Radio Free Nintendo

FEATURING: (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.

FEATURING: (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.

FEATURING: (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?

FEATURING: (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.

FEATURING: A look at the demos for Hey! Pikmin and Ever OasisListener Mail: RFN Scarfs, the press& failure at games, Capcom&s future on Switch, and the next Retro game

FEATURING: Rundown of the Switch Indie titles at E3Games of E3 2017

FEATURING: 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.

FEATURING: Reactions to Nintendo E3 Announcements: Metroid Prime 4, Metroid Samus Returns, Xenoblade 2, Yoshi, Kirby, Super Mario OdysseyHands-on impressions of Mario, Sonic Forces, Bloodstained, and more.

FEATURING: (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

FEATURING: (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.

FEATURING: (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

FEATURING: (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.

FEATURING: (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.

FEATURING: (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.

FEATURING: (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.

FEATURING: (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.

FEATURING Breath of the Wild: ThoughtsStoriesOpinionsSPOILERS

FEATURING: Breakdown of the April 12 Nintendo Direct.

FEATURING: (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.

FEATURING: (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.

FEATURING: (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.

FEATURING: (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.

FEATURING: (00:03:20) Switch talk. (01:11:52) Zelda talk.

FEATURING: (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.

FEATURING: (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.

FEATURING: (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.

FEATURING: (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.

FEATURING: (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.

FEATURING: (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.

FEATURING: (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.

FEATURING: 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.

FEATURING: (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.

FEATURING: (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?

FEATURING: (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.

FEATURING: 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).

FEATURING: 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.

FEATURING: 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)

FEATURING: 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

FEATURING: 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 Switch, unsurprisingly; its price vs. handhelds, the potential for Wii U games to be ported for launch, and why you might buy a Wii U after Switch releases.

FEATURING: 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 whether or not we should pre-order Switch, and we also analyze potential Switch launch SKUs, prices, and games. We then discuss the small marketing window leading up to Switch launch, and whether or not there will be a successor to the Nintendo 3DS.

FEATURING: Jon skipped this week, so in his stead we have the lovely Karen!New Business: New of Canada Holiday Press Event, Lego City Undercover, River City Ransom, Super Ghouls n Ghosts, Corpse Party, Avenging Spirit.Listener Mail: we review your Switch predictions, fantasize about a Bayonetta cartoon, map DS games to a modern touch screen, and conceive of plastic doodads to attach to the side of Switch.

FEATURING: Not only is Jon around, but Jonny Metts comes in to talk about Lego City Undercover, and nothing else! Certainly not about the Nintendo Switch, noooo sir.New Business: New Nintendo Switch facts on which Jonny has no opinion whatsoever, Pokemon demo, Thunder Force 3, River City Ransom, Dragon Quest 7, Corpse Party.Retroactive: Lego City Undercover

FEATURING: All the news about the Nintendo Switch!Reactions to the newsEmails: game size and storage, quality of the reveal, the missing camera+mic, and the future of portable-sized games

FEATURING: NFR Determines Nintendo's Greatest RPG System with RPGamerJ&J: Make That Game Today!All Things PrehistoricaShenanigans

FEATURING: Pitch Your Game - with Syrenne McNultyFamicast Hour (with John and JJ from 8-4 Play)Super Mario RPG Retrospective

FEATURING: Daan "Koopsoge" Koopman and Friends Present: The Worst of the eShopRadio Trivia: Live!Nintendo News Report Presents: The Final Pokemon Sun and Moon Preview Spectacular

FEATURING: Telethon introductionsRFN: Wii U RetrospectiveCube Fight: Animal Crossing vs Star Fox AdventuresAustinMates Play Super Mario 64

FEATURING: Jon is out this week so we had Syrenne back!New Business: Paper Mario: Color Splash, Persona 5, Shadow Complex Remastered, SEGA Mega Drive & Genesis Classics, ReCore, Yo-Kai Watch 2, and Axiom Verge.Listener Mail: 2D sprites vs 3D models, rumored Final Fantasy 6 remake for NX.

FEATURING: Subbing for Jon this week is NWR overlord Neal Ronaghan!New Business: Sonic Boom: Fire and Ice, Shin Megami Tensei 4: Apocalypse, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice, Yo-Kai Watch 2: Fleshy Souls, Picross 3D Round 2, Dragon Quest VII, Metroid Prime: Federation Force, Zangeki no Regenleiv.Listener Mail: New 3DS exclusives/3DS ports, Rusty's Real Deal Baseball for mobile, the future of Camelot Software Planning, Zelda as the harbinger of a console's demise, what the hell is Miitopia, and the soothing sounds of the Kirby Cafe.

FEATURING: Subbing for Greg this week: our good friend Jonny Metts!New Business: Picross 3D Round 2, Rive, NESBox, Metroid Prime Pinball, MegaMan Legends and the New 3DS's 3D.Listener Mail: Release date delays, Piracy on 3DS, and Nuanced Storytelling.