Radio Free Nintendo

FEATURING: Jon is absent due to incompetent movers, so James, Gui and Jonny discuss the games they've played at PAX, Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, LEGO City Undercover and Runner2. They then tackle overdue Listener Mail: Which is the best, Mega Man 2 or 3? Can VR save the Wii U? Why do devs recycle game ideas, enemies and puzzles?

FEATURING: New business talking about Keiji Inafune's Guild02 title, Bugs vs. Tanks, Monsters Come Out on Friday (the first Guild02 release), Skullgirls, Metal Gear Rising: Revengence and more! The latest news from Japan, including NFC Pokemon for the upcoming Pokemon Scramble U Life in Japan is back this month talking about Nomikai (drinking parties), clapping and the guys' experiences at these w...

FEATURING: RFN's own James, Guillaume, and Jonny accompanied by special guests Chris Kohler and Nate Andrews! Short subjects include our favorite obscure Nintendo games, a pair of What-Ifs, and elevator pitches to Iwata! Plus: Nearly half an hour of audience Q&A!

FEATURING: NWR writer Alex Culafi joins Jonny, James and Guillaume to talk about Ys Book I for this week's RetroActive segment! First however, New Business has the crew lose itself in the mazes of Etrian Odyssey IV; get confused at the Belmont Family tree in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate; defy physics in Gravity Rush; and forget who they are discussing Fire Emblem Awakening and its...

FEATURING: New Business: Mass Effect 3, GTA: Chinatown Wars, Vanquish, Jonny Gets a Vita, Crashmo, and demos. Listener Mail: Virtual Boy on the 3DS, NBA 2K13 Gatorade View, Control options in Wind Waker HD, and will the PS4 launch actually help the Wii U?

FEATURING: New format for New Business, but we still do talk about plenty of games: Bit. Trip Saga, You Me and the Cubes, Skulls of the Shogun, the lack of Black Ops map packs on the Wii U, Dragon Quest VI and Little Inferno. Listener Mail: Is Pikmin Strategy? revisited, What can Nintendo do to garner more 3rd party support, and are gaming journalists trying to marginalize the Wii U and Nintendo f...

FEATURING: New business from the guys include talk about Dragon Quest VII, Spec Ops: The Line, Skulls of the Shogun, Demon's Souls, Fire Emblem: Awakening, Culdcept for the 3DS and more! Gaming news in Japan including the most recent Nintendo Direct conferences and the seemingly "dire" situation Nintendo is in with Wii U. Playstation 2013 Conference - what the future holds for Sony and what it mea...

FEATURING: New Business this week: To The Moon, Pokemon White Version 2, Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 (really), Dragon Quest VI, Wii Street U, The Cave, and Fire Emblem Awakening. No listener mail this week, we instead tackle the Nintendo Directseses, Nintendo's Wii U Woes and the PS4 reveal (or lack thereof).

FEATURING: It's one big segment this week, but we have Billy on board to help cover the feature topic: strategy games on Nintendo platforms!

FEATURING: Fire Emblem, Hyrule Historia, Call of Duty, Crimson Shroud, Batman: Arkham City, Puddle, and Rhythm Thief all show up in New Business... and that's not even the full list! A special mystery guest pops into Jonny's recording! Listener Mail covers the devastating Rayman Legends news, plus high-value eShop games and how to sustain interest in Miiverse!

FEATURING: New Business is full of new games, as Gui plays the brand new 3DS remake of Ikachan and explains the uneven experience of The Cave on Wii U. Jon finally has his own brush with the Red Ring of Death and struggles with whether to replace his 360 before the inevitable successor launches this fall. Jonny gushes over Level 5's Ni No Kuni and also brings a few positive words about Nintendo Fo...

FEATURING: No new business this week, instead a three-man crew sans Guillaume discusses the January 23rd Nintendo Direct announcements, which include a 2011 Greg prediction come true fashionably late, the Wii U Virtual Console, and Monolith Soft's next game. The second part of the show is a Retroactive segment about The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. Recorded live, it features call-in guests and...

FEATURING: New business from the guys include talk about 3D Space Harrier, ZombiU, Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge, UFO catchers and more! A beefy Life in Japan shows how some of the members of the Famicrew made it to Japan and ways that you can do the same! Recorded before the most recent Nintendo Direct on Janyary 23, the news consists of Layton talk (both games and some special chocolate!), the de...

