Radio Free Nintendo

Featuring: Break out your screen dividers and sprint for the Farsight - it's time for part 1 of our Pefect Dark RetroActive!The RFN crew faces extermination at the hands of DarkSims as we relive Rare's multiplayer masterpiece!The 3DS strikes back in New Business with in-depth impressions of Dead or Alive Dimensions!PLUS: E3 anticipation, quality vs. quantity, and the mystery of lengthy RPGs in your Listener Mail!

Featuring: TYP joins us for our annual E3 preview feature!How will the 3DS bounce back from its soft launch? What will Nintendo reveal about its new console?When will Skyward Sword finally come out? We attempt to answer all these questions and more!PLUS: New Business features Final Fantasy 6, Yoshi's Island, Ghost Recon 3DS, and Portal 2 co-op!

Featuring: Jon is back and he still hasn't finished Chrono Trigger!Also in New Business: Mortal Kombat, Ghost Recon 3DS, Valkyria Chronicles, and the next DS student seminar game!Listener Mail re-evaluates Nintendo's online approach after the PSN crash, alternate branding for niche games, and the need for nunchuks!PLUS: We announce the winner of our RetroActive poll!

Featuring: Radio Trivia host Michael TYP Cole is our guest this week!New Business features Conduit 2, Tiger 12, Bangai-O HD, and another chapter in Sonic's chequered past!We answer your questions about Cafe pricing, GameCube must-haves, and the future of JRPGs on more powerful portables!PLUS: Our favorite gaming podcasts revealed!

Featuring: NWR founder Billy Berghammer drops in to talk 3DS and Project Cafe before heading to a Prince gig!Also in New Business: Jonny unearths Mega Man Legends 2, Jon's Chrono Train goes off the rails, and James is humbled by Ikaruga!Listener Mail covers more of your Project Cafe questions, such as how Nintendo characters will look in HD!PLUS: Metal Slug, Fatal Frame, 3D photography, and multi-tasking!

Featuring: Set the Wayback Machine to a decade ago with these long-lost recordings of Jonny's experiences at E3 2001!Relive the unveiling of the GameCube from the perspective of a younger, less cynical, and more Southern-sounding Mr. Metts!PLUS: Discover how Jonny and Lindy's bromance began through Pokemon Pinball!

Featuring: New Business skips across time and space with Portal 2, Okamiden, Phantom Brave, and the next episode of Jon's Chrono Trigger adventure!As the rumor mill churns on, we answer all your Project Cafe questions about 1080p output, touch screen controllers, and HD GameCube games!PLUS: We name our favorite systems ever - listen to find out who picks the Virtual Boy!

Featuring: As reports of the next Nintendo console flood in, the RFN crew fires the starting pistol on speculation season!Also in New Business: The Q2 release schedule, Okamiden, Radiant Historia, and Jon vs. Magus!We examine Goemon's first localized adventure in RetroActive #17: The Legend of the Mystical Ninja!Rescuing princesses, fighting giant faces, betting on horses, playing Gradius - what's not to like about life in Ancient Japan?!

Featuring: It's an impromptu retro lovefest on RFN this week as we rediscover Mega Man X and lament the lost games of our youth!Also in New Business: After Burner Climax, Ridge Racer 3D, more Pokemon, and Fragile Dreams!We answer more of your 3DS-related questions, this time covering software patches, wrestling games, and the return of fridge cleaning!PLUS: Will Nintendo release anything for Wii in Q2 2011?!

Featuring: Our earthquake day experiencesDanny updates us on Prof. Layton and talks bunnyMatt tells us of his SSF4 online experiences and the still 3DS-less James stays 2D with his first play of Ouendan 2Japanese News includes delayed games, Nintendo HQ stories, awesome VC releases, Pacman and sales figuresOur first batch of reader mail gets answered; game stores, game bars, retro games, love hotels and crazy toilets!PLUS: A chance to win an awesome No More Heroes 2 soundtrack!

