The Player Power Podcast

Following up on the Famous Protagonist Tier List from Season 1, the boys make a tier list all about gamings biggest baddies this time. Do a Tier List of your own here: https://tiermaker.com/create/famous-video-game-villains-749820 Outro Music: super mario world - castle - lofi hip hop remix EXTENDEDhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7zlP1_zUJc by: Chillboy Beats Check them out on YouTube! We do not own the rights to this music. The middle transition music (which we obviously don't own the rights to) is Battle with Ganon from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Composed by Koji Kondo. Follow us on social media and give us any feedback/criticism/ideas! @PlayerPowerPod on Twitter @coreyrichmond on Twitter @shadowhawkessb on Twitter, IG, Twitch, YouTube, etc. Also go subscribe to ZeldaDungeon and Gooey Fame on YouTube for more Zelda related content featuring Corey! Reach out to us for anything at all at playerpowerpodcast@gmail.com

Continuing the topic from the previous episode, the boys continue rattling off their favorite Pokémon and honorable mentions by type! Outro Music:  Accumula Town (Lo-fi Remix) - "Rainstorm Ramble" ~ Pokémon Black and White // Snivys Check out Snivys on YouTube, Spotify, SoundCloud and Twitter! The middle transition music (which we obviously don't own the rights to) is Petalburg City from Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald. Composed by Junichi Masuda, Go Ichinose and Morikazu Aoki. Follow us on social media and give us any feedback/criticism/ideas! @PlayerPowerPod on Twitter @coreyrichmond on Twitter @shadowhawkessb on Twitter, IG, Twitch, YouTube, etc. Also go subscribe to ZeldaDungeon and Gooey Fame on YouTube for more Zelda related content featuring Corey! Reach out to us for anything at all at playerpowerpodcast@gmail.com

The boys are back and better than ever with a triumphant return after a long unannounced hiatus! The first chunk of this episode consists of Homework Game updates and general life updates, which then funnels into the boys picking their favorite Pokémon by type (starts around 41 minutes). Outro Music:  Silent Science + Jawnhto | Pokémon Sword and Shield Route 3 Funk-Hop Remix Check out both Silent Science and Jawnhto on their own YouTube channels, on Soundcloud, Spotify, etc.! The middle transition music (which we obviously don't own the rights to) is Goldenrod City from Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal. Composed by Junichi Masuda, Go Ichinose and Morikazu Aoki. Follow us on social media and give us any feedback/criticism/ideas! @PlayerPowerPod on Twitter @coreyrichmond on Twitter @shadowhawkessb on Twitter, IG, Twitch, YouTube, etc. Also go subscribe to ZeldaDungeon and Gooey Fame on YouTube for more Zelda related content featuring Corey! Reach out to us for anything at all at playerpowerpodcast@gmail.com

In this FIERY, DEBATE HEAVY EPISODE, the lads discuss their thoughts on the Mario Movie cast, predictions on the potential final Smash Ultimate DLC fighter, Nintendo's unsavory business practices, C&D's and Project +, and Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl! Obviously, we do not own the rights to the Spongebob music in the outro. It is likely owned by Nickelodeon, one of the Spongebob composers (namely Nicolas Carr, possibly Mark Harrison, Blaise Smith, Steve Belfer, Sage Guyton or Brad Carow), or is possibly stock music from the Associated Production Music Library or Animation Music Inc. Follow us on social media and give us any feedback/criticism/ideas! @PlayerPowerPod on Twitter @coreyrichmond on Twitter @shadowhawkessb on Twitter, IG, Twitch, YouTube, etc. Reach out to us for anything at all at playerpowerpodcast@gmail.com

The boys are joined by the wonderful lovely Skull Kid Nico to rank the partners/party members you know and love from Paper Mario and Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door! This was a fun one. GO FOLLOW NICO EVERYWHERE. @SkullKidNico pretty much everywhere. Follow Nico on Twitch !!! He streams often and is amazing. ALSO PLEASE CHECK OUT KEV AND SKIP'S 24-HOUR CHARITY STREAM!!! @Shabazzle on Twitch! The stream starts 9/5 at 8EST!!! Proceeds go to Haiti Direct Relief! Follow us on social media and give us any feedback/criticism/ideas! @PlayerPowerPod on Twitter @coreyrichmond on Twitter @shadowhawkessb on Twitter, IG, Twitch, YouTube, etc. Reach out to us for anything at all at playerpowerpodcast@gmail.com Outro Music: X-Naut Fortress (Feat. Zack Carr)   (check out the full playlist/album on YouTube) by: Metro Libra Check out Metro Libra on Soundcloud or Bandcamp!

