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It sure looks like it. More »
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Kotaku reader Riccardo whipped up this HD version of Mother's opening credits. It, like the game itself, is fantastic. If anything should get you excited about an HD Nintendo gaming system, it's this. More »
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You expect, and will find, old games for the Famicom where you play as a soldier. Or a pilot. Or an athlete. More »
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Remember how last month we looked at some of the better examples of the unlicensed NES/Famicom clones that walked the earth during the 1980s and 1990s? One towered above all others like a colossus in terms of how successful it was, and that was Russia's Dendy console. More »
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This old Famicom has what's called a GetLoFi Precision Oscillator in it. Don't know what that is? It can make the console sound like this. More »
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The Nintendo Entertainment System, and its Japanese sibling the Famicom, were two of the most successful video game consoles to ever be released. Which led to a lot of, let's say, imitators. More »
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Remember how in May we looked at the bizarre manual of the Japan-only release of Star Wars on the Famicom? More »
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This week on the season finale of Retro Game Master the Kacho takes on Golden Axe. More »
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This season's Retro Game Master ends with a bang as the Kacho takes on... Golden Axe. More »
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In 1988, Nintendo released a modem for its Famicom system in Japan. A crude device, it didn't allow for online play; just some downloadable stuff and access to basic news and information services. More »
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The 3DS's new second thumbstick is, to be blunt, horrific. It's an ugly, quick fix to a problem that should have been identified during the handheld's design phase, not six months after. More »
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Despite annual reminders, Hollywood has never made good on its threat to release a sequel to classic 1985 adventure flick The Goonies. More »
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It's one of the defining works of modern popular culture, and features plenty of stylised, graphic action. So why is it nobody has ever made a good game out of Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira? More »
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This week on Retro Game Master the Kacho takes on The Wing of Madoola. More »
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Yesterday, ten free NES Virtual Console games were dispensed to 3DS owners who had purchased the hardware before the price cut. And it looks like those gamers won't be playing their VC games alone. More »
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This week on Retro Game Master the Kacho takes on The Wing of Madoola. More »
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Today, Nintendo's ambassador program kicked off early in Japan, giving early 3DS adopters like me the chance to snag free NES games. In this video, I give some of the games a spin. More »
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Back in July, Nintendo announced it was dropping the 3DS's price from US$250 to $170. To make it up to those who shelled out full price, Nintendo launched its 3DS "ambassador program", More »
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Strapya World is carrying a number of cases for iPhones that, depending on taste (or whether you subscribe to the need for a case at all), might be worth looking into. More »
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Last night, one of the biggest celebrities in Japan, Shinsuke Shimada, abruptly stated he was leaving the entertainment industry. Shimada, a comedian and talk show host, is the Japanese equivalent of a David Letterman or a Jay Leno—if either of them appeared on six prime time shows and produced music albums. More »
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This week's Retro Game Master challenge's full title is actually Kanshaku tamanage Kantarō no Tōkaidō Gojūsan-tsugi. (That's Firework Thrower Kantaro's 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō in English.) But we're just calling it 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō! More »
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This week on Retro Game Master The Kacho takes on The Poseidon Adventure-inspired adventure game S.O.S. More »
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This week on Retro Game Master The Kacho takes on the side-scrolling platformer The Mystery of Atlantis. More »
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This week on Retro Game Master The Kacho takes on Tecmo platformer Mighty Bomb Jack. More »
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This week on Retro Game Master The Kacho takes on survival horror game Clock Tower. More »
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July 15, 1983. If that's your birthday, happy birthday! If it's not, that's cool. It's still a very special date in history. Because it's the day the Nintendo Famicom first went on sale in Japan. More »
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This week on Retro Game Master The Kacho takes on puzzle shooter Solomon's Key. More »
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Nintendo is mining its back catalog of 8-bit hits for re-release on the Nintendo 3DS. Two games, Excitebike and Xevious have been released—the latter only in Japan—as part of Nintendo's 3D Classics line. After that... Urban Champion. More »
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This week on Retro Game Master The Kacho takes on Sega Mega Drive shooting platformer Bonanza Brothers as they loot banks, mansions and casinos. More »
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This week on Retro Game Master The Kacho takes on Sega Mega Drive classic Super Fantasy Zone in an epic struggle to avenge the death of Opa-Opa's father. More »
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In this first episode of Retro Game Master, our hero, Shinya Arino, faces off against grueling Nintendo Entertainment System game Ninja Gaiden. More »
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The original Metal Gear may have been most famous on the Nintendo Entertainment System, but that's not the platform it was designed for. More »
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The regular Nintendo prepaid cards look boring. These are not regular Nintendo prepaid cards. More »
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In 1987, Namco released Star Wars in Japan for the Famicom, a title that took more than a few liberties with the movie trilogy's storyline. Sounds outrageous, but one look at the game's manual art and everything was suddenly OK. More »
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For nearly 30 years, Hudson's human mascot has been Takahashi Meijin, who rose to prominence during the company's heyday. Today, he revealed he's leaving the company. More »
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Like many games of the 1980's (and beyond), the English localisation of the original Legend of Zelda isn't as word-perfect as it could have been. So translator GlitterBerri went back and did the job properly. More »
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Can it be that time of year again? So soon? Yes, it seems it is. Time for Japanese game store Meteor to hold their annual "Famicase" exhibition, featuring imaginary Nintendo game cartridges. More »
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Designed by gamer shop Meteor, these iPhone 4 cases are supposed to look like the backsides of retro Famicom and NES catridges, complete with warnings on what not to do with the carts. We think they look pretty nice. More »
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Shigesato Itoi, who's perhaps best known in Japan as a copy writer and TV personality, already said that there will be no Mother 4. Making Mother 3 was no easy task. That doesn't mean there still isn't hope - however faint that might be. More »
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Is this the coolest thing you'll see today? Probably. What else are you going to see that beats a guy building a domino effect, to Queen's I Was Born To Love You, out of dozens of Famicom and SNES cartridges? More »
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