Infendo

I wish we had some US figures for you, but until then, these will have to do. From 9/19 – 9/25, the Micro dropped two spots from first in sales to third, slightly behind the PSP. Here’s the breakdown: HARDWARE:NDS 68,123PSP 50,629GBM 46,529PS2 25,518GBASP 12,483GCN 2,267GBA 448XBX 98 Even given the drop, it’s apparent that Nintendo handhelds are doing very well in Nippon. For wha...

I just got done watching the Zelda: Twilight Princess trailer for about the umpteenth time. While it reminded me of the delay, it also made me realize that Nintendo probably did it with the game’s best interest in mind. Here’s why: I think it’s fair to say that Nintendo has already taken the spotlight from Microsoft’s pending 360 release in November, at least for now. But t...

Hear what BBC has to say about Nintendo’s Revolution and it’s competition in Europe. More of the same, but you can definitely get a sense for what our friends across the pond are thinking (at least the media). The article also points out the PSP’s success in the UK. How’s that favoring now? [Source: BBC]

For fans of the dark Gouichi Suda that made Killer 7, Capcom is working on a new RPG for the DS. The game, entitled Contact, is said to have a lighter vibe that resembles Nintendo’s Earthbound and it will tell a different story on each of the handheld’s two screens. Contact will launch in Japan this February. Though likely, no word on a US release has been announced. What DS games are ...

“I certainly hope [the controller will be beneficial]. More of the same thinking in terms of developing the future of games can only take us so far. As a lifelong gamer and game developer, I urge everybody in our industry to support the innovation and risks taken by Nintendo on sheer principle. We always lament that there is no creativity and innovation in the games industry anymore. Guys, w...

During the week of September 12-18 in Japan, the DS returned to a spot on the sales charts they haven’t seen for months: #2. However, they shouldn’t complain as it was knocked down a spot by their latest handheld, the Game Boy Micro, which sold through a staggering 170,000 units. It should be noted that DS didn’t suffer a drop in sales during this week. It actually went up thanks...

For a while now, gamers have wondered just what Square Enix’s World of Mana project would entail. A teaser site went up a few months back, but offered no details. Today, Japanese magazine Jump has cleared some of the fog. Two new titles have been announced through the mag, one being a long presumed DS RPG. Titled Seiken Densetsu DS: Children of Mana, the game is a 2D action-RPG scheduled for...

G4 has posted the full-length Iwata interview that aired yesterday on the network. The President of Nintendo touches on it’s upcoming Revolution strategy and apologizes for the Zelda delay due on the GameCube next spring. From the interview: “Nintendo hopes those hardcore enough to care about the graphical differences and buy a PS3 or 360 will also buy a Revolution, since the Revolutio...

1up has posted it’s “creative” take on the recent DS title, Lost In Blue. They give the game a 7.5 engaging rating, but I can’t tell if the author is bored with the game by his last drawing. Also, this game was shipped, not available yesterday according to the store that turned me down. Seems like this is happening a lot lately; giving out a ship date rather than an “...

While this title seems to offer more of the same, I’m liking the cowboy twist. The horse scenes even look a little like Link from Twilight Princess, only with chaps on. That alone might get us through till next Spring. Gun launches on 11/08/2005 for the GameCube. View Trailer [Source: Gamespot]

It’s obvious that with the unveiling of the Revolution Controller, Nintendo would be on the rise with search indexes. “Nintendo Revolution” was the fourth most gaining searched subject on Google last week. While this is promising news for the company, what can be done to keep this momentum? It appears the hype of the controller lived up to it’s unveiling, but Nintendo still...

Masahiro Sakurai, designer of the Kirby and the recent DS hit Meteos has launched his own game studio named Sora. In a recent Q&A with Edge Online, he talks about coming up with the design behind Meteos. “[Meteos] was created by one designer, one graphic artist and one programmer, and took three days… When I designed Meteos, we didn’t know it would be released on the DS platf...