Radio Free Nintendo
@radiofreenintendo.bsky.social
The dean of Nintendo podcasting, bringing you a weekly dose of analysis, insight, cogent content, and rank buffoonery.
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Six weeks as Google's #1 result for Horace Showpony
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Logo: https://connorstrickland.com/
Six weeks as Google's #1 result for Horace Showpony
Unused TSI from when the name of this episode was going in a different direction.
December 15, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Unused TSI from when the name of this episode was going in a different direction.
Had stuff come up this weekend. We'll try to do some SCII online play this week before Thursday. TBD
Knock knock
December 15, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Had stuff come up this weekend. We'll try to do some SCII online play this week before Thursday. TBD
This Week: Wario World, TGA suffering, Metroid Prime 4. Also a quiz about Tak?
Eliminating a Nintendo franchise to save the world?
What the hell even is this podcast...
It's Episode 956: Every Day Is Nintendo Today
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73610/ep...
Eliminating a Nintendo franchise to save the world?
What the hell even is this podcast...
It's Episode 956: Every Day Is Nintendo Today
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73610/ep...
December 15, 2025 at 5:08 AM
This Week: Wario World, TGA suffering, Metroid Prime 4. Also a quiz about Tak?
Eliminating a Nintendo franchise to save the world?
What the hell even is this podcast...
It's Episode 956: Every Day Is Nintendo Today
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73610/ep...
Eliminating a Nintendo franchise to save the world?
What the hell even is this podcast...
It's Episode 956: Every Day Is Nintendo Today
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73610/ep...
Don't get my hopes up for the Game Awards getting torn apart by demonic audiences and then show me the crowd NOT turned into a pile of flesh.
Commit!
Commit!
December 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Don't get my hopes up for the Game Awards getting torn apart by demonic audiences and then show me the crowd NOT turned into a pile of flesh.
Commit!
Commit!
indigestion
Does the soul still burn?
December 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
indigestion
this weekend at DATE AND TIME UNDETERMINED RetroActive Soulcalibur II Online Play - join the NWR Discord.
Time and Date to be posted soon.
Time and Date to be posted soon.
December 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
this weekend at DATE AND TIME UNDETERMINED RetroActive Soulcalibur II Online Play - join the NWR Discord.
Time and Date to be posted soon.
Time and Date to be posted soon.
This week: We tackle Metroid Prime 4 takes! Also, impressions if we must.
Kirby Air Riders, Ninja Gaiden 2, and Absolum!
Reminder: our RetroActive on Soulcalibur II is 10ish days away
It's Episode 955: A Metroid? I'm Seventeen Years Old and What is This?
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73539/ep...
Kirby Air Riders, Ninja Gaiden 2, and Absolum!
Reminder: our RetroActive on Soulcalibur II is 10ish days away
It's Episode 955: A Metroid? I'm Seventeen Years Old and What is This?
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73539/ep...
December 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
This week: We tackle Metroid Prime 4 takes! Also, impressions if we must.
Kirby Air Riders, Ninja Gaiden 2, and Absolum!
Reminder: our RetroActive on Soulcalibur II is 10ish days away
It's Episode 955: A Metroid? I'm Seventeen Years Old and What is This?
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73539/ep...
Kirby Air Riders, Ninja Gaiden 2, and Absolum!
Reminder: our RetroActive on Soulcalibur II is 10ish days away
It's Episode 955: A Metroid? I'm Seventeen Years Old and What is This?
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73539/ep...
God willing, next year we'll be even longer
I feel like this is only because each episode is like 20 hours long 😂 @radiofreenintendo.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
God willing, next year we'll be even longer
This week: Kirby Air Riders, Age of Calamity, Ball X Pit, and Black Friday "deals."
Also: Jon Lindemann trivia
And: OUR NEXT RETROACTIVE
It's Episode 954: Thangsgiving
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73467/ep...
Also: Jon Lindemann trivia
And: OUR NEXT RETROACTIVE
It's Episode 954: Thangsgiving
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73467/ep...
November 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
This week: Kirby Air Riders, Age of Calamity, Ball X Pit, and Black Friday "deals."
Also: Jon Lindemann trivia
And: OUR NEXT RETROACTIVE
It's Episode 954: Thangsgiving
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73467/ep...
Also: Jon Lindemann trivia
And: OUR NEXT RETROACTIVE
It's Episode 954: Thangsgiving
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73467/ep...
Never has the image for RFN been so impossible
...well, that isn't entirely true
Episode 870: Bipedal Anuses Remastered
...well, that isn't entirely true
Episode 870: Bipedal Anuses Remastered
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Never has the image for RFN been so impossible
...well, that isn't entirely true
Episode 870: Bipedal Anuses Remastered
...well, that isn't entirely true
Episode 870: Bipedal Anuses Remastered
This Week: Age of Imprisonment, finding an Octopus, buying bad games for children, freaking out over a tutorial character, and the sameness of Switch 2.
