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The rumor mill has it that Nintendo is gearing up to start boxing completed Wii systems as early as next Tuesday. IGN states: “Clever users investigated a number of work agencies postings and found recent job openings for Nintendo’s North Bend location, which houses the facility that packages and distributes the publisher’s products… Nintendo of America is looking for a pro...

A Digg commenter regarding the impressive Splinter Cell Wii graphics: “Over time, console developers learn little tricks to squeeze as much power out of their hardware as possible (just look at graphics at Xbox/PS2/GC launch compared to how they are now). Nintendo is at an advantage with the Wii’s hardware being similar to the GameCube’s; all those little tricks still apply so th...

A quick search on the ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) for Sega + Wii displays the above results. That’s right, Altered Beast, Columns, Ecco the Dolphin, Golden Axe, Ristar, Sonic the Hedgehog, Toe Jam & Earl all appear to be headed to Wii’s virtual console through the logical first step of submitting games to the ESRB. I’m loved Ecco back in the day. Now give me Et...

I could have sworn that there was something else really big happening this week, but until I figure out what it is exactly you’ll have to make due with this handy list Joystiq put up regarding games that will ship this week. Several are Nintendo-related, some of which I plan on picking up. How bouts you? Mario Hoops 3 On 3 (DS) Cheetah Girls, The (GBA) Cooking Mama (DS) Disney’s Little...

I really don’t know how much credence one should give to a source that has to explain to its core audience how to pronouce “Wii,” but regardless I am posting this price related news from Vibe magazine even though I’ve never actually picked up, skimmed through or otherwise even glanced at a Vibe in my entire life. But when Vibe starts listing the Wii as “small, sexy-lo...

Today’s Virtual Console-related news was almost as exciting as yesterday, when I somehow got my girlfriend to watch the entire Blade: The Series marathon on Spike. Afterwards, she said “I liked it.” Yeah, I know, intense. But anyway, today we learned that a partial list of Virtual Console launch titles are in the hopper, ready for launch day goodness, whenever that may be. The li...

I believe “Jogging” is pronounced with a soft “j,” like Yahgging. [NOTE: The “Yahgging” thing is a joke. You’d have to see Anchorman to get it.]

Infendo Radio #25 is hitting the internet faster than we ever have before (what does that mean?). Listen in as we discuss Nintendo stock success, PS3 delays and what it means to Nintendo, GameCube management, the overly hyped IBM Wii chip announcement and the impact it has on game blogs, and listener calls. Enjoy the show! Radio Feed iTunes Feed MP3

Ubisoft’s love for Wii keeps getting stronger and stronger. Because a whopping seven launch games just doesn’t cut it, IGN has reported that Ubisoft’s Montreal Studio is working on a Wii version of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent that will “be available for the hotly anticipated launch of Nintendo’s new console.” The Wii version is based on both Ga...

IGN got their grubby hands on the forthcoming Ubisoft steering wheel, and of course, overlaid their cheap looking watermark on the public image. At first I wasn’t too thrilled with the idea of a steering wheel, but this looks like it could be fun.

This is the first exclusive Infendo community post asking whether you think the already shipped Wii processors by IBM (since July) suggest an earlier than expected release date? Me? I think the above is nothing more than IBM and Nintendo PR fluff. Expect motion-sensing goodness in mid November, mates.

Here at Infendo, it was another week of all things Nintendo as again we saw our fair share of rumors, commentary and … Tingle? Here’s a look back on the week that was. Blake’s well-deserved rant on Nintendo’s behavior with the fading GameCube set off a firestorm of comments. It may do little good however, as Nintendo looks more than ready to move on to shinier, Wiimote-cont...