Month: May 2007
Wii outsells the mighty PS2 for the same period
To steal a term coined by Kotaku, I put together the above charticle juxtaposing the first six month console sales of Wii, 360, PS3, PS2, Xbox, and GameCube. First, the Wii has sold better than the mighty PS2 after the first six months. Amazingly, both the PS3 and 360 sold worse than the GameCube for the same period (!). Cumulative first six month totals in units sold are as follows:
Nintendo Dominates Famitsu Top Sellers Chart
Famitsu magazine/website unveiled their top thirty sellers chart, which uses data taken from the 23rd of April until the 6th of May. Nintendo dominated with 25 of the 30 spots going to DS and Wii games (and even a DS system bundle!), and not a Sony title is in sight until spot 18.
10 things to do on Wii while you wait for games
I just got done with Godfather Blackhand Edition, played enough Tiger Woods, and I’m done with Super Paper Mario too. My Wii has finally hit a resting spot, at least for me anyways. However, while at GamePro last week, I heard some awesome things about Super Mario Strikers. The fellers there said they’ve been playing a preview copy for hours, in full-out screams and yells it’s so...
And the Name That Character answer is…
Yoshi! He’s the little critter on our first inagural Name That Character extravaganza. Greatslack and Fuzz got it right. If you guys liked the lil concept, we’ll do it again. Let us know in the comments. Odd fact: Blake has never played Yoshi’s island. Really, I never have, though I’ve heard wonderful things about it.
Bring on an Emo a brooding, adult Link
I’m all about riding Blake’s coattails today… When I read his post about a Zelda makeover I had one of those random inspirational flashes, as I am wont to do when reading anything written by savvy former Joystiq blogger and current columnist to the video game stars Blake Snow. My random flash was: sure, Zelda could use a makeover. I’m all for it, actually. But what if that ...
A Nintendo fanboy reflects on a press release
Blake’s already posted a few thoughts on Nintendo’s dominance of North America today, but I thought I’d cut and paste the first paragraph of Nintendo’s press release on the news, and then reflect on it with unabashed love and admiration. “Already riding a streak as America’s No. 1 seller of video game consoles, No. 1 seller of portable game systems and No. 1 pub...
Capcom on Wii downloadable games
Gamasutra sat down with Christian Svensson, Sr. Director of Strategic Planning & Research for Capcom recently, and had a wide-ranging interview about Capcom’s future. A few of the questions actually gave some insight into Nintendo’s future, however, especially in the gray, hazy area that is downloadable games. Bottom line, Capcom says it’s still a go and very much possible, b...
Cyber Sticks up for the Wii
Tired of your Wii being the only console on the block with only one measily analog stick? Well according to Japanese magazine/site famitsu, accesory company Cyber is releasing a ??????????or “remote stick,” a sleeve that you can pop on your Wiimote that will turn the last surviving D-Pad into another analog stick (well not really, but your thumb will think it is). The product comes out...
The Origin of Donkey Kong’s Name
Thanks to our tipster dubnobasswithmyheadman, Infendo has decided to dust off an old chestnut and try once again to solve the mystery of where Nintendo’s beloved gorilla got his strange, biologically incorrect name. A page at neomarxisme brings up a possible link to Donkey Kong’s name and a folk tale that’s very popular in Japan that’s called “The King has Donkey Ears...
Nintendo dominates US game sales… again
The DS and Wii outsold the competition in that order yet again for the month of April; the DS selling a whopping 417K units with the Wii selling 360K units. GBA even managed to outsell the PS3 by 4,000 units at 84k. From a competitve console standpoint, the 360 sold an unimpressive 176K units considering the seven year old PS2 outsold it yet again. Oh, and Nintendo games made up the top four selli...
Does Zelda need an overhaul?
CVG thinks so: “We think if Nintendo is to strike the right balance between changing Zelda enough to refresh the franchise and keeping enough of its traditions so as to maintain its heritage and please loyal fans, it needs only to look at its chubby mascot: Mario. With every Mario game that comes along, Nintendo tries to do something inventive, unique and pioneering. ” Oddly, having pl...
Infendo’s most anticipated upcoming games
Here are the remaining 2007 games that have us giddy. There are easily several more we are each interested in, but these are the top three games that have us waiting in geek-like anticipation. Blake: Assasin’s Creed, Mario Galaxy, Disaster Day of Crisis Jack: Smash Bros. Brawl, Project H.A.M.M.E.R., Battalion Wars 2 David: Smash Bros Brawl, Mario Galaxy, Impossible Mission Scott: Super Mario...