Month: August 2006

No word on whether or not this guy was simply waiting for mum or actually shopping for himself in this swanky bargain bin British women’s shop. [Thanks, Ste]

Unconfirmed (though legitimate looking) Wii and PS3 retail kiosks both rumored to hit stores in October. If true, don’t expect a Wii launch till mid November.

Infendo tipster James from Tyler, Texas says he has the scoop on tomorrow’s embargoed “exclusive” cover game for Nintendo Power. If he’s correct, then it’s… Pokemon?! “The next issue (NOV ’06) for Nintendo Power (USA) has new info about the newest Pokemon game, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, Epics for DS and GBA (Magical Starsign, Children of Mana. Strateg...

I think I’ve been living in a cave the past six months. A cave stocked with Nintendo and Rockstar energy drinks, but a cave none-the-less. Why a cave? Because I had no idea what a “Wii Ambassador” was until a few weeks ago. It’s too bad, because I’d probably give an arm or a leg to Nintendo to become one after hearing what these chaps get to do (play the Wii before an...

Since we cannot have our Nintendo Power until tomorrow I thought these scans of Nintendo’s fall catalogue from a “game store” would be a nice holdover until we see exactly what is so important that hundreds of thousands of readers across the U.S. had to be denied their editorial fix. This is the first bit of rock solid confirmation lately that we have from Nintendo about the Wii:...

Looks all fluffy and whatnot…

The Legend of Zelda series has never been heavy on the storyline, but that doesn’t mean Nintendo can’t treat gamers to a good story. Nintendo of America’s Head of Localization Bill Trinen revealed a few interesting points in the lastest Game Informer magazine: “With Twilight Princess, the depth of story and its connections to past games means not only does it have twice the...

Who is your favorite NintendoCelebrity? Reginald “Reggie” Fils-Aime Satoru Iwata Shigeru Miyamoto Koji Kondo Charles Martinet George Harrison Other (specify in comments)

If you happen to be a subscriber to Nintendo Power (Official Nintendo Magazine in the U.K.), then you won’t be getting your issue early this month, as you usually do. That’s because the issue has been embargoed until Sept. 1 due to a “BIG exclusive” that was, surprise surprise, not named by Nintendo at this time. From the official forums:On this ocassion subscribers will no...

In the words of the great Sam Jackson, hold onto your butts Infendo. The latest news out of Japan this morning is that the Wiimote is having some quality assurance issues at a manufacturing plant in China that one magazine is speculating could affect the launch date. Seems that there are some button sensitivity issues where they are not responding as they should when pressed, or they don’t e...

Mixed in with some other Nintendo tidbits over at Cubed is this interesting clip regarding a potentially big pick up for the VC: Finally, for those more interested in the Nintendo Wii, Tecmo (the company behind Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive) is apparently working very hard on bringing its classic range of games over to the Virtual Console retro service, meaning that we could be getting the origin...

Can the PS3 save Sony? That’s what Wired explores in a recent article urging the company to become “fun again.” Author Frank Rose had this say about the Wii: “The Wii is a product Sony might have developed in its heyday. It doesn’t try to outdo anyone on graphics muscle or computational power? in fact, it opts out of the arms race entirely. Faced with a shrinking vide...