Wii

Infendo Radio Episode 279: Pikmin on Pikmin action!

  On today’s show Scott Pratt, Harrison Milfeld and myself (Lewis Pugh) talk Pikmin, Nintendo’s Q2 fiscal report and finally end with a feature celebrating 100 million Wii’s sold! Also on a side note the browser media player should now be fixed for all. Of course you can enjoy the Enhanced Edition goodness on iTunes and most Podcast Apps, giving you images and chapters. Enjo...

Xenoblade Chronicles now being sold for $90 at GameStop. Wait, what?

According to a post on NeoGAF, US game retailer GameStop has received a large shipment of copies of the critically-acclaimed Wii title, Xenoblade Chronicles. The catch? GameStop is selling individual copies at a staggering price of $90…pre-owned. The NeoGAF poster also mentioned that it’s possible to take the price down with coupons that are floating around online. That alone may be a ...

Junction Point Studios Closing Down

Junction Point Studios, the creators of Epic Mickey is closing its doors. A Disney rep confirmed that the studio is closed and is due to the fast-evolving gaming marketplace. Looks like we’ll be seeing Warren Spectorworking on new projects somewhere else!

Pandora’s Tower Making It’s Way To North American Wiis This Spring

Well it looks like XSEED has finally decided to bring over the last of the three games that Operation Rainfall had set out to campaign to bring over. This spring, Pandora’s Tower is making it’s way to North American Wiis as a sort of it’s last hurrah. Hopefully it’s worth taking out the old Wii and dusting it off for a few more hours of gameplay!

Wii Mini Confirmed For Dec. 7 Release

It’s a rumour no longer! The Wii Mini will be released on December 7, will cost $100 and surprisingly, it’s currently only available in Canada. This diminuitive model of the Wii does not have any GameCube support at all, including no GameCube controller ports. Alongside that, the Wii Mini does not have internet access. If it does make it’s way south of the 49th Parallel, would yo...

A Little Wii Backstory

  CVG have a great article about the story of the Wii. The whole thing is definitely worth reading, but I found this particularly interesting. Tom Quinn (above) is the man who invented the technology in your Wiimote today. He invented it for aeronautical reasons, as a method of auto-stabilising his aircraft, long before he pitched it as a gaming tool to Nintendo in 2001. Quinn actually aproac...

Skyward Sword Harp Replica

If you’re looking for some of the most dedicated fanbase, it’s hard to come by a more faithful following than fans of the Legend of Zelda franchise. And sometimes on the interwebs, you find one of those exceptionally well made replicas of items in game and that’s exactly what Etsy Shop Owner PerfectTommyAutomail has done with the Skyward Sword Harp! The harp itself looks amazing,...

Iwata Talks The Demise of Friend Codes, Miiverse. More To Come.

In a post-financial briefing analyst discussion last week, Iwata discussed a few things of interest concerning the (fast approaching!) Wii U. Details regarding Miiverse, as well as Nintendo’s overall online strategy,  in particular, have been…. Scant. Well, good news, a Nintendo Direct is currently being prepared to shed some more light on this shadowed area of Nintendo’s future....

This isnt Nintendos first rodeo: Retrospective of Nintendo Online

The Wii U launch is nearing folks, and even though we know a ton about the console, there are still plenty of question marks, namely the way users will connect with each other online. Surprisingly, Nintendo has been taking their consoles online since 1995, far sooner than either Microsoft or Sony had even thought about making a gaming console. Click on through to take a tour of Nintendo’s fo...

Nintendo Price Drops Wii to $129.99

Nintendo has dropped the price of the Wii Stateside to $129.99 and this bundle should be arriving in stores now and widely available by October 28. This bundle includes Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort on a single disc. This bundle replaces the current New Super Mario Bros Wii package that is currently in stores.  This price drop comes in time for the busy Christmas season and the launch of the Wi...

Kirby 20th Anniversary Collection detailed for North America

Back in April, Nintendo announced that the their lovable pink puffball, Kirby, would be receiving his own game collection to commemorate the character’s 20th anniversary (Side note: Nintendo, just so you know, you never did acknowledge the Metroid series’ 25th anniversary last year. Just saying. But, I digress). Now, the full details of  this Wii-exclusive collection have been revealed...

Over 100 Games Still In Development For The Wii

To most, it would seem like the Wii would be pretty much done and ready to give up it’s mantle to the Wii U. But according to an email from Nintendo, the little white box still has some life to it.