Topic: Radio Free Nintendo: Episode 191

[Pandareus]

Haha, I live in Montreal, and I was listening to your podcast while walking home from work. Your mention of poutine inspired me to get a smoked meat poutine on the way, for optimal clogging of the arteries.

[NWR_Neal]

Yo James, Super Mario Galaxy 2 isn't the leftovers from the original. It started that way, but then it evolved into more than that. Don't let mistranslations of Miyamoto keep you misinformed!

I think the quote was something about how SMG2 is 90% new material, and originally it was translated as 90% leftovers from SMG or something.

[NWR_Lindy]

Haha, I live in Montreal, and I was listening to your podcast while walking home from work. Your mention of poutine inspired me to get a smoked meat poutine on the way, for optimal clogging of the arteries.

This is awesome.

Also, Mario Football would be amazing, as long as they let you do mean-spirited things after the play.  Am I the only one here that misses the NFL Blitz series?  Seriously people, after NBA Jam comes out they need to start working on Blitz 2012, ASAP.

I thought MW2's single-player was good, but fairly short and incredibly hard to follow.  That's not the draw of the game for me, though...I'm all about that butter-smooth online multiplayer.

In case you guys didn't know, NWR always has to have at least 2 PhD candidates on staff at all times.  Aaron and Jonny fill the quota, and when they leave we'll have to find some more.

[Kytim89]

I would really like to see a Chrono Trigger sequel done as a wiiware title or in the same style as the final fantasy DS titles. I want the same for a sequel to Super Mario RPG. As for the starfox series being revived, I want either Treasure or Platnium Games at the helm for the title. Platnium Games would a good choice considering their pedigree.

[NWR_insanolord]

Haha, I live in Montreal, and I was listening to your podcast while walking home from work. Your mention of poutine inspired me to get a smoked meat poutine on the way, for optimal clogging of the arteries.

This is awesome.

Also, Mario Football would be amazing, as long as they let you do mean-spirited things after the play.  Am I the only one here that misses the NFL Blitz series?  Seriously people, after NBA Jam comes out they need to start working on Blitz 2012, ASAP.

I thought MW2's single-player was good, but fairly short and incredibly hard to follow.  That's not the draw of the game for me, though...I'm all about that butter-smooth online multiplayer.

In case you guys didn't know, NWR always has to have at least 2 PhD candidates on staff at all times.  Aaron and Jonny fill the quota, and when they leave we'll have to find some more.

The NFL hated Blitz, though; their negative feelings about it were one of the bigger reasons they offered EA exclusivity in the first place. There just isn't a market for a non-licensed football game. All Pro Football didn't sell, the DS Tecmo Bowl didn't sell and they canceled the Wii one, and the upcoming Backbreaker, despite promising technical advances, will not sell.

The exception to this, though, would be a Mario Football game, and I don't think it would work with any other franchise. Mario Football in the style of Strikers is probably as close to Blitz as we could get.

[KDR_11k]

That's not the draw of the game for me, though...I'm all about that butter-smooth online multiplayer.

You're talking about coop, right? The competitive multiplayer is anything but "butter smooth".

[adadad]

RFN is apparently a great podcast to clean to. I needed to do some major cleaning of my dorm room, and last night I turned on RFN and put on my wireless headphones and cleaned for the full 2 hours. Now that I think of it, I did the same thing last time I did major cleaning. Thanks, guys; I don't know if I would have been able to buckle down and do it if not for you distracting me.

Ha ha, this is typical for me too. Generally not so much with cleaning, but for big loads of washing up RFN is a lifesaver.

[NWR_Lindy]

You're talking about coop, right? The competitive multiplayer is anything but "butter smooth".

It's super-fast for me.

[KDR_11k]

Oh it's fast but it's still a laggy, unbalanced, slippery-sloping mess.

[NWR_insanolord]

I'm guessing at this point that Greg, as a Bills fan, after seeing the way they used their picks, is thinking "I skipped RFN for this?!" Seriously, though, I hope he didn't suffer too many ill effects from the tremendous amounts of drinking he was undoubtedly driven to because of the actions of the Bills GM.

[Yoshidious]

Personally, I find the NFL draft to be a fascinating and fun occasion (especially coming as it does in the middle of the excruciatingly long NFL offseason), but I try not to get overly excited/deflated over the outcome, because you never know with the draft. Two years ago, Chris Johnson was a reach at a position the Titans didn't really need; now he's a 2000 yard rusher and the key to their offense. Yes the Bills need help on the offensive line very badly as well as a QB for the future, so the round 1-3 picks were a little surprising, but believe me when I say that the Bills' problems can't be solved in a single draft/offseason in any event.
 
Also, due to me being a fan of the NFL from afar who couldn't see Bills games live until relatively recently, I'm very much a fan of the league as a whole--I'm always very interested in what everyone else is doing, where the really heralded prospects end up, and then how their careers pan out down the line. I don't get to see much college football over here so the draft process is my way of getting familiar with all these guys who I'll be watching for the next 10 years or so. 
 
