Hooray for demos! Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (This is possibly my least favorite game title of all time) has just landed on eShop in demo format. It’s spectacular and a lot of fun to play through, running you through a medley competition involving target shooting, goal kicking, trampoline, swimming and BMX racing.

It’s worth mentioning again: this game is spectacular. The characters look amazing on 3DS, and the stadium setting springs to life with color, depth and detail. It’s all very sharp, smooth, and polished as blazes. (more…)

How much is too much for the 3DS?

$300? How about $250? Would the cost of one game make a difference? The cost of a night at the movies?

If it launches here at $300, 3DS will cost the same as a 32GB iPod Touch. But, you know what? Everyone’s seen the iPod Touch. It’s great, but no longer new. Right now, most people have not seen the 3DS in person. It can’t strut its stuff on television or the internet. Most people have never seen a 3D no-glasses-required game machine in action.

That’s why its prospects will become clearer once the general public sees 3DS doing its magic via in-store demos. If we see folks crowding around the thing, Nintendo’s got a hit.

What would make me buy a 3DS at $300? Well, to be honest, a sign saying, “In Stock.” But, what would I consider a great bargain at $300? I don’t care about the charging dock or the SD card (I’ve got SD cards coming out my ears). Here’s what I’d like at that price: (more…)

Your podcast co-host and ours, Will Thompson was one of the very first people to pick up the newest Zelda game, Skyward Sword, at the Nintendo Press Conference yesterday morning. Will’s playthrough of the demo was led by his lovely guide Amber and captured on film by Roger DiLuigi.

In this playthrough, it’s worth noting that Will got further than anyone else had up until this point and actually reached a previously unknown boss. That’s right, Will got there first. And by proxy, Infendo did too.

I picked up the entirely free demo disc from GameStop this week for Monster Hunter 3 (or Tri, not sure what I’m supposed to call it).  While I applaud this type of marketing, I think they missed a good opportunity to convince me to buy the game.  Based on what I’ve read or seen, this game had me very excited.  The disc comes with a fold-out control guide, which is fine, but doesn’t really tell you how you’re supposed to play the game.  A brief tutorial would’ve been nice.  As I time and time again tried hunt a beast, I felt like I had absolutely no clue what I was supposed to be accomplishing.  Was there some way I could tell how much closer to death the beast is?  Perhaps, but I couldn’t figure that out.  Still, this looks pretty awesome and I look forward to renting the full version.

UPDATE: Winners have been selected during last night’s podcast.

Be sure to listen and participate in the Live Podcast tonight at 9pm/10pm EST. These are NTSC demo discs and will not work in the PAL Territory. All you have to do is be in the chat, ask us some questions and you are automatically entered to win. Three lucky winners (get it, Tri) will be announced at the end of the podcast.

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