Radio Free Nintendo
Radio Free Nintendo is Nintendo World Report's official weekly podcast. Every week, the NWR staff discuss everything Nintendo, from the latest releases to classic games. The show features lively conversations, reviews, and insights into the world of Nintendo. It has been a staple for Nintendo fans for many years.
Episodes
Episode 996: Intentionally Alienating Titles
FEATURING: (00:04:32) A look at our Episode 1000 plans.(00:16:36) New Business - Absolum.(00:19:09) Pragmata.(00:25:12) Onimusha: Way of the Sword.(00:35:10) Castlevania: Belmont's Curse.(00:40:21) Palworld.(00:44:58) Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.(00:52:46) Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave.(01:02:10) Listener Mail - Handhelds for Microsoft and Sony.(01:48:27) One change to defile a Nintendo franchise.
Episode 995: And the BAFTA for Best Writing Goes to: "Lactic Acid Can Eat a Dick"
FEATURING: (00:00:00) The Sly Stallone Segment Part Deux, with bonus Amiga talk.(00:20:46) New Business - Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave.(00:39:31) Word of Warcraft: Forever.(01:08:21) Castlevania: Belmont's Curse.(01:35:35) Star Fox.(02:10:43) Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.
Episode 994: I've Never Thought About the Sexuality Maturity of Yoshi, and I Regret It Now
FEATURING: (00:00:00) The Sly Stallone segment, brought to you by Rocky IV being on TV.(00:12:29) Listener Mail - Fondly remembered games that don't hold up.(00:54:23) The Japanese high school trope.(01:16:52) Adapt video games into TV shows (with some edge) for pre-schoolers.
Episode 993: I Would Never Attempt To Sell a Fudgie the Whale T-Shirt on TeePublic.com Under the Nom de Plume Food Daddy James
FEATURING: (00:06:15) New Business - Dariusburst Chronicle Saviours.(00:20:41) Two Point Museum.(00:38:39) Sonic Origins. Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.(00:49:33) Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven.(01:13:09) Listener Mail - Our use of AI for gaming.
Episode 992: One Day You'll See That It Was Truly the Legend of Zelda
FEATURING: (00:01:36) Two September 2026 Nintendo Directs! The Legend of Zelda movie.(00:08:43) Ocarina of Time remake.(00:48:06) Monster Hunter Wilds. Pikmin 4 + Dandori Academy. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Switch 2 version.(01:06:09) Metroid Ravenous. Kirby and the World Beyond.(01:22:59) Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition. Romancing SaGa 3: Destinies United. Eternal Anima.(01
Episode 991: F.L.U.D.D.'S Death Scene Was Lacking Gravitas
FEATURING: (00:04:36) New Business: Two Point Museum.(00:16:52) Wolfenstein 3D. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.(00:33:24) Poinpy. Sonic Origins.(00:50:06) Rhythm Heaven Groove. Pikmin 3 Deluxe. (01:14:39) Listener Mail - Add a gun, improve a game.(01:40:17) Game endings, good and bad.
Episode 990: The Sportsmate Had Bad Mouthfeel
FEATURING: (00:02:10) Switch 2 is about to get more expensive.(00:14:15) Listener Mail: Why not just make smaller games?(01:02:26) Launching early for success on Switch.(01:38:42) Nintendo and their soul.
Episode 989: Sonic Mania Is Tsundere Life
FEATURING: (00:04:36) Retroactive - Sonic Mania.
Episode 988: Monster Rancher Stole My Identity but I Got This Cool Kaiju
FEATURING: (00:00:52) New Business - Pokopia expansion pass.(00:26:58) Days Gone.(00:37:42) Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.(00:50:07) Virtual Boy headset novelty.(00:55:16) Splatoon Raiders.(00:59:01) Listener Mail - Dynasty Warriors (verb) a franchise.(01:25:01) Western devs are back! Do we care?
Episode 987: I Could Be Merging Things Right Now!
FEATURING: (00:07:24) New Business - LEGO Voyagers.(00:17:26) Denshattack!(00:28:14) Pokopia expansion pass.(00:45:52) Days Gone.(00:59:04) Merge Mansion (what's the opposite of an intervention?).(01:18:21) Splatoon Raiders.(01:23:50) Housekeeping.
