Pocketoid 181: 2020 Games of the Year!

In this episode of Pocketoid:

•  2020 was a great year with nothing bad happening at all!
•  Game Boy games are crack
•  It's our 2020 Games of the Year! 
•  We answer all of your great questions!
•  I dunno probably some other stuff I'm so tired guys enjoy the episode
•  See you soon!

Intro: Time Trials - Hyper Potions
Outro: Hut By The River (Pokemon Snap) - Sound Market

Pocketoid 180: Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Ikenfell, Fuser, and more!

In this episode of Pocketoid:

•  Jordan has a baby!
•  What the hell IS HBO Max??
•  Yakuza: Like a Dragon is the best Dragon Quest game this year!
•  Spider Man: Miles Morales is busted.
•  Fuser is a fantastic addition to the Switch's rhythm game library!
•  Moonlighter is a great game! And now on mobile!
•  Jordan plays a lot of Resident Evil!
•  Some hot, spicy CRT talk!
•  8bitdo CAN make good controllers! Who knew!?
•  Ikenfell joins the ranks as one of the Switch's very best JRPGs!
•  Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is... more Hyrule Warriors! And that's good!
•  What game console would we carry in the wasteland??
•  Sorry it's been a while guys! Hope to see you again soon!

Intro: Time Trials - Hyper Potions
Outro: Hut By The River (Pokemon Snap) - Sound Market

Pocketoid 179: Pumpkin Jack, The Red Lantern, If Found, and Cook Serve Delicious 3!

In this episode of Pocketoid:

•  MY WIFE!
•  Halloween doin a spook!
•  Hades is STILL extremely good!
•  Apple Arcade is still one of the best deals in video games.
•  If Found is a touching story about friends, family, and space!
•  Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3!? is yet another fun and stressful food service sim!
•  Monster Hunter: Stories is still great!
•  The Red Lantern is chock FULL of very good dogs!
•  Pumpkin Jack is a spooky, polished, and perfect for the season!
•  Baby is coming literally today so we're on a bit of a break! See you soon!

Intro: Time Trials - Hyper Potions
Outro: Hut By The River (Pokemon Snap) - Sound Market

Pocketoid 178: Hades, Fight Crab, Hotshot Racing, and more!

In this episode of Pocketoid:

•  Baby coming and it is going to mess up our schedule even more! Sorry guys!
•  Tony Hawk misses us.
•  Mario 35 is pretty fun! Why is it going away in March?
•  Animal Crossing: New Horizons has Halloween stuff now!
•  Fight Crab is a wild and completely accurate crab fight simulator.
•  Hades is extremely good and hot and fun!
•  Hotshot Racing is nearly the perfect throwback arcade racer!
•  Kirby Fighters 2 let's Kirby kick all kinds of ass and is a wholesome good time!
•  Monster Hunter: Stories is an extremely good video game we should have played sooner!
•  We discuss more about Nintendo's lacking Virtual Console solutions, but also... It's fine guys.
•  Enjoy the episode! See you soon!

Intro: Time Trials - Hyper Potions
Outro: Hut By The River (Pokemon Snap) - Sound Market

Pocketoid 177: Going Under, Super Mario 3D All-Stars, Nintendo Partner Direct, and more!

In this episode of Pocketoid:

•  Online preoders bad!
•  The Thing is a game for your PlayStation 2!
•  A lot of video games are here!
•  Going Under is one of the the best ways to kick capitalism's ass.
•  Super Mario 3D All-Stars is a fun collection of good games no one has any hot takes about!
•  We recap the Nintendo Partner Mini Direct!
•  MONSTER HUNTER
•  There's more but I forgot to take nots while editing so enjoy the surprise!

Intro: Time Trials - Hyper Potions
Outro: Hut By The River (Pokemon Snap) - Sound Market

Pocketoid 176: Mini Motor Racing X, Super Punch Patrol, Takeshi and Hiroshi, and more!

In this episode of Pocketoid:

•  Ubisoft bad!
•  We do a drink.
•  Hyrule Warriors is back babyyy!
•  Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 is the best remake of the year!
•  Left for Dead 2 has some uhhhhh mods
•  Spiritfarer is STILL amazing, important, and extremely good.
•  Mr. Driller: DrillLand is a great little arcade game you should play!
•  Takeshi and Hiroshi is a cute little stop-motion game about family!
•  Jordan gives his hot impressions of Ratchet & Clank.
•  Pocky & Rocky is back babyyy!
•  Super Punch Patrol is a fun, if straightforward, little beat em' up!
•  Mini Motor Racing X is a fantastic arcade racer with a TON of content both old and new!
•  Weird games we played at the dentist.
•  See you next week!

Intro: Time Trials - Hyper Potions
Outro: Hut By The River (Pokemon Snap) - Sound Market

Pocketoid 175: Spiritfarer, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2, Raji, Mario 35th, and more!

In this episode of Pocketoid:

•  Guest appearance by Addison's neighbor mowing his lawn!
•  Nintendo sure does like to do a Nintendo!
•  Paper Mario: The Origami King is still great!
•  Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 is the best remake of the year!
•  PlayStation 2 still good.
•  Raji is a beautiful little game that I like!
•  Spiritfarer is amazing, important, and extremely good.
•  We recap Nintendo's Mario 35th Anniversary announcements!
•  Enjoy the episode guys!

Intro: Time Trials - Hyper Potions
Outro: Hut By The River (Pokemon Snap) - Sound Market

Pocketoid 174: Windbound, A Short Hike, Lonely Mountains: Downhill, and more!

