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Summary of Podcast below by Neograf forum member, AceBandage:

Starts off with a nice MadWorld song.
Listening now, summary will be posted eventually.

Bozon hasn’t eaten his Motion+ yet.
Quick Recap for E3.
They would have made Scribblenauts the Wii game of show, if they could.

E3 recap

- Metroid: Other M, Galaxy 2, new Zelda mentioned, Red Steel 2, Grinder, Gladiator A.D., Silent Hill, Sin and Punishment 2, Endless Ocean 2, Scribblenauts were at E3
- Everyone loves Scribblenauts
- Don’t really expect game on the DS to be game of the show, Bozon was blown away that it was
- IGN not the only site giving Scribblenauts game of the show award
- Warner Bros. didn’t really feature the game prominently at E3

Metroid: Other M

- Optimistic with Sakamoto leading
- Not the same Team Ninja we knew
- Game that is all about exploration, seems to be heavy emphasis on combat/melee combat
- Matt has some reservations, but up with Metroid game with backstory + cinematic
- Bozon thinks only game that holds up against Other M in terms of presentation is Smash Bros.
- Someone mentioned that sequence with Samus running in trailer looks like it was ripped right out of Ninja Gaiden

Galaxy 2

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Kim and Jason contacted me a few weeks ago and we had a friendly chat about video games, getting older and still playing video games, and losing weight with video games. Kim and Jason were great.

Mickey DeLorenzo is a regular guy from South Philadelphia who lost weight with his beloved Wii and had fun doing it. In 2006, he began his “Wii Sports Experiment,” in which he simply added 30 minutes of Wii Sports to his day for six straight weeks. Pounds melted away and a media onslaught followed.

We caught up with Mickey for an interview. We asked him about the details of his workout regime, his favorite Nintendo game, and got him to share some tips for people who’d like to try using their Wii to get fit.

[Listen to Interview]

Snowboard Riot

- Craig threw a controller while playing (out of frustration)
- Has worst rubberband AI he has ever experienced in a racing game
- Offensive weapons on one button, speed weapons on the other
- He can’t beat the first level
- 1000 points – Craig says you don’t want to spend that money

LONPOS

- Basic marble puzzle game
- Try to fit pieces together
- Use Wii pointing to guide where to put pegs
- Twist wrist to rotate pieces
- Doesn’t support widescreen – all stretched
- Craig doesn’t recommend this game either – skip it

- Deadly Creatures (later this week, probably Friday), Tenchu (tomorrow), House of the Dead: Overkill (Weds/Thurs) reviews coming – all surprisingly good games
- Tenchu looks really nice on Wii
- Final version of Deadly Creatures is very polished – sounds like they fixed many of the bugs

Rune Factory

- Really fun
- Bozon is 5 hours in right now, having a blast
- One of the best console Harvest Moon games since N64
- Direct feed footage up, hands on
- Game has been out in Japan for awhile

New Play Control! Pikmin

- Matt really likes it
- It’s 8 years old and Nintendo’s charging $30 – Matt says it’s overpriced – Thinks it’s a $20 game
- Widescreen mode is a real widescreen mode
- Visually some textures don’t hold up
- Zoomed out Pikmin is still one of the prettier games on Wii
- Control advancements are awesome – feel really good, makes the game a bit easier
- Line management more tricky now with Wiimote – have to point in direction where you want Pikmin to line up
- Matt can’t wait for Pikmin 3
- Average review score for the game is a 7.5 (based on 2 reviews), don’t agree with it

Boom Blox sequel

- Matt thinks the game will be great
- Only thing they’re still lacking is online multiplayer mode (which is a debatable inclusion)
- Ton of WiiConnect24 support
- New physics
- Coming out in Spring
- Not doing Wii MotionPlus

Tenchu

- Matt thought it would be lackluster but it’s surprisingly good
- Review score will be better than you think
- Wii owners looking for traditional software should pick it up
- Has some flaws but Matt still had fun with it
- Cat mechanic is cool

Jungle Speed

- WiiWare game of the month
- Unlikely winner for game of the month
- Game all about identifying cards
- Presentation is very nice – good interface

SimAnimals

- Good game burried in there
- Game doesn’t run well, framey, ugly, controls are frustrating
- DS version turned out pretty well
- Mostly for kids – shallow learning curve
- SimAnimals DS good for kids

- Big Bang Mini – Great game, very innovative, difficult, flashy levels – Matt likes the style

