Radio Free Nintendo

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Radio Free Nintendo is Nintendo World Report's official weekly podcast. Every week, NWR's staff discuss everything Nintendo from the latest releases to classic games.

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Radio Free Nintendo episodes:

04.21.2024
Episode 871: My Hands and My Nose Are Clean
(00:02:47) April 17th Indie showcase. (00:07:09) Antonblast demo impressions. (00:19:23) Europa demo impressions. Little Kitty Big City. Bread and Fred. (00:30:10) Steamworld Heist 2. Yars Rising. TMNT Splintered Fate. (00:42:40) The Exit 8 impressions. (00:49:12) Sagres. (01:00:51) Super R-Type. (01:21:07)...
04.13.2024
Episode 870: Bipedal Anuses Remastered
(00:00:00) Quasi New Business - New SNES NSO games. HEBEREKE Enjoy Edition. Arcade Archives: Sunset Riders. (00:22:15) Listener Mail - Our highlights and lowlights of the apex of control gimmickry (the 3DS and Wii U generation). (00:44:00) Online Wii U...
04.07.2024
Episode 869: What Part of Dr. Mario?
(00:02:18) Listener Mail - Nintendo, the Disney of video games. (00:42:11) Nintendo's "it's not a numbered entry, yes it is, no it's not" dance. (01:08:04) The Legend of Zelda: Link's Adventurous art styles. (01:44:07) New Business: SaGa: Emerald Beyond demo(s)....
03.31.2024
Episode 868: Disaster: Weeks of Crisis
(00:07:58) New Business - Mario Golf (GBC) and other NSO games. (00:12:16) F-Zero 99 and F-Zero Maximum Velocity. (00:23:27) Titanfall 2. (00:31:03) Unicorn Overlord. (00:54:59) Heave Ho. Marvel's Spider-Man. (01:20:47) Listener Mail - What does Nintendo have left to release...
03.24.2024
Episode 867: Microsoft's Big-Dick Blender
(00:01:25) Listener Mail - Why does Nintendo not name their developers? (00:34:09) Is Nintendo killing the Direct format? (00:50:00) Off-Broadway Musical: UNSUSTAINABLE BUSINESS (Sony games + AAA). (01:48:35) New Business - A Little to the Left and an Xbox Intervention....
03.17.2024
Episode 866: Touch the Cenotaph
(00:01:02) New Business - World of Final Fantasy Maxima. (00:17:14) Ufouria: The Saga 2. Mortal Kombat 1. Mortal Kombat 11. (00:35:49) Splatoon 3: Side Order. (01:02:07) Unicorn Overlord. (01:37:16) Listener Mail - Mario Kart X. (02:07:10) Nintendo games now too...
03.10.2024
Episode 865: I Would Download a Car
(00:02:18) New Business - Princess Peach: Showtime! (00:20:28) Helldivers 2. (00:44:19) Akira Toriyama's passing. Balatro. (01:05:31) Unicorn Overlord demo. (01:25:51) Star Wars: Dark Forces. (01:31:08) Ufouria 2: The Saga. (01:45:51) Listener Mail - Yuzu folded so quickly. What happened there?
03.02.2024
Episode 864: We're Getting Roody-Sued!
(00:01:49) New Business - Mario vs Donkey Kong. (00:15:22) Interlude: Video games and the leap year. (00:22:29) Blast Corps. (00:35:53) Trails to Azure. Super Smash Bros Ultimate spirits. (00:44:41) The latest Pokemon Direct. (00:59:38) Cyberpunk 2077. Kid Dracula. (01:06:43) Arcade...
02.24.2024
Episode 863: Jaws 5: This Time It's Professional
(00:04:29) Nintendo Partner Showcase - Grounded. (00:07:42) Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure. Unicorn Overlord. (00:13:22) Monster Hunter Stories. Epic Mickey. Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance. (00:23:46) Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble. World of Goo 2. FANTASY...
02.17.2024
Episode 862: Tasting the Clown Ketchup
(00:000:58) New Business - Artraiser: Rennaissance. (00:16:40) Pop quiz, hot shot: eShop edition. (00:22:43) Analogue Pocket, Game Boy swap meet recommendations. (00:48:31) F-Zero 99. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. (01:08:44) The Nintendo has no Direct, the Xbox has no...
02.12.2024
Episode 861: Planet of the Apes - Kountry of the Kongs
(00:02:37) New Business - Trails to Azure (kinda). Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. (00:21:17) Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (kinda). Yooka-Laylee. (00:42:35) Listener Mail - What can Xbox do to win Japan? (01:31:03) Nintendo working on a licensed game, or,...
