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Mario Kart 8 Direct reveals new characters, items, tracks, and online features
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbuJZP0_8iQ[/youtube] Nintendo has surprised fans with a spontaneous Nintendo Direct focusing on the highly anticipated Mario Kart 8 for Wii U. The broadcast is fairly unique compared to other Nintendo Directs, but it delivers on the usual promise of new announcements and reveals. Let’s dig in to the meat of today’s broadcast. New Ideas Plus New ...
Live-action Super Mario Bros. actor Bob Hoskins dead at 71
British actor Bob Hoskins, known for roles in films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Hook, The Long Good Friday, and Mona Lisa, has died at 71. Hoskins’ publicist stated that he died Wednesday morning due to pneumonia. This news comes two years after the actor announced his retirement from acting due to Parkinson’s disease . Hoskins was known as an established actor playing gangsters, ...
I’m playing Twisted Tower LIVE right now! Watch and ask any Twisted Fusion for Wii U questions!
Check out the live stream here: http://www.twitch.tv/leuvsion I’m playing Twisted Tower developed by our sprite master HitmanN and taking all questions Twisted! Lets have some fun and head for those Twisted Fusion stretch goals!
Nintendo details its E3 2014 plans
Nintendo has announced how it plans to present its newest and unannounced games for the Wii U and 3DS at E3 2014, and it’s, well, somewhat different. Last year, Nintendo opted out of a traditional E3 press conference in favor of a previously-taped Nintendo Direct to showcase its games. Fans who were wanting to see Nintendo return to doing press conferences will be sadly disappointed. Instead...
Nintendo to hold Smash Bros. Invitational at E3 2014
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghEhI4CJjAM[/youtube] For E3 2014, aside from the usual banter of video game announcements, Nintendo has announced they will hold a 16-player Super Smash Bros. tournament at the annual event. Dubbed the Super Smash Bros. Invitational, the tournament will coincide with a limited demo run of the Wii U version of Smash Bros. at various Best Buy stores. Nintendo...
YouTube Spotlight: Mario Kart Honest Game Trailer
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6pGl0J5MdE[/youtube] I spend way too much time watching Honest Movie Trailers on YouTube. If you’re familiar with those, you know that, in them, voice actor Jon Bailey uses his epic voice to make fun of new, and sometimes old, movies in theatrical trailer style. Recently, Jon narrated the first ever Honest Game Trailer, for none other than Nintendo...
Infendo Radio Episode 308: GAME BOY 25th anniversary
Welcome all to episode 308 of Infendo Radio, with Harrison Milfeld, Holly Fellmeth and myself, Lewis Pugh. On this weeks show we start with What we’ve been playing coving NES Remix 2, Advance Wars and Metroid Fusion. Next is the Nintendo News: Kickstarter edition, there’s allot to talk here, inducing my own Twisted Fusion! Finally our feature topic is celebrating the 25 anniversary of ...
Twisted Fusion is funded!
With 4 days lefts until it’s Kickstarter finishes. Twisted Fusion has passed it’s funding goal! Twisted Fusion is being developed exclusively for the Wii U, by myself. Thank you everyone for all the support and making this possible. The stretch goals have also been rearranged due to user feedback, now the Super Smash Bros inspirited multiplayer mode Twsited Smash is the first stretch g...
Video: Super Mario Bros. theme with wine glasses and a frying pan
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TTioMbNT9I#t=159[/youtube] YouTube user Dan Newbie has made a habit of recreating memorable songs and themes with the use of kitchen utensils and various glassware. Now, he has paid homage to the Super Mario Bros. theme using only wine glasses and a frying pan. The video is an interesting take on a gaming theme so recognizable that it wouldn’t be surp...
The Game Boy turns 25 today
Has it really been that long? That’s the thought which probably ponders through many gamer’s heads as Nintendo’s Game Boy reaches 25 years of age. Launched in Japan on this date, the Game Boy ushered in a new era of portable gaming and many imitators to knock away its firm grip on the handheld market share. Selling well under 119 million units worldwide before being discontinued ...
Wii U is now the same age as the Dreamcast when it was discontinued…
… And Nintendo’s latest console has sold half as much as Sega’s console swan song. This information comes from MCV writer Ben Parfitt “DreamCast completed it’s global roll-out by November 1999 and was discontinued in March 2001. Technically it was released a year earlier than that in Japan, but even when you remove Japanese DreamCast sales altogether (2.8m out of 10.6m) Wii U sal...
Nintendo Spotting: Zelda hockey jersey
Aside from being a lifelong fan of Nintendo, I myself have an undying love for the sport of hockey. Out of sheer surprise, the two loves of my life crossed paths last night. While in the second intermission of a Western Conference Divisional Playoff game between the Chicago Blackhawks and my hometown St. Louis Blues, I saw in the distance a man wearing a green jersey. At first glance, I figured it...