The Windmill Hut Podcast: Recent Episodes
Nova Alamak
The Windmill Hut Podcast is a collection of all recorded episodes of the live Legend of Zelda variety show, The Windmill Hut! Hosted by Nova Alamak every Wednesday night at 7:00 PM PST, it's your source Zelda music, news, trivia, and more!
Welcome to the new segment: The Wikimill Hut! In this episode, Blue, Navi, and Moogs talk about the resurgence of the Ben Drowned ARG. You can consider this an abridged primer on the events thus far in preparation for watching the recent return and finale of long-delayed series.
On this episode we finally finish our Theorymongers segment and then go into a totally botched segment of the Ura Undernet Addendum. But don't worry! It's funnier this way.
On today's episode we feature a new segment called Theorymongers where we discuss the lore and theories behind a game's story and today's topic is Breath of the Wild! We went way too long, and, much to Moogs' dismay, we now have to make this into two episodes... Sorry Moogs!
Today we introduce two new segments, Super Hypothetical Hours and the Ura Undernet Addendum. Time to find out our ideas on best possible Nintendo based theme parks! And to guide us through this new Content, we have resurrected the Super Editing Robot, MegaMan36!
Hot takes abound for Luigi's Mansion 3 on this week's episode! Princess Shofra and BlueMoonAura join in Shiny's newest discussion segment: THE TAKE. We also discuss possible DLC avenues that could rekindle our interest in the game later on.
As the dust settles over the Vaporwastes, we are once again united to talk Nintendo! Join us as we discuss the Animal Crossing New Horizons Nintendo Direct in the newly refurbished Bob-omb Bulletin.
Hi there! I'll be taking over from this day forward. I'm not sure what's on this recording, but it's the most recent one on file here. Please enjoy! All added music and sound effects are created and copyrighted by their respective owners
Our annual winter special is back! Complete with our holiday wishlists and... an in-depth discussion of Japanese Kit-Kat flavors. We've gone full Youtuber, folks.
Some say a flat Mario is simply a Mario. Others insist upon letting Scarlett Johansson play Mario in film adaptations.
The Dark Souls episode we tried to do many weeks ago during our "the gang can't seem to do a single show this month" period is finally here. And this week, The Bonus Round returns with DarkLink22 at the helm!
AlphaDream is no more. We see them off with a blend of tracks from the Mario and Luigi series.
Schi takes the reigns this week! It's our first ever Katamari show, and I think she knocked it out of the park!
A Windmill Hut first! Blue comes up with a dastardly plan to to test the mettle of our listeners. How long can YOU last?
We attempt to break the world record for NoSchi% Windmill Hut. You DON'T want to miss this but you probably will if you blink!
We discuss the Sword and Shield deets! When will there be a direct that 1) we get told about with decent notice and 2) we all come prepared to talk about?!
The Windmill Hut goes ALL the way around for the 13th time! An all-star cast appears for this anniversary special as we take turns reading your Season Survey responses. We hope you'll look forward to another year of Nintendo music, news, trivia, and more!
We pretend to have played Illusion of Gaia! No we don't. But we DO pretend to have watched the Nintendo Direct! And only one of us is actually pretending: me!
Episode description from the future: on this episode, we discussed the possibility of Nintendo being bought out. Never mind that here, in the future, Sony just announced a partnership with Microsoft.
We reveal the winners of the Season Survey and take off into the a new cycle of Nintendo music! This season promises lots of new faces!
A Persona special for Nova's staff pick. In order to properly celebrate Joker's appearance in Smash, we make like Phantom Thieves and break our own rules: non-Nintendo music! You never saw it coming.
Amid rumors of big name classics getting Switch ports in the near future, the UnderNet gives us perhaps the hottest take since 2001's exact same take.
The gang discusses the Nindies Direct, which Nova did not see... so, give it up for BlueMoonAura and DarkLink22!
Reggie is one of our heroes, so of course, we see him off with a No More Heroes night. And again, because it represents a hole in my knowledge, DarkLink22 is there to fill that void!
