Game Crunch

This week on Game Crunch: Nick and Brandon find themselves taking on the new games of spring with Bloodborne and Borderlands: The Handsome collection.  Mike takes spring cleaning to heart by cleaning out his backlog to prepare for new games!  This week he finished up both Metal Gear Solid 3 and Resident Evil Revelations 2! However all three find themselves to be the April Fools as they recorded the podcast a day before the Nintendo Direct was announced!  Prepare for discussion on rumors for the Nintendo Direct and of course they couldn’t forget to talk about the Wii U losing Zelda till 2016!

This week on Game Crunch: Mike brings Codename STEAM back to the table and and finds a split opinion on Mario Party 10.  Brandon and Nick meanwhile are all on the Final Fantasy hype train as they summon the will to talk about their Final Fantasy XV demo impressions.  There is also some talk about that preorder bonus for the Final Fantasy XV demo, which is Final Fantasy Type-0!  The big talk comes at the end of the episode with news of Kojima leaving Konami and Nintendo going mobile and we can’t forget Amiibo!

This week on Game Crunch: Nick shares updates on his progress in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and his new obsession with Final Fantasy XIV.  Mike finally starts Metal Gear Solid 3 and has some choice words for the amount of dialog.  However, Mike does have better words for Valiant Hearts: The Great War and Codename S.T.E.A.M.  Brandon shares his thoughts on the episodic Resident Evil Revelations 2 and Dragon Ball Xenoverse.  Tom, on the other hand, brings us back to the world of Fire Emblem!  Other topics this week include: Rock Band 4, Amiibo, Uncharted 4 and much more!

This week on Game Crunch: It’s time for Game Debate: accessory/add-on/peripheral edition.  Did the Wii Remote help or hinder the Wii?  What are your tips on collecting Amiibo? What was the most expensive accessory you’ve purchased?  The Game Debate segment ends with a trivia segment sure to get your brain thinking!  Following that up we return to our long awaited return to community playthroughs!  We all played Super Mario RPG and we talk about what we love and didn’t love as we discuss the classic SNES game on it’s 19th birthday!

This week on Game Crunch: Tom and Nick find themselves out of commission at the last minute leaving Mike and Brandon to man the podcast themselves.  Luckily they aren’t strangers to being able to survive on their own!  They’ve been playing Resident Evil Revelations 2! Mike also pulls together some final thoughts on Metroid Prime 3: Corruption and brings some TV into the mix with some initial thoughts on the third season of House of Cards.  Other topics this week include: Gold Amiibo, Amiibo, Tearaway and more in this shorter than usual, but packed to the brim with content episode!

This week on Game Crunch:  Responding to the call!  This week everyone has taken up the call to be a hero!  Mike and Nick use their magical stylus powers to help save Dream Land from being taken over by an Instagram filter in Kirby and the Rainbow Curse.  Brandon has taken up the fight to save Termina in Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3DS.  Henshin-a-go-go, baby! Nick takes up the fight to save Movieland in Viewtiful Joe! Mike responds again to a Phazon corruption in the galaxy and helps Samus Aran fight the plague in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.  And, not be outdone, Tom teams up to help Captain Falcon race Samurai Goro (poorly) in the second race of F-Zero GX.  TOM!  Other topics this week include: Theatrhythm: Curtain Call, Pokemon Shuffle, Bethesda at E3 and much more!

This week on Game Crunch: Mike and Brandon share their experiences with the new Nintendo 3DS XL!  They go over the new features of the system and talk about the transfer process.  Mike also makes a return to Clocktown in the new release Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D and talks about the variety of changes that they made.  Nick returns to beloved bounty hunter Samus and shares his tales on the planet Aether in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.  Aside from his new 3DS XL Brandon takes some time to talk with Tom about their thoughts on Shin Megami Tensei IV.  Other topics this week includes: Peter Molyneux, a spiritual successor to Banjo Kazooie, Amiibo, the Last Guardian, an update on our community playthrough game Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and much more!

This week on Game Crunch: When they aren’t Amiibo hunting everybody is playing through some old classics!  Nick finds himself zipping through time and finishing the Super Nintendo  classic Chrono Trigger!  Mike triumphs over Metroid Prime and dives right into its sequel.  Tom starts yet another Fire Emblem game… Brandon on the other hand visits Super Nintendo RPG classic Earthbound!  Other topics this week include: Zelda TV show on Netflix, Dying Light, Theatrhythm: Curtain Call, Moon Chronicles, update on community playthrough game Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and much more!

This week on Game Crunch: Tom is ready for adventure!  Not just in Captain Toad, but also in Amiibo hunting! Mike clears two games off of his list finishing both Final Fantasy X and Super Mario Galaxy 2. Nick starts a new epic adventure in Chrono Trigger, while Brandon finds his in Final Fantasy XIV!  Not to mention everyone is primed for Metroid Prime Trilogy on the Wii U!  Other topics this week include: Club Nintendo, Codename STEAM, Lego Jurassic World, YouTube,  and much more!

This week on Game Crunch:  Brandon gets down to the games he has been playing with Saints Row: Gat Out Of Hell.  Mike decides to turn tables on the slow end grind of Final Fantasy X by jumping (air) ship to the lengthy Codename STEAM demo. Nick returns from MAGFest and shares his tales of gaming glory.  Will he ever finish Metroid Prime?  Meanwhile in news the crew talks Amiibo, Indigo Prophecy and the end of Club Nintendo!  Other topics this week include: Super Mario Galaxy 2, Crimzon Clover, Scrolls and much more!