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Brain Age’s Dr. Kawashima dislikes money, games
Turns out the real Dr. Kawashima from the Brain Age games doesn’t care for money, video games, and possibly even his own family: Ryuta Kawashima, the scientist behind the smash-hit “brain training” games on Nintendo DS portable consoles, turned down the chance to become a millionaire, saying he’d rather work for a living.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl’s 500k Final Smash of Japan
Has Super Smash Bros. Brawl smashed, clobbered and otherwise surpassed sales expectations in Japan? Seems so, according to some Final Smash-level rumors pouring out of the Far East this morning: Cubed3 has a translation of a Japanese blog post referencing a purportedly leaked Famitsu sales report that says the highly-anticipated game sold 500,000 copies, or 80 percent of available stock, on its fi...
Eternity’s Child now $5 WiiWare title
The enigma wrapped in a riddle smothered in Mind Trap-esque brain teasers that is “the WiiWare” is something that’s held at least my attention for the past few months, and I imagine many Infendo readers and staff members are equally invested in what, exactly, the service will bring to gaming.
Meet the new Brawl challengers – Part 1 – a Pokemon surprise
[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! Spoilers are present, so be careful if you wish to remain unspoilt.]
Super Dodge Dodge Ball DS gets launch date, box art
Some of my earliest Nintendo memories involve Super Dodge Ball for the NES. My friend Donny and I would battle the CPU player for long afternoons on end and cap it all off with a rousing victory over the USSR. When I heard this title was getting an overhaul and a bit of the ol’ portability late last year, I was swooned with nostalgia (not “swooned” as in deceased, like old Final ...
Virtual Console Monday – Operation Wolf and Columns III
Two games hitting the Virtual Console this week: Operation Wolf – NES – 1989 – 500 points A group of desperate terrorists is keeping hostages in their jungle fortress. As a member of the elite tactical squad Operation Wolf, you must invade their hideout, destroy their operations, and get the hostages out alive! Columns III: Revenge of Columns – Genesis – 1994 – ...
Infendo Reader Review – Advance Wars: Days Of Ruin
[Infendo Forums reader, ejamer, decided to hold a contest of his own in which Forum fans would write a game review. The winner, Alucard, nabbed some Wii Points. We’ll be sure to let everyone know when there’s another contest going on in the Forums. Here is the winning review for Advance Wars: Days Of Ruin for Nintendo DS.] Brief Summary on the series: Advance Wars is a series that orig...
Italian Wiimote Costume in the wild
[youtube]http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=Z80oXmhcQ04[/youtube] Grazie, Emanuele!
Konami drops price of Dewy’s Adventure
While perusing through the Wii section at a local Wal-Mart, I happened to stumble across a very compelling deal. Dewy’s Adventure has been dropped to $20. Produced by Shingo Mukaitoge of Elebits fame, the game released in North America last September to a luke warm critical reception. Most criticisms stemmed from the game’s finicky controls and unbearable presentation. But don’t ...
New Game Get – Nintendo releases for week ending February 9th
A game that was mere rumor a month or two ago, Assassin’s Creed for DS seems to be the game of the week .. unless you’re into Homiez or Horsez or Zooz. DS Paws & Claws Pet Resort Zoo Tycoon 2 DS Assassin’s Creed: Altair’s Chronicles Homie Rollerz My Horse and Me Puppy Palace Real Soccer 2008 The Spiderwick Chronicles Wii Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore...
Gambling with the Nintendo wi-fi connection
…In more ways than one! So far trying to get into a Super Smash Bros. Brawl online match has, for me, been a complete coin toss. Once I had people ready to join a battle, the rest of the times no one joined, and before anyone could I was booted. Though the waiting room (where you get to beat up on the punching bag for a few minutes before the match) is lots of idle fun- my rigorous training ...
No Infendo Radio this week
Hey everyone. Scott and Kyle are on vaca this week, so regrettably, there’ll be no Infendo Radio. We’ll return to our regular schedule next Saturday with a ton of new calls, and excellent discussion as always. In the meantime, please gift us with your podcast feedback in the comments. What do you like? What don’t you like? What should we do more of? And what other show gives us a...