Month: February 2007
Shoko Nakagawa encourages women to pick up Super Robot Wars W
Shoko Nakagawa, currently the most famous of all Japanese female gaming geeks is being featured in Banpresto’s ad for their new title Super Robot Wars W. Fans of Nakagawa, called Shoko tan by the masses, were treated today when they logged into their mixi accounts (mixi is like myspace but for Japan), only to be bombarded by links to no less than six video ads for the game and an exclusive i...
Five things Nintendo did right in 2006
Though not perfect, positive Wii buzz didn’t get to where it is today because a small nerd minority was anxiously rooting for the home console underdog (read: Nintendo). Cinderella stories wouldn’t work if “she” were ugly. In short and as most of you already appreciate, Nintendo did a lot of things right during 2006. Matt Elliott over at BE sums up the company’s strat...
Nintendo Spotting: LEGO playing Wii
Two NS’s in one day? I must be lazy crazy (more in the source link below).
No Mii birthdays on Wii
Birthday boy Scott at numberless.net was anticipating a celebration of his birth like none ever experienced before. At the very least, I expected my Mii to be wearing a party hat. In my most grandiose expectations, however, I imagined that when the player entered the Mii Channel, the birthday Mii would be front-and-center, and all the other Mii’s would be throwing confetti, jumping up and do...
Dinosaur Comics does marriage with a Game Boy
Love this comic. It’s been in my Google Reader for ages, and finally there’s a comic with Nintendo in it.
Duck Hunt, circa 1977
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaUmcG3iors]But no laughing dog. I love it.
Nintendo Spotting: Pointless NES mod edition
That’s not a mod, that’s just plain murder.
No rumble for Ocarina Of Time on Virtual Console
Some of our Infendo Forum friends were discussing Ocarina Of Time and Alucard came to an interesting discovery: I don’t know how this game will work since you need the rumble pack to find some of the holes in the ground with the Rumble Pak stone… so like since VC games don’t have rumble… An interesting discovery. Did Nintendo mess up here? Is it true that you won’t be...
IGN’s Casamassina fires off rumor #14,628
Matt C. is having some fun with the rumor mill again, but who knows what the heck it means or if it has an semblance of truth to it, right? “There are some potentially crazy-awesome games coming down the pipeline for Wii, by the way. You guys have no idea. I know that’s vague — has to be, but I’ve seen some stuff that you simply have no idea even exists and frankly, if you ...
Get Your Spend On – new releases this week
Here’s the new stuff out this week: WiiSSX Blur Virtual ConsoleThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time [N64]Bio-Hazard Battle [Genesis]Chew Man Fu [TG16] DSBrain Buster Puzzle Pak GBAFinding Nemo / The Incredibles – Double Pack Y’all buyin’ sumthin’? [Ganked from 4cr]
Casual games: The secret to Nintendo’s success?
DFC Intelligence by way of Next-Gen has an exhaustive feature exploring the secret to Nintendo’s success, at least on the handheld side of things. They say great casual games pay most of Nintendo’s portable bills. “Nintendo’s secret – the one that the others don’t quite get – is that it is essentially a maker of casual games. The DS’s success illustr...
Ubisoft posts 78% sales surge thanks to the Wii
Some savvy blogger over at Joystiq points out why digging deeper into a sales number can yield surprising results. The number in this case is the 78% surge Ubisoft saw in sales thanks to the Wii. “I’m betting, however, that Ubisoft can thank the sheer amount of junk games it threw at Wii owners for the spike in sales as other conservative publishers offered little to no games. And thou...