Another Mario Month comes to a close. Helping me round out Mario Month this year is Bill from the Gaming and Collecting Podcast to discuss the second game in the Mario & Luigi series, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. This game is a prime example of a sequel, meaning it's the most sequel I've ever seen a sequel sequel. What did any of that mean? It's a sequel in good and bad ways. Bill and I dissect what works and what doesn't, where we would have liked to see more changed and where maybe they could have changed less. This game was a polarizing one for me but thankfully Bill is a fan and was able to balance it out and I was so happy with how this episode turned out thanks to that balance.
This wraps up Mario Month this year and I cannot thank my guests enough for giving me their time to help me make it a special one. And of course a big thank you to you the listeners! Thank you for coming along for the ride. Mario Month will be back next year.
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Shout-out Song: Title Screen DX (Mario and Luigi Partners in Time remix - by HeathTV)
Artist: HeathTV
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End Song: Super Mario Land (Theme) Remix
Artist: Yoann Turpin
Album: Chip Songbook Vol.2
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Practicing origami once was not enough for Mario Month this year! I am joined by Try from My Life in Gaming and Jared from the Play Along Podcast to talk about Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. In this giant episode of the podcast we discuss why this game may be one of the darkest Mario games? We talk about how the game updated the Paper Mario formula and we also touch on the last legacy the game has had in the years since it released.
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We also learn about boat and... unboat...
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Shout-out Song: Fossil Falls (Super Mario Odyssey)
Artist: Helynt
Album: Mario & Chill 2
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End Song: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Main Theme [Remix]
Artist: Player2 & Vector_U
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We are gonna have a fine time on this super episode of a podcast. In this episode I am joined by Andre from the Fine Time podcast and Aaron from the SuperPod Saga podcast to talk about Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga!
This game was not what I expected at all, both in good ways and bad ways (but mostly good). It was by far one of the bigger swings I've seen for a Nintendo franchise and it took Mario in some really interesting directions. I really enjoyed getting to chat with Andre and Aaron about this game and see what their experience was like with it.
We also mention Kathy Griffin in this episode. Do with that what you will.
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Shout-out Song: The Kingdom Called Beanbean (M&L Superstar Saga) [Bexico Lofi Remix] "Explorin' With My Bro"
Artist: DJ Nooma
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End Song: Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga - Battle Theme [Remix]
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Looks like it's time to dust off my origami skills because this week's episode is all about Paper Mario, specifically the first Paper Mario game for the N64. Joining me to make some paper airplanes are returning friends to the show Nerdbomber and Techtic from the Online Warriors Podcast. For all of us, this was our first experience with the Paper Mario series and we had a great time getting to discuss this game. We talk about the history of the game's development, our perceptions of the game going into playing it for the first time, how it holds up now and much more!
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Shout-out Song: Story of the Stolen Spirits
Artist: Snore Lax
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End Song: Toad Town Remix
Artist: Player2 & Equalyze
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MARIO MONTH IS BACK! This year's theme is all RPGs! For the next 5 weeks I will be diving into a different Mario RPG game and of course I had to start off the the original Mario RPG game, Super Mario RPG: The Legend of the Seven Stars.
Joining me to explore Mario's first foray into the RPG genre are friends of the show Matt Storm from Fun and Games Podcast and Eric Gess from the Unlockables Podcast. We discuss this game's legacy, how it setup Mario for future RPG games, why Booster absolutely rules and of course Yoko Shimomura's legendary soundtrack.
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Shout-out Song: Yoshi Island
Artist: Doni
Album: Goombette
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End Song: Super Mega Ultra Pipe House [Super Mario RPG - Super Pipe House]
Artist: DDRKirby(ISQ)
Album: Remixes - Volume 1
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