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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...

No word on whether or not this guy was simply waiting for mum or actually shopping for himself in this swanky bargain bin British women’s shop. [Thanks, Ste]

Unconfirmed (though legitimate looking) Wii and PS3 retail kiosks both rumored to hit stores in October. If true, don’t expect a Wii launch till mid November.

Infendo tipster James from Tyler, Texas says he has the scoop on tomorrow’s embargoed “exclusive” cover game for Nintendo Power. If he’s correct, then it’s… Pokemon?! “The next issue (NOV ’06) for Nintendo Power (USA) has new info about the newest Pokemon game, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, Epics for DS and GBA (Magical Starsign, Children of Mana. Strateg...

I think I’ve been living in a cave the past six months. A cave stocked with Nintendo and Rockstar energy drinks, but a cave none-the-less. Why a cave? Because I had no idea what a “Wii Ambassador” was until a few weeks ago. It’s too bad, because I’d probably give an arm or a leg to Nintendo to become one after hearing what these chaps get to do (play the Wii before an...

Since we cannot have our Nintendo Power until tomorrow I thought these scans of Nintendo’s fall catalogue from a “game store” would be a nice holdover until we see exactly what is so important that hundreds of thousands of readers across the U.S. had to be denied their editorial fix. This is the first bit of rock solid confirmation lately that we have from Nintendo about the Wii:...

Looks all fluffy and whatnot…