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Pirates Leak Pokémon Prism After Nintendo Shuts It Down

Pokémon Prism is a fan-made ROM hack for Pokémon Crystal. Over the course of eight years, creator Koolboyman and his team crafted a new Pokémon experience, which they hoped to release this Christmas. Nintendo hit them with a cease and desistfour days before release. Thanks to a group of pirates, the project still made it…

By Heather Alexandra Published December 29, 2016

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The Parents Who Name Their Kids After Final Fantasy Characters

The people who fell for Final Fantasy in its glory years when it was huge on the NES, Super NES and then the PlayStation are now adults. They’re having kids, and they’re the kinds of people who just might name their daughter Aeris or their son Kain. Giving your kid the name of a Final…

Luke Winkie Published December 29, 2016

Culture

Mafia 3 NPCs Realize They’re Supposed To Fall Now

Today on Highlight Reel we have forced falls, takeoffs, landings, flips, horse kills, gritty reboots of the popular film The Santa Clause starring Tim Allen, and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links…

By Chris Person Published December 29, 2016

Esports

The Rise and Fall of Competitive Pokémon’s Most Hated Bird, Talonflame

Talonflame, a fire/flying Pokémon, took over the competitive scene after it was added to the monster compendium with Pokémon X & Y. For the last three years, wise competitive players made sure to prepare for Talonflame’s appearance on the enemy team. Everything changed after the release of Sun and Moon. At first, many believed Talonflame…

Jason Krell Published December 29, 2016

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Podcast: AAA vs. Indie Development

Kotaku friend and newly independent developer Matthew Burns joins us on this week’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen to talk about the differences between AAA and indie development. We also talk Nier Automata, the must-watch Double Fine documentary (which Kirk finally started watching), and Star Wars: Rogue One. You can listen to this week’s episode on…

By Jason Schreier Published December 29, 2016

Culture

Ask Dr. Nerdlove: Her Clingy Guy Friend Won’t Leave Us Alone

Hello, all you electric blue sex-angels of the Twitternet. Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the dating column that promises to introduce 2017 to the Chair Leg of Truth if it acts at all like its older brother. It’s the final column of the year and we’re going to talk about various dating anxieties from folks…

Harris O'Malley Published December 29, 2016

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Fahey’s Top Ten Games Of 2016

When I’m not eating snacks or playing with toys, I like to relax with some video games. Through a careful selection process that mainly involved me staring at at a large list, shaking my head and swearing, I’ve managed to narrow the games I played in 2016 to ten favorites. I started off with a…

By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2016

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3DS Software Famed For Piracy Hit With Nintendo Takedown, Creator Says

Freeshop is homebrew software touted as a tool used to download 3DS games that you already own. Most people, however, know Freeshop as a thing you can use to download entire 3DS games, free of charge (hence the name). Today, Freeshop’s main distribution source was hit with a DMCA notice. If you visit the old…

By Patricia Hernandez Published December 28, 2016

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Big Smash Bros. Melee Tournament Will Allow Controversial Controller

Super Smash Bros. Melee players still compete at tournaments with the 15-year-old GameCube controller. But it’s got issues—namely, painful ergonomics and easily-degraded joysticks. So when Dustin Huffer introduced a modern controller into the Melee mix, he was shocked to hear that the huge, January, 2017 Smash tournament Genesis 4 was considering a ban. After a…

By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published December 28, 2016

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Final Fantasy XIV Players Create Their Own In-Game Theater Troupe

Wanderer Sabaku met me at the foot of his mansion’s grand double stairway on the Diabolos server of Final Fantasy XIV. He was nearly twice my size and towered in a purple floor-length coat. A crown sat on his blue-gray head. He welcomed me from behind a partition and led me down some winding stairs…

By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published December 28, 2016

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Star Wars Video Game Players Honor Carrie Fisher

All across the video game galaxy, players are gathering to memorialize Carrie Fisher, who died yesterday following a massive heart attack. The most prominent celebrations have taken place in the BioWare MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic, where players are holding impromptu get-togethers in an area called House Organa, on the planet Alderaan. Fisher, of…

By Jason Schreier Published December 28, 2016

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Kirk Hamilton’s Top 10 Games Of 2016

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: A farmer, a hitman, and a little boy all walk into a bar. Everything’s moving in slow motion, so the bartender’s like, “Dishonored? I hardly even know ‘er!” No but seriously, folks, 2016 was a pretty great year for games. I had a hard time narrowing down my…

By Kirk Hamilton Published December 28, 2016

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Life Is Hard, And Frog Fractions 2 Is Great

To write about Frog Fractions 2, I spent three hours planting seeds and chopping wood in an entirely separate fairy resource management game. Finding Frog Fractions 2 was how I learned its first rule: It’s less about the game than the “fuck it” attitude you pick up on the ride. Frog Fractions 2 is the…

By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published December 28, 2016

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Day of the Tentacle Remastered, Titan Souls Headline PlayStation Plus Lineup for January

There’s an interesting range of games in PlayStation Plus’ lineup next month. Most exciting to me is The Swindle, a steal ‘em up platformer I enjoyed a lot on PC. There’s also This War of Mine: The Little Ones, which adds what I’m sure is heart-wrenching content to an already heart-wrenching game. As ever, these…

By Riley MacLeod Published December 28, 2016

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What Made 2016’s Doom Great

Innovation is like a game of telephone. Someone creates a message, but as it spreads, it loses its meaning. Lessons that seemed clear back in the first-person shooter’s formative years became taken for granted and eventually forgotten. Shooters today are all about weapon limits, level design set pieces, and regenerating health. Doom’s return in 2016…

GB Burford Published December 28, 2016

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Kotaku‘s Most Anticipated Games Of 2016

Here at Kotaku, we spend most of our time focusing on games that are already out. That’s kind of our thing. But still, every once in a while we like to look to the future and get excited about what’s next. Here are the games we can’t wait to play in 2016. Persona 5 After…

By Jason Schreier Published December 28, 2016

Kotaku East

The Best Martial Arts Movie Fights Of All Time

From karate chops to roundhouse kicks, cinema has seen its share of martial arts fights. Now, it’s time to look at the ones that come out on top when the others went down for the count. The best, if you like. This article was originally published on February 11, 2015. Obviously, making a list like…

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 28, 2016

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How Frog Fractions 2 Stayed A Secret For Two Years

Jim Crawford, the man who just released the most well-hidden video game of the last two years by smuggling it inside another one, misses a time when video games had more secrets. “One thing that’s been lost about games since the ‘80s is that they’re no longer particularly mysterious, because of marketing, because they’re cheap…

By Nathan Grayson Published December 27, 2016

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Hitman’s 17th Elusive Target, The Food Critic, will be in Bangkok for 7 days beginning December 30th. I’m guessing by the name there’ll be some poisoning involved…

By Riley MacLeod Published December 27, 2016

Kotaku East

The 31 Most Important Japanese Games Ever Made

Over the decades, Japanese developers have churned out a mind-boggling number of video games. Some are good, and some are bad. These are the thirty-one most important ones. This piece originally appeared 7/1/16. Deciding which ones are the most important is tricky and subjective. I’ve tried to include games that have influenced Japanese gaming, worldwide…

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 27, 2016