Radio Free Nintendo

FEATURING: (00:05:20) New Business: Animal Well.(00:23:25) New Nintendo Switch Online games.(00:34:01) Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.(00:41:19) Little Kitty, Big City.(00:57:25) For a Vast Future.(01:11:16) Listener Mail: Gee PlayStation! How Come Your Board Lets You Have Two CEOs?

FEATURING: (00:01:34) The announcement of the future announcement of the Switch successor.(00:14:10) Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition.(00:32:16) New Business: Hades 2.(00:50:53) Lorelei and the Laser Eyes.(01:03:50) Promenade demo.(01:20:04) Extreme-G. Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe.(01:27:07) Final Fanstasy XIV.(01:42:15) Listener Mail: Video game and Movie industries ailed by the same profit-maximization-driven mediocrity. Coincidence?

FEATURING: (00:00:00) Ocean. Cobra. Draft feelings. I don't even know...(00:31:37) New Business - Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog trailer. Yes, a trailer.(00:33:31) R-Type Final 3 Evolved, where Jon's New Business breaks James.(01:08:11) D for 3DO from Limited Run.(01:11:31) Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna ~ The Golden Country.(01:40:26) Dropsy, Crackdown, but mostly Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes.

FEATURING: (00:00:00) Jon plays the "guess the NSO N64 release" game.(00:08:54) Final Fantasy XIV.(00:20:29) The Frog Detective.(00:26:16) Dropsy.(00:39:17) Crackdown.(00:51:20) Sagres.(00:53:43) Listener Mail - Become a cyborg, graft a controller onto your body.(01:03:02) Irresistible special editions.(01:19:00) How will Nintendo use AI in games?(01:26:38) "Syrenne sent something"

FEATURING: (00:02:47) April 17th Indie showcase.(00:07:09) Antonblast demo impressions.(00:19:23) Europa demo impressions. Little Kitty Big City. Bread and Fred.(00:30:10) Steamworld Heist 2. Yars Rising. TMNT Splintered Fate.(00:42:40) The Exit 8 impressions.(00:49:12) Sagres.(01:00:51) Super R-Type.(01:21:07) Game Center CX Arino's Challenge 1 + 2 Replay.(01:37:44) The Fallout TV show.

FEATURING: (00:00:00) Quasi New Business - New SNES NSO games. HEBEREKE Enjoy Edition. Arcade Archives: Sunset Riders.(00:22:15) Listener Mail - Our highlights and lowlights of the apex of control gimmickry (the 3DS and Wii U generation).(00:44:00) Online Wii U and 3DS memories.(01:02:26) Analog triggers ARE available on Switch. Why not support them?(01:23:07) Felix the Cat and other old games that will never be re-released.

FEATURING: (00:02:18) Listener Mail - Nintendo, the Disney of video games.(00:42:11) Nintendo's "it's not a numbered entry, yes it is, no it's not" dance.(01:08:04) The Legend of Zelda: Link's Adventurous art styles.(01:44:07) New Business: SaGa: Emerald Beyond demo(s).(01:50:31) F-Zero Maximum Velocity. Retro Game Challenge 1 + 2 Replay.(02:10:54) FIFA 23.(02:26:35) Mortal Kombat 11. Dr. Mario 64.

FEATURING: (00:07:58) New Business - Mario Golf (GBC) and other NSO games.(00:12:16) F-Zero 99 and F-Zero Maximum Velocity.(00:23:27) Titanfall 2.(00:31:03) Unicorn Overlord.(00:54:59) Heave Ho. Marvel's Spider-Man.(01:20:47) Listener Mail - What does Nintendo have left to release between now and Switch 2?

FEATURING: (00:01:25) Listener Mail - Why does Nintendo not name their developers?(00:34:09) Is Nintendo killing the Direct format?(00:50:00) Off-Broadway Musical: UNSUSTAINABLE BUSINESS (Sony games + AAA).(01:48:35) New Business - A Little to the Left and an Xbox Intervention.(02:04:48) Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen.(02:15:00) Splatoon 3 Side Order DLC and New Super Luigi U.

FEATURING: (00:01:02) New Business - World of Final Fantasy Maxima.(00:17:14) Ufouria: The Saga 2. Mortal Kombat 1. Mortal Kombat 11.(00:35:49) Splatoon 3: Side Order.(01:02:07) Unicorn Overlord.(01:37:16) Listener Mail - Mario Kart X.(02:07:10) Nintendo games now too off brand to re-release.

FEATURING: (00:02:18) New Business - Princess Peach: Showtime!(00:20:28) Helldivers 2.(00:44:19) Akira Toriyama's passing. Balatro.(01:05:31) Unicorn Overlord demo.(01:25:51) Star Wars: Dark Forces.(01:31:08) Ufouria 2: The Saga.(01:45:51) Listener Mail - Yuzu folded so quickly. What happened there?

