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Send a Pokemon greeting to your Valentine
When I saw these Pokemon themed Valentine’s day cards on the official Pokemon Facebook page, I could not pass up the chance to share them here. What better way to show that special someone you care than with these cheesy, though sometimes genuinely funny, Pokemon cards. Click here to see the full album, or just be content with seeing a couple of my favorites below.
Infendo Radio Episode 299: The Hunt Continues
Welcome all to episode 299 of Infendo Radio, with Harrison Milfeld, Holly Fellmeth, community guest Mike McSurdy and myself, Lewis Pugh. On this weeks show we have What we’ve been playing (mostly Monster Hunter 3 but also more Bravely Default and first impressions on Pokémon Bank), the Nintendo News covers the investors meeting in detail and our special feature for today is ‘great uses of th...
Which Nintendo IP should try changing genres?
Nintendo is working with Tecmo-Koei to have The Legend of Zelda made into a Hack and slash game and Retro reinvented Metroid as a First person shooter. What other Franchises could jump game styles and still retain their core ideas? Maybe Fire Emblem could become a standard JRPG in the vein of Suikoden with its multitude of characters and would still have some strategic elements of the previous gam...
SEGA unveils Sonic Boom for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
SEGA is planning to unleash an ambitious new marketing campaign featuring none other than the blue blur himself, Sonic. Coming later this year, Sonic Boom will be released on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, along with a CG animated series of the same name on Cartoon Network. Sonic and his friends will be sporting new character designs in the series, and all sorts of merchandise is going to accompany t...
Pokemon Bank now available in Europe and North America
I like to think that all of you lovely readers depend on Infendo for your news, and today we have some breaking news! Though Europe has been lucky to have the Pokemon Bank available for more than a day now, North American 3DS owners can finally download the long-awaited application from the eShop, making it available in all western territories. Do we have any happy fans out there? Or was the long ...
YouTube Spotlight: Smooth McGroove
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmoRrZZijC4[/youtube] Here we go with another YouTube Spotlight, and this one promises to be something special. You may or may not be familiar with YouTuber Smooth McGroove. If you are: good for you. If not: it’s never too late. Smooth McGroove uploads a capella arrangements of classic video game tunes on his YouTube channel, which you can check out he...
Infendo Radio Episode 298: My First Hunt
Welcome all to episode 298 of Infendo Radio, with another double-team, this time with Holly Fellmeth and myself, Lewis Pugh. On this weeks show we have What we’ve been playing (covering Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate and Dr Luigi, ), the Nintendo News and finally answer your questions in Community Comments! If you have any questions for us to discuss on the next show or would just like to say Hi! add t...
A darker side of a Legend of Zelda
Isn’t it strange how a series which follows the same formula through multiple titles and is still one of Nintendo’s major accomplishments, this series is the Legend of Zelda. But now this blueprint is becoming a bit stale, Link always starts in a forest, then travels to death mountain (or its equivalent) and then finishes with the water temple. A major plot point happens and you have t...
Lucario returns to the Smash Bros. roster for Wii U/3DS
4th gen Pokemon Lucario is returning to the Smash Bros. series for Wii U/3DS. Lucario debuted in Brawl, alongside fellow Pokemon Jigglypuff and Pikachu (and Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Charizard if you care to know). From Sakurai’s Miiverse post on Lucario’s announcement: “We’ve increased the influence of Aura this time, so a damaged Lucario is truly a force to be reckoned with....
Zelda: Four Swords – Anniversary Edition free to download on 3DS eShop until Feb. 2
This little bit of news came as a slight surprise. The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords – Anniversary Edition is available for Nintendo 3DS owners in the US to download for free until February 2. The game was originally available for free in 2011, as part of the 25th anniversary of the Legend of Zelda series. If you missed out back then, here’s another chance to nab a great freebie from Ni...
Iwata’s Managerial Briefing
In case you missed it, Iwata presented a managerial briefing this morning. Below is the topline summary as supplied by Nintendo UK. Following the summary is a link to the entire speech for you to read in full, and share your comments on. “We can confirm that on Jan. 30 in Japan, Mr. Iwata made several announcements at Nintendo’s Corporate Management Policy Briefing regarding the short- and...
Update – Mario Kart 8 release set for May
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has announced that Mario Kart 8 will release for the Wii U this May. The tentative release (originally scheduled for early Spring) for the eighth iteration of the Mario Kart franchise was mentioned by Iwata during Nintendo’s investors briefing, which is currently taking place as of the writing of this post. More as this story develops from the briefing. [Updat...