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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...

This should have been posted a couple of weeks ago for a proper half-year mark, but alas, we missed it. Regardless, what’s your current game of the year pick for 2006? Metroid Prime Hunters? New Super Mario Bros.? Something else altogether? And with a slew of upcoming Wii titles, second-half picks are sure to change.

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A Japanese financial prediction for Wii’s pricing suggests a $200 launch price. IGN writes: “Current exchange rates would put an equivalent US price at $170.00. However, console prices rarely convert according to exchange rates. At most, we can probable take this report to indicate an anticipated US price of under $200.” With so many predictions out there, I’ll be shocked w...

I know it’s not true, but I get the feeling that Reggie was instant messaging some talking points to American McGee during his interview with CVG (which will run in its entirety tomorrow). Here’s a sample: “The only truly next-gen console out there is the Wii. Everything else is just a video card and processor upgrade […] I sense that Nintendo is going to capture the hearts...

Wii rumors these days are a dime a dozen, but they help the days go by as we feverishly await the announcement from Nintendo as to when we can expect to get the console. Then, when that happens we can start waiting all over again until launch day, when we will all wait in a line for 18 hours for one last stretch of time before, well, you know. This latest rumor is interesting however. I’m go...

Let me begin this post by saying “piracy is wrong.” That said, when I was in college my Mac G3 contained well over 500 NES and SNES ROMs and no less than 3 NES and SNES emulators. How they got there I haven’t a clue. Now it would appear I will *not* be adding another emulator to the pile as the No$GBA guys have cracked DS commercial ROMS so that they can run in emulated form. But...