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Hip hop artist Lupe Fiasco likes the DS so much, he put a phat one on his album cover and a Lite in his latest video. Based on our earlier report from the Wall Street Journal, do you think Wii will be in any more rap videos in the near future? [via ds fanboy]

Forgive me if I’m being obtuse, but I have no idea why Nintendo forces gamers to “Press A + B” to start a game on Wii. It was like this when I played the system at E3 earlier this year, and every trailer showing a start screen since then displays the same. Why two buttons to start? Why not just “Press A”? Don’t get me wrong, pressing two buttons at once is no bi...

A new preview for Super Smash Bros. Brawl was shown at Nintendo World 2006 featuring gameplay footage. Watch the video all the way through to see another character added to the lineup. Are you excited to see Fox return or is there someone you’d rather see brawling? myFlash = new FlashObject(‘http://www.gametrailers.com/umremote312.swf’, ‘swffile’, 400, 346, 8); myFlas...

I wouldn’t say yesterday’s Wall Street Journal article on the Wii is anything really new, but the fact that “kiddie Nintendo” is being featured in one of the U.S.’s most prominent newspapers is very significant. WSJ also has some generic info on the Wiimote, for those who haven’t covered it 24/7 like we geeks at Infendo: “For months, engineers sketched mor...

Flickr user FHKE gets it.

Mac only: Infendo reader Alex Villanueva whipped up this sweet little Infendo RSS widget for the community. If you dig, be sure to send A-man kudos in the comments. Download now! (700k zip)

Click to enlarge image. Scott does it again.

This is well done. From the synopsis: “Aryll finds an interesting object while fishing in the ocean… Unfortunately, this means bad things for Link.” [Thanks, Jake]

Infendo reader T Richter emails: “Cold Pizza is a terrible show, but I thought I’d mention that ESPN just had a segment about the Wii on their Sports/Talk show Cold Pizza. The hosts played tennis on Wii Sports, while the resident Cold Pizza ‘gaming expert’ droned on about the console. The system itself came across very well, with both the host and the expert displaying enth...

It has begun… [Thanks, Rivithed and Frisby]

Does this mean you can listen to your own music from an SD card while kicking up mud in ExciteTruck? Then again, it could just be an option for managing saved games. But if you do get the option to rock your own soundtrack, what will you be blaring while catching some air? Me? I’m’a go with some Nitro. [Image from NeoGAF forums]

Game Trailers has posted a very intelligent discussion with three industry insiders on the impact of pricey next-generation games and the lack of innovation as a result. If you want to know what pre-planning Wii meetings probably sounded like, then tune in to the short video clip.