Topic: PODCAST: Radio Free Nintendo: Episode 128

[D_Average]

I still hold the Mario Tennis review against you guys.

(full disclosure - I did not know this site existed when that review dropped, but after reading every archived review I was very disappointed when I saw that score)

[GregLover5000]

I haven't read your Mario Tennis: Power Tour review, but I picked it up cheap a couple of years ago and, damn, I'd give Power Tour an 11. (Well, maybe a 9.) That's one little cartridge that far exceeded all my expectations.

[NWR_insanolord]

I hated Power Tour because you couldn't turn off power shots in the story mode. The Game Boy Color Mario Tennis remains to this day as one of my all time favorite games.

[NWR_Neal]

Finally finished the podcast. I assume it is ok for me to recommend games eventhough I am a staff member since I'm a listener.

One question: If its on Virtual Console, is it fair game?

Viewtiful Joe (GC)
Comix Zone (VC)
Kid Chameleon (VC)
Shining Force II (VC)
Dynamite Headdy (VC)
Super Mario RPG (VC)
Donkey Kong 64 (N64)
Timesplitters 2 or 3 (GC)
Sega Soccer Slam (GC)

That's all I can come up with right now.
Of course half that list goes away if Genesis VC games aren't allowed...

[TheYoungerPlumber]

My iPod the other day suggested Super Monkey Ball (GC).

[NWR_DrewMG]

Player One Podcast already does a segment like this called "Game Club" so I would suggest not calling it that. 

Wiiview?
Wiiwind?
Radio Free Backlog?
RFWhen?

Okay, I'm done with the cheesy names.  Here's some game suggestions:

1.  Shining Force II - Genesis.  (VC - 800 points) One of the better 16 bit RPGs (even if Jonny says it's a strategy game) not made by Squeenix on a system that didn't exactly excel in the genre.

2.  Super Mario Sunshine - Gamecube (Wii BC) I still don't understand why this game is such a black sheep, because I thoroughly enjoyed it.

3.  Legend of Zelda - Link's Awakening - Gameboy Color (GBA SP BC)  This game is begging for a re-release now that the DS has pretty much fully replaced the GBA.  One of my all time favorite 2D Zelda games, probably better than both of the Oracle games and Minish Cap.

4.  Metroid II: Return of Samus - Gameboy (GBA SP BC)  This game is begging for a reMAKE because every time I try to play it, I find it very difficult to get past the datedness of the game.  It's the only Metroid game I haven't finished.

5.  Pikmin - Gamecube (Wii BC) Let's all get ready for the new Pikmin game by playing the old Pikmin game.

[Jonnyboy117]

There are some great suggestions here, so thanks everyone!  And please keep them coming.  In order to expedite this process, I think we're going to just choose the first game (out of your suggestions) and then start a poll here in the forums for the next game.  Relying on a poll for the first game would have pushed the feature back even more, and we want to get started with it sooner than later.  We'll probably set up the poll for game #2 within a couple of days, as soon as we announce which game we'll be playing, so please look out for that and get in your game suggestions soon in order to make the poll deadline.  (If you're late, that's okay too -- there will be more polls!)

[D_Average]

My vote is for Wave Race 64 for the next topic   

[MaleficentOgre]

I don't often read reviews anymore because I feel like there's only a few type of people that review games and they all come from a similar perspective. They're looking for things that I am not necessarily looking for.
As for site reviews no one knows who writes reviews. I sure don't. I just know the review came from a certain site. That's the way most people dig reviews. I don't care what kind of games you guys play and the onus shouldn't be on me to know. I should read the review and get all the info out of it I need. If I wrote reviews I'd come at them from a different angle and it'd be up to me to make sure the reader knew where I was coming from. Wii music has been fun for me every time I've played it, but I've been in the absolute perfect environments for it. It ranks pretty high in my book for what it is.
I do wish 1up as a whole allowed slightly longer reviews, or wrote them better. I love two paragraph reviews, but if they're not informative they're useless. EGM's reviews for anything other than their AAA games were useless and stupid. Sure you had three numbers but what did they mean? I remember reading one review that was two sentences long.

[Flames_of_chaos]

How about "obsure wii and DS games" that got lost in shuffle or didn't get a lot of exposure. I'd love to see Crimm talk about Baroque and Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer.

[TheFleece]

I've recently decided to go back and replay all the Metroid games in chronological story order. I beat Zero Mission and have the NES Metroid waiting for me on the V. I'd be down to replay Metroid Prime or Metroid II since I got it and a GBA (also DrewMG for a very long time that was the only Metroid game I've ever beaten and yeah I think RFWhen is alright)
II would be down to play anything that came out for the GameCube or N64 because I never had one. The only game I have to suggest is Viewtiful Joe because it's not on VC and I love the hell out of platformers.