Month: November 2007
Liberal, conservative — we all love Mario
Infendo doesn’t lean one way or the other as far as politics are concerned; we just love Nintendo. Hint: That’s a good thing (Independents FTW!). However, if you happen to lean to the right or left, you’ll be happy to know that Mario is welcomed with open arms everywhere. According to a recent Zogby poll, everyone loves the plucky Italian plumber: Apparently, not only is the coun...
Gamestop Mario Galaxy call – prank version?
Astute gamer and comic diarist, James Kochalka, hit us with the following story: Yesterday we got the Gamestop phone call from the voice of Mario telling us that our Super Mario Galaxy pre-order would be available to pick up today. That was great, very silly and entertaining. We picked the game up this morning. This evening, I just got another automated call from Gamestop. This one said Su...
Poll – Is Mario marketable?
Jack’s write-up from earlier today was some great food for thought. So, let’s put the question out there for you to decide: {democracy:22} And here are the results to last week’s poll about Wii colors.
WiiWare details emerge
Here are the goods steaming from an IGN podcast: Game size limit is 40MB (as opposed to XBLA’s 50) Most game budgets are coming in under $100K Smaller companies are trying some “really weird deals” with their business models in order to keep profit high, and risk low (I have no clue what that’s really supposed to mean) Nintendo to share profits with developers 35%/65% (with...
Is Mario a modern, marketable character?
Here’s an interesting and timely question posed by the Escapist today: How would Mario fare if he were introduced in 2007? As everyone and their dog knows, today is the official launch of Super Mario Galaxy. It is the latest Mario adventure; the most far flung (literally, the dude is in SPACE); and it is perhaps one of the most important titles to grace any video game console in recent memor...
Video games to see best October in a while
Analyst Michael Pachter, Mr. Video Game guru himself, has cast down the tea leaves into his voodoo pot of stray animal bones and sees incredible October sales numbers not only for Nintendo, but for video games in general. GameIndustry.biz: Most of the sales growth was driven by Activision’s Guitar Hero III, which accounted for USD 100 million in sales. Pachter’s estimate reflects USD 4...
Review: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
With a huge Mario title coming out this week, a would-be huge game is going overlooked. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games for Wii is a testament to the quality of game you can get when huge game companies put their heads together. Graphically, the game is almost flawless. Sound is also well done, with the exception being the lack of national anthems for the country you choose. Playing as char...
Italian mag gives Mario Galaxy 11/10 review
The game is that good, apparently. CORRECTION: I errantly reported the text as Spanish, not Italian. I speak English and Portuguese only, bella. Perdoa me, por favor. Â
NiGHTS Wii looking better everyday
NiGHTS is yet another title that has my interests piqued, even though it fails to leverage Wii’s saving grace: motion. Still, I’m anxiously awaiting this one when it drops on Dec. 18 — The perfect kiddie game to play on Christmas morning. Link
Mario calls, reminds gamers of Galaxy preorders
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWnv2eoVXiM[/youtube] Link
Dragon Blade contest winner DocOctorok presents the history of video game dragons
Congratulations to DocOctorok! He has won himself a copy Dragon Blade for Wii with his poetic entry in our contest. This was the hardest decision we’ve had to make at Infendo in some time as almost every entry was incredible! Thank you to everyone who entered and congrats again to DocOctorok. Check out his poem again after the break.
Useless homebrew a sign of Wii vitality
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0awjPUkBXOU[/youtube] Impractical, but its existence is still cool — not to mention another metric of Wii popularity. (Link)