E3 2010 Special: Day 0
Featuring: James leads a run-down of the first day's press conferences! Hear about corporate celebrations from Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, and Activision! Pole dancing at 20 feet in the air!
Jun 15, 2010•21 min
Radio Free Nintendo
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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Episodes
Episode 198: A Looker Aheader
Featuring: Billy Berghammer returns to the show, newly crowned as the king of EGM! Also in New Business: Tiger 11, MGS Peace Walker, Mega Man Zero Collection, and Penta Tentacles! E3 Predictions, Part Deux focuses on Wii, with a look at the upcoming motion-control battle royale! James and Greg tag-team all over your pre-E3 questions, predictions, and wishes!
Jun 13, 2010•2 hr 11 min
Tommy Tallarico Interview
Featuring: Jonny talks to the legendary game composer about Video Games Live! Hear the true story behind Tallarico's work on Metroid Prime! Tommy also shares a Miyamoto story and explains why Nintendo's games are so polished!
Jun 11, 2010•47 min
Episode 197: Temporarily Unprophetic
Featuring: Jon is finally back and he's...doing something with Super Mario Galaxy 2! Also in New Business: Ghost Trick, Disgaea DS, and Ratchet + Clank! We catch up on your Listener Mail questions on Castlevania, Nintendo Presidents, and turning back the clock on the entire games industry! Worst Now Playing...EVER!
Jun 07, 2010•1 hr 57 min
Episode 196: A Look Ahead
Featuring: Andy joins us from the NWR Newscast team for Part I of our E3 2010 Preview! We take a long look at what Nintendo will show for its portables, including the grand unveiling of 3DS! Hope springs eternal as we make our picks for first party software announcements! There's also a ton of New Business this week, including more Galaxy 2, Trauma Team, BIT.TRIP RUNNER, and Jonny bagging on PS3 exclusives!
May 31, 2010•2 hr 13 min
Episode 195: Galaxative
Featuring: Blast Off! It's Party Time! Super Mario Galaxy 2 is here and James has the low-down on his full review! Also in New Business: FFXIII, Heavy Rain, more 3D Dot Game Heroes, and TYP dropping hip hop knowledge?! We debate gimmicks vs. features and the merits of voice acting for Zelda in response to your Listener Mail!
May 23, 2010•2 hr 2 min
Reset Button 2: The Lion King
Featuring: Karl talks to the man behind The Lion King for the SNES, Louis Castle!
May 22, 2010•43 min
Episode 194: The Greatest Story Ever Tolled
Featuring: Special guest and old friend Karl Castaneda joins us for a five man show! New Business features Fragile Dreams, 3D Dot Game Heroes, Assassin's Creed II, and Michael Jackson?! Listener Mail is back big time, with questions on Wii 2D side-scrollers, storytelling in games, and portable Smash Bros! Find out if the dark secrets of PAX East will finally be revealed!
May 16, 2010•1 hr 53 min
Episode 193: Jabberwocky Jellyfish Genocide!
Featuring: Jon is back and he's been Monster Hunting! Also in New Business: Picross 3D, Sin and Punishment 2, Might and Magic, and ATV Quad Kings?! It's time for RetroActive #12 - Metroid II: Return of Samus! We share our experiences of wiping out the Metroids one by one with special guest Zach Miller!
May 09, 2010•1 hr 54 min
Episode 192: British Invasion
Featuring: Normal service resumes for RFN, but with a special guest - NWR's British Japan Correspondent, James Charlton! We catch up on our New Business, including Sakura Wars, Red Steel 2, NyxQuest, and Bioshock 2! Portable gaming dominates Listener Mail as we answer your questions on transferring DSiWare to 3DS, DS-Wii connectivity, and major titles switching to handhelds! PLUS: Learn more about the personal lives of Link and the RFN crew!
May 03, 2010•2 hr 16 min
Reset Button 1: Silver Surfer
Featuring: An interview with Graeme Devine, industry vet and design lead on Silver Surfer!
Apr 25, 2010•22 min
Episode 191: Strange Days Indeed
Featuring: This especially chunky episode of RFN kicks off with Final Fight: Double Impact, Cave Story, SMT: Strange Journey, and Darksiders in New Business! The winner of the Game Boy Edition RetroActive poll is revealed! Listener Mail includes the biggest response ever as we run down what all of Nintendo's developers are working on! We also answer your questions about exercise games, Other M's difficulty, and a possible return for FMV games!
Apr 18, 2010•2 hr 4 min
Episode 190: Pokebuskers
Featuring: RFN goes off-topic more than usual! Pokemon looms large with impressions of SoulSilver and much pondering of the franchise's future! New Business meanders between Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening, No More Heroes 2, Ghostbusters Wii, and Weapon of Choice! A hefty dose of Listener Mail delivers debate on Virtual Console and Wii games without motion controls, plus our brushes with gaming celebrities!
Apr 11, 2010•1 hr 57 min
Episode 189: Our Triumphant Return
Featuring: The RFN crew reunites (thousands of miles apart) after PAX East! Our diverse New Business covers Infinite Space, Silent Hill, FF13, WarioWare DIY Showcase, and Cho Aniki Zero! We close the book on PAX East 2010 with stories from the last day and some final thoughts! Hear us relentlessly speculate on Nintendo 3DS in response to your Listener Mail!
Apr 04, 2010•2 hr
PAX East: Radio Free MTG (Bonus Episode)
Featuring: Jonny teaches Karl, Lindy, and Obi to play Magic: The Gathering! Other NWR staffers enter half-way through to laugh at us!
