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Which genre could Nintendo use for their next IP?
Nintendo is ubiquitous with platformers (there’s no getting around it) and they have most of the other genres covered, such as the RTS (Pikmen) and RPG (Mario & Luigi series). But there are a few genres which are under represented by Nintendo such as an old school point and click adventure or a top-down hack and slash in the vein of Diablo in which item management could be made a lot sim...
Infendo Radio Episode 302: All By Myself
Welcome all to episode 302 of Infendo Radio, hosted by Holly Fellmeth. On this weeks show Holly goes over What she’s been playing (Weapon de Omasse Shop and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate), the Nintendo News and finishes with special feature ‘Weaknesses of the Wii U’ If you have any questions for us to discuss on the next show or feel up to the task of being the next community guest a...
Pokemon Anime Headed To Netflix
Nintendo has announced through their Pokemon website that Pokemon will be available to be streamed on Netflix starting March 1. Episodes available as of now are the classic episodes, Pokemon Black & White and Indigo League. Two movies are also available: Pokemon The Movie: White – Victini ad Zekrom and Pokemon The Movie: Black: Victini and Reshiram are also available on Netflix.
Swords and Soldiers 2 Announced for Wii U
[youtube]http://youtu.be/IWsTvIgpTQM[/youtube] Ronimo Games has announced Swords and Soldiers 2 for Wii U. The original game was a 2009 WiiWare title for Wii. If you have never heard of Swords and Soldiers, you can get a taste of what that game is like here. Ronimo has yet to announce a release date, but you can play SaS2 at the sold out PAX East in Boston…if you already have a ticke...
Which Nintendo IP could turn fortunes around for the Wii U?
So the Wii U has two Mario Games, Pikmen 3, Game & Wario, Wind Waker HD, Wii Fit U/Wii Party U and the newly released Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and still things look bleak for the fledgling console. The good news is Nintendo games generally have low first week sales, but push copies over a longer period than other first party titles. The bad news is long term sales are not going to ...
YouTube Spotlight: Super Mario Bros. beat with lowest possible score, no continues
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kvT0dywaF8[/youtube] Gamers typically want to get the high score, but YouTuber NotEntirelySure has uploaded a video of an impressive feat that requires exactly the opposite: getting the lowest possible score in Super Mario Bros. without using any continues. The final 500 points in this unique run come from touching 5 of the game’s flagpoles at the ver...
‘Console Wars’ book to be adapted to the big screen
Booktrade has reported that Blake Harris’ upcoming novel Console Wars will be made into a feature-length film. The book will be a retelling of SEGA’s rise to prominence during the late 80s and early 90s as they challenged Nintendo for market share of the video game industry. The film project, which will be helmed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (their last endeavor was the 2013 surpri...
Infendo Radio Episode 301: Inside Developer
Welcome all to episode 301 of Infendo Radio, with Harrison Milfeld, Colin Crompton and myself, Lewis Pugh. On this weeks show we have What we’ve been playing (Professor Layton, Steel Diver Sub Wars and NES Remix), the Nintendo News covers the latest Nintendo Direct and finally we answer more of your questions in Community Comments, including some ‘Inside Developer’ discussions – ...
Diddy Kong will return to the fight in Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS
Any fans of Diddy Kong as a fighter in Super Smash Bros. Brawl can rest easy: the little guy has been confirmed for a return to the Super Smash Bros. line-up for the series’ 4th entry. The timing for this reveal appropriately coincides with the release of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for Wii U. Will you be fighting as Diddy later on this year when the new Smash Bros. games are releas...
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is out now! Can you convince a non-believer to buy it?
E3 2010: I saw the announcement trailer for Donkey Kong Country Returns and was ecstatic. I grew up mostly with Super Nintendo games, and Donkey Kong Country 1 and 2 were family favorites. I have fond memories of playing them, and they are fantastic games to this day. A come-back of the beloved series was a dream come true. Until I actually played Returns. I know the Wii revival is loved by many, ...
Community Corner: Nintendo – State of the U-nion
Welcome to Community Corner where someone from the Infendo Community has come to us with a guest article, if you would like to write a guest article for us, please email us at [email protected], The following was written by Jason Novak ( RisinDevil ) Why the Wii U’s problems are not due to the GamePad So, let’s face it: the Wii U is struggling. It’s no real secret. Sales are sluggish, support is...
YouTube Spotlight: Lovely Wii Fit Trainer – Smash Bros Animation
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVO4woYcZF0[/youtube] If you’ve been paying close attention, you know that I have been putting up YouTube Spotlights on Tuesdays (fits the whole “YouTube Tuesday” tradition), but the nice thing about doing Spotlights is that there’s nothing confining them to Tuesdays! (Honestly, though, I just plain forgot.) *Ahem* moving on. In the s...