I don't know a thing about Xenoblade 2. Luckily, I've got DarkLink22 to show me its best tracks!
Nova and Blue try to hold a holiday special AND tackle a massive Nintendo Direct on their own! Tonight's celebration of love runs long when Moogs makes a surprise appearance near the end to give us extra innings of the Bob-omb Bulletin.
Sakurai displays his expertise by telling us how close all the characters are as far as online wins, but he intentionally leaves out who they are. Meanwhile, Nova has a noisemaker and Moogs becomes Osaka's foremost cybersecurity mascot! Blue attempts to wrangle both of them with mixed success.
Once again, we rely on a listener to arrange our content. DarkLink22 lends his Bayonetta 1 and 2 expertise to create a playlist and trivia for tonight's show, even showing up on mic to help deliver his assistance! Many thanks to him and everyone who remained patient with us after a much-needed week off.
The Windmill Hut usually does a speedy show to make room for watching more AGDQ, but this year, we decided to just reschedule! This sparesly attended episode aired on the Saturday following AGDQ 2019. We discuss some of our favorite runs of the event.
Welcome to Souljaboy's Chinese Bootleg Emporium, brought to you by whomever's products he's reselling illegally!
Another quiet night, but a momentous one! We celebrate the games of 2018 and talk to some of our listeners about them in a Cucco Call-in!
Nova and Blue team up to bring the traditionally small gathering that makes it out to our Holiday Special a wintry night of cheer with cozy tracks from a range of franchises. Tonight's playlist was made entirely by Blue! Thanks Blue!
The title of this episode is a surprise. If you don't already know what's about to happen, it is better if I do not explain it to you.
We celebrate the impending release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with a retrospective of all Smash OSTs. The Bonus Round takes us for a wild ride.
For this year's autumn special, we collaborated to make a playlist of moody fall tracks. Enjoy!
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's World of Light mode contains powerups that can be used at any time once you reclaim them. These are called "characters." In this essay I will
To celebrate the release of The World Ends With You: Final Mix, we're doing a TWEWY night on The Windmill Hut! Our resident expert on the game, Shofra, joins us to evangelize this underrated gem of DS yore.
We procure a new rip of Luigi's Mansion to do this essential episode of spooky month justice!
Tonight we tell you the tale of a tortured man who lost his humanity. And then lost it again. And again.
Our Halloween special focuses on dead franchises! Tonight, they rise from their graves and haunt us once again...
We revive an ancient on-air segment from Season 2 or 3... can't remember. But we can now take listener call-ins again, so look out!
The gang gets back in the saddle to do a REAL Undertale night. Of course, what once invaded last week's theme must now suffer an equivalent fate...
What do you get when you cross an RPG where no one has to die and a shoot-em-up where everyone has to be naked? The answer may shock you!
The greatness of the Undernet comes through at last: electing Smash fighters through avatar selection.
We tried to do a super fast show to avoid overlapping with the Nintendo Direct on the original mobile IP... (no one tell them what it turned out to be.)
Jet stops by to tell us about a certain Switch port that, supposedly, was never to be... I wonder what changed?
From the announcement of Simon and Richter Belmont to the shutdown of emuparadise, we've sure had plenty of surprises this week. We got the whole crew together this episode to discuss it on one big mega roundtable!
Schi casually references Splatoon and SUDDENLY the whole stream decides that this day shall be soaked in the ink of conquest! MARCH ON, OCTOLINGS!
Nova waxes poetic about the new Dream Friends in Kirby Star Allies. The gang thinks up a new line of Nintendo-themed toys.
Mega Man and Roll discover ad revenue. Nintendo is supposedly doing a direct in which your wildest dreams are coming true. Nova forgets Aeris's name.
We talk indie games and play Shovel Knight music in that same spirit. But you know what else is an indie game coming to Switch? Well, I hate to break it to you...
Another fast show to make room for more speedrun viewings! We tried to pack it in as best we could.
The largest gathering yet... five Spinning Sages! We cram a bunch of E3 talk into one big news segment before inevitable SMASH discussion ensues! Come share in our excitement!