FEATURING: It's a short New Business as each person picks one game (or less) they've played this week: Gunman Clive, Liberation Maiden and the gorgeous Fire Emblem demo. This leaves plenty of time for the crew to sing the praises of their 5 favorite games of 2012 (and previous)! You are bound to be surprised!

FEATURING: It's the glorious return of Jon Lindemann!... "Wait, who?" ask hundreds of people in unison. Now playing touches on Super Mario 3D Land, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Galaxy Saver ("wait, what?" ask hundreds of people in unison), To The Moon, Gunman Clive and Halo 4. Then we move on to a recap of 2012's terrible predictions, and unleash terrible 2013 predictions...

FEATURING: It's another three-man crew this week as Jonny, James and Guillaume talk playing Crimson Shroud, Universe Sandbox, Metroid Blast, Mario Chase, NSMB2's co-op mode, Fluidity: Spin Cycle and Wario Land II. Listener Mail follows with the Myth of Reliable Nintendo Hardware, Wii U eShop Blues (Wii blUes?) and what The Legend of Zelda could learn from The Last Story.

FEATURING: Free (kinda) karaoke on Wii U?! Count us in! Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate is also in the house! That and more Wii U love with discussions about Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper, ZombiU and Tekken Tag 2. Double the Monster Hunter in news and a little bit about the latest update for Dragon Quest X on the Wii. Horrifying Christmas tales of kidnappings in Life in Japan Plus: The Best of 2012 - Japan Ed...

FEATURING: Jonny, James and Guillaume quickly talk about the following games before the Holidays! Happy New Year everyone! Nintendo Land, New Super Mario Bros. U, Street Fighter X Mega Man, Bit. Trip presents Runner 2, The Last Story, Little Inferno, Rayman Legends, Dress to Play: Cute Witches!, and Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge.

FEATURING: This week, RFN welcomes Connectivity alumni Nathan Mustafa! During New Business, the crew discusses Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed on Wii U, the unusual eShop RPG Crimson Shroud, James' continuing adventures in Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, Harvest Moon: A New Beginning, the iOS port of Mutant Mudds, Nathan's take on New Super Mario Bros. U, Jonny's guitar lessons with Rocksm...

FEATURING: Special guest TYP makes our throats hurt and talks about NSMBU and Nintendo Land, Jonny talks about Assassin's Creed 3 and Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Guillaume loses his audio. James finishes off New Business with Virtue's Last Rewards, and the crew then comments on the demise of Nintendo Power and the recent Nintendo Direct announcements (mostly delays).

FEATURING: Jared pops in for an episode heavy on Wii U impressions and discussion! New Business highlights include Scribblenauts Unlimited, Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed, Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion, and Ys 7! Listener Mail returns with your concerns about the Wii U's horsepower and future third-party support, plus a follow-up to the popular "Super Wii" topic!

FEATURING: Three-way impressions of Animal Crossing: New Leaf! Ty finally gets a 3DS (XL) and talks about Skullgirls and The Walking Dead! More Japanese games include Fallblox (Crashmo), E.X. Troopers, Paper Mario: Sticker Star, and Bravely Default: Flying Fairy! Plus: Nintendo Directs, Life in Japan, and the state of downloadable games in Nintendo's homeland!

FEATURING: The final three hours of our most successful telethon yet! Includes these segments: Nintendo Free Radio's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, 3DS Report Card, and Shenanigans! Special guests include Craig Harris, Billy Berghammer, and Player One Podcast's Phil Theobald and Chris Johnston! Plus: Jon Lindemann performs the Pokemon Rap -- all of it!

FEATURING: A new Nintendo system just launched, wouldn't you know! Guillaume, Billy Berghammer and NWR's Ariel Ruff talk about their launch experiences while Jonny curses his bad luck and a sexy version of James performs the interminable OS update on his fresh new Wii U. A good half of the show is devoted to New Super Mario Bros. U and Nintendo Land, while the second half is shared by OS rants, Mi...

FEATURING: Nate rejoins us this week as we talk about Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Zone of the Enders HD Collection, the demo for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Shinobi for 3DS, Shinobi III, Persona 3 Portable, Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward (the sequel to 999) and Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask. Listener Mail covers a request to assess the real meaning of Wii U's undeniable third-party s...