Infendo

The Legend of Zelda series has never been heavy on the storyline, but that doesn’t mean Nintendo can’t treat gamers to a good story. Nintendo of America’s Head of Localization Bill Trinen revealed a few interesting points in the lastest Game Informer magazine: “With Twilight Princess, the depth of story and its connections to past games means not only does it have twice the...

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If you happen to be a subscriber to Nintendo Power (Official Nintendo Magazine in the U.K.), then you won’t be getting your issue early this month, as you usually do. That’s because the issue has been embargoed until Sept. 1 due to a “BIG exclusive” that was, surprise surprise, not named by Nintendo at this time. From the official forums:On this ocassion subscribers will no...

In the words of the great Sam Jackson, hold onto your butts Infendo. The latest news out of Japan this morning is that the Wiimote is having some quality assurance issues at a manufacturing plant in China that one magazine is speculating could affect the launch date. Seems that there are some button sensitivity issues where they are not responding as they should when pressed, or they don’t e...

Mixed in with some other Nintendo tidbits over at Cubed is this interesting clip regarding a potentially big pick up for the VC: Finally, for those more interested in the Nintendo Wii, Tecmo (the company behind Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive) is apparently working very hard on bringing its classic range of games over to the Virtual Console retro service, meaning that we could be getting the origin...

Can the PS3 save Sony? That’s what Wired explores in a recent article urging the company to become “fun again.” Author Frank Rose had this say about the Wii: “The Wii is a product Sony might have developed in its heyday. It doesn’t try to outdo anyone on graphics muscle or computational power? in fact, it opts out of the arms race entirely. Faced with a shrinking vide...

It seems like only yesterday that I attacked an analyst for some questionable research here on Infendo, but today I’m going to switch gears and actually agree with one. Watch out for flying pigs everyone. The analyst prediction today says that the online games market is set to reach $4.4 billion by 2010, driven predominantly by the likes of the Big Three’s next-generation consoles (yes...

Next Generation doesn’t mention Infendo writer Matthew by name, but I think it’s safe to say that his hard-hitting expose on the relationship between Nintendo and Rare was the basis for their article today on the game company responsible for several Nintendo hits. Interesting bit on how Rare got its start back in the 80’s with Nintendo: “By early 1985 the [Stamper brothers]...

It’s raining here in New England, so the cool jazz of this first video just fit, man, ya dig? Oh, and the video is a “making of” the classic Japanese Nintendo commercial “School’s Out.” And, of course, it would just be plain cruel not to show the finished result. Nintendo, more please. [Thanks for the nostalgia, Dylan]

Using information we’ve known about for at least a week if not more, Motley Fool writer Tim Beyers lays down an optimistic outlook for Wii’s chances this fall. And yes, I’m being a snarky elitist by saying that; this is a blog after all, so it comes with the territory. Beyers points to a recent report about Atari, and how the developer was shelving PS3 development until 2007 due ...

After reading several previews of Viva Pinata from last week’s Leipzig Games Convention, I remembered that we’re approaching the four year anniversary of Rareware’s departure from Nintendo. When Microsoft purchased Rare in September of 2002, many wondered how the GameCube would survive without the UK-based developer. After all, it was Rare that helped gamers get through the long ...

Star Fox Command currently has an average review score of 81 according to MetaCritic. Not bad. IGN writes: “The stylus controls might still need some work but the core idea is sound, with accuracy and precision that previous Star Fox games – and air combat titles in general – just never offered before.” Who’s buying this baby?