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It’s chattime! No not the successful Taiwanese bubble tea company, it’s time for Mike & Neil to sit down and have a chat. Everything from Toronto, to big Rain conspiracies, to groceries is on the table in an episode that is totally not a few other episodes that had no homes spliced together….Additionally stick around to the end to hear an important announcement from the boys!

With the latest news of Sony announcing no physical media for their games starting in 2028 and Rockstar only releasing GTA VI as a download code, the era of physical media in gaming seems to be coming to a close. From two avid physical media supporters this is of course concerning for Mike & Neil as they remember unwrapping Pokemon Red on Christmas morning, something that a download card really can’t match. Join the boys for this very special episode, and look for the CD-ROM of this episode at your local GameStop in 2028.

Before the world had smart phones and apps were just a tap away, there was a world where DS cartridges of “My Stop Smoking Coach” and “Imagine Girl Band” were found in the bin of your local drugstore. Yes it’s another shovelware episode from Switch 2 The Past. Friend of the show Erin from Fake Gamer Girls joins the show to discuss the DS, the explosion of shovelware for the console, and if Alan Carr really cured Sir Anthony Hopkins of his smoking addiction.

It's Bond, James Bond. It's been a bit over a month since First Light released after 15 years without a Bond game and oh boy, is there a lot to talk about. Join Mike & Neil and friend of the show Josh from the Still Loading Podcast for a deep dive into this game and what makes it such a worthy entry into the 007 family.

In June 2011 the world was blessed with the second American McGee game in the Alice franchise, Alice Madness Returns. Since then Neil, Mike and friend of the show Dan (who appears on Switch 2 the Past for the first time!) have been awaiting some sort of sign that the trilogy will one day be completed. Well thanks to EA that will probably never happen but while the boys wait, they'll discuss what makes Alice Madness Returns one of the most beautiful, haunting, grotesque, dark, and unique games to ever grace a console.

Despite E3 going the way of the dinosaur, June is still the big month for game announcements (could they just bring back E3 and make this easier for all of us?). Join Mike & Neil for an hour and change as they talk about some HUGE announcements like Godzilla Destroys All Monsters, Resident Evil Veronica, and Ocarina of Time!

It’s the Switch 2’s first birthday party!! Please leave a gift at the door, or leave a GIF for Neil, he’d really appreciate it. Time has flown by and with one year already since Mike held the Switch 2 in his arms for the first time, the boys look back on the last 12 months at Nintendo, give some reviews of the current games and hardware, and talk about their predictions for what we’ll see from S2 in June of 2027. Can’t wait for the Switch to enter the terrible twos!

While waiting for the Nintendo financial numbers to drop we were blessed by a surprise Star Fox direct to tell us all about the newest (oldest?) entry into the StarFox series. Mike & Neil discuss the upcoming game, as well as Nintendo's sale numbers for Q1 of 2026, and what the boys predict will be shown off in June's inevitable big direct.

Mike is back from Japan and is sad about Toronto's transit system, what else is new? Well he brought back some games to talk about which means it's another episode of japanese gamecube exclusives! Marcello @gamecubegalaxy on YouTube joins the show to discuss four interesting games for the cube that were only released in the land of the rising sun: Legend of Golfer, Pool Edge, Bomberman Land 2, and Donkey Konga 3!

It’s time for the Nintendo Financial Times report, with Mike & Neil. Last quarter of course was the holiday season so we got some big numbers from the N64 as well as the GameBoy. With the release of the GameCube and GameBoy Advance just around the corner the boys are extremely excited for what 2001 is going to offer. Of course it’s not all great news, the Dreamcast was officially discontinued meaning the long running console wars are officially over. What comes next for Nintendo in the 21st century? Find out right here on the Switch To The Past show, your #1 source of information on the world wide web.

It's an encore! Time to continue the Guitar Hero 3 journey with friend of the show @luigisappartment joining the podcast for part 2. Luigi joins the show to talk about his first memories of playing Guitar Hero and what it was like to be in college when this phenomenon was taking over the world! This game and genre may have mostly gone away in the public eye but are still very much beloved by millions and services like Clone Hero or Yarg continue to push the legacy. Even Fortnite (Harmonix is owned by Epic Games) has successfully pushed their own rhythm experience so the nostalgia is ripe and ready for Guitar Hero to make a comeback. Do we see it in 2026?? Find out in this episode!!

It's 2007, you're in your friend's basement and they bust out a plastic Gibson Les Paul. They put their Wii remote in it and voila, it's a magical guitar with 5 buttons and a whammy bar! All of a sudden Through The Fire And Flames was everywhere, every kid could sing the lyrics to Slow Ride, and Slash was once again a household name. Guitar Hero 3 was the absolute peak of rhythm games for so many reasons. Neil and Mike are joined by friend of the show Ali to breakdown why this game was so successful and the impact that both Guitar Hero and Rockband had on the world. This is part 1 of a special 2 part episode, look out for the other half next week!

A Rareware game for a Nintendo system with a cute, cuddly squirrel as it's mascot? What a great family platformer! Well many parents may have thought this 25 years ago, it turns out that this is one of the most vulgar, crass, funny games full of innuendo and pop culture references that would go way over a kid's head. Friend of the show Harrison joins the pod to discuss playing this game secretly as a kid and then only somewhat secretly as an adult while Neil pours one out for Rare (he still has his Rare Replay disc at least). Happy 25th birthday to a game that we may never see again!

No this isn't a sequel to Pokémon Stadium as so many often mistake it for, this is one of the longest, grindiest, but most unique Pokemon games to ever exist. It's the JRPG-inspired 2004 cult classic Colosseum! Here on Switch 2 The Past Mike & Neil are celebrating 30 years of Pokemon by talking about a game with no random encounters, not created by GameFreak, and one which you SNAG other people's Pokemon! Friend of the show Erin from the Fake Gamer Girls podcast joins the show to talk about her memories of the game, protagonist Wes as the ultimate edgy 2004 teen, and how this game tells you absolutely nothing, but we still love it all the same.

Change court! It’s Mario Tennis time here on Switch 2 The Past as Mike & Neil celebrate the inclusion of a new game in the Franchise, Mario Tennis Fever! Joining the show to chat tennis and of course some N64 is Dave from the Remember64 podcast who reminisces about his favourite shots, courts and characters. Mario Tennis 64 still hits hard after all these years and there’s still much reason to go back to it. AND it’s of course the debut of the number one Nintendo character of all time, Waluigi!