Month: September 2011
Nintendo Power publisher considering magazine closure
Realizing that print media was becoming niche, Nintendo sold the Nintendo Power publishing rights in 2007 to a British company named Future. Turns out, Nintendo Power might not have much of a future, at least in its current print form. “United Kingdom lifestyle website and magazine publisher Future plc has long publicized its challenge in maintaining operations in the United States, but if r...
Link just got some awesome eShop company
This is turning out to be a superb week for eShop as a second terrific game arrives–this time for the 3DS Virtual Console. You’ll have to pay for this one, but Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins is well worth its $3.99 price tag. Get ready for one of the better Game Boy adventures as Mario meets Wario in a title that improves on the first Mario Land game in just about every way imagina...
New story details for Zelda: Skyward Sword
REDMOND, Wash. ’ Nintendo has revealed new details about the introductory storyline and game play in The Legend of Zelda(TM): Skyward Sword, which will launch exclusively for the Wii(TM) system on Nov. 20. The enhanced motion controls of the Wii Remote(TM) Plus (or Wii Remote controller with a Wii MotionPlus(TM) accessory) and Nunchuk(TM) controller allow for deeply immersive puzzle-solving challe...
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords now available for download on Nintendo DSi and Nintendo 3DS systems
Quick! Head over to the Nintendo eShop or DSiWare Shop to download The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition for free before it’s too late! Okay, so it won’t be too late until February 20th of next year. Still… I didn’t get to experience much of the original Four Swords, but, as I understand it, this version can be completed solo, while the original could not. It...
Infendo Radio: Losing touch with Nintendo, podcast hypocrisy, and sailor mouths
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The 10 most gameplay enabling Nintendo systems
Nintendo has a rich history of innovative and gameplay contributing hardware. You know: new hardware twists that improve the way we interactive with games. Having played all of the company’s systems since 1986, here’s how I’d rank ’em in terms of most gameplay enabling to least gameplay enabling: Nintendo DS. Whose to blame for the ongoing touch gaming revolution? This litt...
New trailer for Rayman Origins is the pure hotness!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vq2UufgkWM[/youtube] The only problem I have with this game is which platform to get it for. Do I stick with the tried and true console controls of the Wii, or do I experience the game in an entirely new perspective on the 3DS?! Decisions, decisions! Oh boy does this game look good, I can’t wait. If you are picking this game up, what platform are you ...
Survey says: 78% of 3DS respondants think 3D is worthless
Not only that, but 28% believe the 3D effect actually detracts from the gameplay, according to a new survey cited by Gamespot. 22% believed 3D actually improved gameplay, while 13% preferred playing with 3D off. Either way you look at it, talk about an uphill battle.
This weeks Nintentunes is the bee’s knees!
What a perfect day it has been. My Chargers beat the much hated Chiefs, Werder Bremen scraped out a win in the Bundesliga, and now it’s time for Nintentunes! This week join us we take a trip down memory lane and visit some of the best music this side of Abby Road. If you dare, head past the break and fill your Sunday with the joy of music! Just be sure to drop us a few lines letting us know ...
Yet another new DS game that should have your attention
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LALASbVF8BA[/youtube]I just love Xseed Games. They seem to always bring the most obscure, great looking games to North American shores. Next month, they will be dropping a new RPG for the DS, and it certainly has gotten my attention. Solatorobo: Red The Hunter has been out for quite a while in Japan and launched this July in Europe, but North American gamers...
Bethesda: Skyrim on Wii U could happen
Although I write for a Nintendo fan site, that doesn’t stop me from being really excited about playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim when it releases later this year. What would make me even more excited? If the game were to come to Nintendo’s sixth generation console in all it’s tablety goodness. In speaking with the UK Official Nintendo Magazine, Bethesda Softworks Vice Pre...
New Super Mario 3D Land details surface, good news for all the not so good players of the world
Super Mario 3D Land (that title doesn’t get any easier to say, no matter how many times I type it) is right around the corner, and more info on the title continues to pop up. Over in Japan, dummy boxes have begun to emerge at retailers revealing some new tidbits about the game. Paired with a few new screenshots is some info on how Nintendo plans to use the consoles SpotPass feature for the g...