The Nintendo Switch has officially become the longest-lasting Nintendo Console, nearing 2,700 days as the company’s primary home console. With very clear signaling from the Big N that a Switch successor is on the way, why not add more speculation to the vast collection already assembled online and talk about the five things I want to see out of a Nintendo Switch 2 (Super Nintendo Switch? Switch U?).
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By: Andrew Lister; January 9, 2024
Welcome to my brand new article series, Casual VGC. I’ll begin with a few caveats. I am not a full-time Pokémon player. I have never won any major VGC tournaments. Heck, I’ve only officially competed in two in-person tournaments–Milwaukee and Peoria in 2023. However, I have been playing Pokémon since Red and Blue came to North America while I was in high school, and I started dipping my toes into competitive Pokémon starting in Sword and Shield. One of my favorite ways to pass the time when not grading my students’ essays or podcasting is following official Pokémon events.
The most recent Pokémon VGC Regional took place in Portland, Oregon from January 5th-7th. Being the first official tournament under the new Regulation F ruleset, fans were curious which Mons would make a bigger splash than Magikarp. Some of the same strategies held over from the previous season, but the inclusion of the new Pokémon from the Indigo Disk shook up the meta like a Ground Terastalized Earthquake.
Here are some of the major takeaways and meta developments coming out of Portland.
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Original Publication Date: 8/30/2016
By: Andrew Lister
Welcome to another installment of Tuesday Top Five! Each week I’ll be coming up with a Top 5 spanning a number of geeky topics. This week, I’m going to rank my favorite video games from the Final Fantasy series.
Out of all my NES games, the one I treasured the most was my copy of Final Fantasy. This JRPG from Square was published in 1987 and was supposed to be the very last video game for the failing company.
I am a child of the Nintendo era. Growing up, I owned the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES for short), and I would lose myself in its many worlds, such as The Mushroom Kingdom and Hyrule. The games had simple graphics, but many of them were insanely difficult to play and master.
That being said, it turned out to be a massive hit, and as most people know, it spawned a number of other games in the series. Most of these games are not sequels, but many of them had similar themes and mechanics that evolved alongside the hardware of new consoles.
Trying to rank my Top 5 this week was extremely difficult, and I’m sure those of you out there may disagree with my list. If you do, leave your own list in the comments below. We may read your comments on a future episode of the Tooning Japanese Podcast!
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We’re down to the wire, folks! How will Vash deal with the death of Wolfwood and two more Gung-Ho Guns? I guess you’ll have to listen and find out! We review a pretty solid episode of Trigun this week, “Sin.” Happy 4th of July, fellow Americans!
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Thanks to Andy being on vacation for a week, we’re bringing you the newest review of Pokemon Generations! We’ll be back next week with a new review of Trigun, but this week we’re talking about two more episodes of Generations. Sadly these episodes aren’t great, but we do our best to find the bright moments! Go watch Episodes 11 and 12 on Youtube (links below) and enjoy our show!
Watch Pokemon Generations Episode 11: The New World on YouTube!
Watch Pokemon Generations Episode 12: The Magma Stone on YouTube!
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Listen to Season 2: Episode 23 – Sympathy Sandwiches [feat. Jason from New Blood Rising]
We know this episode is dropping three days early, but Andy is out of town all next week, so enjoy an early weekend anime gift. The guys are joined this week by Jason from the New Blood Rising Podcast to review one of the very best episodes in the entire anime, “Paradise.” This episode was recorded remotely, so our apologies for any changes in our audio quality. Go listen to New Blood Rising today by visiting newbloodpod.podbean.com or on the Questionable Endeavor Network!
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Listen to Season 2: Episode 22 – Half a Croissant
This week we celebrate our four main characters getting back together again only to be brought crashing back to reality by the ending of this week’s episode. We’re reviewing Trigun’s 22nd episode, “Alternative,” and we’ve only got 4 more episodes of the anime left after this one. Stay tuned for next week’s show, where we’ll have a special guest from another podcast on The Questionable Endeavor Network!
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Listen to Season 2: Episode 21 – It’s Buggering Time
This week’s episode of Trigun, “Out of Time” is a bit of a mixed bag, but all three hosts mostly enjoyed it! The ending still gives us feels so many years and dozens of viewings later. Vash and Wolfwood take on not one, not two, but three Gung-Ho Guns to try and save the only functioning Seed ship still remaining. Can they do it? Listen to find out!
Special thanks to Thurk for help with editing this week!
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Listen to Season 2: Episode 20 – Harley Quinn, Medicine Woman
Sorry for being a bit late with this one! We have the first of another two part series. Ship in the sky filled with frightened humans? Check. More Vash and Wolfwood bantering? Check. More Gung-Ho Guns? Check! Give a listen to our review of Episode 20 of Trigun, “Flying Ship.” It’s a good one, folks!
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