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soon that's drunk
one of the really cool things about how
the gaming industry has evolved over the
years is that we're now at the point
where gaming is a family thing parents
play video games with their kids all the
time now but in the 80s and 90s when I
was growing up that was not the case my
dad had zero interest in anything gaming
related my mom to her credit did give it
the old College Try by getting Family
Feud for SNES she played it like twice
but there were still other parents I
knew of that played video games sort of
barely one other family on our block had
a Super Nintendo I remember they had a
few good games but the dad only played
Pebble Beach true golf Classics my
friend's dad had a Game Boy but he only
had Tetris and golf he said that was all
he needed because he only played Game
Boy when he was on the toilet and that
brings me to side pocket which was just
added to the Nintendo switch online
service about a week ago side pocket is
a dad game it's pool that's all it is
and we might be in a bit of trouble if
Nintendo is already down to adding dad
games to their online service next we're
gonna see stuff like super Caesar's
Palace on there so let's go over the the
game itself in case you're interested
you start it up an immediately you're
greeted by one of the women from Wilson
Phillips gotta hold on one more day for
those giant hoop earrings I guess
there's a few different game modes the
single player campaign has you earning
points with each ball you pocket and you
have to pass a certain points threshold
to advance to the next table you earn
points by pocketing balls either in
order by number or just consecutively
regardless of the number you can see
which number is which by pressing the Y
button there's also a two-player Pocket
game it goes five rounds and the player
with the most points wins although if
you miss three shots in a row at any
point you lose there's a two-player nine
ball game where you can go best of three
best of seven or best of 15. Bear in
mind however in nine ball you gotta hit
the lower numbered ball that's still on
the table before hitting any other ball
and there's also a trick shot mode which
I actually kind of appreciate because it
functions as a reward for spending time
with this game there's 19 different
trick shot scenarios but in order to
consider a shot completed you have to
pocket every ball on the table in one
shot the controls are very simple the B
button regulates the power of your shot
and you can change the spin with the Y
button while using the d-pad to move
your Q placement around you can also use
the l r buttons to fine tune your aim
which is nice and you can even pop up
the cue ball if you need to get around
another ball in your way and uh yeah
that's pretty much the game I will say
at least this game does have some pretty
foreign [Music]
I should mention that side pocket was
originally an arcade game made by Data
East all the way back in 1986 it got
ports to the NES and Game Boy before
getting a bit of a facelift when it was
released for Sega Genesis Game Gear and
Super Nintendo and for what it's worth
it also received a Wonder Swan Port so
hooray for that but yeah that's all
there really is to say about this one
side pocket is a total dad game I'm
willing to bet that if you somehow owned
this cartridge as a kid your dad or
parent or guardian or whoever would play
this like twice a year for a combined 20
minutes while the rest of the time it
sat there Gathering dust that doesn't
mean it's a bad game the physics here
are actually pretty good and reliably
consistent and they did get the music
right which is absolutely crucial in
games like this but ultimately you're
playing pool on a 16-bit system so if
you're into that then here you go [Music]
[Music]
all right I want to thank you for
watching and I hope you have a great
rest of your day [Music]
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