Mario is back and so are we! We spend a long time dissecting Super Mario Bros. Wonder from every possible angle that we can think of before we get to a couple of finishing questions. Enjoy!

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[00:00] Welcome to the Super Mario Bros. Wonder Super Show!

[02:45] Shaking off the New Super Mario Bros. feel

[08:57] Are Poplins creepy?

[12:13] Too easy? No time limit?

[22:01] Can we talk about Bowser Jr.? Boss encounter discussion

[27:53] Wowie Zowie!

[30:37] Break #1

[31:38] Music and sound effects

[38:09] Search Party and Music Break courses... why? And fun callbacks

[43:24] Post-level screenshots and online functionality

[45:18] Favorite Wonder Flower scenarios

[48:54] Snappy loading times

[50:52] Art style, animations, and aesthetic

[55:23] Is 2D Mario maxed out?

[01:01:13] Break #2

[01:02:08] What can Nintendo do to provide more challenge to the core player?

[01:10:52] Who's the most influential musician of our lifetime?

[01:23:22] Andre hates the term 'hack and slash'

[01:25:09] See You Next Time

A couple years after Bram Stoker's Dracula, then came another R-rated classic monster movie adaption with the author's name attached, this time in the form of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. While the Dracula movie was flawed but very successful in its mission, how does Frankenstein fare? Uhhhh...

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Does the next Nintendo system really need backwards compatibility? Does Ubisoft have have cold feet about live services? The guys also talked about Nour: Play With Your Food, Resident Evil 6, Sonic Advance, and tons more on this latest Big Deal. Thanks for joining us!

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[00:00] Intro

[02:26] Steve played Resident Evil 6

[13:43] Andre experienced Nour: Play With Your Food

[25:53] Kevin tried the Wizordum demo

[30:19] Kevin played Sonic Advance

[36:58] Break #1

[40:33] XDefiant gets its release date pulled

[49:34] The Microsoft and Activision Blizzard King saga is finally over

[54:30] Does the next Nintendo system need to have backwards compatibility with Switch?

[01:06:36] Break #2

[01:07:40] Place Your Bets!

[01:21:52] Candy: Real or Fake?

[01:38:09] Outro

Andre and Vin dive into the most recent Inti Creates platformer, the 2D action game Gal Guardians: Demon Purge. What did they think about this spoopy Castlevania-like endeavor? Let's listen and find out.

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Sea of Stars: We came, we saw, we conquered! But did we like it? We also talk about the sad state of industry layoffs, what we would put in our breakfast buffet omelette, and more this week on the Big Deal.

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[00:00] Intro

[03:32] Sea of Stars (Spoiler-Free!)

[42:56] Break #1

[44:04] Coporate greed at Epic Games lays off 900 people

[55:31] Hideki Kamiya is leaving PlatinumGames

[57:27] Unity's backpedals, but not far enough

[01:05:12] Jim Ryan is stepping down from PlayStation

[01:06:23] Break #2

[01:07:18] Andre was offended by an aspect of FoamStars

[01:13:00] Name As Many Things As You Can In 45 Seconds!

[01:27:02] What's your omelette order at the breakfast buffet?

[01:31:45] Outro

What's going on with all these green guys living in the sewers?!? After talking about their personal TMNT history, Steve and Andre discuss all the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles happenings in the last year or so, including Cowbunga Collection, Shredder's Revenge, and the recent movie Mutant Mayhem.

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Steve and Andre talk about F-Zero 99 and Etrian Odyssey HD before they dive into the latest Nintendo Direct, the incredible mess Unity had made for themselves, and more. Enjoy the show and rate and review us!

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[00:00] Intro

[05:41] Steve loves F-Zero 99!

