61 episodes
The Super Switch Club: A Nintendo Podcast We Can Make This Work Probably
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4.4 • 5 Ratings
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"The Super Switch Club" is a documentary-style, crowd sourced, hype/re-play podcast where players from around the world are invited to relive the nostalgia of retro games on the Nintendo Online virtual library - from the NES to the 16-bit era and beyond! It's kind of like a book club, but with video games! (Part of the We Can Make This Work Probably Podcast Network!)
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S7E4 - STAR TROPICS - Chapters 4 and 5: Captain Bell's Confession?
“Evil aliens from a distant planet... Tell Mike to dip my letter in water.” - Dr. Jones (paraphrased by Baboo)
On our latest episode in the 'Star Tropics' saga, we're covering Chapters 4 and 5: "Confession" and "Captain Bell"! We get trapped in the belly of a whale, uncover a secret code, go fishing, make friends with a parrot, decipher a janky music puzzle in the memorial of a local celebrity / cult leader, fight some pirate ghouls, hit some balls, run through some Indiana Jones style traps, sink a historic landmark, and sing the British National Anthem!
Podcasters Featured:
Erik Slader from Epik Fails of History and Nerdeagram: An Enneagram Podcast
Douglas Gale from Game Game Pass
Zack Derby from Podcasters Assemble and the NeatCast
Johnny from The Rapper's Corner
Ben from Dragoon Effect
Brett from Skeleton House
Bill from The RPG Years
Kaslo 25 on Twitch
TroytlePower
Kaeldrannas
Elyse, Jay, Varax Estin, Josh P, and 'BlueGreener' (Dan) from the Discord
(Edited by Erik and Frost)
Next Time: S7E5 - STAR TROPICS - Chapter 6
If you would like to be featured on an upcoming episode head over to: https://probablywork.com/superswitchclub/
You can also join the discussion in our Discord server!
And help support our editors to keep this podcast going at Patreon.com/TheSuperSwitchClub!
Network Info
This podcast is a production of the We Can Make This Work (Probably) Network. Follow us below to keep up with this show and discover our many other podcasts! The place for those with questionable taste!
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S7E3 - STAR TROPICS - Chapter 3: From Ghost Village to She-Cola (Part 2 of 2)
"You want to enter She-Cola, don't you?" - A Mysterious Fortune Teller
In the second half of Star Tropics - Ch3 (Storm and Calm), after fighting a cave full of Flying Monkeys and... Shit Demons(?!) - Mike Jones continues his excruciatingly long 'side quest' to save Chief Mira-Cola's daughter (Bernadette?) by finding a hermit on a mountain - so that he can get his sub repaired and save his uncle, Dr. Jones! Along the way however, we encounter the fortress of She-Cola, a castle run by Amazon warriors? Mike enlists the help of a Fortune Teller, but she lost her Crystal Ball in a lake near the graveyard of "Ghost Village", so naturally our hero, armed with his trusty yo-yo, fights his way through an army of undead mummies in a never-ending underground crypt!
(Edited by Erik and Frost)
Podcasters Featured:
Erik Slader from Epik Fails of History and Nerdeagram: An Enneagram Podcast
Douglas Gale from Game Game Pass
Zack Derby from Podcasters Assemble and the NeatCast
Johnny from The Rapper's Corner
Ben from Dragoon Effect
Brett from Skeleton House
Bill from The RPG Years
Mike from Mike's Unedited Let's Plays
Kaslo 25 on Twitch
The_Scott_Spot on Twitch
TroytlePower
Kaeldrannas
Elyse, Frost, Jay, Varax Estin, Josh P, and 'BlueGreener' (Dan) from the Discord
(Edited by Erik and Frost)
Next Time: S7E4 - STAR TROPICS - Chapters 4 and 5
If you would like to be featured on an upcoming episode head over to: https://probablywork.com/superswitchclub/
You can also join the discussion in our Discord server!
And help support our editors to keep this podcast going at Patreon.com/TheSuperSwitchClub!
Network Info
This podcast is a production of the We Can Make This Work (Probably) Network. Follow us below to keep up with this show and discover our many other podcasts! The place for those with questionable taste!
Twitter | Facebook| Instagram: @probablyworkwww.probablywork.com
Email: ProbablyWorkPod@gmail.com -
Bonus: "Pro Wrestling" (NES, 1986) #Wrestlemania
"It’s Wreslemania time brother! Wooooo!"
In anticipation of WWE’s annual Wrestlemania Premium Live Event, our Patreon club members chose "Pro Wrestling" (NES, 1986) for our clubbers to check out!
(Edited by Kaslo 25!)
