Month: July 2009
La-Mulana is Adventuring to WiiWare in Winter
La-Mulana is a side scrolling platformer that was released back in 2005 for the PC. The game features a mixture of ‘bit’ graphics and an interface that is inspired by MSX games. La-Mulana is one of those traditional action-adventure games that will punish the player if they make a wrong move and is very reminiscent of the Castlevania and Metroid games. [via Nigoro | Nicalis | La-Mulana...
New Game Get has tropical fever with Monkey Island and Wii Sports Resort!
It’s official .. with both Wii Sports Resort and the WiiWare release of Monkey Island, this is the best release week of the last three months! (I’m still a little concerned about two weeks in a row of no Virtual Console titles…) Click on in for other games and DLC for Guitar Hero and Rock Band.
Monkey Island WiiWare confirmed for July 27th release!
Straight from the developer’s mouth: “Launch of the Screaming Narwhal”, the first chapter of Tales of Monkey Island, now has a WiiWare release date. The game will make its console debut in North America this coming Monday, the 27th of July. It’s going to be 1000 Wii Points and if it’s anything like the PC version I played, it’s totally worth it!
Wii Sports Resort – caption fun
Just for fun (no prizes) let’s all come up with captions for this awesome picture from the recent Wii Sports Resort event in NYC. [If it’s prizes you seek, hit up our current GTA Facebook contest!]
Discussion: What’s on your gamer mind?
We usually initiate all the discussion round here. Great for us. Not so great for you. But today… today it’s your turn, kind reader. So tell us, what’s on your Nintendo gaming mind? New game you’ve been playing? Have a rant? Have a rave? The mic is yours.
Win a copy of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for DS
Head on over to Infendo’s new Facebook page and start following us! Next Friday, July 31st, 2009, at Noon Eastern time, we’re going to pick one of our Facebook followers and send them a copy of GTA: Chinatown Wars for DS! (You must be at least 17 years old and not an Infendo staff member to be eligible.) http://www.facebook.com/infendo
Anyone beach it up with Nintendo this week?
Word on the street is Nintendo took over Times Square with an island theme (sandy beaches and all) as part of a large promotion for the great, if slightly undercooked Wii Sports Resort. Any Infendo readers hit the NYC area for a test drive? Thoughts?
Tatsunoko vs Capcom: The Wii Fight Stick
While many of us would be content to play Tatsunoko vs Capcom on a classic controller. They’re a few of us who want that arcade experience, and we all know that Capcom is all about the arcade feeling. They are working with Mad Catz once again to bring the Wii it’s own unique fight stick; just like the one for street fighter 4 a few months back. Although there isn’t any word on a ...
Not a five-star resort but still a great getaway: Infendo reviews Wii Sports 2
In 2005, Nintendo was sitting on some pretty hot technology. Instead of a joystick for its next console’then named Revolution’the company planned to release a perplexing white TV remote capable of sensing motion. If only Nintendo had an equally smoking game to showcase what the controls could do. Fast forward to today. That software turned out to be Wii Sports, which has since become a cultural ph...
Wii accessory creep spreads to DS with Band Hero
Like a virus, the plastic parade’well-known to Wii folk’has spread in earnest to the DS with the upcoming Band Hero. Where once there was a smattering of cool Arkanoid spinners and the occasional bulky faux-guitar grip now stands a pile of new accessories for a new game in the “Hero” series from Activision. I fear, as always, for the children.
‘Era of HD gaming’ fallacy exposed by… Epic Games?!
More from than wonderful Epic Games Mark Rein interview, where he’s been lofting anti-core quotes high into the air in such a way that they glide gently back to earth like falling snow. Truly, for such a slow news day it sure feels like a glorious Christmas in July to me right now: “Over half the users who played Gears of War 2 so far do not have HDTVs.” That popping sound you he...
Draw Kirby, won’t you?
While browsing the RSSMeme feed this morning, as I am wont to do instead of doing actual work, I came across a cool Kirby project. I’m experimenting with web design, tablet drawing and whatnot these days, so the “How to Create Kirby” tutorial in Photoshop caught my eye. Now I’m sharing it with you, because it’s the summer, and the news moves as if mired in molasses. A...