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Finding out that Nintendo had a new website just for Japanese cellphones made me pretty excited as I turned on my cellphone’s camera to photograph the barcode on Nintendo Mobile’s information site. As I snapped the barcode my cellphone was taken to this rather boring web page where I could download Kirby, Zelda, and Animal Crossing wallpaper and ringtones, and read some information abo...

Official Smash Brothers site “Smash Bros. Dojo!! (SmaburaKen in Japanese)” goes live as a billingual web page run by the series’ director Masahiro Sakurai, along the lines of the last SmaburaKen website that Sakurai created leading up to the release of Smash Bros. Melee, which could only be in Japanese at the time. So far the website doesn’t have much that hasn’t alre...

Infendo Radio show 8 is live! Listen in as we discuss E3, the Wii effect, Sony, Microsoft, and tons of games, games, games. Enjoy the show! Radio Feed iTunes Feed MP3 [updated show number]

For the record, you’re on a Nintendo fan site. Even still, the most impressive thing at this year’s E3 was Wii. Today I was at the front of the line waiting to get in the expo. Once 9am hit, hundreds of people and media rushed right to Nintendo’s booth. They were freakin’ running like crazy. They weren’t rushing to see the PS3, they weren’t rushing to see 360. T...

Joystiq interviewed Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto. When asked about playing non-Nintendo hardware at E3, Shiggy replied: “I actually haven’t had a chance to even be out on the show floor so I don’t even know what’s available to play. Although I do want to see how Sony’s little sensor is working. (Laughs)” Follow the link for the full interview.

E3 impressions from my bird’s eye view. Super Smash Bros Brawl– The trailer starts with an incredible score and Link, Mario, Pikachu, and Kirby transforming from their GameCube polygonal bodies into their Wii-tastic detailed character models. Pit, Metaknight, Samus, and Wario soon join the fray. Interestingly, when Snake comes in, his typical Snake humor fits perfectly with Smash Bros&...

Super Mario Galaxy is confirmed to have 2player, but last night Miyamoto said that he’s thinking of a way to have it be 4player, suggesting something like the 1st player controls Mario, while the other 3 try to mess with his environment to impede his progress. EAD GM Takahashi Tezuka said that Galaxy’s multiplayer will probably focus more on a co-op style of play. The game is being dev...

I thought I’d venture out today to see what non-Nintendo companies had to offer the world of games. I was impressed with Gears of War in terms of immersivness, though it’s not really my style. Virtua Tennis for PS3 is increadable, possibly the best tennis game I’ve ever played, and Sonic on PS3 was fun too. To be honest, the whole ordeal is a little overwhelming, almost game over...

IGN has posted a preview of Star Fox DS that explains that the game is returning to its roots by being completely centered around air-combat. The article also says that the game is controlled entirely via the touch screen and has some new turn-based strategy elements that involve plotting your ship’s most effective flight path on a map without running out of fuel. The game will also have 8 p...

Back in the US I was always surprised how lack luster the coverage was on E3. Before G4 it seemed like even the show’s big announcements would never be covered on television, and even then G4 is not publicly available. Even living in LA there was never any real coverage even though it’s such a huge local event. In Japan however, it was no surprise to find a fairly in depth report of E3...

I’m very impressed with Nintendo’s Wiimote. The thing is very well built, and heaven forbid I compare yet again, but this thing is Apple quality in terms of industrial engineering and design. It’s heavy, intuitive, and works really well. A very solid first showing by Nintendo. Don’t get me wrong, Wii has it’s obsticles, but so did the DS, which is currently my favorit...

During a special developer-only event at E3 tonight, Nintendo revealed Wii’s Smash Bros rendition. Most notable is the fact that the new roster includes Pit (Kid Icarus fame), Wario, Zero Suit Samus, other Nintendo fellas, and *drumroll* Solid Snake. They say more third party characters may also be included (“There was talk of Sonic…”) when the game ships in 2007– yea...