3DS XL For $145

Hurry over to Toys R Us’ eBay storefront to grab a 3DS XL for $145. No Zelda, but it’s ridiculously cheap nonetheless. [eBay]

Welcome To The X-Men, Nightcrawler. Now You Can Go Home.

Come on Professor X! While I completely agree on firing Angel or Jubilee, there’s just no reason to kick Nightcrawler out! At least he humiliates Xavier and teleports away with class. Pick Kitty Pryde or Dazzler next time. Ex-Men: Nightcrawler [YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

Happy 20th birthday, Virtua Fighter! Twenty years ago today, the first-ever 3D fighting game hit arcades around the world. As you might imagine, it was massively popular. To mark the occasion, Sega has unveiled a 20th anniversary website where they promise to periodically post news and content related to the series.

Wind Waker: The Musical Is Insanely Catchy

Actually, Ganon being lactose intolerant would explain all the world-conquering rage. Life without cheese must be hard. As you might have guessed, indeed it’s Random Encounters that is back once more with a lovely performance, this time based on Wind Waker. It’s pretty much par for the course as far as Random Encounters vids go—it’s…

A Better Wii U Black Friday Bundle

Walmart has jumped into the fray with a premium Wii U Bundle of their own. Similar to the Best Buy version, you get the Wii U Deluxe with New Super Mario Bros. U and Super Luigi U, but then get to choose a game from a list of 12 AND a controller from a list…

Track: Children’s Story | Album: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick | Artist: Slick Rick Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

PSN Having Problems, Sony Disables Features

Seems some people are having trouble accessing the PlayStation Network right now, being either unable to sign in or finding their ability to stay connected being “disrupted”. So Sony is trying to lighten the network’s load. The company has disabled the “redeem voucher” function on the PSN while they “investigate further“. Given the timing of…

Hi folks! No Random Encounters today—I’m off for Thanksgiving—but you can talk about all things JRPG right here. I’ll start things off with a poll: What’s the best Dragon Quest? I think DQVIII gets my vote.

New Barbie Game Is The Stuff Of Nightmares

This is gameplay footage of Barbie’s Dreamhouse Party, recorded by Rock, Paper, Shotgun. It terrified me. I showed it to my three year-old daughter. She stared blankly at it for a minute before softly walking away. By all accounts the game is equal parts condescending and horrific, and yet…so much so that I kinda want…

Famous Actors Are Stealing Kid’s Animal Crossing Crops

This new Nintendo Europe commercial starts out harmless enough. There are celebrities, there’s some Animal Crossing, there’s some 3DS. Then the crimes kick in. Hey, ladies, just because you’re rich and famous doesn’t mean you can go around stealing Animal Crossing cash crops off small kids.

Here’s what’s going on Talk Amongst Yourselves, our reader-written blog: as TAYizens share and compare their Black friday hauls, PyramidHeadcrab asks what people would play as in a hypothetical Pokémon MMO. Meanwhile, azureguy spots a very clever easter egg in the Steam Autumn Sale’s background. Don’t forget that you can always go join the voices…

Nintendo Just Released A Region-Free 3DS Title

About the only thing really wrong with the 3DS is that, unlike its predecessor, it’s region-locked. Though it appears not as region-locked as once thought. Nintendo 3DS Guide: Louvre has both a downloadable and a retail version, and Nintendo has confirmed with Kotaku that the Western edition of the game – available in North America,…