Radio Free Nintendo

Featuring: We discuss the 3DS tech specs and our expectations for the big press conference in Japan next week!In New Business: James continues his Banjo playing, Jonny dons his Spider-Man costume, and Greg has a special announcement!We also answer your questions on Western gaming trends, the prospects for Wii software in 2011, and how to spot Jon in the wild!

Featuring: We preview the fall 2010 line-up by discussing our most anticipated games!New Business is back and full to the brim, including Banjo-Tooie, Okamiden, Halo Reach, and even a WiiWare demo!Listener Mail goes deep on the subject of Japan's fixation with portables and its wider impact on the industry!

Featuring: It's all Metroid, all the time in this special Other M blowout episode!Zach Miller of the NWR Newscast joins us to close the book on Samus' newest adventure and determine where she should go next!Spoiler warning: Rejoin the discussion at 51:38 to avoid all gameplay and story spoilers!

Featuring: Metroid: Other M is here and we've got extensive impressions!But wait, there's more in New Business: And Yet It Moves, Tales of Innocence, Prince of Persia, and Enjoy Your Massage!The DSi price drops prompt a quick feature discussion on the effects of pricing!Listener Mail considers rooting for Kinect and Move to fail, and which games' graphics stand the test of time!

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, X-Scape, and Jam With The Band!

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!