Infendo

Simultaneously posted on both Japanese and American Nintendo sites is a short animation followed by a paragraph explaining the Revolution’s new name: “Wii” (pronounced “we”). The name represents the company’s aspiration that its system will bring people together, and its unique spelling represents the system’s equally unique approach to playing games, as w...

Tomorrow my friend leaves from Japan on a trip to Korea for six days and as she does not know any Korean, I took her to purchase a copy of Nintendo’s Touch and Speak Phrasebook: Korea, with the stipulation that upon her return, she gives me a full review based on how useful the game proved to be on her journey abroad. Hopefully the “game’s” 29 phrase categories will allow h...

IGN (by way of Joystiq) reports that Weekly Famitsu, over in the land of the red-dotted flag, has revealed Konami’s new game for the Revolution, Elebits. Joystiq says: “Produced by Shingo Mukaitouge (Guitar Freaks & Drum Mania series), the game features the new Elebit creatures. Players will explore the game world, hunting these Pikmin-like characters, which actually serve as an en...

I’m always weary about posting videos, so if you seen this, sorry for the redundancy. If not, enjoy. It’s a good one.

A new portable DVD player that includes a Game Boy Advance slot it coming! Gizmodo writes: “It includes multiplayer ports to hook up three additional Game Boy Advances, a DVD/CD drive, MP3 player, 10.2-inch screen, wireless headphones and a wireless controller. This should be available sometime next month and you should probably start saving, Visteon?the manufacture?isn?t known for being che...

Revolution may use force feedback, although this could be referring to a rumble feature. Moz La Punk writes: “During an interview conducted on Canadian internet radio station Radio-Talbot, a Nintendo of Canada representative may have revealed that the Nintendo Revolution’s innovative new controller will include force feedback capabilities. In the interview, Nintendo of Canada’s D...

Sega has announced today that Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz is coming to the Revolution. From the press release: “AiAi and all his friends have rolled their way onto Nintendo’s new console with new mind-blowing puzzle levels and a wealth of new and exciting Party Games specifically designed to fully exploit the innovative Nintendo Revolution controller. Other titles will have a diffi...

By tomorrow Nintendo’s DS “Point and Speak Phrasebook” will be available in five languages, translating from Japanese into Thai, Chinese, Korean, English, and German. The Japanese train ads are showing that the use for this cart isn’t actually to learn a new language, but to stick your DS in the face of anyone you can’t speak to have it talk for you, poking different ...

PureVideoGames has a nice analysis of Nintendo’s current marketing strategy as compared to it’s 1980 techniques. From the article: “We know now that the NES was a fine product, but without an aggressive marketing strategy that went above and beyond simply advertising and trying to convince retailers to stock it, the NES would never have gained a foothold in the United States. And...

Apple aficionado Cabel is at it again with his third installment of his DS Lite video review. This is one of the most entertaining internet videos I’ve seen in a long time. Not to mention it has plenty of DS Lite shots and a musical score from the Price is Right. Nice!

Nintendo has posted a new video for the upcoming DS title, New Super Mario Bros with more to follow each week until the game is launched on May 15. I personally am really excited about this game, as most are. So did we criticize to soon a few weeks ago? What are your thoughts on this game after seeing the new video? [Thanks, Bill and Rivithed]

Over at CNNMoney, Game Over’s Chris Morris has a few predictions for the Big 3 and others at E3. Sony– PS3 pricing won’t be revealed, but the games targeted for the launch period will, as well as their new online network. Chris says that while withholding the price from gamers will cause frustration, it’s actually a smart media move. Doing so will garner them additional att...