Abnormal Mapping is here to talk about two Sonic games that were designed for the Game Gear and the first generation of dedicated handheld games and why they often were saddled with the reputations they would carry with them for decades to come. These games are all right tho! Also an extended what we’ve been playing, featuring Jack Chaos and Metroid herself.

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Things Discussed: Elden Ring, Gran Turismo 7, Jackson's piece on GT7, Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, Devil May Cry 5, Metroid Dread, controllers, Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies, Guardians of the Galaxy, Sonic Chaos, Tails Adventure, Mario Land, Wario Land, handheld games in general, pinning games to quick resume, Pokemon Dash, vaporware games are always real, Final Fantasy bullshit, when to give up, when games started getting finished, and there's a brand new game club coming to our network!

This Month's Game Club:
Sonic Chaos and Tails Adventure

Next Month's Game Club: 
Metal Gear Acid 2

Music This Episode

Place of Amalgamation by Ryo Yamazaki, Masashi Hamauzu
Turquoise Hill Zone by Kojiro Mikusa, Masayuki Nagao
Caron Forest by Kojiro Mikusa
Burenia II by Soshi Abe, Sayako Doi
Simon Blackquill ~ Distorted Swordsmanship by Noriyuki Iwadare