NOCLIP Pocket E38 - Grape Popsicles and Hugs - Pokémon Puzzle League

Aw, poor baby! Welcome back to NOCLIP Pocket (monsters)! Today, due
to some scheduling conflicts, we are not going to be talking about
Phasmophobia, but instead the 2000 match 3 puzzle game Pokémon
Puzzle League. Puzzle League is a game that both of us played a
good bit in our younger years, but wasn’t quite notable enough to
really maintain any level of popularity long after its release,
coming out as part of the never ending deluge of Pokémon branded
content that has existed since the series became popular. And do we
think that should be different? Well, at the risk of spoiling parts
of the episode, no not really, but it is still a fun game, holding
up largely by its nostalgic value and simple mechanics. The game
largely follows the same design as Tetris Attack, which is
definitely a good game, and by extension this is similarly
satisfying to play and get better, which is amplified by the one
big twist in the form of 3D mode. We’re going to be talking about
the Pokémon coat of paint and what it does for the game, how we
think the game could have differentiated itself, and we hypothesize
about what a show called “Rocket Mode Today” would be like. Thank
you for joining us this week, and sorry we didn’t have the
specifically scheduled game ready this time. Did you play this game
as a kid, and was it closer to 90 or 100 percent because it had the
word Pokémon in the title? And we’d like to know if you enjoyed
this episode, because we were able to turn this one out quickly
because of our vast experience with the game and there are
definitely some other nostalgic hits we could turn out with more of
a focus on the emotional experience of a childhood favorite than
breaking down why matching colored blocks is fun. Let us know in
the comments, or over on Discord! Next time we will almost
certainly be talking about Phasmophobia.