The Windmill Hut's very first live co-hosted show! Nova, Moogs, Schi, and Blue host a live bulletin and celebrate this new era of the stream! Special thanks to Schi for doing tonight's playist and trivia for the F-Zero series episode!
We tried to get us all talking out of the radio at the same time... and it worked! We celebrated by playing tunes and hanging out on air with some listeners!
Nova does ONE MORE solo show. It's a Wario Land 4 episode chock full of underappreciated tunes. But wait, what's happening next week...?
Nova and Moogs welcome BlueMoonAura back to the show to talk upcoming releases and plan a doubles tennis match coming to Nintendo Switch near you!
I tried to do a Golf Story show, but these PUNKS kept showing up on the course with their Gamecube-era nu-metal trash, so God help me.
Four of us dive in on Tales from the UnderNet to comb hottakes on Nintendo's corporate shuffling. It's no big deal, but someone out there will make it one! This is also our first show with BlueMoonAura as a guest!
A new character to the Azure Striker Gunvolt roster reopens a recent Windmill Hut wound... and inadvertently mirrors our favorite anime.
You all asked for it. You told me it would be fun, that everyone would enjoy it. Your exact words were... "Deku Deku".
Moogs unveils a new segment: Tales from the Deep Web. Welcome to the dire world of ResetEra, where mischief is law.
The Windmill Hut celebrates 11 years (dear god) with an early look at votes in the Season Survey. Special prizes go out in a super-hard mode round of trivia and we revisit each game we showcased this year.
Nova puts together a Tales of Symphonia episode, learning much about the series in the process. Maybe you will, too!
Moogs and I come up with ways in which Super Smash Bros. for Switch could be... "improved". We had fun.
Of course the ONE TIME I name the episode before a Direct something about NOT hyping a Direct, it ACTUALLY lives up to the unreal amounts of hype heaped upon it... Many thanks to Schiavona for joining us this week!
The age of colorful instruction booklets is long over. Sadly, the same cannoy be said for third-party controllers.
I often criticize the crafting of unfulillable desires before a Nintendo Direct and this time... well... we'll see, won't we?
The Windmill Hut seduces you with romantic trivia, talk of pairings, and embarrassing (or not really, as it turned out) Valentine's Day stories all to the sweet sound of Nova's voice... Heads up though, he's way too close to the mic, he really messed that one up guys, big disappointment.
Moogs and I discuss a number of old and new topics, including the nature of video game Kickstarters, for which we have many scapegoats but only one that gets blamed; in other words I talked a lot of unwarranted shit and Moogs misses his childhood.
Jet does two themes in one night: Jet Force Gemini AND Diddy Kong Racing. Twice the Rare, in the same amount of time!
Moogs and I are joined by new staffer Schiavona to discuss the Nintendo Direct Mini. This is a must-hear episode; we have rarely been this funny on The Windmill Hut, and 90% of that is Schi! Welcome to the crew!
In order to allow the listeners (and myself) to get back to AGDQ sooner, I did a very short show! Maybe you'll like that...?
First game of the week this year is Breath of the Wild! I'm bustin' down the doors, baby! I also take some time this episode to explain the album update in Moogs's absence, as well as discuss our upcoming schedule.
One of our best holiday specials in years -- double requests and festive winter trivia culminate in a memetacular finish we can all be properly ashamed of.
When you almost start late and Moogs isn't around to record news, sometimes, the show could disappear on you from the right angle.
We celebrate the end of 2017 with a replay of the best tunes from games released this year. In the process, we reveal some new additions to the collection as well as the approaching Music Update.
Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon were released shortly after this episode and we wanted to play them in with our favorite tracks from the original two versions. Enjoy!
It seems like we've done too many shows on Twilight Princess to keep track, and honestly, they don't seem to get any better with each new attempt. You'd think by now I would also have material ready for the segments on TP itself, but once again...
A new name for our annual Halloween special ushers in no real changes to the format. We do dip into some newer tunes, but by and large, it was just as spooky as any other year.
