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For some reason, I’ve obtained a reputation amongst the Infendo staff as being somewhat of a “Sony hater.” I suppose that’s because it’s utterly, completely, 100% accurate. So, it was with some degree of satisfation that I posted this stock market chart that was sent to us by Infendo reader Awol. Please note that the big divergence between the stock prices of Sony and...

Sure, your local game store employees can be annoying, but at least they tend to avoid dressing like fairy-obssesed Rupee hunters. This employee of a Japanese retailer went the extra mile to get customers to purchase Tingle’s new RPG. Why share this? Because if I had to be disturbed by it, so do you.

Several gaming sites are reporting that Nintendo is adding MP3 functionality to the DS and DS Lite next month. The info comes from an alleged scanned brochure from the Leipzig Games Convention in Germany, which says the add-on will allow the DS to store and play music through SD cards up to 2GB, which holds around 500 tracks. The brochure also says there is a choice of different skins, including a...

Happy Labor Day to all our US readers out there. What games are you currently playing?

Infendo Radio #24 is live like a mug, hot, and toasty! Listen in as we discuss the Wii launch date and price, Star Fox Command for DS, Nintendo selling Rare, Twilight Princess information, gun peripherals for Wii, and our discussion on what will Nintendo do sans Miyamoto. Add all that with a new edition to our intro courtesy of Scott Fletcher, and this makes for one of my all-time favorite shows. ...

Admittedly, there was some legitimate concern raised when it was disclosed that the 3rd party software companies might not be receiving online kits from Nintendo until 2007. Theoretically, this meant that for the Wii launch and for at least three months afterwards, no 3rd party Wii title — like Red Steel — would have online play. But this was always a rumor, pushed by IGN using unnamed...

This week at Infendo saw its fair share of Nintendo rumors, mystery kiosks and colorful commentary. Here’s a look back on the week that was. Miyamoto was king of the Nintendo celebrity hill in an Infendo poll but was conspicuously absent from the VMAs. The Nintendo DS took the top spot in Japanese software sales top ten, and then took the rest of the spots in the list for good measure. GameC...

The Nintendo DS is unstoppable in Japan, and I’d be interested to hear if what has occurred this week there in terms of software sales has ever been recreated by a system in the past. Led by Final Fantasy 3 with more than 500,000 units sold, the remaining nine slots in the Japanese software sales chart are filled by DS titles. It’s really quite amazing, and I’d attribute it to th...

Ever since I waited 30 minutes in a two-person line at an EB Games while the “manager” talked with her friend on the phone about her complete lack of a social life (surprise), I have never set foot in one of these stores. However, I still check the online store for updates on release dates and to laugh at the $1200 packages they put together for launching systems. Today, EB Games offic...

Good question. We all love playing video games, but very rarely know the people that make them. If you love RPG’s, no doubt you have played a game that Kazuhiko Aoki has been involved in. He has been with Square-Enix (formerly Square Co., Ltd.) for more than 20 years, and has worked on games ranging from Final Fantasy III for the NES to Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles for the Gamecube. His...

Don’t get us wrong, we know Miyamoto is still 54 years young. We also don’t want to disrespectful discuss the repercussions of his inevitable exit from Nintendo too soon, but even Shiggy will run out of 1up’s some day. So what’s Nintendo to do when the time comes? Call the Infendo Hotline and leave us your insightful ninja thoughts for considerational use on this week’...

The Associated Press explores the still relevant and “grandaddy of them all” portable, the Game Boy, with reviews of three new games: Summon Night: Swordcraft Story, Battle B-Daman, and Games Explosion. From the article: “Seventeen years after its introduction, the Game Boy is still hanging in there. Sure, it’s been through a lot of changes, as the chunky, black-and-white o...