The Super Switch Club: A Nintendo Podcast

"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?...

"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, r...

"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 F...

For our second "Undocked" special, Erik teams up with Elyse (from Australia) and Scott (@The_Scott_Spot on Twitch) , to try and rank ALL the games from the last six seasons of the show (before jumping into "Star Tropics")! Also on this episode: our gamers discuss their favorite Pokémon, complain about RPG's (jk), go over some Nintendo news, discuss which N64 games we're...

Here's a look back at our previous seasons, just in time to ring in the New Year!  (Edited by Frost!) Previous Seasons: Season 1 – Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES) Season 2 – Star Fox (SNES) Season 3 – Ecco The Dolphin (Sega Genesis) Season 4 – Banjo-Kazooie (N64) Season 5 – GameBoy / GBA Nostalgia (Tetris and WarioWare) Season 6 – SSC SPEED RUN!? (Classic Donkey Kong, Streets of Rage 2,...

"There are two kinds of drivers in this race - me, and the losers!" - Captain Falcon Our long-awaited finale in our #SSCSpeedRun season is finally here! For this "Emergency Bonus Episode", we're racing through this brand-new remix of the original classic 1990 Super Nintendo launch title: "F-Zero 99" (2023) - Now on Nintendo Switch Online! Podcasters Featured:  Eri...

It’s official, the next game on  the Super Switch Club  podcast  is  “STAR TROPICS”! (NES, 1990) Season 7 Submission Schedule: Episode Zero: The Instruction Manual (and NES nostalgia) – Due: Mon, Jan 8th (2024) 1 – Chapters 1 / 2 – Mon, Feb 5th 2 – Chapters 3 / 4 – Mon, Feb 26th 3 – Chapters 5 / 6 – Mon, March 18th 4 – Chapters 7 / 8 – Mon, April 8th Click here for more information about how you c...

"Here we go!" - Mario For this Bonus Round of our SSC Speed Run season, our Patreon club members voted for "Mario Kart: Super Circuit"! (GBA, 2001) (Edited by Frost) Next Time: F-ZERO 99?! And stay tuned for the upcoming NES game for Season 7... If you would like to be featured on an upcoming episode head over to: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://probablywork.com/superswitchclub/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠...

On our very first "Undocked" episode, Erik Slader (from Epik Fails of History ) , Frost , and Kaslo 25 (from Twitch) team up for a 'regular' podcast episode to talk about some Nintendo news: speculation about the live-action Zelda movie announcement, "Super Mario Wonder" first impressions, some NES bracket updates / predictions, "Super Mario RPG", the new Prin...

"Was That The Sword That Seals The Darkness? A Blade That Shatters So Easily Against My Power Cannot Save You From Me." - Ganondorf  Our latest (belated) Bonus Episode is on some of our initial thoughts on the epic sequel to "Breath of the Wild", "The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom" for the Nintendo Switch! (Note: Posted on our Patreon page earlier this year!)...

"Get the power! NINTENDO POWER!"  For our second (third?) cycle, we're (finally) nominating which games we'll be voting on in our upcoming NES bracket for Season 7!  Click here to check out the bracket , follow us on social media @SuperSocialClub (Twitter / Instagram), and check out our Patreon for more! NES Nominations: Erik: Metroid Kaslo 25: Star Tropics Elyse: Donkey Kong Jr....

"...And so the Yoshis' quest began, to find the tree and save the land..." - a magical cursed pop-up book For the fifth and final(?) episode in our "Speed Run" season, we played through the somewhat confounding 2.5D side-scrolling story book adventure, 1998's "Yoshi's Story" for the Nintendo 64...  Podcasters Featured:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Brett from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Skeleton Hous...

"My entire family was abducted and killed by the Kid family! I will pay you whatever you want to help me get rid of those villains." - Annie / “We’ll see about that...” -Clint For the fourth episode in our "Speed Run" season, we played through the 1994 sci-fi / western arcade-style, gallery shooter in space: "Wild Guns" for the Super Nintendo!  Podcasters Featured: ⁠⁠...

"Don't worry, I'll get your food and your Sparkling Stars back!" - with these words, Kirby set off on his quest toward the dreaded Mt. Dedede. We wish him luck!  For the the third episode in our "Speed Run" season, we played through the OG "Kirby's Dream Land" for Game Boy!  Podcasters Featured:  Zack from ⁠⁠ Podcasters Assemble ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ! Erik Slader fr...

