Radio Free Nintendo
1,036 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 382 ratingsRadio 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 421: Eat That Frog
March 16, 2015 02:00 - 2 hours - 57.8 MBFEATURING: New Business: Proun+, Axiom Verge, Persona Q, Ori and the Blind Forest, Mario vs Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars, and Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. Listener Mail: What's to become of Wario, Procrastination, and New Destiny Warriors fan.
Episode 420: Professor of Printed Pieces of Paper
March 08, 2015 16:00 - 2 hours - 65.9 MBFEATURING: New Business: Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords - Anniversary Edition, Soul Nomad (PS2), TV buying, Titan Attacks! and Ironfall. Retroactive: Pokemon - The Trading Card Game
Episode 419: Lincoln Loggo
March 02, 2015 01:00 - 2 hours - 68.8 MBFEATURING: New Business: Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, ICO, Shadow of the Colossus, and StarFox 64 3D. Listener Mail: 100%ing games, Who Loves Donkey Kong the Most?, Lincoln: Nintendo's newest character.
Episode 418: By the Throat
February 23, 2015 03:00 - 2 hours - 101 MBFEATURING: Please welcome back Josh Hillyer, who subs for Jon this week! New Business: New 3DS XL, Majora 3D, StreetPass, Pokemon Shuffle, and Siesta Fiesta! Listener Mail: Nostalgia, DSiWare, and Nintendo's awful brand names!
Episode 417: Anything But Sonic
February 15, 2015 22:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBFEATURING: TYP subs for Jon this week! New Business: Guacamelee, Blek, Moon Chronicles, Deception IV, Pokemon Y, Ittle Dew. Plus bonus DICE impressions! Listener Mail: SNES and GBA VC on the New 3DS, APEX, and New to Smash.
Episode 416: ExciteClaus
February 08, 2015 20:00 - 1 hour - 47.8 MBFEATURING: New Business: Gunman Clive 2, Mario Kart 8, Nintendo Land, Code Name S.T.E.A.M., Wario Land 3, Mighty Final Fight and Metroid Prime Trilogy. Listener Mail: Our Club Nintendo picks, where we get our gaming news, and thoughts on Splatoon multiplayer.
Episode 415: Boring Victory Lap
February 01, 2015 20:00 - 1 hour - 52.2 MBFEATURING: Back to normal this week. New Business covers Bayonetta 2, Atelier Escha & Logy, Persona Q, Super Smash Bros for Wii U, 3D After Burner II and Resident Evil. In a short Listener Mail, we discuss the closing of Club Nintendo, and share how gaming has helped us cope in tough times.
Episode 414: Glitter Glory
January 25, 2015 19:00 - 2 hours - 64.2 MBFEATURING: We make'em, you love'em: it's our annual predictions feature, with special guest Chris Kohler of Wired's Game Life! But first, New Business: Monster Hunter 4 demo, Chariot, Captain Toad, and Persona Q!
Episode 413: Strip Club Regulars
January 19, 2015 01:00 - 2 hours - 78.2 MBFEATURING: It's a real packed episode this week, as it's time for our annual Top 5 Games of the Year! But first, we discuss the 01-14-2015 Nintendo Direct!
Episode 412: The Pink Bros
January 12, 2015 01:00 - 1 hour - 54.8 MBFEATURING: It's an all New Business episode for James, Jon, Jonny and Guillaume! Listen to us talk about, amongst other games: Bionic Commando: Elite Forces, Sportsball, Atelier Escha & Logy, Bayonetta, Jon's conundrum, Captain Toad, Shantae: Pirate's Curse and Super Smash Bros.
Episode 411: Turduckenlanders
January 05, 2015 04:59 - 1 hour - 37.9 MBFEATURING: Hope you enjoy Listener Mail, because this is a special emails-only holiday episode with James, Jonny, and special guest Alex Culafi! Topics include winter gaming, Mario Maker, the Brazilian eShop workaround, and amiibo sports!
Episode 410: amiibarf
December 21, 2014 22:00 - 2 hours - 60.6 MBFEATURING: Phoenix Wright Trilogy, Donkey Kong: King of Swing, Tyrian 2000, Bayonetta 2, Xeodrifter, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. Listener Mail: Amiibo distribution fiasco, the animated Mario movie, possible exclusives to push the New 3DS launch, and a very special Smash Bros. online match.
Episode 409: Treedodgers
December 14, 2014 23:00 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBFEATURING: The New Business this week: Reactions on the new Zelda Wii U footage and the soulless video game awards show it came packaged in, Xeodrifter, Puppeteer, Shapes of Gray, Mario Kart 8 and the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy. After the break: One year later, we revisit our prognostic on the Wii U.
