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Wii fist: The image of a generation?

tips@infendo.com — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:51:08 PDT

Kotaku, the world’s largest video game blog, wonders if the “Wii Remote raised in fist” has become the image of a generation. The motif was first seen in 2005 on the cover of Edge, followed by Nintendo Power in 2006, and this year in the form of an upcoming book. I don’t know about you, [...]

Nintendo Spotting: Is Ganon a Teen Wolf?

tips@infendo.com — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:53:36 PDT

This picture was taken at anime expo at the LA convention center. Apparently there was lots of Nintendo love, especially for brawl. You can check out more pictures here. [Thanks for the tip Jake!]

Everything new is old: Atari 2600 Mega Man

tips@infendo.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:12:53 PDT

Thought your collection of old school NES Mega Man cartridges was hardcore? Try this on for size: Mega Man for the the Atari 2600. Avalible for download at Atari Age’s Forums, this short but neat demo was created by David Galloway for iam8bit in 2007 and has only recently released to the public. The demo only [...]

Don’t you wish Nintendo, Capcom, and Sega still made games together?

tips@infendo.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:03:24 PDT

From MSNBC’s Top 5 defunct game developers: I bet you didn’t know Nintendo, Capcom, and Sega created a joint venture at one time to make games. Well, they did. And it was awesome. Dubbed Flagship, the studio was entrusted with developing successors to several household names in gaming — “Zelda,” “Kirby,” “Resident Evil,” and “Onimusha” to [...]

At Nintendo, even Miyamoto’s mistakes become games

tips@infendo.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:29:53 PDT

So, funny story, dear Infendo readers… It seems that the golfing game in Wii Sports Resort was a bit of a mistake. Wasn’t supposed to be there. Sneaked passed the goalie. An “oops baby,” if you will. How? Well, in a story that’s only possible due to the sheer power wielded by Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto, the [...]

G4 looks at new Harry Potter game: Fans Only

tips@infendo.com — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:06:09 PDT

I weighed in with my some impressions on this title just after E3, and I can’t say I’m surprised by G4’s conclusion - I could see the potion making and Quiddich portions of the game becoming very repetitive, and even the awesome little dueling element could get tiresome with enough repetition. Still, if you’re a [...]

Youtube Tuesday: The Gamer - Trailer

tips@infendo.com — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:00:01 PDT

be sure to check out the sequel after the jump. The Gamer 1 & 2 are short ‘trailer movies’ created by ASU film student Chris Price and his friends in his home town of Phoenix, Arizona. Both were made with no budget at all and were thrown together in a very short span of time. The [...]

Learn about the Tatsunoko characters in…Tatsunoko vs Capcom: Ultimate All Stars

tips@infendo.com — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:00:34 PDT

I bet a lot of people probably don’t know the names of the Tatsunoko characters in Tatsunoko vs Capcom. It’s not surprising since a majority of them came from anime released in the early 70’s-90’s. Not to mention that half of the series never really made it over to America. So I thought I’d take some [...]

Miyamoto sorta kinda teases Kid Icarus title something

tips@infendo.com — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:33:40 PDT

Shigeru Miyamoto, ever the distributor of quirky quotes and often a disseminator of info that the PR folks at Nintendo probably aren’t totally prepared he give out as soon as he does, is talking Kid Icarus this week. NP: And, of course, I have to ask: have you given any thought to putting a new Kid [...]

Video game drought of 2009

tips@infendo.com — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:30:10 PDT

If you haven’t noticed, Nintendo news has been pretty dry around the net lately. Commonly known as the ’summer game drought’, these 3-4 months rarely yield any games/news relating to the industry that we’ve grown to love. Hang in there. It’s halfway over. Just remember it’s not as bad as the dreadful game drought of 2007. [...]