Radio Free Nintendo

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Jun 2026

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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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June 14, 20262 hr 24 min

Episode 979: We All Struggle Under the Giant Thumb of Sportsmate

FEATURING: June 9th 2026 Nintendo Direct, in order. (00:02:30) Rhythm Heaven Groove. Capcom bloc. Big Walk.(00:21:30) Kairosoft.(00:29:06) Pokopia. Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave. DK Challenge.(00:54:26) Jujutsu Kaisen Rumble: Survivaton. Cozy Darksoulslikes. Muramasa: Revenant Blades.(01:04:39) So much Xenoblade.(01:40:49) Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World. Kingdom Hearts 4.(01:50:11) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (2026) glimpsed.(02:06:34) Star Fox (2026) demo.

June 6, 20262 hr 9 min

Episode 978: Cotton Is Coming!

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.

May 31, 20262 hr 16 min

Episode 977: The Pictonico! Pact

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.

May 24, 20262 hr 16 min

Episode 976: I'm Just Going to Choose to Not Engage with How I Taste

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).

May 17, 20262 hr 2 min

Episode 975: Charles Bronson's Ragebound

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.

May 9, 20262 hr 21 min

Episode 974: When I was Getting Scraped for Horace Showpony, I Wasn't Getting Paid

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.

May 2, 20262 hr 7 min

Episode 973: Progress is Being Made on Multiple Fronts

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.

April 27, 20262 hr 36 min

Episode 972: Jean Ubisoft's Business Travels

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.

April 19, 20262 hr 4 min

Episode 971: Professor E. Gadd's Mean Bean Machine

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.

April 12, 20262 hr 26 min

Episode 970: Chekhov's Goat

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.