HeyJaredThe Old SwitchAroo: Gaming Retro with Mike and Jaymo |A Nintendo Switch Online retro gaming podcast
Explore the retro video games in the Nintendo Switch Online catalog every two weeks as lifelong pals Mike & Jaymo are joined by a whole host of new and old friends.
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Screentime: Resident Evil (2026) Spoiler Discussion (opens the original)
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Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil is putting video games back on the big screen as he puts his spin on how to recreate the experience and sensation of playing a survival horror game into a film. Mike and Jaymo have both checked out the movie, so Jaymo can come at the movie from the perspective of someone that played the games and Mike as someone that saw one of the gimmicky 3D movies once but never played the games. We’ll also touch a little on our experience with Zach Cregger’s other horror films be
LiteSwitch: Lock's Quest with Jackie Kashian and Andy Ashcraft (opens the original)
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Comedian Jackie Kashian and game designer Andy Ashcraft are locking in for a spoiler-laced talk about Lock’s Quest (Nintendo DS, 2008) with Mike and Jaymo as part of The Old SwitchAroo’s epic quest to research and review every retro game in Nintendo Switch Online’s Nintendo Classics catalog. In this episode, we discuss how Jackie’s using stand-up comedy to be a force for good and dig back to some old merch that Mike had to explain to his mom, Jaymo nerds out about Andy’s experiences working on F
Screentime: X-Men ‘97 Season Two Elimination Bracket (SPOILERS AHEAD!) (opens the original)
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SPOILER WARNING: In this episode of “The Old SwitchAroo: Screentime,” we debate which episode of X-Men ‘97: Season 2 reigns supreme! Jaymo is once again joined by cosplay influencer Bryan Lee along with returning guest, Ryan “Warboss5” Lay. After recapping each episode with a little amateur poetry, we pit each story from this wild season against one another in a single-elimination bracket until a winner is declared 'Best Episode of X-Men '97: Season Two!' Want to see more of Bryan’s cosplay & so
S4E15: Double Dragon and Double Dragon 2 -or- Brothers in Arms (opens the original)
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Scharonne from 40 Something Gamers brings a beat down in beat’em ups Double Dragon (NES, 1988) and Double Dragon II: The Revenge (NES, 1990) with Mike and Jaymo as part of The Old SwitchAroo’s epic quest to research and review every retro game in Nintendo Switch Online’s Nintendo Classics catalog. In this episode, Scharonne shares his artistic influences, we look at how Double Dragon and Double Dragon II: The Revenge changed when they were both ported from the arcade to the home console and wond
S4E14: Fire Emblem- Path of Radiance - or- Hitting the Griddy (opens the original)
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Stiltskin from the shrugbuds joins the party for some Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (GameCube, 2005) with Mike and Jaymo as part of The Old SwitchAroo’s epic quest to research and review every retro game in Nintendo Switch Online’s Nintendo Classics catalog. In this episode, we welcome our first fairy tale creature that predates video games, discuss the place for tactical combat in the JRPG genre, try to understand the significance of Anna as a recurring character in the Fire Emblem franchise, w
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