Month: August 2006

Unless you’ve lived in a cave for the last five years or are just getting into (or re-entering) the console scene, Associate Content has compiled a strength and weakness analysis of the GameCube compared to the PS2. From the article: “They both are great systems, but I was far more impressed with the PlayStation 2’s gaming library. Every once in a while a game comes out for the G...

Tomorrow could be the biggest day yet in terms of Wii news, with Nintendo giving a presentation at the 2006 Games Convention in Leipzig entitled “Wii Prove Our Promise.” Here’s what your friendly, neighborhood Infendo team is hoping to hear tomorrow: Blake: Spill the freakin’ beans already!!! (Multiple exclamation marks requested by Blake.) Jack: Obvious ones: Price and ava...

Though Madden catches a lot of flack from the hard-core gamer, this doesn’t look that bad on the DS. Anyone picking up this version?

Nintendo received yet another stamp of approval for Brain Age this week, as U.K. gaming mag EDGE gave the brainy DS title the best game award at the Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival. Even better than that were the words of EDGE editor Margaret Robertson, who said the pick was “the most overwhelming decision to date” by the panel of EDGE judges. “Who would have thought...

Speaking at the Leipzig Games Convention in Germany, Lionhead Studios head honcho Peter Molyneux asked a fair question on the minds of many who have actually played Nintendo’s new console: Will it make me tired? But before you jump all over the guy, know that he was asking the question to motivate developers NOT to take the easy way with the controller. “I think it’s a more creat...

I love to hate on Sony and the PS3. It’s a sad little hobby I cultivate via my alias J B Cougar on other gaming blogs on a fairly regular basis. My pet project for hatred began almost as soon as the PS3 was announced, because I despise arrogant corporations that demand my hard-earned money without showing any kind of real return on investment for me the gamer. Rendered screenshots on high-en...

Promoting this month’s release of the Warioware team’s music title “Rhythm Heaven (Risumu Tengoku),” Nintendo has posted five web exclusive commercials for the game in addition to it’s eleven TV commercials which are also accessable on the site. To be honest I’d only seen a gameplay video of Rhythm Heaven and really didn’t understand how it worked until I ...

Is it just me, or is the Nintendo DS the perfect home for a stealth game? Tenchu: Dark Secret has quietly made its way onto game store shelves today, so head to your local video game retailer if you are interested in protecting Princess Shizu using your crafty ninja skills. There are 40 missions in all to keep gamers occupied for hours. The game also makes use of Nintendo’s Wi-Fi connection ...

Man, Sony really wants Wii to do well this holiday season. In an interview with Gamespot, SCEA president Kaz Hirai stated that Sony hasn’t even started manufacturing the PS3 yet and that shortages are inevitable. Remember the shortages Sony had after the Playstation 2 launched? Apparently, Sony doesn’t. In comparison, reports of Nintendo manufacturing Wii units started back in June. A ...

Speaking to U.K.-based GameIndustry.biz, V.P. and chief operating officer of EA’s worldwide studios David Gardner said he “heard that in Japan the price of the Wii will be $170.” No kidding. I “heard” that it was too, especially since I read the post Blake wrote about that very same price point earlier this month here on Infendo. While this is indeed an interesting de...

If you’ve never traveled the depths of the internet to Wikipedia’s GameCube entry, you really should for an insightful read and a reminder of what was for the purple little box. From the article: “Despite Nintendo’s efforts, the GameCube was not very successful in recapturing the massive market share held by earlier Nintendo consoles… As of the end of June 30, 2006, N...

Today I hereby declare myself the expert on the greatest Nintendo console soundtracks until an Infendo reader easily dethrones me in the comment section. How that will work is I’ll check the vibe of the readers all day and week and update this list as necessary with the results of popular opinion. This here is just an impromtu list to get you motivated/piss you off. Note: These titles are no...