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Bill Gates endorses Nintendo’s strategy
If you didn’t think Nintendo was “on to something” with the Wii and DS by now, Bill Gates is on the scene to push you over the edge. During a unique discussion with Apple’s Steve Jobs, Gates was asked about the future of interactivity with game consoles, and had this to say: “Imagine a game machine where you can just pick up a bat and swing it or the tennis racket,...
Infendo Radio #61 is on NOW!
Hey everybody! Infendo Radio #61 is live and loud. Listen in as Scott and Blake discuss Wii rumors, tons o’ games, listener calls, and most excellent user-submitted segments. Enjoy! Radio Feed iTunes Feed MP3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (31.5MB)Subscribe: Email | RSS
Behold! The Wii Slippers (flip-flops, thongs, sandals, or whatever you call them)
Wii is just everywhere. It’s sooooo hot right now.
New DS training game could be more than meets the eye
You’ve already figured out your brain’s age by training it on the DS. But have you ever wondered how spending so much time in front of various electronic screens may have raised your eye’s age? This number 1 seller in Japan, DS Medikara Training, is a DS eye training game.
Nintendo Spotting
As shot on some American playground. Gotta respect the NES brick controller, the most non-ergonomic there is. But it looks like someone forgot the all-important start and select buttons…
Wii Milestone – 100th game added to Virtual Console
On Monday, June 4th, Nintendo will make Zelda II: The Adventure of Link available for the Wii’s Virtual Console. This marks the 100th game added to the list of titles available in the Wii Shop Channel. Nintendo hasn’t really ever provided sales data for the Shop Channel before, but they let us know what the top five downloads are thus far: 1) Super Mario Bros. (NES) 2) Super Mario 64 (...
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: Mario Strikers Charged Football 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 The #1 Japanese DS title, which will be known as Medicara in other territories, sounds...
More apologies arrive for Nintendo
I doubt Nintendo expected the groveling and apologetic press releases to get this deep, this fast — but I’m sure they’re secretly loving every minute of it at their Ivory Tower in Kyoto right now. First, EA bowed down humbly to Mario and Company after the Wii’s stellar launch. Then, Ubisoft declared from high atop their mountain of cash (courtesy of the Wii) that they, too,...
The Wiimote’s audio translation chip
My associate and literal stateside neighbor Mr. Invisible pointed me to an incredible find in the Wiimote today. Well, it’s incredible to me because I somehow hadn’t heard about it until today. The incredible find? An audio translation chip buried deep within the innards of the Wiimote. You can see it here in Fortune’s interactive Wiimote graphic that’s currently running al...
Another sign the DS might be the next PS2
I’ll just come right out and say it: another reason (besides dizzying sales) the DS might be the next PS2 is because the dual screen portable has a lot of crappy games. And by a lot, I mean… well, a lot. Just peep any release schedule and you’ll see a slew of stinkers just like the PS2 before it. That’s not a bad thing, that’s just what happens when hardware sells lik...
New Wii games in stores this month (June)
As compiled by Infendo forum member, FnbyDstryr: Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree 49.99 6/11/07 Chicken Shoot 29.99 6/12/07 Scarface: The World is Yours 49.99 6/12/07 The Sims 2: Pets 49.99 6/12/07 Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer 49.99 6/15/07 Escape From Bug Island 39.99 6/19/07 Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition 29.99 6/19/07 Harry Potter OoP 49.99 6/25/07 Pokemon Battle Revolution 49.99 6/25/07 T...
New Nintendo hardware to be announced at E3?
Jeux France via Kotaku say they have their hands on some juicy and “credible” Nintendo rumors for this year’s smaller E3. They are… The company will unveil a new Mario Kart Wii Mario Galaxy and Smash Bros. to get firm release dates “Big hardware news” is coming (new hardware? doubtful…) Blake probably won’t get into Nintendo’s keynote Okay, the...