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The Wii Fit Balance Board is a console
“I have an idea for an Infendo post you should do…” — Sean Malstrom And so began this simple post on an extraordinary idea. Perhaps a bit crazy too, but then again all disruptive technologies are labeled as such before they’re accepted en masse. The idea? That the Balance Board packaged with Wii Fit isn’t an accessory at all. It’s a console, just the like ...
Commonplace criticisms of Wii, Nintendo begin to fade
Remember that damning New York Times piece about Wii, low attach rates and how the system is anathema to “hardcore gamers?” It’s been pretty much summarily attacked all week long as an example of poor reporting (believe me, I can relate), but this article from Ars Technica–and a response from VGChartz, from which the NYT compiled its data–pretty much smothered the art...
Super Mario Singing Star provides desktop invincibility
Tough day at the office? Boss on your back? Being overwhelmed by Goombas? Just need a break? Simply hit the button on the back of this Super Mario Bros. Singing Invincibility Star and sit back. You’ll be protected from harm as the Singing Star plays the Invincibility Theme from Super Mario Bros. and you become an office hero. The Singing Star goes for $18 at ThinkGeek.
If Mario was a… (Nintendo marketing on steroids)
A Harvest Moon Wii tractor pull? A real-life F-Zero supersonic racing circuit at the Bonneville Salt Flats? Mario juicing for his upcoming Super Mario Sluggers baseball promotion? Nintendo will hold a pretty cool marketing promotion in NYC tomorrow as a man dressed as Mario hails cabs for Manhattanites, free of charge. What follows are just a few of the wild new Nintendo marketing promotion ideas ...
Commentary: EGM #1 shows NES “hardcore” lineup
Racketboy has a .pdf up today of the very first Electronic Gaming Monthly. The issue, conveniently for us, is a preview of the “HOT NEW Nintendo games” coming soon (in 1989). You can see them in the pic above next to the insanely retro boxart from timeless classic, Mega Man 2. It’s a pretty eclectic list, which got me thinking. Operation Wolf? Shooter. Bubble Bobble? Action puzzl...
Tell us what you really think, Epic Games
Epic Games doesn’t like Wii. Here’s what president Mike Capps had to say in a gang-bang interview with IGN. “Pffffffffft”¦[when asked by reporter Nate Ahearn what the chief officer thought of Wii, to which Ahearn replied, “I think the same thing!”] It’s a virus where you buy it and you play it with your friends and they’re like, ”˜Oh my God that’s so...
Another great classic Nintendo shirt featuring Duck Hunt sells out, too
You may have seen the Zelda garment I was drooling over a couple days ago, but now Shirt.Woot! has another great shirt, commemorating Duck Hunt. Check out the pic above. This one sold out, in only 20 minutes too! Did you snag one?
Gorgeous Woot Zelda Shirt sells out in 90 minutes
You may be familiar with Woot.com and their tactic of selling one product a day at a cheap price until it is sold out. They have a shirt site too and you can see above what today’s shirt was all about. Pretty hot .. did you snag one? They sold out in less than 90 minutes. [UPDATE: It’s now available again]
So I bought Wii Fit today
Today I went ahead and took advantage of a $5 credit on my Amazon account — as well as the lack of sales tax on Internet transactions and Free Super Saver shipping — and pre-ordered Wii Fit. All the signs and portents say this thing is going to be huge, and I didn’t want to miss out while my neighbors, parents and sisters got their fitness on without me. Some game-related reporti...
Super Mario Theme played by RC car on wine bottles
http://view.break.com/487616 – Watch more free videos The ol’ “too much time on your hands” versus “wow, that’s pretty intense” debate rears its ugly head again with this clip of an RC car playing the Mario theme on wine bottles. [Gizmodo via Boing Boing Break]
Mario Kart readily available in Germany
David Cole, associate editor at Infendo World Industries, is currently on vaca in Deutschland. But that hasn’t stopped him from geeking out over all things Nintendo and envying our European friends that can already purchase Mario Kart Wii.
Top 10 Mario Power-Ups
I know what you’re saying. “All of Mario’s power-ups are necessary and awesome, and there’s no way you could possibly whittle away such goodness to come up with a top 10 Mario power-ups list.” To which I would reply nay, you are incorrect — there are certainly many, many useless and easily forgettable power-ups, and truly there are ten amazing ones that deserve ...