This week's Direct brought a ton of news, but the big news is the psychological effect of driving.

Orphan, isekai, power-creep, friendship.

I'm going to keep pushing the envelope with episode titles until somebody says something.

Radio Free Nintendo did two segments during the 2019 Telethon. I say that, but really we did our 2019 predictions and then Jon and James had a fever dream.

We're calling out our Top 5 games of 2018, but Jon is busy doing something else entirely.

Jon is trying to get into streaming. He's going to need some help.

Googling Radio Free Nintendo's "best game" of 2015 is more akin to cliff diving.

It's the holidays! Time to spend time with your family and pretend you like them.

Nothing says "holidays" like using regional insults to tell your least-favorite podcast host how you feel.

Cinema, for one.

Go ahead and tell me all my character flaws.

Available where nightmares are sold.

Guess who's coming to dinner.

It's high time that RFN teaches you how to raise that child right. Straps and Virtual Boy required.

There is a sublime irony that my notes indicate Jon spawned this title.

Let me be your master of Spinjitzu.

I prefer au naturel.

It's entirely possible these titles are just being randomly generated. You can't prove otherwise.

The more you think about this title, the more it's going to upset you. And now, you're caught in my trap.

What will it do to you, and are your kids safe? Listen to this podcast to find out!

Deceiving investors is easy if you're incorporated in a different country.

New Super Radio Free Nintendo 4U Deluxe.

May he hop ever-forward.

Sometimes the name of the game is the game of the names.

Our SEO is on point this week.

The hottest style trend of 2018 is coming at you straight outta the woods.

Smash Bros. is all about crossovers and mix-ups.

Making a podcast is a high-risk operation, requiring nerves of steel.

She doesn't even have a mouth.

We've spent the last few years really making the 2010s a firestorm, let's go mess up the 1980s too.

Available on VHS or DVD for only $9.95, and each month we'll send you even more in-your-face wrecks from the twisted mind of Dr. Stewart*!

You still can, but the shame is as indelible as backing Ouya.

We could replace all New Business with Listener Mail and not impact marketability.

Don't worry, that's 100% sexual. Look at that smile! How could it be anything but?

Daisy is finally playable in Super Smash Bros. She's been at play in the NWR forums for years. You do the math.

Sometimes I don't even remember why I made note of a possible title.

It evolved into 100 billion yen.

Vaudeville's got nothing on us.

My only regret is that I'm going before that rat, Falco! Don't forget to show my head to the people; it's well worth seeing.

...and Jon's not even here.

This podcast has a money making opportunity for you.

My lawyer assures me that this does not constitute a threat.

Is "dumpster fire" an idiom?

I hope to God that nobody is using this show for scientific purposes.

Three words; infinite meaning.

Target Toss Pro: Bags vs Physio Fun: Pelvic Floor Training in the battle of region exclusives with terrible titles.

Git 'R' Done, chap.

Radio Free Nintendo's stock just spiked.

The sequel we all deserve.

Jon Lindemann still lists years by the reign of Roman Consuls.

*Screaming guitar sounds*

It's my mission to weaponize any weird turn-of-phrase, and render the podcast nothing but nervous silence.

Sisyphus looks on in admiration...

I'll feed him, and love him, and pick-up after him, and tape his leg back on...

We're breaking new ground in irrelevant episode titles. It's not even the holidays anymore...

Jon thinks this title is real clever; I even resisted the urge to ask him about collector's edition cardboard.

Parenting doesn't come with a Funky Mode.

My numbers 1, 2, and 3 game of the year are all Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE.

Good occupation making that go.

I saw a movie like that. It was nuts.

Jon "Business" Lindemann's plans lead where even James Jones cannot follow.

Spend this much time on your past and you'll go blind.

We're still looking to sell out, but no one's buying.

Jon's Switch is doomed. It's just a matter of time.

The doctor is here, and I'm preparing my thesis.

In this case, "O.G." stands for "Odyssey Game." It's out, and it's gangsta.

A question about arcadiness in games turns into a weird primer on Sega's entry into the console space

Our Hall of Fame will attract tens of visitors a year.

Licensing agreements mean this can be the only podcast approved by The Tetris Company.

The Queen's English makes this far worse.

The game just came out and already the grousing about the next 2D Metroid is underway.

RIP Miiverse.

We all want to be Marion Cobretti, but someone's got to be Snaps Provolone.

We're adding Rabbids to everything, and the results are nightmarish indeed.

The most important fact is that Yoshi are water-soluble.

All the children are doing it.

We habitually say things that aren't true; sometimes we know it.

Please reorient your life to Nintendo's schedule, lest we deny ourselves this transformative opportunity.

Greg will be portrayed as a CG tiger in the RFN Cinematic Universe.

Let me level with you, I need Jon to make sure that I don't make too many "Brass Balls" jokes in the episode titles. Yes, Jon is the guiding hand of maturity in terms of Brass Balls.

It's always best to give with an audience.

This podcast can only achieve self-actualization by murdering thousands of squirrels for their teeth.

Fans have held out hope that one of Rare's famous N64 characters would make its way to a Nintendo game. Who knew what they had in store...

E3 2017 comes an end, and we wrap it up with a report on our favorite indie titles and our game(s) of the show.

Jon, Jonny and some special friends offer their thoughts on E3's second act.

Nintendo had their Digital Event, RFN reacted, the team at the show called in with impressions, and Mario was pulling all the strings.

When a wall just cannot contain all our personal failings.

Due entirely to professional obligation, we delve into our annual sequence of blind guesses resulting in predictable failure.

Metal Nintendo the Podcast is 400 years old, a great skateboarder, and everyone loves him.

Cold pizza at 9:30 in the morning, waiting to watch Daredevil's cartoon voice actor play this fighting game. This is the story I was born to tell.

Is your day a little brighter if you listen to the show imagining half of the podcast is still growing their Nordiques protest beard?

Your home for coverage of all the hottest anime games for FM Towns.

I'm trying out titles for my inevitable memoirs.

It's become increasingly clear that we only get three emails: questions, accusations, and text landmines designed to test our reading skill.

With a combined 500 hours under our belts, we're finally ready to talk The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

We break down yesterday's Nintendo Direct and give our opinions on ARMS, Splatoon 2, sexy Pikmin, and our efficacy as bank robbers.

None of you are listening to a word we say.

The killer app for Switch!

DeNA worked hard to create a system leveraged on Friend Codes, Miitomo, and Twitter followers to make adding Switch friends feel like alchemy.

The Radio Free Nintendo crew wasn't at PAX East, but that's okay: they're not in this episode either.