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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.
The original Puzzle Quest is coming to Switch. Revealed via an eShop listing, Puzzle Quest: The Legend Returns includes the classic match-3 RPG and its Plague Lord expansion, plus a new expansion, new quests, and more character classes. It’s out September 19.
We have once again updated our story about the Genesis Mini’s inclusion of a fan-made port of the game Darius. Although Sega told Kotaku at the time that the Mini’s version was unrelated to the fan version and that developer M2 did the port, it has since revealed that it is based on the fan’s work, as we reported. Read more
We’ve corrected yesterday’s story about the recent PlayStation Vita update. The hacker has now said that the h-encore² hack does, indeed, work with the latest Vita firmware. Kotaku regrets the error. Read more
The developers behind RetroArch, the popular one-stop shop for retro gaming emulation, announced a new feature over…
While much of the inaugural Gamescom Opening Night Live presentation focused on trailers and gameplay of previously a…
CD Projekt Red’s anticipated Keanu Reeves vehicle Cyberpunk 2077 is coming to Stadia among other games, Google said…
Sega did mini consoles before mini consoles were cool. For well over a decade you’ve been able to buy plug-and-play…
Danielle Smith has spent half a million dollars on rare video games, most of it in the last nine months. And she’s…
Hey, freelance writers, do you want to write for Kotaku? We’re always looking for great freelance pitches. Like maybe you’ve noticed that game characters are bad at archery or that there’s somebody who’s been playing Animal Crossing on GameCube nonstop for the last 17 years. Hit us up at pitches@kotaku.com and tell… Read more
I did another Mario Maker. I wanted to try to do something non-linear this time. I was almost done making it when, while playing around with the parts in the editor, I hit on the idea to use it to pay homage to my favorite YouTube video ever. I really want to make a short level now. Maybe I should enter our contest.
How’s your Super Mario Maker 2 going? Making some Marios? Trying out some of the cool new features? One of the most…
My latest Super Mario Maker 2 level took me quite a while to complete. I might actually use this as an example to write a piece about what happens when you way overscope a project. I did a lot of trimming. As always, let me know what you think! [Update: Deleted and reposted the level with some fixes.]
You’ll be able to complete the trifecta of tiny 16-bit throwback systems on March 19, 2020, when Konami releases the …
Oh, you’ve been playing nearly impossible kaizo levels or 20-second speedruns? Sounds great. Me, I just played a Supe…
While the standard buttons-and-joystick video game controller has made a fairly decisive return to Nintendo’s games…
I just really want Super Mario Bros. 2 Maker, is I guess what I’m trying to get at, here. DBP-VYW-KMF if you want to see how close I got without the actual tools. It’s not very close, folks. If you’re also making levels, maybe enter our latest contest!
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Netflix Japan had the Stranger Things kids meet up with Japan’s most famous gamer Takahashi-meijin, he of the “16 shots in one second” and star of Hudson’s Adventure Island. Watch the brief video to see who had the best Famicom skills.
Apologies in advance, as I expect my latest Super Mario Maker 2 level to occupy much of the video game discourse for months to come. I anticipate many a thinkpiece. If you want to try for yourself, it’s 7JF-QBH-34G. Just know that you, the “player,” are implicated in all that happens.