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Retro game lyricist Brentalfloss rings in the holiday season with a musical tribute to the only Super Nintendo game to come bundled with a mouse and a mouse pad. Take that, uDraw! More »
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For years now, Japanese capsule toy makers have churned out miniature (non-working, of course!) game consoles and miniature portables. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5867542&view=rss&microfeed=true Take a trip back in time on your iPhone today as Sqiare Enix finds a new way to get folks to pay $9.99 for Chrono Trigger. Makes you wish they'd just sell lifetime version subscriptions. [iTunes] More »
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It cannot be, but what if? Filmmaker Kyle Roberts created this stop-motion short using Minimates, a SNES, and tin foil. More »
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There's nothing like old-school JRPGs to make you nostalgic, and this rap about the plucky lads from Potos tuugsa at the old heartstrings. But, what this really needs is a video. Can't be too hard to mock up SNES-era graphics along with this track, right? More »
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We've seen title art from modern games. And from NES games. Today, we're hitting the ground somewhere in between with a collection of animated title screen art from the Genesis/Mega Drive and Super Nintendo. More »
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Jamming 30 years worth of Mario tunes and visuals into an epic 18-minute-long video remix, the creators of "Super Mario Ceremony The 30th Anniversary Medley" doing an impressive job of honoring Nintendo's famous mascot. 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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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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We started to see limited edition consoles pop up regularly in the late 1990s. They're of course commonplace now. In the early 90s and before, though, they weren't really around, which is where Ricepuppet's console customisation service comes in handy. More »
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This week is the, believe it or not, 20th anniversary of the release of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in North America. More »
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Enjoy the morning sunrise while Mario and Yoshi rush to the aid of Princess. Ben Hickling created this great piece for the latest Super Sketch Squad theme. More »
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You may have fond memories of the 1991 launch of Nintendo's SNES, but according to a recently unearthed local news broadcast, some parents were steaming at the notion of the new 16-bit console. More »
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We've all used an emulator at one stage in our lives. Whether to replay some classic old arcade games or play an obscure console title you missed first time around, they're a dime a dozen. More »
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Because they don't count the CDi Zelda games, and because they count the repeatedly re-released Ocarina of Time twice, Nintendo promotes a worldview in which 17 ^[1] Zelda games have been released in the past 25 years. More »
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You know, it was one of the great tragedies of the 1990s that we never got a Saved by the Bell video game on the SNES. One heavily inspired by the Earthbound series, in which you had to help Zack do whatever he did for 23 minutes an episode. More »
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There are some colorful dinosaur creatures you just don't feel comfortable handing over a baby to. Dorkly gets it. I get it. Inbred Yoshi doesn't get it. Go figure. More »
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We learned the name of the new Mario Kart today. And it's...(pause for effect)...Mario Kart 7. More »
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Artist Nina "spacecoyote" Matsumoto, an occasional Simpsons Comics contributor, has good news, everyone! She's finally managed to mash-up beloved RPG Chrono Trigger with Futurama in a surprisingly good fit. More »
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Commenter Mudson has spent his life in fear of the glory that is turn based role-playing games. Now he's overcome that silly fear and wants to know what he's been missing in today's Speak Up on Kotaku. More »
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For an engorged SNES controller stuffed with SNES guts, a 3.5-inch screen, a rechargeable battery and loaded up with an original F-Zero SNES cartridge, the Supaboy is surprisingly un-weighty. More »
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YouTube user sonaje is talented. When he's not recreating game tunes and sound effects with his guitar, he's doing it with his mouth. More »
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You thought that eBay lot of used Super Nintendo games was a good idea, until you discovered they were all either broken or horrifically outdated sports titles. At least you'll have a pot to piss in, as long as you follow Price Charting's instructions on how to build a video game urinal. More »
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The Smithsonian American Art Museum revealed the winners of its public vote to decide what games will be featured in their exhibit, The Art of Video Games, today. The exhibit creates a visual history of the evolution of gaming from its humble beginnings through the present. The vote, which took place between February and April, helped to pick the majority of the exhibit, with only a few iconic selections guaranteed entry. More »
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As the wheels of Nintendo's next console slowly begin to spin, commenter Wrackune suggests the Wii is the greatest Nintendo console gifted to man thus far in today's Speak-Up on Kotaku. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5798094&view=rss&microfeed=true Get ready for more Wii-Makes 3DS remakes as downloadable games for the eShop. Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto says one can expect more games remade on the 3DS, like perhaps maybe, SNES game The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past? He doesn't confirm it, but does sound keen. [via Edge] More »
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LucasArts classic, and somewhat nonsensical, zombie game Zombies Ate My Neighbors doesn't really play out well in real life. [Thanks Chris] More »
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And no, don't make a Game Boy Advance joke, you smart-ass. Hyperkin's Supaboy is an upcoming handheld unit that's actually a Super Nintendo. Like, you have to insert Super Nintendo cartridges to play it. More »
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Princess Zelda is in tears, a kingdom mourns, but at least we can rest easy knowing that Link died fighting the good fight, trying to save the world from unfathomable evil. More »
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Offbeat Bride tribe member Kouhotaru wanted to be a video game princess at her renaissance fair wedding, but Peach and Zelda just wouldn't do. Instead, she turned to Final Fantasy IV. 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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Nintendo might've been made by nice old ladies and robots, but Dragon Quest VI was made by dudes who smoke and dudes who drew pictures. More »
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Eric Chahi, the creator of moody landmark adventure game Out of This World (aka Another World), once fought with his publisher, Interplay, via fax machine. Things got so bad at one point he attacked Interplay's offices with the dreaded "infinite fax." More »
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Game designer Eitan Glinert (Slam Bolt Scrappers) told me over dinner last week that he's really good at Mario Kart games, good enough that, a year ago believed he and his colleagues at Fire Hose Games could gold-medal all the races in all the console Mario Karts for charity in a 36-hour stretch. More »
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Forget its glasses-free 3D, the Nintendo 3DS is unlike any Nintendo video game before it because it will debut without Mario or Luigi. The previous nine major gaming machines from Nintendo — all of the big ones, from NES to Wii — had these guys. More »
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Nintendo is cutting off your supply of the Wii version of Super Mario All-Stars, the limited edition collection of four NES era Super Mario Bros. games with a 16-bit makeover. But it's also giving you one last chance to buy it. More »
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As promised, Mario Kart loving prankster Rémi Gaillard takes to the streets of France with kart, Mario costume and huge balls in tow, running from the cops and tossing banana peels and plush turtles at mini-vans. More »
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Aero The Acrobat was no Mario or Sonic, but the mascot had a decent following in the Super Nintendo / Genesis era. Whether you care about the bat or not, the look at the Aero game blueprint is fascinating. More »
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By virtue of the fact they're old, game cartridges are normally filthy as hell. Which means sometimes they won't work! Not to fear. If blowing on them won't get them up and running, a chemical fix probably will. More »
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Yes, someone out there thinks that turning 16-bit classic Zombies Ate My Neighbors into a big screen zom-com might be a great idea. If this sounds like a scary proposition to you, this project still has a long way to go. More »
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