Month: May 2007
Wii Big Brain Academy’s Online Features
The Japanese webpage for Wii’s “Big Brain Academy,” called Yawaraka Atama Jyuku, or “Soft Brain Cram-School” in Japan, has a section highlighting the game’s online features. The online component of the game allows you to compare your game grades with those of all your Wii friends, as well as race towards better scores. Big Brain will also be taking advantage of ...
Nintendo warms to critical user-generated comments
Next-Gen examines Nintendo’s once controlling past with regards to user-generated content, particularly critical comments made about the company online. VP George Harrison divulges… “Opening up a MySpace area doesn’t sound all that innovative to you guys,” he told an audience of game marketers. “But for us it was a big deal. When people previously said bad things about Nintendo ...
Welcome to the new Infendo as we celebrate our 2nd B-day (May 10)
Welcome all! Hope you traversed the internet safely to the arrive on the new site! On this Infendo’s second birthday (May 10), we’re proud to deploy our first ever (and long overdue) site redesign with loads more usability and lots of devilish good looks. First, a few things about the rollover: Blogger names on post entries didn’t make the journey to the new site. They died on In...
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Just how "underpowered" are Wii’s graphics?
In light of recent comments made by Microsoft’s Robbie Bach in calling Wii’s graphics less capable than Xbox 1, N’Gai Croal examines the facts via three anonymous sources. Wii is a scrappy little booger, but is it as underpowered as conventional wisdom suggests? From the article: While Bach’s statement that the Wii is graphically underpowered compared to the first Xbox wasn...
Wii games that will feature online play
A lot of people seem disappointed that the Wii doesn’t have any online playable games. This will of course change in June with the release of Pokemon Battle Revolution, but what other games will feature Wi-Fi Connection online play? These titles have been confirmed to have online play: Battalion Wars 2 Forever Blue Guitar Hero III Mario Strikers Charged Pokemon Battle Revolution Super Smash ...
Hot, fresh Nintendo links straight from the oven!
Morning, peeps. Got a handful of links to point you to on this fine Wednesday. Hope everyone is having a rocking hump day: Report: Nintendo Holds on Redmond Expansion Fils-Aime talks video game expansion IGN Australia’s Next-Gen Console Showdown Summer blockbuster game profiles GCN broadband adaptor: “The biggest waste of $50 ever” Live sneek peak at the new Infendo (nearly compl...
Super Mario Galaxy – GDC 2007 preview
Not sure if everyone saw this yet, even though the video has been out for a little while. Pretty amazing stuff going on with Mario these days. My head hurts when I watch that video. It looks like an incredibly hard game, but Nintendo isn’t really known for impossible control schemes. The art design is beautiful, even in YouTube quality. How excited are you for Super Mario Galaxy?
Wii – Are you disappointed?
Videolamer has an article up talking about the “GameCube 1.5” bashing that the Wii has endured. They basically trash the idea that Wii is just two GameCubes duct-taped together. What we want to know, Infendo Nation, is if you’re disappointed in the Wii. Is there anything about it that leaves you unimpressed? [Thanks, Jason!]
Iwata dishes on Nintendo; disses Wii/DS critics
In a report by GameSpot, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata responded to continued Wii shortages some 6 months after it’s launch and defending Wii/DS and “next-gen” systems: “It looks like some people are (saying) Nintendo is not incorporating state-of-the-art technologies into its products,” Iwata said. “We are using state-of-the-art technologies to realize the co...
Virtual Console Monday – Final Fight, Ordyne, and Mighty Bomb Jack
Three new releases for the Virtual Console this week: Final Fight – SNES – 800 PointsThere’s trouble in Metro City. The members of the Mad Gear Gang have kidnapped the mayor’s daughter Jessica and the clock is ticking. Ordyne – TG-16 – 600 PointsThe evil Kubota has kidnapped Dr. Tomari’s fiancee, Kana. Take control of Dr. Tomari and his ship in order to sa...
Poll – Virtual Console pricing
A lot of classic games like Punch Out and Castlevania are starting to show up in the Wii Shop Channel, so this week we ask: Virtual Console pricing is … Too high Too low Just right