Infendo

“Nintendo is hoping to duplicate the DS’ success on the Revolution. It too is unlike its competitors with its controller and features a ‘virtual console,’ emulating Nintendo’s old systems.” – Business Week

A lot of talk has hit the internet about Nintendo and displacement mapping over the last few days. From the article: “A recent patent filed at the US Patent Office, number 6,971,957, describes how Nintendo aims to utilize Displacement Mapping techniques to cut down on the processing power required to generated high quality models. Displacement Mapping is a technique where a high-quality mesh...

Animal Crossing: Wild World is a fantastic game, but oh so lonely! The Wifi limits you to visiting/inviting only your friends, which is a bummer, but not so terrible. All it means is we have to take matters into our own hands and fill our friend rosters, be hospitable with our portable towns. Post your friend codes in the comments and mingle. Moved in:Rollin/0344-2052-8480/InfendoBlake (coming soo...

It’s time to adjust our lenses on this whole Revolution graphics deal. There have been a flurry of reactions, both here and other places, to the supposed leaked specs. For the most part, it’s been alot of worry. Worry that is essentially unfounded. I see this as a non-issue. I’m not gonna sit here and tell you that graphics don’t matter, because they do, and saying they don...

For any that have played countless hours on Nintendo’s first home console, the NES, you know this feeling all too well. Bad puns aside, was it really that long ago?

Nintendo hit a new milestone with the release of Mario Kart DS. Mario Kart DS blazed the company and the DS into the online realm, but where’s the 3rd party support? Besides Tony Hawk’s American Sk8land, ther is no confirmed third party titles supporting Nintendo’s WiFi. What third party titles would you like to see on Nintendo’s WiFi service? [Source: Kikizo Games]

“And what will Nintendo offer to lead the charge (launch lineup)? The company isn’t saying. When asked how the Revolution might work with a ‘Mario’ game, a room full of Nintendo employees demoing the system for MTV News suddenly got very tight-lipped.” (Thanks, Jacomar) [Source: MTV]

As most know, Mario Kart DS limits the selection of tracks to 20 out of the full 32 for Wifi play. Not ones to let it slide, the hacker community has found a way around it. Hacker “Parasyte” somehow is able to play the 12 offline-only courses online. No details are known, but there is a video to prove it. The only known way to get in on this is to get paired up with Parasyte himself on...

In the midst of all this worry and panic about the Revolution’s supposed leaked specs, Nintendo has opted not to stay quiet. Nintendo of America sez: “Sharper graphics are certainly part of the next generation. We know that games for the Revolution will look brilliant whether played on a standard television or on a high definition television. However, is that all there is to next-gener...

In this article, GameDaily BIZ takes a look at Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow‘s success. It actually goes a bit deeper than numbers. From the article: “We knew that Castlevania DS was already a highly anticipated title, and we are very pleased, not only with the commercial success, but also with the critical acclaim that the product received from both consumers and the editorial community...

For as long as i can remember, the universal sign of a video game, or the act of playing one, has been what i like to call “baby tickling”. You know, that little hand gesture that symbolizes pressing buttons wildly on a controller? I obviously call it that because it makes the person look like (a fool, as well as) they’re tickling a baby to death. This is something i have always ...