Episode 986: Give Us Willem Dafoe
FEATURING: (00:02:18) New Business - Splatoon Raiders.(00:21:00) Milano's Odd Job Collection.(00:32:47) Modern pinball games show Larry what happens.(00:47:22) Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. The Order of Giants DLC.(00:54:26) Halo: Campaign Evolved.(01:02:49) Listener Mail - Make it even 2D-er.(01:29:51) Living voice chameleon Willem Dafoe is all you need.(01:43:56) More languages: an underra
Episode 985: Really, Square-Enix? Still No Upgrade Path For Various Daylife!?
FEATURING: (00:02:15) New Business - Splatoon Raiders.(00:18:19) Goemon Collection.(00:21:29) Mario Tennis Fever.(00:29:56) Absolum.(00:38:00) Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Halo: Campaign Evolved.(00:58:30) Listener Mail - The next giant leap in gaming?(01:26:40) Square-Enix's confounding upgrade path strategy.(01:48:50) The Switch 2 upgrades we crave.
Episode 984: Iconic Ball Action
FEATURING: (00:02:59) Listener Mail - How to approach Sonic Mania.(00:12:37) Signal over ceremony.
Episode 983: Get Back at Your First Responders With Swipe Fees
FEATURING: (00:07:39) New Public Service Announcements - New Mario Kart World Knockout Tours. Mario Kart Tour sunsets on mobile. Send your Switch in for repairs while you can.(00:17:31) Star Fox (2026).(00:33:41) New Business - Rhythm Heaven Groove.(00:55:11) Heavy Machinery vs Shumai.(01:03:52) Listener Mail - What N64 games should have been on PlayStation?(01:33:06) We have to talk about your cr
Episode 982: All We Wanted Was to Pull a Sword Out of a Man's Forehead
FEATURING: (00:05:51) New Business - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.(00:26:23) Gui's new headset, please forgive the sound quality. Absolum.(00:33:45) Rhythm Heaven Groove.(00:52:41) Star Fox (2026).(01:32:28) Listener Mail - An attention-starved hack still wants to beat you up.(01:39:34) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake concerns.
Episode 981: We're So Winback Direct
FEATURING: (00:00:58) New Business - Rhythm Heaven Groove demo.(00:22:05) Super Scram Kitty.(00:31:37) Wolffang Skullfang Saturn Tribute Boosted.(00:48:19) The Last Salvage Squad.(00:55:21) Star Fox (2026).(01:29:50) Send your Retroactive ideas.(01:36:40) Listener Mail - Does the Neo Geo spark joy?
Episode 980: The Amazing Digital Blockchain
FEATURING: (00:01:05) New Business - Pokemon Champions.(00:19:34) Destiny 2, its end and DLC The Final Shape. Digressions on the blockchain.(00:40:12) Piku Niku.(00:45:36) The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy. Lorelei and the Laser Eyes.(01:00:37) Beatdown City Survivors.(01:12:35) Mina the Hollower. Shadow Labyrinth. Metroid: Other M.(01:23:29) Super Scram Kitty.
Episode 979: We All Struggle Under the Giant Thumb of Sportsmate
FEATURING: June 9th 2026 Nintendo Direct, in order. (00:02:30) Rhythm Heaven Groove. Capcom bloc. Big Walk.(00:21:30) Kairosoft.(00:29:06) Pokopia. Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave. DK Challenge.(00:54:26) Jujutsu Kaisen Rumble: Survivaton. Cozy Darksoulslikes. Muramasa: Revenant Blades.(01:04:39) So much Xenoblade.(01:40:49) Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World. Kingdom Hearts 4.(01:50:11) The L
Episode 978: Cotton Is Coming!
FEATURING: (00:03:40) New Business - Saros. Outlast.(00:09:27) eFootball.(00:21:53) Pokopia.(00:42:12) The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy. Panorama Cotton.(00:58:35) James on Mina the Hollower.(01:41:51) Greg on Mina the Hollower. Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.(01:58:08) Listener Mail kinda - When the Red Arremer underwhelmed.
