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Super Smash Bros Brawl – Masterpieces game mode revealed
I’m not sure if this is an attempt to market Virtual Console games or an homage to the great series in Nintendo’s history, but there’s a new Smash Bros Brawl mode revealed today. Several memorable characters compete for brawl supremacy’that’s Super Smash Brothers Brawl in a nutshell. But what about the past fights for each of those characters? What were they like? It may so...
Days of Ruin and Endless Ocean debut to strong sales
Endless Ocean and the newest edition of Advance Wars both debut with decent sales this week. Wii 1. Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party Bundle (Konami) 2. Wii Play (Nintendo) 3. Endless Ocean (Nintendo) 4. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision) 5. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) DS 1. Advance Wars: Days of Ruin (Nintendo) 2. Wario: Master of Disguise (Nintendo) 3. New Super Mario Bro...
2007 Video game growth outpaced music, video
All signs are pointing to 2007 being the best year ever for video games, but how did the industry stack up against some of the Old Guard like movies and music? If the Entertainment Software Association (via Ars Technica) is to be believed, it was a banner year that left tired old things like “CDs” and DVDs” in the dust.
Nintendo Preps for a Sporting Spree
From fairways to ballparks, Nintendo will be making the rounds to sports events of all stripes this winter. Sports fans and families will get to check out the new Donkey Kong monster truck or try their hand at a variety of different Wiiâ„¢ and Nintendo DSâ„¢ games. The selection for each sport will be different, so here’s a rundown of when and where to find Nintendo:
See, I told you attach rates don’t mean jack
IGN writes: “If you’re still under the impression that consumers are only buying Nintendo’s new console for Wii Sports, perhaps the latest software to hardware tie ratio numbers from the NPD Group will change your mind. According to the software data tracking service, consumers purchased 8.11 games for every Wii console sold in December. This relates to 7.76 games for every Xbox ...
Nintendo’s love for shallow games is skin deep
“If all our games mirror games like Wii Sports or Wii Fit, our gamers would soon grow bored,” assured Nintendo President Satoru Iwata, in a recent interview published to Wii.com. I think conventional gamers appreciate quality mini-games from time to time. I know I do. Hopefully Iwata’s statement can soothe any feelings of alienation that Nintendo will completely turn their back o...
Wii fan art by four-year-old
The Infendo inbox received a very endearing e-mail today from artist James Kochalka of American Elf. “My four-year-old, Eli, has drawn some pretty cool fan art for his favorite Wii games and posted them on his art blog, Monster Attack. Dewy’s Adventure, Super Mario Galaxy, and Zack & Wiki are the ones he’s done drawings of.” For Eli’s full doodles of Dewy, Mario, ...
Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village Official Trailer
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeZOAqRdDBU[/youtube] Curious. Everyone seems to be talking about this title. Actually, they’ve been talking about it and its delay. Regardless, Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village drops on February 10.
Top-Selling Wii Titles (That Don’t Exist)
America’s Finest News Source, The Onion, just published a graph of the Top-Selling Wii Titles. I’m confused since I thought Virtual Babysitter was a pack-in game.
Advance Wars Get!
Reader Casey writes: So, I was thinking about Advance Wars all day yesterday. Target’s flier said they would have it by 4pm yesterday. Right after work I went to Target and I couldn’t find it. I went up to the customer service desk, saw the guy flirting with a female co-worker (damn shawty, you lookin’ good), and knew it would be useless to ask them about the game. So, I went to ...
Casual, hardcore and the significance of 1/22
While plodding past towering white curtains and glaring at dangling chandeliers of Mii characters, something finally snapped inside of Jem Alexander. As the Joystiq writer emerged from the ivory-coated Nintendo booth at Leipzig last August, the frustration boiled over. “While Microsoft and Sony both held press conferences during the Leipzig Games Convention, Nintendo decided to take a more p...
Nintendo releases Endless Ocean for Wii
REDMOND, Washington – January 22, 2008 ’ Nintendo invites you to dive into a new genre of video games. Launching this week for Wiiâ„¢, Endless Oceanâ„¢ lets users discover a vast undersea adventure at their own pace. It’s like a virtual scuba vacation in the tropics that includes interaction with hundreds of different animal species, relaxing swims through brilliant coral reefs and exp...