Max and Daniel are joined by Max's wife Stephanie and Daniel's girlfriend AmyLee to talk about their experiences with Kirby Star Allies, in an episode that is almost big as Kirby when he sucks up a bunch of food! The four of them also discuss Sega's latest announcements and Spyro's new look, along with the LATEST HOT GOSSIP on Meghan Markle and the Kardashians! Finally, Amy has a special recommendation. It looks like Max and Daniel are going to have to make some more hard choices.

02:51 Video Game News and HOT GOSS WITH STEPHANIE
24:51 What Else Have We Been Playing
50:43 Kirby: Star Allies
1:02:47 Spoilers Start Here
1:53:13 Play This! Life is Strange (Warning: we casually talk about the final boss of Kirby Star Allies here, whoops I'm so sorry)

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Episode 009 - Kirby Star Allies

At long last, it's time for A Smashing Theory's 2020 Game of the Year deliberations! In Part 1, Daniel, Sean, and Lee nominate their personal winners for this year's Special Categories and discuss some games that didn't quite reach their Top 5's, but got close.

0:09:05 Best Non-2020 Game of 2020 
0:22:02 Best 2020 Game of 2021
0:34:38 Biggest Disappointment
0:51:22 Best Soundtrack
1:04:07 Best Game I Didn't Play
1:20:09 Runner Ups / Honorable Mentions

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A Smashing Theory's Game of the Year 2020 Part 1

Daniel and Sean talk about Super Smash Bros Ultimate (that's the "Smashing"), then make predictions about it and other video games (that's the "Theory"). Their listeners pitch in their own predictions, too. It's a smashing time.

A Smashing Theory's Game of the Year 2020 Part 1

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