 

[ShyGuy]

If I ever become a billionaire, I'm going to by Greg the Buffalo Bills as a birthday present.

[TJ Spyke]

As someone who lives in western New York (about 1 hour from Orchard Park), I don't think Bills owner Ralph Wilson, Jr. would sell the team unless the new owner promised to keep them in Buffalo.

The NFL draft is always boring to me, especially when they get to the second round and stop announcing who the picks are (you only see the announcement scrolling on the bottom of the screen. Part of it is that there are rarely any surprises, the commentators on ESPN correctly predicted almost every pick in the first round.

[vudu]

As someone who lives in western New York (about 1 hour from Orchard Park), I don't think Bills owner Ralph Wilson, Jr. would sell the team unless the new owner promised to keep them in Buffalo.

What are you--a robot?  It was a joke.

[TJ Spyke]

Duh, I know that. I didn't think I had to say I knew he was joking, but I guess now everyone has common sense.

[ShyGuy]

What is Greg going to do? Move the team to Manchester?

[broodwars]

*shakes head sadly*

All these people knashing teeth over the frickin' NFL draft when we have the entire NBA Playoffs going on right now (and so far, it's been a good one...with the exception of the Eastern Conference, of course.  But the Eastern Conference has been a joke for years).

[ShyGuy]

What's the deal with the Utah Jazz? They're not Utah and they're not Jazz.

[broodwars]

What's the deal with the Utah Jazz? They're not Utah and they're not Jazz.

New Orleans (as it always has been) was a horrendous town for actually supporting professional basketball, so the Jazz left the city and moved to Utah (taking the Jazz name with them).  The team didn't have the money to pay for new jerseys when they changed cities, so the name stuck.  Now it's an institution (I grew up with the Stockton-Malone Jazz), so it's never going to change and all the people whining about the name can STFU.

[TJ Spyke]

What is Greg going to do? Move the team to Manchester?

After the NFL Europe failed, I doubt they are eager to bring football back on a weekly basis (before you say anything Vudu, I know he was probably joking).

I like the Jazz name, I like that most sports actually have team name (soccer teams, outside of the US, tend to not have team names and are just referred to by their city like "Manchester United" and "Real Madrid"). Speaking of basketball, I want a console Mario basketball game.

[noname2200]

Personally, I find the NFL draft to be a fascinating and fun occasion (especially coming as it does in the middle of the excruciatingly long NFL offseason), but I try not to get overly excited/deflated over the outcome, because you never know with the draft. Two years ago, Chris Johnson was a reach at a position the Titans didn't really need; now he's a 2000 yard rusher and the key to their offense. Yes the Bills need help on the offensive line very badly as well as a QB for the future, so the round 1-3 picks were a little surprising, but believe me when I say that the Bills' problems can't be solved in a single draft/offseason in any event.

Fully granted, but this year's crop was pretty thick with quality offensive linemen and some good QBs, which could have done a lot. On the other hand, y'all also need a defense...

[Shaymin]

What's the deal with the Utah Jazz? They're not Utah and they're not Jazz.

New Orleans (as it always has been) was a horrendous town for actually supporting professional basketball, so the Jazz left the city and moved to Utah (taking the Jazz name with them).  The team didn't have the money to pay for new jerseys when they changed cities, so the name stuck.  Now it's an institution (I grew up with the Stockton-Malone Jazz), so it's never going to change and all the people whining about the name can STFU.

So you're not down with the "Jazz" name being on the line when Utah and New Orleans have their first playoff series against each other?

[broodwars]

What's the deal with the Utah Jazz? They're not Utah and they're not Jazz.

New Orleans (as it always has been) was a horrendous town for actually supporting professional basketball, so the Jazz left the city and moved to Utah (taking the Jazz name with them).  The team didn't have the money to pay for new jerseys when they changed cities, so the name stuck.  Now it's an institution (I grew up with the Stockton-Malone Jazz), so it's never going to change and all the people whining about the name can STFU.

So you're not down with the "Jazz" name being on the line when Utah and New Orleans have their first playoff series against each other?

What would be the point?  The Jazz routinely own the Hornets year after year, especially Williams vs. Paul.  Besides, the Hornets can't even get themselves to the playoffs these days, let alone compose a team that can actually favorably match up against mine.  New Orleans had their chance to keep the name, and they threw it away so they can keep their ***** new one and be grateful they get even that.

[NWR_Lindy]

I used to love the NBA, but then Jordan left and now I don't care about it any more.  I'm a long-time Pistons fan, so part of the league's appeal was Jordan as arch-nemesis.  Nobody else in the league has that edge any more.  Kobe is meh, LeBron is LeBoring, and the rest of the league is bunch of bling-bling "playa" clowns like Carmelo Anthony.  Couple that with the fact that Pistons are godawful and I have zero interest.

My opinion of the NBA is that in general, it's a bunch of clowns.

[NWR_insanolord]

Nothing in sports tops playoff hockey, which is in full swing right now. There is no reason to be paying much attention to any other sport right now.