Radio Free Nintendo

FEATURING: (00:00:31) News - Atari be bussin'.(00:15:25) Xbox be flailin'.(00:27:27) Starfox be loopin'.(01:24:22) Listener Mail - Pokemon strategies and where to find them.(01:32:43) Enough with remakes, time for demakes. And more remakes.

FEATURING: (00:01:28) New Business - Pragmata.(00:54:22) Guillaume's trip in Japan.(01:44:31) Saros.(01:48:15) Retro Bowl.(01:53:19) Pokopia.Playing Pokemon Sword with Claude riding shotgun.

FEATURING: Syrenne joins the two greatest sages in business, the enlighted duo and J and J DreamFactory, to talk about the state of the industry, the attention economy, and just how much of a mess everything is. At some point we also talk about meme games. No timecodes this week because the entire episode is unstructured.

FEATURING: (00:02:04) A silly game about Nintendo characters: James and Groose, together at last.(00:29:59) Jon and E. Gadd and some coffee.(00:43:08) Greg and General Pepper: ruthless accounting.(00:59:03) Listener Mail: A silly game about being stranded on an island with Nintendo characters.(01:34:03) Industry stories we would love to read about.

FEATURING: (00:05:15) New Business - ChainStaff.(00:17:15) CrossCode.(00:23:56) RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike.(00:33:28) Mario Kart World.(00:44:43) The Super Mario Galaxy Movie(01:18:46) Super Mario Bros. Wonder + Meetup in Bellabel Park.(01:23:08) Resident Evil Requiem(02:00:41) Rumors not to be believed.

FEATURING: (00:01:33) News - The End of Price Parity.(00:39:53) News - Popcorn Scams.(00:49:34) New Business - Getting Nintendo Museum tickets.(01:03:45) The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream demo.(01:13:09) Super Mario Bros. Wonder + Meetup in Bellabel Park.(01:29:32) Pokémon Pokopia.

FEATURING: (00:01:45) New Business - Handheld Boost Mode.(01:09:05) The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy.(01:27:34) FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE.(01:50:32) Pokemon Pokopia.

FEATURING: (00:10:00) New Business - Pokemon Pokopia.(00:45:43) Indika.(00:59:23) Minishoot' Adventures.(01:11:10) Returnal. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered Deluxe Edition. (01:29:11) Resident Evil Requiem. Mario Tennis Fever.(01:52:51) Listener Mail - Our mission: reinvigorate amiibo.

FEATURING: (00:07:17) Listener Mail - The Pokemon TCG supply problem.(00:50:06) The Cutting Room Genie writes in.(01:26:24) News - Pokemon Presents.(01:35:20) New Business - Denshattack! demo. Indie World.(01:45:47) FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE. Resident Evil Requiem.(01:58:46) Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered Deluxe Edition.(02:15:18) Blippo+.

FEATURING: (00:02:23) What were our Top Fives of last year, again?(00:10:47) Our Top Five-to-two of 2025.(01:40:03) Honorable mentions.(01:50:04) Discover our four Top one games of twenty-twenty-five.

FEATURING: (00:01:13) Intro - Xenoblade Fans React to Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition. (00:22:51) Hello, Mario. (00:30:21)CSA, AKA ACA for consoles.(00:38:44) New Business - FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE. (00:54:33) The Virtual Boy for NSO. (01:06:14) The Mansion of Innsmouth. (01:21:33) Aside: The Morbius Situation. (01:35:42) The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy. Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound.(01:44:43) The Punisher arcade game. Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection. (01:53:04) New developments regarding the Pokemon TCG.

FEATURING: (00:01:42) New Business - Animal Crossing: New Horizon DLC. (00:11:55) Pragmata demo. (00:30:44) The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy. (00:51:39) Battle Axe. (00:59:09) FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE. (01:09:54) The Virtual Boy shell has shipped. (01:18:10) Listener Mail - Overproduce your own Direct. (01:56:36) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots coming to a Switch 2 near you.

FEATURING: Follow along as we tackle every game in the Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase 2.5.2026 in order! (00:00:50) Orbitals. (00:10:45) Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse. Captain Tsubasa: World Fighters. (00:20:20) Tokyo Scramble. Valheim. eFootball Kick-Off! (00:52:07) The Adventures of Elliott: The Millenium Tales. Super Bomberman Collection. Goemon Collection. (01:02:58) Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Pragmata. Turok: Origins. (01:19:46) Kyoto Xanadu and other Anime-zing games. (01:27:40) Hamster can't keep getting away with this. (01:37:19) Sizzle reel. (01:42:31) Resident Evil Requiem. (02:00:03) Microsoft's (Bethesda's) gaming products are subject to a boycott. (02:11:00) Final thoughts.

