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WiiWare Review: In Jellycar 2, Disney serves up simple graphics and deep gameplay
I smile anytime Disney and Nintendo do business together, mainly because I’d still love to see a Mario themed land at a Disney park someday. Today’s reality is a lot more basic, but it’s nice to see Disney finally contribute to WiiWare with a solid port of Jellycar 2. For the second week in a row, we’re offered a $5 port of a $1 iPhone game. While both conversions are solid...
What month do you play the most games?
I’m gonna be honest folks. After the holiday glut of games, I almost always take a breather from game for much of January. Anyone else? Regardless, is there a month of the year you typically play more games? If so, what is it?
New Game Get colon DS no Wii
Holy crap, I almost forgot to tell everyone that Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective and Kingdom Hearts Re:coded came out today! Both games have a lot of positive buzz going for them, they’re both on the DS, and they both feature fabulous colons in their titles. Over on Wii, you’ll need to hit up the Wii Shop Channel if you want any new games. Anyone check out either game? Blake seems to &l...
Contest: Convincingly predict how the DS will do this year, win 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors
Wanna play 999 on Infendo’s dime? Of course you do. Here’s how you can be entered to win the game: In the comments of this post, tell us what kind of year the beloved Nintendo DS will have in 2011. Will it slow to a crawl after the 3DS launches in March? Will it go out with a bang? Will it enjoy a couple of more golden years? You tell us. Sign your comment with your name and town. Be 1...
Question – how many DS’s do you have in your home?
Some of the comments in this post about DS sales got me wondering… {democracy:131}
Juicy tidbits from Iwata Asks: Nintendo 3DS
Nintendo has posted the transcription of another session of “Iwata Asks”, the ongoing roundtable discussions featuring Shigeru Miyamoto, Shigesato Itoi, and Satoru Iwata. You can read through the whole interview here, but we’ve also collected a few juicy excerpts from the discussion here for your ravenous consumption.
Mario Galaxy 2 tops list of most popular Wii rentals last year
According to Gamefly, care of Shack News: Super Mario Galaxy 2 Donkey Kong Country Returns Disney Epic Mickey Metroid: Other M Red Steel 2 Monster Hunter Tri Kirby’s Epic Yarn GoldenEye 007 Wipeout Just Dance 2 Most popular DS rentals were as follows:
Infendo Radio is back from vacation and includes a shocking reveal!
Just kidding. But it does include our previously delayed interview with Nintendo, predictions for 2011, poll analysis, the most-wanted gaming products of the year, and our world-class mailbag. Welcome back and enjoy the show, everyone! Radio Feed iTunes Feed Download links below Have something to say? To be featured in an upcoming episode of Infendo Radio, email [email protected] (with audio record...
This ’90s “Next-Generation” guide to spotting bullshots is great
Via Fort 90 See also: The truth behind doctored screenshots
The mind-blowing depth of female video game characters
Or not. I found this helpful diagram laying around in the intertubes, and couldn’t help but notice that it was teeming with truthiness. Much has already been said about the insultingly crass objectification of women in video games. It seems we are meant to believe that iconic female characters such as Lara Croft, the female cast members of the Dead or Alive and Soul Calibur fighting series, ...
Exclusive: In an Xbox Live world, Nintendo defends online Wii service
Nintendo’s online service is better than most hardened gamers give it credit for. At least that’s what company spokesman Kit Ellis told Infendo in an interview last week. When asked how the popularity of Xbox Live and PSN have encouraged Nintendo to rethink their online strategy in planning their next console, Ellis turned the conversation back to the present. “The Wii is here no...