The boys take a looksie at some of the biggest and baddest swords in video game history, and rate them out of 10, making a ranking based on average rating. Music used (I do not own the rights to this music): Guardia Millenial Fair from the Chrono Trigger Soundtrack composed by: Yasunori Mitsuda Forsaken City (Sever the Skyline Mix) Celeste B-Sides by: Maxo (Check them out on bandcamp! https://maxoisnuts.bandcamp.com) Sephiroth and Chill Final Fantasy VII lofi hip hop - One Winged Angel by: Rifti Beats (Check them out on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/rifti-beats) Follow us on social media and give us any feedback/criticism/ideas! @PlayerPowerPod on Twitter @coreyrichmond on Twitter @shadowhawkessb on Twitter, IG, Twitch, YouTube, etc. Reach out to us for anything at all at playerpowerpodcast@gmail.com

Back at it again and joined by our good pal Gooey Fame! This episode we discuss, praise, and critique each full soundtrack of every game in the Legend of Zelda series and rank them by tier. Check out Gooey's new band Parting! You can find them on Spotify or wherever you get your music! And follow them on Twitter @PartingBand  https://twitter.com/PartingBand Follow Goo on Twitter @gooeyfame and on YouTube @ Gooey Fame https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjYTKtqKWWRpuLdkUzL6K-Q (Corey is a continuous guest on Gooey's Dungeon Dive on the YT Channel) Follow us on social media and give us any feedback/criticism/ideas! @PlayerPowerPod on Twitter @coreyrichmond on Twitter @shadowhawkessb on Twitter, IG, Twitch, YouTube, etc. Reach out to us for anything at all at playerpowerpodcast@gmail.com and FINALLY: This episode contains a BUTTLOAD of songs from the Legend of Zelda series that I do not own the rights to. The nature of this episode is directly critiquing and discussing these songs, and as such should be subject to fair use. All rights to these songs are owned by their game's respective composer(s), and probably Nintendo.

The Pokémon Gym Leader Rankings continue! This time the boys are joined by friend Ryan Simler, a fellow Johto enthusiast to discuss and rank the Johto League Leaders that you love and hate. I do not own the music used in this ep. Intermission music: Violet City/Olivine City Theme from Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal composed and arrange by Gō Ichinose Outro music: Pokemon HGSS Azalea Town Lofi Remix by LoPoBunny Check them out on YouTube and check out their Soundcloud! https://soundcloud.com/lopobunny Follow us on social media and give us any feedback/criticism/ideas! @PlayerPowerPod on Twitter @coreyrichmond on Twitter @shadowhawkessb on Twitter, IG, Twitch, YouTube, etc. Reach out to us for anything at all at playerpowerpodcast@gmail.com

WE'RE BACK FOR MORE as we open up Season 2 with another fun Tier List ranking. This time, we go over all of (not all of) the classic and modern video game controllers that you know and love, and give our two cents on the designs, functionality, etc. Make your own controller tier list!!!: https://tiermaker.com/create/video-game-controllers-999755 Follow us on social media and give us any feedback/criticism/ideas! @PlayerPowerPod on Twitter @coreyrichmond on Twitter @shadowhawkessb on Twitter, IG, Twitch, YouTube, etc. Reach out to us for anything at all at playerpowerpodcast@gmail.com Outro Music (Song does not belong to us): Wii Shop Lo-Fi Remix by Emythyst https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKBQBcX0vPk Check Emythyst out on YouTube!

