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Power Up: Everything Nintendo and Beyond

88 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratings

Join Emily and Vigil as they dive into everything they love about Nintendo!

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Episodes

87: Crash Bandicoot

July 09, 2020 19:29 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MB

Coulda sworn we already did this. No problem! We're doing it now. Crash Bandicoot episode, where Vigil talks about Crash Bandicoot.

86: ARMS and stuff

June 25, 2020 17:16 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB

A short one this week! We talk about the ARMS Smash fighter and ARMS the game. And some other random stuff, you know how it goes. 

85: Mortal Kombat (1995)

June 18, 2020 10:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MB

How many times can Emily yell Mortal Kombat? Too many. 

84: Sonic Movie (w/ Emmaline Morris)

June 11, 2020 23:42 - 1 hour - 64.7 MB

The month is June 2020 and we watched the Sonic movie. It was..... SEGA

83: Assassin's Creed Odyssey

June 04, 2020 10:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MB

We're back!!! and better than ever??? I'll let you decide.

82: Super Mario 64 DS?

April 28, 2020 12:00 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MB

Are we tired? Are we proficient content producers? Who knows. Sorry for the noise! Still working out the kinks with my new set-up! -Vigil

81: Sprite Comics (w/ Tanner Vogelsang)

April 14, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 55 MB

Hopefully I spelled their name correctly now. Anyways, a weird one about the early 2000s!

80: Cooking Mama

April 07, 2020 10:00 - 43 minutes - 40.3 MB

Scandal! Cooking Mama: Cookstar rumored to utilize blockchain technology to mine bitcoin with YOUR Switch! ... well, since the episode was recorded, it's been debunked. So, outdated info. Still an interesting story!

79: Nintendo Direct Mini 3.26.20

March 31, 2020 16:40 - 1 hour - 55 MB

Finally! More content! We discuss all the announcements made in the Direct Mini. Weird one, right?

78: Animal Crossing: New Horizons First Impressions

March 24, 2020 11:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MB

would you believe us if we said its a good game

77: DOOM

March 17, 2020 10:00 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MB

Folks, the one thing that isn't cancelled is our podcast. We're here, we're talking about DOOM in preparation for Eternal. One of Vigil's favorite series, actually.

76: Mobile Games

March 10, 2020 10:00 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MB

This started as talking about mobile games that were popular in like 2011 but turned into scrolling through the App Store and having a mental breakdown 

75: C2E2

March 04, 2020 23:59 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MB

In the same room for another episode. Sorry for the delay.

74: Dragon Ball Xenoverse

February 18, 2020 15:00 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MB

Sometimes, you play a bad licensed anime game because you really like the show. Too much of it, even.

73: Star Wars Battlefront 2: Electric Boogaloo

February 11, 2020 11:00 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MB

Battlefront 2 is said to be good now but we all remember how it started. 

72: Mario Sports

February 04, 2020 11:00 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MB

Mario and friends have done a lot of Sports, and we go into that. Also what a Mario wrestling game could be. 

71: Skate 3

January 28, 2020 15:00 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MB

'Tuber Game Prime. Emily watched a lot of videos of this game as a kid. All Vigil watched were YouTube Poops...

70: Mr. Sakurai Presents "Byleth" - 1.16.20

January 21, 2020 15:00 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MB

Vigil and Emily talk a bit about Byleth. Can you guess their respective reactions?

69: Pokemon Direct January 2020

January 14, 2020 13:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MB

It's direct time, all about Pokemon. Some good stuff coming!

68: MAGFest 2020

January 08, 2020 00:58 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MB

Vigil went to MAGFest and had a good time. Probably too much of a good time. 

67: End of a Decade

December 31, 2019 15:00 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MB

Let's wrap up the year the only way we know how: talking about a buncha stuff we played this year.

66: Game Awards 2019

December 17, 2019 16:14 - 1 hour - 64.6 MB

lots of awards, lots of announcements

65: LEGO Star Wars, or "The Star Wars Episode"

December 03, 2019 15:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MB

yeah, we uh... we lost sight of what we set out to talk about again. it was fun though!

64: Half-Life

November 26, 2019 15:00 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MB

With the announcement of Half-Life: Alyx, let's talk a bit about Half-Life.

63: Pokémon Sword and Shield.

November 21, 2019 17:47 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MB

Get your beans on toast and tea and crumpets ready, y'all. We're talkin' bout that there England game.

62: Fortnite Chapter 2

November 12, 2019 15:00 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MB

Another in-person episode! We took the opportunity to talk about Fortnite again, but in a different light; the light of people who have actually played the dang game.

