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Chris Kohler
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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.
Those who watch Nintendo closely probably got a whiff of déjà vu from today’s announcement of Nintendo Labo, its new…
We often criticize gaming platform makers for their missteps, so let us also praise them when they do something…
Super Mario Bros. is available on the Switch! Well, a long-forgotten version of it, anyway, that’s probably not the…
This year was a pretty damn good one for new video games. It was also great for old ones!
After Zelda, Mario Kart, Pokken, and now Bayonetta, which Wii U games will end up on Nintendo Switch next? Here are…
The first time I played Gorogoa, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.
The state of the Nintendo 3DS in 2017 is “still alive,” which often raises the question: When’s Nintendo going to…
In case you just can’t get enough of Trico, Sony is releasing a PlayStation VR The Last Guardian “demo,” for free, on December 12. Sony says you’ll be able to “solve puzzles and see Trico up close.” Read more
When Nintendo unveiled its lineup of launch-year games for Switch back in January, most people had the same thought: …
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Josef Fares, director of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons and the upcoming A Way Out, delivered a spirited, invigorated,…
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Nintendo said at The Game Awards that Platinum Games is developing Bayonetta 3 exclusively for the Switch.
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The story DLC for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, titled “The Champions’ Ballad,” will be available tonight…
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Gorogoa finally has a release date: December 14. The hand-illustrated, wordless, mind-bending puzzle game made waves when it was first shown off way back in 2012. Five years later, it’s (almost) here.
I’m kind of blown away by how much the Peach Amiibo breaks Super Mario Odyssey.
Taro Yoko’s producer at Square Enix says he wants the Nier director to make a Final Fantasy. He let this brilliant idea fly during a recent interview with Wow Japan, saying he would want the game to feature a “similar strangeness” to Yoko’s other games. “I’m hoping for a big budget if I do work on it,” Yoko replied.
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After spending a little bit of time with the PlayStation 4 version of Shadow of the Colossus, I have to say that I’m…
More people “primarily” play the Switch in undocked mode than on the TV, Nintendo said in a presentation today. 30% of players use handheld or kickstand mode more than 80% of the time, 18% play on the TV 80% of the time, and the other 52% are true switch-hitters. What kind of Switch player are you? Read more
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By combining the powers of Mario and Cappy, you can get a lot of extra hang time in Super Mario Odyssey, perfect for…