FEATURING: (00:01:49) New Business - Mario vs Donkey Kong.(00:15:22) Interlude: Video games and the leap year.(00:22:29) Blast Corps.(00:35:53) Trails to Azure. Super Smash Bros Ultimate spirits.(00:44:41) The latest Pokemon Direct.(00:59:38) Cyberpunk 2077. Kid Dracula.(01:06:43) Arcade Archives Mystic Warriors.(01:13:56) Star Wars: Dark Forces.(01:36:14) Listener Mail - The AAAA BBBB CCCCs of the gaming industry.

FEATURING: (00:04:29) Nintendo Partner Showcase - Grounded.(00:07:42) Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure. Unicorn Overlord.(00:13:22) Monster Hunter Stories. Epic Mickey. Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance.(00:23:46) Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble. World of Goo 2. FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time. Another Crab's Treasure.(00:34:54) Penny's Big Breakaway. Suika Game Multiplayer Mode DLC. Pepper Grinder. Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On!(00:44:29) Contra: Operation Galuga. Pentiment.(01:01:49) Rare's games on NSO. Endless Ocean Luminous.(01:20:28) Trails to Azure.(01:28:36) Actraiser: Renaissance.(01:39:33) Yoshi's Island.(01:52:20) Mother 3. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.(02:04:24) Mario vs Donkey Kong. Ninja 5-0.

FEATURING: (00:00:58) New Business - Actraiser: Rennaissance.(00:16:40) Pop quiz, hot shot: eShop edition.(00:22:43) Analogue Pocket, Game Boy swap meet recommendations.(00:48:31) F-Zero 99. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.(01:08:44) The Nintendo has no Direct, the Xbox has no future.(01:16:58)Listener Mail - New entries in these series feel incoherent and non-definitive.(01:53:03) Playing a game while under the weather.

FEATURING: (00:02:37) New Business - Trails to Azure (kinda). Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker.(00:21:17) Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (kinda). Yooka-Laylee.(00:42:35) Listener Mail - What can Xbox do to win Japan?(01:31:03) Nintendo working on a licensed game, or, Grandma's soup tastes different today.

FEATURING: (00:01:13) Tekken 8.(00:12:48) Saga of the Moon Priestess.(00:27:17) Mario vs. Donkey Kong.(01:36:11) Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown already significantly discounted in the UK. More Smash Bros spirits.(00:38:08) Silpheed. LEGO The Lord of Rings.(00:47:44) Injustice 1 and 2.(00:52:55) Our 2024 predictions.

FEATURING: (00:00:58) James and Greg make (Super Smash Bros Ultimate) spirits appear.(00:11:51) Listener Mail - Nintendo GBA remakes cannibalizing the NSO?(00:47:07) Cheaply restore a game as a palliative for the dying Switch.(01:32:08) New Business - EGGCONSOLE SILPHEED PC-8801mkIISR.(01:49:55) Tekken 8 demo.

FEATURING: (00:03:27) New Business - Mad on the Internet, new Smash Bros amiibo.(00:15:59) Demo for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. (00:25:06) The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero. Unicorn Overlord. (00:35:23) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Visions of Mana presentation on the Xbox Developer Direct.(00:44:34) Listener Mail - Jonny demands we look at this AI art.(01:08:57) THe best/worst video game "elements" outside of Milla Jovovich.(01:30:29) Annoying Nintendo marketing phrases.

FEATURING: (00:02:06) AI Shark and Google Podcast.(00:12:36) New Business - The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero. Unicorn Overlord. (00:25:05) Tents and Trees. Cocoon. (00:41:18) Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate and apparently every other MH game ever.(00:48:33) Listener Mail - Backlog? What backlog? (01:17:14) Complexity confused for depth.

FEATURING: (00:03:09) New Business - Guillaume's Holiday gaming.(00:18:46) Super Mario Galaxy.(00:55:48) Listener Mail - Aid and abet me by recommending game ROMs.(01:35:41) Play Ghost Tr... oh, you have? Play this other game, then!

FEATURING: Ring in 2024 with Radio Free Nintendo's RetroActive of The 7th Guest.

FEATURING: The RFN crew reveals its top fives of 2023.

FEATURING: (00:04:20) New Business - Kangaroo.(00:22:11) Ghost Trick. Super Mario RPG.(00:39:10) Castlevania Advance Collection.(00:45:46) Suika Game. EGGCONSOLE XANADU PC-8801 PC-8801mkIISR.(01:03:31) Jet Force Gemini in non-anamorphic widescreen, on a separate app for naughty software.(01:23:47) Listener Mail - The worst update for a game.

