The Super Switch Club: A Nintendo Podcast

"If you stay here too long, you'll end up frying your brain...." - Random Drunk Guy? On the latest trip  through "EarthBound", our heroes find themselves in a weird parallel dimension known as "Moonside" where they fight melting clocks, sentient gas pumps, 'abstract art', and a mysterious golden statue! We then go on one of the strangest / most tedious side quests in gaming history as we make our...

"Before I go, here's my last haiku poem - when on your way out, be sure that you say goodbye, then lock the door tight..." - Al Everdred We pick up our ongoing "EarthBound" saga as Ness, Paula, and Jeff make their way into the city of Fourside! While there, they get buzzed at the cafe, wander around a dinosaur museum, see a concert (or two), get hit by a taxi, pick up some stinky socks at the bake...

"Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle!" - Toad In celebration of MAR10 Day and the 40th Anniversary of Super Mario, we decided to take a break from our "EarthBound" season to play the original, the iconic, 1985's "Super Mario Bros"  for the NES! Podcasters Featured:  Zack Derby from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Podcasters Assemble⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

"TOUCHDOWN! BO JACKSON!" Just in time for this year's Super Bowl 59 - Kaslo assembled a team to tackle the original "Tecmo Bowl" for the NES! (Somehow the only football game on NSO?!) Podcasters Featured:  Zack Derby from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Podcasters Assemble⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the NeatCast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kaslo 25⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

"Drink coffee before go?" - Mr. Saturn We pick up our "EarthBound" playthrough with Ness, Paula, and Jeff back in Threed! Our heroes fight through a horde of zombies and ghosts beneath a graveyard, discover the strange inhabitants of Saturn Valley (the Mr. Saturns), stand behind a waterfall for three minutes, defeat Master Belch with a jar of 'Fly Honey', drink some psychedelic coffee, backtrack t...

"How about a donut? Well, I was only offering... I'd also like a donut right about now." - Dr. Andonuts   While Ness and Paula are busy being kidnapped by zombies in Threed, we're introduced to our third party member: a nerd named Jeff - in the snowy country of Winters! Jeff embarks on a quest through the wilderness after receiving a telepathic message from Paula - he escapes from his boarding sch...

Our very own Kaeldrannas  used the “Triforce” tier ability (through our Patreon)  to choose a bonus game: 1994's "Kirby's Dream Course" for the Super Nintendo - a Kirby-themed golf game?! Podcasters Featured:  Frost from ⁠⁠⁠⁠the RPG Years⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Johnny from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Rapper's Corner⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ben from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dragoon Effect⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Troytle Power⁠⁠⁠⁠ Josh P...

"Your existence is a problem for me and my religion. Defy me and I'll end your pitiful game!" - Mr. Carpainter After erasing a pencil-shaped-statue, Ness fights his way through Peaceful Rest Valley, swarming with an onslaught of robots, UFO's, and walking trees, on his way to save Paula from a creepy cult leader in "Happy Happy Village". From there, Ness and Paula use their psychic powers to fight...

" Twoson -- we got this name because we weren't first ." We make our way through the cave to Giant Step, fight several slugs and bugs, face off against the Titanic Ant, and collect our first sound! We then fight the entire Onett police force, before heading to Twoson where we ride our bike, trip on some mushrooms, and find out that a young girl named Paula has been kidnapped by a cult?! Podcasters...

"Three things are of the upmost importance: Wisdom, Courage and Friendship..." - Buzz-Buzz In our very first (gameplay) episode of "EarthBound" (1994, SNES)  - we name our characters (Ness, Paula, Jeff, and... Poo?!), change out of our pj's, investigate a meteor crash, beat up some runaway dogs with a baseball bat, make friends with an alien bee, learn about an ancient prophecy from 10 years in th...

"Can four average kids save the world from certain destruction at the hands of an evil, alien invader?" To kick off our latest Super Nintendo season, we're diving into the instruction manual (player's guide?!) for 1994's "EarthBound" (aka "Mother 2") - an epic RPG starring Ness from the Super Smash Bros games! Podcasters Featured:  Zack Derby from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠P...

