(What's the deal with Sand Guys wearing speedos, anyway? Fix this) So

you might have heard that some games actually came out recently, and of

course Nintendo Free Radio has returned to discuss EVERY SINGLE ONE OF

THEM. Stephen fires the opening New Business salvo with the newest

adventure/octopus collection game, The Legend of Zelda: Link Between

Worlds. Is it more Link to the Past or Majora's... Wand of Gameleon? On

the November 22 tip, Donald chooses to lead with the other big Nintendo

release that racked up critical acclaim, Super Mario 3D World - truly

the perfect capper for this Year of Luigi. Austen, sick of the Nintendo

love-in, discusses the creative 3D Vita platformer Tearaway and the PS4

version of Assassin's Creed IV - as well as a shocking, big money

purchase that will blow your mind. Following up from an extra

large, action packed Now Posted, Whatcha Watchin' starts with a historic

look back at the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who and the cyborg action

of Fox's Almost Human from Stephen. Donald gets GROOVY~ with the best

thing to ever come out of Earthworm Jim, and Austen watched #VGX and

lived to tell the tale. We don't know why either. After much

debate on its release date, release, and teasing of its discussion, the

crew finally gets around to talking about Earthbound in the Feature Discussion. When you've got a writer of the most redundant strategy

guide in history, a person who doesn't like being nagged about his

playtime and someone who spent most of the game getting raked over the

coals by the RNG, the fur and threats against developers will fly. In

the Mushrooms, we talk scheduling, bad Youtube videos, and Donald quotes

noted modern philosopher Phil Brooks. Due to host travel and

general timing, our next recording will be the 2013 Game of the Year

show - and we definitely want to hear from you! Send your top 5 lists of

games that released in your region to [email protected] to

have them used on the show. Also, that show will feature something

historic - but nobody will be Regulating. (We leave that to the big

show.) This show was edited by Austen Parkin. All music used is under Fair Use protection. Say Fuzzy Pickles!

Thanks to Smeatbass, NFR gets to contemplate the 3DS in 2013! Is anyone happier with the system than Donald? What system feature turned Austen off? Did My Little Baby 3D ACTUALLY HAPPEN???

Almost 100% NSA free!

New Business: Wii Sports Club, WiiFit U, Such Shooting, Sonic Lost World, Ratchet and Clank, a whole bunch of quick hits!

Now Posted returns, mostly drama free!

The only thing they watched was firmware updates!

Mushrooms contain a lot of poison!

Get to NWR and give if you want a 3DS Report Card on the 23rd!

Almost 100% NSA free!

New Business: Wii Sports Club, WiiFit U, Such Shooting, Sonic Lost World, Ratchet and Clank, a whole bunch of quick hits!

Now Posted returns, mostly drama free!

The only thing they watched was firmware updates!

Mushrooms contain a lot of poison!

Get to NWR and give if you want a 3DS Report Card on the 23rd!

Donald's been sick the entire recording process, so you better enjoy this one!

New Business: Batman Blackgate, Hotline Miami, Pokemon, DKCR 3D, Wolf Among Us!

Whatcha Watchin: Baking, space Nazis, flawed anime and duck season!

Listener Mail goes indie, then we save Final Fantasy!

You won't believe who crashed the Mushrooms!

Donald's been sick the entire recording process, so you better enjoy this one!

New Business: Batman Blackgate, Hotline Miami, Pokemon, DKCR 3D, Wolf Among Us!

Whatcha Watchin: Baking, space Nazis, flawed anime and duck season!

Listener Mail goes indie, then we save Final Fantasy!

You won't believe who crashed the Mushrooms!

We come not to bury the 360 and PS3... well, most of us, anyway. Hur-RAY, hur-RAY, hur-RAY, step right up and get your Nintendo Free Radio on for the 25th time! (Not actually the 25th episode, but who's counting?) New Business sees Stephen step up for the casuals with a couple of things the others wouldn't touch with a 39.5 foot pole: Windows Phone word game Wordament and Blizzard's new children's card... er, trading card game, Hearthstone. You might have heard of Donald's New Business, since it's the two biggest Nintendo releases of the year to date: Pokemon X (now with live trolling of Kentuckians!) and Wind Waker HD. Austen wraps with PSN's recent downloadable thriller Rain, proves that playing Lost Planet 3 is going beyond the impossible, and finishes with yet another dose of Ellen Page in Beyond: Two Souls. Now Posted got intentionally shortened to allow maximum time for Whatcha Watch'n. Stephen gets a little theatrical with Potted Potter and puts MasterChef through several dryer cycles to shrink it down to MasterChef Junior before talking Donald off the ledge over Revolutionary Girl Utena. Austen gives a quick update on Beware the Batman and goes a few episodes into Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, but buckle up for extended, spoilery discussions of Transformers Prime now that the show has wrapped with the release of Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising. For the Feature this time around, we're well aware that there's less than a month until the PS3 and 360 get taken out back and Old Yellered.

As such, we look back at our memories of HD goodness and give you some

recommendations for games you might have missed - as well as the warts.

The Mushrooms

bring us in for a landing with musings on a state's bad luck, the usual

tribute of a common punching bag, and someone mentioning Beautiful

Unique Sparkleponies (not Stephen). Did

we miss a game in the HD discussion? Want to help Donald through

therapy? Let us know in the comments below or send us an email! This podcast was edited by Austen Parkin, Stephen Shook and Donald Theriault. All clips and music used under fair use rights and for discussion purposes only.Editor's Note: Apologies for the delay in posting this episode, but

when you see just how many resources are in this episode, you'll

understand why that happened.

Unite up for Nintendo Free Radio!

New Business: Wonderful 101, Puppeteer, Saints Row 4, Killzone Mercenary, Dragon Fantasy Book II and Fire Emblem!

Whatcha Watching: Masterchef, Legend of Korra, From Up On Poppy Hill, Paranoia Agent and more drills!

Japan's in trouble in the feature!

We're conflicted about SquareEnix in the Mushrooms!

Steam Controller - WTF?

Unite up for Nintendo Free Radio!

New Business: Wonderful 101, Puppeteer, Saints Row 4, Killzone Mercenary, Dragon Fantasy Book II and Fire Emblem!

Whatcha Watching: Masterchef, Legend of Korra, From Up On Poppy Hill, Paranoia Agent and more drills!

Japan's in trouble in the feature!

We're conflicted about SquareEnix in the Mushrooms!

Steam Controller - WTF?

Nintendo Free Radio rises up from the underground!

New Business: Tomb Raider 2013, Brothers, Castle of Illusion HD, Rayman Legends, Steamworld Dig and Donald bought a Vita!

Shortest Whatcha Watchin' ever!

Nintendo announcements and the meaning of releases in the Feature!

Did Donald break the Mushroom rules?

An actual stinger!