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While I was in New York last week, I had the opportunity to visit the Nintendo World Store. 2/3 Nintendo landmarks down, one to go (Japan headquarters). *Nintendo nerd raises hand* Here are some of my thoughts on the store: The “egg” chairs are off the hook. I need to get me one of those bad-boys with their embedded surround-sound speakers. The store is a little smaller than I thought,...

40% of readers (out of 898 votes) picked Zelda: Twilight Princess for GC/Wii as the most wanted Nintendo game from last week’s poll. That may have been expected but coming in at the number two spot is Super Smash Bros. Brawl with 24% of Super Mario Galaxy with 21%. Pretty telling, though personally I’m a little more excited for the latter. Thanks for voting and let us know if you’...

This pic taken on the 6 subway in NYC. [Thanks, Knoah]

Nintendo announced today at it’s Management Policy Briefing in Japan that the Wii ship date announcement would come this September. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata also confirmed that the Wii and the DS would synchronize. Also released at the briefing: Virtual console games will be downloadable at somewhere between US$4 and $8. DS will act as a touch screen Wii controller and can download de...

As one of Nintendo’s most perennially persistent 2D platformers, Kirby occupies a special place in the hearts of many gamers. Unfortunately, as an avid Kirby fan myself, I often feel as though our beloved creampuff is one of Nintendo’s most oft-neglected characters, as evidenced by the fact that nary a mention was given to Kirby’s next dual-screened foray at Nintendo’s E3 p...

Better late than never. Listen in as we I discuss last week’s poll, a slew of Game Boy Advance games, WiiConnect24, and Nintendo World Store impressions. We promise we “[W]on’t be light” anymore. Radio Feed iTunes Feed MP3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 16:48 — 15.5MB)Subscribe: Email | RSS

A tipster sent in this image of a black Wii earlier today. Notice the weird port on the side/bottom. Also, it still says Revolution so either this is an old shot or a fan fake. Regardless, I think this has convinced me to buy a blacky. [Thanks, Joaquin]

From the very early ’90’s, comes this very funny Sega advertising campaign. In all honesty, how many Infendo readers were Genesis fans?

The New York Times has a nice piece regarding Nintendo and Wii. From the article: “It’s no easy feat to make extremely complex technology feel as basic and straightforward as picking up a tennis racket or golf club. And it may be just as hard to excite a die-hard audience accustomed to the loudest bells and whistles. But it may be hardest of all to convince nongamers that they won̵...

I found this nifty DS cartridge holder at an Ito Yokado (kind of like Target) where I bought my copy of New Super Mario Bros. As my DS Library gets bigger it becomes harder and harder to decide what games to take with me when I travel especially when I have nothing to put them in, but this little holder is one of the more interesting solutions I’ve seen.Basically it’s a tiny DS that co...

Kotaku recently posted about Banpresto pre-ordering a bunch of Nintendo themed headphones and alarm clocks. The headphones are standard small-cup headphones with Nintendo images on the side and the alarmclocks look like old Famicoms with different games, each one featuring a different wake-up tone. Sadly, these babies are probably going straight into the UFO catchers that populate all Japanese gam...

With yours truly out of town in NYC, and Scott caught up with some prior commitments, Infendo Radio will be slightly delayed. We’re hoping to record the show before Monday morning, however. Nintendo World Store impressions to follow, and be sure to keep the community up to date with the latest Nintendo happenings in the comment thread below if any interesting things have happened. lastly, we...