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Apparantly our K.K. Don’t Play That post and Nintendo poking fun at the music industry has gotten a response from the NY Times and Nintendo themselves. From the article: “People can read a lot into a little,” explained NoA head of communications Perrin Kaplan, “but musician K.K. Slider – a guitar-playing cartoon dog – is saying only that he’s a free spirit who c...

The newly formed Japanese publisher, AQ Interactive (Artistic Quality) held a press conference today where they revealed everything they are working on. Previously, all anyone knew about them was that they published the Xbox 360 title Tetris: Grand master Ace in Japan for that system’s launch. Today, all of AQ’s plans have been unfurled. AQ is working on a multitude of platforms and ga...

Pretty cool for such a low-tech platform to be competing so well. From the article: “The latest figures from the market are from the week, when Microsoft debuted their Xbox 360 in this high profile gaming market. And it shows that the Nintendo DS dominated everything else.” [Source: TechWack]

Tales of Symphonia was one of the best games, in any genre, to make it’s way to the GCN. It’s gripping story, amazing gameplay and graphics made for a great experience. So ToS fans rejoice! The folks at Namco have given us the first footage from Tales of Tempest, the new Tales title headed to the DS. Not a lot of information is known at this point, but from the looks of things, we coul...

Things have been a little hectic and slow around here. This side of the internet moves a lot faster, and we didn’t get a chance to stay up on our tips. A big shout out to all that sent them in, namely our Japanese correspondent Dale, Martin, Fabio, Nicholas B, Ryan, Andrew, and Dana. Here’s the best of the best: Animal Crossing Blue Screen of Death! For Canadians, save $30.00 on the GB...

The Nintendo DS is the worlds best selling game platform in the world with 8.83 units sold worldwide. That’s since September only. Best platform of 2005 easily. Nintendo also released figures for the GC and GBA. From the article: “The Gamecube has just passed 10 million units sold in the US, bringing it to 19.31 million worldwide, and 169.51 million Gamecube games have been sold to Sep...

In response to Zelda: Twilight Princess being delayed back on August 16, an anonymous reader posted the following comment that pretty much summed up the sentiment of millions of gamers the world over: Twilight Princess delayed… “Consequently, we’re announcing a new global launch in 2006, after the conclusion of this fiscal year (March 31). We’ll provide a specific date at a...

If you’re reading this, you’ve successfully landed on our new domain. Things have been a little slow around here these past couple of days with half the Infendo team either sick with a cold or having babies. We’ll get back to quality post shortly, but in the meantime, give us a shout out in the comments letting us know you safely traveled the depths of the internet and made it to...

Japan Hardware Sales 12/5-12/11DS – 299,328PSP – 86,403PS2 – 45,893Xbox 360 – 43,970GCN – 12,212GBA SP – 10,456GBM – 8,326GBA- 396Xbox – 164 Quite honestly, I think these numbers speak for themselves. Mario Kart DS and Animal Crossing: Wild World propelled the DS into a league of its own, as the PSP fell further behind in the handheld race. Also wort...

From The Magic Box:”Nintendo announced they will participate in the Jump Festa 2006 event in Japan on December 17 – 18, the company will showcase Mario Party 7 (GC) and Animal Crossing: Wild World (NDS), plus a new game title.” OMG! Mario 128?! Oh, i’m just teasin’. [Source: BGB]

[by FireEmblem54] As the next generation of gaming approaches, gamers of all three companies will begin to see the emergence of new franchises. However, they’ll also be seeing the evolution of those series that have already established themselves in the industry. So let us take a look back, and to the future, with the Ten Greatest Gaming Franchises: 10. Donkey KongThe tenth spot could have b...