) and our returning Zelda consultant RiRiYells as we check out The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, released for the N64 in 1998.

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New episode! @lowbacca.bsky.social of @theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social joins the show to discuss possibly the most famous roller coaster ever, Magic Mountain's New Revolution!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4dtGRk1enkBU4ETtpX5ka8?si=P8CREKMBRumbcjT42Uiigg 

#magicmountain #themepark #podcast

An NES cartridge with a label that reads "The Old SwitchAroo" and "Kid Icarus" with an illustration of Pitt from Kid Icarus below it. The additional text below the label reads "-or- I Put on my Eggplant Wizard Robe and Hat" and the text to the side reads "with Josh from the Still Loading podcast and Dexter"

In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, we fly a little too close to the sun with Josh from the Still Loading podcast ( @stillloadingpodcast.com ) and his frequent co-host Dexter as we check out Kid Icarus, released for the NES in 1987

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S3E05: Phantasy Star IV -or- Hazy Cosmic Jive Ryan (Warboss5) is rejoining the party for another quest with Mike and Jaymo as they play Phantasy Star IV for the Sega Genesis/Megadrive (1993)

Definitely let Jaymo know about that on the Discord, too. He's been putting a lot of time into those

The episode page is live as well (expect an email notification once we have a technical glitch worked out): www.theoldswitcharoo.com/s3e05-phanta...