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Maybe the coolest thing Nintendo has ever done
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDV3X8o7WRQ[/youtube] Remember this trailer from GDC earlier this year? Great! Isn’t the music just awesome? I thought so too, only now, I have a new appreciation for the the sound people over at Nintendo. As YouTube user FPawesome1 found, if you play the music from the trailer in reverse, Zelda’s Lullaby can clearly be heard. Don’t bel...
Poll: Do you play video games on the toilet?
You know, like with a handheld or smartphone… {democracy:144} (Thanks, ghettoska)
Nintendo discounts Wii to $150, launches “Nintendo Select” games for $20
REDMOND, Wash.– Nintendo is dropping the suggested retail price of its Wiiâ„¢ system to $149.99 and including a Marioâ„¢ game with the Wii hardware. Starting May 15, the newly priced Wii system will come in either black or white with the Mario Kartâ„¢ Wii game and a matching colored Wii Wheelâ„¢ accessory, replacing the previously included Wii Sportsâ„¢ and Wii Sports Resortâ„¢ games. Also o...
New Nintendo console: 8GB of storage, 25GB optical discs
Or so says Kotaku. The new report also lends further credibility to the idea of screen-based controllers, which increasingly sounds like the “hook” Nintendo is going for. Your reaction?
The story of that generic fighting guy in beat ’em ups who wore jeans and a white t-shirt
While we’re on the subject, behold this odd-ball story I penned for GamePro in 2007: At the height of beat ’em up popularity, there existed one archetype character most publishers didn’t mind sharing. He was a slender, blond white male in his early twenties. His only attire was a lucid white t-shirt, skin-tight blue jeans, Chuck Taylors, and those fancy racing gloves presumably ...
This week’s Infendo Radio devours next-gen Nintendo
Ninty’s stream confirmation, best code-names, worst Nintendo ever, Portal 2, new game get alert, and the sham of downloadable content all discussed. Enjoy the show, everyone! 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 play your call on the air! And please support Infendo Radio if you have...
Rumor: Wii price to be dropped to $150, offer $20 “Wii Select” line of games
According to Kotaku, Nintendo will be making the Wii price drop to $149.99 official starting May 15th. Further, a new budget line of games retailing for $19.99 will be introduced. These Player’s Choice ‘Wii Select’ line of games should help stimulate sales with the likes of  The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Mario Super Sluggers kicking it ...
What’s the best beat ’em up of all time?
Amid the great Wii, 3DS, and DS drought of early 2011, I’ve been revisiting sprite-based classics, mostly on my backlit GBA “Special.” One I’m particularly fond of: River City Ransom EX (original also on WiiWare). Thanks to its genuinely funny script (“Cool it, Bro!”), diverse combat, and RPG-like leveling, I think it might be one of the greatest beat ’em...
Amazon has Nintendo games on clearance
Some four-star highlights of the mail-order sale: Sonic Colors, $20 UDraw, $40 Lego Harry Potter, $22 Scribblenauts, $12 My Sims Sky Heroes, $12 3D Dot Game Heroes, $15 (great Zelda homage for PS3 owners)
Miyamoto thinks it would be a good idea to remake A Link to the Past…do you?
The Guardian today has an insightful interview with Miyamoto up. What got my attention was the discussion of how a remake to A Link to the Past would be just fine by him. Are there any plans to adapt other older Nintendo games for the 3DS console? Not really. We would like to create more new titles. For example, this year we are making Super Mario 3D, but it’s not really a remake of [the Wii...
Feed your starving 3DS some DS greats you probably haven’t played
Nintendo’s in an awkward transitional pre-E3 mode right now, and early 3DS adopters have only a handful of good titles to choose from until things pick up. Zelda’s coming in June, and thank goodness the eShop is scheduled to launch this month. Blake’s dealing with the lull by playing awesome GBA games on his newly acquired AGS-101. For anyone whose new 3DS represents their only h...