Month: October 2010
This week’s Infendo Radio goes bump in the night, turns 200 episodes old
Join Derek and I as we discuss this week’s Nintendo headlines, answer reader mail, turn 200 episodes old, and celebrate Halloween with really awesome music. Happy Halloween, everyone! Radio Feed iTunes Feed Download links below FEEDBACK: Email [email protected] or leave us a message at 434-535-BIGN. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 34:57 — 15.7MB)Subscribe: Email | RSS
Nintendo bets big on 3DS social gaming
Glassless 3D is the big selling point for Nintendo’s upcoming 3DS, arriving in March. But Nintendo wants in on social gaming as well, reports the Wall Street Journal. Nintendo says one of the new communication tools, StreetPass, finds and connects to a nearby 3DS machine even if the other party is a total stranger. The person doesn’t need to be using the 3DS at the time in order to wir...
Rock Band 3 angers and amazes fans, respects the Wii, and tries to teach me keyboard
Want to see the whiniest place on the internet? Drop by the Rock Band forums this week to witness the shrill cry of outraged fans discovering their favorite game’s become an entirely new beast. Comfort zones have been shattered. The familiar’s been bulldozed. Cash no longer exists, everything’s restructured and (shock) playing a real keyboard is haaaaaarrrrrrrrrd. I’m sidin...
It’s on! Super Mario All-Stars coming Dec. 12 to Wii
Freaking thing includes the four original SNES remakes’which are awesome’ a soundtrack CD, and an illustrated commemorative booklet, just like Japan. Following is the official press release: Starting Dec. 12, the Super Mario All-Starsâ„¢ Limited Edition will be available for purchase while supplies last. This collectible package features four classic Marioâ„¢ games playable on the Wiiâ„¢ system, a...
UPDATE: MDK2 on WiiWare to feature brighter, more detailed graphics
UPDATE: The December Nintendo Power reports the re-release will have “brighter and more detailed graphics,” in addition to nunchuck and motion controls. Sweet. ORIGINAL (Jun. 28): Interplay today announced the re-release of MDK2 on WiiWare “this winter.” Although much harder than the original, the sequel is just as fun. Definitely a title you should keep on your radar, espe...
New Epic Mickey trailer goes balls out
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN0RcVD6_RA[/youtube] This change your mind one way or another? Epic Mickey arrives Nov. 30 on Wii.
Where would you rank Epic Yarn in the Kirby series?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R4IRFEBVVM[/youtube] Derek and I discussed this on last week’s podcast. Without completing the game, I’d say it’s the third best Kirby game ever. Right on the heels of Kirby’s Adventure, but not quite as innovative as Canvas Curse. Still, the interplay between graphics and gameplay is smile-inducing, more than enough to give it the b...
Bit.Trip Fate debuted yesterday, have you played it?
Bit.Trip Fate debuted on WiiWare yesterday. It plays like an awesome rails-shooter-shmup hybrid. Did you get it? Is this the hardest Bit.Trip yet?
Breaking: Nintendo has sold a lot of controllers alongside all those Wiis
PRESS RELEASE ’ Every day since the Wiiâ„¢ system launched in November 2006, Nintendo has sold an average of 46,000 Wii Remoteâ„¢ controllers in the United States. That’s a lot of people playing ”“ and a lot of people playing together. Nintendo’s motion-controlled video games continue to create new players every day. People play Wii to try new experiences not available on other systems...
IBM working with Nintendo again for next console
PC World reports, via NeoGAF: “IBM is working with gaming machine vendors including Nintendo and Sony, said Jai Menon, CTO of IBM’s Systems and Technology Group, during an interview Thursday. ‘We’re working with all of the game folks to provide our capabilities into those next-generation machines,’ he said.” As a reminder, IBM supplied Nintendo with processors f...
The exact, precise moment the music game fad burst
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8k8okAjAM0[/youtube]Sometimes it’s hard to pinpoint the instant in time when something’s suddenly not as cool as it was a moment before. Other times it’s easy. Remember this ad from two years ago? For music games as the Current Big Thing, this was the killer meteor entering the atmosphere. I’m one of the faithful who still believes i...
Do you care about achievements or leaderboards?
Some consoles have achievement tracking and leaderboards built in to their online services, but Nintendo seems to let each developer decide if they want to build something from scratch. Even Apple created Game Center for their mobile devices. So before we ask if Nintendo should build something like this for the 3DS, we want to know: {democracy:124} [image detail ganked from Penny Arcade]