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

Episode 670: The Owltimate Copyright Infringement

FEATURING: (00:04:46) New Business - Super Mario Maker. (00:32:43) Animal Crossing: New Horizons. (00:59:44) Final Fantasy VII remake. (01:05:27) Heave Ho. (01:12:12) Good Job! (01:20:22) Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams. (01:32:28) Listener Mail - Pandemic delays.

Apr 26, 2020•2 hr 35 min

Episode 669: Vocation: Resident Representative

FEATURING: (00:03:02) New Business - Voxelgram. (00:14:18) Bravely Default 2 demo. (00:22:16) Ori and the Will of the Wisps. (00:32:56) Ring Fit Adventure. (00:53:48) Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean. (01:20:42) AVICII Invector. (01:35:21) Mario + Rabbids. (01:47:44) Collection of Mana - Final Fantasy Adventure.

Apr 19, 2020•2 hr 24 min

Episode 668: Urban's Old Champion

FEATURING: (00:02:02) Listener Mail - Faithful remakes and complete reimaginings. (00:45:28) Unfairly maligned Nintendo games and games not maligned enough. (01:36:48) New Business - Doom Eternal. (02:04:37) Astral Chain. (02:30:04) New Smash spirits and Viewpoint 64.

Apr 12, 2020•2 hr 36 min

Episode 667: Bowser's Inside Dating Sim

FEATURING: (00:05:57) New Business - Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories. (00:51:56) Animal Crossing: New Horizons. (01:12:14) Murder by Numbers. (01:17:02) Good Job! (01:24:26) A Short Hike. (01:34:02) Listener Mail - Incidental music. (01:57:59) Giving villains their game.

Apr 05, 2020•2 hr 33 min

Episode 666: Disrupted Plans

FEATURING: (00:03:58) New Business - Animal Crossing. (00:45:24) March 26th 2020 Nintendo Direct Mini. (01:54:02) 666 emails.

Mar 29, 2020•2 hr 22 min

Episode 665: Cape Horn, South Africa

FEATURING: (00:03:59) New Business - Doom 1993. (00:09:02) GameStop staggered Doom Eternal and AC launches. (00:22:12) Collection of Mana (Trials of Mana). (00:39:23) Trials of Mana demo. (00:44:20) Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. (00:53:37) Atlus Euro sale. (00:58:07) Animal Crossing talk. (01:10:42) Listener Mail - Guess the game that actually exists. (01:56:09) Good game mechanics that never came back.

Mar 22, 2020•2 hr 30 min

Episode 664: Tub Connoisseur

FEATURING: (00:05:50) New Business - Ori and the Will of the Wisps. (00:11:39) Doom (1993). (00:25:34) Collection of Mana (Trials of Mana), Murder by Numbers. (00:38:14) News - Pandemics, E3, and you. (01:15:35) Nintendo LEGO. (01:40:01) Bonus Nier talk.

Mar 15, 2020•1 hr 59 min

Episode 663: RPG Voltron

FEATURING: (00:03:59) New Business - Murder by Numbers. (00:07:58) Sega Ages Phantasy Star. (00:16:15) Collection of Mana. (00:40:53) Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore. (01:15:53) Persona 5 Scramble/Strikers. (01:54:46) Fire Emblem: Three Houses expansion.

Mar 08, 2020•2 hr 22 min

Episode 662: What to Do if You Find a Chest with a Copy of Aidyn Chronicles

FEATURING: (00:01:38) Listener Mail - Dragon Quest vs Final Fantasy. (00:56:06) Do they even localize for Canadian French. (01:20:22) Favorite level to go back to. (01:42:16) A Link to the Past is dang hard.

Mar 01, 2020•2 hr 24 min

Episode 661: Dropping the Gloves

FEATURING: (00:01:14) Animal Crossing Direct. (00:18:53) New Business - Fire Emblem Three Houses: Cindered Shadows. (00:30:04) Sega Ages Puyo Puyo 2. (00:38:39) River City Girls. (00:51:15) Pop N Twinbee. (01:13:10) Batman Collection on Switch? (01:29:28) Alien Isolation.

