Month: October 2007
Goldman Sachs sees more money in Nintendo’s future
Goldman Sachs wants Nintendo something fierce today. Like, seriously, get a ridiculously expensive Ritz-Carlton penthouse room already. GameDaily BIZ has the deets: Goldman Sachs believes the Wii and DS maker can approach Apple-like levels of success because of its “innovative business model.” Nintendo may also raise its earnings forecast again. According to Reuters, Nintendo shares hi...
Cavemen love Wii Sports Boxing, relationship issues
Wii Sports Boxing is apparently a Caveman’s best friend.
Console race progress report
In line with Blake’s Wired “do it in a sentence” post from earlier this morning, I though I’d throw up a series of three interviews over at Gamasutra that are an impromptu progress report for each of the three consoles on the market today. That’s pretty much it on that. No extra commentary or snark or insults. OK, ok. One insult. Michael Pachter is an attention whore.
Wired reviews Wii, 360, PS3 in single sentence
The October ’07 issue of Wired magazine features a nifty geek encyclopedia that defines several geek related terms in A-Z fashion. Here’s how the index defined seventh-generation game consoles in a nutshell: Wii. A motion-sensing controller, simple games, and a low price make this the top 7th-genner. Xbox 360. Brilliantly conceived online-community features give this box sizzle. PS3. S...
“Free” Wii remote covers cost Nintendo $18 million
As Mel Brooks famously once said, “It’s good to be the king.” For now, Nintendo is the current king of console sales, and that newfound wealth has led to some flexibility in the wallet, as David’s Wiimote-themed post from earlier this morning points out. Case in point: Japan’s Ashi newspaper, via IGN, confirms that the Big N dropped over two billion yen ($18 mil) on t...
Play as Indiana Jones in LEGO Star Wars: Complete Saga
Dr. Jones can use the force? Not really. Like his identical twin Han Solo, the Force is lost on him. Luckily, he’s got that trusty whip at his side.
Blue Dragon DS flies in March 2008
Having failed on the Xbox 360 in Japan (comparatively speaking, as in “it will revive the Xbox in Japan” type talk), the minds behind Blue Dragon have selected the DS as the platform of choice for their next RPG adventure. Wired’s Chris Kohler has the goods, via NeoGAF: Hironobu Sakaguchi’s company Mistwalker has announced Blue Dragon DS (tentative title), to be released th...
The Wii Virtual Console import tax
I’ve seen a few people post about this at blogs like 4cr and Aeropause, so I thought it would be worth a post here to see what you guy and gals think. The query is about first party imports on the VC and their “modest” price increase. Or, their import aficionado player’s tax, as I like to call it. The two import games are 600 points for the Famicom title Super Mario Bros 2 ...
Team Ninja’s Itagaki on choosing DS over PSP
Sure, he wears sunglasses at night, but Team Ninja’s executive producer Tomonobu Itagaki’s got game, man. He’s also highly opinionated and confident and dresses like a Japanese Michael Jackson, which can put some people off, but any man that can turn the DS on its ear (literally) and deliver a touch-based Ninja Gaiden game is worth listening to for a spell or two. This interview ...
Nintendo mall tour – Infendo represent!
Nintendo is launching a mall tour this fall. Infendo Nation, we need you to represent! Show your love for Infendo at these upcoming events, take some pictures, and we’ll share them for the world to see in an upcoming post. Is the mall tour coming to a town near you?
Nintendo introduces Wii Jacket for Wii Remotes – free accessory
What in the world is this thing? Hit the jump to see Nintendo’s press release.