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Mmm. Candy. In the shape of Nintendo characters! To eat or not to eat, that is the question. Any other day of the week I’d devour these tasty treats provided to us by Infendo reader ryro, but not today. Today I’m still recovering from seeing that poor, butchered nunchaku I posted pics of earlier.

I was already reeling this morning due to some bad Mexican food from my local Margaritas restaurant, but these pics from Ruliweb put me over the edge and into the office restroom down for the count faster than a stock boy taking down unsold UMD movies at a Best Buy. My apologies for sharing, but when you view the photos below of a dissected Wiimote nunchuck attachment, you might be reaching for th...

If you only read one business article on Nintendo this year, read this one. Author Geoff Gannon sets the record straight and has put together one of the best financial studies of Nintendo from an investor perspective that I’ve ever read, and it’s got sales numbers to boot. Interesting to note that while Nintendo’s hardware market share has been declining for more than a decade, g...

Flickr user minusbaby has some sweet pics of his Famicom DJ setup. Not sure how he pitch shifts the music for seamless mixing, but it looks rockin’ none-the-less.

Confession: Scott wasn’t really sick this week. He and I were at a Wal-Mart, armed with some contraband Wiimotes, where we proceeded to swing them wildly about like some kind of wickedly stylish weapon at shoppers in the electronics department. It was a massacre. The ESRB gave us both an AO rating and Wal-Mart thus banned both us and Wii demo kiosks from their stores forever. Ok, so Scott wa...

Our regular emcee came down with the flu this week, so show #27 is Scott-less. To fill the void, I share the digital airwaves with Infendo contributor, Dale. Listen in as we discuss this week’s poll, Wii ambassador parties, Nintendo’s online marketing efforts, Two Cents in 60 Seconds with Fesworks, and listener calls. Though it comes off a bit amateurish, the show covers some solid dis...

Regarding Nintendo of Europe’s marketing budget, UK-based NMA reports: “Nintendo is preparing an all-out web assault to promote its Wii console… allocating a significant portion of its marketing budget online… ‘We’re just in the final stages of putting our media plan together for Wii, but in terms of online our spend is way more than anything we’ve done be...

Infendo reader Will was kind enough to scan this old skool 196-page Legend of Zelda comic for us to share with the community. Download now (200mb pdf) and nerd out with the Nintendo franchise that is arguably more popular than even Mario. [If you enjoy, send Will a digital high-five in the comments]

The Infendo newsletter is launching soon. I know what you’re thinking, “Great, now Infendo wants to spam my inbox with crap…” Well, we don’t. We just want to send you a weekly newsletter with the week’s top stories, additional Nintendo linkage, and some exclusive goodies. The newsletter is in perpetual beta, so we’ll continue to add new features, update de...

Earlier this week we found some of the first photos of a Wii Party, hosted by Wii Ambassador Tracey Clark and her family. Clark represents the non-gamer sect Nintendo is trying to reach with the Wii console, a label she freely admits is true on her own blog and in emails with Infendo. For editorial purposes wand=Wiimote in this interview 🙂 That said, here’s Infendo’s exclusive intervie...

Flickr user oceanpark claims the above Game Boy was damaged in the Gulf War and still plays Tetris. Amazing. [Update: Whoops! Someone tell Blake there is this cool company that makes elf-like and plumber games that are really fun. I guess you can’t know everything about Nintendo, although I’ve been to Nintendo World Store and lived online for the past 10 years, this one must have slipp...

I just discovered The Wiikly today, and I’m floored. So, I’m going to take the last few paragraphs of one of its articles, print it here, and encourage you to hit the SOURCE link at the bottom. The name Nintendo means ”˜luck from Heaven’. The name Revolution means ”˜overthrow of a ruler’. People still ask, “Why didn’t they just keep ”˜Revolution’ as the name of ...