Erik and Frost team-up to announce our next game for Season 8 of the Super Switch Club: 1994's "EarthBound" for the Super Nintendo - along with a breakdown of rules on how to be a part of this season! Directions: 10 minutes max! - we're going to be enforcing the limit a lot harder Don’t narrate everything , be selective about what you talk about - focus on things you loved or hat...

"If he's got Ahchi's blood in him... then what in the world is he?" - Brad.  Our latest Bonus Episode is on "Sin and Punishment" - an arcade-style rail shooter - first released exclusively in Japan on the Nintendo 64 in 2000, later ported over to the Wii's Virtual Console in 2007, and recently dropped on Nintendo Switch Online!  Featured on this episode: Erik Slader...

"Now you're playing with Power - SUPER POWER!" And the nominations are in for what we'll be voting on to play for our next SNES  season of the Super Switch Club!   Erik - Donkey Kong Country Elyse - Donkey Kong Country Jay - Super Mario All-Stars Mike - Super Mario World Varax - Super Mario World Johnny - Super Metroid Dan - Super Metroid Kaeldranas - Super Metroid Frost - The Le...

"Death Adder invaded the castle and has taken the king and princess prisoners! My good friend Alex was also killed in the battle..." For our latest Bonus Episode  - we played through the mother of all fantasy beat-em-up arcade classics: 1989's "Golden Axe"  for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive! Does it hold up? Will Doug actually like this one? Who will actually make it to the...

“Our planet no longer exists, but we'll not cry for the past..." - Princess Mica of Argonia Wow, we've done it. At last, it's the long-awaited finale to our "Star Tropics" (NES) season! In this epic final chapter our intrepid hero, Mike Jones (armed with his trusty yo-yo), finally comes face to face with the sinister Zoda - the tyrannical leader of the "Evil Aliens&...

A quick overview of some of the funniest moments from ⁠⁠ Season 7 ⁠⁠ leading up to our "Star Tropics" finale... (Edited by Erik Slader) Next Time: S7E7 - STAR TROPICS - Chapter 8: The Final Battle! If you would like to be featured on an upcoming episode head over to: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://probablywork.com/superswitchclub/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can also join...

For this SSC Undocked Special, we're reviewing the June 18th 2024 Nintendo Direct announcements! Featuring: Troytle Power (and his son Atti), Erik Slader, Frost, Kaslo 25, and Johnny from the Rapper's Corner and Remember the Record! Just some of the Games Discussed: Mario and Luigi: Brothership The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Donkey Kong Country - Returns HD Metroid Prime 4: Beyond M...

“At last, you have arrived at the Spaceship... Findthe 3 Magic Cubes!" Ok, so it's not actually thefinale, but we're almost there, promise! In Chapter 7 of our epic "Star Tropics" (NES)  playthrough, Mike Jones randomly climbs aboard amysterious spaceship, armed only with his trusty yo-yo, to battle the"evil aliens" (and legions of annoying robots) in his quest for...

“The story is complicated. Do you want me to repeat it?” - Dr. "Uncle Steve" Jones It's the penultimate episode in our 'Star Tropics' saga, Chapter 6: "Reunion"! Mike Jones and Nav-Com (aka Rob the Robot) track Uncle Steve's signal across the Pacific Ocean, island hopping in their submarine from a village of the elderly to the corpse of Robinson Crusoe! On his w...

"Now that's a happy ending! Or is it? Because everything's over now, and all that's left is you and the infinite void..." - the Nihilistic Lumalee   Zack and Erik are joined by Doug and Elyse for a Disassembled / Undocked cross-over special (with Podcasters Assemble: A Movie Podcast ) to talk about 2023's "The Super Mario Bros Movie"  (not to be confused with th...

“Assemble, Podcasters Assemble” A Bonus Episode from Season 003 of Podcasters Assemble (where we covered ALL the Bond movies)  - reviewing 1997's "GoldenEye 007"  for the Nintendo 64 - way back in 2020! Featured in This Episode: Erik Slader from the Epik Fails of History  podcast Troytle Power from Troytle Power Presents: the Power Play-Throughs Podcast Justin and Meghan Ache from Si...

“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 m...

"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 repa...

"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...