Feb 23, 2020•1 hr 50 min

Episode 660: Summer-Splash Mr. EAD

FEATURING: (00:03:25) New Business - Sega Ages: Fantasy Zone. (00:06:48) Project xCloud. (00:21:42) Bastion. (00:37:18) The Messenger. (00:48:35) Last year's predictions. (01:04:10) Predictions.

Feb 16, 2020•2 hr 26 min

Episode 659: Sometimes It's Okay to Bean a Child

FEATURING: (00:00:48) New Business - Wide Ocean Big Jacket. (00:16:20) Retroactive - Rhythm Thief.

Feb 09, 2020•2 hr 3 min

Episode 658: Taking in the Goo

FEATURING: (00:02:14) New Business - Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate. (00:08:29) Sega Ages: Shinobi. (00:15:09) Luigi's Mansion 3. (00:26:00) Final Fantasy V. (00:43:36) Byleth in Smash. (01:08:18) Ys 8. (01:15:08) Sky Skipper. (01:21:25) Jon's Top 5 of 2019. (01:29:22) Listener Mail - The Decade in Marios. (01:50:43) Breaking with the consensus/Poorly-selling critical darlings. (02:22:41) Our favorite Smash spirits.

Feb 02, 2020•2 hr 35 min

Episode 657: Killing Arms

FEATURING: (00:06:53) Listener Mail: Too many sword bros. (00:39:53) A "quick" Switch report card.

Jan 26, 2020•1 hr 30 min

Episode 656: Top 1010 of the Decade

FEATURING: (00:03:17) Our top tens of the decade, 10 to 6. (00:29:32) Five. (00:51:59) Four. (01:12:53) Three. (01:45:36) Two. (02:18:36) One and honorable mentions.

Jan 18, 2020•3 hr 5 min

Episode 655: Bringing that Big Lindemann Energy

FEATURING: (00:03:01) New Business - Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana. (00:23:11) Space Invader news, New Super Lucky's Tale. (00:44:00) Guacamelee! 2. (00:59:33) January 9th 2020 Pokemon Direct. (01:31:00) Our Top Fives of 2020! Number 5. (01:43:48) Number 4. (01:52:35) Number 3. (02:04:56) Number 2. (02:22:05) Number 1 and honorable mentions.

Jan 12, 2020•2 hr 47 min

Episode 654: The Reverse Jinx

FEATURING: (00:02:46) New Business - The Gardens Between. (00:17:34) Pokemon Sword and Shield. (00:29:15) Darius Cozmic Collection. (00:45:36) Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2. (01:09:06) James' random game stream. (01:14:31) SEGA AGES Phantasy Star. (01:26:38) KUUKIYOMI: Consider It!

Jan 05, 2020•1 hr 49 min

Episode 653: Swallower-In-Chief

FEATURING: (00:11:06) New Business - Sega Ages Phantasy Star, Demon's Tilt. (00:24:47) Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition. (00:49:32) Shovel Knight: King of Cards, Shovel Knight: Showdown. (01:10:00) Listener Mail - Where is SMTV? (00:32:09) We horrify Miyamoto. (01:23:20) Best year of the decade. (01:45:02) Making the next ULTIMATE game (02:13:37) CSI: Mushroom Kingdom

Dec 21, 2019•2 hr 32 min

Episode 652: Notanyfe, Anyfe, Thatsanyfe

FEATURING: (00:05:09) Listener Mail - Our Pokemon region. (00:32:09) We horrify Miyamoto. (00:52:48) Old games as a service. (01:30:23) New Business - Ys: The Oath in Felghana and Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana. (01:42:18) Sega Ages Phantasy Star. (01:59:03) Shovel Knight: King of Cards.

Dec 15, 2019•2 hr 33 min

Episode 651: Identifying Your Sugar Daddy

FEATURING: (00:03:44) New Business - Ori and the Blind Forest Definitive Edition on Switch. (00:13:38) Pokemon Sword and Shield. (00:21:42) Grandia HD Collection. (00:43:48) New Super Lucky's Tale. (00:48:22) Bloodstained Switch patch 1/2. (00:54:31) The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening remake. (01:04:29) Super Mario Maker 2 finally gets Spike. (01:12:22) SNES Online. (01:26:04) Listener Mail - Nintendo Online as a paid service.