FEATURING: (00:01:14) Listener Mail - Hall of Fame-worthy games that came out of nowhere.(00:57:09) Egregious NSO omissions.(01:49:42) We acknowledge that the Super Mario Galaxy movie and Tomodachi Life Nintendo Directs happened.

FEATURING: (08:53) New Business - Donkey Kong Bananza Emerald Rush.(00:16:59) Talking Flower and LTTP Super Mario Bros Wonder amiibos.(00:28:06) Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade demo.(00:36:09) Elechead.(00:42:46) Stray Children.(00:55:50) Yars: Recharged.(01:04:09) Listener Mail - Schrodinger's Switch 2 ports keeping us away from the backlog?(01:39:11) Fishing minigames.

FEATURING: (00:04:17) New Business - Atari 50 Namco DLC.(00:27:54) Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.(01:14:18) Is This Seat Taken?(01:26:44) Once Upon a Katamari.(01:53:08) BALLxPIT.(02:00:43) Marvel Cosmic Invasion.(02:05:36) Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment.(02:11:25) Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.

FEATURING: (00:00:00) Our RetroActive on Soulcalibur II.(00:05:22) What even is Soulcalibur?(00:14:43) Why is Soulcalibur II important to Nintendo history?(00:22:42) Nintendo licensing their characters.(00:30:00) Our time with the game.(00:36:13) Controls, Characters, and Weapon Master Mode.(01:05:08) The complex nature of the moveset.(01:24:59) Where is the Soul Calibur in Soulcalibur? Could they make a new Soulcalibur?(01:48:09) Listener comments.

FEATURING: (00:04:06) Listener Mail - A Youtube Grifter's Christmas Carol.(00:34:27) The Outfoxies, Arcade Archives celebrate 500 titles.(00:41:16) Indiana Jones is my Ty the Tasmania Tiger.(01:25:18) New Business - Absolum.(01:34:25) Wario World as a surprise NSO release.(01:37:49) Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.(01:43:22) The Xbox fridge has been replaced.

FEATURING: (00:07:28) New Business - The NSO Expansion Pack. Wario World.(00:33:41) "Jon, how many Tak games do you think there are?".(00:51:03) Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.(01:36:17) The Game Awards newsbrief.(01:39:50) Listener Mail - Change one thing in history to prevent Nintendo's totalitarian power grab.

FEATURING: (00:06:04) New Business - Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.(01:05:32) Kirby Air Riders.(01:18:03) Ninja Gaiden 2 on NSO.(01:20:36) Absolum.(01:53:13) Black Friday deal on a Switch 2 memory card.

FEATURING: (00:01:34) New Business - Ball x Pit. Cadash.(00:16:33) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.(00:27:09) Disappointing Black Friday deals.(00:31:01) Kirby Air Riders.(00:53:03) Hyrule Warriors - Age of Imprisonment.(01:07:23) Gameshare. Donkey Kong Bananza DLC challenges.(01:17:39) The next Retroactive.(01:27:46) Another Jon Lindemann quiz.

FEATURING: (00:08:37) New Business - Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment.(00:35:09) Where's the Octopus, Bases Loaded, and other eShop gems and Jaleco classics.(00:45:24) Listener Mail - Protect a kid from his mistakes or have them learn from it?(01:16:23) Miles Mackenzie Metroid Meltdown.(01:45:44) Where are the exclusives? Where is the second screen?

FEATURING: (00:14:06) Listener Mail - A collection that's "us".(00:47:33) Demakes or downgraded ports better than the real thing.(01:05:48) The best side minigames.(01:19:44) New Business - Kirby Air Riders: Global Test Ride.(01:41:47) Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment.(01:53:51) Donkey Kong Bananza.(02:13:20) Taito Milestones 3: Warrior Blade, Dead Connection, Bubble Bobble.

FEATURING: (00:02:02) New Business - Pokemon Legends: Z-A.(00:14:39) Donkey Kong Bananza.(00:21:22) Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island and Emerald Rush.(00:44:38) Arcade Archives GROWL.(00:50:38) Luigi's Mansion.(00:59:31) PlayStation Portal Remote Player for PS5 console.(01:14:46) Listener Mail - Ways we've ruined games for ourselves.(01:46:08) Tomonobu Itagaki's legacy.

FEATURING: (00:04:29) Listener Mail - "EA acquisition" used to mean something else.(01:04:51) How to make Metroid popular.(01:46:48) Animal Crossing gets an update.(02:00:22) Resident Evil 9 junk.

