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By way of kotaku I found this blog entry from a Japanese man’s site who created a cardboard costume of a Wiimote to wear while standing in line to pick up a Wii at the Yuurakucho Bic Camera. The man, who could not sit down the entire night, became an overnight celebrity as he was interviewed on Japanese TV and featured in the Yomiyuri Shinbun (Japan’s largest newspaper) the next mornin...

So I have the outrageously overpriced Mario shirt from Dolce and Gabbana, and now I need something equally ridiculous for when I’m wearing that shirt and playing my DS Lite. What to do… what to do… Oh, I think I’ll move to Canada and get a blinged out 18k gold DS stylus from Future Shop. The gold plated toilet just wasn’t in the cards baby, but this is definitely doab...

Duh. The Wii sold out in Japan; in some locations, like the Bic Camera in the popular Akihabara district, 1,500 Wii consoles sold out before the store’s doors even opened for business. Overall, an estimated 400,000 units were sold in Japan at launch. Coupled with the 600,000 confirmed sold in the States, this puts Nintendo’s latest console at the 1 million mark worldwide. As a heavy br...

Gamasutra asked an interesting question last week in their weekly “Question of the Week” segment. The question? “How important is the length of a video game for you, as someone involved in the industry? Is there a particular ‘hours per $ purchase price’ that makes sense, or are there other sensible measures of re-playability beyond simple linear mission modes? How sho...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnxEnoosh4Q]A little spoof of that Sony commercial from recently. Pretty good case here where the copy is ten times what the original was.

An article over at nintendoplayers.com ponders the over-saturation and abuse of Mario’s image. The article says that Mario has not only represented Nintendo for 20+ years, but also video games in general. Unfortunately we only see a true Mario title once per console cycle lately. This doesn’t stop Mario from making appearances elsewhere. From the article: Mario’s appearance in EA...

A press release from Nintendo has confirmed the beginning of Virtual Console Mondays, which from December 4 onwards will see four VC titles launched via the Wii Shop Channel. The first batch is set to include: – Donkey Kong Jr. (Super NES): 500 Wii Points ($5)– Victory Run (TurboGrafx16): 600 Wii Points ($6)– Columns (Sega Genesis): 800 Wii Points ($8)– Ristar (Sega Genesis...

All manner of tennis elbow, sore backs and other muscle-related maladies have been reported over the past two weeks regarding the Wii, mostly with games like Wii Sports that encourage that extra mile when it comes to arm flailing. I would describe the reaction of Joe Public to these stories as ‘curious’ rather than ‘alarmed,’ but that could change. Superimposed against the ...

EA’s Larry Probst says his company is ending plans for developing original titles for the PSP and that the Wii should get 12 or 13 EA games next year (with two or three of them being original Wii titles). Says Joystiq’s Zack Stern: “While any EA support for Nintendo’s console is good for gamers, two or three Wii-specific titles seems like a low target for the world’s ...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEKC6ogjCBM]“I’m going to kick your ass, stomp all over you, and then we’ll work on 360.” Oh Reggie. My idol. Even if you stink at real bowling, your Wii Bowling chops are sharper than evar in this Game Trailers clip. You can talk trash too, meaning you’re always welcome at the Infendo household for holiday parties. [Game Traile...

The December 4th issue of the New Yorker sums up the road to Wii. We’ve all heard the story, but the article sums up Nintendo’s “not competing for next gen” strategy quite nicely: “The point is that business is not a sporting event. Victory for one company doesn’t mean defeat for everyone else.” While it’s nice to see the mainstream press catching on...

I was listening to the latest Infendo podcast today, and towards the end Scott and Blake started to talk about the Wii Shopping Channel background music (or maybe muzak, depending on what you think of it). With their playful banter fresh in my mind, I fired up the ol’ blog software and got to task with a post about not only the shopping music, but Wii Channels music overall. You might not th...