Episode 14: Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee

Episode 13: Duck Tales

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross capitalize on the nostalgic popularity of Duck Tales.

Duck Tales is regarded as one of the best NES games, and for good reason. Scrooge’s journey from the Himalayas to Transylvania to the Moon and back to Transylvania a few more times is one of the most novel and fun platformers around. Plus, that Moon music.

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Episode 12: Metroid Fusion

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross kvetch about Metroid Fusion.

What began as the most divisive game WOFF has ever covered quickly became the game we loved to bash. Metroid Fusion is the black sheep of the Metroid series, having broken many conventions and flown in the face of what people loved about Super Metroid. Turns out, it’s not these strange design decisions we disliked, but other more fundamental flaws. Not even close encounters with the infamous SA-X could salvage this one.

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Episode 11: Final Fantasy VI (World of Ruin)

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross survive after the end, and talk about the last half of Final Fantasy VI.

Welp, we done lost. Kefka destroyed the world, and it seems like all hope is lost. The Returners have to conquer their pasts and regroup to storm Kefka’s tower, and bring rid the world of magic’s corrupting influence.

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Episode 10: Final Fantasy VI (World of Balance)

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross perform a delightful and emotionally affecting opera about the first half of Final Fantasy VI.

The Empire is casting a black shadow across the land, and the Returners fight an increasingly futile battle to keep them at bay. Everything changes when a mysterious and magical woman breaks free from her slavery to the Empire, and sets the end of the world into motion.

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