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You guys got me hyped for the Grezzo RPG. I had no idea the company had that sort of lineage.
Episode 482 "The Legend of Zelda: Olivia Wilde" said:Last week, we gave our E3 reactions; this week we return to our standard show format. James kicks off New Business with a game Nintendo doesn't want you to know about: Rhythm Heaven Megamix. As a big fan of the series, James found his flow quickly, but Greg is around to allay some of his fears. Greg has concluding thoughts on Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest. Did being the tool of a monster ruin the experience for him? It hasn't for nearly a decade of RFN. Jon continues the strategic thinking with his Non-tendo Game of the Week: the beta of Halo Wars 2. Warthogs not getting stuck on every pebble may take you out of the Halo experience, but Jon may have found his inner tactician. Lastly, Guillaume concludes the segment with yet another assault on Castlevania, with Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia. Shockingly, picking up a nearly decade-old save did not yield the most positive experience.
After the break, we get down to our first post-E3 Listener Mail segment. Topics covered: self-induced blackouts, movie puns, the dumbing down of the university system, developer vs. publisher vs. BUSINESS, Tomodachi Life: The Movie - starring YOU, and an email picked exclusively to let us use the NX alarm. You can trigger our alarms by sending us an email.
Breath of the Wind
Into the Wild
Birth of the Wild
Olivia Wilde
James is wrong. Love Rap is shit on every possible way. Also Donk-Donk is crap too.
Breath of the Wind
Into the Wild
Birth of the Wild
Olivia Wilde
Dr Kawashima's Devilish Brain Training is/was also supposed to come to Europe... HUE HUE HUE!I'm not sure if Greg already knew about this, but Picross 3D 2 is supposed to come out in Europe, at least according to a leak a few weeks months back!
Episode 483 "Professionalism" said:How do you introduce an episode in which Japan has totally overwhelmed each and every panelist? Like this: we're joined again this week by "Friend of the Show" Syrenne McNulty, who we tasked with being our personal #FE Sherpa (no Back to the Future ball cap required). But first, Greg kicks off New Business with concluding thoughts on Kirby: Planet Robobot. He then further cements the vampiric transformation of RFN with a look at Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. Guillaume tries out the demo for 7th Dragon III: Code VFD (a game he's already played), and the terribly racist Super Adventure Island. RFN will lead the campaign to boycott all future games from Hudson and its parent company Konami. Jon talks about the life, death, and rebirth of his 3DS - as slain by Nintendo customer support, all in service of trying the Monster Hunter Generations demo, which he then discusses. James needs help to talk about Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE, a game so aggressively Japanese that it remained undubbed; not for cost reasons, but rather because the English language is incapable of existing in the same world as this game. Syrenne attempts to assist, but this entire preview rings of non-sense. Syrenne pushes RFN in a whole new direction, with thoughts on PC title Kindred Spirits on the Roof - a Japanese Visual Novel that tastefully combines the topics of lesbian love and spiritual possession.
After the break, we have an abbreviated Listener Mail segment. We are asked about the viability of a subscription-driven Nintendo Network, and if Nintendo's Zelda-focused E3 was the right decision. You can question our decision making by sending us an email.
If you want to hear Syrenne and NWR's Donald Theriault talk Zero Time Dilemma, check out the special Connectivity episode they recorded. Warning, spoilers.
I busted out laughing at that part.I wish you guys had titled this episode Vita Means Pigeon Sex.
Episode 484 "Jon Lindemann's Tubtime Pokestop" said:Guillaume took the week off to do Guillaume things, so this week RFN is joined by friend, and host of Radio Trivia, Mr. Michael Cole. Greg kicks off New Business with Pokkén Tournament. Against the AI he is an unstoppable Chandelure Calamity, but online he's finding himself more a Loseador Pikachu than a Luchador Pikachu. James foregoes an update on Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE to instead provide concluding thoughts on Rhythm Heaven Megamix. Rhythm Heaven will always be great, but the addition of grinding to the formula spoils the mix. Mike has thoughts on a collection of non-Zelda E3 games. He starts with Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice, follows up with impressions of dismemberment-simulator Severed, and then finishes with thoughts on Shantae: Half-Genie Hero. Jon concludes New Business with a report on finding Pokémon in all the wrong places, with Pokémon Go.