FEATURING: (00:02:33) New Business - Pokemon Legends: Z-A.(01:19:14) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.(01:42:41) Clair Obscur spoiler starts.(01:43:22) Clair Obscur spoiler ends.(01:49:57) Ghost of Yotei.(01:59:26) Spooky Express, Dispatch, and the state of the games industry.

FEATURING: (00:02:58) New Business - Pokemon Legends: Z-A.(00:31:14) Super Mario Galaxy 2.(00:43:51) Super Mario 64.(00:49:23) South of Midnight.(00:55:37) Atari 50: The First Console War DLC.(01:22:53) NES emulation and playing the CPU against itself.(01:36:08) Jon reads out loud his descriptions of James' TSI art.

FEATURING: (00:01:15) Listener Mail: Close to Who?(00:32:57) Nintendo VS. System, why?(00:42:30) Slow cruise through a game.(01:24:25) New Business - Finishing Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island and Emerald Rush.(01:26:16) Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment.(01:29:01) Super Mario 64 on the NSO.(01:40:21) King Kong: The Movie: The Game(01:45:52) Mario and Wario(01:52:22) Super Mario Galaxy 2, now on Switch.

FEATURING: (00:08:16) New Business - eShop deals!(00:14:33) Mario Kart World update.(00:30:28) Everybody's Golf Hot Shots. Raiden NOVA.(00:48:24) Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World.(00:55:31) Pepper Grinder update. PowerA case and screen protector.(01:04:30) Listener Mail - Memorable credits.(01:31:35) James Jones, fake Virtual Boy fan?(01:57:27) Can anyone put a stop to Kirby's reign of terror?

FEATURING: (00:01:48) New Business - Fire Emblem Shadows.(00:19:30) EA SPorts FC 26.(00:29:57) PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs.(00:37:29) Pepper Grinder.(00:43:44) Klonoa: Empire of Dreams and Mr. Driller 2. Earthion.(01:06:11) Nintendo of America has a new prez.(01:16:07) Digressions on flying, "The Cheese Incident".(01:27:33) Listener Mail - The 64DD.

FEATURING: (00:02:40) Nintendo's takes on the last Nintendo Direct.(00:40:36) Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island and Emerald Rush.(01:04:15) SEGA Ages Shinobi. Revenge of Shinobi.(01:12:16) Crypt Custodian.(01:25:30) Listener Mail - If this is what they're releasing, imagine the merch they scrapped!(02:03:26) What would we do with our time if it weren't for video games?

FEATURING: Three solid hours talking about the September 12th Nintendo Direct.

FEATURING: (00:05:00) Listener Mail - Games to introduce non-gamers to games.(00:25:43) Aging affecting our game-playing.(00:44:56) Radio Free Xenoblade.(00:52:29) What's so hard about attaining mascot dominance?(01:18:39) New Business - Shinobi: Art of Vengeance. Silksong is brought up.(01:53:24) Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World. Chibi-Robo!

FEATURING: The entire cast is here! (00:01:27) Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World.(00:17:42) eShop Update: What the hell is a SCRAMBLED EGG.(00:24:39) UFO 50.(00:40:00) Gauntlet Legends.(00:56:54) Jay and Silent Bob: Mall Brawl.(01:03:24) Space Adventure Cobra - The Awakening demo.(01:06:59) Gears of War: Reloaded.(01:25:28) Swedish Erotica.(01:31:18) Corrections: Mario Kart World.

FEATURING: Jonny is here this week! (00:01:55) 10 years of James as host.(00:13:15) The 90s are back? Not like this.(00:16:51) Kirby Air Riders Direct.(01:00:48) Putting Sakurai to work.(01:28:38) NWR Site history.(01:43:44) Update on the NWR book.(02:05:22) MORE NWR Site history.(02:25:53) New Business: Marvel Snap.

FEATURING: It's the Donkey Kong Bananza 100%ers Spoilercast! (00:01:48) Spoiler disclaimer.(00:02:43) Character builds, in a DK game?(00:10:35) The Layers, and what makes them special.(00:37:04) Pauline: Style Icon.(00:46:07) Fixing Rare's mistakes, and making new bosses to reuse.(00:54:03) The final boss, endgame, and wrap-up.

FEATURING: It's the Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Spoilercast! (00:01:04) Spoiler disclaimer.(00:08:25) What's so Definitive about it?(00:35:38) New Characters and non-Chapter 13 new content.(00:46:58) Mia (who is new to us).(00:56:04) Neilnail - Celica's Big Sister.(01:01:42) Liesel and Ga Jiarg - skell tutorial and little kitty, big city.(01:06:09) Al - your friend and mine!(01:15:45) Why does it always have to be a Conduit?(01:41:37) What is really going on in Chapter 13?(02:24:08) Exploring Volitaris.