02.04.2024
Episode 860: My Nintendo Burner Phone
(00:01:13) Tekken 8. (00:12:48) Saga of the Moon Priestess. (00:27:17) Mario vs. Donkey Kong. (01:36:11) Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown already significantly discounted in the UK. More Smash Bros spirits. (00:38:08) Silpheed. LEGO The Lord of Rings. (00:47:44) Injustice...
01.28.2024
Episode 859: Switch U Marketing
(00:00:58) James and Greg make (Super Smash Bros Ultimate) spirits appear. (00:11:51) Listener Mail - Nintendo GBA remakes cannibalizing the NSO? (00:47:07) Cheaply restore a game as a palliative for the dying Switch. (01:32:08) New Business - EGGCONSOLE SILPHEED PC-8801mkIISR....
01.21.2024
Episode 858: DALL-E, Draw Anime Lea Thompson Holding a Rectangle Sword
(00:03:27) New Business - Mad on the Internet, new Smash Bros amiibo. (00:15:59) Demo for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. (00:25:06) The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero. Unicorn Overlord. (00:35:23) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Visions of Mana presentation...
01.13.2024
Episode 857: A Mighty Craving for Microplastics
(00:02:06) AI Shark and Google Podcast. (00:12:36) New Business - The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero. Unicorn Overlord. (00:25:05) Tents and Trees. Cocoon. (00:41:18) Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate and apparently every other MH game ever. (00:48:33) Listener Mail -...
01.06.2024
Episode 856: We Are Not Calling the Game "Hitler's Resurrection: Top Secret", Stop Asking
(00:03:09) New Business - Guillaume's Holiday gaming. (00:18:46) Super Mario Galaxy. (00:55:48) Listener Mail - Aid and abet me by recommending game ROMs. (01:35:41) Play Ghost Tr... oh, you have? Play this other game, then!
12.29.2023
Episode 855: With the Power of the 7th Guest and Sewer Shark They Will Be Unstoppable
Ring in 2024 with Radio Free Nintendo's RetroActive of The 7th Guest.
12.23.2023
Episode 854: Keep Super Mario RPG Weird
The RFN crew reveals its top fives of 2023.
12.16.2023
Episode 853: Frisky Gui's Time to Shine
(00:04:20) New Business - Kangaroo. (00:22:11) Ghost Trick. Super Mario RPG. (00:39:10) Castlevania Advance Collection. (00:45:46) Suika Game. EGGCONSOLE XANADU PC-8801 PC-8801mkIISR. (01:03:31) Jet Force Gemini in non-anamorphic widescreen, on a separate app for naughty software. (01:23:47) Listener Mail -...
12.10.2023
Episode 852: We Like Our Forum Beefs Medium Rare
(00:09:53) Listener Mail - What defines an indie game? (00:37:00) Star Fox: The Movie: The Game. (01:14:09) Why don't more devs give us the equivalent of a fidget toy in loading screens?
12.02.2023
Episode 851: For Sale: Baby Hands, Never Worn and Gator-Skin Headwear
(00:01:42) New Business - WarioWare: Move It! Super Mario Bros. Wonder. (00:20:39) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Castlevania Advance Collection. (00:33:20) Super Mario RPG. F-Zero 99. (01:01:08) Listener Mail - We attempt to explain "this Kong". (01:32:43) What's next for...
11.26.2023
Episode 850: My Name Is Samus WAHran
(00:05:49) Listener Mail - That time James bullied a sleep-deprived new dad. (00:10:01) What will it be: Mario Kart 9, or Mario Kart 10. (00:23:00) The Joy-Conundrum. (00:52:35) Who should make Metroid Prime 4, if Retro can't? (01:09:19) En francais,...
11.19.2023
Episode 849: Difficulty Hot Dog
(00:02:50) New Business - The many clones of Donkey Kong. Dave the Diver.(00:23:11) Monster Hunter World. Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1. Super Mario Bros. Wonder. (00:30:00) Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration. (00:53:24) Dr. Mario Legacy Collection (Switch, 2021)....
11.12.2023
Episode 848: Teach the Kangaroo Kontroversy
RetroActive deliberations (and winner reveal). That's it.
11.04.2023
Episode 847: Aggressive Worming
(00:01:35) New Business - Super Mario Bros. Wonder. (00:51:42) Sparklite. (01:05:50) Dave the Diver. (01:17:50) Listener Mail - Could a remake be so good it becomes Game of the Year?
