Watch Out for Fireballs! 24: Sword of Mana
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
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
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
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