Radio Free Nintendo

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 participation by Greg Leahy!

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 demise of the Wii Virtual Console in Japan, Japan's first Wii U eShop demo and more!

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 unto the world.

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 JapanPlus: The Best of 2012 - Japan Edition!

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 Rocksmith, and Theatrhythm Final Fantasy.Listener Mail: the Android-based Ouya console, the RFN crew's Nintendo Network IDs, brainstorming Pikmin 3, Nintendo's odd approach to downloadable games, and how to push for Mass Effect Trilogy on Wii U.

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, Miiverse praise, eShop games and Call of Duty.

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 support at launch, and whether this level of interest from third-party developers and publish might evaporate once Sony and Microsoft launch their next consoles; a comment on the recent spate of big-name game directors/producers leaving their companies; and a look at a Japanese commercial in which Nintendo refers to the "Super Wii".

FEATURING: The middle three hours of our most successful telethon yet!Includes these segments: Radio Trivia Live, Connectivity's Who Wants to Be a Nintendoaire?, and The Famicast: Live from Japan!Special guests include 8-4's Mark McDonald, Justin Epperson, and Brenden Pritchard!

FEATURING: The first three hours of our most successful telethon yet!Includes these segments: Wii U Hype Train, A Decade of Metroid Prime, and The Eurocast!Special guests include Garnett Lee, Brad Shoemaker, David Ellis, Jeff Kalles, and a very awesome surprise guest!Plus: The return of Jon Lindemann!

FEATURING: It's a three man crew this week, with Jon still on extended leave and James being replaced by NWR's Aussie correspondent Nicholas Bray. New Business tackles the Mutant Mudds free DLC stages, eShop game 2 Fast 4 Gnomz, the new XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Final Fantasy V Advance,Mario Party 9 and the eShop version of Shinen's Art of Balance TOUCH! Listener mail deals with the future of eShop VC releases, Internet trolls putting down Nintendo and its fans, and a discussion of the game makers' original artistic vision in these days of patches and focus groups. The show concludes with hype for the imminent live show!

FEATURING: Prodigal Son Castaneda fills in for Jon this week. Guillaume unloads his impressions from a recent press event: Fluidity: Spin Cycle, Crashmo, and Paper Mario: Sticker Star. Karl follows up with Liberation Maiden on eShop, plus some iPhone game called Letterpress. James dips back into Dark Souls and Minecraft (XBLA). Jonny returns from his week off with an eShop game, NightSky, and Final Fantasy V Advance.For the second half of the episode, we focus on Wii U and start with the rest of Guillaume's impressions from that press event. Listen for Balloon Trip, Mario's Boost Mode, more ZombiU, Ninja Gaiden 3, and Epic Mickey 2. James drops a surprise here, as well: he finally played the new console again for the first time since E3 2011, plus the upcoming Rayman Legends. Jonny kicks in his own rather late epiphany on Wii U as technical marvel, incited by the recent Iwata Asks.

FEATURING: Danny takes over as host and is joined by Daan, Minoru, and that rascal Ty Shughart!Tons of Japanese games, including the new Paper Mario, EX Troopers, Bravely Default, and Project X Zone!Plus: Classics like Willow and Friday the 13th!And: Nintendo Direct coverage, Life in Japan, and Listener Mail!

FEATURING: Both Jonny and Jon are absent, so James hosts, Nate is back and Donald "Shaymin" Theriault from the NWR boards and the "Nintendo Free Radio" podcast wanders in. New Business features Pokemon Black Version 2, Pokemon Dream Radar, Asura's Wrath, Kirby Super Star, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light and Minecraft.After the break we move into a set of feature discussions: we first we share our thoughts on Nintendo's recent (and not so recent) procurement of Japanese franchises. Our second topic is a more in-depth discussion of Nintendo's marketing strategy for Wii U.