Month: March 2009
When is Castle of Illusion coming to Wii Virtual Console?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ix1gWkjd1w[/youtube] Dear kind sirs at Sega: When do you play on re-releasing Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse on Wii’s Virtual Console? I’d like to play it again, but I no longer own a Genesis. Thank you, Blake
$10 mini-game plus controller sells 10 million
In addition to dominating February sales, Nintendo announced that Wii Play has sold 10 million copies in the U.S. alone, making it the best-selling game this generation. “Wii Play mini-games are fun and they get people playing together,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Even if you believe people are buying Wii Play solely for th...
Poll – Shooter shoot out
There are a decent variety of shooters, but I distilled them down to four essential types. First-person shooters (FPS) like Sega’s upcoming The Conduit, on-rails shooters like House Of The Dead Overkill, Shoot ’em ups (SHMUPS) like Gradius ReBirth, or scrollers like Metal Slug 7. {democracy:79} Vote and then tell us which game is your favorite shooter in comments!
Infendo Radio 139 is finger lickin’ good
This week Kyle, Sean, and I talk about GTA: ChinaTown Wars, DS selling 100 million, three more Resident Evil titles for Wii, NES poll results, New Game Get, Punch-Out for Wii, Earthbound, and more! Radio Feed iTunes Feed MP3 Be sure to leave some comments or give us a call on the Infendo Radio Hotline: 206-338-BIGN (206-338-2446) after the show! And now you can follow us on Twitter, too! Podcast: ...
MithosKuu’s 3D Links Awakening map is Finished!
MithosKuu has finally finished his 3D remake of the overworld map from Link’s Awakening. He first started his project on September 3rd 2008 and finally placed and melded the last quadrant into place on March 18th 2009. He still has a long way to go with the interior maps, and hopes to make something wonderful out of it. Hit the jump to see a full view of Koholint Island.
Build with Goo, get a chance to be at E3
Listen up folks! Gametrailers.com is running a contest that could get you chance to fly out to California during E3 2009, and a chance to visit the GT offices; along with a brand new home theatre set up including a 52” flat screen TV, a Nintendo Wii with 10,000 Wii Points, and a Nintendo DSi! All you have to do is create a short video using the game’s “build what you want...
Sega Spotting – Awesome handbag Edition
I found this bag online while looking for a gift the other day, pretty awesome right? Although it was really overpriced…
Watch out, Apple is gunning for the games market
Make no mistake about it. Apple opened up several features in the iPhone/iPod touch this afternoon, and many of them have cool applications for gaming. Related to Nintendo, is the DSi going to be enough? In game voice chat is also one of the various APIs now open, as is iPod library access, proximity sensor, audio recorder, battery API, streaming audio and video, data detectors, text selection (oh...
Stage 95 – “Bob” does not exist
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edAcYfumubc[/youtube] Has Bob finally been brainwashed by Gantendo!? Will these videos ever cease to appear on Infendo? What was that blue thing that flashed across the screen!? Hit the jump to find out.
Rock Out – music DLC for the week of March 15th [updated]
Click on in for the list of Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour DLC for Wii this week!
Is the MotionPlus delay due to third party developers?
As you all know, Wii MotionPlus has been absent from the past two major Nintendo release schedules. Now, my first thought is this is Nintendo being Nintendo, always meticulously testing its first party products until they’re perfect (unless, of course, we’re talking Wii Music—I kid Miyamoto, I kid!). However, hundreds, if not thousands, of people saw MotionPlus in real-time demos...