"What's a dungeon? That is my eternal question." - Dungeon Man After a quick detour to the sewers of Fourside and a cave in Dalaam (see Episode 9: Magnet Hill and Pink Cloud) , our young heroes bravely board a boat in Toto Port on a voyage toward the desert shores of Scaraba! En route, they run into... the Kraken(?!) and murder it with their psychic powers! While in Scaraba, Ness, Paula, Jeff, and Poo wander across the desert, fight some cute UFO's, unlock the riddle of the Sphinx with some danc...
Jun 18, 2025•2 hr 5 min•Season 8Ep. 13
"Fuzzy Pickles!" - The Photographer from the Sky Before sailing for Scaraba to fight the Kraken, our heroes must first take a random detour from Summers back to Fourside in order to... get a signed banana from Venus?! They then trudge through the sewers, get possessed by a trash can ghost, face off against the dreaded Plague Rat of Doom, feed a carrot key to some rabbit statues back in Dalaam, fight a pair of poisonous floating lips, an electrocuted guy, a nightmarish snake-man, and a pair of el...
May 19, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Season 8Ep. 12
"Prince Poo, I am the spirit of your ancient lineage..." - creepy giant floating head After returning to Threed from Fourside, our heroes take the Skyrunner back to Winters for a pit stop (where we fight a giant shroom) on the way to the resort town of Summers! Ness, Paula, and Jeff navigate around the tourist traps, splurge like they're on vacation, catch some rays on the beach, try some Kraken soup, get stalked by a creepy photographer, visit the Scaraba Cultural Museum, get lost in the Stoic ...
May 02, 2025•2 hr 21 min•Season 8Ep. 11
Erik forces Frost and Zack to play puzzle games with him... because reasons. NSO Games discussed: Tetris (NES / GameBoy), Tetris DX (Game Boy Color), Dr. Mario (NES / GameBoy), Dr. Mario 64 (N64), Yoshi (NES), Wario's Woods (NES), Kirby's Avalanche (SNES), Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (Sega), Columns (Sega), and Pokémon Puzzle League (N64)! Join the Club! If you would like to be featured on an upcoming episode head over to: https:...
Apr 14, 2025•1 hr 33 min
Johnny (from the Rapper's Corner) joins Erik and Frost to discuss the last couple Nintendo Directs, including: the Nintendo Switch 2 announcements, GameCube coming to NSO, Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Dragon Quest 1/2 HD-2D Remake, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Kirby Air Raiders, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, The Dusk Bloods, Tony Hawk, Project 007, and so much more! Join the Club! If you would like to be featured on an upcoming episode head over to: ...
Apr 09, 2025•2 hr 11 min
"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 way through a labyrinth of monkeys for a trout-flavored-yogurt-machine that we then need in order to ...
Apr 07, 2025•2 hr•Season 8Ep. 10
"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 bakery, get kicked out of a skyscraper, fight our way through a department store, and ...find a dead bod...
Mar 14, 2025•1 hr 56 min•Season 8Ep. 9
"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 the NeatCast Erik Slader from Epik Fails of History...
Mar 10, 2025•2 hr 4 min
"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 on You Tube Johnny from The Rapper's Corner Ben from ...
Feb 09, 2025•42 min
"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 to buy a cheap shack by the sea, get stuck in traffic on the way to Fourside, and get heat stroke whi...
Feb 05, 2025•2 hr 8 min•Season 8Ep. 8
"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 school, makes friends with a monkey, hitches a ride on a dinosaur, discovers Stonehenge, and reunites wit...
Jan 10, 2025•1 hr 57 min•Season 8Ep. 7
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 from Spilled Potions - Horror Game Night ...
Jan 08, 2025•56 min
"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 off some bears and moles to reach the Second Sanctuary Sound, before heading back to Twoson, and pa...
Dec 02, 2024•2 hr 7 min•Season 8Ep. 6
" 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 Featured: Zack Derby from Podcasters Assemble and the NeatCast...
Nov 15, 2024•1 hr 38 min•Season 8Ep. 5
"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 the future, explore a creepy dude's basement, have a run-in with a 5th dimensional photographer, eat a ...
Oct 26, 2024•2 hr 17 min•Season 8Ep. 4
"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 Podcasters Assemble and the NeatCast Erik Slader from Epik Fails of History and Ne...
Sep 18, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Season 8Ep. 3
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 hated. Leave pauses between subjects in your audio (these will not count against the time limit) Note: For the manual epi...
Aug 22, 2024•24 min•Season 8Ep. 2
"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 from Epik Fails of History Brett from Skeleton House Douglas Gale from Game Game Pass Ben from Dragoon Effect ...
Aug 21, 2024•1 hr 19 min
"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 Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Doug - Earthbound Kaslo - Joe and Mac Ben - Pilotwings Zack - Super Punch Out Bill - Op...
Jul 18, 2024•46 min•Season 8Ep. 1
"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 end? Wait, is that Conan the Barbarian?! What is this Golden Axe anyway and what the hell does Jay-Z got to do with it?! Find...
Jul 17, 2024•1 hr 22 min
“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" hellbent on destroying the last of the Argonians and conquering Earth! Will Mike be able to stop Zoda, retrieve the third Magic Cub...
Jun 30, 2024•1 hr 55 min•Season 7Ep. 11
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 the discussion in our Discord server! And hel...
Jun 21, 2024•13 min•Season 7Ep. 10
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 Metroid: Zero Mission (GBA / NSO) Perfect Dark (N64 / NSO) Mega Man V (GB / NSO) Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remak...
Jun 19, 2024•1 hr 28 min
“At last, you have arrived at the Spaceship... Find the 3 Magic Cubes!" Ok, so it's not actually the finale, but we're almost there, promise! In Chapter 7 of our epic "Star Tropics" (NES) playthrough, Mike Jones randomly climbs aboard a mysterious spaceship, armed only with his trusty yo-yo, to battle the "evil aliens" (and legions of annoying robots) in his quest for the 3 Cosmic Cubes... or something. Oh, and he also decides to take some drugs when he finds a random pill on the floor labeled V...
Jun 10, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Season 7Ep. 9
“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 way to rescue Dr. Jones from the "evil aliens", Mike eventually finds his way into (yet another) ancient underground cavern where he face...
May 24, 2024•1 hr 59 min•Season 7Ep. 8
"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 the 90's one that we previously covered as a movie commentary track on our Patreon ) - starring Chris Pratt (Mario), Anya Taylor Joy (Peach),...
May 15, 2024•2 hr 26 min
“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 Significant Otter Co Chris Carroll from ComicZombie.net Ben Thompson from BadassOfTheWeek.com Bj from the Geek to Geek ...
May 07, 2024•38 min
“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 memorial of a local celebrity / cult leader, fight some pirate ghouls, hit some balls, run through some Indiana Jones style traps, si...
Apr 26, 2024•2 hr 10 min•Season 7Ep. 7
"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 repaired and save his uncle, Dr. Jones! Along the way however, we encounter the fortress of She-Cola, a castle run by Amazon warri...
Mar 31, 2024•1 hr 39 min•Season 7Ep. 6
"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 can also join the discussion in our Discord server! ...
Mar 29, 2024•31 min
