Month: February 2010
Super Mario Galaxy 2 trailer has me frothing at the mouth
Pretty rad, huh?
Wait…What’s Left?Looking Forward to E3
Before the dust settles after this morning’s press event, I am already thinking about E3. With almost all of Nintendo’s loose ends tied up this morning, that leaves me thinking about what they didn’t tell us: the second half of the year.
Press release: Nintendo reveals hardware, software lineup for first half of 2010
REDMOND, Wash.– Nintendo of America issued a surge of new information today about what consumers can expect from the company in the coming months. Let’s get right to it:
Metroid Other M arrives Jun 27, a month after Mario
Just announced by Nintendo. New media and additional details incoming…
Mario Galaxy 2 arrives May 23 on Wii
As previously reported, much sooner than expected. Nintendo announced today that Super Mario Galaxy 2 arrives May 23 on Wii. The original Mario Galaxy, released in 2007, is widely regarded as one of the console’s best games to date selling more than 4 million copies world wide. New trailer incoming…
Tweets from Nintendo’s 2010 Media Summit!
In 2008, Infendo brought me on board to cover Nintendo’s 2010 media summit in San Francisco – this year, a newer, younger, bolder Sean is covering the event!  Introducing my old buddy Sean Hollister, former editor of Gamecyte and all around great guy.  “Other Sean” will be digging up the facts for us at this year’s media event, and we’ll be delivering quotes...
Pop quiz
If you take three sub-par action titles that didn’t do well on the Wii because they weren’t really all that good to begin with, and then package them into a three pack with the word “violence” on the cover, will they sell better and be received warmly by the enthusiast gaming press? Multi-part answer: No, and *probably* not, depending on who’s writing the article. Als...
Super Mario Galaxy 2, Metroid: Other M to arrive “mid-year”
Word out of Nintendo’s Australian Media Summit this morning is that both Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid: Other M will arrive much sooner that expected. How much sooner? Nintendo is saying “mid year,” which in inudstry speak could mean anything from June all the way to end of August, or even September. Still, this is much, much earlier than I think anyone who’s anyone expe...
Youtube Tuesday – Classic Zelda Rap
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTCe_0KxK2w[/youtube] WARNING: CONTAINS EXPLICIT LYRICS This is probably the coolest RAP-N.E.S. music cross over. You can relive the entire adventure of the Legend of Zelda through this little quirky video. [Via The Adventure Of]
Wii is a powerful name
I was playing around with the awesome Twitter Venn today and really realized that Wii is an awesome name. For the other systems, there are just so many variations on their names. I can think of at least six different ways to write PlayStation 3 and just as many for Xbox 360, but for Wii it’s always just “Wii”. In an age where your Google ranking can make a huge difference, ...