Nintendo Minute

- Denise Kaigler responded to comments from question of previous week
- Basically said it’s up to us (listeners/gamers) to spread word about Wii online functionality

- Wii Fit + Wii console sold very well in January
- In third week of January alone over 300,000 units of Wii Fit were sold (US)
- Iwata was hyping up E3 – teased E3 software specifically, but did not say it is hardcore software
- Rumored leaked photo from Kid Icarus leaked – Factor 5 still hasn’t responded to calls
- Latest round of DSiWare was recently released – overall impression of DSiWare – not a must-have lineup but it’s enough to get people excited about the future

My World, My Way

- Pretty cool – not mind-blowing but a cool little quirky RPG
- All tile-based
- Can use points to leave random battles – spend points on tweaking the rules

C.O.R.E.

- Very generic
- Straight-up FPS
- Has multiplayer
- Now can tell where shots are coming from
- Uncreative FPS – does everything that others have done
- Not a stinker but it’s not very innovative
- Rarely more than 2-3 enemies to fight at a time
- 30 FPS and below

- Can now email podcast questions to nvc@ign.com

Reader questions

- No set release date for The Conduit – 1st half of 2009
- Next Nintendo press event won’t be until after GDC – Iwata will probably talk about DSi at GDC
- Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World has sold just over 95,000 – NPD numbers
- Out of The Conduit, No More Heroes 2, MadWorld – MadWorld will see the most retail success according to Craig – Matt bets on The Conduit selling the most – Will be playing The Conduit the most
- Re-releases of Pikmin 1 and 2 won’t take away anything from Pikmin 3 – Pikmin can introduce some people to the series – re-releases won’t be a negative thing
- Status of Sword of Legendia unclear
- Usually can’t test online functionality with the community for reviews of games
- FF: Tactics Advance 2, Advance Wars, Fire Emblem, Disgaea all good tactical RPGs
- Matt not sure if EA Hasbro scrabble game for DS can play competively on one DS but can play wireless
- Craig will start creating Super Mario Galaxy for the DS (joke)
- LIT coming out for 800 points next Monday

[Summary via Nintendo Everything]

[Nintendo Chat (podcast) can be listened to at IGN]

All the rules are thrown out in this rambling episode of RFN, mainly because Jonny went brain-dead and forgot to do any planning for the show! Instead of New Business, Listener Mail, DLC Mondays, or any kind of feature topic, we just take turns talking about whatever (mostly gaming-related).

When it comes around to James, an offhand comment about the NWR Awards (which he’s currently compiling and editing) results in a preview of sorts for this upcoming feature. This discussion makes up about half of the unusually lean 45-minute episode.

AAC Format

MP3 Format

Yay, computer issues. Don’t you just love those? College life is also making me pretty busy, which is why this podcast is late. I’m very sorry for the delay. That’s also why tonight is the first podcast that queenzelda will lead so that way they can be put up on time since I’m too busy. Anyways, as this title suggests, this podcast is all about Wii. There was simply so much to discuss about Wii and so there’s plenty of interesting discussions. The podcast crew this time around included me, MOMZ, queenzelda, and hattrick (joins us later in the podcast). We also had our first guest in the podcast, and that’s JumpingGiraffe who is a member of the WiiFuse Forums. And you can even hear MOMZ try and ruin the podcast after the ending music, so enjoy that. Check out an outline of the podcast below.

- Go over this week’s Wii, DS, and Wii Shop Channel releases, the Nintendo Channel updates for the week, as well as what we’ve been playing on Wii and DS
- We discuss upcoming WiiWare titles and the future My Pokemon Ranch update
- Is Rock Band 2 coming this year or not?
- We explore the DS/Mii Channel connectivity
- We talk about the “Play on Wii” DK Jungle Beat and Pikmin titles
- A bunch of Wii and DS trademarks were found and we give our thoughts on them
- The Opera Browser 2.0 update is discussed and we discuss what Wii Speak could possibly be used for in it
- We mention our campaign to help disaster victims, known as “WiiNintendo.net 1UPing Disasters”, and talk about how the Red Cross contacted us showing their support. Look for more on this campaign soon.

We had plenty to talk about, so it’s definitely worth a listen. As usual, had a lot of fun recording the podcast. This podcast clocks in at 1 hour, 6 minutes, and 40 seconds. As always, you can listen to the podcast, download it (file size is 61.0 MB), subscribe to the RSS feed, or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes all at the bottom of this post. If you have trouble finding it on iTunes, it is under the name wiiklyfuse. I subscribed to it on my iPod Touch and it’s fun to go back and listen to the previous shows, so I recommend you do so as well.

