The Cross Players Podcast

Big news! NX is now available on its own ⁠dedicated feed⁠, so please look for us there and subscribe! After this episode, the ⁠dedicated NX podcast feed⁠ will be the ONLY place to listen to new episodes of NX!

- Why F-Zero X is the greatest racing game of all time by Smark Maultby.

- Why Pokemon Violet is quite shite by Tylor

- The unappreciated charms of Rainworld by Smark Maultby

- To rename or not rename in Chrono Trigger and other JRPGS by Tylor and Ethan

* Indie World? Is it a world, really?

* ⁠Mario or Smario by Tylor

Exciting news! NX is now available on its own dedicated feed, so please look for us there and subscribe! After episode 10, the dedicated NX podcast feed will be the ONLY place to listen to new episodes of NX!

Look. Every episode I try to inject some personality into these descriptions that nobody reads, but it's a bank holiday today, and quite frankly I can't be arsed. So instead, below is the exact message Smark sent me about this episode:

Games discussed - Dune 2 (not a game), Chrono Trigger, Mario vs DK, Metroid Prime HD, Vampire Survivors, Pokemon Violet

News/Topics - F-Zero is it shite?

Princess Peach review round-up

EShop Sale

Easter Gaming feature

Mario or Smario

On this episode, Smark and the Smarkettes discuss Balatro, Suika Game, Mar10 Day and something called... Pokémon, which I don't believe they've ever mentioned before.

On this episode of The World's Most Educational Casual Gaming Podcast, we give our Unicorn Overlord review in progress; our first impressions of New Star GP and take a look at upcoming releases for the rest of the month. All that sounds quite sensible in theory, doesn't it? Don't be fooled.

PlayStation lay-offs! Pokemon announcements! Balatro! Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth! Cobalt Core! Tails of Iron! Persona 3 Reload! A new quiz format and the obligatory c-bomb from Alex rounds out another edition of the world's most casual casual gaming podcast.

Join the gang as we break down the recent Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase and ask all the big questions. Does Snake Rattle 'n' Roll still hold up? Did it ever? Is Pocket Card Jockey even a real game? Why does it feel so nice to say "Contra: Operation Galuga"? Try it: Galooooga. Galooooooga. Lovely stuff.

Hey!

The Switch 2 rumour mill keeps on chugging. Although mills don't actually chug, do they? I suppose former host of Channel 5's Games World, Bob Mills, looks like he's chugged a few pints in his time... So there we go. Mills can chug. Now shut up and let me get on with this.

Er... Switch 2, yeah. That's covered here. We've also played a bunch of stuff, including Super Mario RPG, Cassette Beasts, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and Case of the Golden Idol.

There's also an EPIC game of Mario or Smario to finish you off.

Hey! Let's talk about the games we're looking forward to in the year of our lord 2024, shall we? Also covered on this week's show: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown; Tekken 8 and The Last of Us Part II Remastered.

2024 baybeeeeeeee! Strap in for a big one.

This week, we're joined by one of our most ravishing patrons and PROPER GAMES JOURNALIST, Nate Ellingsworth, to pick his brains on Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.

We also look ahead to Nintendo's 2024, and look back at other years that end in a 4.

Hey, what's your favourite year that ends in a 4? Mine is probably 1984, because of the novel by George Orwell. I've never read it, but I have a beloved aunt who lives under the Orwell Bridge near Ipswich.