FEATURING: (00:09:53) Listener Mail - What defines an indie game?(00:37:00) Star Fox: The Movie: The Game.(01:14:09) Why don't more devs give us the equivalent of a fidget toy in loading screens?

FEATURING: (00:01:42) New Business - WarioWare: Move It! Super Mario Bros. Wonder.(00:20:39) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Castlevania Advance Collection.(00:33:20) Super Mario RPG. F-Zero 99.(01:01:08) Listener Mail - We attempt to explain "this Kong".(01:32:43) What's next for Platinum Games?(02:00:38) New Zelda before 2030?

FEATURING: (00:05:49) Listener Mail - That time James bullied a sleep-deprived new dad.(00:10:01) What will it be: Mario Kart 9, or Mario Kart 10.(00:23:00) The Joy-Conundrum.(00:52:35) Who should make Metroid Prime 4, if Retro can't?(01:09:19) En francais, s'il-vous-plait!(01:21:35) Switch 2, OLED at launch?

FEATURING: (00:02:50) New Business - The many clones of Donkey Kong. Dave the Diver.(00:23:11) Monster Hunter World. Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1. Super Mario Bros. Wonder.(00:30:00) Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration.(00:53:24) Dr. Mario Legacy Collection (Switch, 2021).(01:06:13) Ultimate Unauthorized Nintendo Game Strategies. (01:21:04) Devil World. Castlevania Legends.(01:39:42) Final Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass tracks.(01:49:12) Listener Mail - Themeing in game music.

FEATURING: RetroActive deliberations (and winner reveal). That's it.

FEATURING: (00:01:35) New Business - Super Mario Bros. Wonder.(00:51:42) Sparklite.(01:05:50) Dave the Diver.(01:17:50) Listener Mail - Could a remake be so good it becomes Game of the Year?

FEATURING: (00:04:15) New Business - Super Mario Bros. Wonder.(00:40:25) Listener Mail interlude - Lives. Then back to Bronder.(01:31:13) Asking for Retroactive ideas.(01:37:02) Listener Mail for Real This Time - Examples of Nintendo doing plot right?

FEATURING: (00:03:16) New Business - Super Mario Bros. Wonder.(00:20:45) F-Zero 99.(00:24:17) Another Garbageman stream.(00:44:19) Forza Motorsports: The New One.(01:05:45) Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. 8BitDo controller.(01:20:16) Chained Echoes.(01:23:06) We talk about Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision for a bit.(01:27:04) Asura's Wrath. Astebreed.(01:38:36) We end this very structured podcast with 10 minutes of Irem conversation. Then ask for Retroactive recommendations.

FEATURING: (00:05:16) New Business - Dogurai.(00:16:28) Chained Echoes.(00:27:57) Forza Motorsport 8.(00:40:49) We talk about 80s and 90s movies for a bit.(01:06:16) F-Zero 99. Patrick's Parabox.(01:16:01) Listener Mail - Has Doug Bowser seen this junk?(01:51:02) Game design sins.(02:12:08) Wishing for Bravely Third.

FEATURING: (00:06:07) New Business - Aria of Sorrow.(00:15:53) Kirby Star Allies.(00:31:15) Super Nintendo World. (00:45:50) Arcade Archives Stakes Winner 2. (00:55:10) Freak Crossing. (01:11:47) To Be Or Not To Be. (01:19:54) Reventure.(01:33:46) Listener Mail - Vacation through the TV.

FEATURING: (00:04:38) New Business - .hack//G.U. Last Recode.(00:21:57) Quest for Camelot.(00:32:21) Starfield and other Western RPGs. Monster Hunter World. (00:47:07) Final Vendetta. (00:55:08) Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2. (01:07:22) Asura's Wrath. (01:12:24) F-Zero 99.(01:30:11) Listener Mail - The inexplicable decisions behind whether or not to port to Switch.(02:14:21) The most delicious-looking accessories.

FEATURING: (00:01:52) Where are all the Game Boy games?(00:46:56) When is a game dated?

FEATURING: (00:00:00) This week's episode is all about the September 14th Nintendo Direct.

FEATURING: (00:00:47) New Business - The Analogue Pocket.(00:32:07) Starfield.(01:00:13) The Takeover.(01:17:11) Listener Mail - Industry people we would put in the corner office.(02:03:28) Where is all the disdain for the PlayStation Portal coming from?

FEATURING: (00:00:55) Super Mario Bros Wonder Aug 31st Direct.(01:01:50) New Business - Sea of Stars.(01:21:44) TMNT Shredder's Revenge DLC: Dimension Shellshock.(01:24:46) Cyberpunk 2077.(01:32:04) Starfield.(01:41:23) .hack//G.U. Last Recode.(01:52:05) Excitebike 64. Kirby Star Allies.

