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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Episode 542: Just to Get Alexey's Beak Wet
October 08, 2017 21:40 - 2 hours - 118 MBFEATURING: The entire team is back for the first time in a while, and the SNES Mini Classic is out AND NOBODY DIED! (00:04:24) New Business - SNES Mini Classic and Multiplayer Gaming. (00:30:23) Star Fox 2. (00:52:20) Oxenfree. (00:56:59) Forza 7. (01:02:11) Cuphead. (01:07:07) Golf Story update. (01:12:37) Hunting a Mario Odyssey demo kiosk. (01:15:53) Listener Mail - Laser Invasion has the dumbest back of the box. (01:23:40) Giving Mario a break so Metroid can prosper. (01:44:00) Titles...
Episode 541: Toad of a Particular Colour
October 01, 2017 20:00 - 1 hour - 82.1 MBFEATURING: Greg is out this week, so we have a special guest: Alex Dyke of the Say Whatever Podcast! (00:03:42) New Business - Phantom Trigger. This is Fine meme. (00:08:05) Mario Party: Star Rush. (00:22:46) Steamworld Dig 2. (00:32:27) Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime. Super Mario Run update. (00:40:26) Metroid: Samus Returns. (00:53:51) Golf Story. (01:03:26) Listener Mail - Rogue Renaissance. Roguaissance. (01:23:19) Nintendo's Chinese incursion.
Episode 540: Reset the Metroid Clock
September 25, 2017 01:00 - 1 hour - 68.5 MBFEATURING: (00:02:30) New Business - Metroid: Samus Returns for 3DS. (00:46:07) Final Fantasy XV. (01:03:15) ACA NeoGeo Aero Fighters 2. (01:18:38) Super Bomberman R
Episode 539: Y Can't Fancy Dan Crawl
September 17, 2017 20:00 - 2 hours - 99 MBFEATURING: (00:02:37) Nintendo Direct - 3DS. (00:16:32) Switch stuff. (00:26:40) Doom. (00:43:20) Xenoblade Chronicles 2. (00:49:16) Nintendo Arcade Classics. (01:05:32) New Business - Octopath Traveler demo. (01:26:10) Final Fight 2 and 3. (01:45:32) Listener Mail - Samus Returns hype.
Episode 538: Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
September 10, 2017 21:00 - 2 hours - 92.3 MBFEATURING: (00:01:27) New Business - Sonic Mania. (00:19:14) Des2ny. (00:28:54) Picross 3D Round 2. (00:34:31) Beat'em ups. (00:44:06) Mario + Rabbids. (01:18:01) Listener Mail - Capitalist guilt. (01:38:14) We drop all pretense and just talk about Stallone movies.
Episode 537: The Worst Idea in a Strategy Game since Conception II
September 03, 2017 20:00 - 2 hours - 92.6 MBFEATURING: (00:01:11) New Business - Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle. (00:22:53) Housemarque releases. (00:27:42) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. (00:35:39) Nindies. (00:53:01) Listener Mail - Plus Rabbids. (01:04:37) Mario, Sonic, the Olympics, and you. (01:13:13) Shared video game universe. (01:29:38) Online is Serious Business.
Episode 536: Yoshi Facts Matter to Me
August 28, 2017 00:30 - 3 hours - 154 MBFEATURING: A live RetroAcitve for Super Mario Sunshine. Call-ins from the audience. Special guests: TYP, Jonny, and Syrenne! Arguments with the chat. A spirited, and misguided, defense of a flawed game.
Episode 535: Milking the Ghost Cow
August 21, 2017 01:00 - 2 hours - 95.3 MBFEATURING: (00:05:25) New Business: Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and The Millionaires' Conspiracy. (00:20:05) Dai Gyakuten Saiban: Naruhodou Ryuunosuke no Bouken. (00:25:50) Splatoon 2 (and end of Wright spoilers). (00:32:17) Namco Museum. (00:52:03) Rare Replay. (01:07:37) 1-2-Switch. (01:21:05) Listener Mail: Fire Emblem Swishlist. (01:37:43) Platformer Mania.
Episode 534: Demonstrably False
August 07, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBFEATURING: (00:07:08) Listener Mail: Cut-off for Smash remake. (00:31:45) 20 questions. (00:43:45) Pokemon Go Event. (00:57:35) 20 questions. (01:14:29) Nintendo VR experiences. (01:28:35) 20 questions. (01:36:12) Modular Switch.