[13:33] Andre explores Etrian Odyssey HD

[27:38] Break #1

[29:34] Nintendo Direct! (Splatoon 3 Side Order, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, Super Mario RPG, Another Code: Recollection, Princess Peach: Showtime!, Tomb Raider I-III, Detective Pikachu Returns, Contra: Operation Galuga, Unicorn Overlord, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)

[1:02:39] Break #2

[01:03:38] Elon Musk had ex-girlfriend Amber Heard dress up as Mercy from Overwatch, LMAO? Y/N

[01:05:03] Nintendo showed "Switch 2" to the press at Gamescom behind closed doors

[01:12:05] Unity, what the hell are you doing????

[01:25:22] Outro

Why won't the usage of the term 'Metroidvania' end? What does it have to do with either Metroid or Castlevania? What are we actually describing when we say it? Is it even a genre at all, or the idea of a genre that doesn't actually exist? Andre sits down to the microphone by himself to try and answer these questions, as well as explore the origins and usage of a term he reviles.

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The guys played Armored Core 6, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, and Turrican Flashback as well as talk about the PlayStation Plus price hikes, the corporate insanity of Embracer Group and more in this Big Deal!

Here's the info on our guest Trevor Strunk (@Hegelbon on Twitter):

'Doom At 30' Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doomat30/doom-at-30

Trevor's podcast No Cartridge: https://no-cartridge.com/

And as always, follow Fine Time on Twitter at @FineTimePodcast

[00:00] Intro

[01:54] Andre is in love with Armored Core 6

[20:12] Steve is traumtized by Turrican Flashback

[27:35] Kevin plays Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

[39:05] Break #1

[40:27] Trevor Strunk joins us to talk about Doom At 30

[01:07:04] Break #2

[01:07:57] Has Joe Biden ever played Pac-Man?

[01:10:03] Gamescom 2023 Quick Thoughts (Tekken 8, Nightdive Studios, Sonic Superstars)

[01:14:41] Super Mario Bros. Wonder Direct

[01:21:49] Sony hikes the prices of all PlayStation Plus tiers

[01:32:17] Embracer Group shutters Volition and lays off 20% of Gearbox

[01:37:02] Do you think PC mods are stupid?

[01:40:36] Outro

Do you want to get the inside scoop on development of the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater franchise? Or do you want to know if little green men are sucking up cows in your backyard? Belly up to the table, because this week you can do both - Kevin sits down with a Neversoft Entertainment founder and the THPS Technical Director to chat about the franchise's early development, the series’ peaks and valleys, and leaving it all behind. Afterwards, Kevin chats with modern UFOlogy’s most prominent debunker (and prominent debunker of other topics as well) - previously appearing on outlets such as CNN, CBS and BBC, as well as numerous podcasts, he now adds the illustrious Fine Time Podcast to his interview career. Spoiler alert, it’s the same guy - Mick West!

Want some more background on these topics? Check out the following links:

Mick's THPS Podcast Interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIZ2tu_C5zQ

Pretending I’m a Superman film - https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Pretending_I_m_a_Superman_The_Tony_Hawk_Video_Game?id=skp4OMt1Qzw.P&hl=en_CA&gl=US

Mick’s Book Escaping the Rabbit Hole (Revised and Updated in 2023) - https://play.google.com/store/books/details/West_Mick_Escaping_the_Rabbit_Hole?id=JDeCDwAAQBAJ&hl=en_CA&gl=US

December 2017 New York Times Article Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html

Tales from the Rabbit Hole Podcast Episode #53 - Lue Elizondo Interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eozxt_HnPu4

Mick’s YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@MickWest

We Are Not Alone: The UFO Whistleblower Speaks NewsNation David Grusch Interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLZzDhDYMcw

Mick’s David Grusch Response Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvhMMhW-JN0&t=430s

December 2022 The Military-UFO Complex Reason Magazine Article by Mick West - https://reason.com/2022/11/15/the-military-ufo-complex/

July 2022 New York Times Article Bipartisan Measure Aims to Force Release of U.F.O. Records - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/us/politics/ufo-records-schumer.html

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