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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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Episodes

E3 2014 - California Dreamin'

FEATURING: James and Jonny head upstate for an intimate live session with Jon and special guest TYP! We talk about tons of E3 games, other big Nintendo topics of the show, and our favorite moments from the floor!

Jun 15, 20142 hr 11 min

E3 2014 - Home Team Assemble

FEATURING: While Jonny and James are away, Greg joins Gui and Jon to discuss Nintendo's E3 performance in 2014.

Jun 13, 20142 hr 6 min

Episode 386: A Blue Shell of Our Former Selves

FEATURING: Billy Berghammer joins us to discuss Mario Kart 8 and E3! New Business: Mario Kart 8, Klonoa: Empire of Dreams, Bahamut Lagoon, Super Mario World and Mega Man V. Second segment: Iwata's health, more E3 talk, Wii U system update, and Smash Invitational!

Jun 09, 20142 hr 3 min

RFN Presents: The Famicast 36 - FINAL TOMODACHI

FEATURING: Final Fantasy related New Business with Curtain Call, Agito (mobile) and dem fighting games The latest gaming news from Japan Feature topic about the recent "Tomodachi Life Gate" and Japanese thoughts on same sex relationships (from Westerners living in Japan) and more

Jun 03, 20141 hr 18 min

Episode 385: Boogy-Dad, Boogy-Dad

FEATURING: Scram Kitty, Catherine, SMB3 controversy, and much more in New Business! Your Pre-E3 Listener Mail!

Jun 02, 20141 hr 46 min

Episode 383: Trigger Fishing

FEATURING: Jonny is skipping this week, but Curtis Bond drops by, with James hosting! New Business: Disney Magical World, Kirby Triple Deluxe, Xbox One, Tappingo, Abyss, and Legend of the River King. In the second segment, we speculate about Nintendo's future licensing efforts, and wonder if the Nintendo Digital Event is a good idea.

May 18, 20141 hr 52 min

Episode 382: The Gerenicity

FEATURING: This week's New Business: Stick It to the Man, Kirby Triple Deluxe, Child of Light, Mario Tennis (GBC), Stealth Inc. and Dark Souls 2. Listener Mail: Aging Wii graphics, Gamers against inclusivity, and going back to non-stereoscopic 3D platformers.

May 12, 20142 hr 3 min

Episode 381: A Golden Opportunity

FEATURING: We have loads of fresh Nintendo games in New Business. James is up first with the surprise dump of Mega Man Xtreme on 3DS Virtual Console. Jonny follows that with effusive praise for NES Remix 2, the one that gets it right. He also piggybacks onto Guillaume's impressions for Child of Light, the new Canadian Role-Playing Game (CRPG) available on your Wii U and other platforms. Finally, Jon catches up with the Mario Golf: World Tour demo on 3DS as we try to figure out whether any of us ...

May 05, 20141 hr 55 min

RFN Presents: The Famicast 35 - NOBODY CARES INITIALLY

FEATURING: Danny, Ty and Matt discuss Famicom Remix 2, MGSV: Ground Zeroes, Initial D: Perfect Shift Online (F2P game on 3DS from Sega, fighting games and more! Game Boy 25th year anniversary talk! CalorieMates and how you can be cool like Jack Bauer and Snake

May 01, 20141 hr 22 min

Episode 380: Will the Circle Be Not Broken

FEATURING: Guillaume is back this week, and it's an all-Nintendo New Business with Earthbound, Mario Kart Arcade GP DX, Kirby Air Ride, Super Mario Bros. 3, Adventure Island 2, the Mario Golf World Tour demo and Dai Gyakuten Saiban (a new Ace Attorney game by series creator Shu Takumi. After the break, Guillaume tells us about his PAX East experience, and then we outline our preparations for episode 400.

