Radio Free Nintendo

Featuring: Billy Berghammer is our special guest this week! The founder of NWR gives us insight into his work as a game consultant plus the CBSi purchase of Giant Bomb! 3DS dominates New Business once again with Mario Tennis Open, Mutant Mudds, Zen Pinball, and the Rhythm Thief demo! PLUS: Jonny loves Journey!

Featuring: James has first impressions of The Last Story! Also in New Business: Mass Effect 3, Mario vs. DK: Minis March Again, and Goemon's Great Adventure! Listener Mail returns with questions about multiple Wii U tablets, Pokemon Black + White 2, and how to wake up a sleeping Nintendo franchise! PLUS: DOUBLE IMPACT!

Featuring: Special guest Guillaume Veillette of NegativeWorld.org joins us to celebrate the 3DS' first birthday! We reflect on our time as 3DS owners by tallying up our games, comparing best/worst experiences, and offering hopes for the future! 3DS dominates New Business too with Mario, Steel Diver, Pac-Man + Galaga Dimensions, and a big announcement from Jon! PLUS: Wuwhores!

Featuring: Danny, Daan, and JC return with reaction to all the Nintendo Direct news from Japan! Get in rhythm with the crew's discussions of the Hatsune Miku demo, Theatrhythm, and Rhythm Thief! Danny delves into Denpa Ningen no RPG for the eShop! PLUS: Valentine's Day in Japan!

Featuring: We celebrate the announcement of The Last Story's North American release! Also in New Business: All the other news from the Nintendo Direct broadcasts! Listener Mail returns with questions about gaming instead of studying, the best hardware for playing DSiWare, and a big one on the future of Zelda! PLUS: Jonny finishes not one, not two, but three games!

Featuring: RFN gets philosophical in a special feature as we explore the question: What is Gameplay?! Will we avoid sinking into a semantic quagmire and instead generate a thought-provoking discussion? Listen to find out! New Business features Wario Land, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, more Rhythm Heaven Fever, and the Metal Gear Solid 3D demo! PLUS: Jon finishes not one, but two games!

Featuring: James comes down with a Rhythm Heaven Fever! Also in New Business: Art Academy, Crush3D, more Revelations, and the Master System! Listener Mail returns with questions about VC transferability, Hyrule Historia, pro-Rayman media bias, and more! PLUS: Jon Lindemann in the fourth person!

Featuring: It's time for us to learn to deal with death as the Fire Emblem RetroActive comes to a close! We discuss The Sacred Stones for GBA in-depth with the help of your forum comments! Greg has extensive impressions of the Circle Pad Pro and RE Revelations in New Business! PLUS: Jonny and TYP's Rupee Fever!

Featuring: We reveal the games we just have to play before we die in our Gaming Bucket Lists! Our lists take us on a journey through time from the days of the Vectrex all the way up to the Captain Rainbow age! New Business looks at Nintendo's latest round of troubling financials! PLUS: Jon hops back on the time travel train with Radiant Historia!

Featuring: Danny, Daan, and JC put Japanese games journalism under the microscope in a brand new Famicast! The crew has impressions of Kiki Trick and Rhythm Thief R! Theatrhythm's DLC leads off the Japan news! PLUS: Answers to your questions on the PS Vita and over-priced pizza!

Featuring: It's the Dawn of the Demo as we take Resident Evil: Revelations for a test drive! Also in New Business: Bionic Commando, F-Zero, and the return of Trauma Team! We answer yet more of your Listener Mail on Mega Man's 25th birthday, Nintendo's SOPA stance, and the future of Mario hub worlds! PLUS: Naked Wookiees!

Featuring: The RFN crew celebrates the fourth anniversary of its first show together! Jonny traces back the roots of the RPG genre in New Business! Listener Mail features our desires for Miyamoto's next project, Wii U's online uncertainty, and a prescription for lethargic Nintendo fans! PLUS: Lindy the Necrolinguist!

Featuring: It's predictions time again as we gaze into our crystal balls to see what lies ahead for 2012! Also, what are our most anticipated games, and just how wrong were our 2011 forecasts?! New Business features Nano Assault, Shinobi, 3D Classics Kid Icarus, and James' ailing XBOX! PLUS: Jon can't stop finishing games!

Featuring: The RFN crew reunites for the first show of 2012! A New Year means a whole lot of New Business, including Mighty Switch Force, VVVVVV, and the joy of Swapnote! We examine the potential for a Zelda game made by Retro Studios! PLUS: The future of Animal Crossing!

Featuring: Billy and TYP join us to answer all your Listener Mail questions before the end of the year! We cover demos, Wii U remakes, directors vs. producers, Nintendo's overconfidence, the PS Vita launch, and much more! Our guests also go through their favorite games of 2011! PLUS: The Sarah Miller Mystery is solved!

Featuring: The time has come for us to pick our Top 5 Games of 2011! It's Zelda vs. Mario vs. JRPGs vs. Shu Takumi - who will come out on top?! New Business features Club Nintendo's American makeover, more Pushmo, and the shock return of an old RFN punching bag! PLUS: The villainy of Shy Guy!

Featuring: Special guest Daan Koopman joins the NWR Japan team for a bumper edition of the Famicast! The crew has impressions of Hirari Sakura Zamurai and the Circle Pad Pro! Your questions about Animal Crossing, Metroid, and real live tanukis are all answered in Listener Mail! PLUS: Discover what Christmas is like in Japan!

Featuring: Karl returns in audible form to help us cover all the Miyamoto retirment talk and Xenoblade's US launch! There's more Mario Kart, 3D Land, and Skyward Sword in New Business, also James goes fishing! We look at the odds of Sony and Microsoft imitating the Wii U controller, and why gamers curse in Listener Mail! PLUS: Number Five is ALIVE!

Featuring: We just can't stop talking about Skyward Sword! Also in New Business: Mario Kart 7 and The Old Republic Beta! Listener Mail returns with questions about Wii U launch games and Nintendo's transition to HD development! PLUS: Jon reveals his desire for a pink 3DS!

Featuring: The RFN crew reunites after the live telethon for a bumper batch of Thanksgiving New Business! Everyone's been playing Skyward Sword, but can you guess who's put the most time into Zelda of us all?! We also have impressions of Super Mario 3D Land, Ace Combat 3DS, and Skyrim! PLUS: Jonny revokes James' US citizenship!

Here's the third third of the recording of our wildly successful telethon for Child's Play! Thanks to Karl for editing this beast!

Here's the second third of the recording of our wildly successful telethon for Child's Play! Thanks to Karl for editing this beast -- the rest is coming soon!

Here's the first third of the recording of our wildly successful telethon for Child's Play! Thanks to Karl for editing this beast -- the rest is coming soon!

Be sure to attend NWR Live Telethon for Child's Play on Saturday, 19 November 2011! Donate money! Play Radio Trivia live! Get expert opinions of Zelda: Skyward Sword from the reviewers themselves!

Featuring: Jon returns to help us answer your Listener Mail! Will we be able to download retail 3DS games? Will Nintendo be out of the hardware business 10 years from now? Listen to find out! Our New Business includes the eShop-exclusive Freakyforms, Batman, Uncharted 3, and Super Mario 3D Land's big Japan launch numbers! PLUS: The Phantom Castaneda!