Episode 533: I'd Like to GuitGud but the Video Game Is Closed
July 30, 2017 18:00 - 1 hour - 91.4 MBFEATURING: (00:05:10) New Business: Death Squared. (00:17:13) Raiden V. (00:27:18) Splatoon 2. (01:02:35) Listener Mail: Most wanted remakes. (01:23:08) Nintendo schooling Sony and MS.
Episode 532: Not Caring Our Way to 134 Minutes
July 23, 2017 18:00 - 2 hours - 189 MBFEATURING: (00:02:20) New Business: Greg - Splatoon 2. (00:32:25) James - Xbox One S and Forza 6. (01:05:08) Gui - I Am Setsuna. (01:05:08) Jon - Final Fantasy: XIV Stormblood. (01:25:29) News: RETROACTIVE IS BACK! (01:33:30) Listener Mail: Link to the Past through the eyes of a young man. (01:41:36) Video game adaptions and the ideal director to make them. (01:57:38) The future of Punch-Out!! in 2017 and beyond.
Episode 531: Getting Down to Brass Max
July 16, 2017 19:00 - 2 hours - 95.7 MBFEATURING: (00:02:07) Listener Mail: The good Nintendo voice chat universe. (00:23:48) Presumptive Mario game of 2018. (00:41:49) N64 Classic viability. (01:00:33) Listener Mail: Not feeling Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Treehouse presentation. (01:21:36) Mario Maker on Switch. (01:28:50) New Business: Dragon Quest VIII. (01:35:04) The Adventures of Tintin. (01:42:10) Metroid thoughts.
Episode 530: The Missed Opportunities of BMX XXX
July 09, 2017 19:00 - 2 hours - 101 MBFEATURING: (00:08:12) New Business: Snake Pass. (00:26:19) Breath of the Wild DLC. (00:42:04) Zelda: Oracle of Ages. (00:49:32) Zelda: Link to the Past. (01:04:43) Arms. (01:10:53) Listener Mail: Euro SNES Classic, PAL versions? (01:15:20) The Backlog Opportunity. (01:41:24) The big three are out, now what?
Episode 529: Maslow's Hierarchy of Oasis Needs
July 02, 2017 23:20 - 2 hours - 108 MBFEATURING: (00:02:57) New Business: Codename S.T.E.A.M. (00:19:45) Rhythm Heaven Megamix. (00:31:11) Rocket League. (00:48:14) Ever Oasis. (01:06:04) Arms. (01:29:32) Listener Mail: Sushido, GOTY. (01:41:46) SNES Classic and the future of VC.
Episode 528: Sir Sean Connery's Scottish Haggis Challenge ft. Joanna Dark
June 25, 2017 02:31 - 1 hour - 139 MBFEATURING: A look at the demos for Hey! Pikmin and Ever Oasis Listener Mail: RFN Scarfs, the press& failure at games, Capcom&s future on Switch, and the next Retro game
Episode 527: E3 2017 Day 3 - Independence Day
June 18, 2017 17:15 - 31 minutes - 44.2 MBFEATURING: Rundown of the Switch Indie titles at E3 Games of E3 2017
Episode 527: E3 2017 Day 2 - Forgetting Our Lines
June 15, 2017 17:00 - 51 minutes - 36.6 MBFEATURING: The E3 2017 away team live from LA: Jonny, Jon, TYP, Jared, Aaron, Kim, Becky, and Kim's mom Nellie. Hitting the Nintendo booth, braving the lines, and the Nintendo games from 3rd parties.
Episode 527: E3 2017 - Mario's Mindgate Conspiracy
June 14, 2017 03:00 - 1 hour - 158 MBFEATURING: Reactions to Nintendo E3 Announcements: Metroid Prime 4, Metroid Samus Returns, Xenoblade 2, Yoshi, Kirby, Super Mario Odyssey Hands-on impressions of Mario, Sonic Forces, Bloodstained, and more.
Episode 526: The Louvre of Shame
June 11, 2017 03:00 - 2 hours - 171 MBFEATURING: (00:05:53) James: Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (00:17:58) Gui: Kirby Crash Team Deluxe, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages, Snipperclips (00:35:38) Jon: Forza Horizons 3 (00:54:07) Greg: ARMS Testpunch Round 2, Metroid: Zero Mission (01:03:24) Listener Mail: Korok Finder AR Game (01:09:37) Listener Mail: Online Subscription by Account or Switch (01:32:47) Listener Mail: Control Options
Episode 525: Purple Is the New Glitter
June 04, 2017 19:30 - 2 hours - 107 MBFEATURING: (00:01:21) E3 Predictions! (01:14:10) New Business: ARMS Testpunch. (01:50:16) Star Fox Guard, Tumbleseed. (02:01:29) Fire Emblem Shadows of Valentia.