Featuring: James gets in on the 3DS fun with impressions of Super Street Fighter IV, Pilotwings Resort, and Rayman 3D!Also in New Business: Xenoblade in Europe, Mega Man X in Japan, and Beyond Good and Evil in HD!We answer all your Listener Mail questions about Nintendo's new handheld, including the new backwards compatibility conundrum!PLUS: Can we just get someone to say something positive about Nintendo?!

Featuring: It's 3DS launch day and Greg's got his hands on one along with Pilotwings Resort!Also in New Business: Face Raiders, AR Games, Monster Hunter, wrestling, Trauma Team, and The Cornstalker!Listener Mail re-examines Brawl as a game for kids, tomes of Nintendo history, and the big trends of this gaming generation!

Featuring: The RFN crew reunites after PAX East with a special guest - podcast co-founder Evan Burchfield!The guys recount all their gaming adventures in Boston, featuring 3DS impressions, classic games, Kris Kross, and Jon's bronze medal!Our regularly scheduled New Business includes Pokemon, A Link to the Past, Dead Space 2, and Evan's gaming re-education through Muscle March!We answer your questions about panic buying Atlus games, impulse buying random games, the 3DS hardware, and good co-op titles for kids!

Featuring: Hear the second annual RFN live panel at PAX East without setting foot near Massachusetts!The RFN crew (plus special guests) debates what to expect from the next Nintendo console!The GBA is nearly 10 years old - what are our favorite games and what do we want on the 3DS VC one day?!PLUS: Audience questions and a live Radio Trivia contest courtesy of TYP!

Featuring: Join the NWR Japan correspondents in their first ever podcast dedicated to everything Japan!JC, Matt, and Danny discuss the 3DS launch in-depth, including impressions of Professor Layton and Nintendogs + Cats!Hear all the news from Japan about Pilotwings, the new Kirby for Wii, Pokemon Typing and Game Gear VC!The team discusses their favorite Japan-only games, including The Last Story and Captain Rainbow!

Featuring: It's the last RFN before PAX East and we've got 3DS launch impressions!Matt Walker joins us from Japan to talk Street Pass, Street Fighter, and everything stereoscopic on Nintendo's new handheld!New Business includes discussion of Bit.Trip Flux, portable shooters, Greg's import news, and the final verdict on Radiant Historia!Listener Mail goes deep on Iwata's GDC 2011 Keynote, plus F-Zero, Zelda, and Chrono Cross!

Featuring: Jon returns, and he's actually been playing games!An extensive New Business segment features Radiant Historia, Faxanadu, Killzone 3, Soul Bubbles, and more!As the 3DS launches in Japan, we answer your questions about the Nintendo eShop, file size limits, and eye strain!PLUS: Find out why Jon thinks New Super Mario Bros. Wii is harder than Super Ghouls'n Ghosts!

Featuring: Nathan Mustafa of the NWR Newscast is our guest this week!Our Business is old and new all at once with Dragon Quest VI, Tactics Ogre, Alundra, and Viewtiful Joe!We wrap-up our Ogre Battle 64 RetroActive feature!Listener Mail examines the uncertain future and embarrassing past of Virtual Reality!

Featuring: We try (and fail) to answer all your questions in a Listener Mail Lightning Round!New Business kicks things off with HAWX 2, Mega Man ZX Advent, Killzone 3, and Cthulhu Saves the World!Next, we discuss 25th anniversaries, Pilotwings, the future of Zelda, 3DS frame rates, Activision's follies and more, all at your behest!PLUS: Jon summarizes the plot of Predator 2!

Featuring: Jonny has extensive impressions of the new game from the makers of Henry Hatsworth, Monster Tale!Also in New Business: Sonic strikes back and we explore the mystery of Inazuma Eleven's European launch!RetroActive #16 begins as we discuss Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber!An 80 hour quest, epic battles, vampires, werewolves, and casual swearing - does this N64 strategy classic have it all?!