Radio Free Nintendo

Featuring: This especially chunky episode of RFN kicks off with Final Fight: Double Impact, Cave Story, SMT: Strange Journey, and Darksiders in New Business! The winner of the Game Boy Edition RetroActive poll is revealed! Listener Mail includes the biggest response ever as we run down what all of Nintendo's developers are working on! We also answer your questions about exercise games, Other M's d...

Featuring: RFN goes off-topic more than usual! Pokemon looms large with impressions of SoulSilver and much pondering of the franchise's future! New Business meanders between Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening, No More Heroes 2, Ghostbusters Wii, and Weapon of Choice! A hefty dose of Listener Mail delivers debate on Virtual Console and Wii games without motion controls, plus our brushes with gaming ce...

Featuring: The RFN crew reunites (thousands of miles apart) after PAX East! Our diverse New Business covers Infinite Space, Silent Hill, FF13, WarioWare DIY Showcase, and Cho Aniki Zero! We close the book on PAX East 2010 with stories from the last day and some final thoughts! Hear us relentlessly speculate on Nintendo 3DS in response to your Listener Mail!

Featuring: Jonny teaches Karl, Lindy, and Obi to play Magic: The Gathering! Other NWR staffers enter half-way through to laugh at us!

Featuring: Listen to NWR staffers get totally wasted over nearly two hours of drinking! Between bawdy jokes and trolling ourselves, there is actual content including discussion of PAX East Day 2 and a survey of New Business, with Cave Story, No More Heroes 2, and much more!

Featuring: Jonny, James, Lindy, Karl, and Obi sit together for our first-ever live podcast, recorded at PAX East 2010! Feature Discussion: What makes a Nintendo game? Half an hour of live Q&A from our awesome audience members!

Featuring: Sleepy members of the NWR staff discuss the first day of PAX East, the RFN Live panel, Steel Battalion, Magic: The Gathering, and more!

Featuring: It's the last RFN before the live show at PAX East! New Business runs the gaming gamut with Monster Hunter Tri, God of War III, Dracula X, and the return of the Satellaview! Your Listener Mail includes a shout-out for The Lost Vikings, our picks for family co-op experiences, plus musings on Dragon Quest X and why people sometimes hate good games!

Featuring: Bloodlust overwhelms RFN! RPGs dominate New Business with Shiren the Wanderer and Mass Effect 2, but there's also impressions of Picross 3D and more Disaster! The knives are out for a special feature: the things in gaming that need to die! Listener Mail takes on a sepia tone thanks to your nostalgic questions!

Featuring: The RFN crew discovers its tender side! New Business goes old school with Raiden IV, Dragon Age Origins, Bionic Commando, and more Mega Man 10! Your Listener Mail questions focus on Wii Music, VC Arcade, the DSi XL, and games that make us feel something!

Featuring: We react to all the announcements at Nintendo's Q1 Media Summit! New Business is bursting at the seams with games, including Mega Man 10, No More Heroes 2, Muramasa, and Disaster: Day of Crisis! The winner of the Game of the Decade poll is revealed! Listener Mail is back with your messages about Metroid Fusion, one-handed RPGs, and effusive praise for RFN!

Featuring: Michael "TYP" Cole joins us for the long-awaited return of RetroActive! New Business features Miles Edgeworth, Heavy Rain, plus Jonny and TYP's long weekend of gaming! A brief Listener Mail segment includes a shout-out for Ninja Five-O! We go in-depth about magic puppets, cloud-frogs, Bowser and Booster in RetroActive #11: Super Mario RPG!

Featuring: RFN's Games of the Decade feature concludes in extensive fashion! Shoot'em ups dominate New Business with Big Bang Mini, Blaster Master Overdrive, and Genetos! The NWR staff brings us the last round of GotD nominees, and we take on the arduous task of deciding the final shortlist! Listen as we argue to a standstill about 10 years of great games, and watch out for the shock "twist" endin...

Featuring: Jon discovers a treasure trove of games "live on air"! Jonny preaches non-violence in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom! Games of the Decade focuses on Perfect Dark! Your Listener Mail covers Metroid Other M, Player's Choice series, and the struggles of Mature games!

Featuring: It's finally here: RFN sets out on a Muscle March! New Business features Glory of Heracles and Silent Hill Shattered Memories! A quartet of portable games take the stage for this week's Games of the Decade! Listener Mail addresses MotionPlus remakes, games criticism, and the future of immersion!

Featuring: We share some exciting news as RFN is bound for PAX East in March! Dark Void Zero, DS Demos, and Dead Space Extraction headline New Business! Our Games of the Decade feature continues with four more contenders for your consideration! We plunge headlong into the rabbit hole that is the "games as art" debate in Listener Mail!

Featuring: Join us as we begin a special feature: RFN's Games of the Decade! New Business is packed with discussion of Chronos Twins DX, Batman Arkham Asylum, and more on Crystal Bearers! Listener Mail ponders why we keep gaming later in life, and we weigh the prospects for Dynamic Slash coming to the West!

Featuring: The whole crew's back together to look toward the year ahead! Our extensive New Business includes impressions of FFCC The Crystal Bearers, Avatar for Wii, Castlevania The Adventure ReBirth, and Target Terror! In part 2 we predict what will happen in Nintendo gaming during 2010! Zelda's release date, the next DS, Wii HD, Retro Studios' new project--hear us be totally wrong about these an...

Featuring: Jonny and Lindy are back to kick-off a new decade of RFN! NWR Newscast host Andy Goergen joins us with more on his journey through the Zelda series! New Business also features A Boy and His Blob, Modern Warfare 2, and Space Manbow! Listener Mail returns with your questions about unwanted gifts, social networking in games, and the achievements debate!

Featuring: Michael "TYP" Cole joins us to bid farewell to 2009! We evaluate the Wii generation so far with a special look back at the past three years! The last New Business of the decade is full of nostalgia thanks to Game Center CX 2 and Lufia II! Plus: more impressions of Sin and Punishment 2 and The Sky Crawlers!

Featuring: Get in the festive spirit with a "holidayrific" episode of RFN! New Business features Blaster Master, The Sky Crawlers, and more on Spirit Tracks! We catch up on your Listener Mail regarding the death of the split-screen FPS and our faltering gaming skills!

Featuring: The whole RFN team is finally reunited, plus another special guest! Cory Lewis takes us on his unique journey through the games industry, from IGN64 to Nintendo PR and Pandemic Studios! New Business is stacked with games, including Spirit Tracks, Excitebike World Rally, Band Hero, and PixelJunk Shooter!

Featuring: Special guest Chris Kohler joins us to promote Umloud! A Rock Band Night for Child's Play Charity! The RFN crew also picks Chris' brain on retro game collecting in a feature discussion! Listener Mail focuses on the future of Pokemon and Nintendo hardware! Also: Worst New Business...EVER?!

Featuring: RFN celebrates Thanksgiving with the return of Jonathan Metts! Gather around to hear tales of Torchlight, Bit. Trip Void, FFCC: My Life as a Darklord, and Mischief Makers! Discover how James "bonds" with his family through the magic of New Super Mario Bros. Wii! We take on more of your Listener Mail about soundtracks, bridge games, Earthbound, and Nintendo's mistakes!

Featuring: New Super Mario Bros. Wii is here and Neal Ronaghan joins us to celebrate! New Business also features impressions of Sin and Punishment 2 and Tony Hawk Ride! Listener Mail looks at the curious case of Modern Warfare on Wii, plus more bad games! We wrap-up the Shining Force II RetroActive with more of your forum comments!