In this episode, we geek out on the forth season of Voltron Legendary Defender! No matter how you want to describe it, the episodes were fun, enthralling, and definitely worth a watch. We wrap up the show with a Mail Time response from Jedimon 2005...speaking of, here it is!
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Dear Christopher Long a.k.a. "clong83" a.k.a. "longstoys" and Brian Dagley a.k.a. "ShukuenShinobi" a.k.a. "Shinobi Creative" a.k.a. "CollectorShuki" a.k.a. "Pokemon Collector Shuki" a.k.a. "OvrflowinNoodlz",
I am a long time listener to your show, and I felt the need to write to you over a most urgent matter. I have recently engaged myself in the act of listening to the episode of your podcast Geek Each Week in which you discussed the recently released SNES Classic Edition with frequent guest host and "Nintendo Correspondent" Hassan Ahmed of the World of Ha. During the course of this discussion, the three of you turned the conversation towards "games you would've liked to see on the system." As someone who commands ownership of the 52 SNES games seen in the enclosed pictures, I believe I know a thing or two about the original system. There were several games mentioned that I applaud you in praising as I also recognize their greatness. However, there were several other games that seem to have eluded your gaze, and I felt the need to point out the oversight. As per usual convention, I shall proceed alphabetically.
We shall begin with "Arcade's Greatest Hit's: The Atari Collection 1." I am mentioning this mainly for the amount of content on the cartridge. There are quite a few enjoyable titles here, and you don't have to spend your quarters or drive to a public place to play them. My one complaint stems from the fact that this is referred to as collection 1, implying that there is a collection 2, however no such game exists for the Super Nintendo. It was instead released solely for the Sony PlayStation.
Moving along to the next game in our journey, we encounter "Disney's Goof Troop." Now I know you're probably thinking "we mentioned how great the Disney games are." I shall now correct your thinking by reminding you that what was said was "All the Disney movie-based games were great." Goof Troop of course, as you know, was not a movie but rather a television program about Goofy and his son Max. This adventure game was one of the most fun experiences my father and I had playing on our SNES. The puzzles were top notch and the graphics were first rate. Plus it involves pirates for whatever reason. Highly recommended for anyone to hunt down and play through.
The third game we shall look at is another Disney title, "Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games." While one may attempt to make the case that this game is related to Disney's The Lion King movie due to the title characters being that movie's comic relief duo, I believe it is more closely tied to the animated series produced by Disney in the 90's named after these two characters who were the stars of the show. This game was also released as a PC game (that we also owned mind you) and is a collection of arcade-style games that are fun for the whole family. Plus they star Timon and Pumbaa, and what self-respecting person with a soul doesn't love these two?
We shall take a brief detour to mention the "Family Feud" game that was made. There's nothing special about it other than it featured the "Bullseye Round" and starred Ray Combs, the 2nd host of the show who was nothing to write home about, which is probably what lead to him hanging himself.
Getting back on track, we go to Mario's Time Machine. This game was one of the many that were mentioned as the three of you read off a list of SNES games presumably found on Wikipedia. The outright absurdity of this game is part of what makes it fun. That and traveling back in time required Mario to surf and pick up 10 items that appear to be apples and then steer directly into a whirlpool, while avoiding spike balls and whirlpools before you collect 10.
