Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals (SNES) and the Nuzlocke Origin Story
Perhaps the longest game we've made into a podcast (so far), Lufia 2 is a game with a bad translation but a good story, deep and interesting but also shallow mechanics, and an ENTIRE RANDOMLY-GENERATED ROGUELIKE DUNGEON AS A MINIGAME. Also, we talk about Hyrule Warriors, discuss the merits of a Metroid Musou game, weigh in on the surprisingly positive Apple/Epic court decision, reveal the depressingly dumb reason permadeath Pokemon runs are called "Nuzlocke," and Tom is forced to say "Hoochies." Send us an email to read on the show! theretrobreakdown@gmail.com TW's Discord…
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