The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast

Here's the final part of our Nintendo top 50 list. Find the full list to read at your leisure on Patreon.com/backpagepod!This week's music is once again the Wii Shop Channel theme by Kazumi Totaka.

The Godfather Part II of podcasts is here! In this episode, we fire through every major Nintendo series and compile a longlist of games to populate our top 50 first-party list.Tune in next week for the third and final part – The Godfather Part III of podcasts, perhaps, where we'll arrange the top 50 on air. Does this mean that Sofia Coppola is Wario? Possibly.This week's music is from the Last Window: The Secret of Cape West soundtrack by Satoshi Okubo.

Part one of our three-part effort to create a Nintendo top 50 list is here! This episode explores the process of making list features when you're working on a magazine or website, and the compromises and decisions that lead to the final result.Then, in the second half of the episode, we revisit the top 100 first-party Nintendo games from the final issue of ONM back in 2014, where Matthew explains the choices made. This sets the stage for what comes next...Look out for parts two and three across the next couple of weeks. 

From great Metroidvanias to an impromptu Cheese Draft, it's time for another mailbag episode. 

Whoever wins, you lose! Vote for the winner in the Back Page Announcements channel.This week's music is from the Bayonetta soundtrack by Norihiko Hibino, Takahiro Izutani, Masami Ueda, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Rei Kondoh, Takayasu Sodeoka, Erina Niwa, Yoshitaka Suzuki and Naoto Tanaka.

Here's what we've been playing lately, featuring Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, Still Wakes The Deep, Mullet Madjack, a little on Crow Country, and a bit on Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance.

The worst format in podcasting is back! For the first time since 2021, Samuel runs his pre-owned purchases past Judge Castle.This week's music is from The World Ends With You soundtrack by Takeharu Ishimoto.

With a hangover from 90 June livestreams, Matthew and Samuel each deliver their 10 favourites from the hype season.