10.29.2023
Episode 846: The Release Calendar
(00:04:15) New Business - Super Mario Bros. Wonder. (00:40:25) Listener Mail interlude - Lives. Then back to Bronder. (01:31:13) Asking for Retroactive ideas. (01:37:02) Listener Mail for Real This Time - Examples of Nintendo doing plot right?
10.22.2023
Episode 845: I Prefer Keyboarding in the Missionary Position
(00:03:16) New Business - Super Mario Bros. Wonder. (00:20:45) F-Zero 99. (00:24:17) Another Garbageman stream. (00:44:19) Forza Motorsports: The New One. (01:05:45) Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. 8BitDo controller. (01:20:16) Chained Echoes. (01:23:06) We talk about Timecop 2: The Berlin...
10.15.2023
Episode 844: Why Are We Talking About Horace?
(00:05:16) New Business - Dogurai. (00:16:28) Chained Echoes. (00:27:57) Forza Motorsport 8. (00:40:49) We talk about 80s and 90s movies for a bit. (01:06:16) F-Zero 99. Patrick's Parabox. (01:16:01) Listener Mail - Has Doug Bowser seen this junk? (01:51:02) Game...
10.09.2023
Episode 843: Compression Socks and Athletic Supporters Won't Make It Okay
(00:06:07) New Business - Aria of Sorrow. (00:15:53) Kirby Star Allies. (00:31:15) Super Nintendo World. (00:45:50) Arcade Archives Stakes Winner 2. (00:55:10) Freak Crossing. (01:11:47) To Be Or Not To Be. (01:19:54) Reventure. (01:33:46) Listener Mail - Vacation through the...
10.01.2023
Episode 842: Mount Your Friends and Eat Your Consoles
(00:04:38) New Business - .hack//G.U. Last Recode. (00:21:57) Quest for Camelot. (00:32:21) Starfield and other Western RPGs. Monster Hunter World. (00:47:07) Final Vendetta. (00:55:08) Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2. (01:07:22) Asura's Wrath. (01:12:24) F-Zero 99. (01:30:11) Listener Mail - The...
09.24.2023
Episode 841: HAL Is Playing Hardball
(00:01:52) Where are all the Game Boy games?. (00:46:56) When is a game dated?.
09.17.2023
Episode 840: Mario Spreading
(00:00:00) This week's episode is all about the September 14th Nintendo Direct.
09.10.2023
Episode 839: Man Buys $220 Portable System, Plays Karnov
(00:00:47) New Business - The Analogue Pocket. (00:32:07) Starfield. (01:00:13) The Takeover. (01:17:11) Listener Mail - Industry people we would put in the corner office. (02:03:28) Where is all the disdain for the PlayStation Portal coming from?
09.02.2023
Episode 838: More Like Self-Sabotage
(00:00:55) Super Mario Bros Wonder Aug 31st Direct. (01:01:50) New Business - Sea of Stars. (01:21:44) TMNT Shredder's Revenge DLC: Dimension Shellshock. (01:24:46) Cyberpunk 2077. (01:32:04) Starfield. (01:41:23) .hack//G.U. Last Recode. (01:52:05) Excitebike 64. Kirby Star Allies.
08.26.2023
Episode 837: Donald Sutherland Is a Sexual Being
(00:03:00) New Business - .hack//G.U. Last Recode. (00:23:52) Thank Goodness You're Here! Gamescom 2023. (00:33:24) The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap. The ongoing NSO slow trickle. (00:43:01) Tinykin. (00:56:30) Immortality. (00:56:30) Listener Mail - Charles Martinet's exit.
08.19.2023
Episode 836: Persons of Lordly Caliber, Waka Waka Waka!
(00:01:23) New Business - The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap. (00:34:39) Vampire Survivors. (00:54:46) Pikmin 2. (01:03:23) Quake II. (01:24:20) Listener Mail - Games we like to be a tourist in. (01:47:13) Radio Free Muppets. (01:59:21) Are we getting...
08.12.2023
Episode 835: Horus vs. Horace
(00:05:34) New Business - Pikmin. (00:20:23) Venba. (00:29:43) Ghouls 'n Ghosts on NSO (Genesis). Not one of the 35 other ports. (01:08:13) Patrick's Parabox. Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble. (01:21:36) Listener Mail - Goldilocks games on a given system. (01:50:46) Who's...
08.06.2023
Episode 834: Reset the Weeks Since Showpony Clock
(00:06:06) New Business - Pikmin 4. (00:21:47) Intermission - Nintendo's quarterly results. (00:30:00) Pikmin 4 talk resumed. (00:51:17) Final Fanstasy XVI. (00:57:41) The Super Mario Bros. Movie. (01:10:57) Theatrhythm Final Bar Line. (01:16:29) Listener Mail - Which is more future-proof:...
