Now the biting makes sense! Unleashed once more from their cellophane wrapping (and accidentally spilling off a bit under the table), Gamer Era RETURNS with a chock-a-block confectionary themed pod! David brings the crunch with a hard-shelled punch-up on the inexplicable M&Ms game “series”, before Sam chews over the surprisingly solid gaming history of Kyoro-chan – the Japanese marketing juggernaut that became so huge he was directly parodied by Nintendo. Chow down, Gamers!
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Topics discussed: M&Ms: The Lost Formulas / Shell Shocked, M&Ms Kart Racing, M&Ms Adventure (DS); Pyoro / Bird & Beans, Kyoro-chan Land (aka Nebulus/Castelian), Pocket Kyoro-chan, Kyoro-chan no Purikura Daisasuken
Also mentioned: Jackass: The Game (PS2), Family Guy Video Game, Burnout Paradise Remastered, Dangerous Driving / Wreckreation; Simon & Schuster Interactive, M&Ms: Break ‘Em / Gem Smasher; WarioWare, Fish ‘n Feathers (Playdate), Reel-istic Fishing, Crank War, Space Boy Solan, Jupiter (developer), the Picross series
Music used:
- International Superstar Soccer 2000 – Menu Music 3 (“Okay Fellas”)
- M&Ms: The Lost Formulas – Get Out of Town
- Lose Yourself – Eminem
- O Fortuna ~ Carmina Burana – Carl Orff
- Pyoro S – WarioWare: Smooth Moves
- BGM #03 (Kyoro-chan’s House) – Pocket Kyoro-chan
- “Summer Halation” [from “Kyoro-chan”] – Coconuts Musume
- M&Ms: Mini Madness – The Conveyors
Further reading:
- “Kyoro-chan Time-Travel: Choco-Ball History” (Morinaga Co.): https://www.morinaga.co.jp/kyorochan/history
- “The Birth of Kyoro-chan!” [episode 1 of the anime series] (1999): https://archive.org/details/KyoroChanEP1
- “The Story of Nebulus” – Antstream Arcade (Graeme Mason, 2021): https://www.antstream.com/post/the-story-of-nebulus
- “Pocket Kyoro-Chan” playthrough with English commentary (Pixelated Crown, 2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckskwIfo1Mg
- “The most hidden “hidden gem” ever: Kyoro Chan no Purikura Daisakusen” (UHVGN, 2019): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ48z79iIU4