FEATURING: (00:13:14) August 7 Indie World Showcase: UFO 50, Is This Seat Taken?, Mina the Hollower, BALL x PIT, Glacered, Herdling, Caves of Qud.(00:39:23) My Mario, Mario for babies.(00:47:27) Donkey Kong Bananza and Unfriended.(01:12:41) New Business: Pampas & Selene.(01:31:14) Listener Mail - Video game names, also for babies.

FEATURING: (00:03:22) July 31st Partner Direct. Chillin' by the Fire. Monster Hunter Stories 3. Madden. Apex.(00:22:34) Yakuza Kiwami 2. Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac. Once Upon a Katamari. Romancing Saga 2.(00:32:05) SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance. "Ninjas. They're back!". Square Enix. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment.(00:50:54) Game key cards.(01:18:40) Listener Mail - Tipping culture gone wild?(01:39:47) Developers who hate their character.

FEATURING: (00:02:17) New Business - Donkey Kong Bananza.(00:57:39) Mario Kart World. Balatro. Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster.(01:09:12) Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story.(01:41:59) Gaiares.(01:52:11) The sudden death of the Movies and TV store on Xbox.

FEATURING: (00:03:07) New Business - Donkey Kong Bananza.(00:56:07) The Callisto Protocol.(01:14:25) Listener Mail - Retroactive achievements quiz.(01:35:32) Nintendo now actively hostile to timeline sickos.

FEATURING: (00:01:09) Arcade Archives Super Dimension Fortress MACROSS II, Missile Command Delta.(00:12:45) Listener Mail - Turn Xenoblade into an exercise game.(00:55:16) Apes flinging... something.(01:20:20) Where did we find games and reviews in the 90s?

FEATURING: (00:10:03) New Business - Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time.(00:16:16) Arcade Archives2 AIR COMBAT 22.(00:31:56) Mario Kart World.(00:57:25) Unsuccessful attempt to daisy-chain Switch docks. Hiding your shameful downloads.(01:05:44) Balatro.(01:21:05) Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.(01:31:57) Mario Smash Football/Super Mario Strikers on NSO.

FEATURING: (00:01:23) Mario Strikers released as NSO Nintendo Classic.(00:06:22) Listener Mail - GameStop's ears must be buzzing right now.(00:24:07) Switch 2 editions we wish for.(01:01:08) Forget getting good at F-Zero GX, how do you even play this game?(01:23:15) Nintendo making retro games?(01:40:15) Make Super Princess Peach a success in the West in 2025.

FEATURING: (00:02:47) Donkey Kong Bananza Direct.(00:44:05) New Business - Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time.(01:04:29) The trading-in of consoles at GameStop experience.(01:29:10) Roaming freely in Mario Kart World. F-Zero GX.(01:35:36) GameChat, the Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller, more Mario Kart World.(01:59:48) Listener Mail - We choose our Mario Kart World sponsor.

FEATURING: (00:00:00) New Business: Mario Kart World.(00:32:22) HDR, Zelda, Smash Bros bug... just "a menagerie of dumb BS".(01:14:45) F-Zero GX.(01:29:43) Valfaris.(01:49:08) Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time.

FEATURING: (00:00:00) Initial Nintendo Switch 2 impressions.(00:11:33) Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour.(00:59:33) Mario Kart World.(02:06:23) GameCube games on NSO. NES Bionic Commando in Street Fighter 6. Posting videos and screenshots is convenient again.

FEATURING: (00:04:32) New Business - Switch 2 features talk. Etrian Odyssey III HD.(00:27:44) South of Midnight.(00:43:28) Gradius: The Interstellar Assault. Trip World DX.(00:59:44) The Sword of Hope.(01:09:15) Gradius again. Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.(01:16:26) Listener Mail - What is it about the Switch 2 that are we most excited for?(01:40:09) Unimpressed by the specs.(02:01:12) What do you mean, this tour is not free?

FEATURING: An unlocked episode from the NWR Patreon: It's time for our September RFN Patreon episode, and it is Round 3 of "Name that Review." Guillaume is now quoting PGC Reviews from 2003, and challenging his co-hosts to guess the game. Someone squeezed a Denis Dyack quote in where it absolutely does not belong, and James is incensed.

FEATURING: (00:04:41) New Business - Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.(00:16:22) Castlevania: Circle of the Moon.(00:22:19) Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.(00:44:23) Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster.(00:56:27) Listener Mail - Cleaner is Better.(01:17:46) Best Nintendo one-and-dones.