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Episode 169: Choco-licious

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Featuring: Jon Lindemann is back and on a mission to BLOW YOUR EARS OFF!New Business includes impressions of DJ Hero, Boom Blox Bash Party, and Doc Louis' Punch-Out!!RetroActive #10: Shining Force II gets underway!Andy Goergen joins us to discuss the ins and outs of the classic strategy RPG with the help of your forum comments!

Nov 8, 20091h 42m

Episode 168: NWR All Star! Dairanto Podcast Brothers X

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Featuring: Guests from all three of NWR's podcasts unite!TYP, Zach, and Andy join us to discuss Brutal Legend, Metroid Prime Trilogy, and a playthrough of the whole Zelda series in New Business!We also have impressions of Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth for WiiWare!Listener Mail focuses on whether third parties resent Nintendo's success, and CHO ANIKI!

Nov 2, 20091h 58m

Episode 167: Return of the King

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Featuring: NWR founder Billy Berghammer is back on RFN!We take on the subject of Difficulty in Gaming for a special feature!New Business includes Halo ODST, LostWinds 2, and Kirby Super Star!In Listener Mail, we respond to your questions on our expectations for Spirit Tracks and the existence of bias against Wii games!

Oct 26, 20092h 17m

Episode 166: James Unbound

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Featuring: RFN once again tries and fails to be concise!New Business focuses on Mario + Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and Uncharted 2, plus--by popular demand--the return of GRAW 2!Your Listener Mail ponders the effect of the used games market, support for the classic Controller, and the RFN crew's personalities!

Oct 18, 20091h 29m

Episode 165: Spectral Dog-Walker

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Featuring: RFN co-founder Mike Sklens returns to help us wrap-up the Geist RetroActive Special!Our New Business includes Wii Fit Plus, Space Invaders Extreme 2, Spyborgs, and Guitar Hero Van Halen!We answer your Listener Mail questions on price gouging, Nintendo's complacency, and Japanese third parties!

Oct 11, 20091h 56m

Episode 164: I Dream of Biggie

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Featuring: NWR Japan Correspondent Matt Walker joins us to talk about TGS 2009!Hear Matt's impressions of Okamiden, Ghost Trick, Red Steel 2, and more!New Business features Guitar Hero 5, You, Me, and the Cubes, and the return of Excitebots!Listener Mail delves into RFN's subconscious as we look at the Wii price cut as well as our own dreams!

Oct 4, 20092h 1m

Episode 163: Haunted Dog Food

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Featuring: The RetroActive Geist Special begins with our interview of Producer Jeff Kalles!Jeff shares his inside perspective on Geist's development, plus his current role with Penny Arcade!There's still time for New Business, featuring Layton 2, Flower, and the return of the Japanese Virtual Console!Hear more game shout-outs and our take on the Resident Evil vs Dead Space on-rails debate in Listener Mail!

Sep 27, 20092h 2m

Episode 162: The Alien is You

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Featuring: RFN is back and fit to burst with New Business--we've been playing Muramasa, Scribblenauts, The Beatles Rock Band and much more!Hear our take on stories such as Okamiden, LostWinds 2, and Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth in a rare News catch-up segment!Listener Mail features discussions on art direction, Middle Earth, and the GameCube keyboard?!Geist will be our RetroActive Special feature title next week, including an interview with producer Jeff Kalles!

Sep 20, 20092h 12m

Episode 161: Words of Wisdom

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Featuring: We preview our most anticipated Wii and DS games of the fall in a special feature!The crew struggles to stay on topic in New Business, as Phantasy Star and HotD Overkill go up against Erin Andrews and Ivan Drago!It's Listener Mail time again as we get to your questions about motion sickness, Nintendo's next move, and the first of your game shout-outs!

Sep 6, 20091h 46m

Episode 160: The Bear Jones

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Featuring: New Business includes impressions of Metroid Prime Trilogy and Fossil Fighters, plus a fateful purchase by Greg!We catch-up with your Listener Mail in a special bumper segment!Hear our answers on all this and more: Muramasa, Mario and Sonic, Project Sora, the next Zelda, and Mad Dog McCree?!

