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Review: Poker Dice Solitaire Future (Wii U eShop download)

As one might expect from a game that’s just $1.99 on the Wii U eShop, Poker Dice Solitaire Future has a simple premise. The first in the Tabletop Gallery series from one-man development team RCMADIAX, the game has the player roll five dice to create Poker-style hands (2-pair, full house and the like) for a high score. The dice can be rolled up to three times, and the player can choose to hol...

Nintendo Post E3 event in London Part 1

This Friday myself and Colin made our way up to Nintendo’s Post E3 press event in London, where we got to play many of their coming games. The event itself was open for 3 hours and the venue was decked out with Splatoon ink splaterings. Of course we were there from opening to close making sure we got as much time in as possible with Nintendo’s very latest. When inside, the first game I...

New characters announced for Hyrule Warriors, including Zant and Agitha

New screenshots on Nintendo’s console gaming Facebook page show a few new characters in action in Hyrule Warriors: Lana (a newcomer; shown above), Agitha, and Zant (both from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess). It’s hard to tell, but from the descriptions alongside the new photos, it seems like Lana and Agitha are playable, while Zant is a boss fight of some kind in the Twilight P...

Miyamoto interested in console and handheld cross-play

Shigeru Miyamoto recently sat down for an interview with Kotaku to speak on various topics related to Nintendo’s future. One of the topics reflected on the possibility of Nintendo’s future titles running on both a home console and a handheld. While Miyamoto didn’t specifically confirm the existence of said project venture, he did state that they are interested and would explore t...

Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class kart is heading to Mario Kart 8 in the west

The official Nintendo of America Twitter account has announced that the GLA-Class kart from Mercedes-Benz is heading to western copies of Mario Kart 8. We’re planning to release a GLA-Class kart from @Mercedesbenz for #MK8 this summer. Stay tuned for more info! pic.twitter.com/c5Gp886s7e — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) June 20, 2014 Mario Kart 8 owners in Japan were already treated ...

Poker Dice Solitaire Future gets trailer and release date

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rg8oV8ffHw[/youtube] The first of three “Tabletop Gallery” games developed by RCMADIAX for the Wii U eShop, Poker Dice Solitaire Future, has an official North American release date of July 3. In this game, the player rolls the dice to create the best poker-style hand possible for a high score, which can be shared with other players via Miiverse....

N64 games are on their way to the Wii U Virtual Console

That’s right, folks, Nintendo 64 games are officially coming to the Wii U eShop. A subtle change to Nintendo’s Wii U Virtual Console page hints at “the future addition of titles from the…Nintendo 64.” The only caveat? We have no idea when this will actually happen. I mentioned this was a subtle update, which suggests that the launch of N64 games on Wii U is still a wa...

Weekend Discussion: What did you think of Nintendo’s E3 showing?

Another E3 has come and gone, and we here at Infendo are happy to have shared countless posts on Nintendo’s latest games and projects. Now comes the hard part: waiting for many of the announced or previously announced titles to make their way to our living rooms. Well, that and catching some rest from all the E3 coverage we posted here on Infendo. Nintendo’s E3 presence has received a ...

Aonuma: Yes, that was indeed Link in the Zelda Wii U teaser

Earlier this week, famed Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma stirred up a bit of debate on whether or not Link was the hero shown in the short Zelda Wii U teaser. When asked about Link’s appearance, Aonuma stated, “No one explicitly said that that was Link.”  Many who took the comment at face value began to question if the person shown in the trailer was possibly a new protagonist or even a female Li...

Debut trailer of Pac-Man in Super Smash Bros.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVz-2VuAYlY[/youtube] As posted earlier on Infendo, Nintendo and Masahiro Sakurai confirmed during an E3 roundtable this evening that Pac-Man will be a playable character in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS. The roundtable was a closed door affair with video and photography not permitted, so details were scarce for the moment. Now, Nintendo has released ...

Pac-Man confirmed for Smash Bros.

Nintendo has announced during their closed Super Smash Bros. E3 roundtable that Pac-Man will be a playable character in Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U and 3DS. No character models or screens yet, but we’ll have more as it develops.

Aonuma on Link in new Zelda teaser: “No one explicitly said that that was Link.”

The short teaser for Zelda on the Wii U has the majority of E3 goers and all of social media talking when it was shown during Nintendo’s Digital Event this morning. What we know from the brief glimpse into the next-gen Zelda is two things: 1.) It will be open-world; and 2.) It looks beautiful in it’s early stages of development. But, there might be another detail that could have Ninten...