Apr 27, 20142 hr 15 min

Episode 379: RFN After Hours

FEATURING: This week, Scott Thompson sits in for the first time, and he gets us rolling on Rusty's Baseball, Super Mario Bros. 3, and a couple of games from other systems. You'll also hear the surprise game that features Lindy in the credits! After Jonny's early departure, the remaining trio answers Listener Mail about Smash Bros. DLC, how to put together a live panel, and whether Wii U can be compared to the ill-fated Virtual Boy.

Apr 21, 20142 hr 7 min

Episode 378: So I Mortgaged an Axe Murderer

FEATURING: This week, New Business covers Tomodachi Life, Rusty's Real Deal Baseball, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, and Advance Wars. After the break, special guest Lewis Pugh tells us about his Wii U game Twisted Fusion, now on Kickstarter. We also answer Listener Mail about the Smash Bros. Direct and indie game awareness.

Apr 14, 20142 hr 16 min

Episode 377: When Fun Just Isn't Enough

FEATURING: This week, New Business covers Yumi's Odd Odyssey, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth, Earthbound, the recent Mario Kart 8 non-announcements, and Saints Row 4. After the break, we use the addition of Game Boy Advance titles to the Virtual Console as a good excuse to look back at this odd era in Nintendo's handheld lineage.

Apr 07, 20142 hr 5 min

RFN Presents: The Famicast 34 - THE WRONG FORMAT

FEATURING: Danny is joined by our old friend James Charlton as they brought the podcast live via Google Hangouts On Air! Classic handheld Mario, Assassin's Creed IV and even the N64DD are discussed in New Business Your questions answered live as well as GBA on Wii U talk

Apr 01, 20141 hr 14 min

Episode 376: Terrible Parenting

FEATURING: Jonny is out this week, so James hosts, and Kimberly Keller sits on the fourth chair! New Business covers The LEGO Movie Videogame, Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy, Milon's Secret Castle, Weapon Shop de Omasse, Conception II demo, Pokemon Battle Trozei, and Kirby's Epic Yarn. Listener Mail: PAX East, Which PlayStation to buy, VC Quirks, and licensing Mario to sports games.

Mar 30, 20142 hr

Episode 375: Watcha Been Shipping?

FEATURING: New Business covers Bravely Default, Donkey Kong, Adventure Island II, Yumi's Odd Odyssey and Wii Fit U. In lieu of Listener Mail, the crew discusses three topics: the Wii U's lack of RPGs, competitive Smash Bros., and Igarashi's defection from Konami.

Mar 23, 20141 hr 50 min

Episode 374: Men of Leasure

FEATURING: Greg subs in for Gui this week, and we get right to the business of discussing the Yoshi's New Island, Jon's personal loss, Broken Age, Strider, DKC Tropical Freeze, and more Layton and the Azran Legacy Listener mail talks about Namco's role in making Smash Bros, Contra's VC fate, DQX online, and Steel Diver.

Mar 17, 20142 hr 14 min

Episode 373: Death of a Soft Salesman

FEATURING: Jon is here this week, and so is our friend Billy Berghammer! New Business: Steel Diver: Sub Wars, Pr Layton and the Azran Legacy, A.N.N.E, DKC: Tropical Freeze, South Park: The Stick of Truth, NES Remix, Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare, Titanfall. Special Segment: Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection eulogy.

Mar 10, 20142 hr 16 min

Episode 372: Mystic Quest is (Not) Okay

FEATURING: Jon is still out this week, so to replace him, we have Donald "Shaymin" Theriault from Nintendo Free Radio. Our New Business time is mostly spent discussing one of the few Nintendo Wii U releases of the quarter, Donkey Kong Country Returns: Tropical Freeze, but there's still plenty of time to discuss Weapon Shop de Omasse, Bravely Default, Danganronpa, and Strider. Listener Mail: Nintendo buying Xbox, Nintendo sales reps in retail stores, Twitch Plays Pokemon, free eShop money and sam...

