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Iwata: Nintendo must not be arrogant
Anyone who’s followed video games and, by extension, Nintendo for the past 20 years (like the entire senior staff of Infendo, for example) can tell you all about how the house that Mario built became rather arrogant in the 1990’s. It’s not tough to see why this was: Nintendo was enjoying immense success in the industry, and when kids wanted to go play video games at a friend̵...
Why do I defend Nintendo?
Writing on the Internet is a tricky trade. Just here on Infendo alone I’ve been called all manner of vile things that go bump in the night by both the well-informed and the insipidly ignorant and stupid. At the same time, however, I’ve also received my fair share of compliments and I’ve had the truly awesome opportunity of engaging in respectful, thought provoking conversations w...
Eurogamer lauds Mario Galaxy in early preview
From the preview: When Shigeru Miyamoto suggested this week that games should be fun, it was easy to snigger and accuse him of stating the obvious. But Super Mario Galaxy proves his point to perfection: it’s amazingly, dizzyingly, idiotically fun, in a way few games are these days. We’re not going to call it a classic Mario yet – we simply haven’t seen enough of the game to...
It’s Super Mario World
In the middle of TIME Magazine’s ten questions with Shigeru Miyamoto I noticed this question from Shabaab in Maryland: Many criticize the reuse of franchises like Mario. Do you prefer to create new characters or work with old ones? ’Shabaab Kamal, BETHESDA, MD. I try not so much to create new characters and worlds but to create new game-play experiences. If a new experience is better suited ...
Steven Spielberg’s Wii title to be “action-puzzle simulator”
Back in March we reported that Steven Spielberg — inspired by his Wii Tennis encounter with Shigeru Miyamoto at E3 2006 — was interested in working on a Wii title. Today, we find out a little more about that Wii/Spielberg project and how it’s coalesced into something with a name. [The game will be an] action-puzzle simulator’code-named PQRS’that neatly blends the creativity of th...
How the game industry lost its way (and how Nintendo could save it — again), part 2
Editor’s Note: First off, a big thanks to everyone who commented on part 1 (even some of the negative ones over at digg.com 🙂 ). It was by no means a perfect column, as I discovered upon subsequent re-reads, but I do appreciate that many people out there share my view on the industry today. Perhaps we can change it, if only just a little. For now though, onward and upward to part 2… Pa...
The Origin of Donkey Kong’s Name
Thanks to our tipster dubnobasswithmyheadman, Infendo has decided to dust off an old chestnut and try once again to solve the mystery of where Nintendo’s beloved gorilla got his strange, biologically incorrect name. A page at neomarxisme brings up a possible link to Donkey Kong’s name and a folk tale that’s very popular in Japan that’s called “The King has Donkey Ears...
Why the Sonic-Mario game DOES matter
O, Blake. You are wise beyond your years, but on the upcoming Mario & Sonic at the Olympics title you are just out to lunch. And I thought Denver, not Salt Lake, was the Mile High City. But I digress… Here’s why you’re wrong (and I’m going to go to the dark side and have Matt Casamassina help me on this one): 1. It’s not 1995, but it is 2007. Times have changed, t...
New Mii Channel launches in April
Via Siliconera: During the Nintendo keynote Shigeru Miyamoto mentioned that a new voting channel where people can vote on their favorite Miis was in the works. A message was sent to Japanese Wiis with the date of the new channel, April 29. In the channel players can pick one of two Miis as their favorite and results will be shown online, similar to the Everybody Votes channel. Are you ready? Are y...
Everybody Votes: "By this time next year, I will be…" with video game personalities
The voting channel is perhaps the least liked of all the current Wii Channel fare because, well, it’s kind of campy and doesn’t do much of anything. The current “question” up for vote at the Everybody Votes Channel is “By this time next year, I will be”¦” with “Better off” and “The same/worse off” as the choices. That said, I thought it’d be fun to go outside the channel̵...
"Mum" is the word for Nintendo at GDC ‘07
As many of you have heard, the big Nintendo news this week is that there will most likely not be any news from Nintendo in the following week, at least not from the 2007 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. What you may not have heard (if you don’t like digging through sources) is exactly why. The reason is somewhat convoluted, but here’s a simplification of the epic mini-serie...
Poll: Your favorite Nintendo celebrity?
Who is your favorite NintendoCelebrity? Reginald “Reggie” Fils-Aime Satoru Iwata Shigeru Miyamoto Koji Kondo Charles Martinet George Harrison Other (specify in comments)