Episode 524: Original Podcast, Do Not Steal
May 28, 2017 19:30 - 2 hours - 175 MBFEATURING: (00:01:42) Greg: Spectre Knight, Pro Controller, and MK8D post-patch (00:25:45) James: Night in the Woods (00:41:40) Guillaume: Switch, Snipperclips, Blaser Master Zero (01:01:55) Listener Mail: Must-Play for SNES (01:26:00) Listener Mail: Inviting Game Worlds (01:40:20) Listener Mail: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC
Episode 523: War Journalism
May 21, 2017 23:00 - 2 hours - 96.2 MBFEATURING: (00:01:48) Listener Mail - Dream Mario Kart roster. (00:16:08) Improve a game with motion controls. (00:24:29) E3 stories. (00:55:52) 20 questions. (01:18:26) New Business - ARMS Direct. (01:41:28) Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages, Roundabout.
522: In Defense of Stereotypes
May 14, 2017 22:00 - 2 hours - 99 MBFEATURING: (00:02:26) New Business - Digital omnibus, Pikmin 3. (00:22:45) My Nintendo woes, Ninja Pizza Girl, Girls Like Robots. (00:35:40) The Witcher 3. (00:41:45) Persona 5, Puyo Puyo Tetris, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. (01:08:23) Listener Mail - Favorite Kirby. (01:25:40) Updating Nintendo characters.
Episode 521: Last.FM Towns
May 08, 2017 00:00 - 2 hours - 98.3 MBFEATURING: (00:01:38) New Business - Puyo Puyo Tetris. (00:17:54) The Jackbox Party Pack 3. (00:28:20) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. (01:01:42) Super Mario Land series. (01:11:42) Shadows of the Empire. (01:18:26) Listener Mail - The future of Download Play. (01:27:24) Zelda? In MY Xenoblade? (01:46:52) Lindemann Syndrome.
Episode 520: MY NACHOS ARE ON FIRE!
April 30, 2017 20:00 - 2 hours - 94.4 MBFEATURING: (00:01:46) New Business - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Graceful Explosion Machine, Blaster Master Zero. (00:38:16) The Witcher 2. (00:50:51) The Witcher 2. (00:58:30) Kamiko. (01:05:48) Listener Mail - Brash Games ruining it for NWR? (01:36:01) The bungling of the NES Classic explained. (01:49:50) amiibo.
Episode 519: Heroes of the Pun Storm
April 23, 2017 17:00 - 2 hours - 97.2 MBFEATURING: (00:01:41) New Business - Snipperclips, Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, Pikmin 3. (00:18:04) Shantae Half-Genie Hero. (00:29:56) Mr. Shifty. (00:58:59) Welcome to the House of Metts. (01:10:58) Listener Mail - eShop refund policy? (01:23:32) ARMS confidence. (01:39:01) Pokepuns, Nintendo MOBA.
Episode 518 Part 2: The Last Breath of the Puns
April 17, 2017 00:00 - 2 hours - 181 MBFEATURING Breath of the Wild: Thoughts Stories Opinions SPOILERS
Episode 518 Part 1: Come-Hither Pikmin
April 14, 2017 05:40 - 58 minutes - 83.3 MBFEATURING: Breakdown of the April 12 Nintendo Direct.
Episode 517: Survey Says
April 09, 2017 19:00 - 2 hours - 105 MBFEATURING: (00:01:41) New Business - Bravely Default: Fairy's Effect. (00:08:14) Graceful Explosion Machine. (00:25:09) Yoshi in Sonic 2, Broken Age. (00:48:58) Go! Go! Kokopolo 3D. (01:11:53) Listener Mail - Objectionable content and other people. (01:43:15) Retro compilations.
Episode 516: Texas Brisket Challenge
April 02, 2017 21:00 - 2 hours - 104 MBFEATURING: (00:02:03) New Business - Splatoon 2 Testfire. (00:26:30) RIP DSi Shop. (00:36:13) Pokemon Moon. (00:45:28) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. (01:04:56) Stella Glow. (01:15:41) Listener Mail - Spinoffs and Crossovers. (01:37:50) 16 million Switches.
