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Gamefront posted some info on Castlevania Portait of Ruin for DS and here it is: -A painter is involved, hence the subtitle. Surprise surprise.-Paintings are used to transport to different areas.-PoR has a bigger focus on accessory/arms collection than soul gathering. Good move.-The female protagonist is from the Fernandez family and has a platonic relationship with male protagonist Jonathan. Hank...

Gamers Reports has a nice little roundup of key take aways from the June issue of Nintendo Power. Here are the goods: “The Tony Hawk Revolution” is confirmed as a Revolution title Bob Ross Revolution game is pretty much confirmed by Nintendo Power “[We’ll] have to wait until E3 for the [last Revolution secret] to drop.” Many games were mentioned such as Revenge of Shinobi and A Link ...

The non-feud continues, now as a homebrew game. Someone has developed a program for DS and PSP that allows the 2 to interact wirelessly with each other in a game of tic-tac-toe. If only Sony and Nintendo would allow this type of interactivity for big budget multi-platform games. That’s unlikely, but at least we can hope for deeper homebrew apps that work this way. System (and fanboy) wars wi...

BusinessWeek (via GameDaily) had some good things to say about the Revolution today, mainly that the company is still in the running for the top spot. From the article: “Nintendo has two huge things going for it when we’re talking Revolution. First and foremost the company has the download service that will allow Revolution owners to download classic Nintendo, Sega and Hudson (Turbo Gr...

The much beloved King of Fighters is rumored to be coming to the DS. Modojo writes: “At a recent Online Game Festa in Tokyo, series producer of the arcade classic King of Fighters revealed that details on a KOF game for the Nintendo DS will be announced at some point in the future.”

RevoGaming has an exclusive report detailing the success of the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service which now supports an average of 260,000 unique daily users. From the article: “Launched last November, the Nintendo WiFi Connection service, which offers free online multiplayer for a host of Nintendo DS games, has amassed over a million unique users in less than four months. The service’...

Out of over 500 votes 84% will buy the new DS Lite when it is presumably launched in early June. 14% of that 84% will only do so after selling their original DS. The remaining 16% still like their trusty first DS version. Thanks to all that voted and be sure to let us know what “Megaton” secret might come from Nintendo at this year’s E3. Revolution’s last secret will be? FR...

I’m a World Cup junkie, so it’s good to see the game hit shelves this week. Also got baseball on the Cube, and an RPG (Lost Magic) for the DS.Nintendo DSApril 24 – FIFA World Cup 2006April 25 – Guilty Gear: Dust StrikersApril 25 – Lost MagicApril 26 – Top Gun Game Boy AdvanceApril 24 – 2006 FIFA World Cup GameCubeApril 24 – 2006 FIFA World CupApril 2...

With the recent AOL gig, Nintendo has been partnering like a mug on some game related projects. That’s a good thing. Gamasutra writes: “Japanese consumer magazine Famitsu has revealed details of a new mobile phone-based collaboration between Square Enix and Nintendo, following a recent warming of the relationship between the two companies. The application in question combines an email ...

Infendo Radio show 5 is live! Listen in as we discuss Revolution rumors, Brain Age, and Nintendo at E3. Thanks to all the calls and emails. Enjoy the show. MP3 [outro music courtesy of Nullsleep via Feed Me Good Tunes]

Infendo tipster Nathan writes: “I work at Target, and yesterday an elderly lady came in asking about a game called Brain Age. She didn’t even know what it was, but had seen a commercial on TV about it. She was buying it for her 81 year old husband.” Very cool. [Sent from a wireless Blackberry]

Or at least in terms of what the general gaming public thinks. Granted, Nintendo has the most unknowns at this point, but still exciting to see it doing well on the buzz meter. Let’s just hope it delivers. Only three more weeks! [via Joystiq]