The boys are back from the dead to bring you more Player Power Podcast. This rambling, shorter episode is just a brief overview of what's to come in Season 2: things that may be changing, episode concepts, general life updates, etc. Also, Ryan gives his bad Star Wars opinions, we reveal our new Homework Games for Season 2, and we end off with the new S2 version of the PPP Jingle. Thanks for listening :) Follow us on Twitter: @PlayerPowerPod https://twitter.com/PlayerPowerPod @coreyrichmond https://twitter.com/coreyrichmond @ShadowhawkeSSB https://twitter.com/ShadowhawkeSSB (also follow Ryan on Twitch at the same handle and Corey on Insta @crichmond6) Like! Subscribe! Thumbs Up! Send us your first born! All of that jazz!

THIS ONE'S A DOOSIE. Come join Corey and Ryan for the epic conclusion of Season 1 where the boys do a full dual review of their two homework games: Final Fantasy Tactics War of the Lions and Hollow Knight. THIS IS A LONG ONE, but it's split almost evenly in half with the Hollow Knight review starting around 1 hour and 29 minutes ish. Music used (I do not own the music or any copyright associated): Bland Logo - Title Back from the FFT WoTL OST Composed by Masaharu Iwata & Hitoshi Sakimoto Title Theme from the Hollow Knight OST Composed by Christopher Larkin Thank you to everyone who sticks this one out, and to anyone who listens to our podcast. Please follow us on social media and/or share with a friend: Twitter: @playerpowerpod Ryan: @shadowhawkessb on Twitter, Twitch, etc. Corey: @coreyrichmond on Twitter, @coreyrichmond6 on instagram Feel free to email us any concerns, critiques, praise, suggestions, etc. at playerpowerpodcast@gmail.com THANK YOU. We love you all. See you next season!

Corey and Ryan have the gosh dang nerve this episode to rank 42 famous video game protagonists, but in a new format: A TIER LIST! Ranked from "God Tier" all the way down to "No" they go character by character to give you the scoop on the coolest protagonists around. Make your own tier list and tweet us @PlayerPowerPod !!!! https://tiermaker.com/create/famous-video-game-protagonists-749820 Music used (WE DO NOT OWN ANY COPYRIGHT FOR ANY SONGS USED. ALL CREDIT GOES TO ORIGINAL COMPOSER): Fungal Wastes from Hollow Knight by Christopher Larkin Attack Team from Final Fantasy Tactics by Masaharu Iwata, Hitoshi Sakimoto Outro Music: Hydro City Zone Act 2 (Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Cover) by Victor McKnight Download/Stream Link Here https://victormcknight.carrd.co/ Follow us on Twitter! Feel free to reach out there or email us at playerpowerpodcast@gmail.com

This was a fun one! Corey and Ryan predict who the winners of each category (excluding a few) of The Game Awards 2020! The Game Awards are live on 12/10/2020, so tune in and see who predicted the closest! Also reach out to us and let us know what the loser has to do! Outro music: [Twitch Safe] Animal Crossing Lofi Chill Hop Mix (Track 6) by: KronoMuzik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfMClt3K5K4 TWITTER ►  https://twitter.com/kronomuzik INSTA ► @kronomuzik MEDIAPASON ► https://mediapason.wordpress.com/ FACEBOOK ►  https://facebook.com/kronomuzik Twelve Music is from Sesame Street: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y89v5CSiDDc&t=1s Intermission song is "Character Making" from Final Fantasy Tactics. I do not own any of this music. PREDICTIONS: Best Debut: Ryan-Phasmophobia Corey-Phasmophobia Best Multiplayer: Ryan- Among Us Corey- Among Us Best Sports/Racing: Ryan- Tony Hawk 1+2 Corey- Tony Hawk Best Sim/Strategy: Ryan- Microsoft Flight Simulator Corey- Gears Tactics Best Family: Ryan- AC:NH Corey- AC:NH Best Fighting: Ryan- Street Fighter V Corey- MK11 Best Role Playing: Ryan-Persona 5 Royal, Corey-FF7R Best Action/Adventure: Ryan-Ghost or Tsushima.  Corey- Marvel’s Spider-Man Miles Morales Best Action: Ryan- Hades, Corey- Doom Eternal Best Community Support: Ryan- Apex Legends Corey- Fall Guys Best Mobile Game: Ryan- Among Us Corey- Among Us Best Indie: Ryan- Hades Corey- Hades Best Ongoing: Ryan- COD Warzone Corey- Fortnite Best Performance: Ryan- Logan Cunningham, Corey- Ashley Johnson Best Audio Design: Ryan- Ghost of Tsushima Corey- Ghost of Sushima Best Score/Music: Ryan- FF7R Corey- FF7R Best Art Direction: Ryan- Ori Corey- Ori Best Narrative: Ryan- FF7R Corey- Last of Us 2 Best Game Direction: Ryan- FF7R Corey FF7R Game of the Year: Ryan- Ghost of Tsushima Corey- AC: New Horizons