Apr 01, 2010•59 min
PAX East: Drunkcast
Featuring: Listen to NWR staffers get totally wasted over nearly two hours of drinking! Between bawdy jokes and trolling ourselves, there is actual content including discussion of PAX East Day 2 and a survey of New Business, with Cave Story, No More Heroes 2, and much more!
Mar 31, 2010•1 hr 52 min
PAX East Panel - RFN: A Live Nintendo Podcast for Grown-Ups
Featuring: Jonny, James, Lindy, Karl, and Obi sit together for our first-ever live podcast, recorded at PAX East 2010! Feature Discussion: What makes a Nintendo game? Half an hour of live Q&A from our awesome audience members!
Mar 30, 2010•1 hr 3 min
PAX East: Sleepcast
Featuring: Sleepy members of the NWR staff discuss the first day of PAX East, the RFN Live panel, Steel Battalion, Magic: The Gathering, and more!
Mar 28, 2010•42 min
Episode 188: Rondo of Games
Featuring: It's the last RFN before the live show at PAX East! New Business runs the gaming gamut with Monster Hunter Tri, God of War III, Dracula X, and the return of the Satellaview! Your Listener Mail includes a shout-out for The Lost Vikings, our picks for family co-op experiences, plus musings on Dragon Quest X and why people sometimes hate good games!
Mar 21, 2010•1 hr 37 min
Episode 187: Mario Must Die
Featuring: Bloodlust overwhelms RFN! RPGs dominate New Business with Shiren the Wanderer and Mass Effect 2, but there's also impressions of Picross 3D and more Disaster! The knives are out for a special feature: the things in gaming that need to die! Listener Mail takes on a sepia tone thanks to your nostalgic questions!
Mar 15, 2010•2 hr 11 min
Episode 186: Emotionally Yours
Featuring: The RFN crew discovers its tender side! New Business goes old school with Raiden IV, Dragon Age Origins, Bionic Commando, and more Mega Man 10! Your Listener Mail questions focus on Wii Music, VC Arcade, the DSi XL, and games that make us feel something!
Mar 07, 2010•1 hr 49 min
Episode 185: Yea Us!
Featuring: We react to all the announcements at Nintendo's Q1 Media Summit! New Business is bursting at the seams with games, including Mega Man 10, No More Heroes 2, Muramasa, and Disaster: Day of Crisis! The winner of the Game of the Decade poll is revealed! Listener Mail is back with your messages about Metroid Fusion, one-handed RPGs, and effusive praise for RFN!
Feb 28, 2010•2 hr 8 min
Episode 184: In Memory of Geno
Featuring: Michael "TYP" Cole joins us for the long-awaited return of RetroActive! New Business features Miles Edgeworth, Heavy Rain, plus Jonny and TYP's long weekend of gaming! A brief Listener Mail segment includes a shout-out for Ninja Five-O! We go in-depth about magic puppets, cloud-frogs, Bowser and Booster in RetroActive #11: Super Mario RPG!
Feb 21, 2010•1 hr 51 min
Episode 183: Debate of the Decade
Featuring: RFN's Games of the Decade feature concludes in extensive fashion! Shoot'em ups dominate New Business with Big Bang Mini, Blaster Master Overdrive, and Genetos! The NWR staff brings us the last round of GotD nominees, and we take on the arduous task of deciding the final shortlist! Listen as we argue to a standstill about 10 years of great games, and watch out for the shock "twist" ending!
Feb 15, 2010•2 hr 35 min
Episode 182: Everyone's Podcast Selection
Featuring: Jon discovers a treasure trove of games "live on air"! Jonny preaches non-violence in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom! Games of the Decade focuses on Perfect Dark! Your Listener Mail covers Metroid Other M, Player's Choice series, and the struggles of Mature games!
Feb 07, 2010•1 hr 38 min
Episode 181: March of the Muscles
Featuring: It's finally here: RFN sets out on a Muscle March! New Business features Glory of Heracles and Silent Hill Shattered Memories! A quartet of portable games take the stage for this week's Games of the Decade! Listener Mail addresses MotionPlus remakes, games criticism, and the future of immersion!
Feb 01, 2010•1 hr 49 min
Episode 180: Your Mom is Art
Featuring: We share some exciting news as RFN is bound for PAX East in March! Dark Void Zero, DS Demos, and Dead Space Extraction headline New Business! Our Games of the Decade feature continues with four more contenders for your consideration! We plunge headlong into the rabbit hole that is the "games as art" debate in Listener Mail!
Jan 25, 2010•1 hr 44 min
Episode 179: Her Majesty, Unicron
Featuring: Join us as we begin a special feature: RFN's Games of the Decade! New Business is packed with discussion of Chronos Twins DX, Batman Arkham Asylum, and more on Crystal Bearers! Listener Mail ponders why we keep gaming later in life, and we weigh the prospects for Dynamic Slash coming to the West!
Jan 18, 2010•1 hr 47 min
Episode 178: On the Table
Featuring: The whole crew's back together to look toward the year ahead! Our extensive New Business includes impressions of FFCC The Crystal Bearers, Avatar for Wii, Castlevania The Adventure ReBirth, and Target Terror! In part 2 we predict what will happen in Nintendo gaming during 2010! Zelda's release date, the next DS, Wii HD, Retro Studios' new project--hear us be totally wrong about these and other topics!
Jan 11, 2010•2 hr 7 min
Episode 177: Eminence Front
Featuring: Jonny and Lindy are back to kick-off a new decade of RFN! NWR Newscast host Andy Goergen joins us with more on his journey through the Zelda series! New Business also features A Boy and His Blob, Modern Warfare 2, and Space Manbow! Listener Mail returns with your questions about unwanted gifts, social networking in games, and the achievements debate!
Jan 03, 2010•1 hr 48 min
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