Super Smash Cast

What if a video game was not a video game, but a toy, but also, in a much more real sense, a video game? Join Bryan and Ryan as they discuss the Robotic Operating Buddy or R.O.B. and how he saved the video game industry in America. Also the game Gyromite, which is alright. Timestamps: 00:00 Introductions 01:10 Board the Platform 09:38 Gyromite 17:23 Challenger Approaches: R.O.B. 25:57 Final Smash...

The second Side-Smash Episode has Ryan joined by Jay O'Connor on a retrospective of the Pokémon Franchise during the Nintendo Switch Era. It's a pretty broad one but we covered as much as we could in under two hours! Enjoy! Special Thanks to Patron, Mitchell Sheffield All music and sounds belong to Nintendo and are licensed under fair use. Pokémon Music belongs to The Pokémon Company Incor...

Ryan and Bryan put on the parkas and brave the icy world of mountain climbing... In really, really abstract arcade-y form that doesn't always work in this latest episode of the Super Smash Cast discussing the NES title Ice Climber and the pair of fighters in Smash that hail from the same game: Ice Climbers. Timestamps: 00:00 Introductions 01:13 Ice Climber (NES) 13:37 Challenger Approaches: Ic...

In this inaugural episode of Side-Smash, Mike Wilkins joins the fight to talk Unconventional Recoveries in a more laid back episode of the Super Smash Cast. Join us as we talk about everything from simple third jumps to... Whatever PK Thunder is. Timestamps: 00:00 Introductions 03:28 Board the Platform: Nintendo Switch 2 09:26 Unconventional Recoveries 10:44 PK Thunder! 13:47 Tethers 16:47 Bombs 1...

In this single player episode of the Super Smash Cast, Ryan discusses dogs, ducks, the Zapper, and Duck Hunt on the NES as well as announces some exciting things about the future of the Super Smash Cast! Timestamps: 00:00 Introductions 02:16 Board the Platform: Zapper 05:51 Duck Hunt (NES) 12:39 Challenger Approaching: Duck Hunt 19:43 Final Smash All music and sounds belong to Nintendo and are lic...

In this episode, Ryan and Bryan discuss the landmark platformer Super Mario Bros, as well as FOUR fighters: Mario, Piranha Plant, Peach, and Bowser. Timestamps: 00:00 Introductions 07:13 Super Mario Bros Generalities 15:51 Challenger Approaching: Mario 20:16 Super Mario Bros Enemies 27:49 Challenger Approaching: Piranha Plant 32:03 Super Mario Bros Levels and Bosses 37:53 Challengers Approaching:...

This double episode of the Super Smash Cast has us covering two arcade title classics: Donkey Kong and Mario Bros. Both are overshadowed by the identities these series would later take on, but are special in their own right. We also highlight Fighter 9: Luigi! Enjoy! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:19 Donkey Kong 14:35 Mario Bros 26:24 A Challenger Approaches 34:44 Final Smash All music and sounds belo...

Join Ryan and Bryan as they discuss the Arcade Classic Pac-Man and the Smash Fighter that comes from this classic. All Pac-Man music, iconography, and sounds belong to Bandai Namco and are licensed under fair use. Likewise all Super Smash Bros. music, iconography, and sounds belong to Nintendo and Sora LTD. licensed under fair use. Timestamps: 00:00 Introductions 00:51 Direct Discussion 08:52 Pac-...

In this episode of the Super Smash Cast, Bryan and Ryan discuss the retro-styled fighter: Mr. Game & Watch as well as the very first "Game and Watch" title "Toss-Up" and other "Game and Watch" games besides. We also discuss the Master of Two Dimensions himself and how he's translated into the Smash Bros. Universe. Timestamps: 00:00 Introductions 02:15 Board th...

Ryan and Bryan begin the Super Smash Cast with a retrospective on the original Super Smash Bros. on the Nintendo 64. Timestamps: 00:00 Introductions 01:49 First Impressions 26:11 Challengers Approach! 30:31 Final Smash! 35:55 Final Results All Music and Sound Effects are property of Nintendo, HAL Laboratories , and SORA Ltd. We use them under fair use. Thanks! Help us grow! Subscribe to our Patreo...