Moogs told me this episode had about 30 seconds worth of lag between his and my audio. Turns out, he made a small, easily fixable mistake, and now there's none! ~PERFECT EMULATION~
Earthbound night! No Moogs for the news, so I filled it with some game recommendations. Back with better next week!
Moogs and I look over some Switch news and discover the theatrical intricacies of professional wrestling as new listeners find their way to The Spinning Stream. First show on my new mic!
Nova invites NaviFae onto the Bob-omb Bulletin, but only before his mic explodes (canon) and MegaMan36 is left to salvage the smoldering remains of The Windmill Hut himself. Luckily, we skip that sidestory and take you right back to the reboot where Nova is alive again. It's great, don't miss it!
After last week's chunk of news goes missing, this week's entire Bob-omb Bulletin explodes thanks to a finnicky mic that gracious listeners are offering to replace. Thanks to everyone who volunteered to help me!
I play pranks on Moogs during news, but they don't exactly land because my mic stops recording during the punchline.
We talk about the Nindies Showcase and play some Mario Sunshine tunes. Everybody wins in trivia! And our closer stretches the bounds of what's reasonable for a listener request.
Revisiting Hyrule Warriors Legends throughout the week made me think it was time to do our Hyrule Warriors episode! So we did.
To celebrate the proper return of the classic Sonic the Hedgehog series, we enlist the help of Miguel Bulteau and generous listener BigBoss to throw a multi-game Sonic-themed bash!
Comics_Dude drops by to discuss with us various topics, including the question, "why are Amiibos impossible to find unless you don't want them?"
We check out Eimear Noone's The Celtic Link, a Zelda arrangement album peformed by the DIT Irish Traditional Music Ensemble! You can pre-order a copy on http://www.thecelticlink.eu/
We roll back to Smash Bros Brawl era tunes, ARMS gets an update, and we do our best to assure Apollo Justice that he is, in fact, fine.
I play you some Splatoon music to get you hyped for the teuthidian hypefest that is Splatoon 2's launch.
We find out that there's an SNES classic edition and celebrate immediately with a Yoshi's Island episode.
Aonuma comes down hard on the idea of a VR Zelda, and I come down hard on the PowerJoy for some reason, even though no one brought it up but me.
Bayonetta?! I can't do this! I haven't PLAYED Bayonetta! But with some help, we can still do a whole episode on it. Special thanks to Darklink22 for making this possible by helping me with the playlist and trivia.
Nova, Moogs, Jet, and NaviFae get together for a long-form discussion on Nintendo's 2017 E3 presentation! We apologize for the audio desync later in the discussion...
Moogs and I tackle what's to come in E3 2017, and with that same sour expression, done our stunna shades and chill to some Mario Kart 8 music.
Sega makes a brilliant decision, all the while casting the oblivious masses into a new age of depravity.
You voted, and now it's here: the new season, chock full of your favorite tunes. The listeners have even taken notice of our Album Update and requested accordingly. Check out their favs!
We celebrate 10 years of The Windmill Hut to one tune from each show this season! I read the results of the 2017 Season Survey, and YOU decide what we play in 2017 and 2018!
Where's Moogs when I need him?! A Nintendo Direct happened and there's way too much to cover on my own! I need backup!
The Windmill Hut showcases the newest tunes added to The Spinning Stream. See the Music section of our site for a full listing of what we have to play!
I go solo this week, talking about Switch hardware while avoiding direct discussion of Zelda... for you own good!!
Two days out from Siwtch launch, Nova and Moogs discussed some last-minute news and speculation.
Moogs and I cover some of Nintendo's strange promotional tactics. Switch is less than two weeks away!
We celebrate a day of love with terrible stories about not love in place of trivia rewards. See, the logic was, if you already have double requests, there's no point in doubling what's already there!
JetForceGemini360 of the Spinning Stream staff tells us about his hands on experience with the Switch at PAX South 2017. Moogs interviews him about what he saw and how his excitement has changed after encountering the console up close.
The third and final installment in our segment on the Switch Presentation. Bookended by Paper Mario tunes and more.
