Infendo

Found a couple sites out there on the wild interweb that might interest Nintendo wi-fi users.The first is a place called Witendofi a source of things Nintendo wi-fi related. You can check users online, who’s the best, how many people are playing, have been playing, forums, lists of wi-fi compatible games, and more. The second is for the Karters out there. A small decal maker site. This one i...

Nintendo says today that 45% of Mario Kart DS buyers have taken their skillz online in the very first week of the Nintendo Wifi Connection. The DS Wifi marvel of a game has sold 112,000 copies in its first 7 days in the US. Out of those 112k, upwards of 52,000 unique players have challenged the world through Wifi. Sounds like a massive achievement. With these incredible stats of just the first wee...

Nintendo released Japanese TV ads for Animal Crossing and Adult DS Golf. [Source: Kotaku]

[Update: Slashdot gives Mario Kart DS a 10/10] Wired, as we, like what they see and play with Nintendo’s new Mario Kart DS. From the article: “Mario Kart DS is easily the killer app for Nintendo’s double-screened portable. Not only is the eight-player battle-racing action as tight as ever, but a host of new gameplay modes — including online races — make this the most ...

[by FireEmblem 54] Here we are, a year later. It seems like only a few months ago that we were all looking at the DS Prototype, all thinking the same thing. “This is the future of handheld gaming?” Now, millions of people around the world own a slick piece of silver hardware known as the Nintendo DS. Going into this generation of handhelds, we all had our doubts. How would the touch sc...

Infendo: Do Share Your Friend Codes Just got hooked up with Mario Kart DS. This game is mad fun so today we’ll be hosting our first official Infendo Mario Kart DS meet up at 2:00pm EST. Post your friend codes below, and look for me on the kart path: Infendo – 141793 637217

Yet another public citing of the Nintendo DS. You know the portable is doing well when the number up public appearances is up. And with Mario Kart rockin’ the casbah, those occurrences should only go up. Go DS.

Some enterprising individual took an old NES controller and turned it into a MP3 player. The controller buttons even work to control the music. Now if I could just mix this with the NES belt buckle, I’d be set. [Source: Boing Boing]

Resident Evil 4 wins Game of the Year at the 2005 Spike TV Video game awards. The title also picked up best graphics of the year even though it was released back in January. Must have been the graphical craftsmanship. Nice win for the GameCube console, though it’s not a first party game. Regardless, well done Capcom. [Source: Gamer Horizon]

In a recent interview with Mexican magazine Club Nintendo, Reggie Fils-Aime drops hint of a Metroid movie adaption in the works. He went on to add that the Zelda series would be next to be adapted and after that possibly another Mario film. Putting aside the long history of bad video-games movie adaptions, I’m very excited about these possibilities. [Source: Hylia] Update: Looks like Club Ni...

Senior Nintendo VP George Harrison confirmed more is yet to be revealed about the Revolution. When asked if we know everything about the next Nintendo console, Harrison replied: “No, we have not entirely pulled back the curtain on Revolution just yet. There are lots of exciting details about its capabilities and the unique gameplay you’ll experience on it that we’re keeping under...

Day 3 of Mario Kart was the best yet. I stood outside the Nintendo World Store for four (count em, 4) hours in the pouring rain just so my wifi-lacking self could play wifi. It was a good ol’ time. My first race of the day was a weird one versus 3 Yoshis. Felt like Paper Mario all of a sudden. Worldwide continues to be the spot for any race whatsoever, unless you have a hefty friends roster....