In this episode of Pocketoid:

•  We lost a bunch of episodes horrayyyyy!!
•  Turrican is the Gamescom Pocketoid Best of Show!
•  The PlayStation 2 is good.
•  Nintendo did a bunch of stuff and we don't have time to talk about it all, but MAN THAT WAS A GOOD INDIE WORLD!!
•  Deep Rock Galactic is our favorite 2002 LEGO series!
•  A Short Hike is some excellent, wholesome fun!
•  Lonely Mountains: Downhill is the most relaxing and also infuriating biking game of 2020!
•  Windbound shows us how to survive the breath of the wild!
•  Hey you ever played Gungrave? Play Gungrave.
•  Taco Bell Presents: Baja Blasters 64!
•  It's good to finally have an episode for you guys! Enjoy!

Intro: Time Trials - Hyper Potions
Outro: Hut By The River (Pokemon Snap) - Sound Market

Pocketoid 173: Panzer Paladin, Carrion, Paper Mario: The Origami King, and more!

In this episode of Pocketoid:

•  Sorry if this episode is a bit of bummer guys. We had just gotten some really hard news (in addition to... everything) but we did our best!
•  106.5 The GUNK!
•  The Nintendo Wii is good enough.
•  SHIN MEGAMI TENSEIIIII
•  Panzer Paladin is awesome game about robot best friends and lots of swords!
•  Addison continues his Halo saga.
•  We discuss the Xbox Series X reveal!
•  Addison sells a bunch of games he never needed.
•  Some quick impressions of Paper Mario: The Origami King!
•  Carrion will make you into more of a monster than you already are!
•  Summer games we done quick!
•  Enjoy friends!

Intro: Time Trials - Hyper Potions
Outro: Hut By The River (Pokemon Snap) - Sound Market

Pocketoid 172: Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town, Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2, and more!

In this episode of Pocketoid:

•  Double Depression, coming to a Sega Master System near you!
•  Deadly Premonition Origins sure is a freaking video game.
•  Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town is a lovely remake of a classic farming game!
•  Metroid: Samus Returns is quickly becoming the most underappreciated Metroid game.
•  Star Wars: Episode I Racer continues to be the best dumb game of 2020.
•  We could use more shooters like Call of Juarez: Gunslinger.
•  Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 is worthy follow-up to one of the Switch's best games!
•  Lots of Paper Mario hot takes in this week's Q&A
•  Hope you guys enjoy!

Intro: Time Trials - Hyper Potions - GameChops
Outro: One For Kapp'n - Grimecraft x Maxo - GameChops

Pocketoid 171: CrossCode, Project Warlock, and more!

In this episode of Pocketoid:

•  There sure is a lot of good anime right now!
•  Phantasy Star IV is still a fantastic RPG!
•  Addison was right all along, WarioWare Gold is an essnetial 3DS game!
•  Project Warlock is another great retro FPS for the Switch!
•  Damascus Gear Operation Osaka is a mech Diablo-like and sometimes that's enough.
•  Animal Crossing: New Horizons gets its first summer update!
•  CrossCode is a gorgeous, if a little overstuffed, action RPG!
•  Star Wars: Episode I Racer continues to be dumb and great.
•  Super Mario RPG is still great!
•  Addison gives his impressions of Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town!

Be sure to check out CrossCode's physical release, which can be pre-ordered at https://crosscode.inin.games/

Intro: Time Trials - Hyper Potions - GameChops
Outro: One For Kapp'n - Grimecraft x Maxo - GameChops

Pocketoid 170: Summer in Mara, Star Wars: Episode 1 Racer, Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade, and more!

In this episode of Pocketoid:

•  New Pokemon Snap is a video game title!
•  Stop killing dogs in video games!
•  Star Wars Battlefront 2 is a good game now! Who knew!
•  Sunset Riders is now on the Switch and everyone should have it!
•  Pokemon Sword and Shield: The Isle of Armor is here!
•  Lots of new Pokemon news!
•  Star Wars: Episode I Racer is the definitive release of a dumb, great video game!
•  Summer in Mara is a wholesome farming sim with a GameCube vibe!
•  Persona 3 Portable is still great and needs another release!
•  Jordan is still playing retro games! And repairing them!
•  Mark of the Ninja Remastered is the best stealth game on the Switch!
•  Project Warlock is yet another fantastic 90s style FPS for the Switch!
•  Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade is a great, if expensive, collection of retro shooters!
•  New Pokemon Snap needs interdimensional photography.
•  Please consider donating to our local Black Lives Matter organizers, Joplin For Justice! 

Intro: Time Trials - Hyper Potions - GameChops
Outro: One For Kapp'n - Grimecraft x Maxo - GameChops

Pocketoid 169: Xenoblade: Definitive Edition, Clubhouse Games, Shantae and the Seven Sirens, Atomicrops, and more!

In this episode of Pocketoid:

•  Black lives matter so act like it.
•  Your boys are official traitors to America.
•  Jordan beat some retro games like Super Metroid, Doom 64, and Arcana!
•  It's summer in Animal Crossing: New Horizons!
•  The itch.io Racial Justice Bundle is the greatest and most important sale in video game history and we talk about some games in it!
•  Clubhouse Games is the best way to kick your friend's ass in Connect 4 online! 
•  Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition remasters the Wii's best JRPG!
•  Atomicrops is here so kick murder some mutant carrots!
•  Shantae and the Seven Sirens is another step up for the incredible series!
•  Addison makes the outro joke!
•  Please consider donating to our local Black Lives Matter organizers, Joplin For Justice! 

Intro: Time Trials - Hyper Potions - GameChops
Outro: One For Kapp'n - Grimecraft x Maxo - GameChops