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Nintendo Power: Nester returns!
Way back in the 1990s, when times were simpler and we didn’t have the Internets, there was a special day that happened once a month that made those long hours in elementary and middle school worth while. It was Nintendo Power day; that day when the mailbox would belch forth a mint copy of Nintendo’s gaming publication. I’d read through it in an hour or so, memorize the cheats, an...
Wii Comic – Grandpa Kochalka pushes buttons
Comic artist James Kochalka loves video games and apparently it runs in his family. Looks like his Dad isn’t ready for motion controls, though. Click on through for the full comic. Do you have any funny family Wii stories?
Dress Travis Touchdown like a REAL Hitman
Travis Touchdown is in a lethal race to become the world’s top-ranked assassin in the brutal Wii game No More Heroes, but let’s be honest. In reality, there is only one true Excellence of Execution, and he’s the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be. Fortunately for Travis, players can assemble a complete Bret Hart look-a-like outfit for him. To dress ...
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 ...
If Mario and his Mario Kart Wii friends drove real cars
Game Daily takes a look at the stars of Mario Kart and tries to assign real life vehicles to each character. What’s Italian, fast and looks great in red? Mario in a Ferrari. Mario is the most successful video game character of all time, and he deserves to drive the best sports car out there. Just as the Mario series is named after Mario, the Ferrari Enzo is named after Enzo Ferrari, founder ...
Infendo Radio presents The Wizard!
Every time I watch the 1989 classic film The Wizard, I can’t help but wonder what the guys from Infendo Radio would have to say about it. Now my wish has been granted, and yours can, too! I am proud to present Infendo Radio’s first ever movie commentary track: The Wizard MP3 [91.4 MB] Just download it, queue up the movie, and hit play on the MP3 when you see the Universal logo finish i...
Wii Video Games Blamed For Rise In Effeminate Violence
Mayor “Mumbles” Menino may be on to something after all. Reported by the Onion: The Wii, now the most popular gaming system in the country, most recently came under fire last month, when 15-year-old Los Angeles student Brian Strickland, who reportedly plays Wii Sports tennis, was expelled for flicking his wrist back and forth at a fellow sophomore’s head. And in January, 12-year-...
Wii working crossbow is accessory overload
Ever find yourself playing Link’s Crossbow training and wonder, gee, I wish this was a little more real? Well, I doubt there’s a real live Wiimote crossbow in the works, so this will have to do.
Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, on a carrot
Keep an eye out next week for when I play the Metroid theme on a modified stalk of celery.
Pokemon Pikachu gets what’s coming to him
InvisibleMan, I strongly suggest you look away or don’t play this video at all. That goes for the rest of you Pokemon lovers too. This video is traumatic. Traumatically funny, that is.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl, in comic form
The boys over at Penny Arcade just received a shiny new import copy of Japan’s favorite game of the moment, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and suffice to say I think they’re enjoying it. They fired off a pretty funny and fitting comic about it, at the very least. A teaser is at right and you’ll have to give them their due at Penny Arcade itself for the rest. Is it March yet?!
Top-Selling Wii Titles (That Don’t Exist)
America’s Finest News Source, The Onion, just published a graph of the Top-Selling Wii Titles. I’m confused since I thought Virtual Babysitter was a pack-in game.