Every week, Dean (twitch.tv/timewanderer) and Tom (twitter.com/tomdayvg) discuss current gaming news, and then check out some old (or sometimes new) piece of gaming history to see how it holds up, and test the strength of nostalgia.
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Donkey Kong Land 2 (Game Boy) and the Crappy Mail
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1:16:06There's a lot going on this week, but there's always time for Stickerbrush Symphony. Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG…
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Donkey Kong '94 (Game Boy) and the Koei New Horizons
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57:25Basically a two-for-one podcast today as we experience the excellent Donkey Kong for Game Boy, typically referred to as "Donkey Kong '94," and then I wax poetic for like 25 minutes on Uncharted Waters: New Horizons, which is a clunky and flawed but INCREDIBLY ambitious game for its time. Send us mail! …
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TMNT 3: Radical Rescue (GB) and the Buttle Preparedness
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1:04:09PREPARE FOR BUTTLE Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG Podcast games …
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV (SNES) and the Nintendo Switch 2 Recap
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1:03:10Boy, that Switch 2 sure seems pretty cool. I sure hope we can get it in America some day. Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG…
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Poseidon Wars 3D (SMS) and the "Sexy" Panties
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43:38The Master System discovery tour continues, and Tom reaches a depressing and unfortunate conclusion about Oolong's world-saving wish. Also I finished Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. To nobody's surprise, it's good. Send us mail! [email protected] TW's…
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Secret Commando (SMS) and the GOATed Master System
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58:23We played it because the box art was silly. Then we talked about the politics of Rambo. Then we admitted that this silly little game managed to completely upend our understanding and expectations of the Sega Master System. Send us mail! [email protected]…
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Super Soccer (SNES) and the Nintendo Self-DMCA
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46:10Let's be honest, we don't care about this game nearly as much as we care about the implications of Nintendo taking games off of their online service. Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: …
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Penguin Land (SMS) and the First Battery Backup
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42:28From the makers of Yakuza: Like a Dragon, here comes... Like a Dragon: Yakuza! Yeah, Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is out and surprise, it's good. It also has Sega Master System games in it, so HERE COMES PENGUIN LAND! Send us mail! [email protected] TW's …
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A janky but mostly pretty good Mega Man X game brings us one of the worst boss naming conventions of all time, which also brings us the BEST boss name of all time. Also, RNG endings and paths and upgrades, lol what Send us mail! [email protected] TW's …
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Burning Rangers (Saturn) and the Repaved Capcom Parking Lots
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1:04:49The bizarre, incredible, but unfortunately not all that fun Burning Rangers is on tap today, complete with the discussion of Mega Man's depressingly low lifetime sales numbers, and the specific conditions that need to be met for us to feel competitive. Send us mail![email protected]…
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Sutte Hakkun (SNES) and the Sega Reactivity Theory
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50:41It turns out the Sega Channel predates the Satellaview, but it feels like the type of thing where Sega would have copied it in a panic. Anyway, this game is dope and has a great soundtrack. You should try it. Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Disc…
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Mega Man and Bass (GBA/SNES) and the Houses and Bedsheets Discussion
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1:01:17We are boring old adults and we show it fully in the first 5 minutes of this episode. We talk about art and I use an old remix as the outro theme! Here's a link to the thing Tom was talking about: https://ukiyoeheroes.com/ And here's a link to the ending theme of the podcast because I've loved this remix since long before I knew what game Ground Ma…
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Cool Spot (SNES/Genesis) and the Animal Well Endorsement
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41:48Happy New Year everyone! We begin this year with some licensed trash! Also, Tom sort of recommends Animal Well, but also not. I don't know, it's really inconclusive. Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: …
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The Retro Breakdown 2024 Game Tier List
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1:27:36Happy New Year everyone! Our annual tier list is here, where we rank a bunch of Mega Man games and also some other things! It was a weird and fun year, and I look forward to another one with all of you! I don't say this enough, but thanks for listening if you've taken some time on our nonsense this year, or any of the other years we've been doing t…
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Mega Man X4 (PS1) and the Nintendo Wrapped
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1:11:37We began the year with Mega Man 4 and we close it with Mega Man X4. Significantly different experiences. Also, I read my Nintendo Year in Review live on podcast! It's not that exciting, but my #3 game is really funny. Send us mail! [email protected] TW's D…
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Home Alone 2: Kevin's Dream (Game Boy) and the Bobby's World
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34:19We continue a holiday tradition with our fifth consecutive Home Alone game in December! This one is so good it was cancelled, turned into a Bobby's World game, and then cancelled again! But don't worry, we were still able to find some ABSOLUTE ELDRITCH HORROR locked away within! Send us mail! theretrobreakdo…
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Donkey Kong Land (Game Boy) and the Overpowered Handhelds
