Month: February 2009
Capcom: Learn how to play Dead Rising…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG0FvebVE08[/youtube] Yeah… Thanks?
Wii version of Ghostbusters combines one part nostalgia with one part Bratz
Game|Life has itself five fresh screens from the upcoming Wii version of Ghostbusters and they’re, well… cute? The reasoning behind the cartoon graphics is pretty obvious (lower powered system), but I’m not so sure that’s going to be enough to sway me. It’s as if Leisure Suit Larry got loose in the Bratz mansion and nine months late this thing popped out armed with pr...
NYCC: Twisted Towers and Roogoo Attack
At Comic Con a week or so ago I had the chance to play Twisted Towers and Roogoo Attack with one of the developers from SouthPeak Games. To be honest I thought the puzzle genre was dead, you could only rehash Tetris and Line clearing so many different ways, but the guys at SouthPeak have managed to create a very unique and fun game. Twisted Towers and Roogoo Attack, for the Wii and DS respectively...
Atlus releases new trailer and website for Dokapon Journey
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mR7ezCQX5s[/youtube] Atlus just released a new trailer for Dokapon Journey today. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the game, Dokapon Journey is a role playing game that mixes turn based “classic board game” style game play with RPG elements. You have to play to win and to win you have to play dirty, as the game system favors those...
DSi Animation Software Impresses, both in Application Design and Online Integration
One of the more creative applications for the DSi, Moving Memo Pad, is letting Japanese gamers try their hand in animation. It’s a easy to use frame by frame animation program, but it goes above and beyond the gimmick of a well designed application by integrating with a youtube-like website -Â Ungomom Hatena. Animations created on the DS can be uploaded, shared, and added upon by other user...
MotionPlus support seeps into another EA Sports game
Following in the footsteps of its support for MotionPlus in an upcoming tennis game, EA confirmed this week that its popular golf series, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, would also support Nintendo’s upcoming 1:1 motion control peripheral. I think this is actually bigger news than the tennis title, as golf was one of the marquee sports marketed by Nintendo as the perfect match for motion controls. It ...
Super Famicom classic controller available to all on Play-Asia
Previously only available through Japan’s Club Nintendo, the classic controller that looks and functions identically to the original SNES/Super Famicom is can now be ordered from anywhere on Play-Asia. Play-Asia does claim that it is the “club-nintendo limited edition” and not a re-issue, but at $75.00 US the offering won’t entice but the core collector. The site does not i...
Watch out video games: Beer is no longer recession-proof
Video games have long been described as “recession proof” by those in the know, and that sentiment has held true up until at least the end of 2008, when even the mighty Nintendo saw numbers slip, ever so slightly. But this news about beer today is a terrible harbinger of things to come. Apparently, the equally recession-proof suds market is starting to falter alongside the rest of econ...
Infendo Reviews “Retro Game Challenge” [DS]
Gamers who grew up with the NES no doubt remember the controller smashing frustration of the 1980s. Games were unforgiving and unfair, but we loved them anyway – extracting far more joy than anguish from our time with that little gray box, the Nintendo. Playing Retro Game Challenge for the DS is a lot like reliving those lazy summer afternoons with the NES, but without the anguish. Any...
Infendo Radio 136 is on now!
This week we cover Dragon Quest IX, Commodore 64, Nintendo Power, Onechanbara, universal online gaming, and Club Nintendo! Radio Feed iTunes Feed MP3 Be sure to leave some comments or give us a call on the Infendo Radio Hotline: 206-338-BIGN (206-338-2446) after the show! And now you can follow us on Twitter, too! Podcast: Play in new window | Download (30.8MB)Subscribe: Email | RSS
Dead Space Wii title might not be port after all
Ultimately, I’ll believe it when I see it, but for now my skepticism over the upcoming Wii version of EA’s Dead Space has lessened slightly. Why? Because EA came out swining today with news that the title is, in fact, a prequel called Dead Space Extraction, and will be a FPS. Players will assume the role of a new female lead (your gal pal from the original, perhaps?), armed with new we...
Nintendo DSi launches in U.S. on April 5 for $170
Nintendo’s latest moneymaking scheme, er, portable, will launch on April 5 in the U.S., the company confirmed today. The price is listed at $170 (almost as much as an Xbox 360 Arcade? Hmm…), and launch colors are a surprising black and blue (a nod to what the company’s done to the competition? Who knows.) The full press release lies below. Who’s picking one up, and who̵...