The Super Switch Club: A Nintendo Podcast

"Play it loud!" - SNES advert That's right, we've got a Bonus Season - Kaeldrannas has used the power of the Triforce ( through our Patreon ) and picked our next game for Season 10 of the Super Switch Club - Donkey Kong Country (SNES, 1994)! Also: New games on NSO: "Pac-Man" (NES) / "Donkey Kong 64" (N64) and "Star Fox" coming soon to Switch 2! (Edit...

"Wily! You survived?!" - Rock / MegaMan In our Season 9 finale, we're wrapping up MegaMan V for GameBoy! After facing off against Terra, it's revealed that "somehow Dr. Wily returned!" With a little help from Proto-Man, Rush, Tango the Cat, and some upgrades from Dr. Light - MegaMan (Rock) fights his way through a gigantic space station in an attempt to save the Earth!...

The following is a Bonus Episode from Season 5 of Podcasters Assemble on the Mortal Kombat games! (recorded back in 2021) For an Ad Free version of this Promo Special, help support us on Patreon! ⁠ “Wrong Jarek, this is not a brutality. THIS IS A FATALITY!" With the release of the all new “MORTAL KOMBAT” movie, podcasters from across the globe are on a mission to revisit the MK franchise from...

"Once upon a time, there was a brave and noble princess named...Peach." - Rosalina Erik and Johnny do a full breakdown / spoiler review of "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" (2026) , along with a discussion about 2007's "Super Mario Galaxy" for the Nintendo Wii (and its 2010 sequel), along with speculation about the future of Nintendo media: from the upcoming live-act...

"It's been a long time, MegaMan! I didn't expect to see you in one piece again, but that is of little consequence now. I will destroy you as I did before and avenge my fallen comrades. Dark Moon attack!" - Terra Our MegaMan V (GB) season continues as we tackle the "Final Four" robot masters / star droids: Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto, and... Uranus? LOL Podcasters Featured: ⁠...

"A 3-D game for a 3-D World!" - Virtual Boy slogan Erik is joined by Johnny and Kaeldrannas to talk about Nintendo's infamous 32-bit VR system, 1995's "Virtual Boy", and its recent revival on the Switch 2! NSO Virtual Boy - Games: 3D Tetris Galactic Pinball Golf Mario's Tennis Mario Clash Teleroboxer Red Alarm Innsmouth no Yakata Wario Land Games not currently on NS...

"Dr. Light found MegaMan and equipped him with the new 'Mega Arm', the most powerful weapon ever devised." In the first gameplay episode of our MegaMan V (GB) season, we tackle the first four robot masters / star droids: Mercury, Venus, Mars, and... Neptune? Podcasters Featured:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Zack Derby...

"From the cosmic reaches of outer space comes mankind's greatest threat. An alien armada has targeted Earth and they plan to annihilate the human race..." On our latest season, we're playing through "MegaMan V" (aka 'Rock Man World 5') for the GameBoy! But first we're recapping our histories with the MegaMan franchise and (as is tradition) reading the instru...

"It's dangerous to go alone... Take this!" At long last, after 100 episodes, we finally played the original "Legend of Zelda" for the NES (1986) - just in time for it's 40th Anniversary! Podcasters Featured:  Erik Slader from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Epik Fails of History⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nerdeagram: An Enneagram Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Erik is joined by Johnny and Elyse to talk about "Mario Kart World" and the Switch 2! Click here for Johnny's (Spoiler Free) Review of "Metroid Prime 4" and Extended Clips / Outtakes for this episode! Also on this Episode: The Great "Donkey Kong: Bananza" Debate Johnny's rant about "Metroid Prime 4: Beyond" What we've been playing: Donkey Kong Country Returns, Portal, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Tetr...

"Welcome back!" - Professor Oak In our latest Bonus Episode, the Switch Club crew got together to talk about 1999's "Pokémon Snap" for the Nintendo 64! Podcasters Featured:  Erik Slader from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Epik Fails of History⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nerdeagram: An Enneagram Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Erik gives a quick rundown on what's in store for next year with Season 9 and beyond! MegaMan V (GameBoy, 1994) Bonus: Pokémon Snap (N64, 1999) Bonus: The Legend of Zelda (NES, 1986) - 40th Anniversary / 100th Episode Special! Click here for more! (Edited by Erik Slader) Join the Club! If you would like to be featured on an upcoming episode head over to: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

"One thing you must never lose is your courage. If you believe in the goal you are striving for, you will be courageous." - Shigesato Itoi At long last, the final FINAL Episode of our longest season ever, that's right, it's our final thoughts on "EarthBound"! (SNES, 1994) Podcasters Featured:  Zack Derby from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Podcasters Assemble⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

"Now you're playing with power... portable power..." GameBoy Noms for Season 9: Mike (Unedited Let’s Plays) - “Wario Land 3” (GBC) Kaslo - “MegaMan V” Post-Modern Martyr - “Gargoyle’s Quest”  Ben from Dragoon Effect - “Donkey Kong Land”  Varax Estin - “The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening - DX” (GBC) Elyse - “The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons” (GBC) Bill - “Quest for Camelot” (...