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48:42We're back after a long hiatus (Korea was great!) and impressed with Donkey Kong Land, a game that causes an out-of-nowhere callout to little-known Japanese developer Minakuchi Engineering. It makes sense, I promise. Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discor…
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Double Dragon 3 (Arcade) and the Worst Kind of Microtransactions
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1:05:40We finally got around to playing Double Dragon 3. It wasn't what I would call a "good" decision. Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG…
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Mega Man 8 (PS1) and the GOAT Legend Cooking
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1:13:56TW rants about Party House and early check-in issues at hotels, Tom rants about letting 'em cook, and we both rant about the obscenely lavish amount of detail and love in Mega Man 8's animations. Also, obligatory DOCTAH WYWEE because what is this voice acting I love it so much they straight up just leave the outtakes in there. Send us mail! …
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Mister Mosquito (PS2) and the Online Forum Ban
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1:11:16A bizarre game about being an evil mosquito deserves an equally bizarre conversation about Tom's struggles with internet people doing internet people things. Remember though. People don't like mosquitoes because they make you I T C H Y. Send us mail! [email protected]…
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Kirby's Dream Land 2 (Game Boy) and the UFO 50 Lore
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1:09:00I've only played 7 games of UFO 50, and I already love all 50 of them. That compilation was made for me specifically. Also, apparently Goku is confirmed in a Kirby game. Sort of. Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: …
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Kirby's Dream Land (Game Boy) and the Astro Bot References
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43:55It's a Covid-shortened episode this week for an especially short game! Also, Astro Bot, Mister Mosquito, Vib Ribbon, Sifu, and Tokyo Jungle. By the way, it was 20th, not 25th, in case you were wondering. Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: …
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Intelligent Qube (PS1) and the Miyamoto Rock Placement
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1:09:59"I DEMAND TO KNOW WHO PUT THIS ROCK IN THIS GAME!" - Shigeru Miyamoto, 2006 Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG Podcast games streamed live…
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Jumping Flash (PS1) and the Naked Neighbors
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56:47This week's offering is a 3D platformer from the PS1's launch window that predates Mario 64. And it's... really, surprisingly quite good? We also talk about the "naked neighbor" and oh no, it's me, isn't it? Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: …
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Mega Man X3 (SNES) and the Secret of Mana Hot Takes
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1:05:16Today's episode has us talk smack on Secret of Mana AND Super Metroid, so I'm sure nobody will be mad about that. Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG…
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Sunset Riders (Arcade) and the Bean Eating Humiliation
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1:09:37TW is back from Ireland and wants to talk about hotel breakfast. Also, Xenoblade is the Dark Souls of something or other, complicated feelings on the Last of Us, nobody wants to see the Borderlands movie, and the "transmedia event" that was Homefront. Send us mail! [email protected]…
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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (PC/Xbox) and the JRPG Completion Pain
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54:50This week, we talk about the most asinine requirements to "100%" a JRPG, and then we discuss one of our first CRPGs! Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG Po…
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Ghosthunter (PS2) and the Valkyria Chronicles 4 Review
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1:09:37A game we watched on YouTube and a game I should have played 5 years ago headline today's podcast! It's a weird one! Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG Podcas…
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Mega Man: The Power Battle/Fighters (Arcade) and the Dong Doom
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1:05:40This week, it's two games in one podcast, plus the version of Doom that nobody knew they wanted, and probably still don't want! Unless... Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG…
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Radiant Silvergun (Saturn) and the Rockman Gold Empire
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1:01:51Yes, we will eventually play Mega Man Zero. No, we will probably not play the Rockman-themed, Taiwan-exclusive Monopoly-like board game from 1999. Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG…
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Mega Man 7 (SNES) and the Wi-Fi Eyeball
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1:06:28The series playthrough continues! This week we try to quickly recap all the game shows we missed in weeks past and then talk about memories of Harvest Moon and bad Bond movie plot contrivances. Also, Mega Man 7 is not one of the bad ones. Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: …
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Mega Man X2 (SNES) and the Anime Trash Revue
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1:14:12Remember, just because it's trash, doesn't mean it's bad. Except when it's both. Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG Podcast games streamed live at: …
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Super Mario Land (Game Boy) and the Manga "Final Arcs"
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1:07:59When a mangaka says their series is entering its "final arc," does that mean it's a few months from over, or like 10 years? Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG Podcast games strea…
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Quest for Camelot (GBC) and the Original Xbox Library
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1:09:47TW's dumb sports game obsession, running down original Xbox games, and one of the worst games we've played in a while. Apologies for the music at the end, but that's honestly what the experience of playing this game was like. Why did Nintendo bother re-releasing this, seriously? Send us mail! [email protected]…
