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New Episodes every Thursday! Formerly The GameCube Was Cool/Unlocking What Was Cool. Mike Laine, Neil Gilbert, and many exciting guest hosts are back with a brand new podcast: Switch 2 The Past where they discuss the past, present, and future of video games with a focus on all things Nintendo.
Unknown Host hosts Switch 2 The Past, a leisure show with 224 episodes published.
In June 2011 the world was blessed with the second American McGee game in the Alice franchise, Alice Madness Returns. Since then Neil, Mike and friend of the show Dan (who appears on Switch 2 the Past for the first time!
Despite E3 going the way of the dinosaur, June is still the big month for game announcements (could they just bring back E3 and make this easier for all of us?). Join Mike & Neil for an hour and change as they talk about
It’s the Switch 2’s first birthday party!! Please leave a gift at the door, or leave a GIF for Neil, he’d really appreciate it. Time has flown by and with one year already since Mike held the Switch 2 in his arms for the
While waiting for the Nintendo financial numbers to drop we were blessed by a surprise Star Fox direct to tell us all about the newest (oldest?) entry into the StarFox series. Mike & Neil discuss the upcoming game, as we
Mike is back from Japan and is sad about Toronto's transit system, what else is new? Well he brought back some games to talk about which means it's another episode of japanese gamecube exclusives! Marcello @gamecubegalax
It’s time for the Nintendo Financial Times report, with Mike & Neil. Last quarter of course was the holiday season so we got some big numbers from the N64 as well as the GameBoy. With the release of the GameCube and Game
It's an encore! Time to continue the Guitar Hero 3 journey with friend of the show @luigisappartment joining the podcast for part 2. Luigi joins the show to talk about his first memories of playing Guitar Hero and what i
It's 2007, you're in your friend's basement and they bust out a plastic Gibson Les Paul. They put their Wii remote in it and voila, it's a magical guitar with 5 buttons and a whammy bar! All of a sudden Through The Fire
A Rareware game for a Nintendo system with a cute, cuddly squirrel as it's mascot? What a great family platformer! Well many parents may have thought this 25 years ago, it turns out that this is one of the most vulgar, c
No this isn't a sequel to Pokémon Stadium as so many often mistake it for, this is one of the longest, grindiest, but most unique Pokemon games to ever exist. It's the JRPG-inspired 2004 cult classic Colosseum! Here on S
Change court! It’s Mario Tennis time here on Switch 2 The Past as Mike & Neil celebrate the inclusion of a new game in the Franchise, Mario Tennis Fever! Joining the show to chat tennis and of course some N64 is Dave fro
Financial earnings? A recent direct? That means its time for the NFT report! No that’s not Non Fudgesicle Tokens, it’s the Nintendo Financial Times report, with Mike & Neil, reporting on all of the fun stats, figures and
WAHHHHH. It's time to go back to 2003. No not to F-Zero GX, or Windwaker, or Soul Calibur....no it's everyone's favourite Treasure developed game, Wario World! An absolute gem for the GameCube, Mike & Neil covered this w
With the darkest days upon us (as well as snow for almost everyone on the east coast of North America), this episode felt extremely appropriate to record at this time of year. One of the best pure survival games in recen
2026 is gonna be a big year full of some great anniversaries, new games, and lots more GameCube content! Mike & Neil talk about things to look forward this year for the podcast and for the world of gaming while diving in
It's time for the annual year in review! After taking a break from podcasting in 2024 Mike & Neil look back on the year that was, their achievements in life and podcasting as well as some of the year's biggest stories in
”We can almost put a stamp of certainty that Kirby Air Ride will never come to a console” said Mike in May of 2021. It takes big men to admit their mistakes and here at Switch 2 The Past, we are those big men. To celebra
Wiiiiii would like to play! It’s time to talk about some of the strangest, funniest and generally unplayable games ever to grace Nintendo’s second best-selling console. It’s the Wii Shovelware episode! Erin from the Fake
20 years ago the world was introduced to Mario Kart DS, and after 24 million units sold this title is still one of the strongest in the franchise. With some of the most memorable courses like Waluigi Pinball and Peach Ga
It’s time to unleash the Dragon of Dojima on this very special episode celebrating Yakuza 0! As the Yakuza games have now found their way to the Nintendo Switch, Mike & Neil wanted to bring on friend of the show Ali to d
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Erin
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Dave
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Mike
trauma surgeon · The MDX Podcast
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Neil
Chappy · Retro Collective
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Marty
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Kira
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