Radio Free Nintendo

FEATURING: (00:01:24) The Next RetroActive: The Candidates.(00:53:27) The Cuts Begin.(02:04:35) The Final Four: A Decision is Made.(02:18:00) Listener Mail - I am not Lon Jindemann!

FEATURING: (00:02:11) New Business - Another James Jones eShop roundup featuring Halloween: Super Puzzles Dream.(00:11:48) The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.(00:18:53) Guillaume's favourite game ever, Dead Cells.(00:22:12) Prodeus.(00:30:23) Cat Quest 2. (00:34:42) Pilotwings 64. Bonus Mario Party digressions. (01:09:06) Timesplitters 2, David Cronenberg's directing techniques, just how old is Scott Bakula anyway?(01:20:02) Listener Mail - Video games, but live, so to speak. (01:57:10) Illumination's style for the next Mario game?

FEATURING: (00:03:55) New Business - Buying a DSi in 2022. Super Princess Peach.(00:47:08) Sable.(00:59:54) Panzer Dragoon Orta.(01:08:22) Installing mods on the Steam Deck.(01:25:46) Listener Mail - WTF is going on with PlatinumGames?

FEATURING: (00:06:04) New Business - Jon gets an Xbox Series X Replica Mini Fridge Thermoelectric Cooler, because nothing matters anymore.(00:28:16) Also a Steam Deck.(00:54:33) Listener Mail - New media, Old developers.(01:32:52) Our cursed licensed games.(02:06:59) Which Atlus 3DS game to buy.

FEATURING: (00:00:00) Pilotwings 64 on NSO's sexy trailer.(00:13:17) The Super Mario Bros Movie teaser reveal.(00:53:52) New Business: fault - StP - LIGHTKRAVTE.(01:04:47) Doom 64.(01:13:52) Return to Monkey Island.(01:32:54) The Splatoon 3 splatfest. Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course. Donkey Kong Country Returns: Tropical Freeze on OLED with Funky Kong mode.

FEATURING: (00:02:41) Listener Mail - Mario Movie Minion.(00:50:57) Why have we not played celebrated visual novel The House in Fata Morgana.(01:12:11) Captain N reboot without the Big N.

FEATURING: (00:02:40) New Business - Pocket Card Jockey.(00:12:44) The Last of Us Part II.(00:16:14) James explores the bottom of the eShop barrel.(00:28:18) Dragon Ball: The Breakers.(00:34:14) Splatoon 3.(00:54:48) Mario Strikers: Battle League.(00:58:29) Doom II.(01:07:17) Doom 64.(01:16:58) Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge.(01:26:45) Listener Mail - Lindemann can't keep getting away with being so sexy!(01:32:36) The Canadian music that distracted us.

FEATURING: (00:07:42) September 2022 Nintendo Direct.(01:36:21) New Business - Splatoon 3.(01:51:16) Xenoblade Chronicles 3.(02:07:21) New NSO Genesis games.(02:10:21) Doom and Doom II.

FEATURING: (00:05:23) Listener Mail: Dream Digital Eclipse collection.(00:52:08) What's in a censored name?(01:09:19) Reggie's mediocre book, and Nintendo execs' presence.(01:27:41) New Business: Live A Live.(01:45:10) In Retrospect.(01:50:42) Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak (Sunbroke?).(01:53:20) Commodore 64 - A Visual Compendium.

FEATURING: (00:04:22) New Business: Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes.(00:07:35) Switch OLED.(00:21:42) Splatoon 3 Splatfest(00:38:27) Streaming the eShop.(00:42:27) Here Comes Niko.(00:52:44) Listener Mail: The Moral King - Mickey.(01:23:40) Game trials that lead to game sales.

FEATURING: (00:04:08) Listener Mail: The emotional impact of parenthood and gaming.(00:34:23) Pills for forgetting games.(00:47:14) Will we still buy SNK games now that the Saudi family owns it?(01:27:34) New Business: Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2.(01:29:16) Live A Live.(01:46:59) Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

FEATURING: (00:01:17) Listener Mail: Is the Embracer Group even real.(00:39:24) How to make the worst titles even worse.(01:03:56) Interlude: The world's worst brainwashing.(01:07:37) New Business: Live A Live.(01:25:36) Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak.(01:44:58) Xenoblade Chronicles 3.(01:56:03) Wave Race 64.