After the break, we tackle a trio of Listener Mail. The segment starts with a conversation about what makes Zelda Zelda and if Breath of the Wild will be able to maintain that feeling. Our second email covers the struggles of Unreal Engine 3 games on Wii U and the future of Unreal on Nintendo platforms. Our final email asks the rather blunt question: "Why are MyNintendo rewards crap?" You can ask why we also produce crap by sending us an email. We're looking for RetroActive ideas and Sign-Off music; you can send suggestions to the inbox as well.
Thanks to Mike for joining us this week; if you haven't, check out the Radio Trivia Podcast and be sure to see his and Jared Rosenberg's Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice interview.
Nintendo WiFi connection is defunct, so you won't be able to play online at all. All you will get is constant server error messages.Retroactive: Brawl online.
You know you want to do that to yourselves.
Episode 485 "Pokémon Journalism" said:Little did James know that one short week from mocking Jon Lindemann's PokéStop Tubtime, that Pokémon Go would have fundamentally altered society. Fans around the world are engaged, businesses are slammed, servers are taxed, politicians are foolish (more so than usual), and online journalists are producing Peabody-worthy content at a record pace. Eager to get on the hype-train, Radio Free Nintendo returns this week with our second Pokémon-referencing title in as many weeks. But, before we can gorge ourselves on the Pokébuzz, we start the show with New Business.
Guillaume is back, with a lot to talk about, so he and James start off with thoughts on Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE. They both come off rather negative in their impressions, but they do like the game. Apparently, a game that is awash in the disposable products of pop culture ironically expects you to really stick with it. The Gui and James duo also offer a shout-out to 7th Dragon III: Code VFD, a game that borrows heavily from Etrian Odyssey - and is available now. Gui wraps up his New Business with impressions of Bonk's Adventure on the recently released TurboGrafx-16 Virtual Console on Wii U. Did you know that Konami produced the TurboGrafx? It was definitely Konami; there was never another company involved. Greg has impressions of Hyrule Warriors Legends, the 3DS port of the surprisingly enjoyable Hyrule Warriors. He has thoughts on the new content, as well as the efforts developer Omega Force made to adapt the game to play on the go. Lastly, it's time to go whole Watchog into Pokémon Go. Both Jon and James have spent additional time with the game, and give a mostly-serious overview for the five people who have yet to succumb. More pressingly, the entire crew digs into the game's success, and the broader implications for Nintendo's diversification strategies.
After the break we continue to talk about Pokémon Go. We've all seen the hard-hitting journalism on display, and as RFN host/producer James wants in on that click revenue. It's time for RFN to put their "serious journalist" hats on, and come up with the hottest headlines, sure to drive eyes to...our...podcast.
Following this brief attempt at professionalism, it's time for Listener Mail. A short segment this week asks two questions: what caused this RPG low pressure system we've been stuck in, and what's going on with the NES Classic Edition. You can ask us about our personal low pressure systems by sending us an email.
Hahaha true, although I think it would be an incredible episode all the same. It'd make Jon's long running saga worth something in the end.Looking at the list in the OP (which I believe is only missing Rondo of Blood), Super Mario RPG was done before. And without Jonny as a regular, I don't think Milon has a hope in hell of being a Retroactive game.
If you're still taking submissions for the next Retroactive theme, [...]
I would assume Guillaume went physical because my digital copy was super speedy in every way, including loading screens.It takes too long to save in TMS#FE? What are you talking about? It's like a five second process.
I would assume Guillaume went physical because my digital copy was super speedy in every way, including loading screens.
