Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon: Peaches 'n' Plasma (ft. Ashton)

About this episode

The episode discusses Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon on N64, blending elements of Zelda, anime, and kabuki theater.

Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon on N64 is what happens when The Legend of Zelda, a Saturday-morning anime, and a fever dream about kabuki theater get shoved into the same cartridge and shaken violently. ---------- Today's Guest Information Name: Ashton Ruby Bio: A tired dad who edits videos and podcasts in his free time. He has been playing video games for over 30 years and all he has to show for it is arthritis. ---------- Music Attributions Intro / outro excerpts from Stream by 505, used under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License . ---------- Mentioned in this episode: Shoutout to Our Patrons! Retro Hangover is supported by you, the listeners. We would especially like to thank the following Patrons for donating at the 8-bit tier and above: Lyle McKarns, Tony G, Studstill Smash (The Milkman), Lucas (Game Over Hell), Randall Quiggle, Raging Demon (Kommand List), Poppy the Masked Keaton, JC, Ozzy Garcia, Meagan Caruso, Dave Jackson (Tales From the Backlog), Retro Overdrive, Soha, Storm Beagle & Captain N (Retrotopia), The Emperor, Matt AKA Stormageddon ("Fun" & Games, Reignite), B. Ross & Vanfernal (Super Garbage Day), Ryan, Keith Gasper (Main Quest), Rick Firestone…

People in this episode

Host: Shane

Guest: Ashton Ruby

Topics covered

• Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
• N64
• video games
• anime
• kabuki theater

Keywords

• Retro Hangover
• Ashton Ruby
• video game history

Mentioned in this episode

Products: N64

Books & works: Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, The Legend of Zelda, Stream by 505, Retro Hangover, Game Over Hell, Tales From the Backlog, Retrotopia, Fun" & Games, Super Garbage Day

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