This episode, Corey and Ryan hit multiple relevant topics including Minecraft Steve in Super Smash Bros Ultimate, the Xbox Series X v PS5 Debate, Super Mario 3D All-Stars, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity and more! They also complain about feeling old when they're not old at all! Homework game ends around 15 minutes or 20 minutes or something. Somewhere around there. Follow us on social media and give us any feedback/criticism/ideas! @PlayerPowerPod on Twitter @coreyrichmond on Twitter @shadowhawkessb on Twitter, IG, Twitch, YouTube, etc. Reach out to us for anything at all at playerpowerpodcast@gmail.com Outro music credits (song does not belong to us): Gusty Garden Galaxy (lofi version) by: Citro Check them out on YouTube and on Soundcloud!

This episode, Corey and Ryan are joined once again by good pal Gooey Fame to talk about the glory of the N64 and come up with a collective ranking of their favorite N64 games. HW game ends around 13 minutes ish. Check out Gooey's Podcast Virtual Theater wherever you listen to podcasts! Also check out Gooey's YouTube channel and check out their stuff on the ZD YouTube Channel too! Corey: @coreyrichmond on Twitter, @coreyrichmond6 on Instagram Ryan: @ShadowhawkeSSB on Twitter, Insta and Twitch Gooey: @gooeyfame on Twitter FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @PlayerPowerPod !!! Give us a like, follow, heart, or reach out to us on Twitter or email playerpowerpodcast@gmail.com Outro Song: Koopa Troopa Beach (Vector U and Noteblock Remix) By Vector U Check Vector U out on YouTube and Soundcloud! FULL RANKING BELOW: V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V 1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 2. Super Mario 64 3. Super Smash Bros. 64 4. Paper Mario 5. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 6. Mario Kart 64 7. GoldenEye 007 8. Pokemon Stadium 1+2 9. Diddy Kong Racing 10. Perfect Dark 11. Donkey Kong 64 12. Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards 13. Mario Party 2 14. Mario Tennis 15. Gauntlet Legends 16. Pokemon Snap 17. Jet Force Gemini ;)

This episode, Corey and Ryan are joined by special guest and longtime friend Tyler to discuss and rank the Pokemon Gym Leaders of the Kanto region! Homework game ends around 16:30 Outro Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFbkURxNKPE P o k e m o n B l u w a v e - P a l l e t T o w n by Kannibal Check them out on YouTube! Also stream/download the mixtape here: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&v=pFbkURxNKPE&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbFRfWjNWd25id200Tlc2NDMyX3p1dlhMRUFYd3xBQ3Jtc0tuN0NmTUhvQjFhMWZsQXh5cUo2N0d6eTRsVzd6OTJvbGl6ek5sT1lUUmdFTmJzN2NFWkhaM2JvQUE5dG1LcHRGVm1ReGFRU21GV1Npb09TVlFBalBMeW94LXBzWWcyZWpDWFBObnRyZUkyaUM4RE9MOA%3D%3D&q=https%3A%2F%2Fkannibalproducer.bandcamp.com%2Falbum%2F--2 FULL RANKING: V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V 1. Blue - No Specialty 2. Lt. Surge - Electric 3. Sabrina - Psychic 4. Brock - Rock 5. Misty - Water 6. Giovanni - Ground 7. Koga - Poison 8. Janine - Poison 9. Erika - Grass 10. Blaine - Fire Follow us on Twitter @PlayerPowerPod !!!!! Give us a like, heart, follow or favorite, spread the word and share this with a friend. Follow Corey @coreyrichmond and Ryan @shadowhawkessb

