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For the better part of the 1990’s, the Sega Genesis and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System battled it out for the hearts and minds of gamers across the globe. Their respective mascots, Sonic the Hedgehog and Mario the plumber, featured prominently in that battle, but it would be a stretch to say that either of the two ever got into any real life face-to-face, hand-to-hand combat. Video ...

Infendo Radio show #22 is live like a mug! Listen in as we discuss Wii’s launch price, the weakest Nintendo franchise, Leipzig predictions, which Nintendo executive will be most crucial to Wii’s success, and more. Enjoy the show! Radio Feed iTunes Feed MP3 Outro music: Super Mario Land Remix by Infendoian Jake Barber.

Just about every Wii question we can think of can be found here. Nice list, ace!

Slick looking and promising Ninty fansite, Nintendo|Life, has a nice little interview with the Wii Opera browsing team. From the interview: “Opera for Wii will support all the same Web standards that are included in Opera 9 for PCs and Macs… [Wii] version does include Javascript. Whether plug-ins such as Flash will be supported in Opera on Wii has not yet been announced.” How exc...

Every Infendo fan knows Nintendo makes great games. No doubt you have The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, and Wii Sports on your launch game wish list. You await eagerly for Super Mario Galaxy and Animal Crossing. However, if you don’t have at least a few third party games planned for your Wii, you need a wake up call. This is it. Truth be told, while Link an...

Can you imagine being a third party developer for a Nintendo console? It must be a daunting task. Looking to the DS, for every Trauma Center there is Mario Kart DS, Advance Wars, Animal Crossing and Metroid that sell millions. As of July 24, more than 21 million DS titles had been sold (yes, I said sold, Sony, not shipped), and of those 21 million, a majority were first party. NSMB alone sells clo...

During a Camp Hyrule chat session today, George Harrison, Nintendo of America’s Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications, confirmed that the Wii version of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess will not support the Gamecube controller; only the Wii controller can be used. Since the game was originally designed for the Gamecube controller, many have been skeptical about wheth...

Three things Nintendo must do to make Wii a success at launch and beyond: i.) Don’t rely too much on the usual Nintendo mascot characters. This might sound insane. After all, who doesn’t want new versions of Mario, Zelda, and Metroid? But considering the main idea behind Wii is innovation and new ways to play, why not keep the games fresh and invent some brand new franchise characters?...

Just how many blue DS’s does one need? And though not the biggest Nintendo collection by any means, still a nice find. Curious: Who’s got the most Nintendo manufactured products (excluding 3rd-party)? Post your totals in the comments below. [Thanks, thanassius]

A report from the Yankee Group, a Boston-based research firm, has the PS3 “winning” the console war by 2011 with a total of 30 million units sold, followed by the 360 with 27 million units and the Wii trailing with 11 million units. Boo hoo. Looks like we lost the console war, fellow Infendo readers, I think we should close up the blog and start saving our $800 buy-in for the PS3. But ...

Kotaku said today that the Australian equivalent of Burger King is giving away Nintendo character keychains. Hungry Jack’s — as it is known Down Under — now has your choice of Mario, Luigi, Donkey King, Princess Toadstool and Yoshi. All of them appear to be hanging themselves. I don’t feel very hungry anymore.

Holy nostalgia Infendo, there’s classics coming to the Wii and DS! And when I say classics, I’m not talking SNES or NES, I’m talking MS-DOS, keyboard attached to the console Amiga and Commodore 64. And no, the fact that my neighbor and I played Commodore 64 as kids does not mean I’m a caveman. Anyway, the newsworthy portion isn’t that U.K.-based System 3 is developing...