Featuring: Jon returns to help us answer your Listener Mail! Will we be able to download retail 3DS games? Will Nintendo be out of the hardware business 10 years from now? Listen to find out! Our New Business includes the eShop-exclusive Freakyforms, Batman, Uncharted 3, and Super Mario 3D Land's big Japan launch numbers! PLUS: The Phantom Castaneda!
Nov 13, 2011•1 hr 25 min
Featuring: Danny and JC return with their impressions of the newly released Super Mario 3D Land! The Japan news round-up features November's plentiful VC offerings and Dragon Quest X! PLUS: More of your listener mail!
Nov 12, 2011•1 hr 32 min
Featuring: RFN is taken hostage by RetroActive No. 20: River City Ransom! We fight our way through the Squids, the Cowboys, and even the Generic Dudes to discuss this classic NES RPG-brawler! New Business features Xenoblade, Japan's shockingly vibrant VC service, the Layton movie, and Jonny's bogus journey through the App Store! PLUS: Has James kidnapped Jon, and will he ever give him back?!
Nov 06, 2011•1 hr 47 min
Featuring: Jonny returns with ten Kirbys in tow as he gives his impressions of Kirby Mass Attack! Also in New Business: Layton, PixelJunk SideScroller, and The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Concert! We look at Nintendo's financial woes, the outlook for Wii U, and the inevitable 3DS redesign in Listener Mail! PLUS: Will the tyranny of the dudebro ever end?!
Oct 30, 2011•2 hr 6 min
Featuring: 175 episodes late, Jon, James, and Greg pay tribute to the N64 with some help from TYP! 15 years on from its US launch, join us for a look back at the N64's history from "Project Reality" to plain ol' reality! We go through our favorite games for the system all the way from Super Mario 64 to Conker's Bad Fur Day! PLUS: Jon wants to hit Luke from Prof Layton with a soccer ball!
Oct 23, 2011•2 hr 39 min
Featuring: Listener Mail returns! We answer your questions about gaming conventions, the Circle Pad Expansion, the Honesty Box pricing model, and the sins of publishers! New Business features Catrap, Inazuma Eleven, and the Team ICO HD Collection! PLUS: A brief history of the N64 Expansion Pak!
Oct 16, 2011•2 hr
Featuring: It's time for RFN's annual Fall Preview Show! We look at Nintendo's line-up for the rest of the year and highlight our most anticipated titles! James stacks boxes up to the sky in New Business with Solatorobo for DS! PLUS: More on Four Swords DSiWare, Super Mario Land 2, and Aliens Infestation!
Oct 09, 2011•1 hr 52 min
Featuring: Portables dominate New Business with Aliens Infestation, Dragon Quest VI, and Bit.Trip Saga! Listener Mail looks at the future of smartphone gaming, the chances of Ni no Kuni coming to Wii U, and the Bills beating the Patriots! PLUS: Jon butchers the English language!
Oct 02, 2011•1 hr 34 min
Featuring: Listener Mail is back in a big way! We answer all your questions about the future of Japanese 3DS games in Western markets, import paradoxes, bad controls, and The Grinder! James nears the end of his Xenoblade journey in New Business! PLUS: Used Games vs. Piracy - FIGHT!!
Sep 25, 2011•2 hr 3 min
Featuring: The Famicast crew brings you in-depth coverage of Tokyo Game Show 2011! Listen for hands-on 3DS impressions of Resident Evil, Metal Gear, Kingdom Hearts, and the Slide Pad Expansion! JC interviews NWR founder Billy Berghammer ten years on from his Japanese GameCube launch adventure! PLUS: Beautiful women! Ridiculously long lines!
Sep 22, 2011•1 hr 41 min
Featuring: We break down all the announcements from Nintendo's 3DS Conference in Tokyo! Will the Monster Hunter 4 bombshell end the 3DS-Vita war before it even begins?! James offers an extended verbal love letter to his import copy of Xenoblade Chronicles! Also in New Business: Star Fox 64 3D, Radiant Silvergun, and The Legend of Zelda!
Sep 18, 2011•1 hr 48 min
Featuring: We discuss all the big news coming out of Japan with Special Guest Chris Kohler of Wired.com! Chris and the crew analyze the Dragon Quest X Online, Monster Hunter 3G, and 3DS Circle Pad add-on revelations! New Business features Prof. Layton and the Mask of Miracle, Devil Survivor Overclocked, and Serious Sam: Double D! PLUS: A last-minute preview of TGS 2011!
Sep 11, 2011•1 hr 59 min
Featuring: Radio Trivia host Michael Cole joins us for a Listener Mail blowout! New Business goes completely retro with the NES Ambassador Games, Final Fantasy VI, and Gargoyle's Quest! We answer all your letters about new 3DS owners, Wii U's future, game length, RPGs, soundtracks, and more! PLUS: James sets out to flatten the history of Western civilization with a giant rock!
