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- Castlevania 2 (NES) and the Summer Game Fest Recap
Wow that is a lot of game news, and we're absolutely not covering all of it, but we talk about what interests us, and also Grand Theft Auto 6, which does not interest either of us.
Castlevania 2 is a game preceded by its reputation, which honestly is sort of unfortunate because it really isn't as bad as that reputation makes it out to be. While far from perfect, it's ambitious and interesting, and also the victim of an infamously poor localization, documented in painstaking detail here: https://bisqwit.iki.fi/cv2fin/diff
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TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG
Podcast games streamed live at: twitch.tv/timewanderer
TW on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/timewanderer
1 hr 24 min - Blast Corps (N64) and the Backlash Debate
Is the Backlash the worst vehicle in Blast Corps, singlehandedly responsible for detracting from the overall experience?
Or is it merely misunderstood, a tricky but ultimately rewarding mechanic to finally wrap your head around?
Your answer to this question probably aligns closely with whether or not you enjoy this video game.
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TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG
Podcast games streamed live at: twitch.tv/timewanderer
TW on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/timewanderer
1 hr 5 min - Wario World (GC) and the StarFox Re-Re-Re-Remake
According to Nintendo, there is one StarFox game. And that game is whichever remake of the original one they are currently selling.
Meanwhile, Treasure made a Wario game, and it feels more like a Treasure game than a Wario game. But honestly, both of those things are still okay? Apparently this game caught a lot of flak for being short, even though that is probably one of its better features.
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TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG
Podcast games streamed live at: twitch.tv/timewanderer
TW on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/timewanderer
52 min - Mendel Palace (NES) and the Famicom BASIC
Game Freak's very first game has a great story behind it, and some really interesting stuff, but somehow we end up talking about Activision and I promise it makes sense.
Also, we do a rare look-ahead to big budget games that people are looking forward to this year, and realize we mostly don't care about them.
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TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG
Podcast games streamed live at: twitch.tv/timewanderer
TW on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/timewanderer
1 hr 26 min - Castlevania (NES) and the Lords of Shadow Spoilers
We absolutely talk about Castlevania on this podcast. We should maybe have focused a little bit more on Castlevania 1, the supposed focus of this podcast, but apparently it was time to talk about every other game in the series and also my new indie obsession, Zexion.
THE SOUNDTRACK REALLY SLAPS SO HARD THOUGH OH MY WORD
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TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG
Podcast games streamed live at: twitch.tv/timewanderer
TW on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/timewanderer
55 min - Mario Clash (Virtual Boy) and the Nintendo Cinematic Universe
The first episode of many recorded from my new place in Korea, and it's a Virtual Boy game because why not?
Star Fox in the new Mario movie implies that you reasonably could set up a Star Fox movie off of this and create a whole Nintendo Cinematic Universe so WE TALK ABOUT THIS FOR A BIT.
NOTICE: Episodes will be bi-weekly for a while - I'm moving and it's going to mess with the schedule for a month or two. In fact, by the time you read this, I will be on the other side of the planet! So that's cool.
Send us mail! [email protected]
TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG
Podcast games streamed live at: twitch.tv/timewanderer
TW on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/timewanderer
52 min - Balloon Kid (Game Boy) and the Final Ohio Podcast
This podcast has always been recorded remotely, but this is the last one, at least for a long while, that will be at least half-recorded in Ohio.
Perhaps appropriately, it's about a kid going on a flying adventure.
NOTICE: Episodes will be bi-weekly for a while - I'm moving and it's going to mess with the schedule for a month or two. In fact, by the time you read this, I will be on the other side of the planet! So that's cool.
Send us mail! [email protected]
TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG
Podcast games streamed live at: twitch.tv/timewanderer
TW on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/timewanderer
56 min - Mega Man ZX (Nintendo DS) and the Not Miis
The absolute best Mega Man power ever created exists in this game, which is... pretty good. It has flaws, but this series works pretty well in an open map structure.
OR IT WOULD IF THE MAP WASN'T AGGRESSIVELY TERRIBLE
NOTICE: Episodes will be bi-weekly for a while - I'm moving and it's going to mess with the schedule for a month or two. In fact, by the time you read this, I will be on the other side of the planet! So that's cool.
Send us mail! [email protected]
TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG
Podcast games streamed live at: twitch.tv/timewanderer
TW on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/timewanderer
1 hr 1 min - A Boy and His Blob (NES) and the Final Fantasy 15 Apologist
It seems that the standard experience with this game is "rented it as a kid, couldn't figure out what to do, took it back."
It turns out the reason for that is the the intended first step is to no-clip through the floor, and that was maybe just a little obtuse.
NOTICE: Episodes will be bi-weekly for a while - I'm moving and it's going to mess with the schedule for a month or two.
Send us mail! [email protected]
TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG
Podcast games streamed live at: twitch.tv/timewanderer
TW on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/timewanderer
1 hr 10 min - Bionic Commando (GB) and the Age of Imprisonment
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment is a lot of fun, but I have some gripes.
Bionic Commando for Game Boy, however, is black magic and I have no idea how or why it is works as well as it does on this system, it does not make sense.
NOTICE: Episodes will be bi-weekly for a while - I'm moving and it's going to mess with the schedule for a month or two.
Send us mail! [email protected]
TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG
Podcast games streamed live at: twitch.tv/timewanderer
TW on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/timewanderer
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About The Retro Breakdown
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Every week, Dean (twitch.tv/timewanderer) and Tom discuss current gaming news, and then check out some old (or sometimes new) piece of gaming history to see how it holds up, and test the strength of…
nostalgia.