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Mario tops list of “video games we keep buying, but haven’t changed in eons”
Or so says this guy (and he has a point). Not that it deters us from still playing. 🙂
Rant: “Filmmakers”
The only way you will ever hear me say that a “movie mode” in Metroid Other M is a “good idea” is if Team Ninja has also installed an option that allows me to play the game without any cutscenes or cheesy voice acting whatsoever. Unbelievable. I mean, really, really unbelievable. An August release date make total sense now. This game is forgotten by Christmas. I’m ang...
The Nintendo 3DS will be $189 (titles for $40?)
So September’s the big month for 3DS. Pricing, release date, Reggie Fils-Aime jumping out of a big Nintendo is King cake just like that douche Lebron James and all will be right with the world. Or will it? Rumors and speculation have the price for this genuinely industry-energizing device fluctuating wildly, anywhere from $129 all the way up to a suicidal $300. My guess? $179 to $199, but pr...
Know your Nintendo peeps: Bill Trinen
From the editable dictionary: “Bill Trinen is a video game translator who mainly works for Nintendo of America. He also does certain Nintendo press conferences and acts as an interpreter. Bill Trinen has been involved in the translation of many Nintendo 64, GameCube, and Game Boy titles. He began at Nintendo of America by translating debug reports on The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and...
The Evolution of Nintendo Characters
It’s always cool to look back at the past and see how we’ve improved over the years, and it is even cooler how Mario, Donkey Kong, and Link have grown with us. With the ever expanding technology and limitless possibilities it’s hard to picture what they’re be like in the future. Yet, looking back, it’s been a good run hasn’t it? Few characters evolve as much as ...
Meanwhile, in Kyoto…
You know who’s not sweating bullets or worried about much of anything today? Everyone at Nintendo.
You probably won’t care about this Wii competition (and I don’t blame you)
Programming note: Uh, sorry. The whole of Infendo took an extra extended holiday this weekend, apparently. Now back to regularly scheduled breaking news (wink, wink). Over the next two months, Nintendo is hosting public tournaments at various malls and whatnot. Rather than demoing new games, however, the events are seemingly for bragging rights only for the following games: Wii Sports Resort, Mari...
Nostalgia: The Legend of Zelda Game Manual
Do you remember when games gave you awesome instruction booklets? Not a flimsy black and white instruction manual on how to insert your game into your system, but a colorful book with story and descriptions of enemies and items? I remember those days, and it’s sad to say that it’s rare that games include anything more than cheap 8 page control book. So I decided to bring a little bit o...
Seth Green’s tiny hands target tweens in Dragon Quest IX ad
Why Seth Green is sharing a lunch with a couple of tweens on a set straight out of Saved by the Bell is something we’ll likely never know, but we do know that he’s hocking Dragon Quest IX, and that’s cool. In any event, Nintendo’s streak of celebrity-studded DS ads continues unabated…
At $2.1 million a year, Nintendo CEO makes less than either Sony or Square Enix boss
Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata made $2.1 million last year (included bonuses), much less than Sony CEO Howard Stringer’s $9 mil or Square Enix’s $2.7 million-making CEO. That may come as a surprise to some, since Nintendo outsells the other two combined. But keep in mind we’re talking salaries here. And in senior executive land, salary is often peanuts when compared to year-end bonuse...
Youtube Tuesday: Mario’s Summer Activities
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TKiUTkJPdU[/youtube] Wonder what Mario is doing this summer? check out the video! I mean there’s no way he’s getting ready for a summer competition that will be open to two and four player teams. Where you can compete with friends and family to win prizes and bragging rights. No way any of this is happening.
Catch up with all the Nintendo E3 Trailers!
If you have been living under a rock somewhere and missed all of E3 news over the past few weeks… Here is your chance to catch up! I have congregated every little trailer released by Nintendo and third parties in a chance to allow you guys to get caught up! Also, let us know who had the best trailer of E3 2010!