Early Impressions Of My Very Own Nintendo Switch

I carry the thing around in a big wool sock and finally had the nerve to play it on the beleaguered C train this morning, fearful someone would try to snatch it. This is Nintendo’s new console, the Switch, and I’ve had it since Tuesday evening. Not much time, really, so what can I say?…

Fan Alters Code To Newly Discovered SNES Game, Refuses To Share Original

Quik the Thunder Rabbit is a platformer for the Super Nintendo that might have been lost to time if a fan hadn’t found it. Unfortunately, their decision to alter the old game’s code has been met with backlash. TheRealPhoenix of AssemblerGames forums managed to get his hands on the ROM for Quik the Thunder Rabbit,…

Hope You Like Pictures Of Giant Combat Mechs Because

GKR: Heavy Hitters, a new board game by Weta set in an anime-ish post-apocalyptic world full of giant mechs, looks great! Especially when you get to take a close look at the art that went into the game’s fantastic miniatures. Weta have shared a ton of art from development of the game’s mechs/factions, and it’s…

Celebrate Pokémon Day With These New Gallery Figures

February 27 is Pokémon Day, commemorating the 1996 release date of the first two Pokémon games in Japan. The Pokémon Company is marking the occasion with the release of the first four entries in its premium Gallery Figures line, showing off fan-favorite pocket monsters performing their signature moves. Obviously crafted for collectors, the Gallery Figures come…

Hearthstone Arena Going To Standard Will Make Drafts Less Awful

Blizzard announced significant changes to Arena mode for its upcoming “Year of the Mammoth” patch, so hopefully players won’t draft so many 0-3 runs. When the patch goes live “near the end of February,” Arena will switch from a wild format to standard, limiting the cards available to those recently released, the same limited card…

Draymond Green Video Game Is About Basketball, But Also Kicking Dicks

Welcome to Draymond Green’s Shut Up And Slam Jam Karate Basketball, a basketball game where you must score, but also kick dudes in the figs. Made for Ludum Dare 37 late last year (but only released online earlier this week), it supports four players in local multiplayer, and is not screwing about with the combat…

Lego City Undercover Launches April 4 With Co-Op Mode

The updated version of the Wii U’s Lego launch title is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC on April 4, and this time you don’t have to go it alone. Though the feature was leaked in a Best Buy listing for the game last month, it’s nice to have official confirmation…

Nintendo Switch Will Not Have Virtual Console At Launch

We all thought this might be coming, and now it’s official: the Virtual Console will not be live when the Switch launches next week, Nintendo said today. “Virtual Console games will not be available on Nintendo Switch at launch,” the company said in a press release. “We will share more information in the future.” It’s…

China Now Has An Ugly, Giant Iron Man Statue

China has some rad giant statues, such as this Evangelion EVA-01 Test Typeand this badass panda. They’re great! The above faux Iron Man, however, is not.  According to CFCNews and Tencent (via ShanghaiIst), the giant Iron Man went up at a tourist spot World Cultural Heritage Expo Park in Anhui, China.  The 30-meter Iron Man…

Japanese Wrestling Photos That Look Photoshopped, But Aren’t

This week, a tag appeared on Twitter for wrestling photos that look so unreal you’d think they had to be Photoshopped. The tag reads #クソコラじゃないのにクソコラに見えるプロレス画像 or basically, “Even though they’re not crap Photoshops, pro wrestling images that appear ‘shopped.” As a rule of thumb, professional wrestling is filled with colorful characters and wild moments. Japanese…

That’s One Lewd Trophy, Nier: Automata

It’s called “What Are You Doing?” and if you accidentally get this Trophy, you might want to ask yourself the same question. Picking up on the game’s cheeky controversy, here is achieving said Trophy. To get it, you need to do this ten times. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you…

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An Anime Commercial For The Legend Of Zelda’s Milk

Let us all close our eyes and imagine, that as part of Breath of the Wild’s marketing campaign, Nintendo had thought to make an anime trailer for some Lon Lon Milk. Now, open them and watch the clip anyway, because Channy & Kimberly were smart enough to make it for us.