Aug 30, 20091h 50m

Episode 159: A Whale is Not a Zebra

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Featuring: Jon returns to the RFN fold with impressions of Monster Hunter and Flipnote Studio!Also in New Business: Shadow Complex, New Play Control Chibi-Robo, and incredibly slow mechs!We close out the Super Mario World RetroActive with Jon's thoughts, more forum comments, and a look to the future for Mario and Yoshi!

Aug 23, 20091h 40m

Episode 158: Spin Jump Apologist

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Featuring: Michael "TYP" Cole joins us to discuss Yoshi, feathers, and secret exits in RetroActive #8: Super Mario World!New Business includes impressions of NyxQuest and Classic Controller PRO, plus more on James' quest for world domination in Little King's Story!We imagine life after Miyamoto in Listener Mail!

Aug 16, 20092h 1m

Episode 157: Little Blob Mountain

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Featuring: NWR's top newsman, Neal Ronaghan, joins us with impressions of Cursed Mountain and A Boy and His Blob!Our 5-way New Business includes: Little King's Story, Art Style precipice, Fable II, and TMNT Reshelled!We ponder the troubles of Sonic the Hedgehog and the WiiWare file size limit in Listener Mail!

Aug 9, 20091h 42m

Episode 156: Through an Emulator Darkly

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Featuring: Wii Sports Resort dominates New Business as James takes to the skies over Wuhu Island!Also: check out our thoughts on Resistance Retribution, Klonoa, and Ripening Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love?!We assess The State of Virtual Console in a special feature!Listener Mail sparks a spirited debate on what is fair game for reviewers!

Aug 2, 20091h 58m

RFN Reunion Extravaganza Thing

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Featuring: Karl, Mike, Stan, and Evan -- Together for the first time!RFN Trivia: Lightning Round!The Passion of Tim Rogers!

Aug 1, 20091h 17m

Episode 155: Power Forward

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Featuring: Jonny's back and ready to blow playing Bangai-O Spirits and 'Splosion Man!Also in New Business: Greg checks into Wii Sports Resort, Jon is chronologically confused, and James is still angry!We weigh up our enthusiasm for Super Mario Galaxy 2 and examine the state of current generation gaming in Listener Mail!

Jul 26, 20091h 26m

Episode 154: Audio Slow Motion

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Featuring: Our new Japan Correspondent Matt Walker joins us with tales of Wii Sports Resort and the launch of Dragon Quest IX!Also in New Business: James and Jon strategize in Front Mission and Fire Emblem, and Greg taps along to Ouendan 2!RetroActive #7: Ninja Spirit goes out on a bloodcurdling digitized howl!We ponder the future of Mario Party, Wii Speak, and all things retro in Listener Mail!

Jul 19, 20091h 57m

Episode 153: Wolf Mother

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Featuring: New Business is packed with games, including Bit. Trip Core, Gradius Rebirth, FFIV After Years, and Let's Tap!RetroActive #7: Ninja Spirit stealthily gets underway!We answer your questions on Final Fantasy, Metroid: Other M, and Wii MotionPlus in Listener Mail!

Jul 12, 20091h 59m

Episode 152: Rain Forest Velocity

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Featuring: RFN co-founder Mike Sklens is back after more than a year away!The rest of the crew has more on The Conduit, plus impressions of Swords and Soldiers and Tiger Woods 10!In a rare "news" segment, we discuss Metroid Prime Trilogy, Final Fantasy Gaiden for DS, "mature" Wii software, and Grease?!

Jul 5, 20091h 24m

Episode 151: It's the Podcast, People!

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Featuring: Jon has extensive impressions of The Conduit ahead of his full review!Also in New Business: Gradius V, Planet Puzzle League, and Super Mario Kart!We catch up on your questions about Wii accessories and Let's Tap in Listener Mail!

