Month: October 2007
Chinese man chooses Wii over democracy
A quick hit for the lunchtime crowd from Seeking Alpha: In this week’s Time magazine story about China’s Me Generation (teens to thirties), a rising middle class twentysomething declared he would rather have a Nintendo Wii than democracy. Need I say more? Um, wow. I don’t know if that’s bad news for China or great news for Nintendo or what. An accompanying article, also at ...
Wii a fad? Not so fast, says Fils-Aime
I promise you I am not Reggie Fils-Aime blogging as a Nintendo fanman, nor am I channeling the great Reggie when I write posts like this one today. Put simply, over the weekend Reggie attacked the Nintendo attackers who say the Wii is a fad the proceeded to praise Halo and BioShock as tour de forces in the industry. He also said LittleBigPlanet is being released on the wrong system (too true, Regg...
Virtual Console Monday – Castlevania II, Samurai-Ghost, and Magician Lord
The Virtual Console gets spooky just in time for Halloween with this eerie trio of titles: Castlevania II Simon’s Quest – NES – 500 Wii Points In this one-player adventure, you’ll take on the role of Simon Belmont once again and duel to the death with Count Dracula. Grab your legendary whip, Vampire Killer, and roam freely through Transylvania on a quest to find the count&#...
Infendo Radio #79 is Scott and Blake only
Gotta nice little episode for you podcast nerds. Enjoy! Radio Feed iTunes Feed MP3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (17.0MB)Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Email | RSS
Nintendo releases for the week ending November 3rd
No fewer than 28 games are released for Nintendo systems this week, including two titles for the GBA! DS Cars Mater-National El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera Ratatouille Food Frenzy Barbie as The Island Princess Bee Movie Game Ben 10: Protector of Earth Napoleon Dynamite O.M.G. 26 – Our Mini Games Panzer Tactics DS Shrek: Ogres and Dronkeys Super Collapse 3 The Simpsons Game Dementiu...
Nintendo Spotting: Halloween costumes edition
Happy early Halloween, Infendo! [Thanks, Johnny]
Complete Guitar Hero 3 setlist revealed
Here’s the ordered setlist kindly compiled by Video Games Blogger. I’ll see you guys online next week to melt some freakin’ faces off, friend codes be damned. UPDATE: Knights of Cydonia by Muse (one of the greatest songs ever recorded by man btw) looks insanely hard on expert mode. I. Can’t. Wait. For. This. Game. Tier 1: Starting Out Small 1. Slow Ride (as made famous by F...
Will Wright: Wii is the only true next generation console
I think I just added Spore creator Wii Wright to my Christmas shopping list. In an interview with Guardian Unlimited Wright, who also created the Sims, called the Wii the only true next-generation console out of the three new console platforms on the market. Of course some of us already subscribe to this belief, but to hear someone of Wright’s caliber put it so succinctly might win over a fe...
Nintendo announces Virtual Console “gift” functionality
In Iwata’s own words by way of the Associated Press. With a few clicks, a user will be able to select a game to send as a gift to another user online, Iwata said. When the recipient accepts, the Wii automatically launches the shopping channel and begins the download. “We think this will be a breakthrough in encouraging customers to spread news of fun games word of mouth,” Iwata s...
Japanese DS gets an official TV hookup
Japanese cellphones have it, cars have it, the PSP has it, why not the DS? Come next month Japanese DS owners be able to pick up DS Terebi, or “DS Television,” a TV receiver that plugs into the DS game slot and allows you to watch TV on the 1seg network, the same band that other Japanese mobile devices have been tapping into for the past few years.
Crash of the Titans is a decent (great kids) game
Sierra was kind enough to send us a few younger tyke games (thanks, Arne), Crash of the Titans on Wii chief among them. I haven’t had time to get my hands dirty due to the onslaught of other games in the queue, but I will say this: Crash of the Titans is a visually luscious action-adventurer with flashes of potential found within its simple but enjoyable gameplay. It also has some impressive...
Nintendo profits more than double
Reports that Nintendo is now stuffing the soft seating couches in its Kyoto headquarters with piles of extra yen are greatly exaggerated, I’m sorry to say.What’s not exaggerated is the fact that Nintendo reported its profits have more than doubled over the past six months to crazy happy fun time levels. Like $1.16 billion, or 132.42 billion yen, which is up from 54.35 billion this time...