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Infendo Radio #29 is “good to go” (repeated about 12 times)! Listen in as we discuss Infendo demographics, solid Nintendo financials, encouraging Wii production, Wii as a GameCube, and console specific friend codes. Enjoy the show! Radio Feed iTunes Feed MP3

Cubed recently got some hands on time with WiiSports, the pack-in game with the Wii, and I think the article goes a long way to dispel the concerns some might have about this title. What struck me most about the hands on review was the amount of flexibility the player has — with the tennis game especially (figuratively and literally). It sounds simple to do the moves, but at the same time th...

Infendo reader Robert has made it known that Zellers (a Canadian retailer along the same line as Walmart) is offering Wii pre-orders. The Wii console is bundled with a game, either Rayman Raving Rabbids or Excite Truck, for $319.99 CAD. As if that deal isn’t sweet already, apparently the price is after tax! Each store is allowing a limited amount of pre-orders until November 18, so hurry fas...

My mate from Joystiq, Kevin, has posted his impressions after playing PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii versions of Activision’s Call of Duty 3. He is very enthusiastic for the Wii version despite its “GameCubish” visuals. From the preview: “You would accuse us of drinking and Wii-ing if you had seen our first two tries at the game, spinning in place and lurching around like Mel Gibso...

Shameless self-plug to increase subscribers: Issue 2 of the weekly Infendo newsletter just went out, and we just think it’s dandy. Big thanks to Chris, Nicholas, and current subscribers for making the newsletter the coolest, oldest internet technology covering Nintendo. Non-site links included in the weekly mailing as well as some special content in the very near future. Subscribe now, ninja...

Fun Fact: Did you know you can get a Wii for as little as $40 plus tax and batteries in November? True story. I alluded to this fact in my rant against the establishment yesterday, but I think it may have gotten a bit lost in the chaos that ensued within the comment section afterwards. For a refresher, my point was this: Buying a Wii and three controllers at once defeats the purpose of the console...

Flickr user and friend of Infendo, sMoRTy71, reports: “A full 6 weeks prior to release, Target has reserved a large section of their gaming isle to the Wii.” Is your local Target sporting the reserve?

Supporting a company that exists to make money is a dangerous game. One can, over time, start putting that company on a pedestal that is so high, logic difts out the window and one begins rabidly attacking any opposing opinion — usually in the confines of snarky Internet comment threads. Especially sad cases begin to speak L33t, at which point all hope is lost. Nintendo is one such company. ...

LucasArts, the video game giant behind such original titles as Star Wars, Star Wars and Star Wars, has called on the industry to deliver some really innovative content for this next generation of gaming because, well, things are basically the same as they were five years ago but with better graphics. Said LucasaArts Chris Williams: “It’s disappointing to see the number of next generation gam...

Though an enemy of ergonomics, the NES controller still holds a special place in my gamer heart. How many times did I throw that thing against a wall, only to have it work perfectly fine afterwards?

When he’s not faking a defection to the IGN Xbox 360 site, IGN Wii editor-in-chief Matt Casamassina is busy making blog posts I consider worthy of Sony’s Press Relations page. People regularly defend this corporate blogger because “he really does love Nintendo,” but it’s all a wash when posts like his latest hit the Net. In a stunning display of unabashed back-patting and inane ...

Wireless connectivity is a wonderful invention. It allows be to blog in the bathtub; while haphazardly running about my apartment; and while watching Spike TV MacGyver/Blade/Star Trek marathons on Fridays. But, some people aren’t on the 802.11g train yet, and the lack of any kind of Ethernet port on the back of the Wii might have had them sweating a bit as launch day draws near. Fear not, ho...