Post by: Jonnyboy117 on January 17, 2010, 11:00:00 AM
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Episode 179: Her Majesty, Unicron
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This week's New Business includes a lot of notable 2009 games, like Batman, House of the Dead: Overkill, Uncharted 2, and Crystal Bearers. We're not done with Spirit Tracks, either. Greg's latest Japanese acquisition is a legendary first-party Famicom game called Nazo no Murasamejou. Jonny also contributes the weirdness of Chronos Twins DX and a report on the considerable influence of Sony's ICO.
Segment Two kicks off with the first four entries in our Games of the Decade feature. Listen carefully to various NWR staff members celebrate their picks -- there will be a quiz! We also announce the next RetroActive feature, and you can VOTE NOW! (Please plan to play along and discuss the winning game in our forums. It's really a lot of fun.)
This episode wraps with a trio of your emails. We get introspective with a question about which aspects of gaming appeal to our individual tastes and keep us motivated to continue playing well into adulthood. There's also a topic on how you can best contribute to Radio Free Nintendo, and we finish with a requested discussion of the MotionPlus-enabled Zangeki no Reginleiv (Dynamic Slash).
We're always looking for great Listener Mail to read and discuss on the show, so please send your questions or comments! (We really love seeing your praise and feedback regarding the show itself; however, in the interest of time, we may edit your letter to be read on the podcast.) Credits:
This podcast was edited by Greg Leahy.
Music for this episode of Radio Free Nintendo is used with permission from Jason Ricci & New Blood. You can purchase their newest album, Done with the Devil, directly from the record label, Amazon.com, or iTunes, or call your local record store and ask for it!
Additional music for this episode of Radio Free Nintendo is copyrighted to Nintendo and Ubisoft, and is included under fair use protection.
Post by: broodwars on January 17, 2010, 09:40:07 PM
Regarding Batman, I never found the selection of enemies all that repetitive. I had more of an issue with the number of times (including boss encounters) where you basically had to beat up a room full of goons while dodging and fighting one of those Brute-type enemies. Other than that, I found the game to be phenomenal and definitely worthy of my Game of the Year honors (slightly beating out Uncharted 2).
Regarding the Games of the Decade feature, I can see what you guys are going for but with how segmented that feature is right now it just killed my interest rather quickly. I would have preferred you doing what Giant Bomb did on their podcast and just taking a list of "Best" games and just whittling them down over the course of several weeks, and then having that big discussion. Melee and Pikmin are fine choices, though. I never saw the big deal in Beyond Good & Evil or any of the modern Pokemon games.
Post by: Halbred on January 17, 2010, 10:30:31 PM
Post by: broodwars on January 17, 2010, 10:46:12 PM
Did you, you know, PLAY BG&E? :-)
Yeah, I did on the GameCube and found it good but not particularly great at anything. There was also a pretty clear-cut "good" and "evil" for a game called "Beyond Good & Evil." :P: :
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on January 17, 2010, 10:50:45 PM
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Post by: NWR_DrewMG on January 18, 2010, 09:34:52 AM
Listening to the show now, always a good time.
Post by: KDR_11k on January 18, 2010, 12:45:56 PM
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Post by: Jonnyboy117 on January 18, 2010, 04:23:21 PM
Post by: ShyGuy on January 19, 2010, 03:28:28 AM
Post by: Sundoulos on January 19, 2010, 10:17:54 AM
I'm looking forward seeing more of The Last Guardian. That game could be the game that finally convinces me to break down and buy a PS3.
Post by: noname2200 on January 19, 2010, 11:57:59 AM
And while I know I've just made a lifelong enemy, I have to agree that Beyond Good and Evil is way overrated. It's fun and good and all, but it didn't deserve to be nominated for GotY the year of its release. There's a reason that even word-of-mouth didn't foster too much interest outside the internet.
And regarding the new music for the "What's new" segment: I liked the music well enough, but it seemed somewhat out of place for that section.
Just my two cents!
*No actual consequences attach to this threat.
Post by: ShyGuy on January 19, 2010, 01:25:39 PM
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Post by: Kairon on January 20, 2010, 01:31:10 AM
I liked hearing from Kairon.
Yay! A fan! ^_^
Post by: ShyGuy on January 20, 2010, 01:42:03 AM
Post by: Kairon on January 20, 2010, 02:14:31 AM
Oh no, I'm still mad that you chose to focus on your career rather than contribute to NWR for like 9 months, but Lindy still didn't fire you.
Oh... T_T
Post by: ShyGuy on January 20, 2010, 02:40:11 AM
Post by: NWR_Neal on January 20, 2010, 11:56:39 AM
Kairon sets 'em up, then ya knock 'em down! Seriously, he needs to be a guest on another podcast soon.
My former News Editor is always welcome on Newscast.
Post by: yoshi1001 on January 20, 2010, 08:09:49 PM
Post by: NWR_Lindy on January 20, 2010, 09:53:47 PM
I JUST CAN'T QUIT YOU
Post by: noname2200 on January 21, 2010, 12:43:39 AM
James, I now feel for you, you poor, poor bastard...
Post by: NWR_Neal on January 21, 2010, 12:05:47 PM
After working on the Shiren Wii Preview from a month back, I'm interested again, though this time in nothing more than a review copy if I'm lucky (unlucky?) enough to review it. Shiren Wii looks to not be as fucking terrible as other Mystery Dungeon games, and for that, I'm interested.
The most likely situation is that I'll play it and hate it, but since Luke left, I don't think there are any Mystery Dungeon fans on the site.
Post by: NWR_insanolord on January 22, 2010, 07:10:39 PM
EDIT: After going back and listening to his music again, I have to say that the beginning of "I Turned Into a Martian" could be a pretty cool podcast opener.
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on January 23, 2010, 02:47:53 AM
Post by: KDR_11k on January 23, 2010, 04:32:06 AM
Post by: Halbred on January 23, 2010, 05:10:15 AM
Post by: Yoshidious on January 23, 2010, 09:36:40 AM
I don't know if it was this podcast that claimed there was no gold box for Wind Waker but my PAL limited edition version of WW has a gold box.
I can confirm you didn't hear that from this podcast.
Post by: Crimm on January 23, 2010, 05:28:40 PM
I don't know if it was this podcast that claimed there was no gold box for Wind Waker but my PAL limited edition version of WW has a gold box.
I can confirm you didn't hear that from this podcast.
If we had said that I would have cut that person off, since I know for a fact there is a gold box.
Post by: NWR_insanolord on January 23, 2010, 08:34:39 PM
I made a clip of "I Turned Into a Martian" that we never ended up using. However, I have some ideas for using a bit of Jason's music that we haven't played on the show before. ("Down at the Juke"? I don't even know that song, and I've seen over a dozen New Blood live concerts. I prefer the stuff that isn't hardcore, traditional blues.)
All I know of his music is the albums he has on iTunes (he actually came to my town within two weeks of me discovering his music, but it was so short notice that I'd already made plans for that night) and "Down at the Juke" is on Blood on the Road. It's more of a traditional blues song than some of his stuff, but is really excellent.