Remember to join us on WiiNintendo when we record our next podcast tonight (December 9th) between 9:15 and 9:45 pm eastern time for a live stream of the podcast. Please send us your feedback and any suggestions you may have for future podcasts. We want you to enjoy these podcasts, so please let us know what you want us to discuss. If you have anything more you want to suggest or want to join us for the podcast, you can do one of three things: You can post a comment on this post, you can email me at DarkWish@WiiNintendo.net, or you can post it in the Submission/Suggestion Thread on the WiiFuse forums. I look forward to hearing from you!

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I’m not even going to begin to list the very long list of things that delayed this podcast simply because it would put you all to sleep since it’s so long. I’m VERY sorry for the delay, but better late than never I always say. While the title of this podcast may make you think we discuss the Wii and DS’s anniversaries, the title actually refers to it being the 10th podcast for us (the anniversary discussion comes two podcasts later). The podcast crew this time around included me, MOMZ, queenzelda, Charmy, hattrick, and SirVenom (joined us later in the podcast). You also get to enjoy some bloopers and behind the scenes moments if you stick around after the ending music. Check out an outline of the podcast below.

- Go over this week’s Wii, DS, and Wii Shop Channel releases, the Nintendo Channel updates for the week, as well as what we’ve been playing on Wii and DS
- We discuss Sega confirming that they’re publishing The Conduit, the Animal Crossing: City Folk/Wii Speak bundle, and more
- You know those “Play on Wii” titles? Well, they’re confirmed for the US and we give our thoughts on them
- Guitar Hero time! Want to know what songs are in On Tour: Decades? Want some impressions on World Tour? Then listen to the podcast!
- For the FIRST time in one of our podcasts, we did a LIVE stream of the podcast and got feedback and discussion topics from those listening in.
- We mention our campaign to help disaster victims, known as “WiiNintendo.net 1UPing Disasters”, and talk about how the Red Cross contacted us showing their support. Look for more on this campaign soon.

We had plenty to talk about, especially on Guitar Hero: World Tour. It’s a fun-filled podcast, and since we had so much fun, it went on for quite a while. The podcast clocks in at 1 hour, 26 minutes, and 12 seconds. As always, you can listen to the podcast, download it (file size is 78.9 MB), subscribe to the RSS feed, or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes all at the bottom of this post. If you have trouble finding it on iTunes, it is under the name wiiklyfuse. I subscribed to it on my iPod Touch and it’s fun to go back and listen to the previous shows, so I recommend you do so as well.

Remember to join us on WiiNintendo when we record our next podcast on Tuesday, November 25th between 9:30 and 10 pm eastern time for a live stream of the podcast. Please send us your feedback and any suggestions you may have for future podcasts. We want you to enjoy these podcasts, so please let us know what you want us to discuss. If you have anything more you want to suggest or want to join us for the podcast, you can do one of three things: You can post a comment on this post, you can email me at DarkWish@WiiNintendo.net, or you can post it in the Submission/Suggestion Thread on the WiiFuse forums. I look forward to hearing from you!

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This week, the podcast is on time and better than ever! Not only did we record our podcast last night, but we had our biggest podcast crew there to date. The crew consisted of me, queenzelda, Charmy, hey_suburbia (though we just called him Mickey the whole time), SirVenom, hattrick, and even MOMZ dropped by at the end. It seems the only person missing was mazer, who should be returning in a few weeks time hopefully. Anyways, we discussed a bunch of different topics and it was great to get various thoughts on them. And if you stick around for the end of the podcast, you’ll get to hear some especially good discussion, as well as MOMZ trying Wii Music for the first time. Check out a taste of what you can expect to hear below.

- Go over this week’s Wii, DS, and Wii Shop Channel releases, the Nintendo Channel updates for the week, as well as what we’ve been playing on Wii and DS
- SirVenom and hattrick make their podcast debut! Now our final podcast crew is set (and mazer shall join us once again in a few weeks time)
- We talk about the latest on E3 and E for All, the new firmware update, the “Let’s Play on Wii” games coming to the US, and more
- Don’t you just love leaks? Looks like Sega may be The Conduit’s publisher
- Is the excitement for the Nintendo DSi in Japan low? Should we be worried?
- We discuss what we’ve heard about Guitar Hero: World Tour, as well as the upcoming spin-off titles. Are they ruining the series with all these titles or is more Guitar Hero a good thing?
- Wii Music is finally out and we give our thoughts on just how fun this title is
- We hang out in a chat on WiiNintendo (which you can read here) and get the opinions of everyone in the chat on the topics we are discussing in the podcast
- We mention our campaign to help disaster victims, known as “WiiNintendo.net 1UPing Disasters”, and talk about how the Red Cross contacted us showing their support. Look for more on this campaign soon.

