Splatoon 2‘s Salmon Run Is More Fun With Ridiculous Enemy Nicknames

Though the hype surrounding the sequel to everyone’s favorite squid fighting simulator has died down a bit, players are still flocking to the games ever-changing horde mode. Salmon Run drops a team of four inkings onto a small map with a host of possible challenges. Water levels rise and fall, waves of fog creep in,…

The Amazing Music Of The No More Heroes Series

If I could dig my Wii out from wherever it’s hiding to replay No More Heroes and its sequel, I would. Since that’s impossible, I’ll instead ask: What better way to celebrate the return of Travis Touchdown than by listening to some killer tracks from this gem of a series? Last week’s announcement of a…

OK K.O.! Is Charmingly Imperfect

With Regular Show officially out of production and Adventure Time in the midst of its final season, the head honchos at Cartoon Network are hoping audiences will tune in to witness the goofy antics of their newest show — OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes. Featuring an overly optimistic lead and a super powered supporting cast,…

Realistic Paintings Of Japanese Snacks And Drinks

Japanese artist Polka has an interesting specialty: Painting acrylic still-life portraits of snacks. Why paint flowers and fruits when there are Calorie Mate and Lunch Pack sandwiches? The timer shows how many hours Polka works on each painting. There are many more clips on YouTube. Here are some highlights. Kotaku East is your slice of…

New PS4 Exclusive Is Perfect For Making Anime Characters

Everybody’s Golf golf features a robust character creator, which can churn out iconic anime and game characters. Kotaku’s Tim Rogers already checked out the character creation and its running animations. They are spectacular. While on Twitter, people have been crafting game and anime inspired avatars: Looks like it’s possible to make just about, well, everybody.…

Japanese Convenience Store Dresses Up In Dragon Quest XI

In Osaka’s geek district Den Den Town, one Lawson convenience stores is covered in Dragon Quest XI The store really went all out. The walls and floors are covered in Dragon Quest with DQXI merchandise and sound effects in the store. Besides the one in Tokyo, there are only two in the whole country that have…

Godzilla Gets The Hello Kitty Treatment

Hello Kitty is famous for being cute. Godzilla is not. What happens when Sanrio has a crack at Japan’s most famous monster? This. With Godzilla: Kaiju Wakusei (Godzilla: Monster Planet) coming out this November, Toho and Sanrio teamed up for a series of cute Godzilla designs, which will be available this fall in Japan. As…

Mario Is Officially No Longer A Plumber

According to Mario’s newly updated, official Japanese-language profile, the iconic character isn’t working as a plumber. This shouldn’t be a total surprise, because the character seems to do everything but plumbing. But doesn’t going down Warp Pipes count? Doesn’t appear so! Here is how the recently uploaded Mario profile explains the character: All around sporty,…

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Look, Witches Don’t Always Want To Use Magic, OK?

Daniel Hoang is a concept artist based in the UK working in the games business. You can see more of Daniel’s stuff at his ArtStation page

The Witcher Turns 10, Releases Very Nice Video

The Witcher series is 10 years old this month, and to mark the occasion CD Projekt Red released this teary lil’ clip. We had some good times, gang. And now…I can’t seem to scrape this irritating dust out of my eyes. Unsolicited CDPR Suggestion: I know everyone there is very busy with Cyberpunk, but if…

North American League Team Overcomes Deficit And Water Spillage To Win Finals

A new record has been set for North American League of Legends. Team SoloMid has been a longstanding force in the North American League Championship Series, taking home many trophies, and now winning titles at an unprecedented rate. In a 3-1 victory over Immortals, TSM is the first team to win both the spring and…

227 Artists Remade An Episode Of Super Mario World’s Cartoon

This is The Mama Luigi Project, a year-long effort to bring together over 200 artists so that they could completely reanimate one of the most famous episodes of the Super Mario World TV series: Mama Luigi. 255 scenes had to be done, with almost every single one of them featuring a different art and animation…

Skyrim Cosplayer Joins Christians For His Own Religious Protest

Every year at Dragon Con, there are some Christian protesters hanging around angry that everyone is loving nerd shit instead of Jesus. And almost every year, Heimskr from Skyrim is there to join them in their preaching. Cosplayer Jacob Kevinsson has been dressing as the Skyrim preacher and attending Dragon Con since 2014, and most…

As of Sunday afternoon, the SNES Classic at Nintendo’s PAX booth remains safely behind glass. Note that it has once more been rearranged compared with yesterday and Friday, which raises further questions about the ease with which the case can be opened. We will continue to monitor the situation as it develops.

Podcast: What It’s Like To Play Classic Games For The First Time

Whether or not you caught our 12-hour video game marathon on Tuesday, join us to talk about some great classic games on today’s Kotaku Splitscreen First, a reminder: At PAX in Seattle on Friday, September 1, we’ll be holding the first-ever Kotaku Splitscreen Live. It’ll be in the Sasquatch Theater at 8pm, so come join…