Episode 879: Frequently Discussing Showponies
FEATURING: (00:01:46) Horace, Google, AI, and James. A love story. (00:25:06) A leaker is investigated. (00:27:37) Leaking and Predicting the June 2024 Nintendo Direct
Jun 17, 2024•2 hr 4 min
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Episode 878: A Feature-Length Exploration of Yoot Saito's Odama
FEATURING: (00:03:09) Feature Topic: Gaming Media and Today. (01:58:51) NEW BUSINESS: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. (02:24:38) Mega Man Game Boy now on NSO. (02:29:08) Disneyland Adventures.
Jun 09, 2024•2 hr 56 min
Episode 877: THE RaDio FREE NINTENDO LEGEND
FEATURING: (00:10:09) New Business - The Duck Detective. (00:20:09) Chants of Sennar. (00:41:30) Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. (00:48:26) COLLECTION of SaGa FINAL FANTASY LEGEND. (01:13:27) Listener Mail - Broken by Iggy's Reckin' Balls.
Jun 02, 2024•1 hr 44 min
Episode 876: Jedi Knights in Pits Fighting Rancors
FEATURING: (00:01:30) New Business - For a Vast Future. Huntdown. (00:12:23) Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. (00:34:08) Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. (00:40:29) Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe. (01:00:35) News: Nintendo's Shiver acquisition. (01:36:15) Atari acquires Intellivision, doesn't invest in Amico. (01:48:13) Listener Mail - Invent a new Metroidvania evolutionary branch. (02:22:39) The answer is "black".
May 26, 2024•2 hr 33 min
Episode 875: We Put Tomonobu Itagaki in Charge of Nintendo Direct Production
FEATURING: (00:05:20) New Business: Animal Well. (00:23:25) New Nintendo Switch Online games. (00:34:01) Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. (00:41:19) Little Kitty, Big City. (00:57:25) For a Vast Future. (01:11:16) Listener Mail: Gee PlayStation! How Come Your Board Lets You Have Two CEOs?
May 20, 2024•2 hr 24 min
Episode 874: Announcement World Championships: Switch Edition
FEATURING: (00:01:34) The announcement of the future announcement of the Switch successor. (00:14:10) Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition. (00:32:16) New Business: Hades 2. (00:50:53) Lorelei and the Laser Eyes. (01:03:50) Promenade demo. (01:20:04) Extreme-G. Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe. (01:27:07) Final Fanstasy XIV. (01:42:15) Listener Mail: Video game and Movie industries ailed by the same profit-maximization-driven mediocrity. Coincidence?...
May 12, 2024•2 hr 46 min
Episode 873: Cobra is Rated R for Respectable
FEATURING: (00:00:00) Ocean. Cobra. Draft feelings. I don't even know... (00:31:37) New Business - Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog trailer. Yes, a trailer. (00:33:31) R-Type Final 3 Evolved, where Jon's New Business breaks James. (01:08:11) D for 3DO from Limited Run. (01:11:31) Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna ~ The Golden Country. (01:40:26) Dropsy, Crackdown, but mostly Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes.
May 05, 2024•2 hr 17 min
Episode 872: Pack Me Like One of Your Fabergé Girls
FEATURING: (00:00:00) Jon plays the "guess the NSO N64 release" game. (00:08:54) Final Fantasy XIV. (00:20:29) The Frog Detective. (00:26:16) Dropsy. (00:39:17) Crackdown. (00:51:20) Sagres. (00:53:43) Listener Mail - Become a cyborg, graft a controller onto your body. (01:03:02) Irresistible special editions. (01:19:00) How will Nintendo use AI in games? (01:26:38) "Syrenne sent something"
Apr 28, 2024•1 hr 49 min
Episode 871: My Hands and My Nose Are Clean
FEATURING: (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) Game Center CX Arino's Challenge 1 + 2 Replay. (01:37:44) The Fallout TV show.
Apr 21, 2024•2 hr
Episode 870: Bipedal Anuses Remastered
FEATURING: (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 and 3DS memories. (01:02:26) Analog triggers ARE available on Switch. Why not support them? (01:23:07) Felix the Cat and other old games that will never be re-released.
Apr 13, 2024•2 hr 10 min
Episode 869: What Part of Dr. Mario?
