Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Redesigning the Smash Bros Menu! • Better Late Than Never: Me Playing Mass Effect for the First Time • TAY Explores Light Novels: Mushoku Tensei • Karen Senki: The Ani-TAY Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Naruto’s Next Ultimate Ninja Storm Targets PS4 And Xbox One

After five installments on the PlayStation 3 and four on the Xbox 360, the long-running Naruto Ultimate Ninja fighting series makes its PlayStation 4 and Xbox One debut in next year’s Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4. The manga’s over, but the merchandising never ends. I expect to see big things from the next generation…

Frosty Legplates Of The Winter Beast

+50 Strength +100 Armor +40 Frost Resistance +5 Charisma -10 Speed Price: 30 snowballs Only drops during winter months Only drops when our battle pet is in the group Drop chance: 1%

Someone Made Nigel Thornberry In Dragon Age: Inquisition

Because every game needs a Nigel Thornberry character, or someone else from the Wild Thornberrys, the show about the famous cartoon family that studies wild animals. Playng this character properly would mean unnecessary communication with the wildlife all the time. And of course, smashing everything. No doubt, it’s him: Nigel Thornberry in DAI [YouTube, via…

Ten Ways To Become a Better WoW Player

One of the hardest things in World of Warcraft is making the transition from leveling and playing casually to joining raids or even dungeon groups. YouTuber LazyPeon’s video, tuned for Warlords of Draenor, helps a lot. It’s a really good summary of everything, from UI setups to group communication, that’s necessary to do to make…

China’s Official News Outlet Thinks GTA Was Made in 1968

Chinese Central Television is interesting. It’s worth watching just to guess at what the Chinese government wants to disseminate, but one thing about CCTV that is true is that it’s often error prone. In a recent broadcast about violent video games, CCTV claims that GTA was made in 1968 1968 During a report about the…

In China, The Xbox One Is Now $80 Cheaper

Microsoft’s Xbox One has had a pretty rough time in China. Despite good early sales, the system is having problems, and now with the looming PlayStation 4, Microsoft and its retail vendors have resorted to dropping the price of the console. According to Sina.com‘s gaming channel, Microsoft has dropped the price of the Xbox One…

Assassin’s Creed Asia Isn’t Impossible, Says Ubisoft

Assassin’s Creed‘s a franchise that looks like it would be amazing if it visited either China or Japan. While that didn’t happen yet, according to Ubisoft’s worldwide Uplay director, that doesn’t mean it’s not possible. Speaking to a group of Chinese reporters on Thursday during the PlayStation China announcement, Ubisoft’s Stephanie Perotti talked about everything…

Here’s Why the 3DO Port of Doom Sucked

Seems everyone’s getting in on Doom’s birthday nostalgia. After John Romero revealed a ton of unseen art, Rebecca Heineman has released the original 3DO port source code, along with an explanation of why it wasn’t so great. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK The 3DO port is widely considered to be the worst of…

Well, you can look forward to a new Yu-Gi-Oh! movie… in a few years. It will feature a “completely new and original story” and be out in 2016 in Japan.

Is This a New Wii U GamePad? I Honestly Don’t Know. 

Recently, a Mario Kart 8 commercial popped up on Nintendo’s officialYouTube channel. It features what could be a new Wii U GamePad. “Could be” because Nintendo blurred it out. That’s not the only odd thing about the ad. The commercial is on the YouTube Channel for Nintendo Co., Ltd. (you know, Nintendo of Japan), but…

Classic PC Space Game Returns As A…Tabletop Game

Freespace, the last of the great PC space shooters, is coming back. But as a tabletop miniatures wargame. Made by Chris Taylor, lead designer on the original Fallout. That’s quite a combo. The game, Freespace Tactics (yes, it’s officially licensed), is up on Kickstarter now. And looks a lot like the so-hot-right-now X-Wing, something that’s…

Fan Is Turning Final Fantasy VII Into A Giant Novel

You’ve played the game. Now read the novel. Not even Square Enix has thought to turn classic RPG Final Fantasy VII into a book, but author M.J. Gallagher has, and for a few years now has been working to turn the game’s dialogue and action sequences into something you can read on the bus I’ll…