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Nintendo Releasing GameStop-Only NES Version Of 3DS [CORRECTION]
Straight from Nintendo’s presentation at this week’s GameStop conference, the company just showed off a NES-styled 3DS XL. Out October 10. Our tipster says it’ll be a GameStop exclusive. Update: Nintendo confirms. And here’s the inside: Nintendo is also releasing a purple Persona-themed 3DS XL as a GameStop exclusive. It will be bundled with Persona.…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
Watch Dogs Is Finally Coming To Wii U In November
Rejoice, Wii U owners—you, too, will get a third-party game this fall. Ubisoft just announced that their open-world hacking game Watch Dogs comes to Wii U on November 18 in North America. Watch Dogs was first released for Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3, PS4, and PC in May. It’s not great. But maybe the Wii…
By Jason Schreier Published September 10, 2014 -
CultureHighlight Reel: Mario Kart AI Finally Gets Revenge
Maybe Wario was just having a bad day. Maybe he was beaten one too many times. Either way, now he’s pissed. It’s Highlight Reel, the show where we round up great moments from around the gaming world and put them all in one easy-to-find video! Today, Mario Kart’s AI finally gets some revenge on a…
By Steve Marinconz Published September 10, 2014 - Tips & Guides
15 Must Have Diablo III Items
After an expansion, a console port, and several patches, Diablo III looks really healthy right now. With tons of special items and legendaries added to the game it almost—almost!—feels like Diablo II again, with all the math you have to do to assemble the perfect character with the perfect gear. We gathered 15 really great…
By Gergo Vas Published September 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
There’s A New SimCity Game Coming To Mobile
Looking very much like the mobile counterpart to last year’s troubled city building simulator, SimCity Build It has been announced by EA as “an all-new SimCity game like you’ve never seen before.” There are so many ways this could go wrong. Three screenshots and very little concrete info is what we get with the announcement…
By Mike Fahey Published September 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: The TAY Review • TAY Explores Games: Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy • Game of The Week — It’s Not Comic Book, It’s “Graphic Novel.” [Comix Zone] TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published September 10, 2014 -
UncategorizedTroy Baker And Nolan North Together In The Shadow of Mordor
If I wind up picking up a copy of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, it will be because of these two men right here. Well, mostly. I’m a fan of Monolith Productions, despite some recent missteps, and I’m no stranger to the setting, so there’s some pull there as well. But the main draw of the…
By Mike Fahey Published September 10, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe New Godzilla Movie, Retold As a Weird 16-Bit Game
CineFix is back with their old school video game reconstructions of movies. This time they processed the story of this year’s Godzilla, and it turned out to be a strange mixture of Metal Slug and SNK’s King of Monsters On thing is sure: there’s more Godzilla in this one than there was in the movie.…
By Gergo Vas Published September 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
Why NPCs Always Have The Same One-Liners
Dorkly has the answer in their latest comic about why all the NPCs in various stores act weird and repeat the same sentences over and over again. It’s absolutely not because their AI is simple. Check out more Dorkly comics here. Why RPG NPCs Always Repeat Themselves [Dorkly] To contact the author of this post,…
By Gergo Vas Published September 10, 2014 - Kotaku East
First Look at Sherlock Holmes in the New Ace Attorney
London’s super sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, will be making an appearance in the upcoming newAce Attorneygame, Ace Attorney: The Adventures of Ryunosuke Naruhodou According to his character description in this week’s Weekly Famitsu, Holmes is, “The most famous detective in the world. His unparalleled observation and deductive skills see not only the ‘truth’ but sometimes go…
By Toshi Nakamura Published September 10, 2014 -
Kotaku EastSega Is Making a Sandbox Game with Actual Sand
It’s rare these days for a game to make me go, “Woah, that’s amazing.” I’m jaded and mean! But I’ll tell you what, this upcoming Sega arcade game looks incredibly cool. Dubbed E~deru Sunaba (or, loosely, The Surprising Sandbox), this arcade game has actual sand. And through the magic of real-time projection mapping, kids can…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 10, 2014 - Kotaku East
In Japan, Burger King Has a Black Cheese Burger
The black buns? We’ve seen those before. But why, Burger King, why black cheese? Why? NariNari reports that Burger King Japan is rolling out another “Kuro Burger” (“Black Burger”), with buns made from bamboo charcoal, an onion and garlic sauce made with squid ink, beef patties made with black pepper, and black cheese, which is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 10, 2014 -
UncategorizedGiant Minecraft Map Has 10 Different Game Modes
Minecraft has a genre of maps, called Complete The Monument or CTM, where you have to collect a set of items while overcoming various challenges, be that defeating bosses or getting through an obstacle course. In Diversity 2, there’s ten challenges to beat—and each of them is wildly different. Diversity 2, as its name shows,…
By András Neltz Published September 10, 2014 - Kotaku East
Chinese Subway Is Accidentally Calling People “Goons”
Oh dear. You have two very common words, you remove a space, and you end up with name-calling. As reported by News QQ and numerous Chinese sites, signs at the Wuhan Metro in Wuhan, China should read “Go On” as, you know, to continue forward. Instead, they simply read “GOON” with an arrow pointing ahead—perhaps…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 10, 2014 - Kotaku East
Thugs Rob Store, Humiliate Staff, Then Upload it to YouTube
Two thugs in Japan’s Osaka area have learned that not paying for your light cigarettes is a heavy crime, and that crime doesn’t pay, especially if you upload your footage of you committing the crime onto YouTube. This post originally appeared on Japan Subculture Research Center Osaka Prefectural police arrested Goh Nakamura, 39, and Fumiaki…
Angela Erika Kubo Published September 10, 2014 - Kotaku East
A Good Way To Show How Big The New iPhones Are
You play video games, right? Then, perhaps, you’ve come across a Nintendo 3DS or a Nintendo 3DS XL. If so, you’ll know vaguely how big Apple’s new smartphones are. Twitter user HaltroN1 created this image, which looks to be a fairly accurate comparison between the new iPhones and the gaming handhelds. I realize that there…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
Report: Notch “Unlikely” To Stay At Mojang After Microsoft Sale
In addition to a reportyesterday claiming Microsoft was in talks to buy Swedish developers Mojang, Bloomberg now saysthat according to “a person familiar with Microsoft” Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson will in all likelihood step aside from the company once the sale goes through. This source says that the deal was first discussed a few…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 10, 2014 - Kotaku East
More Sailor Moon Lingerie Than You Can Shake a Moon Stick At
Japanese lingerie company Peach John is once again releasing another set of Sailor Moon inner wear. This time, they comes with little skirts. As previously mentioned, Bandai first introduced its official Sailor Moon “costume bra set” last December. Here are the upcoming sets, which are priced at 7,538 yen (US$71) and will be released next…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 10, 2014 - Kotaku East
Lucky Humans Get To See Studio Ghibli Brought to Life
You know what’s more magical than a Studio Ghibli anime? Seeing them brought to life. That’s exactly what is happening in South Korea. As Kotaku reader Sylvain points out, a Studio Ghibli anime exhibit recently got underway in Seoul, South Korea. It features giant dioramas from the Japanese animation house’s classic films. Some of the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 10, 2014