Episode 408: A Really Nice Guy
December 08, 2014 04:59 - 2 hours - 62 MBFEATURING: Lots of Japanese games this week in New Business! Listener Mail examines GameCube adapters, trends in popular genres, and something called Nintenbaiting!
Episode 407: Guillaume & Watch
December 01, 2014 01:07 - 1 hour - 40.1 MBFEATURING: We played Smash online, TOGETHER! Come listen to us play (or head over to NWR TV on YouTube to watch for yourself)! BONUS: Podcast-exclusive, anti-Putin, saber-rattling segment from James Jones!
Episode 406: Wrasslevania
November 23, 2014 22:30 - 2 hours - 63.1 MBFEATURING: One last crop of New Business before Smash Bros. takes over our lives and the show! Highlights include Pokemon: The Trading Card Game, Call of Dragon Age, World of Warcraft (really), and Tengami! Listener Mail returns with your questions about Super Mario Bros. 2, the future of Castlevania, the language of interactivity, and a Majora's Mask 3D lightning round!
Episode 405: Quality of Fantasy Life
November 16, 2014 17:50 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBFEATURING: It's an all-New_Business episode this week! We discuss the Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack 1, Hyrule Warriors, The Binding of Isaac, Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones, Fantasy Life, Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Kirby Triple Deluxe.
NWR 5th Annual Charity Telethon - Part 3
November 15, 2014 04:59 - 3 hours - 85.5 MBFEATURING: We had another great telethon for Child's Play, and you can still donate at our website (through November 15, 2014)! The Famicast is live from Japan with special guests John Ricciardi and J.J. Epperson from 8-4 Play! Shenanigans brings in Karl for the first time all day, as he leads the returning RFN gang and a very special guest caller! Box Office Poison is back this year as Karl, Stan, Jonny, and Ty somehow fill an hour on the terrible Wing Commander movie!
NWR 5th Annual Charity Telethon - Part 2
November 11, 2014 21:40 - 2 hours - 82.4 MBFEATURING: We had another great telethon for Child's Play, and you can still donate at our website! Radio Trivia Live returns with more awesome video game music! Ten-year retrospective on Nintendo DS with special guest Chris Johnston! Kickstarter games are under the spotlight with Nintendo Free Radio and special guest Robert Boyd!
NWR 5th Annual Charity Telethon - Part 1
November 10, 2014 04:55 - 4 hours - 116 MBFEATURING: We had another great telethon for Child's Play, and you can still donate at our website! RFN gets it started with a live edition of Listener Mail, then a surprise-filled roundtable on our Top Five Personal Games Ever! Connectivity is up next with everyone's favorite game show, Who Wants to Be a Nintendoaire? Learn about the shadiest era in bootleg video games with Jon and James in... Unlicensed to Drive!
Episode 404: Reign of Firebrand
November 02, 2014 19:00 - 2 hours - 69.1 MBFEATURING: Karl Castaneda joins us for a five man podcast this week! New Business features Woah Dave!, Shadow of Mordor, Fantasy Life, Lair, Bayonetta, Super Little Acorns Turbo, Gargoyle's Quest 2 and Demon's Crest! In the second segment, Guillaume gives his impressions of Super Smash Bros for Wii U, Captain Toad, and Sonic Boom (from an event held by Nintendo of Canada, then James explains Nintendo's Quality of Life platform, and finally Karl hypes the telethon. It's next week!
Episode 403: Je Te Plumerai Le Text
October 26, 2014 19:00 - 2 hours - 64.8 MBFEATURING: Josh Hillyer is our special guest this week! New Business features Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, Smash Bros for 3DS, Wii Music, Skyrim and Kirby Tripe Deluxe! In the second segment, we tackle 50 facts about Smash Bros for Wii U and "artistic intent" in video games!
Episode 402: Witch Time Zones
October 19, 2014 17:45 - 1 hour - 54.2 MBFEATURING: Craig Harris is our special guest this week! New Business features Bayonetta 2, Smash 3DS, and a trio of Halloween-themed games! Listener Mail covers Rogue Squadron Trilogy and other unreleased games, plus the strangest sequels and when you should buy a console!
