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Third-party controllers are “pieces of crap,” say handsome and smart Infendo readers

Well, the votes are in’all 590 of them’and it’s obvious Infendo readers don’t care for third-party game controllers. With three options to choose from, 78 percent say they never buy knock-off controllers; 15 percent couldn’t make up their minds, and seven percent say they buy ’em for the $avings over more expensive official controllers. Aspiring manufactures hoping for a ch...

U.S. Wii owners can go to the dark side for the holidays

Japan’s already been reveling in all that is black and plastic ever since Nintendo introduced a black Wii and black peripherals in that market this past August (yes, it really is September already). Now it’s our turn! Well, it will be, just as soon as Nintendo delivers stock in time for the holiday season. We Yanks will be on the receiving end of a black Wiimote, black cover, black Wii...

Yeah, this is probably going to break a few TVs

Deep in the Nintendo labs, where only a handful of the company’s most senior executives are allowed to travel, things happen. Crazy things, man. Like that inflatable bouncy ball horse thing we showed you a few weeks ago—but weirder. Take this latest patent, for instance. Seems that some zany Nintendo developer was playing catch with a Nerf football one day and thought to him/herself, &...