FEATURING: (00:04:39) New Business: Splatoon 3 Direct.(00:33:34) Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2.(00:51:40) Duke Nukem Forever.(01:11:44) Xenoblade Chronicles 3.(01:19:26) Listener Mail: Nintendo franchises after the Apocalypse.(01:48:25) Console price drops are out, price increases are in.

FEATURING: (00:01:09) New Business: Xenoblade Chronicles 3.(00:35:21) Destropolis.(00:46:47) Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl.(00:55:00) MultiVersus.(01:20:57) Panzer Dragoon: Remake.(01:35:07) Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. Diablo Immortal.(01:38:11) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC wave 2.(01:51:33) Pokemon Violet and Scarlet.

FEATURING: (00:09:27) New Business: Forza Horizon 5 Hot Wheels DLC.(00:27:14) Diablo Immortal p2w.(00:38:18) Astral Chain.(00:44:03) Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series.(00:58:17) Listener Mail: Nintendo Arcade Games for the Arcade Archives.(01:19:06) Mail-Order Collector Edition Upgrades.(01:54:35) A Life Spent on AAA.

FEATURING: (00:02:03) More weird Nintendo Switch Online stuff.(00:27:04) Listener Mail: Leaker Culture.(00:58:55) Making a Game Using Religion.(01:20:42) Cutting down the plot.(01:42:26) New Business: Klonoa 2 from Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series.(01:54:09) Mario Strikers: Battle League.(01:58:28) Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II.(02:13:58) Astral Chain.(02:27:10) Satisfye ZenGrip Pro.

FEATURING: (00:01:27) Kirby's Dream Buffet non-E3 reveal.(00:06:55) Bayonetta 3's new non-E3 trailer.(00:18:27) New Business: Diablo Immortal.(00:42:24) Xenoblade Chronicles: Future Connected. Paper Mario: The Origami King.(01:04:10) OG Paper Mario.(01:11:54) Citizen Sleeper.(01:19:30) Carrion.(01:34:39) ElecHead. Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak.

FEATURING: (00:01:58) Listener Mail: Genre with the worst games.(00:59:05) Help me choose the Nontendo solution that is right for me.(01:14:00) Defensive third party acquisitions.(01:44:38) Guilt from not playing "free" games.

FEATURING: (00:03:59) James Jones' Xenoblade Chronicles 3 direct takes, Nintendo Mini partner showcase.(01:09:13) Four new Genesis games in July NSO update.(01:21:37) New Business - Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak.(01:30:13) ElecHead.(01:39:43) Dicey Dungeons. Citizen Sleeper. (01:54:46) TMNT: Shredder's Revenge. The 1990 TMNT movie. Gremlins. Puppets. Dick Miller.

FEATURING: (00:02:09) Xenoblade Chronicles 3 direct.(00:27:29) New Business - Fall Guys.(00:41:45) Poinpy.(00:49:03) Monster Hunter Sunbreak demo.(01:12:53) Listener Mail - Optimize Nintendo's game reveal timing. (01:45:24) Interest-destroying moments in games.

FEATURING: (00:01:14) New Business - Card Shark. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge.(00:17:57) Dicey Dungeons. Pac-Man Museum+.(00:36:29) Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak.(00:59:00) Mario Strikers: Battle League. Shin Megami Tensei V. (01:05:10) Listener Mail - Why is Nintendo so bad at online stores. (01:34:12) Who would win in a fight?

FEATURING: (00:01:14) New Business - Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes demo.(00:20:55) Mario Strikers: Battle League demo.(01:43:15) Nobody Saves the World. Space Invaders Invincible Collection.(01:08:17) Diablo Immortal. (01:33:19) Listener Mail - Beloved series we've given up on, or refuse to.

FEATURING: (00:03:03) Listener Mail - Short games.(00:31:30) A game for no one.(01:29:30) Pokemon Scarlet and Violet trailer.

FEATURING: (00:02:28) New Business - Nobody Saves the World.(00:22:50) Guardians of the Galaxy, Crusader Kings 3.(00:40:07) Actraiser Renaissance.(00:46:10) Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, Rival Turf! and more.(01:22:30) Listener Mail - Michel Gondry's reboxing video.

FEATURING: (00:06:13) Syrenne and her Puzzling Week.(00:56:16) New Business: N64 Switch controller and Reggie's book.(01:22:25) Guardians of the Galaxy.(01:35:49) Final Fantasy XIII, Switch Sports.(01:22:35) Actraiser Renaissance.

