Game Buoy Podcast Episode 193B – We All Live in a Pokemon World! (Pokemon Pokopia Side B)

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Ahoy, mateys, and welcome to the GAMEBUOY.ORG video game podcast – your port of call for gaming news and views that maybe aren’t on your radar, but most definitely should be! On this episode, recorded Sunday, May 26, 2026, Captain Spike, First Mate Slaggy McWaggy, and special guest Sulker discuss their experiences with Pokemon Pokopia!

This episode is the B-Side of a two part episode. The A-Side, Game Buoy Podcast Episode 193A – We All Live in a Pokemon World! (Pokemon Pokopia Side A), features the regular slate of news stories.

DISCUSSION TOPIC

This week, Captain Spike and First Mate Slaggy McWaggy are joined by special guest Sulker to discuss Pokemon Pokopia! They begin by sharing their initial impressions of the announcement trailer before talking about what they enjoyed about the gameplay and would like to see changed. They discuss the game’s roots in titles such as Minecraft, Animal Crossing, and particularly Dragon Quest Builders. The discussion then turns to their enjoyment of Pokemon personalities, the surprising depth of the story, and their hopes for future expansion of the title and potential sequels.

SOCIAL LINKS QUESTION OF THE WEEK

This week, we’re talking about Pokopia! What did you think of the game’s surprising story? Did you enjoy the gameplay? What would you like to see for the future of this new subseries?

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• Walloping Websnappers! A Spider-Man Podcast, a dive into every Spider-Man cartoon ever made
• The Bobby Blackwolf Show, a weekly internet radio show and podcast discussing the latest news in gaming as well as sometimes reminiscing about gaming’s history
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• Standard Issue Computing, retro and modern computer games, hardware, software, and history
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• Defunct Games, your daily source for modern video game reviews, exciting trivia competitions and old school magazine analysis
• Thomas Game Docs, where each video covers “a different aspect of video game history”
• Craig, Slaggy McWaggy’s robot boyfriend a multi-track voice channel recording bot for Discord