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BoxTrick: Ep 110 - GameBoy Classics with Age_of_Retro | Metroid 2, Pokemon Blue, Super Mario Land and more!!!

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Pokemon sits at 113 billion dollars on Wikipedia's media franchise list, ahead of Mickey Mouse's 61 billion despite starting in 1996.

1. Box Trick Ep 110 pairs host Matt with Kyle of Age of Retro to cover Game Boy classics, including Super Mario Land, Super Mario Land 2 and Pokemon Blue. 2. Matt, who goes by "Super Gainsbroys" online, hosts, and Kyle brings first-hand experience with the Super Game Boy, the Analog Pocket and the Game Boy Color. 3. The thesis is that Game Boy games still hold up on their original hardware, with Kyle saying he prefers "holding it in my hand" over emulation. 4. The episode opens with Switch news: the Switch 1 version of Final Fantasy Tactics gets a free Switch 2 upgrade, and Galaxy 1 and 2 are bundled together, which the hosts say they predicted. 5. On hardware, the hosts discuss the Super Game Boy's custom borders, which the original Link's Awakening has and the DX version lacks, and the Game Boy Light, released only in Japan with a blue front-lit screen. 6. On Super Mario Land, they call it a launch title with horizontal shooter stages and 12 levels that rescues Princess Daisy, and say it may have the loosest controls of any Mario game. 7. They treat Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins as the more recognisable Mario game, noting the Wario debut, the carrot power-up and a nephew who thought it felt like Super Mario World. 8. On Pokemon, they say Yellow is the easiest version because of Pikachu, and that Red and Blue vary in difficulty with the starter chosen, since Bulbasaur faces the Rock and Water gyms first. 9. They cite Wikipedia's media franchise list, with Pokemon at 113 billion dollars, Mickey Mouse and Friends at 61 billion and Star Wars at 46 billion, and say Pokemon card boxes went from about $100 to $300-400 since 2020. 10. Suited to retro Nintendo fans and Game Boy collectors who like casual banter.

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