You cannot grasp the true form of Giygas' attack! After awakening from his coma / spirit quest to the realm of Magicant, Ness and his friends return to Saturn Valley where Dr. Andonuts and Apple Kid (with the help of the Mr. Saturns) make the final preparations on the Phase Distorter in order to track down Giygas! They soon discover that Giygas is attacking from the distant past and the only w...

"Transcending history, and the world, a tale of souls and swords, eternally retold." With the release of the Nintendo Switch 2, along with GameCube games debuting on NSO (exclusively on Switch 2), Kaslo 25 decided to put together a special bonus episode on 2002's "Soul Calibur II" (featuring Link from Zelda) - our first GameCube game! Also featured on this episode: 'Dun...

"You created Magicant, the realm of your mind. In Magicant, there's beauty, kindness, sorrow, and hatred. Of course, there's an evil and violent side to you..." - A Mysterious Old Man After unlocking the final sanctuary sound from the Fire Spring (last time in the Lost Underworld), Ness falls into a coma and his consciousness awakens in the bizarre dreamscape realm of Magicant! W...

"Talk to the Rock. It's important." - A Talking Rock On the latest episode in our epic "EarthBound" saga, we head back to the Onett library to steal a book about 'overcoming shyness' (by anonymous) to give to the leader of the Tenda Village in order to gain access to a hole leading underground. After another psychedelic tea trip, fighting our way through a legion of random monsters, and having our...

"You're much stronger (whirrr) than our intelligence indicated... We were not (beep) prepared for that eventuality... The prophecy from the (click) Apple of Enlightenment may be true... but you must not (whirrr) underestimate us." - Starman DX Our journey through "EarthBound" continues! After a quick ride on Dungeon Man's Yellow Submarine from the deserts of Scaraba, we trudge through the swampy j...

"Wii would like to play." - Nintendo Wii Slogan Erik is joined by Ben from Dragoon Effect to talk about sports games! Specifically the long history of Mario Golf and Mario Tennis games, as well as our nostalgia for Wii Sports, and a very brief history of sports video games! Games Discussed: Tennis for Two (1958) / Pong (1972, Atari) NES Open (1991, NES) Tennis (1984, NES) / Super Tennis...

"What's a dungeon? That is my eternal question." - Dungeon Man After a quick detour to the sewers of Fourside and a cave in Dalaam (see Episode 9: Magnet Hill and Pink Cloud) , our young heroes bravely board a boat in Toto Port on a voyage toward the desert shores of Scaraba! En route, they run into... the Kraken(?!) and murder it with their psychic powers! While in Scaraba, Ness, Pa...

"Fuzzy Pickles!" - The Photographer from the Sky Before sailing for Scaraba to fight the Kraken, our heroes must first take a random detour from Summers back to Fourside in order to... get a signed banana from Venus?! They then trudge through the sewers, get possessed by a trash can ghost, face off against the dreaded Plague Rat of Doom, feed a carrot key to some rabbit statues back in Dalaam, fig...

"Prince Poo, I am the spirit of your ancient lineage..." - creepy giant floating head After returning to Threed from Fourside, our heroes take the Skyrunner back to Winters for a pit stop (where we fight a giant shroom) on the way to the resort town of Summers! Ness, Paula, and Jeff navigate around the tourist traps, splurge like they're on vacation, catch some rays on the beach, try...

Erik forces Frost and Zack to play puzzle games with him... because reasons. NSO Games discussed: Tetris (NES / GameBoy), Tetris DX (Game Boy Color), Dr. Mario (NES / GameBoy), Dr. Mario 64 (N64), Yoshi (NES), Wario's Woods (NES), Kirby's Avalanche (SNES), Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (Sega), Columns (Sega), and Pokémon Puzzle League (N64)! Join the Club! If you would like to be featured on an...

Johnny (from the Rapper's Corner) joins Erik and Frost to discuss the last couple Nintendo Directs, including: the Nintendo Switch 2 announcements, GameCube coming to NSO, Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Dragon Quest 1/2 HD-2D Remake, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Kirby Air Raiders, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, The Dusk Bloods, Tony Hawk, Project 007, and so...