A new year means new adventures in the backlog. This week on the NXpress Nintendo Podcast, Cameron Daxon, Marc Kaliroff, and Campbell Gill return from a brief podcasting hiatus to revisit their favorite New Year’s topic: exploring their backlogs. The gang had plenty of time to delve into their ever-present backlogs over the break, and now they’re ready to share their impressions and hot takes. This simple recap soon grows into a bigger discussion altogether: was the original Portal actually any good? Is Skyward Sword a better Zelda than Link’s Awakening? What does the ending of Limbo actually mean? All this and so much more in this surprisingly in-depth tour-de-force discussion!
As the main event draws to a close, the indie spotlight begins. While Cameron shares a few disappointed thoughts about Lone Ruin, a Hades-esque roguelike that failed to meet expectations, Campbell has much more enthusiasm for Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider, a nonsensically named 2D action game giving us what we all really need: a robot ninja adventure. Inspired by Shinobi, Strider, and Mega Man X, Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is an intensely demanding adventure that tempers its retro difficulty with some incredibly creative items, quality-of-life improvements, and some brilliantly creative level designs.
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Playlist:
LFXIV – NXpress Intro
0:39 – Main Event: Tales From the Backlog: What We Played Recently
“File Select” – The Legends of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
1:00:30 – Indie Spotlight: Lone Ruin & Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
“Title” – The Legends of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 330: Nintendo Direct June 2023 Reactions!
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 329: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Review + Impressions Galore!
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 328: Tetris Movie and Curse of the Sea Rats Review
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 327: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Gameplay Reactions + In Memorium, 3DS and Wii U eShops
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 326: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass Wave 4 Review!
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 325: Metroid Fusion and Metroid Prime Remastered!
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 324: The Octopath Traveler II Review Extravaganza!
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 323: Pokemon Presents 2023 Reactions and Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe Review
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 322: Theatrhythm Final Bar Line and Grim Guardian: Demon Purge Reviews
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 321: Celebrating Game Boy and Game Boy Advance Games on Switch!
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 320: February 2023 Nintendo Direct Reactions!
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 319: Fire Emblem Engage and SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake Reviews!
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 318: The Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden Switch Port Extravaganza
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 316: Nintendo 2023 Predictions + Chained Echoes Switch Review!
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 315: Ranking the Best Nintendo Switch Games of 2022 + Holiday Stocking Stuffers!
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 313: Nintendo at the Game Awards 2022 + Harvestella and Crisis Core – Final Fantasy – Reunion Switch Reviews
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 313: Wind Waker Turns 20!
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 312: Sonic Frontiers Review and Super Mario Bros. Movie Trailer Reactions
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 311: The Ultimate Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Review Discussion
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