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NES Game Saves: Nearing Extinction?
Everybody feels a bit of nostalgia at times. For many the NES was one of our first real gaming consoles. The love affair we had with it provided many hours of late night rendezvous and satisfying weekends. As the nostalgia overcomes you, the butterflies in your stomach glide you to the shelf that has collected a base of dust. the frowny face hastily drawn on the boxy beautifulness. Though...
“The eShop Has Turned Things Around for Nintendo”
At least that’s what one developer told Destructoid this week: The eShop, I feel, has really turned things around for Nintendo on the digital side because the storefront is heavily feature-driven. Any publisher can still produce whatever it wants, similar to iOS in both regards. However, given the feature-oriented nature, the eShop is quasi-curated without being some lame PR line… What...
Sakura Samurai review: All the fun of a great action RPG without any of the dawdling around
Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword is a brilliant game. In this polished and challenging adventure, there is not one bit of wasted space or a moment of B.S. time-killing. Every encounter, decision and action serves the central swordfighting gameplay–and that’s a very good thing, because the fighting system is fun beyond belief. Easy to learn, tricky to master and full of fast, on-the-fly...
Nintendo addresses lack of money-printing console right now
Said Nintendo president Satoru Iwata this week about continued losses: “The result (of lowing profit expectations) will mainly derive from the decision to mark down the price of the Nintendo 3DS and sell it below cost, sacrificing our profitability for this fiscal year, so that we can get it back on track to its originally-anticipated sales pace so as not to shrink our future business (of the Nint...
Nintendo needs to hire this guy, stat!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNgtIrSHack&hd=1[/youtube]I’m not sure if you’re aware, but I’m a huge Zelda nut. I love my Zelda in all shapes and sizes. Handheld Zeldas, Celda Zeldas, even Smash Bros. Zeldas. This next Zelda I’m about to show you blew my mind in more ways then one. Animator Joel Furtado also likes his Zeldas, difference is he’s a lot mor...
Nintendo’s Sakura Samurai hits eShop this week. Looking good!
eShop just keeps getting better! I buy my share of titles from Apple’s place, but I find Nintendo’s shop currently ruling as far as delivering quality games that look great, hold my interest for longer than a bus ride, and actually–get this–control really well! On February 2, a very promising-looking action adventure arrives for your downloading consideration.
Rumor: Wii U name could be scrapped in favor of something, anything, better
Just imagine what must be happening at Nintendo headquarters right about now. After thwarting Miyamoto’s lastest attempt to escape his cell and fighting to turn a profit even among the recent sales success of 3DS, Nintendo is once again facing criticism over something else. The name Wii U. I mean, I have never really much cared for the name of Nintendo’s forthcoming console, but then a...
At a loss: Nintendo still not out of the woods
Company lost more than three quarters of a billion last year and even announced more expected losses into this year. That’s to be expected from other console makers who lose money on new hardware in the first year, as they hope to recoup losses and turn a profit in the coming years. But for Nintendo, that’s rare. They usually turn a profit in the first year, with exception to their l...
Yeah, Super Mario Crossover 2.0 is the only game I want to play right now.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE1K9yNDNA8&feature=youtu.be [/youtube]The original Super Mario Crossover was fantastic, and I’m ashamed to admit how many hours of my life I have sunk into playing it. If you haven’t played it, basically introduces other video game characters into the world of Mario, and quite frankly, it is absolutely remarkable. Now take that premise, and ...
Besides Game Over and Super Mario, what other Nintendo books are there?
Infendo reader Jason emailed the following question last week: I just finished reading Super Mario by Jeff Ryan and I enjoyed it just as much as I enjoyed David Sheffs’ Game Over. A few years ago ( I’m currently 37) I realized that I more of a fan of Nintendo than I am of video games. With that said, are there any other non-fiction books about the big N that you could recommend? As for...
Zen Pinball Review: 3D brings new life to an old genre
The eShop’s climb to excellence continues; Zen Pinball is amazingly good, combining great gameplay with a lifelike presentation only 3DS can deliver. Many of today’s gamers have never played a real, hand-built pinball machine, but I grew up near a terrific pinball arcade where gaming nights involved staring down through glass cabinet tops (marred by old cigarette ashes and drinking gla...
Infendo’s Kart Community meets tonight!
Infendo’s growing community of Mario Kart 7 racers, created by Kart-Racer Extraordinaire Holly, meets tonight at 7:00 P.M. U.S. Eastern. The code is: 20-1691-6700-3942. Last week’s meet had a great turnout! I arrived too late to join Holly’s group, but was able to enter one of the three groups playing. I raced through several cups, challenging some of our finest readers, and (as ...