RFN Presents: The Famicast 42 - NEW 3DS GETTO
October 17, 2014 05:00 - 1 hour - 35.8 MBFEATURING: Recorded live via Google Hang Outs On Air, James and Danny bring you an episode focused on the New 3DS! Danny goes hands-on with a New 3DS LL (XL) and lets you know about general system speed, Miiverse, the Web Browser, Smash on the new system and more! Your listener questions, including a mini Life in Japan and direct interactions during the broadcast! Send your questions to [email protected] or send us a tweet at @thefamicast
Episode 401: Themesters
October 12, 2014 20:00 - 2 hours - 62.4 MBFEATURING: We're back to normal with all your favorite segments as Season 4 is officially underway! New Business covers Smash Bros. on 3DS, Blok Drop U, Dracula X, ZombiU, Shovel Knight, and more Tekken Tag 2! A news recap lets us chat about release dates, pricing, New 3DS in Oz, and firmware updates for both systems! Listener Mail covers the GamePad's TV button, New 3DS killer features, Kingdom Hearts confusion, and limited edition outrage!
RFN 400: The Highlights
October 06, 2014 21:30 - 35 minutes - 16.8 MBFEATURING: RFN listeners selected many of the best moments from over eight years of the podcast. Hear them all again (or for the first time) in this convenient highlight reel!
RFN Presents: The Famicast 41 - TGS TROLL GET
October 01, 2014 05:00 - 1 hour - 50 MBFEATURING: The Tokyo Game Show is over. The Famicrew survived and has many a tale to tell Hands on impressions with the New 3DS, Bravely Second, Final Fantasy Explorers, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and much more! Updated thoughts on Smash for the 3DS and your questions straight from twitter (tweet at us @thefamicast, or email us at [email protected] - we would like to hear from YOU!)
Episode 400: A Little Help From My Friends
September 30, 2014 06:00 - 3 hours - 178 MBFEATURING: New Business: Super Smash Bros. for 3DS demo, Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Final Fantasy Theatrythm: Curtain Call demo, Fire Emblem: Awakening, Azure Striker Gunvolt, Wooden Sen'SeY. Listener Mail: TVii, and Crush 3D.
Episode 399: TVii Sen'SeY
September 22, 2014 02:00 - 1 hour - 37.8 MBFEATURING: New Business: Super Smash Bros. for 3DS demo, Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Final Fantasy Theatrythm: Curtain Call demo, Fire Emblem: Awakening, Azure Striker Gunvolt, Wooden Sen'SeY. Listener Mail: TVii, and Crush 3D.
RFN Presents: The Famicast 40 - SMASH BACK
September 16, 2014 05:00 - 1 hour - 48.6 MBFEATURING: Get ready for an action packed episode as the guys talk about the recently released Super Smash Bros. on 3DS with a familiar voice returning to the Famicrew. Pre-TGS news filled with talk about Dragon Quest X for 3DS, a Mega Man theme park event and more! Your listener mail about MMOs on Wii U and another that is...not suitable for the Famicast, but we read it anyway!
Episode 398: Mildly Violent Immolation
September 14, 2014 22:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBFEATURING: New Business: Guacamelee, Fez, Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Azure Striker Gunvolt and Destiny. Listener Mail: The New 3DS, 3DS Ports for New 3DS?, We Need to Talk About Ubisoft.
Episode 397: RFNware Shop Channel
September 07, 2014 23:00 - 2 hours - 59.9 MBFEATURING: In this episode, we forgo New Business in order to interview Dan Adelman, the independent development consultant who recently left Nintendo of America after nine years of work on digital distribution platforms. Listener Mail: Ethics in game journalism.
RFN Presents: The Famicast 39 - ZELDA DIES
September 04, 2014 05:00 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBFEATURING: New business talking about Hyrule Warriors, fighting games and even some mobile Bust-a-Move. A look into the New 3DS on top of other Japanese happenings in the news. Another game of Fake or Real and a Life in Japan segment about baseball in Japan!
Episode 396: Always Be Leaking
August 31, 2014 21:00 - 2 hours - 57.6 MBFEATURING: New Business: Shadow of the Ninja, The Fall, Gone Home, Wario Land 3, Rogue Legacy, Spec Ops: The Line, PT, Resogun, Madden 25, Demon's Souls, Persona 4. Topic: DLC. Listener Mail: Leaking Culture.
RFN's 2014 NFL NFC Season Preview
August 29, 2014 19:00 - 2 hours - 63.6 MBFEATURING: NFL 2014 Preview! All the NFC jynx you can stomach! Super Bowl predictions!
RFN's 2014 NFL AFC Season Preview
August 26, 2014 03:00 - 2 hours - 62.6 MBFEATURING: NFL 2014 Preview! Well just the AFC
Episode 395: Freaking CEOs
August 17, 2014 15:00 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBFEATURING: New Business: Console Wars, Rayman Legends, Cybernator, Armored Hunter GUNHOUND EX, Astebreed, The Mysterious Murasame Castle, Final Fantasy XIV. Listener Mail: Collections and Backlogs, Nintendo X Koei.