Episode 515: The 22 Billion Yen Friend Code
March 27, 2017 00:00 - 2 hours - 98.4 MBFEATURING: (00:02:37) New Business - Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove. (00:19:56) Blaster Master Zero. (00:45:40) Dragon Quest 7: Fragments of the Forgotten Past. (00:50:16) Human Resource Machine. (01:06:01) Listener Mail - What's Next for Zelda. (01:35:41) Retro's Barbecue Tweets. (01:47:32) Nintendo's Exciting New Ways to Screw Up.
Episode 514: G-Radio feat. Kayzee and Lil' Burk
March 19, 2017 21:00 - 2 hours - 98.6 MBFEATURING: (00:02:37) New Business: 3D Out Run. (00:06:00) Snipperclips, FAST RMX. (00:20:31) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. (00:23:45) PAX East. (00:46:25) Blaster Master Zero. (00:58:25) Super Mario Bros. 3 secrets. (01:14:53) The expectation of backwards compatibility. (01:30:49) Disney Afternoon Collection snubbing the Switch. (01:40:55) My Nintendo rewards when choosing to buy a physical or digital version of a game. (01:55:03) A few 500 Wii Points VC game recommendations.
Episode 513: Qbby in the Wild
March 10, 2017 19:00 - 2 hours - 108 MBFEATURING: (00:03:20) Switch talk. (01:11:52) Zelda talk.
Episode 512: Percy the Liar
March 05, 2017 22:00 - 2 hours - 108 MBFEATURING: (00:02:58) New Business - James plays TG-16 games. (00:19:55) Jon plays TG-16 games. (00:34:47) Guillaume plays TG-16 games. (00:44:09) Guillaume plays a Nindie (Overcooked!). (00:51:11) Greg talks about Nindies. (01:12:11) Retroactive: Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom.
Episode 511: Wordplay Ahead
February 26, 2017 23:00 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBFEATURING: (00:02:32) New Business - Tank Troopers. (00:11:14) Transfer troubles. (00:23:33) Noitu Love 2: Devolution. (00:35:50) The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. (00:55:16) Listener Mail: Mo VC Mo Problems. (01:11:47) James the tastemaker. (01:24:21) Underrated Features. (01:34:50) Greg games for the rest of us.
Episode 510: Kutar Hero: On Tour!
February 19, 2017 22:00 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBFEATURING: (00:03:09) Listener Mail - Breath of the Wild monetization. (00:29:29) Favorite console? (00:47:18) Kutar End Credits. (00:57:24) 3DS successor? (01:23:20) GameCube virtual console? (01:33:17) Charging for online co-op.
Episode 509: You Could Die Tomorrow
February 12, 2017 20:00 - 1 hour - 80.9 MBFEATURING: (00:03:38) New Business: Waiting for Fire Emblem Heroes. (00:30:30) Kirby's Return to Dreamland and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates. (00:46:25) SteamWorld Heist. (01:00:38) Listener Mail: Jon-ification of Zelda Versions. (01:28:00) Wii U Backlogs. (01:35:05) Wii Upathy.
Episode 508: Co-Op Yourself
February 05, 2017 19:00 - 2 hours - 92.8 MBFEATURING: (00:02:27) New Business: Dr Metts gives us his impressions of the Switch at PAX South. (00:40:55) Super Metroid on the New 3DS XL. (00:51:15) Super Mario Run. (00:58:32) Yakuza 0. (01:11:22) Shmupalooza with Gaiares and Steel Empire. (01:27:19) Listener Mail: HD Rumble, rhythm games, and you. (01:40:19) Wished for comebacks, eShop musings.
Episode 507: Get Pooched!
January 29, 2017 19:00 - 2 hours - 97.6 MBFEATURING: (00:02:01) Our top fives of 2016! Number 5. (00:22:18) Number 4. (00:42:41) Number 3. (01:01:15) Number 2. (01:09:10) Number 1. (01:26:40) New Business: Pirate Pop Plus!, (01:30:36) Severed, (01:37:54) Fire Emblem Fates, Poochy and Yoshi's Woolly World demo, (01:48:01) Jon's Switch sitch, (02:02:47) Pocket Card Jockey.
Episode 506: 4k Force Feedback
January 22, 2017 19:00 - 1 hour - 83.2 MBFEATURING: (00:05:49) All listener mail! The Nintendo franchises we'd Musoufy, (00:15:50) Fire Emblem Direct, (00:44:02) Switch pricing and form factor, (01:22:57) Finally region-free, (01:30:28) Friendship ended with Gamespy, now Apple is my best friend.
Episode 505: Switchmas Presents
January 13, 2017 18:05 - 2 hours - 80.7 MBFEATURING: Our reaction to the Nintendo Switch presentation, moments after it concluded. We discuss the price, Mario, Zelda, Xenoblade, Arms, an how weird this presentation was.