FEATURING: (00:03:00) New Business - .hack//G.U. Last Recode.(00:23:52) Thank Goodness You're Here! Gamescom 2023.(00:33:24) The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap. The ongoing NSO slow trickle.(00:43:01) Tinykin.(00:56:30) Immortality.(00:56:30) Listener Mail - Charles Martinet's exit.

FEATURING: (00:01:23) New Business - The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap.(00:34:39) Vampire Survivors.(00:54:46) Pikmin 2. (01:03:23) Quake II.(01:24:20) Listener Mail - Games we like to be a tourist in.(01:47:13) Radio Free Muppets.(01:59:21) Are we getting a final Switch remodel before its successor?

FEATURING: (00:05:34) New Business - Pikmin.(00:20:23) Venba.(00:29:43) Ghouls 'n Ghosts on NSO (Genesis). Not one of the 35 other ports.(01:08:13) Patrick's Parabox. Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble.(01:21:36) Listener Mail - Goldilocks games on a given system.(01:50:46) Who's the RFN mascot?

FEATURING: (00:06:06) New Business - Pikmin 4.(00:21:47) Intermission - Nintendo's quarterly results.(00:30:00) Pikmin 4 talk resumed.(00:51:17) Final Fanstasy XVI.(00:57:41) The Super Mario Bros. Movie.(01:10:57) Theatrhythm Final Bar Line.(01:16:29) Listener Mail - Which is more future-proof: physical or digital releases?(01:39:18) What are the 2witch's launch titles?

FEATURING: (00:01:53) Listener Mail - The value and cost of remastered games.(00:37:22) Baseball talk.(00:46:03) What makes a collectathon.(01:26:17) When will Jon be mature enough to try Pikmin?(01:40:17) New Business kinda - Pikmin 4..

FEATURING: (00:01:40) Horsing Around with video game merch.(00:07:42) New Business - Chaos Galaxy.(00:26:32) Pikmin 4.(00:37:34) Ridge Racer 6.(01:01:37) Listener Mail - VGMARKETINGANDGAME.(01:32:14) What makes good character design?(02:33:38) Stinger - Paulie and the robotic romance has been excised.

FEATURING: (00:01:12) New Business - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass tracks.(00:28:46) Fight'N Rage.(00:41:15) Final Fantasy XVI ending stretch.(00:46:31) Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective.(01:00:34) Follow-up to control issue email - Kid Icarus Uprising, StarFox Command.(01:10:45) Real or Fake Limited Run Games quiz.(01:27:12) Listener Mail - Buying Everybody 1-2 Switch! as an investment.(01:54:14) The odds of Waluigi being in Wonder.

FEATURING: (00:03:24) Listener Mail - Living a full Pokemon life.(00:37:03) Games that make us hit the limit of our skills and abilities.(01:10:52) RFN shills for Nintendo, for money.(01:45:39) New Business - James and Greg play Ghost Trick. Be like James and Greg.(02:17:06) The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (no spoilers), Crusader of Centy.(02:37:11) Final Fantasy XVI, Inertial Drift.

FEATURING: (00:10:24) New Business - Pikmin 4 demo.(00:45:32) Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon and the rest of Netflix's stellar game library.(01:04:51) Pikmin Bloom.(01:10:49) Final Fantasy XVI.(01:38:27) Listener Mail - We merge any two Nintendo properties.(02:12:04) Metacritic Golf.

FEATURING: (00:00:00) We spend way too much time discussing Everbody 1-2 Switch!(00:12:32) 2 hours of conversation about the June 21st 2023 Nintendo Direct: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero for Pokemon Scarlet or Pokemon Violet. Sonic Superstars. Palia.(00:21:31) Persona 5 Tactica. Splatoon 3 Splatfest. Detective Pikachu Returns.(00:30:27) Super Mario RPG. Princess Peach game. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon. Silent Hope. Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince.(00:59:21) Pikmin 4. Pikmin 1+2 HD. MGS Collection. Penny's Big Breakaway. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Pack.(01:25:34) Star Ocean The Second Story R. WarioWare: Move It!(01:36:28) Super Mario Bros Wonder. Final thoughts (where was Metroid Prime 4, and what was Metroid Prime Remastered about, then?).

FEATURING: (00:06:33) New Business - Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate.(00:30:30) Diablo 4.(00:35:49) Clockwork Aquario.(00:50:39) Ghost Trick demo, Fire Emblem on NSO Expansion Pack.(01:24:00) Listener Mail - We make Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Warriors.

FEATURING: (00:09:45) Listener Mail - Nintendo's $3500 cardboard peripheral.(00:33:48) Meowth says "No Fate".(01:11:26) We put Nicholas Cage in games.(01:33:02) New Business - Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble, and other NSO Game Boy games.(01:49:45) Space Invaders Gigamax 4 SE. Puzzle Bobble Everybubble! demo.