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Review: Zack & Wiki: The Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure
For a moment in late December, and just for a moment, I was transported back in time more than 15 years to a period in my life when desktop computer towers had Turbo buttons, clocked out at around 44 MHz and even the nails-on-chalkboard ping of a consumer-grade 14.4 modem was still a twinkle in some telcom engineer’s eye. It was, truly, a frightening time with much uncertainty. But this mome...
Beer and bowling, Wii style
Note to self: Travel more. Addendum: Travel more to places that enjoy a good spirit or two. Plus Wii Bowling. The Publican, via Maxconsole, says the Wii has been a hit since day one at Brixton Bar and Grill in London. The pub runs “Wii Love Wednesdays,” which has patrons play against each other free of charge and the rest of the hooligans watch the action a big screen. “I had this back...
God save the Queen — and Nintendo
Not that Nintendo needs saving or anything… but I was feeling corny tonight and word on the street today is that the good Queen of England, when she’s not not governing the United Kingdom in her ceremonial role, can put “some killer English on a bowling ball in Wii Sports. The gadget-loving Queen has become HOOKED on Prince William’s new Nintendo Wii games console. William&...
Review report names Wii best console of 2007
The Nintendo Wii was judged the most popular of the big three consoles in 2007, despite extreme shortages of the console in the lead-up to Christmas, according to reviews from genuine purchasers collated by independent review publishers, Reevoo. The Wii achieved an overall score of 8.78 out of ten, compared with 8.25 for the PlayStation 3 and 7.65 for the Xbox 360. Sony’s PlayStation scored ...
Video games don’t make our industry look bad, gamers do
What’s the first response from wise-crack gamers after two, drunk and cruel, teenagers from Colorado killed a 7-year-old girl with supposed Mortal Kombat moves? “Flawless Victory” said one Digg commenter. “Fatality” said another on Kotaku, admittedly in bad taste. How about showing some class, my fellow gamers? Maybe I’m extra sensitive, being that I’m the...
Satoru Iwata is Next Generation’s 2007 Person of the Year
This past year was arguably a year of high’s and more high’s for Nintendo. Any of the firm’s blemishes were easily washed away by its monthly successes, and the core gamer — the everyman and woman who once again controls the fate of the video game industry — would tell you that Nintendo met their expectations and then some (with the exception, of course, that supply c...
Donkey Kong: Monster Truck screenshots
Look at those graphics! Hard to believe it’s on Wii, right? Well, that’s because it isn’t. Donkey Kong made his debut as a monster truck on Saturday, December 8, at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Fans in attendance had no idea they were about to see the unveiling of the newest truck on the Monster Jam circuit. Before the event, the Donkey Kong t...
Nintendo winners at 2007 Video Game Awards
Super Mario Galaxy and The Legend Of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass won at Spike TV’s 2007 Video Game Awards. Zelda won for Best Handheld Game while Super Mario Galaxy took honors for Best Action Game and Best Wii Game. The awards program will air on Sunday, December 9th at 9PM on Spike TV.
UPDATE: Guitar Hero 3 mono issue being fixed with new discs (2008)
As previously reported here on Infendo, Guitar Hero 3 for the Wii only played tracks in mono. It was sloppy, unfortunate, and needed a fix ASAP. Well, a fix is coming, but it won’t arrive until early 2008. Activision relayed this statement to IGN on the issue today: “We recently became aware that some consumers have not been able to enjoy the full audio output in the Nintendo Wii versi...
I like mini games — there I said it.
When Ninja Reflex was announced yesterday for Wii and DS, I was excited with the prospects — a game that combines my love of ninjas and the chance to enhance my reflexes. Yes, I’m easily amused (though I only expect this to be a fun diversion when it’s released in March). Oh, it doesn’t sound glamorous by any stretch of the imagination, and it doesn’t contain a suffix...
Opinion: Square Enix backed the wrong horse
When you’ve built your entire business around grandiose, movie-like fantasy titles with huge, in-depth cutscenes, what do you do when a graphically inferior console is currently eating up the entire video game industry? Did you say lash out? Complain? How about whine and moan? If so, you’re correct, and Yoichi Wada, CEO of Square Enix, deserves a prize. On Wednesday, Yoichi told CNET t...
Open Letter to Nintendo: Revive the Player’s Forum
There’s word today that Nintendo will update a Nintendo 64 game on the Virtual Console with some modern day features. Over at Wired’s Game|Life, Chris Kohler reports that Pokemon Snap, due out soon for the VC, will come complete with some Wii-specific content, including the ability to send snapshots of your little monster things to friends. Sounds exciting right? Right?! No, of course ...