Back in the day Japanese developers didn't have the budget or the control to make perfect Japanese-to-English translations... although probably no one really cared. They had to translate and export their games to the West as fast as possible.
Let me tell you: if the zombie apocalypse ever becomes a real thing, I sure as shit hope I have a Wii U Game Pad that not only tells me the precise location of all zombies in my vicinity, but that could also drop me hints from survivors (hopefully not asshole survivors).
If you shop at Old Navy early on Black Friday, you could win a Wii U or a New Super Mario Bros U game.
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A couple of days ago, after reading Kotaku editor Stephen Totilo's Pay to Win article, I expressed my disappointment to him and to Kotaku on their choice to advertise and promote cheat sites. Totilo felt that talking about the details about the cheat sites were meant to be as sourcing for the article, not advertising,…
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Since we ran a feature on Duncan Harris, the groovy "video game photographer" behind the website DeadEndThrills, I've been sharing some of his work each week here.
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There are millions of people who enjoy playing Super Mario games that are three dimensional, games you play from behind Mario's back.
GoNintendo dug up a current Australian rating for Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, pointing to it as an upcoming release for the Game Boy Virtual Console on the Nintendo 3DS. Remember, early adopters "ambassadors," you get 10 VC titles for free in addition to the 10 free NES classics you downloaded at the beginning of…
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Super Meat Boy and Dr. Fetus papercraft by the folks at Cubeecraft.com. Click to enlarge, print, cut, fold. It's easier than playing Super Meat Boy, which is one tough newly-released Xbox Live Arcade game.
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About two years ago, a guy posted a how-to for turning old NES cartridges into a harmonica. If you lack the tools, know-how, or NES carts to make one yourself, someone's now selling them, for $24.99.
If you're wondering why this looks like Smash Bros. Brawl with Ninja Turtles, it's because of developer Game Arts.
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Nintendo of America took June off. Today we've learned they're taking July off too. But in August the publisher will once again release new Wii and DS games from sea to shining sea.
