Month: June 2009
Should Nintendo be wary of an iPhone gaming platform?
It’s hard to find fault in the Nintendo DS or the company’s incredible stranglehold on the handheld gaming industry, but all these iPhone dismissals from Big N execs had me thinking of what happened in the N64 era. As a brief refresher, Nintendo arrogantly dismissed the new-at-the-time CD-ROM format as an inferior substitute for the tried-and-true cartridge. Mis-take! Sony subsequently...
Bad news, multiplayer fans: The Conduit plays like you’re walking on honey
Don’t believe the hype. I played The Conduit’s multiplayer mode this week at E3 and was underwhelmed to say the least. I don’t remember the single player mode moving this slow, but multiplayer plays as fast as Mario trudging through thick honey. Keep in mind, I cut my teeth on the ultra fast Unreal Tournament, but The Conduit moves noticeably slower than even Halo. It was a major...
Questions about E3?
Hey Infendudes, I am heading back to New York today. I still have some coverage and impressions to get up, but I won’t be able to do any of it since I’ll be in a 5 hour flight with no wifi. So I want to prioritize to what you guys want to hear. Also, if you have any questions about E3 in general leave them in the comments and I’ll try to answer you guys back!
Wii Vitality Sensor sounds boring, but could be fun if used right
The Wii Vitality Sensor is probably the most head-scratching announcement of this year’s E3. “People will be able to use the product we are developing with the Wii Vitality Sensor to achieve greater relaxation,” said Nintendo President Satoru Iwata on Monday, during the company’s annual press conference. “It may not be long before games are used to let people unwind o...
Club Nintendo members get chance at ‘original color’ Wiimote with Wii Sports Resort registration
Are you a Club Nintendo member in Japan? Great! Be sure to register your shiny new copy of Wii Sports Resort, because you’ll get a chance to have this new controller. It’s the “original color” Wiimote/MotionPlus and nunchuck combo, and it’s going to sell, sell, and then sell some more. Here’s hoping this kind of swag comes Stateside now that we Yanks have a simi...
E3: Nyko Wand Zapper dissapointing, but okay
Nyko is well known among third party controller manufacturers – so it was no surprise when details about the Nyko “wand” alternative Wii-Remote started to surface. What was surprising was the “trans-port” features the wand boasted over the traditional Wii remote, series of electrical contacts that would allow Nyko to transfer any button on the wand-remote to any new...
Super Smash Bros. Brawl user generated content service ending
Nintendo quietly announced this evening that the user generated content feature in Super Smash Bros. Brawl will end on June 30. As of June 30th, 2009, the current service that accepts user-generated snapshots, stage designs, and replay data will no longer be available. Please note, however, that we will continue to distribute such data after that date. That’s it. No other indication given, a...
Johnny Lee now working for Microsoft to develop Xbox 360 motion controls
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_txF7iETX0[/youtube] Nintendo did not take Jack’s advice to hire Wii hack maestro Johnny Lee. Instead, Microsoft realized a genius was in the room and hired him to work on Project Natal, the camera attachment for Xbox 360 that recognizes full boy motion. “I have been helping Xbox with Project Natal,” Chang said on his blog. “Spe...
Hands on: Shiren the Wanderer
Shiren the Wanderer for Wii is the third game in the series and follows the adventure of an older and more mature Shiren. If you played Mystery Dungeon: Shiren The Wanderer for the DS you know exactly what to expect. However, for you infendudes who didn’t, you should know that the game is a roguelike.
Blurry Zelda Art for New Wii Game
What do you guys see?
E3 Hands on: Wii Sports Resort
I’m just going to come out and say it, Wii Motion Plus is everything Nintendo said it was going to be. After playing around with various mini games on the Wii from Table Tennis, Sword Fighting, Sky Diving, and Archery; I am almost certain that any game that uses motion plus in the future will be so accurate it will probably hinder the performance of players. Let me start off with the two imp...