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When Zelda: Twilight Princess was delayed in August of 2005, I was “TO’d.” Though the DS has a ton of great games out right now, all I want to do is play Link in all his Zelda glory. In short, the wait is killing me. Anyone else? And when will Nintendo pony up a release date? [See also: Wikipedia]

From the article:”These seven games represent the best and in some cases, the most screwed up that the NES has to offer, but our staff agrees that these gems are without question some of the most entertaining videogames ever made, and in some cases, better than most games released today.” The list is as follows: 1. Double Dragon II2. Star Tropics3. Clash at Demonhead4. Zombie Nation5. ...

After Jim Merrick’s departure from Nintendo, the company’s European branch was without a permanent senior marketing director– until today. NOE has appointed Laurent Fisher, former marketing director for Nintendo France, as their new senior marketing director (pictured). In December, Merrick was initially thought to be leaving NOE to go work at Nintendo of America, but ended up le...

Follow the history of game controllers from Atari’s 2600 joystick to Nintendo’s upcoming Rev-mote. From the article: “Since the dawn of video games, we’ve seen controllers ranging from numeric pads, to wireless, rumble emitting, ergonomic controllers. Some have been utter failures, while others have seen runaway success. However, with any successful product, its features an...

This has to be a first for the GBA SP spotted on a topless beach. Nothing like a strapless tan and a little portable Pokemon. [Thanks, Jose. I guess…]

Many found memories were spent on this bad boy, and one slick shot to match. What’s your all-time favorite NES game? [Source: Flickr]

Kotaku Posted a video of what appears to be a revolution boot-up screen. While the enty states that the video could be real or fake, I think the cheesy background bubbles, weird background music, and the fact that the video is in wide-screen don’t really make a case for the video’s authenticity. I could debate this on my own for another two paragraphs but hey- we have a comments sectio...

Regarding criticism of the newly announced DS lite, Games Industry writes: “As long as these products continue to be commercially successful, Nintendo feels no need to answer its critics – and quite rightly so. In recent years, the firm has developed a knack for creating hardware that consumers want despite already owning a system that plays the same games – one has to wonder if ...

Behold, the first (known) video capture of the oh so sleek Nintendo DS lite as compared to the original. Looks sweet! [Source: YouTube]

I can assure you 100% that this mock-up will be posted on Infendo before anywhere else, because I just finished making it! Everything but the base of the unit (which I stole from an iPod Nano picture), is completely digitally fabricated, so don’t even try to pass this around as a real photo or schematic.

Every Friday for the last few months, IGN has been interviewing a different executive from Nintendo of America. In each interview they ask the executive just one question, and then of course post the answer on their website. Their latest post: an interview with Perrin Kaplan, Vice President of marketing and corporate affairs, is of course incredibly vague, but it does let on that not only has the ...

Mario is dead. The Mushroom Kingdom is distraught. The Nintendo world is in a tailspin, their place atop the hill relinquished to their competitors. Under the leadership of Master Chief, Nintendo’s most devious enemies try to destroy what’s left of the old school. In a last ditch effort, Luigi rallies all friends, and former nemeses, from years past to take back what was once theirs. S...