FEATURING: (00:02:14) Listener Mail: Video games that are a balm for the soul. (00:41:25) What existential threat made flesh will Kirby fight next? (00:50:43) We find a use for My Nintendo.

FEATURING: (00:06:19) New Business: Nintendo Switch Sports. (00:35:47) Final Fantasy XIII. (01:04:39) Reggie Fils-Aime's book: Disrupting the Game. (01:16:17) The Wonderful 101. (01:18:15) Listener Mail: Square Enix selling off Eidos. (01:54:41) We become VTubers.

FEATURING: (00:04:17) New Business: Sonic Spinball. (00:22:52) Tunic. (00:56:20) Chinatown Detective Agency. (01:00:23) Listener Mail: Nintendo Switch Sports rejects. (01:28:16) The game preservation debate.

FEATURING: (00:01:48) News commentary: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 gets the opposite of a delay. (00:42:19) New Business: Chinatown Detective Agency. (01:02:00) Cyberpunk 2077. (01:28:10) Wii Sports Club. (01:38:35) Neo The World Ends with You. (01:47:19) Mario Golf on N64. New NSO Expansion Pack games.

FEATURING: (00:01:23) New Business: The Wild at Heart. (00:19:15) Infernax. (00:25:05) Triangle Strategy. (00:36:40) Light Crusader. (00:49:18) Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition. Mario Golf 64. (01:13:28) Listener Mail: Scarves. (01:18:01) When is easy mode THE WAY? (01:46:28) How will Nintendo surivive the Amico? (02:02:52) Why are digital storefronts so bad?

FEATURING: (00:06:12) New Business: Final Fantasy XII, Kirby and the Forgotten Land. (00:08:45) A conversation about Zuma that gets away from us. (00:22:10) GTA V. Monster Hunter Rise. (00:27:15) Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition. (00:49:54) Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Mario Golf 64, F-Zero X. (00:56:53) Triangle Strategy. (00:58:41) Listener Mail: Forget crypto, invest in Devil's Third. (01:14:08) Things video games taught us. (01:44:25) Our purchases primarily driven by hype.

FEATURING: (00:04:12) The news: Project Zelda Breath of the Wild 2 delayed. (00:35:14) E3 2022 is cancelled. (00:50:25) Listener Mail: Dragalia Lost's end. (01:20:08) New Business: Triangle Strategy. (01:26:05) GTA V. (01:30:00) Kirby and the Forgotten Land. (01:48:03) More Kirby and the Forgotten Land. (01:55:45) Final Fantasy XII.

FEATURING: (00:02:16) New Business: Prelude to Kirby and the Forgotten World. (00:24:09) The Wonderful 101. (00:28:07) Final Fantasy XII. (00:55:39) Triangle Strategy. (01:15:59) Listener Mail: Digital game organisation. (01:40:08) Our Nintendo roleplay mods.

FEATURING: (00:01:55) New Business: Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury. (00:39:28) Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak Expansion presentation, Grand Theft Auto V. (00:51:53) F-Zero X on the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack. (01:14:17) Turrican Flashback Collection. (01:34:52) Listener Mail: When the LACK of experience with a genre colors our perspective on a title. (02:04:55) Bonus conversation on RPG nomenclature.

FEATURING: (00:01:53) New Business: F-Zero X. Kirby and the Forgotten Land demo. (00:27:02) Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden.(00:38:21) Super Mario 3D World. Gran Turismo 7.(00:56:32) Unpacking. Psychonauts and backwards compatibility. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. (01:22:14) Listener Mail: The Wiiware and Dsiware (and one 3DS retail game) we regret missing out on.(01:38:36) Remakes that don't live up to their potential.(02:08:21) Painfully bad games.

FEATURING: It's our "List of the games we liked the most of 2021 and also some other games we thought were good too, plus also Switch games to stall it out longer"! (00:04:16) Five. (00:18:27) Four.(00:27:23) Three. (00:41:40) Two.(01:01:59) Special mentions.(01:20:00) Lifetime top Switch games.(01:35:36) One.

FEATURING: (00:04:32) New Business: Switch Sports network test. (00:35:46) The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD. (00:54:00) eShop Shutdown Shopping: Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3. (00:57:15) eShop Shutdown Shopping: Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest.(01:12:40) The Legend of Zelda: Majora' Mask.(01:21:45) Pokemon Legends: Arceus.(02:08:45) Listener Mail: Item management in games.

