Kirby: Canvas Curse Gets A Sequel

Nintendo is reviving one of the quirkier titles in its already quirky Kirby franchise for the Wii U, the company just announced during its E3 Nintendo Direct address. The new game is called Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, and it’s a sequel to the cult favorite Kirby: Canvas Curse. Canvas Curse was originally released back…

​Bayonetta 2 Comes With Bayonetta 1 for Wii U

When Bayonetta 2 comes out for Wii U, you’ll be getting two games for the price of one. Nintendo announced today that the predecessor for Platinum Games’ hotly-anticipated action title will be included with Bayonetta 2. The first Bayonetta came out for the PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2009 and skipped the Wii. Today’s news…

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are due out in November, but what day in November? That would be November 21., giving players plenty of time to play the remakes over the Thanksgiving break. Thoughtful, that Nintendo. Want some footage?

Captain Toad Gets His Own Game

Nintendo just dropped a wonderful surprise during its E3 address for all the Super Mario 3D World fans out there. The Toad levels from that amazing 2013 platformer are being turned into a full-blown game of their own. It’s called Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, and it’s coming out this holiday season. I’m so excited I…

Amiibos Are Nintendo’s Answer To Skylanders

As previously reported, Nintendo’s getting into the toys-into-game business with collectible figurines they’re calling Amiibos. The Amiibos figures were shown off during a segment for the new Smash Bros. game, where Nintendo president Satoru Iwata touched a Mario figure to a Wii U gamepad and spawned a Mario character into the match. Later on in…

Watch Nintendo Executives Literally Fight One Another

Here is a video of Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata fighting against Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime. Nintendo is the weirdest/best.

Smash Bros. Has A Ton Of New Modes On The 3DS

The 3DS version of Super Smash Bros. is looking mighty impressive, thanks to a bunch of new modes that were announced today during a Nintendo Direct. We saw some old favorites—like home run contest. We also saw ones that weren’t explained; we saw, for instance, Mario moving through what seemed to be a game board.…

The 3DS version of the new Super Smash Bros. has been delayed to October 3. It was originally slated to arrive this Summer, but Sakurai’s team is taking some time to make sure everything is up to snuff quality-wise.

Nintendo Makes Mother 3 Joke

Nintendo might never have given us Mother 3 in English, but at least they’ve got JOKES. Here’s a small part of the intro to Nintendo’s Digital Event today. I can confirm that this is exactly what happens when you ask Reggie Fils-Aime about Mother 3

Smash Bros.’ Newest Fighter: You

During their special E3 direct, Nintendo announced that in Super Smash Bros. For Wii U and 3DS, you can craft your own characters. You can put yourself, or even celebrities, into the game. Using Miis. The way it works is that you import your Mii and choose a specialization for them—either gunner, swordfighter, or brawler—then…

Deals: New Sony Hardware, Collector’s Editions Galore, Cosmos

As is custom, E3 day zero brought with it a long list of new games and hardware. We’ve rounded up Sony hardware announcements below, as well as some game pre-orders worth your attention. We’ve also put out an update to our release calendar that attempts to pull in all the new game announcements, so check…

Watch Nintendo’s E3 Event Live, Right Here

What will the Wii U’s lineup look like for the rest of the year? What else will we see from the company behind Luigi Death Stares? Nintendo’s big E3 presentation starts at 9am Pacific, and you can watch the whole thing live right here.

Robbed Dota 2 Players Say Game’s Community Saved Their Lives

Two Dota 2 players who were robbed at gunpoint in the middle of live-streaming a match of the popular competitive online multiplayer have come forward to offer their accounts of what happened. The players, who go by the handles SUNSfan and Sajedene online, were at home in in Tempe, Arizona early Monday morning when their…

Star Fox Wii U Revival Leaks

According to a now-pulled interview on Time‘s website, there’s a new Star Fox game in development for Wii U, being led by iconic Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto. The Miyamoto interview described Star Fox’s gameplay and how the Mario creator plans to have the game use the Wii U’s Gamepad: In his new version of Star…

Watch The Battlefield Hardline Beta In Action

Yesterday at E3, EA announced that Hardline, the latest installment of the Battlefield franchise, would be in open beta immediately. So there’s already plenty of cops, robbers, and helicopters to see. Unfortunately, I tried to sign up on the PC, which doesn’t seem to be working right now, but luckily my friend robplays, who introduced…

A Handy List Of Yesterday’s Big E3 Moments

Now wasn’t yesterday quite something? Phantom Dust, GTA V for current-gen, dragons from the new Dragon Age and elephants from the new Far Cry… It’s hard to keep track of everything that happened. So let’s take a look at yesterday’s events, as told by our headlines, in (a mostly) chronological order. Microsoft Microsoft did the…

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