Infendo

Nintendo Japan’s “Hajimete no Wii,” often called “Wii Play” in US demos but translated as “Your First Step to Wii” on the game’s Japanese packaging is going to contain nine mini games and will be released on launch day in Japan. According to this wikipedia article the game will be sold with an additional Wiimote as well.Here’s a rundown of the ...

James Kochalka Superstar provides us with a rap track about the unique way that white people would rap in commercials back in the 80’s. It was directly inspired by the old Zelda television ad which you can stare at in horror right here. While Kochalka admits it was hard to top the lyrics of the original ad, he still manages some pretty “dope” rhymes about Zelda: Well, The Legend ...

Over at Wii.TV is a gameplay video of Dragon Quest Swords, which looks like an interesting take on the RPG genre. If you’ve played Killer 7, you’ll know that playing a game on rails doesn’t necessarily take away from an exciting experience. The boss battle with the Golem even reminds me of Mike Tyson’s Punch Out. Maybe it’s the nostalgia that this cross-genre title br...

“Not only making excellent use of the Wii’s controllers, this is huge fun in its own right. For a launch title to get so much right is an indicator of things to come.” — NGamer concluding remark in Red Steel review But I don’t understand. There is no blood are no Gears of War-like buckets of blood [Update thanks to Anon in Comments]. It’s not even photo realisti...

In a move that will no doubt hinder the haters’ claims that Nintendo is “teh kiddie,” Disney has announced today that will form a games studio specifically tailored to designing games for the Wii. If that lead wasn’t dripping with enough sarcasm for you, just read on from this Bloomberg article: “Disney views Nintendo as a natural partner since its users tend to be yo...

Mac only: Infendo in-field developer Alex put together this nifty Wii Countdown widget for the time conscientious. Less than two week’s until the system’s North American launch. Download Now (250k) See also: The (big) Infendo Widget

A little Nintendo speed linking on a fine Monday: 10 reasons to get a Wii Elite Beat Agents press release (getting high 9 reviews!) Petition against $1200 Brazilian Wiis (Nossa!) Target Wii catalog General guide to finding Wii at Launch (We say go with Sears, Kmart, or Shopco FTW!) Nintendo World Wii event pictures GameCube Runs Away From Home Perrin Kaplan interview (“We have people calling...

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We’ve had several emails and calls inquiring about which controller can be used for what games on Wii. Well CVG got some informative details in an interview with Nintendo regarding the supported Wii controllers (Wiimote, Nunchuck, Classic, and GameCube/Wavebird) and which work on what. Though incomplete, hopefully this fancy little Infendo matrix can put most of your questions to rest. UPDAT...

From an interview at GamePro, Nintendo Senior Vice President George Harrison regarding Twilight Princess: GamePro: What sorts of online features are you looking forward to in the future? Harrison: Downloadable content, such as additional levels. That’s a pretty incredible statement and one that I tend to doubt. (It wouldn’t be the first time a Nintendo rep made an inaccurate statement ...

THQ CEO Brian Farrell has predicted “healthy sales” for the Wii, and said his company will remain on board to release additional titles in 2007. Do I smell a Sponge Bob Squarepants sequel? Hmm? But in all seriousness, Farrell was also quite confident that the system would reach the multi-million unit goals Nintendo has set for it. And, it wouldn’t be a Jack post without a little ...

Oh, to be IT writer Stan Beer. Writing about console gaming; living the life; shooting people in the dark alleys of Las Vegas just to watch them die. Riding the streets g’d up from the feet up in his pimped out Honda Civic hoping the fuzz don’t catch him and his posse ridin’ dirty. Must be nice. Today, his wit and wisdom is thus: When the PS3 and Wii launch later this month (I st...