FEATURING: (00:08:10) Listener Mail - Our dumbest wishes for physical releases.(00:32:10) Goldeneye 007: classic or remake? (01:02:26) How to quit games without an ending.(01:29:50) The positive segment (about the industry, and this podcast).

FEATURING: (00:00:31) February 9th 2022 Nintendo Direct - Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, Splatoon 3, Mario Kart DLC.(00:45:31) Nintendo Switch Sports. (00:53:29) Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Metroid Dread additions.(01:13:54) Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Mario Strikers: Battle League.(01:27:09) Live A Live, Triangle Strategy, Klonoa, Front Mission, Earthbound.

FEATURING: (00:03:30) New Business: Pokemon Legends: Arceus.(01:14:19) Unsighted.(01:22:34) Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age.(01:31:38) The Immortal and Solomon's Key on NSO. Castlevania Advance Collection.

FEATURING: (00:07:12) Listener Mail: What makes Mario enemies so marketable?(00:29:28) Games we would have loved, had they not been impossible.(00:53:22) Baby's first game.(01:16:11) New Business: Ghost Trick. Unsighted.

FEATURING: (00:02:16) Listener Mail: Microsoft acquiring Activision.(00:33:43) Are we closer to Microsoft acquiring Nintendo?(01:09:36) The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles.(01:15:36) No More Heroes 3. (01:24:26) Banjo Kazooie. (01:30:23) Scarlet Nexus. (01:36:11) Tekken 7. NHL 22. (01:42:03) Red Dead Revolver.

FEATURING: (00:01:40) New Business: Langrisser I & II.(00:9:44) Castlevania: Dracula X.(00:14:18) Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Pokemon Legends: Arceus trailers.(00:31:59) Halo Infinite. (00:34:55) Wordle. (00:39:45) The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles. (00:46:30) Listener Mail: Pre-written Nintendo obits. (01:19:27) Time accelerates.

FEATURING: (00:05:33) New Business: Xenoblade Chronicles.(00:18:02) Forza Horizon 5.(00:28:39) Shin Megami Tensei V.(00:39:07) Mighty Goose. (00:42:32) Dynamite Headdy, Paper Mario, Kid Icarus soundtracks and GameCube controller. (01:03:24) Langrisser I & II. (01:24:16) World End Syndrome. (01:31:31) Listener Mail: RFNFTs and ghastly neologisms.

FEATURING: (00:03:42) New Business: Record of Lodoss War - Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth.(00:19:12) Listener Mail: How to celebrate Kirby's 30th anniversary.(00:40:27) Attempting new challenges when revisiting familiar games.(01:04:55) How to revive HD Rumble.

FEATURING: (00:02:52) Indie Showcase.(00:37:18) Pokemon, Nintendo's upcoming 2022 lineup.(00:47:50) New Genesis games on NSO.(01:07:58) New Business quick updates, Paper Mario.

FEATURING: (00:07:40) Listener Mail - Playing inferior ports by choice.(00:26:15) Main entries that should have been spinoffs.(00:56:39) Avoiding gamer injuries.(01:10:42) Not affiliated with Dekudeals.com. (01:25:45) New Business - Shin Megami Tensei IV and V.(01:41:44) Halo Infinite.

FEATURING: (00:05:51) New Business - Shin Megami Tensei V.(00:31:16) Pikmin Bloom.(00:40:40) Jon's Black Friday haul. Demon's Souls.(00:51:03) James' Black Friday. Lost Judgement. (01:06:40) Listener Mail - The RFN Relisten Project.(01:21:19) Franchise first forays. (01:50:54) Is Metroid Dread difficult in a good way?

FEATURING: (00:02:16) New Business - Shin Megami Tensei V.(00:17:21) Ys Origin.(00:20:18) Thanksgiving Sales. Forza 5.(00:34:23) Listener Mail - We choose where Nintendo invests.(01:06:08) RFN After Dark: Our tub time rituals. (01:16:11) We tweak the Nintendo Directs' pacing and content.

FEATURING: (00:03:24) New Business - Xbox odds and ends: Project Wingman, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.(00:28:24) Forza Horizon 5.(00:55:51) Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom.(01:04:09) WarioWare: Get It Together!(01:10:29) Ys Origin. (01:16:06) Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn. (01:28:51) Listener Mail - Joy-Con options.(01:39:03) IGN's Shin Megami Tensei V review.