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According to a NeoGAF survey, the top selling game is Bonk’s Adventure followed by Mario 64 with TurboGrafx games rounding out three of the top five games. Either people are more excited with traditionally less accessible Hudson games, or they just seem “newer” to most. I know they seem newer to me having never owned a TG-16. So what VC games have you bought so far? [via Game|Lif...

Wii internet surfing may have been dated today, at least for our friends in Sweden. NWR reports: “The official Nintendo website of Sweden posted a short announcement today stating that the Wii Internet Channel will go live on December 23rd. The Internet Channel is powered by the Opera web browser and will be available for download from the Wii Shop Channel (free until June 2007).” I...

But where’s the sensor bar?

1UP previews the Japanese retail vesion of Zelda: Twilight Princess for GameCube, the platform it was originally slated for. From the preview: “Surprisingly, I had no problem slipping back into the “old” controls, and in some instances, actually preferred them. Granted, shooting down targets with the Slingshot feels nice on Wii (all you do is aim at the screen), but on GameCube, ...

As of this posting, Wii should be on sale in Australia. Italy will have their chance in a matter of hours. Europe gets theirs this weekend. Japan has been on board for a few days now. So we ask the world, did you get a Wii yet or are you planning to this weekend? Tell us your strategy for buying a Wii on launch day. Which games are you picking up? How many Remotes? Have any fun camp out stories? S...

Here are some nice little Nintendo related links on the day. Some good, some bad, and just some: Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting indefinitely on hold Elebits preview with awesome gamplay video Infendo reader J-man scores a 300 in Wii Sports bowling [Thanks, David and J-man]

I finally got the goods on the artist behind the Wii commercial music. The song name is Kodo (Inside the Sun remix) by Yoshida Brothers off their 2004 Vol. 2 album. Just downloaded it in all its MP3 goodness off iTunes. As Silent K said on the last Infendo Radio show, it’s an addictive riff indeed. Rock out! BUY NOW: iTunes Amazon [via AdTunes]

Reuters interviewed Nintendo President Satoru Iwata today and reports that the game maker may beat fiscal expectations for both the Wii and DS, 6 million and 20 million sold respectively. The article also suggests Wii sales have not cannibalized DS sales as some analysts believed. Translation: Early demand for the Wii and continued demand for the DS mean good things for the company’s bank ac...

The Japanese apparently have had as much fun snapping off furious forehand winners as I have had over the past weeks, as Wii Sports outsold The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess on launch weekend (remember, it’s not bundled there). In numbers released today, Nintendo said it has sold 370,000 Wii Sports units over the launch weekend. Twilight Princess sold 140,000 copies. This news came as N...

Yup. A Sony exec said that. But let’s put it context, ok? The guy was obviously drunk. What? He wasn’t? Hmm. Ok, we can still keep this in perspective without going off on a tirade, I’m sure of it. Nic Foster, general manager for Sony Australia & New Zealand, take it away: “The Wii-type functionality is more just a sub-element of what the PlayStation 3 offers,” he...

Due to scheduling difficulties and my being out of town, we bring to you Infendo Radio late again for the week of December 4, 2006. Scott and I discuss Wii target sales, new Wii info by way of Reggie’s interview with MTV, the GBA, flying controller madness, and the Virtual Console. Enjoy the show, it’s Wiifreshing! Radio Feed iTunes Feed MP3

Those USB slots on the back of the Wii are an enigmatic duo aren’t they? A mystery wrapped in a riddle topped with a secret. Why? Because so far they’re like that expansion slot on the bottom of the SNES — no one really knew what the heck it’s there for. But today, some techie far smarter than I has figured a way to make 120 GB USB drives synch up with the Wii so that the s...