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Making Room for Baby Means Saying Goodbye to Old Friends
Parting with one's treasured game collection can be an unthinkable proposition for many. But having a baby absolutely transforms your life, as one long-tenured Kotaku commenter writes. And that makes such decisions not only possible, but downright necessary. More »Old News '01: "Star Fox Adventures... Should Keep Adventure Enthusiasts More Than Happy"
Inspired by Crecente's posts about Epic Mickey I went digging for some older Disney stories. That brought me to E3 2001 stories. That brought me to paragraphs about how awesome the GameCube debut line-up was at that show. More »Is Metroid Prime The Citizen Kane Of Video Games?
If Orson Welles' groundbreaking, multiple award winning film Citizen Kane has an analogous counterpart in the video game space, one ABC News report argues that it's Nintendo's Metroid Prime Trilogy. More »Metroid Prime Trilogy Lost its 'Damn'
In Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Admiral Dane expresses his frustration with the Space Pirates by letting out a rather mild profanity. "Damn," to be precise. In the Metroid Prime Trilogy, which released a week ago, it's been scrubbed. More »Sonic Adventure DX Getting Another Remake?
Australia's Classification Board has listed a new rating for Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut, suggesting that the GameCube game might be ported to current systems. More »People Buying Less, But Playing More (Wii Excepted)
Times are tough. 2009's gaming lineup isn't as strong as 2007's, or 2008's. So people aren't buying as many consoles as they used to. But those that already have one, well, they're playing the crap out of them. More »How Nintendo Has Described Itself From '87 To '09
A Reporter's Memories Of Factor 5
The closing of Factor 5 today is sure to affect many developers and gamers. With the studio shuttered, I'd like to share my experiences with it as a gamer and reporter. More »Nintendo Addresses Low Output Complaints
Nintendo has it hard. If it makes too many games, people complain. If it makes too few games, people complain. Nintendo cannot win. More »The GameCube Made Shigeru Miyamoto "Very Sad"
Nintendo's Senior Managing Director Shigeru Miyamoto was not a happy man during the GameCube era. The creator of Link and Mario describes Nintendo's fourth-generation console entry as a time of "dilemma." More »A Buyer's Guide To A Console Generation Past
Times are tough, money is tight, and new consoles & games are expensive. But older consoles and games? Much cheaper, and just as good! More »Nintendo Patents Show Wii-mote Originally Designed For GameCube [Update]
Pikmin, Mario Power Tennis Get New Wii-make Options
The latest issue of Famitsu, by way of IGN, reveals new details on Nintendo's GameCube-to-Wii remakes of Pikmin and Mario Power Tennis. Don't brush 'em off! Nintendo's not just slapping on Wii-mote controls. More »Wii Versions Of Jungle Beat, Pikmin Aren't Just Wii-makes
The first GameCube to Wii remake from Nintendo to release under the "Play On Wii" label will be 2005's Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat. (It hits Japan on Dec. 11, with a North American release unconfirmed.) Formerly controlled by smacking and clapping near the DK Bongos controller — which I happened to snatch up day one, my judgment still impaired by a five minute play session at E3 — the Wii version will simply use the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to make Kong run, jump and slap. But that's not all that's changing, according to a report from Famitsu by way of IGN. More »There Are A Lot More GameCube Wii Remakes Coming (Pikmin 2, Jungle Beat, etc etc)
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Spite Bowl and Taco Bell: Ruminations on a More Social Madden
It’s odd to talk about EA Sports’ Madden franchise, with the features it's touting in the 09 release, now making itself more of a social gaming experience. For the better part of two decades it’s been one of the top titles to play with friends, offline or, lately, online. But the pattern of features that were added, upgraded or unchanged from last year points to a major push that’ll expand the game’s social appeal, especially to demographics well outside the paunchy, balding thirtysomething. In other words, EA is going where the growth is, and its marketing of this game absolutely tips that hand. More »The GBA And GameCube...Still...Function!