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Mega Man Soccer (SNES) and the WE ARE ROCKMAN Commercial
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1:12:26Also, a console war retrospective, our grown-up perception of time, the Haikyuu movie, and Tom's unintended rap debut. Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG Podcast games streamed live at: …
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Bubble Ghost (Game Boy) and the Defense of Super Earth
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1:11:14After weeks of talking about it, we finally decided to muster up the courage to be free. Also, here's a thing I didn't realize about this game until I was editing it - apparently Hitoshi Sakamoto did the music for this back in 1990, it was one of his first projects. Send us mail! [email protected]…
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Mega Man V (Game Boy) and the Penny's Big Breakaway Bump
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1:06:37We're back from a short break, did we miss much? Oh, basically every gaming company on the planet is trying to Ouroboros themselves out of existence? Cool. Coolcoolcool. Penny's Big Breakaway was good, and so was MMV, even though it's been a month since we played it. Send us mail! [email protected] …
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Mega Man X (SNES) and the Nintendo Legal Backlog
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1:29:41Nintendo sucks, why can't we quit it? Also, more spam emails, the legal ruling that may spawn more indie games, and just so much love for Mega Man X. Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG Podcast games…
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Battletoads in Battlemaniacs (SNES) and the Old Soda Habits
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1:09:49Spiced Coke, Korean soda habits, and horny Rareware throughout this episode! I'm pretty sure that Battletoads is deeply overrated as a franchise. This is the one I played the most as a kid, way more than the NES one, and I remembered liking some parts of it, but that doesn't mean it's good. Send us mail! [email protected]…
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Rocket Ranger (NES) and the Idle Game Confession
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1:10:03TW makes Tom play another bad game for a silly reason and then tries to convince him it's kinda cool, actually. Tom, meanwhile, is playing Actual Good Game Baldur's Gate 3. Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG…
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Mega Man The Wily Wars (Genesis) and the GTA IV Physics
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1:05:41Okay, we can't be the only ones, right? Lots of people have to remember that swing set. Probably more people than remember The Wily Wars. Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG Podcast games streamed live at: …
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Böbl (NES) and the Civilization VI Achievement List
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1:06:59Everybody has that one game that just absorbs them for a couple weeks - or months - and they can't break out of it. Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG Podcast games streamed live at: …
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Mega Man 6 (NES) and the AI Girlfriend Research
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1:13:58For the record, the answer to the question is no, I am not. Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG Podcast games streamed live at: twitch.tv/timewanderer TW on …
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Mario Golf (Game Boy Color) and the Rapid Fire Topics
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1:11:34What are we even talking about this week? Everything! Nothing! Volleyball, golf, video games, Nintendo discovering Newgrounds in 2024. It's a crazy week, please enjoy. Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG Podcast games s…
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Mega Man IV (Game Boy) and the Helldivers 2 Mechs
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1:04:49I'm not playing it yet, but I'm PERILOUSLY close to it. Also, the Mega Man march continues, and we both agree that while this Game Boy Mega Man is one of the best ones, we also are both very ready to be done with Game Boy Mega Man. One more to go. Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: …
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Kick Master (NES) and the Trouble With Switch Names
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1:24:16It's a rapid-fire segment of games we're playing and not playing this week, including Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Persona 3 Reload, Unicorn Overlord, Monster Hunter Now, and of course, Kick Master. It gets kind of worse the more you play it. Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: https…
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Mega Man III (Game Boy) and the Super-On-Time Final Fantasy 7 Demo
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1:11:08This podcast is super recent and recorded super on time. It is about things that are happening now and definitely not things from two weeks ago, like the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth demo and the Nintendo Partner direct. Also, we talk Akio Otsuka's singing voice and also literally why is Shun Akiyama like this? Send us mail! theretrobreakdown…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back From the Sewers (Game Boy) and the Hideo Kojima Human Loop
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1:05:17Tom has a tendency to be extra forgiving to games that feature characters that he enjoys. Tom really, REALLY likes TMNT. Tom does not like this game. That's probably the harshest thing you can say about it. Also, Kojima? Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG…
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Trax (Game Boy) and the Flimsy Hammer Discovery
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51:54Like a Dragon, Sea of Stars endgame, and a funny little ball tank. We can't say for sure, but this game MAY have invented a bunch of Kirby explosions and graphics. In fact, the tank itself is just a big circle... Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG…
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Mega Man 5 (NES) and the Dondoko Island Tycoon
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1:10:36Breaking news: New Like a Dragon game has very good and expansive minigame that is more than it initially appears. Shocking, I know. Almost like this happens every time. Mega Man 5 is really, really good, by the way. Outstanding level and boss designs on display here. Send us mail! [email protected] TW's Discord: …
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