Jun 28, 20091h 20m

Episode 150: Memory Unbound

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Featuring: RFN hits the big 150! Our old friend Karl Castaneda joins us to celebrate!Jonny's back too with a ton of New Business, including FFIV: The After Years and Deadly Creatures!Greg goes hands-on with Nintendo's E3 demos from the comfort of a London hotel!Listen as we journey back through RFN history with classic clips and personal favs!

Jun 21, 20092h 25m

Episode 149: In Search of Salmon Arm

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Featuring: Jon is back from his honeymoon! TYP is back from Japan/E3!The crew catches up with tales of Punch-Out!!, Phoenix Wright, and Captain Rainbow!We answer your questions on Metroid: Other M, Project Natal, The Conduit, and New Super Mario Bros. Wii!The Zelda II RetroActive goes out with a bang!

Jun 14, 20091h 55m

RFN E3 09 Special: Day 3

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Featuring: The last day of E3!

Jun 5, 20091h 20m

RFN E3 09 Special: Day 2

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Featuring: Third-party games!

Jun 4, 20091h 10m

RFN E3 09 Special: Day 1

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Featuring: Nintendo Press Conference!All first-party games!

Jun 3, 200950 min

RFN E3 09 Special: Day 0

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Featuring: The NWR team is in LA preparing for the big show!

Jun 1, 200913 min

Episode 148: Downthrustin'

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Featuring: It's the last RFN before E3!We've got a lot of New Business, including Majora's Mask, Bubble Bobble Plus, and Punch-Out!!RetroActive #6 - Zelda II: The Adventure of Link begins!We catch up with your Listener Mail questions on Lost Winds, episodic games, and Retro Studios rumors!

May 31, 20092h 12m

Episode 147: Dick Van Dyke Hero

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Featuring: We preview E3 2009!Hear our expectations, predictions, and wild speculation!Which Nintendo franchises will return? What will third parties do?Who will "win" the show, and will Jonny and James even survive it?

May 24, 20091h 55m

Episode 146: WiiWare Short Shorts

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Featuring: It's WiiWare's first anniversary, so we look back at the past year and pick our favorites!Our New Business includes Rhythm Heaven, Dead Space, Contra ReBirth and more!The April NPDs are out and we provide instant analysis!The choice is made for RetroActive Game #6!

May 17, 20091h 34m

Episode 145: Tito, Use the Dagger!

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Featuring: Jonny is back, and he has lots to say about: Excitebots, Gears 2, deBlob and RetroActive reprisals!The rest of us talk about Legacy of Ys, 3D Picross and seductive turnips!It's a listener mail blowout! We answer questions on Hatsworth, the DSi, Silent Hill, Zelda and Red Steel 2!

May 10, 20092h 8m

Episode 144: The Punishment is Death

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Featuring: Neal Ronaghan is here with hands-on impressions of Tiger Woods 10, Grand Slam Tennis, and Wii MotionPlus!New Business is packed with talk of Little King's Story, DSiWare, Chinatown Wars, and Kelly McGillis!Listener Mail: Cheat codes of the past and the WiiWare games that were too big for the fridge!RetroActive #5: Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts will make you tear your hair out!

May 3, 20092h 3m

Episode 143: Standard Deviation

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Featuring: Nick DiMola joins us with impressions of Excitebots!We question the existence of Billy Mitchell in Listener Mail!Catch-up on the news with our look at the March NPDs, the Wii Sports Resort launch announcement and more!We speculate baselessly on future announcements more than usual!

Apr 26, 20091h 34m

Episode 142: Cue the Somber Music

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Featuring: It's Super Metroid's 15th Anniversary!We trace its history from cult hit to revered classic!Share our experiences of the dark caverns of Zebes!Explore its legacy and impact on gaming!

Apr 19, 20092h 0m

Episode 141: Lindy Won't Fit!

