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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...

What are you playing this weekend?

In between college football and Yankees vs. Red Sox, I’ll be playing Kirby Mass Attack and a few iPad freebies. What about you?

Roll call: Tell us who you are and what you do

UPDATE: It’s that time again, readers. Exactly one year ago, I published the following post and was overwhelmed by all of your stories. If you haven’t spilled your guts yet, please do so. If you have, enjoy our awesome readers for a second time. ORIGINAL POST: Dear Infendo, After being friends for so long, I think we need to have a heart-to-heart. Specifically, I’d like to know a...

Could there be a better crossover adventure mash-up than Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney? I don’t think so.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQPLIoAnfjM[/youtube] There may not be any English in the trailer, or much of anything that makes sense to me because I don’t speak the Japanese language, but that isn’t stopping me from getting excited about he upcoming  Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney trailer that has popped up from last weeks TGS. Developer Level-5 has yet to let me down ye...

Unconfirmed photo leak: Super Smash Bros. Universe coming to Wii U

An unverified photo surfaced on the Internet this week, suggesting that the previously announced and upcoming Super Smash Bros. Wii U game will be called Super Smash Bros. Universe and contain non-Nintendo characters. As you can see, the photographed document conforms to Nintendo’s usual fact sheets. As you can also see, it’s in Japanese. Chance the photo is legitimate? Given the circ...