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Featuring: The Virtual Console strikes back in New Business, with MUSHA, Ninja Gaiden, and Ufouria! Lara Croft and Monday Night Combat see out the Summer of Arcade in style! Listener Mail covers the VC's struggles, bringing back old franchises, baseball, and bizarre box art!

Featuring: New Business goes portable with giant robots, mad monkeys, affordable sackboys, and Jonny's full verdict on DQIX! We take on another big bunch of your questions about 3DS features, GoldenEye, special editions, and the importance of closure! Plus: we answer a bunch of questions you haven't asked us, such as - are there too many games now?!

Featuring: James and Jonny double team Red Steel 2! Also in New Business: Hydro Thunder Hurricane, Galaxy 2, and another shooter from the makers of Cho Aniki! It's a Listener Mail blowout as we catch up on your letters! We discuss Miyamoto's new character, the 3DS stylus, Sega CD, southpaw gamers, James' rage and more!

Featuring: Our Mother 3 RetroActive feature concludes! Neal Ronaghan joins us to discuss cash-dispensing frogs, PSI powers, and uncontrollable grief in the Japan-only sequel to Earthbound! New Business features DKC Returns, Rabbids Go Home, and the Gamestop Dragon Quest IX promo event! Plus: Jon embarks on a quest to get his wife into Wii!

Featuring: Greg goes hands-on with 3DS in London! Also in New Business: Kirby's Epic Yarn, Metroid: Other M, Starcraft 2, and BIT.TRIP RUNNER! We answer your questions about Netflix on Wii, obscure side-scrollers, and getting into F-Zero and Pikmin! Plus: it's 3DS vs. iPhone as we weigh up the significance of Apple in the portable gaming market!

Featuring: Jonny returns from Spain! New Business is loaded with RPGs and side-scrollers, including DQIX, Tales of Vesperia, Mario, and Castlevania! RetroActive #13 begins with our first impressions of Mother 3! Listener Mail features portable recommendations, Rock Band's new direction, and the mystery of Nintendo's next console!

Featuring: Neal Ronaghan of the NWR Newscast joins us this week! Dragon Quest IX dominates New Business, which also features Jam With The Band, Monster Hunter, and Cho Aniki! Listener Mail searches for Nintendo's elusive place in the dubious casual-hardcore divide! Also: Wild 3DS speculation and more of your favorite DS memories!

Featuring: RFN begins the long march to No. 300! New Business covers Trauma Team, Sin and Punishment 2, Endless Ocean: Blue World, and Joe Danger! We discuss sports games and your cherished DS memories in Listener Mail! The winners of the Drunkcast Debacle contest and the RetroActive poll are revealed!

Featuring: Join us for a look back at the remarkable story of Nintendo DS to celebrate our bicentennial episode! Follow the DS's journey from an uncertain beginning to becoming the most successful Nintendo platform in history! We trade our personal DS stories and discuss how it has changed the gaming industry forever! Our New Business is portable-centric as well, with impressions of Puzzle Quest 2...

Featuring: The RFN team reunites to discuss all the fallout from E3 2010! New Business focuses on Super Mario Galaxy 2 and the potential of 3DS! Listener Mail covers all your E3 questions and even more topics, including 3DS, Pikmin, GoldenEye, and the motion control war! Gear up for RFN 200 by sending us in your DS (or Drunkcast) stories for our special restrospective feature next week!

Featuring: Karl talks to Hal Barwood about his space-faring SNES game, Big Sky Trooper!

Featuring: We wrap up E3 by covering the Wii and DS nominees for Game of the Show! More talking about Zelda, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Goldeneye, Ghost Trick, Epic Mickey, and... Tron!?! Exhausted NWR staffers are even more exhausted than before!

Featuring: We went to a lot of third-party appointments on the second day of E3! Hands-on impressions of Rock Band 3, Conduit 2, Goldeneye 007, Ghost Trick, and more! Exhausted NWR staffers!

Featuring: A large portion of what you need to know from the Nintendo press conference! Hands-on impressions of Zelda, 3DS, and more! Exhausted NWR staffers!

Featuring: James leads a run-down of the first day's press conferences! Hear about corporate celebrations from Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, and Activision! Pole dancing at 20 feet in the air!

Featuring: Billy Berghammer returns to the show, newly crowned as the king of EGM! Also in New Business: Tiger 11, MGS Peace Walker, Mega Man Zero Collection, and Penta Tentacles! E3 Predictions, Part Deux focuses on Wii, with a look at the upcoming motion-control battle royale! James and Greg tag-team all over your pre-E3 questions, predictions, and wishes!

Featuring: Jonny talks to the legendary game composer about Video Games Live! Hear the true story behind Tallarico's work on Metroid Prime! Tommy also shares a Miyamoto story and explains why Nintendo's games are so polished!

Featuring: Jon is finally back and he's...doing something with Super Mario Galaxy 2! Also in New Business: Ghost Trick, Disgaea DS, and Ratchet + Clank! We catch up on your Listener Mail questions on Castlevania, Nintendo Presidents, and turning back the clock on the entire games industry! Worst Now Playing...EVER!

Featuring: Andy joins us from the NWR Newscast team for Part I of our E3 2010 Preview! We take a long look at what Nintendo will show for its portables, including the grand unveiling of 3DS! Hope springs eternal as we make our picks for first party software announcements! There's also a ton of New Business this week, including more Galaxy 2, Trauma Team, BIT.TRIP RUNNER, and Jonny bagging on PS3 e...

Featuring: Blast Off! It's Party Time! Super Mario Galaxy 2 is here and James has the low-down on his full review! Also in New Business: FFXIII, Heavy Rain, more 3D Dot Game Heroes, and TYP dropping hip hop knowledge?! We debate gimmicks vs. features and the merits of voice acting for Zelda in response to your Listener Mail!

Featuring: Karl talks to the man behind The Lion King for the SNES, Louis Castle!

Featuring: Special guest and old friend Karl Castaneda joins us for a five man show! New Business features Fragile Dreams, 3D Dot Game Heroes, Assassin's Creed II, and Michael Jackson?! Listener Mail is back big time, with questions on Wii 2D side-scrollers, storytelling in games, and portable Smash Bros! Find out if the dark secrets of PAX East will finally be revealed!

Featuring: Jon is back and he's been Monster Hunting! Also in New Business: Picross 3D, Sin and Punishment 2, Might and Magic, and ATV Quad Kings?! It's time for RetroActive #12 - Metroid II: Return of Samus! We share our experiences of wiping out the Metroids one by one with special guest Zach Miller!

Featuring: Normal service resumes for RFN, but with a special guest - NWR's British Japan Correspondent, James Charlton! We catch up on our New Business, including Sakura Wars, Red Steel 2, NyxQuest, and Bioshock 2! Portable gaming dominates Listener Mail as we answer your questions on transferring DSiWare to 3DS, DS-Wii connectivity, and major titles switching to handhelds! PLUS: Learn more about...

Featuring: An interview with Graeme Devine, industry vet and design lead on Silver Surfer!