Month: January 2010
Red Steel 2 coming Mar 23 to Wii
Red Steel 2 doesn’t deserve the coverage it’s gotten so far, because the first game underwhelmed. But many Nintendo fans remain interested because it’s one of the few grittier games on the horizon. And it’s coming March 23, according to Ubisoft, Wii Motion Plus and all. Anyone buying?
Pre-Order DS Pokémon games to get Figures! If you pre-order HeartGold you get Ho-oh, if its SoulSilver you get Lugia
Nintendo sent out a press release earlier today about giving away Pokémon figures to anyone who pre-orders Heart Gold and Soul Silver. If you pre-order HeartGold you get Ho-Oh, if you pre-order SoulSilver you get Lugia. “These unique figures are our way of thanking Pokémon fans of all ages for the enthusiasm and support they have shown for the series,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America&#...
Game of the Year (so far) – Muscle March
It just came out yesterday and it’s insanely awesome and weird. Anyone else play this crazy game? You should, since it’s only 5 bucks. Totally worth a couple hours of laughing at it with your friends. This is easily the Game Of The Year (so far).
Youtube Tuesday – What if… Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was a 4 player Co-Op game?
Would if have been a better game? Also, would you have played it split screen?
No surprise
New Super Mario Bros. Wii is the fastest game to 3 million copies in Japan, ever.
What if Nintendo had pulled a Microsoft on “red ringing” NES consoles?
Six months after the NES launched in Japan in 1983, Nintendo engineers learned that “certain games caused the system to freeze,” according to Game Over, the best biography of Nintendo you’ll ever read. As for the malfunction, think of it as the “red ring” of 1983, only it didn’t kill your system. Nevertheless, “the circuitry on the chip had to be corrected...
NBA Jam Wii screen of awesome emerges
Nintendo Power via Go Nintendo has published the first NBA Jam Wii screen’2.5D graphics with 2D faces. Looks fun.
Analyst: New DS to launch within 15 months
Jesse Divnich, an analyst (see: seer) for Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR), is predicting that because of “aging technology, the possibility of new competitors in 2011, a decline in publisher support and piracy, Nintendo will launch a successor to the DS within the next 15 months, and likely announce such in the next eight months.” While this is just another analyst, it ...
New Game Get lines up for Muscle March
The big release this week, purely from publishing standpoint, is Glory of Heracles for DS. This is Nintendo’s North American introduction of a long running Japanese RPG series. The biggest release in my eyes has to be the long anticipated Muscle March! Oh, and what’s that? Actual DSiWare games!? Click on in for the full list. Nice muscle!!
Required reading for confused/jaded third party game developers
There are so many goods points made by Wired’s Chris Kohler in regards to Nintendo in this article that I’m not going to do the usual 100% regurgitation. Instead, just read it, paying close attention the remarks made by analysts from EEDAR and Kohler himself. Synopsis: Sequels just don’t work on Wii; some third party developers aren’t trying because they believe “casu...
Infendo Radio #170: LIVE EDITION!
Infendo Radio 170 mixes it up by throwing conventional podcasting out the window – the future is here, and the future is LIVE BROADCASTING streamed directly to you, over the internet – LIVE.  Alexis, Zac, Will, and Sean mull over Nintendo’s future in a special live streamed edition of Infendo Radio, reproduced here in a convent non-live Podcast format! Radio Feed iTunes Feed MP...
TV Spot for Tatsunoko vs Capcom
Robot Chicken much?