Month: June 2010
Pokémon Sunday reveals Shops, Status Screens, +More
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJff5ZhrGJw[/youtube] You may be familiar with that quirky Japanese TV show, known as Pokémon Sunday, where they reveal upcoming information on various Pokémon games. In this short episode, new Pokémon are revealed along with various item, status, and shop screens. Pokémon White and Black seem to be changing a lot of the various elements as well as the g...
Professor Layton Unwound Future E3 Trailer
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoPFwdAg_Tg[/youtube] In the latest Professor Layton game… a future version of Luke Triton writes Professor Hershel Layton a letter from 10 years in the future asking him for help. “How is that possible!?” Is a question a lot of people were asking, well the answer is a time machine! The story of Unwound Future, revolves around the creation ...
Kinection Error: Don’t Move! Sony and Microsoft fall flat at E3
Despite impressive tech demos at last year’s E3, Microsoft’s recently re-branded “Kinect” and Sony’s Playstation Move controller felt more dated than the “underpowered” Nintendo console they are trying to out-motion. What do we mean by dated? Obviously this has nothing to do with graphical capability or processing power ”“ something on which both the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 ...
Zelda question for Miyamoto – Should we start practicing for Skyward Sword?
I think Wii Sports Resort might be headed back into my Wii this weekend!
Wii Zelda pushed back to refine visual style
Nintendo stated during their E3 press conference that they had wanted to finish The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword in time for holiday release, but decided instead to aim for an early 2011 release date to ensure quality. Â What will they be working on with those extra months? According to Shigeru Miyamoto and Eiji Aonuma, it’s the games visual style. Speaking of the game at an E3 roundtable,...
Because every blog needs a smoking hot image of Nintendo’s 3DS
And we’re no different from the rest. Purdy, isn’t it? On a side note, when in my hands, both the two-tone red and two-tone teal looked like the future. For reals. Black version after the break.
A closer look: Miyamoto’s E3 boots are awesome
Just sayin’.
Iwata is Optimistic About 3D Console Gaming
Now that we’ve all seen Nintendo’s foray into the 3D realm with the 3DS, it doesn’t come as a surprise that Iwata is also considering 3D implementation with their consoles as well. In fact, they believe its the future. “In the future, 3D will become the mainstream of gaming…If you display a 3D image, the image quality becomes extremely bad, so we’d probably do i...
Super Scribblenauts for DS adds Adjectives
How many of you bought and played the heck out of the first game? I know I did, and I have to say the formula really hasn’t changed, but the some of the game play and puzzle elements have. Super Scribblenauts a game being developer by Warner Bros Interactive. They have taken everything about the first game and have made it even cooler. Listening to the fans to give you D-Pad and button contr...
Hands On: Skyward Sword, Beetles, Clovers, Whips… Oh My.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j74HbveSdw[/youtube] Skyward Sword is the fifth Zelda game since the series jump into the world of Polygonal 3D. While the game is very stylized; it seems to be taking cues from the previous four games. The game play of Ocarina of Time, the fanciful mysterious world of Majora’s Mask, the art shading of Wind Waker, and the unique items of Twilight Prin...
Hands On: Kirby’s Epic Yarn is Fun Fabric
A lot can be said about the graphics potential the next Nintendo home console could, and maybe should have, but scarcely can one be negative when faced with a title that plays to the system’s strengths to create a gorgeous, engaging, and fun experience. This, in short, is what we are getting with Kirby’s Epic Yarn for the Wii. Familiar, yet different, Epic Yarn takes a creative twi...
Stay Tuned! An E3 weekend is on the way!
It may be Friday, and E3 2010 may be over, but Infendo’s not done yet! As we slog back to our hotel rooms and through airport security lines, we’re refining our articles, scouring or memories, and pouring over hours of footage and countless photographs! Keep your eye on Infendo this weekend and the following week for more impressions, images, and videos from E3 2010. For those of y...