61: MineZ

November 05, 2019 15:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MB

This is another episode about Minecraft, talking more specifically about one of those server games, you know, the ones where people emulate other popular games.

60: Papa's Games (and Cool Math Games in general)

October 29, 2019 21:03 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MB

Browser games in high school are the peak of gaming. Prove me wrong.

59: Fortnite

October 22, 2019 12:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MB

We all know what Fortnite is. It's impossible to avoid. Let's just talk about it. 

58: Mario Kart Tour First Impressions (w/ Emmaline Morris)

October 08, 2019 11:00 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MB

Mario Kart has a mobile game now! Weird, right? 

57: Anime Video Games

October 01, 2019 14:00 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MB

they're licensed games, but from japan! hop in the 3d destructible environment arena with Son Vigil and Emily Kujo.

56: Collector's Deluxe Special Edition

September 24, 2019 14:00 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MB

Vigil and Emily discuss the concept of video game collector's editions. Which ones suck, which ones work, why the fire emblem calendar is worth it.

55: Hello Kitty: Happy Party Games

September 17, 2019 20:22 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MB

More Emily lore! Another childhood standby!

54: Nintendo Direct 9.4.19

September 11, 2019 19:08 - 1 hour - 56.9 MB

These episodes are always fun! Emily gets bullied, Vigil gets what they wanted, both of them get hyped!

53: Jackbox Party Pack

September 03, 2019 14:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MB

HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!!! What's a part without a couple of party games? In this episode we discuss the Jackbox Party Pack, and Vigil gets a little emotional.

52: Assassin's Creed Black Flag

August 27, 2019 14:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

More pirate video games should exist and that's that.

51: Jojo's Pitter Patter Pop! ft. Emmaline

August 20, 2019 14:00 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MB

Listen this was coming, we're all Jojo trash, we all know this. We also go on an Overwatch tangent that makes Vigil angry so that's fun. 

50: Gmod Funny Moments #438

August 13, 2019 14:00 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MB

We definitely were not planning on talking about gmod but it happened. 

49: OUR Mario Game

August 06, 2019 14:00 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MB

Emily and Vigil create the perfect Mario game. Nintendo hire us challenge. 

Halo

July 30, 2019 14:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MB

Halo multiplayer is fun, right? Emily grew up playing it anyways, and here she is talking about it, and Red Vs Blue, and a whole bunch of JoJo's talk because we're demons.

48: Fire Emblem Awakening

July 23, 2019 14:00 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MB

Here on the eve of Fire Emblem Three Houses Emily recounts the game that got her into the series. 

47: Tetris Effect

July 16, 2019 14:00 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MB

Do you ever close your eyes and just see the blocks falling, endlessly, but you still can't perform a t-spin under pressure? yeah me too

46: Spider-Man

July 09, 2019 14:00 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MB

Emily and Vigil both love Spider-Man, so we took the time to talk about the ps4 game and really just Spider-Man in general. Also all the species related to Thwomps. 

45: Ty the Tasmanian Tiger

July 02, 2019 14:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MB

This week we talk about one of Vigil's favorite/most formative game series!

44: More Weird Childhood Games

June 25, 2019 14:00 - 38 minutes - 35 MB

Emily played a lot of obscure games when she was a kid, huh? We'll dig into more of those later, but for NOW, we find common ground in WolfQuest, and less common ground in Rocky Mountain Trophy Hunter 2.

43: Pokemon Sword/Shield

June 18, 2019 14:00 - 51 minutes - 47 MB

This whole episode is basically just sword/shield news and a lot of salt about angry people online. 

42: E3 2019!!

June 12, 2019 02:36 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MB

Emily and Vigil talk about E3 2019 highlights (and low points). (guys its me Emily can you believe they're making a botw sequel)

41: Punch-Out!!

June 04, 2019 14:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MB

Lots of news to be had and Vigil talks about how much she loves Punch-Out!! which is something that happens quite often. 

Animal Crossing Wants and Predictions (w/ Emmaline Morris)

May 29, 2019 03:30 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MB

In this episode, we talk about Animal Crossing with Emma again! The new one. That's not out yet. We predict what MIGHT happen in it, or at least what we want to happen.

40: Wii Fit Board? Wii Balance Board!

May 21, 2019 14:00 - 1 hour - 59.5 MB

After going off track about E3 predictions and news for roughly thirty minutes, Emily forgets the name of the Wii Balance Board for most of the episode. Salute the sun!

Books

Sword and Shield
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