Chrono Cross, The World Ends With You, and Other Summer RPGs

It’s summertime, playing Zelda in your car, heading to a LAN party, and the night air is filled with wildfire smoke. Welcome to a laid back episode of Axe of the Blood God, where we just chill out and talk about associations between summer and RPGs. That means everything from the RPGs we played during our summer break to the best tropical environments in RPGs past and present. Just remember: The secret to better RPGs is more giant centipede monsters.

Also in this Episode:

• The Microsoft/Sony/FTC drama is going, going, it’s gone, it’s finished, it’s over. Does this mean we all get CoD on Switch, or am I misunderstanding this whole thing?
• FromSoftware is a masterful visual storyteller, but Nintendo’s not far behind with Tears of the Kingdom’s Depths
• Summer of Korra: Someone ate a bear
• The Summer of Pokemon and Puke
• Skeletor

Timestamps:

• 00:00 – Intro and Main Quest (RPGs of Summer)
• 42:19 – Random Encounters
• 56:28 – The Tavern (Thoughts about Final Fantasy XVI, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and ExoPrimal)
• 1:19:20 -The Summer of Korra
• 1:29:50 – Nostalgia Nook / Outro

Music Used in this Episode:

• Boys of Summer [The Ataris]
• Do Your Best! [Breath of Fire III]
• Antique Cowboy [Ragnarok Online]
• The Legend of Korra Main Theme [The Legend of Korra]
• A Curious Tale [Secret of Mana]
• Scars of Time [Chrono Cross]