Pokémon’s Famous Missingno Glitch, Explained

Over the years, people have battled and captured hundreds of Pokémon. And while everyone has their favorite, no pocket monster is as infamous as “Missingno.” That’s because Missingno isn’t quite a Pokémon at all. Let me explain. As Pokémon veterans and gaming history buffs know, Missingno is a glitch that players can find in Pokémon…

New Batman Animated Movie Does Dick Grayson Justice

The Dark Knight is a terrible dad, generally way too busy brooding and fighting crime to utter “I love you.” In his newest animated movie, his family has to save his life. Does he say thank you? C’mon, of course not. Batman: Bad Blood is the finale of a trilogy loosely based off of story…

Podcast: Hey, The Division Has A Lot Of Potential

After playing the beta for The Division, some of us are cautiously optimistic! We’re also super hooked on The Witness. All that and more on today’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen Joining us for today’s show is Kotaku boss Stephen Totilo, who has all sorts of stories about A) what it’s been like to run this…

The Mother 3 Rumors Are Getting Intense

It’s been nearly a decade since Nintendo released Mother 3 in Japan, and since then, we haven’t heard a word about an official English release. Until now. Ten years later, rumors are coming hot and heavy that Nintendo finally plans to release their iconic RPG in Europe and North America. Habitual Nintendo teaser Emily Rogers—whose…

Doom Will Finally Be Out This May

After years of development hell, the fourth Doom—simply called Doom—will be out on May 13, Bethesda announced today. New trailer above. Shotguns and demons oh my.

It’s Time To Solve A Digimon Mystery

A teenager is granted the ability to move freely between physical and digital worlds and befriend colorful monsters made of code, but that’s not important right now. We’ve got to solve the case of the broken air conditioner! It’s called Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth, and those second two words are just as important as the…

Fan Remakes Street Fighter III‘s Q In 3D

Unlike the main characters, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike’s mysterious Rorschach-esque fighter never got the 3D treatment. Poor Q always remained a 2D sprite and he’s never appeared in any of Capcom’s newer games ,either. So modder Pior Oberson thought it’d be a good idea to make a slick 3D version, with a similar art…

The saddest PS4 yet is a just-announced limited edition Uncharted 4 modelthat comes bundled with Naughty Dog’s next action game and a DualShock 4 controller. How glum is this offering? The new special color is “gray-blue.” Let’s all give Nathan Drake a hug, mkay? Correction: this bundle doesn’t come with a headset, as stated in…

Custom LEGO Helicarrier Is Twice As Big As The Official Set

The Avengers SHIELD helicarrier is one of the largest official LEGO sets out there with its 2,996 pieces. But it’s a baby compared to the Taiwanese Zio Chao’s version His helicarrier is twice as big and made from around 15,000 bricks. And it’s still not big enough for minifigs. Something like that would have to…

Pikachu Tries Picking Up a Lady, Fails

In Great Detective Pikachu: The Bird of a New Duo, our titular sleuth is able to talk. But not everyone can understand him, including the women he tries to pick up on the street. The game’s intro starts with a dream sequence and then cuts to Pikachu in Rhyme City. When he talks to people,…

Platinum Games: ‘Making Only Original Titles Is Very Difficult’

If anyone would know that, it’s Platinum Games. Whether it’s Bayonetta or even Anarchy Reigns, the studio has churned out a string of original titles over the past decade. That isn’t easy. In the most recent Weekly Famitsu, the magazine celebrates the studio’s tenth year anniversary. Platinum Games talks about how things have changed over…

Ash from Pokémon Is Superhuman 

As far as Pokémon trainers go, Ash isn’t that potent. As far as little kids go, he is superhuman. The ten-year-old isn’t only strong for a little boy, he’d be strong for a grown man. As Kotaku previously pointed out, this is because Ash is insanely strong. To recap: Ash picks up Pignite, who weighs…

How To Become a Manga Editor

Do you dream of making manga? Make those dreams reality. Because there’s more to making manga than drawing and writing. Here’s how people in Japan help shape the characters and stories you know and love by getting jobs as manga editors. Recently, Mami at website Tofugu visited Shueisha, the publisher of Weekly Shonen Jump and…

Undertale’s Final Boss Fight, Recreated in Mario Maker

The design in the video is not an exact recreation of the final boss, but it’s a pretty good likeness, hence the giant spoiler tag. Even the YouTube thumbnail is a spoiler. So, if you have not yet finished Undertale, spoiler alert. Otherwise, hey, here’s a cool Mario Maker reenactment of the final boss fight.…