Episode 977: The Pictonico! Pact
FEATURING: (00:02:51) New Business - Table Flip Simulator.(00:12:44) Pictonico!.(00:27:45) Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival.(00:42:11) Forza Horizon 6.(00:59:57) The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy.(01:04:34) Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.(01:39:56) Listener Mail - Bosses who join the party.
Episode 976: I'm Just Going to Choose to Not Engage with How I Taste
FEATURING: (00:02:03) Listener Mail - The state of "modern" light gun games (2007-2015, really).(00:27:52) Pacing issues.(00:52:02) Is is easier to imagine a rerelease for Chrono Trigger than an end to Fire Emblem Heroes.(01:08:17) What future do we see for the console market?(01:52:24) Strangest things that we've experienced as part of RFN.(01:58:45) mlem (what if Yoshi ate us).
Episode 975: Charles Bronson's Ragebound
FEATURING: (00:09:11) News - A Long-Expected Price Increase.(00:35:08) Tezuka retires. Results and shareholder questions.(01:15:11) New Business - The Switch N64 controller. Sin and Punishment.(01:32:55) Star Fox 64. The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy.(01:45:09) Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound.
Episode 974: When I was Getting Scraped for Horace Showpony, I Wasn't Getting Paid
FEATURING: (00:00:31) News - Atari be bussin'.(00:15:25) Xbox be flailin'.(00:27:27) Starfox be loopin'.(01:24:22) Listener Mail - Pokemon strategies and where to find them.(01:32:43) Enough with remakes, time for demakes. And more remakes.
Episode 973: Progress is Being Made on Multiple Fronts
FEATURING: (00:01:28) New Business - Pragmata.(00:54:22) Guillaume's trip in Japan.(01:44:31) Saros.(01:48:15) Retro Bowl.(01:53:19) Pokopia.Playing Pokemon Sword with Claude riding shotgun.
Episode 972: Jean Ubisoft's Business Travels
FEATURING: Syrenne joins the two greatest sages in business, the enlighted duo and J and J DreamFactory, to talk about the state of the industry, the attention economy, and just how much of a mess everything is. At some point we also talk about meme games. No timecodes this week because the entire episode is unstructured.
Episode 971: Professor E. Gadd's Mean Bean Machine
FEATURING: (00:02:04) A silly game about Nintendo characters: James and Groose, together at last.(00:29:59) Jon and E. Gadd and some coffee.(00:43:08) Greg and General Pepper: ruthless accounting.(00:59:03) Listener Mail: A silly game about being stranded on an island with Nintendo characters.(01:34:03) Industry stories we would love to read about.
Episode 970: Chekhov's Goat
FEATURING: (00:05:15) New Business - ChainStaff.(00:17:15) CrossCode.(00:23:56) RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike.(00:33:28) Mario Kart World.(00:44:43) The Super Mario Galaxy Movie(01:18:46) Super Mario Bros. Wonder + Meetup in Bellabel Park.(01:23:08) Resident Evil Requiem(02:00:41) Rumors not to be believed.
Episode 969: Plato's Allegory of the Electro-Thermostatic Refrigerator
FEATURING: (00:01:33) News - The End of Price Parity.(00:39:53) News - Popcorn Scams.(00:49:34) New Business - Getting Nintendo Museum tickets.(01:03:45) The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream demo.(01:13:09) Super Mario Bros. Wonder + Meetup in Bellabel Park.(01:29:32) Pokémon Pokopia.
Episode 968: Now Not Offensively Poor!
FEATURING: (00:01:45) New Business - Handheld Boost Mode.(01:09:05) The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy.(01:27:34) FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE.(01:50:32) Pokemon Pokopia.
Episode 967: Charmander Is Smuggling Bricks
FEATURING: (00:10:00) New Business - Pokemon Pokopia.(00:45:43) Indika.(00:59:23) Minishoot' Adventures.(01:11:10) Returnal. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered Deluxe Edition. (01:29:11) Resident Evil Requiem. Mario Tennis Fever.(01:52:51) Listener Mail - Our mission: reinvigorate amiibo.
