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New Game Get – Nintendo releases for the week ending February 23rd
A modest selection of new games to get this week: DS FIFA Street 3 Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Wii MX vs. ATV Untamed Pimp My Ride Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors New game get?
Factor 5: Wii matches PS3, “and then some”
Factor 5 president Julian Eggebrecht sent Nintendo fans reeling in January when he announced his prestigious team has “at least one all-new Wii project” in development. In an interview earlier this month with IGN’s Matt Casamassina at the annual DICE Summit in Las Vegas, Eggebrecht revealed a few more vague details and confirmed widely held expectations that Factor 5 would push t...
Deadly Creatures – new Wii exclusive fighter
It definitely looks cool, but THQ and Rainbow Studios are better known for movie adaptations than original franchises. Think they can pull this off? [Thanks, Kale!]
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith coming to Wii
Activision has announced Guitar Hero: Aerosmith for Wii. The game will feature Aerosmith’s greatest hits, as well as songs from celebrated artists that the band has either performed with or has been inspired by in some way. The title will be made available this June. Gamers will experience Aerosmith’s career, from their first gig to becoming rock royalty. No word yet on whether the g...
N+ DS game play video is platforming goodness
Atari’s squeaky clean platformer remake N+ is looking, well, pretty clean, cool and collected in this sample game play video. The platformer ain’t dead folks — it was just sleeping!
Meet the new Brawl challengers – Part 6 – a chilling child
[There are 15 new challengers in Super Smash Bros Brawl. This series will feature each new contender and rank them on their fighting potential with the Infendo Smash-O-Meter! The Smash-O-Meter measures each character (on a scale of 0 to 300) on their uniqueness and potential as a great Brawler. Spoilers are present, so be careful if you wish to remain unspoilt. Big thanks to today’s guest ...
UPDATE – Professor Layton – downloadable content broken? fixed!
[UPDATE] It seems like they fixed it. Nintendo posted what amounts more to an announcement of the new puzzle, rather than an explanation for why it didn’t work for everyone: Hey everyone, we wanted to let you know that the first Professor Layton puzzle is now available for download. Every Sunday at 4 a.m. PST, a new puzzle will go live and be available for download. The next puzzle will be p...
Nintendo asks U.S. to address video game piracy problems worldwide
Nintendo of America Inc. has asked the U.S. Trade Representative to encourage specific governments around the world to take a more aggressive stance to combat piracy of Nintendo video games and systems. Nintendo filed its comments under a “Special 301” process, in which the U.S. Trade Representative solicits input from the public to underscore specific areas of concern. While China rem...
Nintendo hosts Smash Bros Brawl tournaments, gives away crystal-covered Wii
Attention all Smash fans: Put up your dukes! Just before the launch of the much-anticipated Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Mario and friends are hosting four regional Wii tournaments. The competitions will visit Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston and finally New York for a Midnight Madness Launch event at the Best Buy store at 622 Broadway in New York. All of the 256 participants at each location will r...
First Boom Blox impressions give weight to this simple Wii title
Reactions to the Boom Blox press release we fired off on Infendo a few days or so ago were mostly positive, if I recall correctly, with a sprinkling of negativity. At the time, unlike Spore DS, I decided to give Boom Blox the benefit of the doubt because A) it was a simple, fun looking premise designed for the Wii and B) Steven frickin’ Spielberg was one of the contributors. As a first wave ...
Review – Professor Layton and the Curious Village
As a kid, I had a book of brainteasers that I thoroughly enjoyed. MindTrap, Choose Your Own Adventure, and classic LucasArts adventure games were all consumed with great gusto. The announcement of a game like Professor Layton and the Curious Village piqued my interest to a staggering level. Sure, Mario Galaxy was coming soon, but what I really wanted was Layton. I was afraid I might be setting mys...
Review: The Spiderwick Chronicles
For all the complaining I do about other people’s Wii reviews these days, I decided to approach my latest with as open a mind as possible. Hardcore fanman thoughts? Subdued. Pre-existing movie license game criticisms? Shelved. My anathema to PS2 port graphics? NyQuil’d into submission for the time being. That said, with The Spiderwick Chronicles, which is loosely based upon the fantast...