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Nintendo announces mobile deal and next-gen console
In today’s press conference, Nintendo announced a big mobile gaming deal with DeNA and will release gaming apps for smart devices and will use Nintendo’s reputable stable of IPs. With this announcement, Nintendo and DeNA hope to attract new customers through mobile games and apps and onto Nintendo’s home and handheld consoles. On the note of consoles, Nintendo has announced a new console und...
Tuesday Time Warp: Top 10 NES Games
What better place to start our new retro feature than the very system that kickstarted this wonderful journey, the Nintendo Entertainment System. For many gamers, the NES was the system that changed our lives and sucked us into a world of endless possibilities. Whether it was World 1-1 of Super Mario Bros, the first dungeon in The Legend of Zelda, or the initial creepy moments of Metroid, the NES ...
Coming Soon: Tuesday Time Warp
With the sad departure of our beloved editor, Holly Fellmeth, and the increasingly busy lives of the rest of the Infendo staff, the pages of Infendo have been eerily silent as of late. Do not fear, great things are on their way. One of these things is a new bi-weekly feature, beginning next week, entitled “Tuesday Time Warp.” This new feature will focus on retro games, particularly the...
Majora’s Mask: Misunderstood Masterpiece or Overrated Oddity?
Last week’s Nintendo Direct has the Nintendo Universe buzzing with excitement, much of it stirred up by the announcement of the Majora’s Mask remake coming to the 3DS. While many are bouncing with excitement, others are cringing at the thought of tackling this franchise misfit again. All this brings us to an enormously debated question: Where does Majora’s Mask sit in the Zelda h...
Super Smash Bros. 3DS Open Tournament
At E3 we were treated to a thrilling Super Smash Bros. tournament. Now it’s your turn to compete. The “Super Smash Bros. 3DS National U.S. Tournament” has officially been announced. The open tournament will be held on October 4th, one day after the release. 15 GameStop locations across the U.S. and the Nintendo World Store in New York City (see below for locations) will host the ...
Exclusive 3DS Models Coming To GameStop
A triforce of unique 3DS designs have been announced for the coming months, two of which will be exclusive to GameStop locations. These models were presented recently at the GameStop Expo 2014. First, released on September 19th, will be the Super Smash Bros. Edition 3DS XL. We have already seen glimpses of this, as it had been previously announced for the UK. Available in two colors, red and blue,...
Press Start: September’s Kickstarter Showcase
Welcome to Press Start, our monthly Kickstarter showcase. For those of you unfamiliar with Kickstarter, it is a global crowdfunding platform, allowing people to donate to projects of many different kinds. Kickstarter is a brilliant tool for indie game developers, and has led to many excellent games coming into existence, with the financial backing of everyday people like you and me. Games l...
Review: Shovel Knight, A Brilliant Homage To The 8-Bit Era
What do Mega Man, Super Mario Bros. 3, Duck Tales and The Adventures of Link all have in common? Unique stories. Imaginative characters. Brilliant level designs. Fantastic music. They are some of the greatest platformers of all time, and helped define the 8-bit era. And now, they have all played a role in inspiring this years smash indie hit, Shovel Knight. What started out as a Kickstarter...
Fantasy Life to feature online co-op, Streetpass features
With release dates in September (Europe) and October (North America) looming, details regarding LEVEL-5’s highly anticipated RPG/life simulation, Fantasy Life, have surfaced. While a fair bit of information has already been released, LEVEL-5 have now revealed that Fantasy Life will contain very broad online features. The first of many online features is Link Mode, a communication tool that c...
Game Boy Stage for New Smash Bros?
As the days count down towards one of the most talked about releases this year, Sakurai continues to drop various hints and sneak pics through his Miiverse account. Yesterdays screenshot appears to reveal a new Game Boy stage. Along with the image above, Sakurai wrote “Pic of the day “?Ba-ding!?”…. If you turn on the 3D effect, it really looks like there is a Game Boy insid...
A glimpse of Super Smash Bros. Trophy Shop/Gallery
Completionists and collectors have a large task looming in their near future. With over 540 trophies to be collected, the new Super Smash Bros. games will keep players extremely busy. While the trophies are meant to be collected throughout the game, they can also be purchased with in-game currency or Nintendo 3DS Play Coins. Recently, Masahiro Sakurai shared a few screenshots on a Miiverse post, g...
Pokemon X and Y to receive Pinsir, Heracross
Pinsir and Heracross, bug type Pokemon, will soon be delivered across WiFi Connectivity. On August 13th, Pokemon X and Y owners will receive their new Pokemon through the Mystery Gift. Owners of Pokemon Y will receive Pinsir, while owner of Pokemon X will receive Heracross. Then, from August 18th to 30th, anyone who visits Gamestop will find a special serial code on their flyers, allowing them to ...