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Check out 10 minutes of Hyrule Warriors footage
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPJoslg2RtQ[/youtube] Nintendomination has uploaded ten minutes of video from the upcoming Hyrule Warriors and although the footage is off-screen it showcases what the game has to offer. It seems there will be a total of nine characters that are playable, five of which we know about including the traditional hero Link, Princess Zelda who is a queen in this ...
New characters announced for Hyrule Warriors, including Zant and Agitha
New screenshots on Nintendo’s console gaming Facebook page show a few new characters in action in Hyrule Warriors: Lana (a newcomer; shown above), Agitha, and Zant (both from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess). It’s hard to tell, but from the descriptions alongside the new photos, it seems like Lana and Agitha are playable, while Zant is a boss fight of some kind in the Twilight P...
Miyamoto interested in console and handheld cross-play
Shigeru Miyamoto recently sat down for an interview with Kotaku to speak on various topics related to Nintendo’s future. One of the topics reflected on the possibility of Nintendo’s future titles running on both a home console and a handheld. While Miyamoto didn’t specifically confirm the existence of said project venture, he did state that they are interested and would explore t...
Infendo Radio Episode 314: E3 Victory Dance
Welcome all to episode 314 of Infendo Radio, where Harrison Milfeld, Lewis Pugh, Colin Crompton, and myself (Holly Fellmeth) do a little victory dance (metaphorically) after Nintendo’s impressive E3 showing. In an extra lengthy episode, we cover all of the biggest games Nintendo had at this year’s E3, from Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker to Bayonetta 2 to Zelda for Wii U. Want us to rea...
Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class kart is heading to Mario Kart 8 in the west
The official Nintendo of America Twitter account has announced that the GLA-Class kart from Mercedes-Benz is heading to western copies of Mario Kart 8. We’re planning to release a GLA-Class kart from @Mercedesbenz for #MK8 this summer. Stay tuned for more info! pic.twitter.com/c5Gp886s7e — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) June 20, 2014 Mario Kart 8 owners in Japan were already treated ...
Poker Dice Solitaire Future gets trailer and release date
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rg8oV8ffHw[/youtube] The first of three “Tabletop Gallery” games developed by RCMADIAX for the Wii U eShop, Poker Dice Solitaire Future, has an official North American release date of July 3. In this game, the player rolls the dice to create the best poker-style hand possible for a high score, which can be shared with other players via Miiverse....
N64 games are on their way to the Wii U Virtual Console
That’s right, folks, Nintendo 64 games are officially coming to the Wii U eShop. A subtle change to Nintendo’s Wii U Virtual Console page hints at “the future addition of titles from the…Nintendo 64.” The only caveat? We have no idea when this will actually happen. I mentioned this was a subtle update, which suggests that the launch of N64 games on Wii U is still a wa...
Infendo Radio’s E3 Prediction Show – Results
Those of you who listen to the podcast regularly may recall the E3 Prediction Game Show from a few episodes back. Now that E3 has come and gone, we have the results! The contest is between those of us who were on the episode in question: myself (Holly), Harrison, Lewis, and Colin. In order to determine a winner, I re-listened to the prediction show and awarded basic points and a handful of bonus p...
Software veteran Capcom is not against a takeover
After being in operation since 1983 the Japanese video-game company Capcom has announced it will not use any takeover defense options after falling on hard times: “The 35th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Capcom Co., Ltd. was held today, June 16, 2014. At this meeting, the shareholders did not approve our third proposal: Renewal of Countermeasures in response to a Large-Scale Pur...
Mario Kart 8 finishes 2nd in NPD’s top selling games of May
The NPD released their software sales data for the month of May 2014 yesterday, and Mario Kart 8 made some noise. The eighth iteration in the popular kart racing franchise was the second best selling game last month, finishing behind the multiplatform Ubisoft title, Watch_Dogs. The results to last month’s NPD is a bit surprising on Mario Kart 8’s behalf, as the game was out for only tw...
Alternate Timeline: the Nintendo and Sony partnership
What if Nintendo and Sony had a successful partnership instead of the tale of broken agreements and the creation of Nintendo’s most successful competitor that most of us are aware of? For those who are not let’s take a journey back to 1988. A Sony engineer named Ken Kutaragi wanted to strengthen the partnership with Nintendo after Sony agreed to create a custom sound chip for the SNES ...
Weekend Discussion: What did you think of Nintendo’s E3 showing?
Another E3 has come and gone, and we here at Infendo are happy to have shared countless posts on Nintendo’s latest games and projects. Now comes the hard part: waiting for many of the announced or previously announced titles to make their way to our living rooms. Well, that and catching some rest from all the E3 coverage we posted here on Infendo. Nintendo’s E3 presence has received a ...