If you would like to be featured on an upcoming episode head over to: https://probablywork.com/superswitchclub/
You can also join the discussion in our Discord server!
And help support our editors to keep this podcast going at Patreon.com/TheSuperSwitchClub!
Network Info
This podcast is a production of the We Can Make This Work (Probably) Network. Follow us below to keep up with this show and discover our many other podcasts! The place for those with questionable taste!
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Email: ProbablyWorkPod@gmail.com -
S7E2 - STAR TROPICS - Chapter 3: Storm and Calm (Part 1 of 2)
"Suddenly it gets dark and stormy on the ocean. The sea tosses Sub-C..."
In the first half of Star Tropics - Chapter 3: "Storm and Calm", we once again get sidetracked from our main quest when our submarine crashes in a storm! We then find out that in order to fix our sub to save our uncle from aliens, we first need to save a girl from a spell by finding a hermit or something? So we trudge through what might be the one of the most infuriating sections of the game... so far! We fight our way through a lava labyrinth of ninja monkeys, do-do birds, zombie flamingos, and mud monsters, before facing off with a freaking fire demon?! ...and it turns out we're not even halfway through this section of the game!
To be continued...
Podcasters Featured:
Erik Slader from Epik Fails of History and Nerdeagram: An Enneagram Podcast
Douglas Gale from Game Game Pass
Zack Derby from Podcasters Assemble and the NeatCast
Johnny from The Rapper's Corner
Ben from Dragoon Effect
Brett from Skeleton House
Bill from The RPG Years
Mike from Mike's Unedited Let's Plays
Kaslo 25 on Twitch
The_Scott_Spot on Twitch
TroytlePower
Kaeldrannas
Elyse, Frost, Jay, Varax Estin, Josh P, and 'BlueGreener' (Dan) from the Discord
(Edited by Erik and Frost)
Next Time: S7E3 - STAR TROPICS - Chapter 3: Part 2!
If you would like to be featured on an upcoming episode head over to: https://probablywork.com/superswitchclub/
You can also join the discussion in our Discord server!
And help support our editors to keep this podcast going at Patreon.com/TheSuperSwitchClub!
Network Info
This podcast is a production of the We Can Make This Work (Probably) Network. Follow us below to keep up with this show and discover our many other podcasts! The place for those with questionable taste!
Twitter | Facebook| Instagram: @probablyworkwww.probablywork.com
Email: ProbablyWorkPod@gmail.com -
S7E1 - STAR TROPICS - Chapters 1/2: Dolphins and... Aliens?!
"Don't despair, Mike! Under the Southern Cross, anything is possible..." - the Shaman of Coral-Cola
After dusting off our nostalgia for the NES with our instruction manual episode, we're finally ready to start our island-hopping adventure, on C-Island, with the plucky yo-yo-wielding baseballer from Seattle, Mike Jones in "Star Tropics"! It's sure to be a fun time, right...?
Podcasters Featured:
Erik Slader from Epik Fails of History and Nerdeagram: An Enneagram Podcast
Douglas Gale from Game Game Pass
Zack Derby from Podcasters Assemble and the NeatCast
Johnny from The Rapper's Corner
Ben from Dragoon Effect
Brett from Skeleton House
Bill from The RPG Years
Mike from Mike's Unedited Let's Plays
Kaslo 25 on Twitch
The_Scott_Spot on Twitch
Elyse, Frost, Jay, Varax Estin, Josh P, and 'BlueGreener' (Dan) from the Discord
(Edited by Frost *and* Erik Slader)
Next Time: S7E2: STAR TROPICS - Chapter 3: Storm and Calm!?
If you would like to be featured on an upcoming episode head over to: https://probablywork.com/superswitchclub/
You can also join the discussion in our Discord server!
And help support our editors to keep this podcast going at Patreon.com/TheSuperSwitchClub!
Network Info
This podcast is a production of the We Can Make This Work (Probably) Network. Follow us below to keep up with this show and discover our many other podcasts! The place for those with questionable taste!
Twitter | Facebook| Instagram: @probablyworkwww.probablywork.com
Email: ProbablyWorkPod@gmail.com -
S7E0 - "STAR TROPICS" (NES, 1990) - The Instruction Manual / Backstory
"Listen Mike, try to not be upset. Your uncle, Dr. Jones, has been... ABDUCTED!" - Chief Coral Cola
That's right, we're kicking off Season 7, as is tradition, with the instruction manual for "Star Tropics" (NES, 1990)! A record breaking episode with 17 submitters! Just remember, the Southern Cross is always by your side...
