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Features Editor, Kotaku. Japanese curry aficionado. Author of the books Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life and Final Fantasy V from Boss Fight Books.
40 years ago today: Olympic athlete Valerij Yakushin, luge competitor for the Soviet Union, crouches down to look into the eyepiece of Midway’s Submarine arcade cabinet in the game room at the Olympic Village in Lake Placid, New York on February 7, 1980.
Everybody’s losing their minds over Nintendo’s new Animal Crossing-styled Switch hardware. The Tom Nook-themed dock!…
With Platinum Games bringing The Wonderful 101 to Switch via a Kickstarter campaign, that’s one more former Wii U…
I recently got a Nintendo Switch Lite, and I love it. I wanted to write about the joys of that dying breed of…
It’s a new year, so this is your semi-regular reminder that if you’re a freelance writer, you can (and should!) pitch Kotaku, using the email address pitches@kotaku.com, with your story ideas. Include some clips to let us know who you are as a writer and what you can bring to the table. Read more
The last two games I played on my Switch were the original Dragon Quest and Breath of Fire, two early examples of…
Scientists agree that the leading cause of climate change is carbon dioxide emitted by people offering their…
Luigi’s Mansion 3 is getting a $10 season pass. Two multiplayer DLC packs will each include three extra costumes for ScareScraper and three new mini-games for ScreamPark. The first will launch by April 30; the second by July 31. You can pre-buy them both starting today and get a new Polterpup flashlight for all modes.
The original prototype of the PlayStation—a Super Nintendo with a CD-ROM drive attached, created via a partnership…
I’ve finally done it. I’ve crammed the entirety of the first Legend of Zelda into a single Mario Maker 2 level (KFH-GN2-L2G). And I was able to do it without cutting anything. Okay, maybe there are some small insignificant cuts here and there, but why quibble? Let’s just say it’s 100 percent identical.
Today’s “Indie World” presentation from Nintendo was surprisingly packed full of big announcements, including…
Just announced during Nintendo’s Indie World showcase this morning, Sports Story is a sequel to Golf Story, the 2017…
How’s your Mario Making going after that last update? Making any Zeldas? I made a Zelda. If you make one, be sure to submit it to the contest! I am not eligible. Please enjoy this one, though. THB-4LW-MJG. Don’t forget about all of Link’s items!
Super Mario Maker 2 has finally leveled up with today’s release of the version 2.0 update. Some carefully-considered…
Hey do you like Donkey Kong and do you want to listen to me yell about Donkey Kong for like two hours? Here you go, it’s the latest Retronauts podcast.
New game announcements from Obsidian, Rare, and Dontnod highlighted Microsoft’s Inside Xbox presentation at X019,…
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Yes, yes, I know. Our Switch backlogs are huge already. Pokémon is about to come out. Nintendo’s even surprise-releas…