It's Episode 953: Get a Grip, Game Journalists
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73366/ep...
It's Episode 953: Get a Grip, Game Journalists
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73366/ep...
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 AM
This Week: Age of Imprisonment, finding an Octopus, buying bad games for children, freaking out over a tutorial character, and the sameness of Switch 2.
It's Episode 953: Get a Grip, Game Journalists
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73366/ep...
It's Episode 953: Get a Grip, Game Journalists
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73366/ep...
Send your retroactive ideas to the email address before 9 PM Eastern, Thursday, Nov. 20 so James can ignore them and embrace evil.
Episode 952: My Name Used To Be on the Masthead, James
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73300/ep...
Episode 952: My Name Used To Be on the Masthead, James
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73300/ep...
November 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Send your retroactive ideas to the email address before 9 PM Eastern, Thursday, Nov. 20 so James can ignore them and embrace evil.
Episode 952: My Name Used To Be on the Masthead, James
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73300/ep...
Episode 952: My Name Used To Be on the Masthead, James
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73300/ep...
THIS WEEK: the limits of our game collections, "better" handheld versions, and the best minigames.
Also: Kirby Air Riders, Age of Imprisonment, Donkey Kong Bananza, and Taito Milestones 3
It's Episode 952: My Name Used To Be on the Masthead, James
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73300/ep...
Also: Kirby Air Riders, Age of Imprisonment, Donkey Kong Bananza, and Taito Milestones 3
It's Episode 952: My Name Used To Be on the Masthead, James
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73300/ep...
November 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
THIS WEEK: the limits of our game collections, "better" handheld versions, and the best minigames.
Also: Kirby Air Riders, Age of Imprisonment, Donkey Kong Bananza, and Taito Milestones 3
It's Episode 952: My Name Used To Be on the Masthead, James
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73300/ep...
Also: Kirby Air Riders, Age of Imprisonment, Donkey Kong Bananza, and Taito Milestones 3
It's Episode 952: My Name Used To Be on the Masthead, James
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73300/ep...
this stupid joke took 50 minutes to create.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
this stupid joke took 50 minutes to create.
THIS WEEK: A lot of Bananza, a little Z to A, some Arcade Archives GROWL, Luigi's Mansion, & @mrdiamondj.bsky.social report on the now-useful PlayStation Portal.
Also: Itagaki's legacy and game's we've ruined.
It's Episode 951: Unleashing Tingle Upon Hyrule
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73174/ep...
Also: Itagaki's legacy and game's we've ruined.
It's Episode 951: Unleashing Tingle Upon Hyrule
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73174/ep...
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
THIS WEEK: A lot of Bananza, a little Z to A, some Arcade Archives GROWL, Luigi's Mansion, & @mrdiamondj.bsky.social report on the now-useful PlayStation Portal.
Also: Itagaki's legacy and game's we've ruined.
It's Episode 951: Unleashing Tingle Upon Hyrule
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73174/ep...
Also: Itagaki's legacy and game's we've ruined.
It's Episode 951: Unleashing Tingle Upon Hyrule
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73174/ep...
Reposted by Radio Free Nintendo
Unsigned reviews are cowardly. In these times, I have to assume it means the text was AI-generated. Clicking on the byline brings up a bio for "GameCentral News Writer".
metro.co.uk/author/gamec...
metro.co.uk/author/gamec...
November 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Unsigned reviews are cowardly. In these times, I have to assume it means the text was AI-generated. Clicking on the byline brings up a bio for "GameCentral News Writer".
metro.co.uk/author/gamec...
metro.co.uk/author/gamec...
This week: we answer two emails - explaining Saudi's EA investment and making Metroid "popular."
Talk about impossible tasks...
We also cover the Animal Crossing update and Capcom doing Capcpom Things.
It's Episode 950: Nice Quality of Life for the Sickos
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73090/ep...
Talk about impossible tasks...
We also cover the Animal Crossing update and Capcom doing Capcpom Things.
It's Episode 950: Nice Quality of Life for the Sickos
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73090/ep...
November 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
This week: we answer two emails - explaining Saudi's EA investment and making Metroid "popular."
Talk about impossible tasks...
We also cover the Animal Crossing update and Capcom doing Capcpom Things.
It's Episode 950: Nice Quality of Life for the Sickos
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73090/ep...
Talk about impossible tasks...
We also cover the Animal Crossing update and Capcom doing Capcpom Things.
It's Episode 950: Nice Quality of Life for the Sickos
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73090/ep...
