Writing a short article this week because we have a lot of stuff to get through!

This week we have a ton of New Business. James wrapped up Part 2 of Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave and is taking a break before digging back into another route with Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve. Jon, "The Platinum Man," has no idea how to spend his Platinum Points and "finds a way." Guillaume gives us an update on the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 8-player local experience. He also has some more thoughts on Onimusha: Way of the Sword. Greg closes out New Business with Kururin Paradise, new to the NSO Expansion Pack.

After a break we tackle one email. It asks if Nintendo will move away from "Open World" design. This goes places, but most of those places are "our entire time budget for Listener Mail."

Hey, did we tell you about Episode 1000 this week? We did! It's in a few weeks: Saturday, November 14 at 10 PM UTC. The plans are almost done and I'll be posting them on Monday, so stay tuned.

I was going to do them today, but they're not done and I'm tired. Sue me.

• (00:02:40) New Business - Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave.
• (00:13:53) Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve.
• (00:37:02) Platinum Points Panic.
• (00:44:17) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's 8 player couch multiplayer update. Old Maid and Pop Tarts.
• (00:50:52) Onimusha: Way of the Sword.
• (01:03:16) I for one welcome our Game Key Card overlords.
• (01:10:33) New GBA games on NSO Expansion Pack, including Kururin Paradise.
• (01:21:44) Listener Mail - Open world Nintendo games: a trend?

This episode was edited by Guillaume Veillette. The "Men of Leisure" theme song was produced exclusively for Radio Free Nintendo by Perry Burkum. Hear more at Perry's SoundCloud. The Radio Free Nintendo logo was produced by Connor Strickland. See what he's up to at his website.

This episode's ending music is "TV Commercial Theme" from Famicom Mukashibanashi: Yūyūki. It was requested by Chariot Goblin. All rights reserved by Nintendo Co., Ltd.