Episode 966: Increase Your Sneak with This One Weird Trick
FEATURING: (00:07:17) Listener Mail - The Pokemon TCG supply problem.(00:50:06) The Cutting Room Genie writes in.(01:26:24) News - Pokemon Presents.(01:35:20) New Business - Denshattack! demo. Indie World.(01:45:47) FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE. Resident Evil Requiem.(01:58:46) Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered Deluxe Edition.(02:15:18) Blippo+.
Episode 965: LEGO Voyeurs
FEATURING: (00:02:23) What were our Top Fives of last year, again?(00:10:47) Our Top Five-to-two of 2025.(01:40:03) Honorable mentions.(01:50:04) Discover our four Top one games of twenty-twenty-five.
Episode 964: It's Bokoblin Time
FEATURING: (00:01:13) Intro - Xenoblade Fans React to Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition. (00:22:51) Hello, Mario. (00:30:21)CSA, AKA ACA for consoles.(00:38:44) New Business - FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE. (00:54:33) The Virtual Boy for NSO. (01:06:14) The Mansion of Innsmouth. (01:21:33) Aside: The Morbius Situation. (01:35:42) The Hundred Line: Last De
Episode 963: Bending Time and Space to Market Donkey Konga
FEATURING: (00:01:42) New Business - Animal Crossing: New Horizon DLC. (00:11:55) Pragmata demo. (00:30:44) The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy. (00:51:39) Battle Axe. (00:59:09) FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE. (01:09:54) The Virtual Boy shell has shipped. (01:18:10) Listener Mail - Overproduce your own Direct. (01:56:36) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots coming to a Switch 2 near y
Episode 962: Flat Earther: Y/N?
FEATURING: Follow along as we tackle every game in the Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase 2.5.2026 in order! (00:00:50) Orbitals. (00:10:45) Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse. Captain Tsubasa: World Fighters. (00:20:20) Tokyo Scramble. Valheim. eFootball Kick-Off! (00:52:07) The Adventures of Elliott: The Millenium Tales. Super Bomberman Collection. Goemon Collection. (01:02:58) Final Fantasy VII
Episode 961: Only Games With the Cultural Cachet of Quest for Camelot May Apply
FEATURING: (00:01:14) Listener Mail - Hall of Fame-worthy games that came out of nowhere.(00:57:09) Egregious NSO omissions.(01:49:42) We acknowledge that the Super Mario Galaxy movie and Tomodachi Life Nintendo Directs happened.
Episode 960: Thunderstruck for Some Striped Bass
FEATURING: (08:53) New Business - Donkey Kong Bananza Emerald Rush.(00:16:59) Talking Flower and LTTP Super Mario Bros Wonder amiibos.(00:28:06) Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade demo.(00:36:09) Elechead.(00:42:46) Stray Children.(00:55:50) Yars: Recharged.(01:04:09) Listener Mail - Schrodinger's Switch 2 ports keeping us away from the backlog?(01:39:11) Fishing minigames.
Episode 959: Clip and Clop Are the New Horace
FEATURING: (00:04:17) New Business - Atari 50 Namco DLC.(00:27:54) Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.(01:14:18) Is This Seat Taken?(01:26:44) Once Upon a Katamari.(01:53:08) BALLxPIT.(02:00:43) Marvel Cosmic Invasion.(02:05:36) Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment.(02:11:25) Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.
Episode 958: You Got to Take It Back to the 1400s Sometimes
FEATURING: (00:00:00) Our RetroActive on Soulcalibur II.(00:05:22) What even is Soulcalibur?(00:14:43) Why is Soulcalibur II important to Nintendo history?(00:22:42) Nintendo licensing their characters.(00:30:00) Our time with the game.(00:36:13) Controls, Characters, and Weapon Master Mode.(01:05:08) The complex nature of the moveset.(01:24:59) Where is the Soul Calibur in Soulcalibur? Could they
Episode 957: Killed by Jabba's Smart Doorbell
FEATURING: (00:04:06) Listener Mail - A Youtube Grifter's Christmas Carol.(00:34:27) The Outfoxies, Arcade Archives celebrate 500 titles.(00:41:16) Indiana Jones is my Ty the Tasmania Tiger.(01:25:18) New Business - Absolum.(01:34:25) Wario World as a surprise NSO release.(01:37:49) Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.(01:43:22) The Xbox fridge has been replaced.