17studio is an eSlop publisher, foisting quantities of self-described "Hentai," that is almost always not anime and never pornographic.
It is ALL AI generated. Today they hit a new low.
While no human made an single asset in this game, presumably someone thought this slop should be THE image.
It is ALL AI generated. Today they hit a new low.
While no human made an single asset in this game, presumably someone thought this slop should be THE image.
October 29, 2025 at 3:33 AM
17studio is an eSlop publisher, foisting quantities of self-described "Hentai," that is almost always not anime and never pornographic.
It is ALL AI generated. Today they hit a new low.
While no human made an single asset in this game, presumably someone thought this slop should be THE image.
It is ALL AI generated. Today they hit a new low.
While no human made an single asset in this game, presumably someone thought this slop should be THE image.
THIS WEEK: Syrenne joins us.
Pokemon Legends: Z to A remains a city, I guess. Clair Obscur is that cartoonishly French. and Ghost of Yotei is here also.
Also there was A SECOND KIRBY DIRECT!
It's Episode 949: Ponder the Gummies
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73009/ep...
Pokemon Legends: Z to A remains a city, I guess. Clair Obscur is that cartoonishly French. and Ghost of Yotei is here also.
Also there was A SECOND KIRBY DIRECT!
It's Episode 949: Ponder the Gummies
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73009/ep...
October 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
THIS WEEK: Syrenne joins us.
Pokemon Legends: Z to A remains a city, I guess. Clair Obscur is that cartoonishly French. and Ghost of Yotei is here also.
Also there was A SECOND KIRBY DIRECT!
It's Episode 949: Ponder the Gummies
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73009/ep...
Pokemon Legends: Z to A remains a city, I guess. Clair Obscur is that cartoonishly French. and Ghost of Yotei is here also.
Also there was A SECOND KIRBY DIRECT!
It's Episode 949: Ponder the Gummies
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/73009/ep...
Hobby-grade
The next Xbox will be high-end and curated, teases Xbox president Sarah Bond:
"The next-gen console will be a very premium and high-end curated experience. You're starting to see some of the thinking we have in this handheld, but I don't want to give it all away"
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#Xbox
"The next-gen console will be a very premium and high-end curated experience. You're starting to see some of the thinking we have in this handheld, but I don't want to give it all away"
▶️ youtu.be/yDmwJ7tuoD8?...
#Xbox
October 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Hobby-grade
This week: a very cursory look at Pokémon Legends: Z to A, Super Mario 64 and Galaxy 2, South of Midnight, Atari 50 DLC, and dumb garbage James is inflicting on people.
It's Episode 948: The Reluctant Messiah of Albuquerque
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/72919/ep...
It's Episode 948: The Reluctant Messiah of Albuquerque
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/72919/ep...
October 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This week: a very cursory look at Pokémon Legends: Z to A, Super Mario 64 and Galaxy 2, South of Midnight, Atari 50 DLC, and dumb garbage James is inflicting on people.
It's Episode 948: The Reluctant Messiah of Albuquerque
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/72919/ep...
It's Episode 948: The Reluctant Messiah of Albuquerque
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/72919/ep...
THIS WEEK: Close to You, Nintendo Vs. System, and games we took forever to beat in the Listener Mail segment.
New Business: Books, Bananza, Mario 64, Mario Galaxy 2, Wario & Mario. So much Mario. Also King Kong.
It's Episode 947: It's Open Season On Jonny-L
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/72878/ep...
New Business: Books, Bananza, Mario 64, Mario Galaxy 2, Wario & Mario. So much Mario. Also King Kong.
It's Episode 947: It's Open Season On Jonny-L
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/72878/ep...
October 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
THIS WEEK: Close to You, Nintendo Vs. System, and games we took forever to beat in the Listener Mail segment.
New Business: Books, Bananza, Mario 64, Mario Galaxy 2, Wario & Mario. So much Mario. Also King Kong.
It's Episode 947: It's Open Season On Jonny-L
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/72878/ep...
New Business: Books, Bananza, Mario 64, Mario Galaxy 2, Wario & Mario. So much Mario. Also King Kong.
It's Episode 947: It's Open Season On Jonny-L
nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/72878/ep...
I'm so tired, boss...
October 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I'm so tired, boss...
I cannot believe the emails y'all have sent today that aren't this topic.
You're doing this on purpose.
You're doing this on purpose.
...just send the email. We're going to have to talk about it anyway.
You know what I'm talking about.
You know what I'm talking about.
October 8, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I cannot believe the emails y'all have sent today that aren't this topic.
You're doing this on purpose.
You're doing this on purpose.
3 hours of swearing about how "this fucking thing never works"
Episode 1000, where James and I play 2 player virtual boy and Super glove Ball.
October 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
3 hours of swearing about how "this fucking thing never works"