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A band called Cartwright breaks out a sweet Tetris cover during the middle of a Weezer Buddy Holly cover. How avant-garde!

It is widely believed that the Revolution will get an official name this Thursday during Nintendo President Satoru Iwata’s speech. Joystiq writes: “According to CVG, there’s a strong whisper that the Revolution’s real name will finally be confirmed this week at GDC. Satoru Iwata’s disruptive GDC keynote [is] scheduled for Thursday at 10:30 AM PT (1:30 PM ET) to 11:30 ...

While browsing on Nyantendo I found a link to Nintendo’s Japanese release schedule from March through May, labled with all of Nintendo’s Japanese releases for each of it’s three systems. I thought as I glanced at the candy coated calendar that all our Infendo readers would really benefit from this calendar’s information if it were only in English. Half a week later and we&#...

GDC director hinted at big Nintendo news during Iwata’s speech on Thursday from 10:30-11:30AM PST. From the article: “I would strongly recommend attending the two platform keynotes from Sony’?s Phil Harrison and Nintendo’?s Satoru Iwata. Trust me!” You buying? Here’s the current poll results regarding a possible unveiling of new information.

Regarding the pending release of Metroid Prime Hunters (DS) this week, GamePro writes: “Metroid Prime: Hunters is a very polished game, suffering more from small quirks than actual flaws. Come March 20th, be prepared for one of Nintendo’s greatest achievements yet.” Also of note, the review claims that “four players can compete through a wireless connection — with or ...

You can learn a lot about people by what they are searching online. Hexus.gaming writes: “According to Yahoo searches, the Xbox 360 is searched for 11,895.1/day, the PS3 5,132.7/day, and the Nintendo Revolution 1,486.4/day. As the Xbox 360 is currently the only console on the market, it makes sense that they would be way out in front.” Any insights as to why the Rev might be searched l...

This shot via Flickr is just awesome. It resonates the power and magic of what I like to call gaming. Leave the mature games to well, the mature. As for me, I’ll stay young at heart thank you very much.

Quite a bit of news broke over the weekend (especially today). Here’s what going on if you haven’t already hear. What has you most excited? New Super Mario Bros has 80 levels (new screens) GDC Starts tomorrow Free game with Nintendo DS purchase Was the cube a failure? Pandemic Studios on Revolution

About.com dubs this the year of Nintendo on the home console scene. From the article: “If Nintendo manages to introduce their next-gen system several months before Sony, it could well put them on their way to becoming a significant player in the home console market again… I can’t help but think that Sony is continuing to drop the ball. It certainly suggests that this year’s...

This is our game recommendation letter. Take it to your retailer, tell ’em Fendo sent ya.Drill Dozer is the subject of our first Infendo Rec Letter. What’s great about this gem is that it’s a present day platformer with its old school roots firmly in the soil. It has a retro difficulty that instantly reminded me of the NES Megaman games, but blended with a very modern feel. It ev...

From Rob’s email: “I transformed my town into hyrule and also made an 8 texture mural out of the Zelda: A Link To The Past start screen. It is also up for grabs in my Able’s shop too.” Up for grabs, huh? If you’da sent us your friend code, maybe. Also note the wacky date. Time travel much? Been plucking that Master Sword? [Thanks, Rob Squared!]

Granted, this could all change when Nintendo drops its fifth generation console currently dubbed Revolution, but which Nintendo home console do you feel has the best industrial design? Forget graphics, the games, everything. What is the best designed system in terms of aesthetics, usability and quality product?