There was plenty to discuss and plenty of people in the podcast to voice their opinions. So, it’s expected that this podcast would go over an hour, and it does. The podcast clocks in at 1 hour, 19 minutes, and 47 seconds. As always, you can listen to the podcast, download it (file size is 73.0 MB), subscribe to the RSS feed, or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes all at the bottom of this post. If you have trouble finding it on iTunes, it is under the name wiiklyfuse. I recently subscribed to it since I bought an iPod Touch and it’s fun to go back and listen to the previous shows, so I recommend you do so as well.

Remember to join us in a chat on WiiNintendo when we record our next podcast on Wednesday, November 5th (usually it’s on Tuesday, but that’s election day) between 9:30 and 10 pm eastern time. Please send us your feedback and any suggestions you may have for future podcasts. We want you to enjoy these podcasts, so please let us know what you want us to discuss. If you have anything more you want to suggest or to submit a question for the podcast crew (which we’ll play in an upcoming podcast), you can do one of three things: You can post a comment on this post, you can email me at DarkWish@WiiNintendo.net, or you can post it in the Submission/Suggestion Thread on the WiiFuse forums. I look forward to hearing from you!

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Once again, I’m very sorry for the huge delay in posting the podcast. I had a bunch of exams last week, and then I went home for the weekend for my Uncle’s wedding so I was super busy. Well, better late than never I suppose, so here’s podcast #8, entitled “Set Free Your Inner Maestro” in honor of Wii Music. And to go along with that theme, I decided to use parts of some arrangements I created in Wii Music for the opening and ending. They’re not the best, but give me a break, it’s only my second day with the game. The podcast crew this time around was just me and queenzelda, while Charmy chatted with us because he couldn’t get any sound out of his computer. We tried our best to make it fun to listen to though, and here’s an outline of what you can expect from this podcast:

- Go over this week’s Wii, DS, and Wii Shop Channel releases, the Nintendo Channel updates for the week, as well as what we’ve been playing on Wii and DS
- What DSSCAN could be? We give our ideas
- Hmm… a mystery title from Nintendo… what could it be?
- How likely is the rumored GBA-compatible Nintendo DSi?
- We discuss various games, like Wii Music, and more
- Wii Weigh In: Will we ever have a one console future?
- We hang out in a chat on WiiNintendo (which you can read here) and get the opinions of everyone in the chat on the topics we are discussing in the podcast
- We mention our campaign to help disaster victims, known as “WiiNintendo.net 1UPing Disasters”, and talk about how the Red Cross contacted us showing their support. Look for more on this campaign soon.

We have many different topics that we discussed, including the first time we do our Wii Weigh In segment. Wii Weigh In is when we, the staff of WiiNintendo and WiiFuse, give our thoughts on something going on in the video game industry. Look for more of those topics in the future. This time around, the podcast clocks in at 51 minutes and 37 seconds. As always, you can listen to the podcast, download it (file size is 47.2 MB), subscribe to the RSS feed, or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes all at the bottom of this post. If you have trouble finding it on iTunes, it is under the name wiiklyfuse. I recently subscribed to it since I bought an iPod Touch and it’s fun to go back and listen to the previous shows, so I recommend you do so as well.

Remember to join us in a chat on WiiNintendo when we record our next podcast tomorrow night (Tuesday, October 28th) between 9:30 and 10 pm eastern time. Please send us your feedback and any suggestions you may have for future podcasts. We want you to enjoy these podcasts, so please let us know what you want us to discuss. If you have anything more you want to suggest or to submit a question for the podcast crew (which we’ll play in an upcoming podcast), you can do one of three things: You can post a comment on this post, you can email me at DarkWish@WiiNintendo.net, or you can post it in the Submission/Suggestion Thread on the WiiFuse forums. I look forward to hearing from you!

