Infendo

Kotaku explores the misadventures of Nintendo in fast-growing South Korea. From the article: “While Sony has been swift in its Korean campaign, Nintendo continues to fuddle around. The company doesn’t have a concrete idea how to operate the Korean branch… And millions and millions of Korean gamers go back to their computer screens, wondering what the big deal is with that DS thin...

Featuring a nostalgic Offspring Green Day song in the backdrop, this video of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles for the DS was shot at this weeks ComicCon convention in San Diego. Allthough it doesn’t show off any of the dual screen or touch capabilities of the game, it does display some of its fancy 3D graphics and effects that are on par with if not prettier looking than August’s upco...

Parody, though it could be a nice Ninty site name this in the age of Flickr.

Quick: What are your top 5 DS games?

So what’s it like to work for Nintendo? While we couldn’t get any juicy, candid details, here is a sampling of what we come up with: PalGN writes: “The offices located in the building are very roomy and highly decorated with many posters and other accessories, and Nintendo of Japan say they want every employee to have his/her own space… meals served at the cafeteria are up ...

Today Nintendo teased in the portable games linup release with the following: “Perhaps the secret to the launch information for Wii is somehow encoded in the text of this news item.” Gaming Target believes they’re serious. They write: “The fourth quarter begins on October 1. Now look at the list. At least one game is released every Monday in the fourth quarter except for th...

Nintendo announced some new portable games today with dates and were simply teasing a brotha with Wii and Zelda release date references: “And, for Nintendo GameCube owners, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess will be available for you this fall. An enhanced version also will be a launch title for Wii. That will all happen on ”¦ Oh look, we’re out of space.” Punks. Regardless, ...

Here are some quickies on the day as I scamble to get caught up (on whatever it is I’m working on, which even I don’t know): Fan-made Wii teaser Original Gangster Zapper Tee (pictured) Confirmed Co-op play in new Castlevania DS Crystal Chronicles from Comic-Con show floor [Thanks, Joaquin, JB Cougar, AeroZepplin, and Vincent]

Wii launch date and price? If not at September’s Tokyo Game Show, then when? Nintendo Wii Fanboy writes: “After Nintendo announced that they would be revealing launch and pricing details no later than September, most rational people simply took this to mean another keynote speech at the Tokyo Game Show, where they unveiled the Wiimote one year prior. However, the keynote speakers for t...

Looks like LucasArts is recommited to Nintendo. IGN writes: “During the Q&A session, a younger gamer took the microphone and asked if the company would be showing support for the newest motion-controlled Nintendo console. Sansweet’s responded simply by stating the likeness between the Wii controller and a lightsaber, followed by a statement that LucasArts would be supporting every ...

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From a Nintendo press release: “In less than two years since its Nov. 21, 2004 launch, Nintendo has sold more than 21 million Nintendo DS systems worldwide. By comparison, Apple shipped one million of its ever- popular iPod music players in its first 19 months. The rate of Nintendo DS units being sold equates to 23 systems per minute — that’s nearly one every two seconds — ...