Month: November 2006

Infendo reader T Richter emails: “Cold Pizza is a terrible show, but I thought I’d mention that ESPN just had a segment about the Wii on their Sports/Talk show Cold Pizza. The hosts played tennis on Wii Sports, while the resident Cold Pizza ‘gaming expert’ droned on about the console. The system itself came across very well, with both the host and the expert displaying enth...

It has begun… [Thanks, Rivithed and Frisby]

Does this mean you can listen to your own music from an SD card while kicking up mud in ExciteTruck? Then again, it could just be an option for managing saved games. But if you do get the option to rock your own soundtrack, what will you be blaring while catching some air? Me? I’m’a go with some Nitro. [Image from NeoGAF forums]

Game Trailers has posted a very intelligent discussion with three industry insiders on the impact of pricey next-generation games and the lack of innovation as a result. If you want to know what pre-planning Wii meetings probably sounded like, then tune in to the short video clip.

Just when i thought i was gonna have to put my DS into storage till next year, Rafa comes out of nowhere fist-pumping his way to the touch screen come December. Madrid-based Virtual Toys, by way of Codemasters, has developed Rafa Nadal Tennis, the first DS tennis game to support full touch controls, something i’ve been waiting on since November 21, 2004. The game’s features include ATP...

Infendo reader Chris Kattner has discovered the meaning of life. No wait, he’s discovered a strange new accessory/docking station for the Wii that’s worth a look. And what’s that cradled in the dock on the left? Third party nunchuck anyone?

[Review by Derek B] Nintendo Monopoly is the most fun I have had with a board game in years. Everything about the game has been given a complete Nintendo twist. The point of the game has also been Nintendo-ized. Rather than buying property and building houses and hotels, the purpose of Nintendo Monopoly is to buy Nintendo characters and give them “power-ups” to eventually make them ...

Those who still associate in-game movements with simple flicks of the Wiimote, and believe these movements are just gimmicky replacements of what we have perceieved as gameplay for the past decade are missing the point, I think. Believe it or not, I too had some quiet reservations about the Wii, but all it took was a newly released Twilight Princess trailer to quell those concerns. After viewing t...

Actually, I’m a little afraid.

It’s simple. Nintendo wants to launch with as many systems as possible so as many people as possible that want a system get one. In an age of launch shortages, false-bottomed hype and marketing, and disasterous global launches that see clumps of systems going to those gamers crazy enough to camp out long periods of time to get them and no one else, Nintendo has once again gone completely aga...

That’s right, this weekend there’s going to be a little pah-tay at the NYC Nintendo World Store and there’s a good chance Infendo Forums Moderator theJON will be there in full force, if the fuzz don’t catch him ridin’ dirty anyway. So, for those of you, like the Infendo writing ninja clan, who cannot make it to NYC for the Wii bash at the NWS, fear not, because Infend...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y88M-AQztl0]Dios mio. It’s all about the music in this one. Best Zelda intro ever? UPDATE: My bad — this is the actual intro to the game, so don’t watch if you don’t like spoilers.