"Four young friends, rage burning inside them, make a stand for friendship and peace!" For the the second episode in our "Speed Run" season, we're playing the popular arcade beat-em up from the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive: 1992's "Streets of Rage 2" ! Podcasters Featured:  Zack from ⁠⁠ Podcasters Assemble ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Brett from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Skeleton House ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

"It's on like Donkey Kong!" For the first episode in our "Speed Run" season, we're playing the original arcade classic, "DONKEY KONG" for the NES! (Originally released in 1981 and ported to home consoles in 1986.) Podcasters Featured: Erik Slader from ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Epik Fails of History ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Brett from ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Skeleton House ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ben from ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dragoon Effect ⁠ Dougl...

Erik gives some Patreon shout outs / plugs, and a quick rundown of the schedule for this season's "SSC Speed Run" cycle: Donkey Kong (NES) - Due: July 17th Streets of Rage 2 (Sega Genesis / Mega Drive) - Due: July 31st Kirby's Dream Land (Game Boy) - Due: August 14th Wild Guns (Super Nintendo) - Due: August 28th Yoshi's Story (N64) - Due: September 11th Submit at ProbablyWork...

On our latest mini-episode / poll, Elyse (from Australia) gives us a quick rundown of the Nintendo 64 games that we're voting on *this week*, for Season 6 of the Super Switch Club! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠(Vote now below - only on the Spotify app!)⁠⁠⁠ ROUND 5 - Nintendo 64: Wave Race 64 (1996) Dr. Mario 64 (2001) Pokémon: Puzzle League (2000) Yoshi's Story (1997) And our next *SNES* Game is: WILD GUNS...

On our latest mini-episode / poll, Brett (from Skeleton House ) gives us a quick rundown of the Super Nintendo games that we're voting on *this week*, for Season 6 of the Super Switch Club! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠(Vote now - only on the Spotify app!)⁠⁠ ROUND 4 - Super Nintendo: Wild Guns (1994) Fighter's History (1993) Joe & Mac 2: Lost in the Tropics (1994) EDF - Earth Defense Force (1991) And our...

On our latest mini-episode, Scott gives us a quick rundown of the GameBoy / GBA games that we're voting on *this week*, for Season 6 of the Super Switch Club! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Vote now - only on the Spotify app!)⁠ ROUND 3 - GameBoy: Kirby's Dream Land (1992) Game and Watch Gallery 3 (1998) Kuru Kuru Kururin (2001) Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001) And our next *SEGA GENESIS* Game is: STREETS OF RAGE...

Bill gives us a quick rundown of the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive games that we're voting on *this week*, for Season 6 of the Super Switch Club! ⁠⁠⁠ (Vote now - only on the Spotify app!) ROUND 2 - Sega: Golden Axe (1989) Altered Beast (1988) Virtua Fighter 2 (1994) Streets of Rage 2 (1992) And our next NES Game is: DONKEY KONG (1986) - Due: Mon, July 3rd! Next Time: Season 6 - Round 3: GameBoy! I...

Frost gives us a quick rundown of NES games that we're voting on *this week*, for Season 6 of the Super Switch Club! ⁠ ROUND 1 - NES: Donkey Kong (1981) Balloon Fight (1984) Wrecking Crew (1985) Ice Climbers (1984) ⁠ (Follow now on the Spotify app to vote below!) ⁠⁠   Next Time: Season 6 - Round 2: SEGA! (And our NES winner?) If you would like to be featured on an upcoming episode head over to...

Erik gives a quick lowdown on what's in store coming soon to the Super Switch Club! (Follow now on Spotify to vote!)   Next Time: Season 6 - Round 1: NES! 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 po...

"This Wario game... will it really sell?" - Ken the Reporter On today's episode, we played the completely baffling GameBoy Advance game, "Wario Ware, Inc: Mega Micro Games"?! It's... something. Featured on this episode:  Erik Slader from ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Epik Fails of History ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Brett from ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Skeleton House ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ben from ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dragoon Effect ⁠ Josh from ⁠⁠ Mushroom Comix⁠...

"From Russia with Fun!" - slogan for Tetris on the GameBoy  On today's episode, we're talking TETRIS! The addicting puzzle game first created by Russian programmer, Alexey Pajitnov, which debuted to western audiences as a pack-in game with Nintendo's GameBoy! The club discusses the music, the history behind the game, our nostalgia for it, the dozens of spin offs / copy cats,...