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According to Media Create, the Nintendo DS (original and Lites combined) will sell through a total of 10 million units by August. Club Skill writes: “Nintendo must be jumping around their Kyoto HQ while drinking sake, because it doesn’t happen that often to sell ten million units that fast. Actually, it has never happened before.” “Sake to me, baby!”

Infendo Radio Show #15 is live albeit late! Listen in as Scott and I discuss the Magnetica Contest winner, Wii Sports, the DS browser, Bit Generations on the GBA, and lots more including listener calls. You can’t stop this train! Enjoy the show. Radio Feed iTunes Feed MP3 (right click to save)

Circuit City is clearing out several DS games, and some good ones at that, all for under $10, some under $6. Though some are sold out online, be sure to check your local stores. Games include Advance Wars for $9, Metroid Pinball for $9, and a slew of other obscure games on the cheap. Check it! [Thanks, Vincent]

Along side Japanese pop-artist Utada Hikaru’s upcoming concert tour “Utada United 2006,” Nintendo of Japan is offering thirty Club Nintendo members the chance to play against the pop-star via Tetris DS later this Summer. There is another contest on the same page to win tickets to her concert tour instead, but how much cooler would it be to say you beat Utada Hikaru (or got beaten...

This is what Nintendo should’ve launched alongside the Micro if they wanted it to sell. bitGenerations are sort of the Touch Generations equivalent of the GBA; they’re small games focused on simple gameplay. There are 7 of them currently, divided into series 1 and series 2, and are all based on light and sound, lending them a cool techno-ish vibe. At the moment, the website allows you ...

Our friends over at 4cr found a real keeper; Bowser’s Castle played on a big ‘ole pipe organ. Very cool stuff if you’re into Nintendo, Mario, and pipe organs. Sounds real good turned way up. Also, leave us a voice mail if you haven’t already for tomorrow’s Infendo Radio: 206-338-BIGN (2446). Let us know what Miyamoto’s next “secret project” will be.

Check out this DS Genesis mod that Kotaku dug up. Nice!

Here is the first (known) shot of Wii’s average size power supply. It would have been nice if that “base unit as a power supply” rumor was true, but this little fellow should tuck nicely behind the TV stand.

Man it’s bad when we’re obsessing over an accessory flap.

Nintendo proposed a new shareholder dividend policy to its board yesterday, and it was rejected by shareholders. Reuters writes: “The [new dividend proposal] could have resulted from worries among some investors that the change might lead to lower dividends, adding that Nintendo has a policy of maintaining a relatively high dividend. Nintendo’s dividend yield stands at 2 percent, compa...

GameDaily has put together a nice GameCube retrospective that highlights some of the best and worst games the system had to offer. From the article: “Something only fails if it completely disappointed. Only some aspects of the [GameCube] disappointed individual gamers in certain areas, the rest held in place and gave lots of love to the excellent games and the hardware itself. The GameCube m...

Spanish-based RevoGamers is reporting that Nintendo has changed back to the “return” and “pause” buttons (pictured left) from the “+” and “-” buttons (pictured right) as shown at this year’s E3. With so many iterations being thrown around so far, we’re not sure what to believe, not to mention the timeline of iterations. Just bring us one ...