Sep 04, 2011•1 hr 56 min
Featuring: Special guest and former RFN host Karl Castaneda joins us for our Killer7 RetroActive! Suda51's breakthrough GCN game features multiple personalities and sinister elementary schools, so why is Karl the only one who loves it?! We discuss the recent 3DS rumors in New Business--is a redesign with dual circle pads already on the way?! PLUS: In-depth import impressions of Rhythm Heaven for Wii!
Aug 28, 2011•2 hr 6 min
Featuring: The Famicast comes to you from inside Super Potato in downtown Akihabara! Danny and JC discuss demos on the 3DS eShop, Dragon Quest X, and the rest of the Nintendo news from Japan! JC gets himself a last-minute Ambassadorship! PLUS: Answers to more of your listener questions!
Aug 24, 2011•56 min
Featuring: Season 3 of RFN begins with a celebration of the Super Nintendo's 20th birthday! We go through NWR's SNES 20 list and discuss our own 16-bit favorites in a special feature! New Business has a European flavor as we discuss Xenoblade's launch, Last Story and Pandora's Tower for 2012, and a new Wii model! PLUS: We fail to introduce the episode properly!
Aug 21, 2011•2 hr 2 min
Featuring: Jon returns with war stories from his backlog! WayForward and XBLA dominate New Business with Mighty Milky Way, Contra 4, Outland, and Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet! Listener Mail features Mega Man, Captain N, and the possibility that Nintendo hates 2D Mario?! PLUS: James accuses Nintendo of not being able to count!
Aug 14, 2011•1 hr 53 min
Featuring: NWR founder Billy Berghammer is our special guest this week! New Business runs the gamut from Skyward Sword, FF6, and Xenoblade to Bulletstorm and Shadows of the Damned! We look at how the 3DS crisis will affect Nintendo's plans for Wii U in Listener Mail! PLUS: Who do we want to be in the next Super Smash Bros.?!
Aug 07, 2011•2 hr 4 min
Featuring: RFN returns just in time to react to the 3DS price cut bombshell! We analyze how Nintendo made the decision, the wisdom of the Ambassador Program, and what lies ahead for 3DS! Greg has fresh impressions of Nintendo's upcoming line-up, including Kirby Mass Attack, Mario Kart 7, and Super Mario 3D Land! PLUS: New Business turns back time again and again with Ghost Trick and Half-Minute Hero!
Jul 31, 2011•1 hr 55 min
Featuring: The Famicast returns after a three month hiatus to bring you up to date on Japanese gaming! JC and Danny discuss 3DS video content and Nintendo's upcoming releases! Your listener questions are answered on bottle cap figures, capsule hotels, poop, and the state of PC gaming in Japan! PLUS: Hands-on impressions of Star Fox 64 3D!
Jul 26, 2011•1 hr 3 min
Featuring: RFN shakes off its birthday hangover with a Listener Mail special! We answer your questions about Skyward Sword, Wii U, Operation Rainfall, and more! PLUS: Bitching about bitching!
Jul 17, 2011•1 hr 14 min
Featuring: TYP and a whole bunch of RFN fans join us to celebrate the show's fifth birthday! Peek behind the curtain as we share untold stories from RFN history! Hear us take calls from listeners for more than two and a half hours! PLUS: Solid Snake! Morgan Freeman! Charlie Sheen! Ty Shughart!
Jul 10, 2011•4 hr 27 min
Featuring: We react to Operation Rainfall's campaign to bring Wii JRPGs to North America! New Business features Solatorobo, Shantae, Pikmin, and Retro Game Master! You ask us about Metal Gear Solid, Wii U ports and accessories, and jet packs in Listener Mail! PLUS: A sneak peek at our plans for RFN 250!
Jul 03, 2011•2 hr 7 min
Featuring: RetroActive resumes with our in-depth look at the Perfect Dark single player campaign! We talk about shadowy corporations, sinister conspiracies, waistcoat-wearing aliens, and everything else in the life of Joanna Dark! 3DS dominates New Business with Ocarina of Time, Ridge Racer, and Donkey Kong! PLUS: Jon Lindemann as Daniel Carrington!
Jun 26, 2011•2 hr 12 min
Featuring: The RFN crew reunites to discuss our reactions to the Wii U reveal and everything else from E3! New Business celebrates Zelda's 25th birthday and the eShop launch with Link's Awakening, Ocarina of Time 3D, X-Scape, and AlphaBounce! We answer all your post-E3 questions about Wii U, the new controller, 3DS, and Nintendo's eShop penny pinching! PLUS: Jon vs. Lavos - TITLE FIGHT!
Jun 19, 2011•2 hr 34 min
Featuring: Play Brawl or record a podcast? Let's do both!
Jun 10, 2011•1 hr 26 min
Featuring: Live from TYP's car on the Los Angeles freeway, it's Radio Free Nintendo!
Jun 09, 2011•27 min
Featuring: We played Wii U!
Jun 08, 2011•34 min
Featuring: The E3 crew's first reaction to Wii U, new 3DS games, and more from Nintendo's big press conference!
Jun 07, 2011•16 min
Featuring: First impressions of the completed 3DS experience!
Jun 07, 2011•30 min