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Yes, I know. We recorded the podcast a week ago and it’s just now going up. I’m VERY sorry! I went home for a few days and for various reasons, I just wasn’t able to do things as usual. For those that are registered on the WiiFuse Forums, I posted a download link on Sunday, so there are benefits to registering there. Anyways, here it is now for your listening pleasure. Like the last podcast, it’s just me, MOMZ, and Charmy again, but it was fun to record the podcast. As the title implies, we discussed all types of games from hardcore to casual, so there’s something for everyone in this podcast. Check out an outline of the podcast below.

- Go over this week’s Wii, DS, and Wii Shop Channel releases, the Nintendo Channel updates for the week, as well as what we’ve been playing on Wii and DS
- We discuss the Mother 3 fan translation
- We give our thoughts on the Everyone’s Theater Channel for Wii
- We discuss various games, like No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle, Let’s Tap, Sonic Unleashed, Wii Music, and more
- We hang out in a chat on WiiNintendo (which you can read here) and get the opinions of everyone in the chat on the topics we are discussing in the podcast
- We mention our campaign to help disaster victims, known as “WiiNintendo.net 1UPing Disasters”, and talk about how the Red Cross contacted us showing their support.

I believe this may be our shortest podcast yet, which is quite surprising. This time around, the podcast went for 54 minutes and 33 seconds. As always, you can listen to the podcast, download it (file size is 49.9 MB), subscribe to the RSS feed, or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes all at the bottom of this post. If you have trouble finding it on iTunes, it is under the name wiiklyfuse. I recently subscribed to it since I bought an iPod Touch and it’s fun to go back and listen to the previous shows.

Remember to join us in a chat on WiiNintendo when we record our next podcast tonight between 9:30 and 10 pm eastern time. Please send us your feedback and any suggestions you may have for future podcasts. We want you to enjoy these podcasts, so please let us know what you want us to discuss. If you have anything more you want to suggest or to submit a question for the podcast crew (which we’ll play in an upcoming podcast), you can do one of three things: You can post a comment on this post, you can email me at DarkWish@WiiNintendo.net, or you can post it in the Submission/Suggestion Thread on the WiiFuse forums. I look forward to hearing from you!

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It’s that time of week again… it’s WiiNintendo’s podcast, The Wii-kly Fuse! As you all know, the Nintendo conferences were last week, so it makes perfect sense that our podcast focused on all of the announcements that were made. We had a small podcast crew that consisted of me, MOMZ, and Charmy, but it was definitely the most fun I’ve had in a podcast so far. There was plenty to discuss and we had a great time doing so. Check out an outline of the podcast below.

- Go over this week’s Wii, DS, and Wii Shop Channel releases, the Nintendo Channel updates for the week, as well as what we’ve been playing on Wii and DS
- We discuss The Conduit, including Wii MotionPlus use, its publisher, and a possible sequel
- We discuss the big announcements at the Nintendo conferences, including the Nintendo DSi (including the Nintendo DSi Shop), Upcoming games (Punch-Out!!, Sin & Punishment 2, Mario & Luigi RPG 3, and lots more), Let’s Play on Wii Selection, Wii Speak Channel, the storage solution, Club Nintendo, and more
- We hang out in a chat on WiiNintendo (which you can read here) and get the opinions of everyone in the chat on the topics we are discussing in the podcast
- We mention our campaign to help disaster victims, known as “WiiNintendo.net 1UPing Disasters”, and talk about how the Red Cross contacted us showing their support.

Yea, I know, I said I would keep the podcast at about an hour… I lied. We had so much fun recording this podcast that I let it slide this time. This time, the podcast lasts 1 hour, 28 minutes, and 49 seconds. As always, you can listen to the podcast, download it (file size is 81.3 MB), subscribe to the RSS feed, or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes all at the bottom of this post. If you have trouble finding it on iTunes, it is under the name wiiklyfuse. I recently subscribed to it since I bought an iPod Touch and it’s fun to go back and listen to the previous shows.

Remember to join us in a chat on WiiNintendo when we record our next podcast on Tuesday between 9:30 and 10 pm eastern time. Please send us your feedback and any suggestions you may have for future podcasts. We want you to enjoy these podcasts, so please let us know what you want us to discuss. If you have anything more you want to suggest or to submit a question for the podcast crew (which we’ll play in an upcoming podcast), you can do one of three things: You can post a comment on this post, you can email me at DarkWish@WiiNintendo.net, or you can post it in the Submission/Suggestion Thread on the WiiFuse forums. I look forward to hearing from you!

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