Episode 956: Every Day is Nintendo Today
FEATURING: (00:07:28) New Business - The NSO Expansion Pack. Wario World.(00:33:41) "Jon, how many Tak games do you think there are?".(00:51:03) Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.(01:36:17) The Game Awards newsbrief.(01:39:50) Listener Mail - Change one thing in history to prevent Nintendo's totalitarian power grab.
Episode 955: A Metroid? I'm Seventeen Years Old and What is This?
FEATURING: (00:06:04) New Business - Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.(01:05:32) Kirby Air Riders.(01:18:03) Ninja Gaiden 2 on NSO.(01:20:36) Absolum.(01:53:13) Black Friday deal on a Switch 2 memory card.
Episode 954: Thangsgiving
FEATURING: (00:01:34) New Business - Ball x Pit. Cadash.(00:16:33) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.(00:27:09) Disappointing Black Friday deals.(00:31:01) Kirby Air Riders.(00:53:03) Hyrule Warriors - Age of Imprisonment.(01:07:23) Gameshare. Donkey Kong Bananza DLC challenges.(01:17:39) The next Retroactive.(01:27:46) Another Jon Lindemann quiz.
Episode 953: Get a Grip, Game Journalists
FEATURING: (00:08:37) New Business - Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment.(00:35:09) Where's the Octopus, Bases Loaded, and other eShop gems and Jaleco classics.(00:45:24) Listener Mail - Protect a kid from his mistakes or have them learn from it?(01:16:23) Miles Mackenzie Metroid Meltdown.(01:45:44) Where are the exclusives? Where is the second screen?
Episode 952: My Name Used To Be on the Masthead, James
FEATURING: (00:14:06) Listener Mail - A collection that's "us".(00:47:33) Demakes or downgraded ports better than the real thing.(01:05:48) The best side minigames.(01:19:44) New Business - Kirby Air Riders: Global Test Ride.(01:41:47) Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment.(01:53:51) Donkey Kong Bananza.(02:13:20) Taito Milestones 3: Warrior Blade, Dead Connection, Bubble Bobble.
Episode 951: Unleashing Tingle Upon Hyrule
FEATURING: (00:02:02) New Business - Pokemon Legends: Z-A.(00:14:39) Donkey Kong Bananza.(00:21:22) Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island and Emerald Rush.(00:44:38) Arcade Archives GROWL.(00:50:38) Luigi's Mansion.(00:59:31) PlayStation Portal Remote Player for PS5 console.(01:14:46) Listener Mail - Ways we've ruined games for ourselves.(01:46:08) Tomonobu Itagaki's legacy.
Episode 950: Nice Quality of Life for the Sickos
FEATURING: (00:04:29) Listener Mail - "EA acquisition" used to mean something else.(01:04:51) How to make Metroid popular.(01:46:48) Animal Crossing gets an update.(02:00:22) Resident Evil 9 junk.
Episode 949: Ponder the Gummies
FEATURING: (00:02:33) New Business - Pokemon Legends: Z-A.(01:19:14) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.(01:42:41) Clair Obscur spoiler starts.(01:43:22) Clair Obscur spoiler ends.(01:49:57) Ghost of Yotei.(01:59:26) Spooky Express, Dispatch, and the state of the games industry.
Episode 948: The Reluctant Messiah of Albuquerque
FEATURING: (00:02:58) New Business - Pokemon Legends: Z-A.(00:31:14) Super Mario Galaxy 2.(00:43:51) Super Mario 64.(00:49:23) South of Midnight.(00:55:37) Atari 50: The First Console War DLC.(01:22:53) NES emulation and playing the CPU against itself.(01:36:08) Jon reads out loud his descriptions of James' TSI art.
