Abnormal Mapping Em Marko and Jackson Tyler

One of the most infamous Japan-only RPGs finally gets its turn as Abnormal Mapping heads back to a simpler time of GBAs, Nintendo being good, and a little boy with magical PSI powers as we finally get to the game we’ve been putting off for nearly eight years: Mother 3! We must be so exhausted.
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Things Discussed: Deltarune, Dicey Dungeons (still not on iOS btw), Slay the Spire, Star Wars the Force Unleashed, Pokemon, Marble it up!, Clustertruck, Mother 3, Earthbound, Moon, Live a Live, FFX stuff (spoilers for X and X-2 from 1:12:50-1:17:00), Brave Fencer Musashi, Final Fantasy VIII, The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls, Ace Combat, Rogue Squadron
This Month's Game Club:Mother 3
Next Month's Game Club: Survival Kids
Music This EpisodeMom's Hometown by Shogo SakaiAs you Wish by Shogo SakaiDangerous Guys by Shogo SakaiHis Highness' Theme by Shogo SakaiIt's Over by Shogo Sakai

We delve into the power of healing and the demands of the DS touch screen as we scrub up and try to save people by playing doctor and … NGO front line crime fighter? Look, anime is complicated.
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Things Discussed: Rogue Legacy 2, The Stanley Parable, Sable, Caligula Effect 2, Gris, Prey 2006, Star Trek Legends, Lost Planet, Trauma Center, Persona a bit, handheld attachments and peripherals, Capcom revivals, Atlus crossovers, and the inevitable decline of games
This Month's Game Club:Trauma Center: Under the Knife
Next Month's Game Club: Mother 3
Music This EpisodeTrauma Center Main Theme by Shoji Meguro, Kenichi TsuchiyaJudgement Day by Shoji Meguro, Kenichi TsuchiyaThe Cutting Edge of Medicine by Shoji Meguro, Kenichi Tsuchiya

We remember the basics of CQC one draw at a time as we go back to the long road of woe that is Metal Gear to play the strange PSP tactical spin-off Metal Gear Acid 2! There are ABSOLUTELY talk about the entire franchise, because we just love/hate Metal Gear too much not to go all over, so be warned about the spoilers. But otherwise, enjoy this ridiculous episode!
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Things Discussed: Pomu playing MGS2, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Elden Ring, Devil May Cry V, Death Stranding, Sable, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Metal Gear Acid 2 (and some 1), Metal Gear overall, cheat codes, goofy bonus modes, the Next Kingdom Hearts (not to be confused with the next Kingdom Hearts), Labo and Let's Tap, gacha Metal Gear Acid potential, Chain of Memories, SMT Devil Survivor
This Month's Game Club:Metal Gear Acid 2
Next Month's Game Club: Trauma Center: Under the Knife
Music This EpisodeMain Menu by Akihiro Honda, Hiroshi Tanabe, Nobuko TodaVenus by Akihiro Honda, Hiroshi Tanabe, Nobuko TodaResurrection by Akihiro Honda, Hiroshi Tanabe, Nobuko TodaMy Love by Akihiro Honda, Hiroshi Tanabe, Nobuko Toda

Abnormal Mapping is here to talk about two Sonic games that were designed for the Game Gear and the first generation of dedicated handheld games and why they often were saddled with the reputations they would carry with them for decades to come. These games are all right tho! Also an extended what we’ve been playing, featuring Jack Chaos and Metroid herself.
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Things Discussed: Elden Ring, Gran Turismo 7, Jackson's piece on GT7, Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, Devil May Cry 5, Metroid Dread, controllers, Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies, Guardians of the Galaxy, Sonic Chaos, Tails Adventure, Mario Land, Wario Land, handheld games in general, pinning games to quick resume, Pokemon Dash, vaporware games are always real, Final Fantasy b******t, when to give up, when games started getting finished, and there's a brand new game club coming to our network!
This Month's Game Club:Sonic Chaos and Tails Adventure
Next Month's Game Club: Metal Gear Acid 2
Music This Episode
Place of Amalgamation by Ryo Yamazaki, Masashi HamauzuTurquoise Hill Zone by Kojiro Mikusa, Masayuki NagaoCaron Forest by Kojiro MikusaBurenia II by Soshi Abe, Sayako DoiSimon Blackquill ~ Distorted Swordsmanship by Noriyuki Iwadare

A special mid-month Abnormal Mapping is summoned into the grail war! Em is joined by their friend Kim to talk about the humble origin of a massive media franchise and the experience of playing a massive visual novel with a lot of competing ideas that might not always gel together perfectly. That said, Fate is pretty cool, so we had a great time!
If you’d like to hear people talk much more thoroughly about Fate/stay night and other Type-Moon VNs, please check out Fate-Moon Archive, another podcast on our network!
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Things Discussed: Elden Ring, Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel, Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni, Hatsune Miku, DEEMO, Taiko no Tatsujin, Sound Voltex, Fate/stay night, Fate Zero, Fate/hollow ataraxia, visual novels generally, Otherside Picnic, Planetarian
This Month's Game Club:Fate/stay night
Next Month's Game Club: Sonic Chaos and Tails’ Adventure (Both on Game Gear)
Music That EpisodeIn the Sunlight by Keita HagaMadder Town by Keita HagaEmiya by Hideyuki FukasawaARCADIA by Earthmind

We opened up our GBAs and DSes for a parade of classic Nintendo bangers as we talk about when video games were joyful and rhythm games were about learning actual ass rhythm. It’s a big episode, with lots of music, and I hope everyone enjoys!
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This Month's Game Club:WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! and Rhythm Tengoku (GBA)
Next Month's Game Club: Sonic Chaos and Tails’ Adventure (Both on Game Gear)
Music That EpisodeThat's Paradise by Tsunku and Masami YoneMona's Pizza by Ryoji Yoshitomi and Kyoko MiyamotoDribble's Highway Jazz by Ryoji Yoshitomi and Kyoko MiyamotoKat & Ana Music by Ryoji Yoshitomi and Kyoko MiyamotoAshley's Song by Ryoji Yoshitomi and Kyoko MiyamotoWrestler Interview by Tsunku and Masami YoneFan Club by Tsunku and Masami YoneSpaceball by Tsunku and Masami YoneCheer Readers by Tsunku and Masami YoneDreams of Our Generation by Tsunku and Masami Yone