07.30.2023
Episode 833: Olimar is Caked Up
(00:01:53) Listener Mail - The value and cost of remastered games. (00:37:22) Baseball talk. (00:46:03) What makes a collectathon. (01:26:17) When will Jon be mature enough to try Pikmin? (01:40:17) New Business kinda - Pikmin 4.
07.23.2023
Episode 832: Alex Jones' Shelf-Stable 1-2 Switch Bucket
(00:01:40) Horsing Around with video game merch. (00:07:42) New Business - Chaos Galaxy. (00:26:32) Pikmin 4. (00:37:34) Ridge Racer 6. (01:01:37) Listener Mail - VGMARKETINGANDGAME. (01:32:14) What makes good character design? (02:33:38) Stinger - Paulie and the robotic romance has...
07.16.2023
Episode 831: Waluigi Will (Not) Be Normalized
(00:01:12) New Business - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass tracks. (00:28:46) Fight'N Rage. (00:41:15) Final Fantasy XVI ending stretch. (00:46:31) Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective. (01:00:34) Follow-up to control issue email - Kid Icarus Uprising, StarFox Command. (01:10:45) Real...
07.09.2023
Episode 830: The PokeLore Hole
(00:03:24) Listener Mail - Living a full Pokemon life. (00:37:03) Games that make us hit the limit of our skills and abilities. (01:10:52) RFN shills for Nintendo, for money. (01:45:39) New Business - James and Greg play Ghost Trick. Be...
07.01.2023
Episode 829: Single-Use Ultrahand
(00:10:24) New Business - Pikmin 4 demo. (00:45:32) Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon and the rest of Netflix's stellar game library. (01:04:51) Pikmin Bloom. (01:10:49) Final Fantasy XVI. (01:38:27) Listener Mail - We merge any two Nintendo properties. (02:12:04) Metacritic Golf.
06.24.2023
Episode 828: The Big Cheesing Honor System
(00:00:00) We spend way too much time discussing Everbody 1-2 Switch! (00:12:32) 2 hours of conversation about the June 21st 2023 Nintendo Direct: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero for Pokemon Scarlet or Pokemon Violet. Sonic Superstars. Palia. (00:21:31) Persona...
06.18.2023
Episode 827: Radio Foxtrot Nintendo Is Not NATO Approved
(00:06:33) New Business - Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. (00:30:30) Diablo 4. (00:35:49) Clockwork Aquario. (00:50:39) Ghost Trick demo, Fire Emblem on NSO Expansion Pack. (01:24:00) Listener Mail - We make Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Warriors.
06.11.2023
Episode 826: Chief Marketing Officer, Jon Lindemann
FEATURING: (00:09:45) Listener Mail - Nintendo's $3500 cardboard peripheral. (00:33:48) Meowth says "No Fate". (01:11:26) We put Nicholas Cage in games. (01:33:02) New Business - Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble, and other NSO Game Boy games. (01:49:45) Space Invaders Gigamax 4...
06.04.2023
Episode 825: Chiffon Does Bring Out the Crazies
FEATURING: (00:05:52) We make fun of Everybody 1-2 Switch. (00:29:21) Listener Mail - The future of Amiibo. (00:56:49) When games are edited because of cultural differences. (01:33:38) New Business - Cruis'n Blast. (01:52:02) The Legend of Zelda - Tears of...
05.27.2023
Episode 824: I Dare You to Play Eye of Judgment
FEATURING: (00:02:08) We make fun of Sony's Project Q. (00:23:18) Guilty Gear. Guilty Gear Strive. (00:44:52) Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters (the first Final Fantasy game). (01:04:37) Listener Mail - Is Monolith Soft the best RPG developer out there today? (02:00:25)...
05.21.2023
Episode 823: Pantless in Hyrule
FEATURING: (00:00:00) New Business: Monster Hunter Rise. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D. Just kidding: everyone's playing The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. (01:39:34) Listener Mail - Video games and mental health.
05.14.2023
Episode 822: Unpredecented Maelstrom of Technical Hardships
FEATURING: (00:00:00) A full episode for the The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker retroactive.

