Month: May 2007
Why some Miyamoto games aren’t any fun
In speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Miyamoto-San talks about using games to tackle social issues and his approach to designing software. Here are some choice questions, but be sure to hit the source link for the full, interesting interview: Have there been games that you thought would be fun but didn’t turn out that way? Yes, that has definitely happened. In the past we’ve worked wi...
Get Your Spend On – new releases this week
In a bizarre situation, the likes of which I have never seen, nothing at all has been released for the Wii or DS this week in America. Hopefully the Virtual Console will come through for us today. US releases:Nothing for Wii or DS this week!! EU/UK releases:Wii– Bust-A-Move Bash!– Cooking Mama: Cook OffDS– Lost in Blue 2– Picross DS Just because little to nothing is being r...
Lego Wiimote caddy
Infendo Forum frequenter, FalseBlue, shared his newest Lego creation with us. But does it charge the batteries?
Infendo Radio #57 is most awesome!
Scott calls it a “special” show. I just call it most awesome. Listen in as we discuss a ton of Wii games, lots o’ segments, and good ole calls. You’re really missin’ out if you don’t download this mug. Get to it! Radio Feed iTunes Feed MP3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (32.9MB)Subscribe: Email | RSS
Nintendo Spotting: Goomba surfaces on random power box
These dudes are everywhere, side walking their way along with unfeeling eyes…
What are you doing this weekend?
I get the impression that a lot of people will be standing in line for Spider-Man 3 while playing Pokemon Diamond/Pearl on their DS this weekend. So what are you doing?
Virtual Console preview videos galore
Nintendo has created a nice Virtual Console site with videos for practically all of the available titles. While it’s not exactly the downloadable demos that some people have hoped for, it will at least provide a quick glimpse and help you decide if a game is worth the asking price. Playing Lode Runner on my C=64 was a real treat as a young gamer, so Battle Lode Runner was on my must get list...
We’re Number One – top sellers for the week
Here are the number one Wii and DS games sold around the world this week: WiiNorth America: Super Paper MarioEU/UK: Wii PlayJapan: Wii Sports DSNorth America: Pokemon DiamondUK: Cooking MamaJapan: TOEIC Test DS Training Pokemon continues to dominate the DS market in the US while Wii Sports overtakes Super Paper Mario for the #1 spot in Japan despite the Wii version of Big Brain Academy releasing t...
The real Nintendogs
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDYw110uP2s]A masterpiece in the making. Woof.
Shiggy Miyamoto, the 9th most important person of all time
TIME had their fun a week or so ago, and asked Internet users to navigate the tubes and nominate who they thought was the most important person of the year. According to Internet voters, who are comprised of anyone from Average Joe to Man in his underpants, Miyamoto got 9th overall. He was bested by the likes of Sanjaya Malakar, Harry Potter author and billionaire J.K. Rowlings, and 24’s Kie...
Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, who has the cheesiest game dialogues of them all?
I recently wrote an article for Next-Generation on why video game dialogue is so cheesy. Basically, as told in the article, “as video games became more cinematic, writing and dialogue couldn’t keep up due to the absence of legitimate storytellers.” Cinematics when compared to text stories is a whole different ball game. Heck, interactive stories when compared to linear movies is ...