Retro
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. 🙂
Video: The history of the Game Boy
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6faA00CvFhI[/youtube] Although the Game Boy is no longer Nintendo’s best-selling system (that would be DS now), this dated video does a good job highlighting the awesomeness of the Game Boy.
This 8-bit chiptune organ is rad
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1pchpDD5EU[/youtube] More tunage here.
I’d rather be playing NES right now
I walked into my office this afternoon especially low on motivation. Then I spotted my dogbone controller on my window ledge, where it always sits, and suddenly had the urge to rewind the clock and play NES: Ninja Gaiden, Metroid, Kirby’s Adventure, Mega Man 2, Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out, Contra, Zelda, Mario 3’take your pick. Unfortunately, I was unable to. But watching parts of the above...
Photos of Miyamoto smoking, making Super Mario Bros. 3
As seen in a 1989 Japanese children’s book. Because kids love smoking and Super Mario Bros. 3.
Nintendo Spotting: Antique Game and Watch
Infendo reader Marc Cote writes, “I saw this in an antique shop. Didn’t purchase it, but I did think of you guys.” Thanks, Marc.
New Wii owner comes back to (and is loving) video games having left them 15 years ago
His name: Josh, a life-long friend of mine. The last console he owned? The Sega Saturn. (Bad way to go out, man.) New favorite games: Wii Sports, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and Tiger Woods for starters. To help rechristen him into the wide world of video games, what Wii games do you recommend he play? Keep in mind he’s really digging nostalgic games like side-scrolling Mario and Metroid Othe...
Boomshakalaka! NBA Jam coming Oct. 5 to Wii
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aoKbfIRVjY[/youtube] Just announced by EA. Ho-hum box art after the jump.
Nintendo Virtual Boy named one of “50 worst inventions” by Time Magazine
Is the Nintendo Virtual Boy one of the worst inventions ever created by mankind? Probably not. But it makes for great fodder (and headache jokes), as brought to you by Time. Not to mention it was a miserable gaming failure: The Virtual Boy will go down as Nintendo’s most short-lived system, staying on the market for just six months in 1995 before being mercy-killed… It was expensive (r...
Nintendo planning new Kirby game, “to be announced” for Wii
Buried on page eight of Nintendo’s financial statement released this week (pdf), gamers will find a listing for a new Kirby game “to be announced” for Wii. For the handful of you able to overlook Curby’s sickly sweet, kiddy appeal, only to discover his platforming power-up awesomeness, this is good news. Excluding the Kirby Super Star remake for DS in 2008, Nintendo hasn...
Remember the NES Advantage?
I do. My neighborhood friend Greg swore by it. But I never cared for the thing. Yes, NES controllers cut into your palms after 30 minutes of play, but they were way more precise than the ‘shtick. Did you own an NES Advantage? If so, did you really prefer it to the joypad?