Episode 394: Slippy When Wet
August 10, 2014 17:00 - 1 hour - 53.6 MBFEATURING: New Business: Puzzle League Express, The Mysterious Murasame Castle, Super Mario Kart, Resogun, Dillon's Rolling Western, Baseball, Donkey Kong Jr., Vegas Stakes. Listener Mail: Give Us Starfox 65, Console Wars, The Trouble with Download-Only Handhelds.
Episode 393: Tower of Drillaga
August 03, 2014 23:00 - 1 hour - 52 MBFEATURING: Michael "TYP" Cole is with us for a five-man podcast! New Business: Mario Golf: World Tour, Mega Man Xtreme 2, fixing the eShop, Super Mario Land 2, Wii Sports Club, Mr Driller: Drill Till You Drop, Wario Land 3 and Rogue Legacy. Listener Mail: Mushroom Kingdom Historia, GamePad design.
RFN Presents: The Famicast 38 - THE LAST BODY PILLOW
July 30, 2014 05:00 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBFEATURING: New business talking about more Mario Kart 8, Buta Medal (a free puzzle game on Wii U in Japan), Metroid Zero Mission and some EVO talk. A breakdown of how NFC payments work on Wii U (it's now a thing!) and a lot of other news from Japan! A new feature from the mind of Ty - Fake or Real. Guess whether or not the crazy Japanese game Ty is describing exists or not!
Episode 392: Xenodachi Life
July 27, 2014 15:00 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBFEATURING: New Business: Donkey Kong 3, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Mr Driller 2, Tomodachi Life, Game & Wario, Final Fantasy XIV, Bases Loaded. After the break: Summer gamin', and the 3DS successor.
Episode 391: Like Crabs in a Bucket
July 20, 2014 17:00 - 2 hours - 57.5 MBFEATURING: What starts as a three-man podcast looking at Wind Waker HD, Game & Wario, Super Castlevania IV, and Club Nintendo Rewards ends as a four-man show looking at how to do a podcast and which Nintendo exec is hottest.
Episode 390: Internal Swords
July 13, 2014 17:00 - 1 hour - 37 MBFEATURING: It's a shorter, all-New-Business episode this week: Jonny checks out Armillo, Jon digs into Xenoblade Chronicles, Guillaume throws himself against 1001 Spikes, James pirates Ace Attorney Investigations 2, and the crew takes a trip to Another World.
Episode 389: Best Practices
July 06, 2014 21:00 - 1 hour - 51.8 MBFEATURING: New Business: James finally played Super Mario 3D World, Guillaume finally played Xenoblade Chronicles, Jonny revisits Resogun, Jon discovers Battlefield 4 and brains melt as Rec-Rec makes an appearance. Listener Mail: Enjoying bad games, GamePad showcases, the GCN controller for Smash Bros., and RFN as part of your daily grooming ritual.
RFN Presents: The Famicast 37 - GET GOOD
July 02, 2014 05:00 - 1 hour - 39.7 MBFEATURING: New business hitting on Nintendo 2013 Game Seminar title, Poppo Hunter (all about pigeon dating...kind of...), Mario Kart 8, State of Decay and more! The latest gaming news from Japan Thoughts on the Capcom takeover defense being lifted (aka don't get excited) and some thoughts about E3 2014
Episode 388: Visitation Rights
June 29, 2014 15:00 - 1 hour - 54 MBFEATURING: New Business this week is mostly about Shovel Knight, but we also touch on The Wonderful 101 and the streetpass function in Tomodachi Life. In Listener Mail, we talk about the format of Nintendo's E3 show, we explain Miyamoto's projects and we explain the new role of gaming journalism. We get to hear a painful story from a listener. We four dudes then talk female representation at Nintendo. And we end with our thoughts on the Digital Deluxe Promotion!
Episode 387: Exit Plan
June 22, 2014 21:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBFEATURING: Shovel Knight, Pushmo World, and Tomodachi Life take charge in a very full New Business that extends past the first segment! We fully debrief on E3 and examine the aftershocks of Nintendo's stellar performance at the show!
E3 2014 - California Dreamin'
June 15, 2014 22:00 - 2 hours - 60.5 MBFEATURING: 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!
E3 2014 - Home Team Assemble
June 13, 2014 18:00 - 2 hours - 59.6 MBFEATURING: While Jonny and James are away, Greg joins Gui and Jon to discuss Nintendo's E3 performance in 2014.
Episode 386: A Blue Shell of Our Former Selves
June 09, 2014 02:00 - 2 hours - 58.5 MBFEATURING: 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!