Infendo

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVsfc3JXzt0]When does this game come out again? Not soon enough? That’s what I thought. [YouTube, via Kotaku]

Speaking of the rumor mill, EGM had a couple Wii morsels this issue for those who don’t read it (good for you). According to the Q-man, Namco Bandai is serving up 3 new Katamaris, one for each new console. He gives the impression that each will be unique to its console, which gets NB a pat on the back, an A for effort and your money. The second one barks up my tree louder than Katamari. They...

I miss the rumor mill. Since the launch of the Wii it’s been cast aside into the Infendo closet with the DVD upgrade and that portable GameCube idea. But wait. DPAD did some recon at a local Toys R Us, a lo and behold the rumor mill is back and bigger than ever! “Nintendo will be ‘relaunching’ the Wii console sometime before or at the beginning of Spring 2007. The launch, w...

Really. Such anticipation, though exaggerated a bit in a hilarious way by Scott, is not feigned.

It is with a certain degree of smug satisfaction that I noticed two distinctly different approaches to viral marketing playing out this week. One was intentional and failed, and the other was unintentional and is generating press. On the one hand, as many of you might have heard, there was the bumbling, blatantly obvious attempt by Sony to sell PSP’s via a “blog” called “al...

Nintendo recalled 3.2 million Wii straps today, according to the Associated Press. You can order up to four replacement straps with a valid Wii serial number that begin shipping December 21 and take 4-5 weeks for delivery. New strap GET! Official request form [UPDATE: The AP first reported this story as a recall. It has since been changed. Thanks, Shinn]

Decided your little brats don’t deserve a parent standing outdoors for hours in the cold to buy a Wii? Good for you! But all hope isn’t lost. Wal-Mart is selling a Wii giftcard. It’s basically a giftcard for the exact price that Wal-Mart is charging for Wii. And the site says: Please Bote: Gift Card valid for Every Day value of Wii exclusive of tax or shipping. Yeah, I’ll b...

I realize Nintendo obviously has been planning Wii for a few years, but I always assumed Iwata to be the father of the console. A find on the GA Forums linking to an IGN article suggests that Yamauchi may have, in fact, conceived the less tech, focus on gameplay strategy. From the thread: “The former NCL president dismissed the quick arrival of a next-generation console. Nintendo has no plan...

“How about an article about West Europe? We already know that the Wii has been selling well in the USA, UK, Australia, Japan, etc, but that’s because these countries aren’t afraid to buy in Wiis like Dutch stores are. I would like to see an article about the Netherlands. Has anyone actually noticed that not only does everything come last in the Netherlands but also at the highest...

Infendo fan and all-around good guy FAMICOM83 sent us over to Flickr to check out his gaming rig. After wiping the drool off of my keyboard, I noticed this thread in the Infendo Forums of other readers showing off their setups. How does your collection stack up?

Nope, still haven’t played it, but this one’s got some buzz to it, much like a typical Friday night at J B Cougar’s. For those who have played it, could this be a Wii title worthy of “killer app” status? And I’m talking literally, as in people see this and go buy a Wii because it takes over their brains.

From the weekly GameIndustry.biz editorial email on why Nintendo will never become a third party software vendor, a la Sega: “Nintendo’s entire philosophy is focused on the platform – not on hardware or software as separate entities or businesses, but as the platform as a whole. [Nintendo] consoles are designed to suit the game concepts which will run on them – a working mo...