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Nintendo.com grows 91%, Playstation.com shrinks 8%
Today it looks like lambasting a console maker for not having the word “art” on their web site and then comparing it to those who do is as mind numbingly stupid as it sounds. Nintendo.com is kicking butt and taking names, with Xbox 360’s home on the web taking second. Nintendo.com saw 91% year over year growth, Xbox.com saw 47% growth, and Playstation.com lost 8% year over year. ...
GDC-buzzkill Nintendo quiet period ‘over soon’
GameDaily: Because of the company’s stock situation in its native Japan, Nintendo has had no choice but to enter “quiet mode.” This may have been disappointing for Nintendo fans who were expecting big announcements to come out of GDC last week, but the good news is that this quiet period, from what we’ve heard, is expected to come to an end in less than two weeks. Perhaps s...
Nintendo sound block fun
“Straight from the Mario Brothers’ private collection comes these Sound Blocks. There are three different versions (Mario, Fire Mario, and Luigi). Each one has four sounds randomly played when you press down on their head. All three figures play: coin sound, jump, and items coming up from a block.” Aww, just like some the Infendo crew. Push down on my head and a long winded post ...
Why do Nintendo fans reject third party titles?
Are third party games too childish? Is Nintendo’s Wii a kiddie system? Many times we have heard those claims ’round the Tubes, right? N’Gai Croal of Newsweek was exchanging emails with GoNintendo’s Kevin Cassidy recently, and eventually it resulted in a column on third party rejection from the Nintendo faithful. Cassidy asks why Nintendo fans ask for third party support, bu...
Victorious Boxers coming to Wii
Well, this looks absolutely amazing and completely unplayable. Previous games in the series have been ported to the US and Europe, so it’s not entirely impossible that we’ll see it on our shores. Before you get too excited, notice that the hands don’t move freely between punches, which means that your movements will likely just be replacements for button presses. But, a man can d...
Nintendo’s Wii to Leverage Multiplayer Technology from GameSpy
Finally, some concrete online Wii details by way of its new middleware partner GameSpy. From the release: “GameSpy, a unit of Fox Interactive Media, announced today that it will provide multiplayer technology to game publishers developing titles for Nintendo’s Wii video game system. As part of an ongoing partnership with Nintendo, GameSpy has developed middleware technology to enable W...
Labyrinth puzzles galore for Wii
And no, none of them star or even cameo David Bowie, and I apologize for misleading you. Three labyrinth-style games are featured in April’s issue of Nintendo Power magazine, and all of them are due for release this year. The first is a Konami (publisher of Elebits) release with the working title “Dewy’s Adventure,” a game that “stars a small droplet of water tasked w...
Mega64 with Miyamoto cameo
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ-xsBZ_Nqo]And then they killed themselves in shame.
Nintendo Spotting: The Devil Wears Game Boy edition
Twisted ankles, here I come.
Meet Mario, the billionaire
Mario, that plucky, timeless plumber, has made the Forbes Fictional 15. What’s that you say? Why, it’s a list of the wealthiest fictional characters from around the world that Forbes puts together because they apparently can’t find enough to do with themselves. Mario, one of the freshman in the list, weighs in at #15. Mustachioed Italian plumber leaps onto Fictional 15 after deca...
Infendo Radio #49 is in your room, polluting the airwaves
The time is a now. A bit late as has been customary in recent times, but you don’t want to miss this really nice episode (40 min) talking GDC, Metroid Prime 3 delays, and a whole bunch more. Enjoy it everyone. Infendo Radio is on now… Radio Feed iTunes Feed MP3
Fire Emblem First Impressions
Reviews of Fire Emblem are popping up on the Japanese online community Mixi and so far the game has a 4.23 point review (out of five), with 52 reviews posted. I am far too lazy to translate all fifty two reviews but I’ll take a few choice lines to give you the gist:Suppaman: The story is interesting!! (5 star rating)Nni~:…Since you can’t come back once you die, it takes a long ti...