About this episode
Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross lambast Sword of Mana. It’s a veritable cornucopia of JRPG cliches: evil empire, plucky children, godlike powers… And a bunch of extraneous systems. It’s a remake of Final Fantasy Adventure, which was a perfectly good game, but it got spoiled. Listen and learn exactly how. LINKS OF NOTE: Mystic Quest: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Adventure One winged Angel: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OneWingedAngel Jurassic Park: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QMue9j_RKg Pol Pot: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KTsXHXMkJA Firefly, Star Trek, Arrested Development and Twin Peaks: www.avclub.com/articles/avqa-mos…ed-tv-shows,2485/ Pogrom: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogrom Golbez: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGbT0M4rVJI Ed Wood tombstone thing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-pQ8q2sGIo The Pagemaster: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V63IXsl1FXM Tales from the Crypt: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5x3zhmDQ7Q Abbot and Costello meet the dracula: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5s3_XV1rkA The Cat in Paris: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7e07c52VWg Ghost Trick: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2ied7wFCFM Image of Cibba: www.spriters-resource.com/gameboy_adva…bba_icon.png Sambo: i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/10/06…8-55_468x353.jpg Chocobo breeding: shrines.rpgclassics.com/psx/ff7/chocobos.shtml Fresh Books.com: www.freshbooks.com/ FF4: The after years: finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Fa…e_After_Years Short Circuit 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfODTw6h6rE Never Ending Story Rock Biter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0VxGRWPh28 Disc One Dungeon: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/…iscOneFinalDungeon Lyre bird video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y Tappa tappa tappa: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5julb5Fg51w Chell fall damage: half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Long_Fall_Boot San Dimas HS Football Rules: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b6Ff9Qm2FU Zemus: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByXzyI8AUAw Nope! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQkxJ4WcXjA Sword of Mana final speech: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRCajYYGZQQ Sperglord: www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sperglord Scaramanga: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXsTPiK844A Support Watch Out for Fireballs!