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BoxTrick Ep. 113 – The Nintendo GameCube Era & Bungie’s Marathon

·1 hr 16 min·2 clips

Matt goes on record that The Wind Waker is the best Zelda because it offers something for every Zelda fan.

1. BoxTrick Ep. 113 pairs a Nintendo GameCube retrospective with early impressions of Bungie's Marathon, with the GameCube turning 25 in the hosts' telling. 2. Matt, who goes online as SuperGamesBros, hosts alongside Kyle, "the age of retro," and each picks favorite GameCube games. 3. The episode's through-line is a pick-and-defend format: Kyle opens with Super Mario Sunshine, Matt answers with The Wind Waker, and Mario Kart: Double Dash follows. 4. On Marathon, the hosts call the extraction shooter "very sweaty," liken it to "playing Trials of Osiris full time," and note 16 teams enter small maps in a process of elimination. 5. They compare it with Destiny, Apex Legends and Arc Raiders, saying it makes one host want to return to Destiny, and they note the studio said there is no paid DLC for the first year. 6. Kyle defends Super Mario Sunshine despite its blue-coin grind, praising the FLUDD water-pack mechanic, the Isle Delfino setting and the "early 2000s beach vibe" shared with Final Fantasy X and Sonic Adventure. 7. Matt calls The Wind Waker the best Zelda, crediting its open-sea sailing, one of the best Zelda soundtracks, and the Wii U version's fix for the tedious Triforce quest. 8. He recalls that fans were upset when the 2002 Toon Link trailer replaced a darker Zelda demo, and the hosts compare it to the Wii U tech demo that never became a game. 9. The hosts try to map the Zelda timeline, where Ocarina of Time creates three branches, and say they are unsure where Breath of the Wild sits. 10. Fans of retro Nintendo games, GameCube nostalgia and casual gaming banter will enjoy this.

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