Radio Free Nintendo
NintendoWorldReport.com·Hosted by James Jones, Guillaume Veillette, Jon Lindemann and Greg Leahy·1000 episodes
Radio Free Nintendo is Nintendo World Report's official weekly podcast. Every week, NWR's staff discuss everything Nintendo from the latest releases to classic games.
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Radio Free Nintendo is a long-running weekly Nintendo panel from Nintendo World Report, with James Jones, Guillaume Veillette, Jon Lindemann, and Greg Leahy mixing new releases, industry news, retro detours, listener mail, and extremely specific in-jokes. It is best for Nintendo fans who want a knowledgeable, funny, opinionated conversation that treats both obscure classics and current Switch news as equally worth arguing about.
Episodes
FEATURING: (00:03:40) New Business - Saros. Outlast.(00:09:27) eFootball.(00:21:53) Pokopia.(00:42:12) The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy. Panorama Cotton.(00:58:35) James on Mina the Hollower.(01:41:51) Greg on Mina the Hollower. Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.(01:58:08) Listener Mail kinda - When the Red Arremer underwhelmed.
FEATURING: (00:02:51) New Business - Table Flip Simulator.(00:12:44) Pictonico!.(00:27:45) Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival.(00:42:11) Forza Horizon 6.(00:59:57) The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy.(01:04:34) Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.(01:39:56) Listener Mail - Bosses who join the party.
FEATURING: (00:02:51) New Business - Table Flip Simulator.(00:12:44) Pictonico!.(00:27:45) Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival.(00:42:11) Forza Horiozon 6.(00:59:57) The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy.(01:04:34) Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.(01:39:56) Listener Mail - Bosses who join the party.
FEATURING: (00:02:03) Listener Mail - The state of "modern" light gun games (2007-2015, really).(00:27:52) Pacing issues.(00:52:02) Is is easier to imagine a rerelease for Chrono Trigger than an end to Fire Emblem Heroes.(01:08:17) What future do we see for the console market?(01:52:24) Strangest things that we've experienced as part of RFN.(01:58:45) mlem (what if Yoshi ate us).
FEATURING: (00:09:11) News - A Long-Expected Price Increase.(00:35:08) Tezuka retires. Results and shareholder questions.(01:15:11) New Business - The Switch N64 controller. Sin and Punishment.(01:32:55) Star Fox 64. The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy.(01:45:09) Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound.
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) 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) MGSV: 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 Calamity.(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 Calamity.(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 & 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 & 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: (00:01:48) 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: (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 Rivals.
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.
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