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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 ...
New Pokemon OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire trailer
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FJEyj6ctTQ[/youtube] The remakes of GBA games Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire are due out this November 21. The Pokemon Company has uploaded the above new trailer for the 3DS remakes that shows more of the 3D gameplay in motion. Will you be reliving your adventures in Hoenn come November?
Infendo Radio Episode 313: Pear Shaped
Welcome all to a late pre-e3 episode of Infendo Radio, Harrison Milfeld, Holly Fellmeth and myself (Lewis Pugh) speak from the past without knowing the wonderful announcements soon to be made. We start off with What We’ve been Playing, focusing almost exclusively on Mario Kart 8, discuss the pre-e3 Smash Bros Invitational details and finally end with a feature on the best and worst e3 moment...
Video: Robot Chicken segments from Nintendo’s Digital Event
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8byyKfqOVA[/youtube] We all knew from the start that Nintendo’s Digital Event was going to focused solely on first-party projects, but to have the makers of Robot Chicken provide some Nintendo-centric humor? Yeah, no one, including myself, did not see Nintendo going out their way to have the creators of the popular Adult Swim stop-motion animation sh...
Debut trailer of Pac-Man in Super Smash Bros.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVz-2VuAYlY[/youtube] As posted earlier on Infendo, Nintendo and Masahiro Sakurai confirmed during an E3 roundtable this evening that Pac-Man will be a playable character in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS. The roundtable was a closed door affair with video and photography not permitted, so details were scarce for the moment. Now, Nintendo has released ...
Pac-Man confirmed for Smash Bros.
Nintendo has announced during their closed Super Smash Bros. E3 roundtable that Pac-Man will be a playable character in Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U and 3DS. No character models or screens yet, but we’ll have more as it develops.