Episode 947: It's Open Season On Jonny-L
FEATURING: (00:01:15) Listener Mail: Close to Who?(00:32:57) Nintendo VS. System, why?(00:42:30) Slow cruise through a game.(01:24:25) New Business - Finishing Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island and Emerald Rush.(01:26:16) Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment.(01:29:01) Super Mario 64 on the NSO.(01:40:21) King Kong: The Movie: The Game(01:45:52) Mario and Wario(01:52:22) Su
Episode 946: JVCD's Ass and the Pink Symbiote
FEATURING: (00:08:16) New Business - eShop deals!(00:14:33) Mario Kart World update.(00:30:28) Everybody's Golf Hot Shots. Raiden NOVA.(00:48:24) Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World.(00:55:31) Pepper Grinder update. PowerA case and screen protector.(01:04:30) Listener Mail - Memorable credits.(01:31:35) James Jones, fake Virtual Boy fan?(01:57:27) Can anyo
Episode 945: Release the 64DD Shell!
FEATURING: (00:01:48) New Business - Fire Emblem Shadows.(00:19:30) EA SPorts FC 26.(00:29:57) PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs.(00:37:29) Pepper Grinder.(00:43:44) Klonoa: Empire of Dreams and Mr. Driller 2. Earthion.(01:06:11) Nintendo of America has a new prez.(01:16:07) Digressions on flying, "The Cheese Incident".(01:27:33) Listener Mail - The 64DD.
Episode 944: WristPass - A Discreet Way to StreetPass
FEATURING: (00:02:40) Nintendo's takes on the last Nintendo Direct.(00:40:36) Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island and Emerald Rush.(01:04:15) SEGA Ages Shinobi. Revenge of Shinobi.(01:12:16) Crypt Custodian.(01:25:30) Listener Mail - If this is what they're releasing, imagine the merch they scrapped!(02:03:26) What would we do with our time if it weren't for video games?
Episode 943: I'm Seeing Double Here, Four Virtual Boys!
FEATURING: Three solid hours talking about the September 12th Nintendo Direct.
Episode 942: We Can't Make the Ghost Ship Poster Any Clearer
FEATURING: (00:05:00) Listener Mail - Games to introduce non-gamers to games.(00:25:43) Aging affecting our game-playing.(00:44:56) Radio Free Xenoblade.(00:52:29) What's so hard about attaining mascot dominance?(01:18:39) New Business - Shinobi: Art of Vengeance. Silksong is brought up.(01:53:24) Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World. Chibi-Robo!
Episode 941: Consider Deleting the Last Five Minutes
FEATURING: The entire cast is here! (00:01:27) Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World.(00:17:42) eShop Update: What the hell is a SCRAMBLED EGG.(00:24:39) UFO 50.(00:40:00) Gauntlet Legends.(00:56:54) Jay and Silent Bob: Mall Brawl.(01:03:24) Space Adventure Cobra - The Awakening demo.(01:06:59) Gears of War: Reloaded.(01:25:28) Swedish Erotica.(01:31:18) Cor
Episode 940: Zoom In on Showpony's Groin
FEATURING: Jonny is here this week! (00:01:55) 10 years of James as host.(00:13:15) The 90s are back? Not like this.(00:16:51) Kirby Air Riders Direct.(01:00:48) Putting Sakurai to work.(01:28:38) NWR Site history.(01:43:44) Update on the NWR book.(02:05:22) MORE NWR Site history.(02:25:53) New Business: Marvel Snap.
Episode 939: Cranky's Forbidden Rant
FEATURING: It's the Donkey Kong Bananza 100%ers Spoilercast! (00:01:48) Spoiler disclaimer.(00:02:43) Character builds, in a DK game?(00:10:35) The Layers, and what makes them special.(00:37:04) Pauline: Style Icon.(00:46:07) Fixing Rare's mistakes, and making new bosses to reuse.(00:54:03) The final boss, endgame, and wrap-up.
Episode 938: Hey. How's it Poppin'?
