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When he’s not rocking the emcee job on Infendo Radio, Scott Johnson is also a cartoonist. Though I can’t be 100% positive, I’m pretty sure his most recent comic pictured above spawned from Infendo Radio show 13’s commentary on the DS Lite’s brightest setting.

GoNintendo (via Kotaku) has posted several new videos of Super Paper Mario for the GameCube due out later this year. The game looks amazing, and it’s really too bad that it wasn’t showcased at this year’s E3. Follow the source link for (3) new videos. Game preview here.

Revolution Report The Wiire has a nice analysis of Nintendo’s possible ulterior motive for not packing Wii to the brim with cutting, razorblade edge horsepower. Shawn White proposes that Wii’s lack of extreme graphical fidelity makes it easier for it to bypass the Uncanny Valley. For the unaware, the Uncanny Valley is a robotics principle that basically means the more human-like a robo...

Here are the top 10 NES games as voted by 12,000 GameSpot readers: 10. Ninja Gaiden9. Duck Hunt8. Metroid7. Mega Man 26. Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!5. Contra4. Final Fantasy3. Super Mario Bros.2. The Legend of Zelda1. Super Mario Bros. 3 How does this fair with your list? [Thanks, Jamie]

Infendo Radio Show #13 has hit the air waves. Listen in as Scott and I discuss the DS Lite, its launch, hardest NES games, listener calls, the Wiimote, and an interview with the director and starring actor of the Infendo DS Lite Video Contest winner, “Handless Boy.” Enjoy the show! Radio Feed iTunes Feed MP3 (Right click to save)

Smackdown has compiled the Top 5 Hardest NES Games. They are: 5. Ninja Gaiden4. Back to the Future3 The Adventures of Bayou Billy2. Battletoads1. Silver Surfer What would make your list?

Forget about the Wii controller, ever wonder how the NES Zapper worked? Wikipedia writes: “When the [Zapper] trigger was pulled, the game blanked out the screen with a black background for one frame, then, for one additional frame, drew a solid white rectangle around the sprite the user was supposed to be shooting at… Zapper would detect these changes in intensity and send a signal to ...

Only a Nintendo nerd would find this Flickr image amusing. Is it just me, or does Nintendo hardware (as compared to software) bring out added nerdiness?

In a recent interview with Famutsu of Japan, Shigeru Miyamoto suggested that changes to the final version of the Wiimote are on the way. When asked about further development of the controller he said, “We’re still debating on the area of how many buttons to use.” Nintendo said the Wiimote’s E3 showing was a near-final prototype, but now the issue of how many buttons to use?...

The Wiimote has grown up. Here are the key differences (via Destructoid) between the first Revmote and the now current Wiimote. It will be interesting to see if Nintendo makes anymore significant changes prior to launch later this year.

You can’t make this stuff up, folks. Link in and nerd out you Nintendophile, you. NES Cell Phone video Iwata’s special Brain Age Crazy Mario Kart DS Japanese commercial [Thanks, Jamie and Dan]

Though press releases have always been publicly available on Nintendo’s press site, Mario Inc. has opened the media gates for a limited time to all. From June 11 – June 17, anyone can access the media content by using the following login: user: mediapassword: dslite Nothing new, but you can scrounge around to find obscure hi-res images (pictured), game release dates, and other goodies ...