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Soundbite interview with “hardcore” gamer

Infendo: What are you doing later? Hardcore-er: I’m gonna jump on Xbox Live and listen to Pantera all night while popping off peeps in Call of Duty. Infendo: Cool beans.

Club Nintendo rewards alert: Two great ones

I don’t break in with news of everything Club Nintendo suddenly offers, but I really think you’ll want to know about these:

Does your 3DS scratch itself or wobble when closing the lid?

Amazon thinks it might and has currently stopped selling the 3DS “because customers have told us there may be something wrong with our inventory of the item, the way we are shipping it, or the way it’s described.” They added, “We’re working to fix the problem as quickly as possible.” Nintendo acknowledged the news and told VentureBeat today they are also looking...

Nintentunes: this week with and extra helping of awesome!

  Nintentunes has fast become one of my favorite features to run on Infendo. Music in games is one of the, if the the most important aspects of gaming in my opinion. With the right soundtrack, video game music can help to set the mood just as the game designer intended it. As always, enjoy the tunes and be sure to let us know how you feel about this week’s selections. 

Infendo Radio enters console war; talks character vs cutscenes, favorite developers

Did Roku just fire the first shot on the Infendo Entertainment System? How good is Dark Void Zero (shown)? What’s the best way to implent story in games? Find the answers to all that and more in this week’s episode of Infendo Radio. Enjoy! Radio Feed iTunes Feed Download links below Have something to say? Email [email protected] or leave us a voice message at 434-535-2446. We’ll p...

Free content keeps coming: Nintendo Video arrives on 3DS

Don’t look now, but 3DS is becoming quite a feature-packed little gizmo. The newest addition, available beginning today for free download, is the Nintendo Video service. What is it? The basic concept involves Nintendo surprising you with an unpredictable, ever-changing selection of 3D short films, music videos and promotional material, sent to your 3DS via spotpass while your machine’s...

Tales of the Abyss 3D finally has an English trailer! Um…how do you turn on the Japanese dubs again?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzsdlAi8ZZI [/youtube] Fresh from the San Diego Comic-Con comes the first English trailer for Tales of the Abyss 3D. The game seems to be fairly unchanged from the PS2 original aside from the new features exclusive to the Nintendo 3DS such as assignable touch screen artes selection and new 3D animations for mystic artes.  If you have already experienced...

Nintendo invades Comic-Con with new Zelda trailer

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs9tD3vIJoY [/youtube] Nintendo has made a splash at the San Diego Comic-Con with the first publicly playable build of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Not fortunate enough to make it to San Diego this week? No problem, Nintendo has you covered with a new game trailer.  There are a few things from the trailer that stood out to me. First, I absolutely...

The DS lives! Aliens: Infestation is a new game for Nintendo’s last generation portable

  Although Nintendo has a new portable with fancy stereoscopic 3D, there are still developers who want a chunk of the 147 million DS pie. This September, WayForward Technologies will release a new game based on the Aliens franchise for Nintendo’s aging portable giving the Nintendo DS a breath of fresh air.  Aliens: Infestation is a side-scrolling action title being published by Seg...

It’s bump day. What’s on your mind?

You tell me. This is an open thread.

Pokémon Rumble Blast will be blasting to a 3DS near you this October

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEsJlZh3VWU[/youtube] There is a new Pokemon title coming exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS this October, but it isn’t of the RPG variety. Pokémon Rumble Blast will be released on October 24th allowing players to collect more than 600 kinds of toy Pokémon.  From the sound of things, Pokémon Rumble Blast will be more of an action game, featuring ...