Kenneth Shepard, Author at Kotaku

CulturePokemon

Pokémon Champions Has A Built-In Way To Basically Cheat Out Of Losing Rank

The game declares any timed-out match a draw, regardless of both players’ standing

By Kenneth Shepard Published April 8, 2026

CulturePokemon

Players Are Losing Their Pokémon Trying To Transfer Them To Champions

A bug with the Home app is putting players’ monsters in limbo

By Kenneth Shepard Published April 8, 2026

Tips & Guides

Every Ability The Pokémon Legends: Z-A Mega Evolutions Have In Champions

The Legends games don’t include Abilities, but these new forms are coming to the battle simulator

By Kenneth Shepard Published April 8, 2026

CultureNews

Pokémon Fans Revolt As Champions Launches With Bugs, Limitations, And False Advertising

The battle simulator is supposed to be the future of competitive play, and no one seems happy about it

By Kenneth Shepard Published April 8, 2026

CulturePokemon

Pokémon Pokopia: One Month Later

The Switch 2 exclusive is already one of the best-selling games on the system, with more support hopefully on the way

By Kenneth Shepard Published April 8, 2026

Entertainment

Chris Pratt Gets Roasted For Fumbling Basic Mario Lore

‘It’s one thing to not know the source material but how do you not even know what’s happening in your own movie’

By Kenneth Shepard Published April 7, 2026

Entertainment

The Coolest Part Of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Had Nothing To Do With Mario

Fox’s anime intro is probably the film’s standout scene

By Kenneth Shepard Published April 7, 2026

CulturePokemon

Everything You Need To Know About Pokémon Champions, The Future Of Online Pokémon Battles

The battle simulator is coming to Switch, and here’s when you can start playing

By Kenneth Shepard Published April 7, 2026

CultureNews

The Overwatch Anran Redesign Saga Is Over And Some Fans Are Underwhelmed

Blizzard altered the hero’s appearance after fans said she didn’t look like she did in previous Overwatch media

By Kenneth Shepard Published April 7, 2026

CultureNews

Overwatch Reveals The Anran Redesign Fans Begged For

The character looked more like Kiriko and Juno than her brother Wuyang

By Kenneth Shepard Published April 6, 2026

OpinionCommentary

Why Are The Relationships With Men In Life Is Strange Always Worse?

Don’t Nod and Deck Nine gave me men who were either boring or bad for me

By Kenneth Shepard Published April 6, 2026

Art shows the characters from Mass Effect.

Tips & Guides

One Of The Best Gaming Trilogies Ever Is On Sale For Less Than A Sandwich

Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is three games for an insane price for the next few days

By Kenneth Shepard Published April 6, 2026

CultureNews

God Of War Actor On Whether The Sex Minigames Will Come Back In The Remakes: ‘I Think So’

T.C. Carson is reprising the role of Kratos as the series goes back to Greece

By Kenneth Shepard Published April 6, 2026

CulturePokemon

Competitive Pokémon Player Stripped Of Win After Celebrating Too Hard

Firestar73 was named second place in an Orlando tournament for ‘unsportsmanlike’ behavior

By Kenneth Shepard Published April 6, 2026

Tips & Guides

The 7 Best Games To Play After Watching The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

The latest Mario movie will leave you hungry for adventures in the Mushroom Kingdom. Here are some of the most appropriate ones

By Kenneth Shepard Published April 3, 2026

Entertainment

Bowser, I Know What You Are: Bisexual

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is giving gay Bowser truthers ammunition

By Kenneth Shepard Published April 3, 2026

Black accessories appear from the darkness.

CultureNews

New Leaks Point To Sony Paving The Way for A PS6 Handheld

It also sounds like the next PlayStation could be imminent

By Kenneth Shepard Published April 3, 2026

Entertainment

It Sure Sounds Like A Luma Drops An F-Bomb In The Mario Galaxy Movie

Parents were shocked to find out the cute little star boy had the mouth of a sailor

By Kenneth Shepard Published April 2, 2026

Entertainment

Look, I’m Not A Furry, But When I See Fox McCloud, I Get It

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie better not awaken anything in me

By Kenneth Shepard Published April 2, 2026

Entertainment

Breaking Down The 12 Biggest Super Mario Galaxy Movie Cameos And References

The movie is chock full of references to the games, and here’s where they originate from

By Kenneth Shepard Published April 2, 2026