Mar 02, 20141 hr 51 min

RFN Presents: The Famicast 33 - THREE YEARS IN JAPAN

FEATURING: Danny, Ty and Matt hold the fort down for the three year anniversary of the Famicast! New business featuring Dragon Quest Monsters 2 on 3DS, Monster Hunter 4 and a shameful MMO with busty anime babes The return of Life in Japan and some of your listener mail

Feb 27, 20142 hr 2 min

Episode 371: Ghost Commander

FEATURING: This week, to replace the very special Jon, we have a very special guest, Garnett Lee of the Week-End Confirmed podcast and a huge influence on the modern incarnation of Radio Free Nintendo! We spend 15 minutes breaking the ice before moving on with our New Business: Weapon Shop de Omasse, Bravely Default, DmC: Devil May Cry, Strider (PS4), Rain, and Steel Diver: Sub Wars! After a quick break, we return for a Q&A with Garnett that includes questions from the Internet, plus a few o...

Feb 23, 20142 hr 9 min

Episode 370: The Contemplative Podcast

FEATURING: We start the first segment with our thoughts on the Feb 13th Nintendo Direct, before launching into New Business with Jon's impressions of Solomon's Key, and everyone else's impressions of Bravely Default! Listener Mail touches on region free systems, how we got into the "biz", and our feelings about Nintendo's console desigh philosophy.

Feb 16, 20142 hr 7 min

Episode 369: Super Meat Party

FEATURING: New Business features, incredibly, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Scribblenauts Unlimited, more Link Between Worlds, The Swapper, and Attack on Titan! Listener Mail includes classic Zelda, third-party prospects, and our first actions as Nintendo CEO!

Feb 09, 20141 hr 36 min

Episode 368: Is Your Heart Big Enough?

FEATURING: New Business touches on Pikmin 3, Galaxy Force II, Yakuza 4, Final Fantasy Adventure, Secret of Mana and The Room Two! Then we read two listerner letters: Nintendo's Quality of Life platform, and Genres we hate!

Feb 01, 20141 hr 46 min

RFN Presents: The Famicast 32 - KIRBY GAIDEN

FEATURING: New Business talking about Ninja Gaiden, a WWII 3rd person shooter on 3DS (complete with complimentary jam) and Kirby: Triple Deluxe Phoenix Wright's 3DS remake coming to the 3DS...and a strange PC, fan-made spinoff, bad English included! A feature about the two DS games on the 3DS eShop thanks to Club Nintendo Japan

Jan 31, 20141 hr 18 min

Episode 367: Rubbin' is Racin'

FEATURING: Live New Business with Need for Speed, Zelda, Greg, D&D, and StarTropics 2! Live Now Playing is the best worst idea ever! Live RetroActive with F-Zero X, F-Zero GX, and your calls!

Jan 27, 20142 hr 49 min

Episode 366: Too Cool for School

FEATURING: New Business takes on Call of Duty Ghost, Two Tribes' Rush, Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth, Persona 3 FES, Chibi Robo! Photo Finder and the Nintendo-published DSiware game Spin Six! Listener Mail: Our 2014 predictions, hub world talk, can China save the Wii U, and Nintendo's answer to PlayStation Now!

Jan 19, 20141 hr 58 min

Episode 365: Demo Dogma

FEATURING: New Business includes a LOT of the Bravely Default demo, Jon's first take on Link Between Worlds, and Gui's introduction to Retro Game Master! It's finally time for our Top 5s of 2013, and there is very little overlap among the four sets of stellar games!

Jan 13, 20142 hr 20 min

Episode 364: Bland Boiled Chicken

FEATURING: It's a three-man podcast this week as Jon is away. New Business gets retro and Japanese: Attack of the Friday Monsters, Persona 3 FES, Ace Combat, Final Fantasy Adventure and Tearaway. Listener Mail: The show's intro and outro bumpers, the Wii U's marketing, and future-proofing your Wii U game purchases.

Jan 05, 20141 hr 32 min
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