RIP Miiverse

Miiverse, Nintendo’s special social network that debuted on the Wii U, will not be coming back for the Switch, VentureBeat reports. I’m heartbroken. Miiverse was genuinely my favorite thing about the Wii U, and I was really hoping Nintendo might revamp it for the Switch. Alas. Miiverse was too good for this world; always making…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

I get a long weekend! That’s three whole days to play video games! Earlier this week I solicited your advice for help finishing The Witcher 3. You all had such great stories of perseverance and how worth it the game is, so this weekend I’m putting a moratorium on Overwatch and Rocket League and Hitman…

A Better Look At Snipperclips, The Switch’s Co-Op Puzzle Game

Snipperclips is a collaborative puzzle game for the Nintendo Switch where you cut up your friends to fit into shapes. [UPDATE-4:03: I thought the game was called Snipperclippers. It is actually called Snipperclips.] In Snipperclips, the aim is to solve puzzles by cutting the paper characters into shapes. By playing solo or with up to…

Nintendo Switch: The Size Comparison

The Nintendo Switch is slightly smaller but significantly heavier than the Wii U gamepad. The Switch’s JoyCons are tinier than a Game Boy Micro. And the whole system can fit in your back pocket… sort of. Today at the Switch event in Manhattan, Kotaku boss Stephen Totilo took a whole bunch of size comparison shots.…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: I Wish I Were A Little Bit Taller

Hello, sexy munchkins of the Interwebs. Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the dating column that helps your Genji find the Mercy of his dreams. It’s one thing to take time to work on issues that make dating more difficult, but what if those issues are out of your control? Can you still date successfully when…

Blizzard Banning Players Who ‘Nuke’ Overwatch Matches

Overwatch cheaters on PC have a new trick up their sleeves. It’s called “nuking,” and it’s essentially a targeted form of a DDOS attack that slows matches to a crawl, sometimes to the point that players can’t even report the infraction. This form of cheating doesn’t appear to be as widespread as, say, aimbotting yet,…

The Best Quest In Dragon Age: Origins Was All About Dwarves and Politics

The Dragon Age games have captured my imagination like few other series have ever managed. Every quest is a roller coaster full of tough choices. For Origins, the best quest involved dwarven politics and a magical anvil. We take a closer look in this video. Transcript: I’m a huge fan of the Dragon Age series.…

Who’s Excited About The Return Of Bomberman?

A new Zelda at launch is nice, but I’m much more excited about the idea of going online with my Nintendo Switch and blowing the hell out of seven other players on a grid-based playfield. It’s so good to see you again, Bomberman.  Launching with the Nintendo Switch on March 3, Super Bomberman R is…

The Internet Reacts To The Nintendo Switch Presentation

Last night’s Nintendo Switch presentation was our first look at how the Switch works, as well as some of the games that will be on the console. Lets see how the Internet feels about all this. The announcement that got everyone the most hype wasn’t Zelda—it was New Donk City. But that isn’t to say…

The Nintendo Switch Already Has A Promising Esport

I’m seeing a lot of negativity out there about the Switch’s launch line-up, but I really don’t know what people are talking about. The 1-2 Switch is gonna be a system seller, and it’s going to be because of this amazing cow milking mini-game. Maybe you missed it last night—the official 1-2 Switch trailer only…

Everything We Know About Nintendo Switch

Nintendo just announced a bunch of new info about their new console, the Nintendo Switch. Here’s what we learned during the big show. THE DATE AND PRICE The Nintendo Switch will launch worldwide on March 3, 2017 and will cost $300 in the United States. Here’s what that $300 will get you: THE CONSOLE The…

We’re at today’s private Nintendo Switch event in NYC! We’ll have some hands-on impressions with the new console, games, and more in the coming hours, so stay tuned. For now, if you wanted to get a sense of what the Switch will actually look like after some use:

Watch The Nintendo Switch Treehouse Live Event Right Here [Update: Over]

The Nintendo Treehouse will start at 9:30AM Eastern and show more of the games we saw at last night’s Switch presentation. Update: It’s over now, but you can watch the archive below.

DC Collectibles’ Latest Puts Gotham City PD’s Plight In Perspective

Along with new Batman and Zatana statues and a pair of Teen Titan-ic plushes, DC Collectibles coolest upcoming release is the Batman Animated GCPD Rogues Gallery five-pack, which demonstrates how screwed Gotham’s police force would be without Batman. Ignore the turtle. The figures are outstanding, as is the norm with DC Collectibles Batman: The Animated…

For This Dragon Ball Cosplay, You Need Giant Muscles

Dragon Ball character Nappa is beefy. So, if you want to cosplay as him, make sure you’ve got, well, beef. You know, like body builder Taichi Shimizu does. Previously, Kotaku featured Shimizu’s spot-on Zangief cosplay, and today, here is his Nappa one from last December’s Comic Market. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet…

Nintendo Switch Gets A Mario Kart 8 Port With Better Battle Mode

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will release on the Nintendo Switch. The updated version will include all WiiU DLC tracks as well as new characters. It will also add a revamped Battle Mode. The game will add Inkling Girl and Inkling Boy from Splatoon, as well as King Boo, Dry Bones and Bowser Jr as new…

The Nintendo Switch’s Parental Controls Are Very Cute

Roll your eyes at the idea of parental controls if you want, but some of us are parents, and will think this video (and the app) is great. The rest of you can watch it anyway, because it reveals Bowser has Peach as his damn phone wallpaper.

A Random 4chan Poster Leaked Nintendo’s Switch Event Before It Began

There was no Mother 3 or Beyond Good & Evil 2, as had been rumored. In fact, as it turns out, the most accurate rumor report on tonight’s Switch event came from a random poster on 4chan. This poster didn’t predict every game we saw tonight, but everything he posted turned out to be accurate.…