Back again, Corey and Ryan talk Homework Game, cut stages from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and then Rank their individual and collaborative Top 5 and Bottom 5 stages from Smash Bros Ultimate. Homework Game starts around 5 minutes and ends around 20 minutes. Follow us on Twitter! @PlayerPowerPod @coreyrichmond @shadowhawkessb Outro Music: Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Trophy Gallery Lofi Remix By: Dual Screen https://soundcloud.com/dualscreen/super-smash-bros-brawl-trophy-gallery-lofi-remix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VKHYAD4R-k Check Dual Screen out on YouTube and SoundCloud! FULL RANKING: V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V Corey & Ryan Bottom 5 Stages: 1. Palutena's Temple 2. The Great Cave Offensive 3. Pac Land 4. Distant Planet 5. 75m Corey & Ryan's Top 5 Stages: 1. Wario Ware 2. Pirate Ship 3. Delfino Plaza 4. Smashville 5. Brinstar Depths BLACK LIVES MATTER.

This episode, Corey and Ryan pretend to know things about the remake/remaster trend that has been ever prevalent in media in recent years. They talk about Pokemon Let's Go, Final Fantasy VII Remake, a few Zelda remakes/remasters, Tony Haw Pro Skater, and discuss the ins and outs of what this could mean for the gaming industry as a whole. No Homework Game this episode. Outro song: Piano/Jazz/Beat ► Final Fantasy VII - Fight/Battle Theme (Lofi Waifu Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrHJpW3WL2c by Lofi Waifu (https://twitter.com/lofiwaifu) (Check them out on Spotify as well) BLACK LIVES MATTER. BLACK LIVES MATTER. BLACK LIVES MATTER. https://www.paypal.me/mnhealingjustice (Minnesota Freedom Fund has put a pause on donations, here's another place to donate to) https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd https://www.nlg-npap.org/donate/ https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 And here's a list of organizations recommended to donate to by the Minnesota Freedom Fund: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yLWGTQIe3967hdc9RSxBq5s6KKZHe-3_mWp5oemd7OA/preview?pru=AAABcpUiX3k%2AY6Q4I6UBtkH3lLz9GVLg0A

In this episode, Corey and Ryan are joined by special guest- Gooey Fame! The three go through a list of graphic style/art directions of The Legend of Zelda series and discuss until they all come up with one collaborative ranking list. Homework game ends around 10 minutes Full Ranking: V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V 1. Breath of the Wild 2. Wind Waker 3. Link's Awakening (Switch) 4. Minish Cap 5. A Link to the Past 6. Skyward Sword 7. Zelda 1 8. Twilight Princess 9. Ocarina of Time / Majora's Mask 10. A Link Between Worlds / Tri Force Heroes 11. Link's Awakening / Oracle Games 12. Four Swords Adventures 13. Phantom Hourglass / Spirit Tracks 14. Zelda 2 Check out Gooey's multiple podcasts, band(s) videos for Zelda Dungeon on youtube, etc.! @gooeyfame on Twitter Check out Zelda Dungeon and join the Discord! https://www.zeldadungeon.net Outro song: Zelda & Chill ~ Hateno Village (Mikel Lofi Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5UwaYey-Ug Channel is GameChops, thank you to them and the artist of the song Mikel. Check out GameChops: http://smarturl.it/zeldachill (I do not own any rights to the outro song, thank you to the creators/publishers.)

In episode 5, we discuss the hot topic Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC character that is Byleth, and we rank and discuss the characters / presentation of Fighters Pass 1. Homework game ends around the 20:00 mark. Outro Music: Smash Ultimate Theme ~ Helynt Remix GameChops https://youtu.be/13L_qnvZExQ Outro does not belong to me, please check out Helynt and/or GameChops on Youtube, Spotify, Soundcloud, Twitter, etc. Corey: @coreyrichmond Ryan: @shadowhawkessb Leave a like or review!