Podcasters Featured:
Erik Slader from Epik Fails of History and Nerdeagram: An Enneagram Podcast
Douglas Gale from Game Game Pass
Johnny from The Rapper's Corner
Ben from Dragoon Effect
Brett from Skeleton House
Bill from The RPG Years
Mike from Mike's Unedited Let's Plays
Kaslo 25 on Twitch
The_Scott_Spot on Twitch
Troytle Power
Elyse, Jay, Varax Estin, Josh P, and 'BlueGreener' (Dan) from the Discord
Cameo from: Josh Murphy of Mushroom Comix
(Edited by Erik Slader)
Next Time: S7E1: "Star Tropics" - Chapters 1 & 2!
If you would like to be featured on an upcoming episode head over to: https://probablywork.com/superswitchclub/
You can also join the discussion in our Discord server!
And help support our editors to keep this podcast going at Patreon.com/TheSuperSwitchClub!
Network Info
This podcast is a production of the We Can Make This Work (Probably) Network. Follow us below to keep up with this show and discover our many other podcasts! The place for those with questionable taste!
Twitter | Facebook| Instagram: @probablyworkwww.probablywork.com
Email: ProbablyWorkPod@gmail.com
Customer Reviews
Fan since day one!
I have been listening to this podcast ever since I discovered the concept on Podcasters Assemble. Now it’s video games and as an NSO subscriber, the show helps me earn more bang for my Buck as I am encouraged to play the games alongside all the podcasters who are diverse in personality and opinion. It’s a clever show and one I look forward to every time they drop! I know the editing has to be a real piece of work and wrangling all these podcasters probably isn’t all that easy either. Bravo to the whole crew! I hope to try and get on the show and participate someday because it just sounds like a ton of fun!
Please don’t play if you hate a game before it starts.
So far I’ve listened to every episode for the first 3 games they’ve played and I have to say there is a lot of potential here, but for the most part the podcast is too overwhelmingly negative on these games. The intro says this podcast is supposed to be for people who like playing older games , yet the majority of these players seem to not enjoy the retro experience at all.
I let the overall negativity slide on the first game because it was Zelda II: adventure of Link. I get it. This game isn’t for everyone and a lot of it has aged poorly. I would be all for valid criticisms or explaining why things haven’t aged well, but that’s not what is on offer here.
Over and over again they just repeat the same things. “It’s just not fun.“ “It’s just bad“ “This isn’t good.“ it just comes off as somebody whining because they’re not good at the game. The exact same thing followed the show into the Star Fox reviews, which I was surprised about because Star Fox is a fantastic game. But over and over the same sound clips that really offer no new content. It’s not fun. This is just bad. This game isn’t good. Just repeated blank statements with no substance.
Sometimes the complaints don’t even make sense. Like complaining that Ecco the dolphin has a seizure warning in the instruction manual. Literally every game has this. Or saying that if you wanted dolphin facts you would just go to Wikipedia. Wikipedia did not exist yet!
It really doesn’t seem like this is a group of people who enjoys playing retro games. Right from the instruction manual episodes some of them are already going in with a negative attitude. Saying things like “this sounds like it’s going to be awful.” Well then don’t play it! You’re already in the mindset that you’re just looking for things to hate on rather than looking for a fun game experience.
I’m hoping things will turn around for the Banjo Kazooie episodes because how could you be overwhelmingly negative about that game? But then again I thought the same thing about Star Fox. If it sounds like they actually enjoy playing video games during that season I will come back and change my review. Maybe they just had a bad start.
The only exception is the host from Skeleton House who seems to actually enjoy the games and can appreciate them for what they were in the year they were released. Context matters. You wouldn’t review music from the 1950s and criticize the recording quality. You wouldn’t review movies from the 1970s and say that the special effects are unwatchable. If you’re reviewing video games from the 90s, you need to contextualize what video games in the 90s were. Pointing out things that haven’t aged well is fine, And having a valid analysis of WHY something isn’t fun or doesn’t work would be great, but you can’t expect a game to know all of the lessons we’ve learned from modern games.
For example, Star Fox is a game that can be finished in about two hours. It’s not a game you’re supposed to pick up and be instantly good at. It’s a game that expects you to replay over and over and hone your skills. This isn’t a common thing in video games anymore but back in 1993 this was completely normal. So when some of these hosts mentioned that they’ve never played Star Fox before, and then complain the entire game that this is bad because they keep dying, it’s like they don’t understand what the game is. Of course you keep dying. It’s your first time playing it.
I know this is a very long review but that’s because I feel like there is a lot of potential in this podcast. I just hope moving forward it feels more like they enjoy playing retro games even though they see some flaws, rather than feeling like these people are being forced to play these games. Because they’re not
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