FEATURING: (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). (01:50:31) F-Zero Maximum Velocity. Retro Game Challenge 1 + 2 Replay. (02:10:54) FIFA 23. (02:26:35) Mortal Kombat 11. Dr. Mario 64.
Apr 07, 2024•2 hr 46 min
Episode 868: Disaster: Weeks of Crisis
FEATURING: (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 between now and Switch 2?
Mar 31, 2024•2 hr 29 min
Episode 867: Microsoft's Big-Dick Blender
FEATURING: (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. (02:04:48) Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen. (02:15:00) Splatoon 3 Side Order DLC and New Super Luigi U.
Mar 24, 2024•2 hr 36 min
Episode 866: Touch the Cenotaph
FEATURING: (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 off brand to re-release.
Mar 17, 2024•2 hr 28 min
Episode 865: I Would Download a Car
FEATURING: (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?
Mar 10, 2024•2 hr 28 min
Episode 864: We're Getting Roody-Sued!
FEATURING: (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 Archives Mystic Warriors. (01:13:56) Star Wars: Dark Forces. (01:36:14) Listener Mail - The AAAA BBBB CCCCs of the gaming industry....
Mar 02, 2024•2 hr 28 min
Episode 863: Jaws 5: This Time It's Professional
FEATURING: (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 LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time. Another Crab's Treasure. (00:34:54) Penny's Big Breakaway. Suika Game Multiplayer Mode DLC. Pepper Grinder. Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On! (00:44:29)...
Feb 24, 2024•2 hr 20 min
Episode 862: Tasting the Clown Ketchup
FEATURING: (00:00:58) New Business - Actraiser: 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 future. (01:16:58)Listener Mail - New entries in these series feel incoherent and non-definitive. (01:53:03) Playing a game while under the weather.
Feb 17, 2024•2 hr 20 min
Episode 861: Planet of the Apes - Kountry of the Kongs
FEATURING: (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, Grandma's soup tastes different today.
Feb 12, 2024•2 hr 17 min
Episode 860: My Nintendo Burner Phone
FEATURING: (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 1 and 2. (00:52:55) Our 2024 predictions.
Feb 04, 2024•2 hr 24 min
Episode 859: Switch U Marketing
FEATURING: (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. (01:49:55) Tekken 8 demo.
Jan 28, 2024•2 hr 8 min
Episode 858: DALL-E, Draw Anime Lea Thompson Holding a Rectangle Sword
FEATURING: (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 on the Xbox Developer Direct. (00:44:34) Listener Mail - Jonny demands we look at this AI art. (01:08:57) THe best/worst video game "elements" outside of Milla Jovovich. (01:30:29) Annoying Nintendo marketing phrases....
Jan 21, 2024•2 hr 13 min
Episode 857: A Mighty Craving for Microplastics
FEATURING: (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 - Backlog? What backlog? (01:17:14) Complexity confused for depth.
Jan 13, 2024•1 hr 59 min
Episode 856: We Are Not Calling the Game "Hitler's Resurrection: Top Secret", Stop Asking
FEATURING: (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!
Jan 06, 2024•2 hr 7 min
Episode 855: With the Power of the 7th Guest and Sewer Shark They Will Be Unstoppable
FEATURING: Ring in 2024 with Radio Free Nintendo's RetroActive of The 7th Guest.
Dec 29, 2023•1 hr 24 min
Episode 854: Keep Super Mario RPG Weird
FEATURING: The RFN crew reveals its top fives of 2023.
Dec 23, 2023•2 hr 2 min
Episode 853: Frisky Gui's Time to Shine
FEATURING: (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 - The worst update for a game.
Dec 16, 2023•2 hr 3 min
Episode 852: We Like Our Forum Beefs Medium Rare
FEATURING: (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?
Dec 10, 2023•1 hr 35 min
Episode 851: For Sale: Baby Hands, Never Worn and Gator-Skin Headwear
FEATURING: (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 Platinum Games? (02:00:38) New Zelda before 2030?
Dec 02, 2023•2 hr 18 min
Episode 850: My Name Is Samus WAHran
FEATURING: (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, s'il-vous-plait! (01:21:35) Switch 2, OLED at launch?
Nov 26, 2023•1 hr 51 min
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