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Radio Free Nintendo episodes:

Episode 871: My Hands and My Nose Are Clean

Episode 870: Bipedal Anuses Remastered

Episode 869: What Part of Dr. Mario?

Episode 868: Disaster: Weeks of Crisis

Episode 867: Microsoft's Big-Dick Blender

Episode 866: Touch the Cenotaph

Episode 865: I Would Download a Car

Episode 864: We're Getting Roody-Sued!

Episode 863: Jaws 5: This Time It's Professional

Episode 862: Tasting the Clown Ketchup

Episode 861: Planet of the Apes - Kountry of the Kongs

Episode 860: My Nintendo Burner Phone

Episode 859: Switch U Marketing

Episode 858: DALL-E, Draw Anime Lea Thompson Holding a Rectangle Sword

Episode 857: A Mighty Craving for Microplastics

Episode 856: We Are Not Calling the Game "Hitler's Resurrection: Top Secret", Stop Asking

Episode 855: With the Power of the 7th Guest and Sewer Shark They Will Be Unstoppable

Episode 854: Keep Super Mario RPG Weird

Episode 853: Frisky Gui's Time to Shine

Episode 852: We Like Our Forum Beefs Medium Rare

Episode 851: For Sale: Baby Hands, Never Worn and Gator-Skin Headwear

Episode 850: My Name Is Samus WAHran

Episode 849: Difficulty Hot Dog

Episode 848: Teach the Kangaroo Kontroversy

Episode 847: Aggressive Worming

Episode 846: The Release Calendar

Episode 845: I Prefer Keyboarding in the Missionary Position

Episode 844: Why Are We Talking About Horace?

Episode 843: Compression Socks and Athletic Supporters Won't Make It Okay

Episode 842: Mount Your Friends and Eat Your Consoles

Episode 841: HAL Is Playing Hardball

Episode 840: Mario Spreading

Episode 839: Man Buys $220 Portable System, Plays Karnov

Episode 838: More Like Self-Sabotage

Episode 837: Donald Sutherland Is a Sexual Being

Episode 836: Persons of Lordly Caliber, Waka Waka Waka!

Episode 835: Horus vs. Horace

Episode 834: Reset the Weeks Since Showpony Clock

Episode 833: Olimar is Caked Up

Episode 832: Alex Jones' Shelf-Stable 1-2 Switch Bucket

Episode 831: Waluigi Will (Not) Be Normalized

Episode 830: The PokeLore Hole

Episode 829: Single-Use Ultrahand

Episode 828: The Big Cheesing Honor System

Episode 827: Radio Foxtrot Nintendo Is Not NATO Approved

Episode 826: Chief Marketing Officer, Jon Lindemann

Episode 825: Chiffon Does Bring Out the Crazies

Episode 824: I Dare You to Play Eye of Judgment

Episode 823: Pantless in Hyrule

Episode 822: Unpredecented Maelstrom of Technical Hardships