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Infendo readers invent “new IP” — so who won?
Last week I asked you to put your money where your mouth is and design some truly original IP for the Wii. And you did. A lot. Thirty-two comments later (sure, David and I padded it with some pithy commentary of our own, so what!?), we have a slew of really cool ideas that Nintendo is more than welcome to take under its wing, develop, publish, and then pay us for. But which is the best? Which is t...
Console war over: Pokemon to remain an exclusive
The PS3 and the Xbox 360’s incessant infighting over exclusivity and which must-have titles are going to be multiplatform or not just became even more irrelevant to Nintendo’s global domination strategy than ever before. Why? Because Next Generation is reporting that Tsunekazu Ishihara, CEO the Pokémon Company, has predicted that Nintendo will win the hardware war based on sales of it...
Virtual Console Monday – Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Lode Runner, and Golden Axe II
Three new releases for the Virtual Console today: Lode Runner – NES This landmark action-puzzle game has been a worldwide fixture in video games from the moment of its inception until today, producing many sequels and related products along the way. The player controls the hero, or “Runner,” who collects gold nuggets located around every stage, all the while avoiding capture by e...
Infendo PIRATE Radio is on now!
While Scott, Blake, and Kyle are out to sea, the pirates have taken over. Check out the first (and possibly only) edition of Infendo Pirate Radio, brought to you by David, Fes, and Rosscott. MP3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (26.2MB)Subscribe: Email | RSS
We’re Number One – top sellers for the week
Here are the number one Wii and DS games sold around the world this week: Wii North America: Mario Party 8 EU/UK: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Japan: BioHazard 4 Wii Edition DS North America: Pokemon Diamond UK: Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training Japan: Miru Chikara o Jissen de Kitaeru: DS Ganryoku Training Since there weren’t any new releases for Wii this week, it’s no sur...
Nintendo buys Japan
Ok, so that headline is a tad misleading. I’ll come out and say that right away. But you have to forgive me for the slight deception, because Nintendo is selling more than 100,000 DS units per week and the Wii is now the prime minister. Ok, it’s not, but wouldn’t that be just the cutest little thing ever? On a more serious and sane note, the Wii did sell 69,748 units, bringing th...
Top 10 GameCube Games
According to average review scores on Metacritic (in parenthesis), here are the top 10 GameCube games to date: Metroid Prime (97) Resident Evil 4 (96) Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The (96) Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (96) Legend of Zelda Collector’s Edition, The (95 ) Madden NFL 2004 (94) Soul Calibur II (93) Viewtiful Joe (93) Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem (92) SSX 3 (...
Smash Bros. Brawl – control schemes confirmed
A lot of rumors about Super Smash Bros. Brawl’s control scheme were just squashed, or rather confirmed. Four different methods of control are available for the game! Sideways Wii Remote, Remote + Nunchuk, Classic Controller, and GameCube Controller will all be supported. Guess I should’ve kept a Wavebird around .. d’oh! Which way will you play? [Thanks Julian, Coolian, and FnbyDs...
Poll – Favorite DS Wi-Fi Connection game?
[UPDATE:Â This poll closes on Friday afternoon, don’t miss your chance to vote or comment!] Nintendo recently revealed the top DS games on their worldwide Wi-Fi Connection service. We want to know: {democracy:5} If you like something other than Nintendo’s top games, let us know in comments!
Bleszinski’s bro: Oh noes! No more hardcore!
I spent a few minutes today trying to figure out what Tyler Bleszinski was trying to say in his guest column for Newsweek. Something about the Wii’s success killing hardcore gaming. Even now, I’m not so sure I know what the heck I just read. Hardcore gamers are led Zeppelin? The rest of us are the Bee Gee’s? First, it was that he was disgusted that grandmas were buying Wii games ...
Doctor’s Wii Tennis elbow a few months late
I thought maybe the Google Gods had fed me a dupe this morning in my Gmail Alerts when I ready about a Boston-based doctor and his painful case of Wii Tennis elbow, but I was wrong. Apparently, the Wii-related injuries persist today, more than half a year after the system’s successful release. And why wouldn’t they? As the Wii continues to sell out (I personally was responsible for thi...
Key executives to leave Nintendo?
According to a post on GameInformer, three key executives are set to leave Nintendo when the company moves its marketing group to San Francisco or New York. The article lists Senior Director of Public Relations Beth Llewelyn, Vice President, Marking and Corporate Affairs Perrin Kaplan, and Senior Vice President, Marketing and Corporate Communications George Harrison. This would be a major shakeup ...