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**Radio Free Nintendo**

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.

Latest Episodes:

Episode 317: Highway Through the Great Divide Dec 09, 2012

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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).

Episode 316: Ninjabread Opus Dec 02, 2012

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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!

RFN Presents: The Famicast 18 - BRAVELY DIRECT Nov 30, 2012

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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!

3rd Annual NWR Telethon for Child's Play - Part 3 Nov 25, 2012

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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!

Episode 315: Nintendo Launch Alliance Nov 24, 2012

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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.

Episode 314: Three Heads Tall Nov 18, 2012

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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".

3rd Annual NWR Telethon for Child's Play - Part 2 Nov 17, 2012

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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!

3rd Annual NWR Telethon for Child's Play - Part 1 Nov 11, 2012

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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!

Episode 313: Poseur Theory Nov 04, 2012

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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!

Episode 312: Hail to the High Schooler Oct 28, 2012

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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.

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