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Do you really want a HD Nintendo System? I mean honestly, who wouldn’t want to play a Zelda game in HD!

Recently Reggie Fils-Amie has gone on the record to talk about the recent speculation about Wii HD happening, and about the future of Nintendo in general. “[The] next step for Nintendo in terms of home consoles will not be simply to make it HD, but to add more and more capability and we’ll do that when we totally tapped out all of the experiences for the existing Wii and we are nowhere...

Ruminations on Nintendo power

Just last week, as the Infendo editors were assembled virtually in our super secret Gmail lair, we started discussing the topic of “year in review.” Like dirty hipsters, I suppose we felt uber powerful and self-important about bucking the status quo, and for some reason found ourselves discussing 2009 (and even 2008) in the second week of January. So tardy!

The NES that never was…A look at the “Home Computer” Nintendo ALMOST released in North America

In the summer of 1983, the original Famicom was unleashed on the Japanese market – a small, affordable home computer system with just three launch titles: Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong 2, and Popeye – each nearly dead ringers for their arcade counterparts.  The console was an instant hit, and it wasn’t long before Nintendo started to look to the west, eventually releasing the legenda...

Nintendo’s Post-Holiday Line-up Revealed! Release information on No More Heroes, Megaman 10, new Wii Remote bundles and more!

The new year is nearly upon us – it’s time to scope out what releases just barely missed holiday release, what games to look forward to summer for, and the games we hope to see by holiday season next year.  It’s nearly time for the January forecast, and Nintendo sent us a 2010 line-up to get us started. Here are a few Highlights: Blue and Pink Wii Remotes bundled with Wii Motion...

Mario Collection at the Nintendo World Store

Nintendo World recently decked out their store to be all about Mario due to the release of New Super Mario Bros Wii. They found and showcased some of the rarest, oddest products ever to be released under the Mario name.

Club Nintendo Adds Legend of Zelda 3-Poster Series

A couple days ago, Club Nintendo introduced a great new reward for members. The Legend of Zelda 3-Poster Series is here! A must-have for fans of The Legend of Zeldaâ„¢ series! The Collector’s Edition History of Link Poster has been designed exclusively for Club Nintendo, and features each version of Link from the original The Legend of Zelda game for the Nintendo Entertainment Systemâ„¢ in 1...

Nintendo DSi set for U.S. tour this summer

The portable fun of the new Nintendo DSiâ„¢ video game system will be on full display in cities nationwide this summer as the Nintendo DSi Mobile Tour rolls through festivals and special events from coast to coast.

A summary of Nintendo’s E309 announcements

LOS ANGELES–For decades, Nintendo has endeavored to provide the most creative and immersive experiences in the world of video games and to lead the industry in new directions. At its media briefing in advance of the E3 Expo, the video game industry’s premier trade show, Nintendo announced products for social entertainment that stretch far beyond the current notion of what a video game...

An early look at Nintendo’s next generation console

The weekly GameIndustry.biz newsletter that arrived in my inbox this morning was all about the future of the TV, and how its hyper-connected online future relates to gaming as a whole (widgets, streaming, the cloud, oh my!). It was a fascinating read, but I couldn’t help but think about Nintendo the whole time.

Nintendo DSi launches in U.S. on April 5 for $170

Nintendo’s latest moneymaking scheme, er, portable, will launch on April 5 in the U.S., the company confirmed today. The price is listed at $170 (almost as much as an Xbox 360 Arcade? Hmm…), and launch colors are a surprising black and blue (a nod to what the company’s done to the competition? Who knows.) The full press release lies below. Who’s picking one up, and who̵...

Analyst: Recession-proof Nintendo saved Christmas with more than 50% of sales

There’s no doubt that Nintendo is currently the king of video games, but news this morning about just how important the company has become to the industry as a whole is amazing, to say the least. How amazing? Well, if the sales preview from analyst group Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR) is to be believed, Nintendo literally saved the gaming industry from the “full w...