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Zelda Skyward Sword coming Nov. 20 to Wii
Nintendo just announced it today via press release, calling it “the biggest game in the series yet.” I call it one last hoorah for Wii. UPDATE: !!!!
New Wii incoming, and it isn’t Wii U
Eurogamer is reporting that the Nintendo Wii is about to get a face lift this holiday season. In what is most likely a cost cutting measure, the new Wii will no longer have Gamecube support and will not have ports for Gamecube controllers and memory cards. The redesigned Wii will be designed to lay flat as apposed to standing up straight (which is already possible with the current Wii) and will ...
Is Hideo Kojima hinting at a new Zone of the Enders for 3DS?
Kojima Productions is not a development house that Nintendo fans are used to hearing about; after all most of the titles to come out of the studio belong to the Metal Gear series, a franchise that only has one title (Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes) on a Nintendo platform in the post-NES era. In the beginning of the PS2 era the studio created a new franchise built around giant mech combat in Zon...
Nintendo announces new line of ‘select’ titles
While this may be old news to some, Â Nintendo has just confirmed a new round of titles to be given the budget treatment and become a part of the Nintendo Selects line of games. Starting August 28th, Super Paper Mario, Mario Strikers Charged, Punch-Out!!, and Super Mario Galaxy will all be available for purchase at the low price of $19.99. This follows the previous four titles that have received t...
This is the story that put Infendo on the map
Here it is, in all its glory. The image was said to be a conceptual marketing ad sent to Infendo in June of 2005. Notice the accuracy of the Wii outline, including undertones of “thinking” i.e. playing outside the box. The backstory was featured on this week’s episode of Infendo Radio. Listen in, if you haven’t already. (Oh, and by map, I really mean niche game blog linked-...
Super Mario 3D Land gets new logo, going ‘back to the basics’
Nintendo of America has revealed the final logo for Super Mario 3D Land, and boy is it colorful. Yoshiaki Koizumi, game director behind Super Mario 3D Land has gone on record in saying that with the new title his team is focusing on going back to the basics. As for my thoughts on design that has changed because of the hardware update – I would say that Mario at its core has a very simple, v...
Are you a video game snob?
You might be if you view Facebook, Wii, iOS, dance games (or insert your least favorite genre here) as inferior, says Stephen Totillo, in a great column entitled Video Game snobbery started a long time ago. Thing is, it’s okay if you dislike certain types of games. The gaming gods know I do. But the minute you start saying “That’s not a real game,” or “my taste is bet...
Nintentunes handheld edition: all the great tunes now available in your pocket!
Gameboy – X [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTzPj_RcIy4[/youtube] One of the great things about Nintendo handhelds circa 2008 was their ability to play games from other regions without having to worry about the game being region locked. Although X was never released outside of Japan, this early attempt at three-dimensional gameplay for the original gameboy spiked many gamers interest...
A 3DS catch-up guide for newcomers
3DS is well into its first official weekend at the new $169.99 price point! To all new purchasers: Welcome to the amazing and controversial world of Nintendo’s latest handheld! For your convenience’and for early adopters who may have forgotten some hidden wonders’here’s a quick list of things you should immediately do once your 3DS is charged up and ready to go: Part One: First things ...