Nova and Moogs discuss more Switchmas reveals, including the bizarre new Mario game which, we decide, may just be taking place in the Ace Combat universe.
A three-part intake of the Switch Presentation hits the Bob-Omb Bulletin, bookended by Splatoon music and trivia!
The Windmill Hut gears up for the Switch event! Join Nova and Moogs to talk the final rumors of Nintendo Switch!
The Windmill Hut enters the new year with another dual news segment. Boy, we look more and more like a podcast every day...
The last show of 2016. We look forward to the new horizons of Nintendo music made possible by what's coming in 2017 while celebrating the best of 2016's offerings.
The Windmill Hut has its REAL holiday special with a new and improved Bob-omb Bulletin segment brought to you by MegaMan36 (Moogs)!
The listeners request a ton of snow themes again, making it basically an early Nayru's Night.
Diddy Kong Racing brings out the masses, and Nova's spirits are lifted by what appears to be an impromptu early holiday special!
Final Fantasy VI is a game about a world on the verge of crisis in which no one takes the villain seriously until he suddenly has control of the world. Welcome!
New York Comic Con, Nintendo World Store NY, a news avalanche, AND an album update?! We have quite the bulletin for you this week!
We decided to "step it up" with a Sonic Generations episode, but we were anything but a blue blur about it. Gleo gives brief impressions about Persona 5, which he just finished.
Wrongfully convicted for graffiti and pollution? You're better off in community service than appearing before District Judge Nova Alamak... He'll throw you in the lava!
Gleo returns to talk news again, and the result is...!!! A better news segment!!! No one is surprised.
Debuting the latest in meme research and development, the listeners of The Windmill Hut devise a way to make winter come early, requesting every snow and holiday-themed track they can in the middle of August. Nova is frozen solid.
Having previously been Drawn to Life by Nova, Bulteau seeks vengeance. You can call him Pollyanna, say he's crazy as a loon, but the stars... he drew them only for you...
Inspired by his listeners' penchant for chaos, Nova takes the darkness into his soul and finishes the show in the most cruel manner he can think of.
Some request Deku Deku right away. Others answer trivia with Magitek Armor. But those who desire true rage wait until the end...
Persona Q music graces the air, and we are joined by Brella and Gleo for midshow antics! It's not one to miss, let me tell you!
You can't escape the Pokemon! On every street corner, lake, and pond! You'd have to be a total killjoy to avoid what's GOing on right now!
We celebrate the re-release of Super Mario RPG on 3DS Virtual Console by playing some classic Shimomura tunes! Unfortunately, it seems most of our audience has little recognition of them.
Sweet nostalgia! Hyrule Warriors Legends added a Link's Awakening DLC and no one seems to be celebrating... except for The Windmill Hut! Jeremiah Sun's Link's Awakening Orchestration shows up prominently tonight.We also feature a new Golden Sun arrange album by Pokerus!
The Windmill Hut holds a special launch event for M. Bulteau's new Nintendo music arrangement album, Fanaphernalia II! You can grab it at http://mbulteau.bandcamp.com!
The Spinning Stream recently procured the Kirby: Planet Robobot soundtrack, so tonight, Nova is showcasing it alongside the Kirby 64 tunes already lined up.
Brella joins us to react to the new Legend of Zelda game and E3 in general! This episode may not have a great name, but it sure is full of content!
Metroid music provides the atmosphere appropriate for our pre-E3 trepidation. The calm before the storm!
New and old tracks from Hyrule Warriors Legends showcased alongside increasingly weird news about Nintendo. Sound board abuse, anyone?
Nintendo is bringing back Legend of Zelda trading cards in a new pack. Will Nova have to return to his old ways of stockpiling them as prizes?!
Nova takes his act to the Ace Attorney series. We delve into the Dual Destinies soundtrack for the first time on The Windmill Hut!
Nintendo had some bright ideas about how to switch up E3 this year, but when read aloud, they don't seem to be very popular.
Your votes are in for the next year of episodes! We've decided on this round of the 46 most voted games to pull music from, and we kick it off with Super Smash Bros. Melee.