FEATURING: It's the Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Spoilercast! (00:01:04) Spoiler disclaimer.(00:08:25) What's so Definitive about it?(00:35:38) New Characters and non-Chapter 13 new content.(00:46:58) Mia (who is new to us).(00:56:04) Neilnail - Celica's Big Sister.(01:01:42) Liesel and Ga Jiarg - skell tutorial and little kitty, big city.(01:06:09) Al - your friend and mine!(01:15:4
Episode 937: I'm Worried About Razor's Reading Progress
FEATURING: (00:13:14) August 7 Indie World Showcase: UFO 50, Is This Seat Taken?, Mina the Hollower, BALL x PIT, Glacered, Herdling, Caves of Qud.(00:39:23) My Mario, Mario for babies.(00:47:27) Donkey Kong Bananza and Unfriended.(01:12:41) New Business: Pampas & Selene.(01:31:14) Listener Mail - Video game names, also for babies.
Episode 936: Jon Lindemann - In the Fire
FEATURING: (00:03:22) July 31st Partner Direct. Chillin' by the Fire. Monster Hunter Stories 3. Madden. Apex.(00:22:34) Yakuza Kiwami 2. Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac. Once Upon a Katamari. Romancing Saga 2.(00:32:05) SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance. "Ninjas. They're back!". Square Enix. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment.(00:50:54) Game key cards.(01:18:40) Listener Mail - Tipping culture gone wild?(01:39:4
Episode 935: Gearing Up to Rotate Masses of Vertices at Incredible Speeds
FEATURING: (00:02:17) New Business - Donkey Kong Bananza.(00:57:39) Mario Kart World. Balatro. Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster.(01:09:12) Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story.(01:41:59) Gaiares.(01:52:11) The sudden death of the Movies and TV store on Xbox.
Episode 934: Nintendo is Not Serious
FEATURING: (00:03:07) New Business - Donkey Kong Bananza.(00:56:07) The Callisto Protocol.(01:14:25) Listener Mail - Retroactive achievements quiz.(01:35:32) Nintendo now actively hostile to timeline sickos.
Episode 933: Scatman Kong
FEATURING: (00:01:09) Arcade Archives Super Dimension Fortress MACROSS II, Missile Command Delta.(00:12:45) Listener Mail - Turn Xenoblade into an exercise game.(00:55:16) Apes flinging... something.(01:20:20) Where did we find games and reviews in the 90s?
Episode 932: The Title is NOT "Getting Glazed by Toadsworth"
FEATURING: (00:10:03) New Business - Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time.(00:16:16) Arcade Archives2 AIR COMBAT 22.(00:31:56) Mario Kart World.(00:57:25) Unsuccessful attempt to daisy-chain Switch docks. Hiding your shameful downloads.(01:05:44) Balatro.(01:21:05) Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.(01:31:57) Mario Smash Football/Super Mario Strikers on NSO.
Episode 931: F-Zero GuiX
FEATURING: (00:01:23) Mario Strikers released as NSO Nintendo Classic.(00:06:22) Listener Mail - GameStop's ears must be buzzing right now.(00:24:07) Switch 2 editions we wish for.(01:01:08) Forget getting good at F-Zero GX, how do you even play this game?(01:23:15) Nintendo making retro games?(01:40:15) Make Super Princess Peach a success in the West in 2025.
Episode 930: GameStop Counterintelligence Department
FEATURING: (00:02:47) Donkey Kong Bananza Direct.(00:44:05) New Business - Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time.(01:04:29) The trading-in of consoles at GameStop experience.(01:29:10) Roaming freely in Mario Kart World. F-Zero GX.(01:35:36) GameChat, the Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller, more Mario Kart World.(01:59:48) Listener Mail - We choose our Mario Kart World sponsor.
Episode 929: James Jones - Neanderthal Art Critic
FEATURING: (00:00:00) New Business: Mario Kart World.(00:32:22) HDR, Zelda, Smash Bros bug... just "a menagerie of dumb BS".(01:14:45) F-Zero GX.(01:29:43) Valfaris.(01:49:08) Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time.
Episode 928: Ultra-Italian Luigi
FEATURING: (00:00:00) Initial Nintendo Switch 2 impressions.(00:11:33) Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour.(00:59:33) Mario Kart World.(02:06:23) GameCube games on NSO. NES Bionic Commando in Street Fighter 6. Posting videos and screenshots is convenient again.
