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Monday Thoughts: The Reggilution/The Miyamoto-verse.
There was a question posed this weekend on Infendo radio of who has had more of an impact on Nintendo, Reggie or Miyamoto. My initial answer was that since being hired in 2003 Reggie has been the driving force for the rebirth of Nintendo and is the reason I am here so for me Reggie is the impact player at Nintendo. So a day goes by and I am watching my girlfriend play Super Paper Mario. I ask her ...
Get Your Spend On – new releases this week
Here are the new releases for all Nintendo systems this week: US releases: Wii: – Mario Party 8 – Mortal Kombat: Armageddon – Surf’s Up – Tamagotchi: Party On! DS: – Pony Friends – Surf’s Up – Tank Beat Game Boy Advance: – Surf’s Up GameCube: – Surf’s Up EU/UK releases: Wii: – Legend of the Dragon DS: – Meteo...
Virtual Console Monday – ActRaiser, Kid Chameleon, and J.J. & Jeff
Three new releases for the Virtual Console today: ActRaiser – SNES – 800 Points The user plays the role of the Master, a dethroned deity whose once-idyllic world has fallen under the control of the Evil One. Stripped of godly power, the Master must somehow put an end to the Evil One’s reign and rebuild his desolate realm. Kid Chameleon – Genesis – 800 Points The local...
Twilight Princess wooden carving
Infendo fan Negrin spotted this for sale on Poland’s biggest auction site, allegro.pl. That’s some awesome fan art, right there. Thanks, Negrin!
Reggie tells NY Times it’s good to be on top
Reggie talks Nintendo dominance in speaking with the New York Times during the company’s media summit this past week… “Only twice has one company simultaneously had the No. 1 new hardware console, the No. 1 portable console, the No. 1-selling game and been the No. 1 overall software publisher. The first time was Nintendo in the ’80s. The second time is Nintendo now.” Ever b...
Infendo Radio #60 bright and early!
Hey dudes and dudettes. Listen in as Scott, Kyle, and myself discuss a plethora of games for Wii and DS including a special little interview with the Mag Weasel to discuss the future of print mags. All the regular segments are here including listening calls and news of the week. Enjoy, and have a great memorial day weekend! Radio Feed iTunes Feed MP3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (41.3MB)...
Nintendo to “license” Nintendo Power to second-party publisher
The good news — given Nintendo Power’s venerable history and recent editorial improvements — is that the mag will live on despite recent rumors suggesting otherwise. Nintendo spin queen Perrin Kaplan coughed up some details in speaking with Game Informer saying that NP will “remain a magazine” only it will be licensed to another publisher under Nintendo’s owners...
Rejected WiiPlay Games (New Edition)
All I can say is that at 1:23 in, that dude has some really chunky kidney juice… [Thanks, Tanukitsune]
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers video preview
Over at WiiFanboy, they have a sweet 55 second video of the new Crystal Chronicles game for Wii. And it has airships! With videos like this and the recent ones for Harry Potter and Mario Galaxy, Wii is starting to look rather pretty. Does The Crystal Bearers look good to you?
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: Wii Play EU/UK: Mario Strikers Charged Football Japan: Wii Sports DS North America: Pokemon Diamond UK: Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training Japan: TOEIC Test DS Training Wii Play is #1 in the US? Craziness. Not so crazy: Strikers is tops in EU/UK. Anyone get their hands on a copy yet?
Glitch in Donkey Kong Country 2 for the Virtual Console?
Donkey Kong and Infendo fan, Andrew, has already finished playing the SNES classic Donkey Kong Country 2 on his Wii and had this to say about the Virtual Console title: Earlier today, I beat it, but I noticed something wrong that’s pretty disheartening. In the SNES version of the game, finding every bonus level would net you a completion percentage of 102% when you beat the game. I found eve...
Nintendo shows little at its Media Summit
Nintendo lifted unnecessary embargos on a paltry showing of games at this week’s Media Summit in Seattle. I wasn’t expecting much and it sure ended up that way according to the internets. But fear not Infendoites, the little that was shown sounds promising, particularly Mario Strikers Charged (Wii), Brain Age 2 (DS), and The Bigs (Wii). The best news from what I can tell is that Ninten...