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Japan: Mario Kart Wii off to a good start, sells 594k in one week

It’s not nearly the launch that Super Smash Bros. Brawl enjoyed, but Mario Kart Wii, at least in Japan, is enjoying brisk sales after a week on the market. Media Create reports the kooky racing title pushed 594,000 units in Japan since its launch one week ago. It currently sits in the number one software sales spot overseas. Smash Bros Brawl, on the other hand, sold about 874,000 copies in o...

Nintendo Spotting: Classy Mario kicks edition

These classy kicks are hand painted and all kinds of awesome. Plus, they make you jump higher, just like Nike Airs did back in the 90’s! [DeviantArt, via Kotaku]

Last Smash Bros. video, promise

Consider this post an end note for the Super Smash Bros. Brawl propaganda coverage. It’s Al Gore’s Current TV covering the Brawl launch in Burbank. Leave your thoughts on the game–now a few weeks old–in the comments. How have Infendo’s Thursday night brawls been for you? Have online issues subsided? Who’s unlocked everything? (screen or it didn’t happen!) ...

Super Smash Bros. Brawl online issue resolved!

Earlier this week, Jack told you about an issue plagueing many Brawl owners who hopped online shortly after buying the game at Midnight launch. I was one of those people and have been holding out for a solution from Nintendo, rather than trying the method of deleting my data and and starting with a fresh Friend Code. This morning, I’d like to report that the issue has been resolved on my sys...

Super Smash Bros. Brawl online issues?

UPDATE: It should go without saying that you’d be a fool to delete anything from your console without checking and rechecking this information against other news sources, friends and Nintendo itself. We received a tip this morning about a new Super Smash Bros. Brawl issue that is not related to those isolated dirty lens problems. Basically, if you got your game before midnight and started pl...

Reminder: Brawl launches tonight!

Freak out everyone … Super Smash Bros Brawl launches at midnight tonight! Once you get the game, head on in to the Infendo Forums and share your Friend Code for some online play with fellow Infendonians!

Meet the new Brawl challengers – FINAL SMASH!

[There are 15 new challengers in Super Smash Bros Brawl. This series will feature each new contender and rank them on their fighting potential with the Infendo Smash-O-Meter! The Smash-O-Meter measures each character (on a scale of 0 to 300) on their uniqueness and potential as a great Brawler.] A FINAL CHALLENGER APPROACHES!!

Meet the new Brawl challengers – Part 15 – an amazing android

[There are 15 new challengers in Super Smash Bros Brawl. This series will feature each new contender and rank them on their fighting potential with the Infendo Smash-O-Meter! The Smash-O-Meter measures each character (on a scale of 0 to 300) on their uniqueness and potential as a great Brawler. Spoilers may be present, so be careful if you wish to remain unspoilt.  Please enjoy the final entry in...

Meet the new Brawl challengers – Part 14 – an angelic adversary

[There are 15 new challengers in Super Smash Bros Brawl. This series will feature each new contender and rank them on their fighting potential with the Infendo Smash-O-Meter! The Smash-O-Meter measures each character (on a scale of 0 to 300) on their uniqueness and potential as a great Brawler. Spoilers may be present, so be careful if you wish to remain unspoilt.]

Meet the new Brawl challengers – Part 13 – a courageous captain

[There are 15 new challengers in Super Smash Bros Brawl. This series will feature each new contender and rank them on their fighting potential with the Infendo Smash-O-Meter! The Smash-O-Meter measures each character (on a scale of 0 to 300) on their uniqueness and potential as a great Brawler. Spoilers are present, so be careful if you wish to remain unspoilt. Big thanks to today’s guest wr...

Meet the new Brawl challengers – Part 12 – a stealthy soldier

[There are 15 new challengers in Super Smash Bros Brawl. This series will feature each new contender and rank them on their fighting potential with the Infendo Smash-O-Meter! The Smash-O-Meter measures each character (on a scale of 0 to 300) on their uniqueness and potential as a great Brawler. Spoilers are present, so be careful if you wish to remain unspoilt. Big thanks to today’s guest wr...

Wii console sales boosted by casual, hardcore titles in Japan

Thanks to the one-two punch of titles like Super Smash Bros. Brawl and the quirky Wii Fit balance board, Nintendo has widened its lead in Japan over Sony’s PlayStation 3. According to an article from Reuters today, Nintendo’s Wii game console outsold the PlayStation 3 nearly 4-to-1 in Japan in February despite Sony’s console beginning to narrow the gap last autumn. In addition to...