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Featuring: Space Invaders Extreme 2, DQV nuptials, and the Return of the Virtual Boy!The conclusion of the Secret of Mana RetroActive!Listener Mail: SD card performance and the Best (worst) of British!

Apr 12, 20091h 31m

Episode 140: You Got a Podcast Orb

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Featuring: Majora's Mask, Goemon, theme parks, stereotypes and more in New Business!RetroActive #4: Secret of Mana!Listener Mail: Minimum standards and the death of the dick joke!

Apr 5, 20091h 46m

Episode 139: On the 859th Day, He Rested

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Featuring: James returns with generalised RAGE!New Business: Chinatown Wars, Henry Hatsworth, and the PAL Madworld fiasco!Listener Mail: Memorable gaming disappointments!GDC News: New Zelda! Final Fantasy! VC Arcade! NO MORE FRIDGE CLEANING!

Mar 29, 20091h 58m

Episode 138: Bit.TYP Beat

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Featuring: Jon returns, and TYP joins us from Japan!New Business: Metroid Prime, Super Punch-Out!!, DQV, and First Final Fantasies!Eternal Darkness RetroActive Wrap-up!Listener Mail: Multiplayer favourites and the threat of iPhone!

Mar 23, 20092h 20m

Episode 137: The Darkness Comes

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Featuring: Karl Castaneda returns to tell us about MadWorld!RetroActive #3: Eternal Darkness (finally)!Listener Mail: Gaming guilt, taking death seriously, and pork?!?

Mar 15, 20091h 58m

Episode 136: Remembrance of Things Past

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Featuring: NWR is 10 years old!Site founder Billy Berghammer joins us to celebrate!E3s, Spaceworld, DVDs, domain sniping, secret vacations and more!Memories, like the corners of my mind!

Mar 10, 20091h 48m

Episode 135: Bad Example

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Featuring: That elusive Last Ninja!News: Musings on Excitebots, Starfy, and Wii Sports Resort!Mail: Excessive violence and alternate histories!

Mar 1, 20091h 30m

Episode 134: Successful Franchise: Spin-off

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Featuring: Non-existent nostalgia!Luigi's Mansion RetroActive wrap-up!Mail: There are reasons why we are audio only!News: Dead Space Extraction, DSi Launch, Sakurai's new Project, and more!

Feb 22, 20091h 50m

Episode 133: Ain't Afraid of No Ghost

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Featuring: Death!Neal Ronaghan fills us in on NY Comic Con 2009!Mail: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss!RetroActive #2: Luigi's Mansion!

Feb 15, 20091h 47m

Episode 132: Legend of Podcast

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Featuring: Legible Text!Dynamite Heady RetroActive Wrap-up!Mail: Patents, Princesses, and Nintendorks!News! About games on Nintendo platforms!

Feb 5, 20091h 41m

Episode 131: Puppet Show... and RFN

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Featuring: Mario Kart Wii!Salamander!Mailbag: Imagine vs. Petz!RetroActive: Dynamite Headdy!

Jan 30, 20091h 27m

Episode 130: They Were Ghost

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Featuring: Wario Land!Vampires!Sack o' Mail!

Jan 26, 20091h 52m

Episode 129: Freeballin'

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Featuring: No scripts!

Jan 13, 200945 min

Episode 128: With a Banjo On My Knee

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Featuring: New business!Maboshi/Zoda/DLC!MAIL MAIL MAIL!Untitled Podcast Feature

Jan 8, 20091h 39m

Episode 127: Tri-Continental Time Zone Panic!

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Featuring: New business!Listener Mail!Outsourcing Game Development!

Dec 31, 20082h 4m

Episode 126: Force of Nature

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Featuring: New business!Mega-Drive Cover Art!Dinner Theater!The missing games of 2008

Dec 24, 20081h 43m

Episode 125: 2008 Relived

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Featuring: Wii games of 2008!DS games of 2008!Nintendo News of 2008!Site Director Steven "WindyMan" Rodriguez

Dec 22, 20081h 38m