We celebrate nine years of The Windmill Hut with a song from each game of this last season. In between, we read responses to the Season Survey which just went live. Fill it out for yourself to help us decide what games to feature this year! The survey is on www.destinedhero.com
We bring a Final Fantasy VI episode to life at long last! Not a great week in the news, though... Remember, the anniversary show is next week! Don't miss it!
A spectacular spring special! We ditched trivia and such to do an extra-long double request show! Thanks to all who turned out and TURNT UP!
What? You've never heard of these games? Everybody knows them! You should play them! Because, well, I sure didn't!
...As if you needed reassurance of that! Well, we have some interesting news this week, either way. It sounds like 2016 is about to blow up!
The Windmill Hut breaks your dreams and creates miracles, but not without a few listener requests.
We have a psychic adventure with aliens for the first time on The Windmill Hut! Not a lot of people showed up though...
Super Mario 64 music graces the airwaves as Gamestop cancels ALL PREORDERS for Fire Emblem: Fates! WHAT GIVES?!
If you're wondering why the first few minutes of the show are missing, it's because Nova left his mic on and deleted that part of the recording! Mystery solved. Skyward Sword this week.
We greet the new year by sharing listeners' biggest hopes for 2016. What are you looking forward to? Is it Mega Man music? Well you're in luck!
Our New Year's Show goes down as one of our best yet! The listeners share their picks for their favorite games of 2015. Nova brings in new soundtracks from the past hits of the year including Xenoblade X, Splatoon, and Yoshi's Woolly World!
A late Thursday show for a holiday special?! How dare you, Nova! It's okay though; he has a special surprise for you quiz winners!
Sakurai reveals his final DLC content! The world gasps! And uhh, it's not what you were expecting, probably. It certainly isn't what Nova was! In a good way. Mostly.
Whether you're the Exalt of Ylisse, Nova Alamak, or even AmiiboSupport, someone out there has to make your life miserable. It's the only way you can grow!
I am a professional radio broadcaster. I always turn on my mic and face it when it is time to speak and I never forget to check that the stream is running before starting the show. I am always on-topic with my two guests. Everyone's requests get played 100% of the time.
We celebrate the courage of all who made it through this year with a show of double requests and four different games of the week! All at once! Wow!
We discuss the latest news out of the first Nintendo Direct since Iwata's passing. We were left in good hands.
In its darkest hour, The Windmill Hut's listeners came through and saved the show! Without the donations we received, we may very well have been pushed into hiatus. Those who donated shall be honored with extra requests when they next tune in live!
Nintendo Direct isn't happening much lately, so we're doing it ourselves. The whole show will be news!
The 'Hut get SPOOPY! Nova plays all the creepiest tracks he can find and takes your Halloween requests. With GHASTLY trivia as well! Special track unveiling by Bulteau at show's end.
Yoshi's Island episode in celebration of Woolly World's release! Special DJ selection at the end. Podcast listeners! The following trivia is open to you, first correct email wins: In Yoshi's Island for the SNES, what is the name of the smaller version of World 3's boss found on his body?
DKC2 music kicks off a great episode! Tons of news from many users; special thanks to BlueMoonAura, Viper, and BigRed for their contributions. EXTRA special thanks to AmiiboSupport for donating two download codes for the Tri Force Heroes Demo! We gave them out as prizes this week.
Nova manipulates time in our first Chrono Trigger episode! Nayru also does something! But it's a surprise!
Kid Icarus Uprising music flies high over The 'Hut. Gleo gets REKT in MGSV and Nova continues to be the token jerkwad.
JetForceGemini360 hosts the show in Nova's stead when hardware failure and software incompatibility strike in unison! Saving the day with sweet Mario Party tunes and the best Nova impersonation anywhere, you're sure to enjoy this rare treat of an episode!
The last listener is in captivity... nah, not really, but tonight we did journey back to Zebes for Super Metroid! Gleo joins us midway. Special thanks to ViperDVMan for sending us lots of news!