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("Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy" plays in the background)

The Nerd: Well, its Christmastime, again, already. And that means more shitty games for me. And I have a pretty big pile here, thanks to all you. All requests, a despicable dozen, and we are going to savor these juicy turds one day at a time. Because this is the 8th Christmas since I first started doing these Christmas specials, so we're going to do something a little different. A little excessive. 12 Days...of Shitsmas.

(The Nerd unwraps the first gift on Day 1 of Shitsmas)

The Nerd: Oh, no, not this one. Tagin' Dragon. As soon as you notice the baby blue-colored cartridge, you already know, it's bad news. Let's pop this fucker in.

(The Nerd places Tagin' Dragon in the Nintoaster and turns it on)

The Nerd: Oh, I distinctly remember this. That is one, pathetic-looking dragon. Looks sorta like a frog-pig hybrid, I don't know. There don't really exist words to describe it. They obviously had a completely different team working on the label, because that dragon actually looks pretty rad. This means we've peeled off one layer of this shit heap, now, let's dig in.

The Nerd: Ugh, it's all coming back to me. As a kid, I rented this game from the video store, which was not common to find games without the Nintendo Seal of Approval. So, how I got the misfortune to play this, I don't know.

The Nerd: The goal of the game is very simple: Bite all the tails of the other dragons and then progress to the next round, that's it.

The Nerd: You wish these dragons would do something awesome like breathe fire or fly, but, no. All they do is chase each other around in circles like a bunch of monkeys. I had no idea it was possible to make dragons so boring.

The Nerd: Everything blocks your way, you need extra clearance to get the dragon around the turns. It's like trying to drive a trailer truck through alleyways.

(The Nerd struggles to get the dragon to move through the passage)

The Nerd: Ohh, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, UGH!

(The Nerd makes it through the passage onto Round 05)

The Nerd: There's no long-range attack. The only way to bite their tails is to get all up in their ass. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. All you do is mash buttons and hope for the best.

(The Nerd chases a dragon around, trying to bite its' tail)

Come on, come on, come on, come on you motherfucker! You motherfucker!

(The Nerd continues to chase the dragon and directs his focus to the camera)

The Nerd: Look, look...look look!!

(The dragons kill The Nerd)

The Nerd: Oh, my God.

(The Nerd sarcastically cries and then grunts in anger. He continues to chase the dragon and is at a loss for words when he continues to fail catching it, but eventually kills it.)

The Nerd: Even when you manage to kill the other dragons, you feel no satisfaction in it because it seems like it was all luck. This is the kind of game you can play with your eyes shut and it wouldn't make any difference.

The Nerd: It's just round after round of this mind-rotting, button-mashing madness. Three deaths and it's back to the beginning.

The Nerd: I should mention there's a two-player co-op mode and a vs. mode. Yeah, next time you're thinking about getting some friends together to play some Super Smash Bros., nah. Tagin' Dragon man!

The Nerd: Even as a rental, I only played this game for a few minutes and that's rare. When you rented a game back then, you usually make the best of it, whatever it is.

The Nerd: Even if the game's bad, you didn't have anything else to do anyway, so you had no choice. But with this game, it was one of those days where you just gotta cut your loss, and break out the deck of cards.

(The Nerd shakes his head at the camera)

The Nerd: Well, that was painful. (Points at the gifts behind him) But we're just getting started. 

(The Nerd rests his head on his hand in disappointment before reaching for the Day 2 gift)

Tagin'_Dragon_-_Angry_Video_Game_Nerd_-_Episode_122-0

Tagin' Dragon - Angry Video Game Nerd - Episode 122-0

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