Dec 08, 2019•2 hr 23 min

Episode 650: Use Steroids, Kids

FEATURING: (00:03:12) New Business - Ring Fit Adventure. (00:39:05) Pokemon Sword and Shield. (00:41:34) Crypt of the Necrodancer. (00:51:22) Listener Mail - Expectations changing your experience with a game.

Dec 01, 2019•1 hr 51 min

Episode 649: French Poetry Slam

FEATURING: (00:03:56) New Business - Pokemon Sword and Shield. (00:28:17) The Outer Worlds. (00:44:10) Gui's Wii U Woes. (00:52:00) Yoshi's Cookie. (00:54:57) Milkmaid of the Milky Way. (01:02:56) Luigi's Mansion 3. (01:21:40) Shusse Ozumo. Mr Goemon. (01:37:32) Listener Mail - Nintendo's World of Goo. (01:50:19) Difficulty modes that change the game.

Nov 24, 2019•2 hr 34 min

Episode 648: Les Absents Ont Toujours Tort

FEATURING: (00:03:45) New Business - New Super Lucky's Tale. (00:12:52) The Jackbox Party Pack 6. (00:20:56) Luigi's Mansion 3. (00:29:45) Persona Q2. (00:52:55) Groove Coaster Wai Wai Party. (00:58:06) Wii U transfer. (01:04:22) Listener Mail - Franchise-specific expertise in reviewers. (01:27:46) Unconventional introductions to a genre. (01:43:12) Going back to older games feels refreshing.

Nov 17, 2019•2 hr 11 min

Episode 647: History is Columns

FEATURING: (00:01:12) New Business - Terry Bogard in Smash Bros. (00:54:18) Garou: Mark of the Wolves. (01:12:00) Kero Blaster. (01:18:27) Columns 2: The Voyage Through Time. (01:33:39) Tokyo Dark. (01:45:51) Listener Mail - Joe and Mac 2. (01:48:00) Samus Return direct sequel?

Nov 10, 2019•2 hr 48 min

Episode 646: The Twin Scourges of Montana

FEATURING: (00:01:37) New Business - Return of the Obra Dinn. (00:24:29) Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. (00:37:49) Jonny Turbo's Arcade Presents. (01:05:55) We play 20 questions. (01:18:32) The review game. (01:44:11) 20 more questions.

Nov 03, 2019•2 hr 14 min

Episode 645: But First, I Want to Talk About Burger Time

Oct 27, 2019•2 hr 18 min

Episode 644: HR Tiger Has 10 Years Experience

FEATURING: (00:03:51) New Business - Sonic Team Racing. (00:16:12) Crash Team Racing. (00:29:55) Resident Evil 4. (00:45:45) Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair. (01:00:47) Listener Mail - Playing as horrible animals. (01:13:43) Famicom Detective Club and localization. (01:19:41) Great maps. The best.

Oct 20, 2019•1 hr 56 min

Episode 643: My Son's Name is Turok

FEATURING: (00:06:35) New Business - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. (00:08:20) Portland arcades and bookstores. (00:32:16) Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair. (00:54:56) Mario Kart Tour. (01:16:00) Unravel Two. (01:35:15) Listener Mail - Video game names for kids? (01:56:15) Smash antagonism.

Oct 14, 2019•2 hr 34 min

Episode 642: The Fudge Factor

FEATURING: (00:02:12) New Business - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. (00:24:31) Dragon Quest XI S. (00:33:31) Chrono Trigger. (00:49:51) Ori and the Blind Forest Definitive Edition. (01:08:54) Listener Mail - Why is the online so bad? (01:27:36) Overpriced solutions. (01:45:07) Nintendo music coming to streaming services? (01:54:40) AlphaDream.

Oct 06, 2019•2 hr 22 min

Episode 641: Controversial Goose Takes

FEATURING: (00:03:44) Listener Mail - Untitled Goose Game. (00:27:39) What is a portable system. Pokemon. (00:43:23) Chasm. (01:02:27) The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. Astral Chain. (01:31:45) Listener Mail - Favorite 90s gaming memories. (02:00:14) Unfrozen Caveman Gamer from the year 2001.

Sep 29, 2019•2 hr 33 min

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