Episode 927: Richard Bachman's Nemesis
FEATURING: (00:04:32) New Business - Switch 2 features talk. Etrian Odyssey III HD.(00:27:44) South of Midnight.(00:43:28) Gradius: The Interstellar Assault. Trip World DX.(00:59:44) The Sword of Hope.(01:09:15) Gradius again. Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.(01:16:26) Listener Mail - What is it about the Switch 2 that are we most excited for?(01:40:09) Unimpressed by the specs.(02:01:1
Unlocked Episode 16: Tube-Focused Design
FEATURING: An unlocked episode from the NWR Patreon: It's time for our September RFN Patreon episode, and it is Round 3 of "Name that Review." Guillaume is now quoting PGC Reviews from 2003, and challenging his co-hosts to guess the game. Someone squeezed a Denis Dyack quote in where it absolutely does not belong, and James is incensed.
Episode 926: BMX XXX Spiritual Cleanse
FEATURING: (00:04:41) New Business - Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.(00:16:22) Castlevania: Circle of the Moon.(00:22:19) Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.(00:44:23) Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster.(00:56:27) Listener Mail - Cleaner is Better.(01:17:46) Best Nintendo one-and-dones.
Episode 925: DK Order 66
FEATURING: (00:02:44) Listener Mail - Nintendo dropping hints about Fire Emblem?(00:13:07) Are we getting Super Smash Bros Melee at last?(01:02:13) F-Zero: are we So Back? What part of Yoko Shimomura's oeuvre stands above the rest?(01:36:58) Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.(01:41:19) Rift of the Necrodancer.(01:44:02) Star Wars: Bounty Hunter Remaster.(01:55:29) Star Wars: Episode I: Je
Episode 924: It's the Dumb Shit Era
FEATURING: (00:02:05) Nintendo Switch 2 online preorder chaos.(00:51:02) Listener Mail - What's with the key cards?(01:06:27) Should I upgrade the XCX copy I've never played? A James Jones New Business.(01:26:11) New Business - The Gunk.(01:36:36) Castlevania: Circle of the Moon.
Episode 923: RFN World: Podcast Boys IV (The Sequel to RFN World II)
FEATURING: (00:00:00) Retroactive - Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap.(01:36:32) Mario Kart World Direct discussion.
Episode 922: Monkey Mouthful Mode
FEATURING: (00:00:31) New Business - eShop icon hiccups.(00:07:26) Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.(00:48:11) Xenoblade, continued.(01:10:21) Final Fantasy V.(01:17:08) The Playdate, the handheld with the crank.(01:31:41) We Have to Talk about Tariffs.(02:17:07) Listener Mail - The Monkey Ball Question.
Episode 921: She's Just a Regular Fish Bone With a Stupid Cheap Hat
FEATURING: Nintendo Switch 2 Direct. We talk the hardware, Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, Switch 2 Editions, pricing, and more.
Episode 920: RFN Today Brings the Podcast Directly to You
FEATURING: (00:00:00) March 26th 2025 Nintendo Direct. SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered.(00:11:04) No Sleep For Kaname Date - From AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES. Patapon 1 + 2 Replay.(00:20:39) Shadow Labyrinth.(00:25:18) Tomodachi Life - Living the Dream.(00:41:26) Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. Gradius ORIGINS.(01:12:46) Rhythm Heaven Grooves.(01:27:54) Virtual game cards.
Episode 919: Your Number 5 Podcast for 16-bit Koei Games According to Robots
FEATURING: (00:01:14) The smattering of Koei 16-bit strategy games that's coming out for some reason.(00:21:04) Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.(01:05:54) Monster Hunter Wilds.(01:16:57) Super Smash Bros Ultimate. A trip down RFN memory lane.(01:40:24) Listener Mail - Switch 2 Year One predictions.
Episode 918: Ask Yourself, "Am I Writing a Manifesto Right Now?"
FEATURING: (00:02:04) Listener Mail - The UNOFFICIAL Xenoblade Chronicles X review guide.(00:40:32) So good you don't notice it.(01:03:50) Is it just me or has the Nintendo Music app gotten real good lately?(01:34:20) New Business - Ninja Five-O/Ninja Cop.
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