As for Retroactive ideas, what about picking a Nintendo IP that hasn't yet been featured at all and then picking games from it? Has a Punch Out game been featured yet? Or Donkey Kong?
I would assume Guillaume went physical because my digital copy was super speedy in every way, including loading screens.
As for Retroactive ideas, what about picking a Nintendo IP that hasn't yet been featured at all and then picking games from it? Has a Punch Out game been featured yet? Or Donkey Kong?
Episode 486 "Rejecting Other Green Dinosaurs" said:Jon took the week off to perfect his floating Vita case, so your RFN experience this week is limited to Gui, Greg, and James. Nintendo blessed us by releasing the demo for Blast Ball the day of recording, so all three panelists have thoughts on this competitive soccer-shooter side-game to Change.org Presents: Not My Metroid. Greg has thoughts on SNES Shooting Gallery Wild Guns; coincidentally, Natsume has a recently-announced remake on the way. Guillaume has an update on Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, and it sounds like he intends to let Dracula win. Guillaume is the most irresponsible vampire hunter. He also looks at Flying Dragon: The Secret Scroll, an NES fighting game recently released on Wii U Virtual Console. He and James then team up to give an unplanned update on Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE. I'm sorry. I promise this is the last time.
After the break, it's time for Listener Mail. Topics this week include: being a "daddy" named James Jones, getting into Pokémon after Pokémon Go, casting a Shiek game, and our gaming influences. You can tell us how Miitomo has lead to your impending divorce by sending us an email.
don't listen to them. I found #FE much more streamlined than persona games and their social links. Almost all of the sidequest stuff is placed in the intermission sections, and you can proceed at any point (even skipping them entirely). The battles go quickly because both weapon weaknesses from FE and element ones from SMT are incorporated. And frankly, James and Gui are positive on games seemingly about 10% of the time anyway.You guys are bringing me down with the #FE talk. I was hoping it would be up my alley but your complaints are basically everything that makes Persona games drag for me.
So I have lived long enough to see myself become "the negative one". Sad!And frankly, James and Gui are positive on games seemingly about 10% of the time anyway.
Guess we are finally going to talk what the NX is next ep.
The latter. #Beleivethe far more important question is: which dragonquest 11 are we going to get?
the mobile one or the "console" one?
or possibly both?
the far more important question is: which dragonquest 11 are we going to get?
the mobile one or the "console" one?
or possibly both?
Episode 487 "NX And The Little Capitalist That Could" said:Guillaume is out this week, and he picked a great week to do it, in no way missing out on any major rumors. Instead we're joined by friend of the show Syrenne McNulty, the first of a parade of guests/fugitives we'll be featuring/harboring in Gui's absence.
Given our love of Kill Bill's Ironsides siren, we decided we couldn't wait until the second segment to talk about the most recent NX rumors. Eurogamer claims to have multiple sources that have identified NX as a console/handheld hybrid, and we spend what feels like multiple hours discussing it. There's an email here, so technically this is Listener Mail. So you can send us your technicalities via our inbox.
After a break, it's time for New Business! James leads off with Freedom Planet, a Sonic-inspired neo-retro platformer. I understand that James and Sonic in the same sentence rarely goes well, but you can probably keep your pitchforks where they are for this one. Jon is one week closer to finding himself ejected from RFN so that he can pursue his true passion, a Pokémon Go podcast. Syrenne proves herself a lunatic by hacking Fire Emblem Fates to make it more sadistic, before describing her love of the upcoming Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice. Lastly, Greg solicits thoughts from the crew on the recently-announced Lady Layton, not expecting this to turn into a condemnation of Level-5's money-grubbing soul. He does finally get to take us away from all this ruthless capitalism, with thoughts on Pokémon Yellow...oh. Well, he also has prepared research on the money to MyNintendo coin exchange rate during the Curve Digital sale...oh, again.
We'll undoubtedly have more thoughts on NX and business next week. Thanks to Syrenne for joining us!