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It’s raining Pokemon
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oY5FegI6gc]And when Pokemon launches for DS on April 22, it will rain money at Nintendo HQ.
Details Revealed on Sonic Rush Adventure for Nintendo DS
Sega issued a press release today detailing the… details of the sequel to Sonic Rush on the Nintendo DS – Sonic Rush Adventure. Excerpt! “Sonic Rush Adventure will seamlessly utilise both screens of the Nintendo DS to navigate the high seas in search of pirate treasure, delivering Sonic’s classic high-speed 2D gameplay in the ultimate Sonic handheld experience.” So, m...
Get Your Spend On – new releases this week
US releases: WiiBust-A-Move Bash! DSClassic Action: DevilishThe New York Times CrosswordsSudokuroToon-Doku UK/EU releases:DSDiddy Kong RacingZendoku Sort of a quiet week for releases. Anything look good to you?
Virtual Console Monday – Punch Out!!, Virtua Fighter 2, and Bonk’s Revenge
Iron Mike is nowhere to be found this week, but Punch Out!! is finally available on Virtual Console. Virtua Fighter 2 and Bonk’s Revenge round out this week’s update. Punch Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream (NES, 1 player, 500 Wii Points): As young boxer Little Mac, players have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to battle the big guys of the World Video Boxing Association circuit. Take them on one b...
Nintendo tops Japanese charts again (the world is not enough)
The Wii and its smaller but equally porcelain cousin the DS have done it again. They’ve risen against the odds that are stock shortages and confused gaming journalists unaccustomed to strange new technology, and have increased the number of units sold this week in Japan. Truly, our offspring will celebrate the success with the gift of drink and song whilst they waggle away with the Wiimote 2...
G4 Wii Portal now live
It’s quite a morning here in New England. In addition to dodging flying branches and small animals courtesy of our latest Nor’Easter, I was also dodging Marathon runners and this spiffy news from G4: G4 today announced the launch of a Wii-specific G4 Internet portal. These optimizations for Wii users include changed around fonts and layouts to increase text legibility, optimized video ...
Cooking Mama — Wii sleeper hit?
Wired’s Chris Kohler, who doubles as Infendo David’s favorite gaming journalist EVAR, examines Cooking Mama: Cook Off and finds the taste to be to his liking. While other game developers struggle to find creative uses for the Wiimote, Majesco nails it: you use the motion control to simulate chopping onions, grinding meat, and slicing bread. The finished product is more of a light lunch...
Infendo Radio #54 featuring special guests Handsome Tom and Stuttering Craig
What up, Infendo nation? Scott and I have a special podcast this week featuring production ninjas Handsome Tom and Stuttering Craig from Screw Attack. Listen in as we intelligently discuss all the rich and creamy Nintendo goodness from the previous week. Radio Feed iTunes Feed MP3
Sony Patents 3D Virtual Reality Controller
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. via California inventor Tyler Jon Daniel has been assigned patent rights to a “Hand-held computer interactive device” (Patent no. 0070075966) that can manipulate objects on a display via a glove-like device that transmits the absolute coordinates of the fingers as well as providing “tactile feedback” in the form of vibration. They’re p...
We’re Number One – top sellers for the week
Top ten? Top five? Who cares. Boiled down to their essence, here are the number one Wii and DS games sold around the world this week. WiiNorth America: Super Paper Mario UK: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Japan: Wii Sports DSNorth America: Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords UK: Dr. Kawashima’s Brain TrainingJapan: Gyakuten Saiban 4 Looks like all the great buzz about Puzzle Ques...
Wii Internet + Bluetooth keyboard = GOLD (if it existed)
My lovefest with Aeropause continues: If I had a wireless (or even USB) keyboard with my Wii, I’d never surf the Internet with a browser on a PC ever again. Now that I’m back on said crappy Windows machine, I find that there’s just no replacement for a keyboard. And there you have it: the single feature that sets using the Wii Internet Channel apart from using a web browser on a ...
The Art Of Wii – Canadians have a chance to win a painted Wii
Nintendo of Canada is giving residents of the Great White North an opportunity to win one of six Wii consoles designed by six Canadian artists. Head on over to The Art Of Wii to check out the designs and to enter. [Thanks, FalseBlue!]