Episode 504: A Burst of Jonesty
January 08, 2017 21:00 - 2 hours - 125 MBFEATURING: (00:04:29) New Business - CHASE: Cold Case Investigations -Distant Memories, (00:16:08) Pokemon Go, (00:28:20) New 3DS transfer; The PXP3 Slim Station, (00:39:04) Mario Party 10, (00:49:43) Sega 3D Classics Collection. (01:16:35) Listener Mail - Switch pre-reveal predictions, (01:51:56) The Game Boy Classic.
Episode 503: Is This Five O Three?
January 03, 2017 04:00 - 1 hour - 75.6 MBFEATURING: (00:02:27) Miitopia and Puyo Puyo Chronicles (00:22:51) Syrenne's Top 10 of 2016 (00:41:08) Selling a game in 2016 (01:16:46) Listener Mail - Why So Many 7s?
Episode 502: Have You Heard the Gospel of Excitebots
December 17, 2016 21:00 - 1 hour - 97.9 MBFEATURING: (00:01:52) Listener Mail - Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts, (00:13:31) Titanfall 2, (00:30:34) Deadly Tower of Monsters, (00:36:38) Sweet Memories - Blackjack, (00:47:56) Ys: The Ark of Napishtim, (00:53:59) Excitebots: Trick Racing, (01:10:34) Listener Mail - The Switch, lead platform, (01:31:42) Japan trip, (01:41:44) GameCube fire round.
Episode 501: Faint Praise
December 11, 2016 18:00 - 2 hours - 107 MBFEATURING: Three-man episode as Jon has other obligations. First up is New Business: Shovel Knight (00:01:27), Picross 3D Round 2 (00:12:51), Read Only Memories (00:16:38), Paper Mario: Color Splash (00:33:19), Shadow of Mordor (00:39:41) and Game Center CX: Arino no Chousenjou 2 (00:51:11). Listener Mail: VC pricing, GameCube wishlist (01:03:39), The Legend of Fallon (01:25:38), and Super Mario Run (01:44:26).
SPECIAL: NWR Book Interview with Steven Rodriguez, by Jonny Metts
December 08, 2016 14:00 - 2 hours - 93.2 MBFEATURING: Former host Jonny Metts joins former podcaster and NWR director Steven Rodriguez to discuss the NWR redesign and the Wii launch... These interviews are for Jonny's upcoming book about the site.
Episode 500: Wouldn't It Be an Auditory Rash?
December 04, 2016 23:15 - 2 hours - 112 MBFEATURING: It's finally Episode 500! First up is Listener Mail! Topics covered: Picking the best of the 47 Mario Kart Games (00:03:12), catching up on Wii/U digital games (00:23:48), Switching sizes (00:32:38), and Pokemon Fools (00:53:35). Answering who has been on the most episodes (00:59:45) RFN RetroActives (01:07:35) Greg's RFN Questions (02:04:39)
Episode 499: Nintendo Hard Girls
November 27, 2016 23:00 - 2 hours - 101 MBFEATURING: James has survived Japan and is back to talk about it. This week New Business features Japan! Pokemon Sun and Moon, and Paper Mario: Color Splash. Listener Mail: Nintendo Hard Girls, Multiplayer Super Mario Maker, and classic console shells
NWR Chat Season 1, Episode 2: The Fire-Type Strikes Back
November 20, 2016 19:00 - 2 hours - 101 MBFEATURING: James is still away. Jon is still hosting. And as fourth chair this week, we welcome Alex Culafi of NWR's Nintendo News Report. This week New Business features Alex with a ton of thoughts on Pokemon Sun/Moon, Gui giving us a LEGO City Undercover update along with initial thoughts on Excitebike 64 on VC, Jon finally trying out Super Mario 3D World, and Greg offering "early" thoughts on Dragon Quest VII. On the other side of the break is Listener Mail. This time around we discuss...
NWR Chat Episode 1, Season 1: A New Hope
November 14, 2016 00:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBFEATURING: Not only is Jon on the podcast this week: he's hosting it in James' absence! Dr Metts sits in the fourth chair. This week's New Business covers the end of Wii U production, Gui comparing platformers with Sonic CD and Freedom Planet, Greg dealing with a buggy F-Zero X on Virtual Console, and Jonny diving deeper into Dragon Quest VII with a little Rhythm Thief thrown in for good measure. After the break it's Listener Mail. Our resident pre-order expert Jonny Metts advises us on w...