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Aww. Look at that little fella. So cute, and yet so capable of destroying the lives of countless millions of DS Lite owners through hours and hours of Pokemon addiction. If you hadn’t heard already, this little guy is Pocchama, one of the new starters in the upcoming Pokemon Diamond/Pearl for the DS. When Pocchama isn’t kicking butt and taking names as an adorable anime penguin, heR...

Just awesome! See also: Strongbad Creator’s Punch Out Movie

This is the antithesis of hip.

Lucky me. As I was preparing to hit the road for dinner, I decided to check the Nintendo gossip rags one more time and I found this gem. Rumor is that some developers for the DS Lite have received an updated motion sensing cartridge that will be used to completely control games like Tony Hawk Downhill Jam (for the DS). Oh, and the DS Lite-as-a-Wii-controller bit has resurfaced again, too. From the...

Infendo Radio show #20 is live! Listen in as we announce the winner of the FREE Drill Dozer contest and discuss this week’s poll, E3’s cancellation and what it means for Nintendo, the Leipzig Germany Games Show, and a what gaming might be like without Nintendo discussion. Enjoy the show! Radio Feed iTunes Feed MP3

GameDaily explores how the gaming industry might be without Nintendo. While the article cites interesting points such as “less PC ROMs” and the possible lack of entire genres and game mascots altogether, I think they’ve seriously missed some key influences of what Nintendo has done for video games across the board. The company is the father of modern video games, period. I don...

Nintendo Public Relations Manager Matt Atwood told Advanced Media Network that there are no plans to hold a Space World event this year, despite rumors that the event might be held prior to Wii’s launch. When asked if Super Mario Galaxy would be a launch title, the PR rep said, “?Anything is possible.”? That sounds about like a PR answer (that darn Nintendo hype machine). But wha...

Cubed is reporting that the latest issue of EGM features two Wii rumors of note: – Luigi’s Mansion is in development for the Wii– Virtual Console game will be bundled with select titles Don’t shoot me for saying, but I never played Luigi’s Mansion on the GC. However, the Virtual Console bit is very appealing and something I’m certain has been kicked around in th...

About the only thing I like about 7-Eleven is their Slurpees, those frozen concoctions for which I have been known to travel many more miles than is sane or necessary to find on a road trip. Today that changed however, as one of our tipsters, evan, has delivered some interesting news about an upcoming contest from the house that Big Gulps built. The news? That from November through January 31, 200...

[UPDATE: Send ’em in if you haven’t already!!!] If you haven’t played it yet, here’s your chance. Infendo is giving away a FREE copy of Drill Dozer! To enter, send an email to [email protected] with the subject “DRILL DOZER!” including your name, city, and the answer to this question: What significance does the date March 25, 2006 have in Infendo History? Cor...

Ars Technica has debunked the latest round of “leaked specs” for the Nintendo Wii using the tried and true forumla of “Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V.” The specs, leaked by a poster at MaxConsole.net, were really nothing more than what critics of the Wii have said since the beginning: That Nintendo’s next-gen console was an overclocked GameCube with a DVD player. But not so fast. Say...

MSN Money explores the importance of Nintendo first-party titles to the success of the DS and upcoming Wii. From the article: “DS is a game console that has become a mainstream success basically on the back of the software sold by the console provider. In Japan, Nintendo has sold more than 21 million units of DS games — the second-biggest DS software supplier has moved only 2 million u...