Month: December 2009

New Super Mario Bros. Wii contest winner announced!

Congratulations to Kale who won our New Super Mario Bros. Wii contest! Here’s his winning entry: I remember when I first got Mario 64, my mother hated watching me play because she would get motion sick so easily. I decided to test her and made her watch me play in the “Wet Dry World” on the second floor of Peach’s castle. I was busy collecting coins to keep my oxygen supply going unde...

Ninja Gaiden diorama adds +5 awesomeness to your desk

Check out this awesome papercraft diorama of Ninja Gaiden.  Print it out, cut it out, and make your friends and co-workers jealous! [Thanks, Professor Mortis!]

Atlus announces the Trauma Team Paging Doctor Stiles! Paging Doctor Stiles! I guess he’s not coming…

Remember that game announced a little bit before E3 called Trauma Team? The game that allows you to play across six distinct fields of medicine; As a general surgeon, diagnostician, E.M.T., orthopedic surgeon, endoscope technician, and even a medical examiner. Well Atlus has finally unveiled some information about each specialist and who exactly they are. Everything you need to know is after the b...

Miyamoto not a fan of licensed game engines

You wanna know why Nintendo games look different? It’s partly because they don’t license the same graphics engines as other developers, says Shigeru Miyamoto, the king of color. “In the video games industry, it seems that the majority of companies are heading in the same direction, taking advantage of identical technologies,” he told The BBC. “They are simply trying t...

Guess what’s coming to WiiWare in 2010? Mega Man 10, get it 200X, Mega Man 10… 2010… eh… nevermind

Who would’ve thunk it? Especially after how awesome Mega Man 9 was, 2010 is looking to be a great new decade. [Mega Man 10 Confirmed in Nintendo Power]

Despite mixed reviews, Silent Hill looks fantastic on Wii

While some reviewers of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (out today) fault the game’s lack of combat, others, including GameTrailers says it’s a memorable fresh experience. If I can get past what I only imagine to be hyper cheesy dialog, it looks promising.

Next Zelda more “vast and realistic” than Twilight Princess, says director

Like Zelda: Twilight Princess? Then you’re gonna love the upcoming Wii sequel, suggests director Eiji Aonuma. “With Twilight Princess, we challenged ourselves to create the most vast and realistic world the series had ever seen, but we didn’t feel that we were able to fully complete this objective,” Aonuma told IGN, adding that the focus on expansive overworlds and realism ...

Infendo Radio 168 gets back on track Spirit Tracks, Stock Prices, and Top Games oh my!

Infendo Radio covers rising stock prices, Amazon top-seller dominance, first-week sales records, and more! Don’t miss Will’s impressions on The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks and a teaser discussion for Infendo’s picks for best games of the decade! Radio Feed iTunes Feed MP3 Want to have your say? Don’t like how we are doing things? Just feel like talking to someone? Jus...

The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks Commercial How Nintendo beats other game advertisements with references of awesome

There is just so much going on in this commercial, its a shame that it’s going to be cut down to 30 seconds or less. How many Zelda references can you count?

Youtube College Tuesday – The God of Tetris!!

Has the God of Tetris ever forsaken you?

Ever use Third Party shell Products? The B.O.S.S. is a product by PDP to help make those WiiMotes more playable

This Big Oversized Super Shell, (get it the boss!) is a plastic grip that clips securely on top of a Wii remote. It main goal is to enlarge the action buttons and the D-pad to make it handle better for those with bigger, adult like hands. Did anyone really struggle playing New Super Mario Bros Wii with the WiiMote by itself?

Mirrror’s Edge heads to iPhone? Why not DS? If you’re going to do Touch Controls, you should do it right!

Honestly, I can only see the iPhone limiting the game play experience with it’s pure touch control and tilt sensors.