Infendo

Nintendo’s “3-pillar” strategy is looking more genius everyday. 2005 was a record year in sales for the gaming industry hitting the $10.5 billion mark. A majority of this growth was on the backs of handheld systems, 2/3 which are manufactured by Nintendo. From the article: “Software for the GameBoy Advance, Nintendo DS and Sony PSP reached $1.4 billion, a 42 percent increas...

[Source: DS Fanboy]

In March, Nintendo is supposed to release “Pokémon Trozei” (worst title translation ever) in America, a stylus dragging puzzle game. Overseas, Japan has been playing Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon, a GBA and DS adventure game double-release, for a couple months now. Does anyone but me feel that these and other Pokémin DS releases, are being somewhat under-promoted? Unlike the Game Cube ...

You get slick anime that is turned into a “sports action RPG.” From the article: “Nintendo’s Eyeshield 21… hits the DS in Japan on February 2. Based on a popular manga about fictional big-eyed football playing youth, this is no Madden. Too wacky for our football fans? Perhaps. But it might be just the right sort of game for the DS. (And there’s no arguing with t...

Taken from a Joystiq comment regarding the PSP outselling the shortaged DS this past week in Japan: “DS is outselling the PSP 2 to 1, nintendo are rumoured to be releasing a new version of the DS on the 17th, hence no stock of the old version.” Never thought of that. Everybody’s got inventory problems, especially when phasing in a new product, i.e. redesigned DS.

I’ve always wondered who was designing and developing Nintendo of America’s slick, usable, and creative game websites. Well today I stumbled upon the web firm in question called POP, based out of Seattle which is very close to Redmond. Although I’m not a big proponent of Flash (opting for AJAX instead) which the company uses on a majority if not all of their Nintendo sites, the d...

Vlad over at Joystiq has put together a very clever critique of Nintendo. One of the reasons Infendo was started was to create a haven for Nintendo enthusiast, while at the same time challenging the company to become a better games and hardware manufacturer. From the article: “And yet, falling in love with a company is dangerous. By definition, falling in love with anything–or with any...

Revolution Report has an exclusive interview with a represenative of ATI. The interview isn’t ground breaking, but it is well worth a read. ATI’s represenative did state, “I know that Nintendo has committed to 2006 availability. Certainly, game developers need some time to start developing games for it. I can’t say anything more than that.” [Source: Revolution Report]

NDSArt is an amazing site where people can upload photos of art they’ve made on their DS(es). Most of the art looks like it was made in Pictochat, all though I saw one entry that had been done in the art portion of the Naruto game. I wouldn’t be surprised if this kind of thing inspires more art creation and art software for the DS. Let’s get some Infendo art on there! Story from ...

A fella by the name of AliasZero is currently working on HelloDS, his version of voice over IP for- wait for it- the DS. It uses the built-in wifi and mic to allow DSers to speak with one another over the net. It already works in its early form, version 0.1a, and can be downloaded right now if you have the proper equipment. The more fleshed out version o.2 will be up within the next day. More info...

Though the below page hasn’t been updated in close to two years, it’s news to us. Apparently Metroid: The movie will be directed by John Woo and is currently in “announced” status which could mean anything. From the plot outline: “Based on the hit video game, the story follows the origin of the bounty hunter, Samus Aran, and her adventures battling the treacherous Spa...

Rumors are a muck suggesting Nintendo could pull an Apple and release a newly designed DS on January 16, this according to Lik-Sang. Spong has reported that the new DS will take on a “cellular phone-inspired design” with voice-driven functionality (VOIP). From the article: “Another clamshell design is expected, with the DS slimmed down significantly in all directions. The new DS ...