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Yoshi’s New Island surfaces on the 3DS on March 14. The sequel to Super Nintendo classic Yoshi’s Island has a lovely Friday release date now. Yoshi and Baby Mario are playing middle men to February 28’s Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy and the newly-announced Disney Magical World, releasing on 3DS April 11.
By Mike Fahey Published January 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
No matter how full the internet is with Metroid fan art, there’s always someone topping it with something special. Here’s an injured Samus Aran with some awesome coloring by DeviantART user muju. Could look at this all day. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots…
By Gergo Vas Published January 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
Hardcore Studying in China Looks Absolutely Frightening
Exams! If you are a student, you have them. And probably hate them. But your methods of staying awake probably aren’t as interesting—and downright scary—as these. Recently on China’s Weibo, photos are currently depicting the ways some students stay away as they cram for exams, whether that be with clothes hangers or scarfs or whatever.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 10, 2014 -
Kotaku EastYour Complete Winter 2014 Anime Guide
With the end of the year, we have come to the end of the fall season and are beginning the winter one But with 47 new anime in the pipeline, how do you know which ones to watch? Check out the trailers and brief blurbs about each to see which of them catches your interest.…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published January 10, 2014 -
UncategorizedNintendo Reportedly Censored Butts for Americans. Cartoon Butts.
Americans aren’t delicate! And they like a good cartoon butt as good as anyone else. Yet, Nintendo of America apparently removed cartoon butts from Chibi-Robo. In the video below, you can see the Japanese version of 3DS game Chibi-Robo Photo Finder compared with the American version. In the original Japanese version, you can see a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 10, 2014 -
Kotaku EastYou Got Your Magical Girls in my Earth Defense Force!
Recently, Japan saw the release of a new Madoka Magica video game on the Vita. As I was playing, I decided to look around for other Madoka games—and the fan-game Homura Combat really caught my eye. When it comes down to it, Homura Combat is similar in concept to the Earth Defense Force series: You…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published January 10, 2014 -
Kotaku EastDude Clears Zelda: Ocarina of Time With…His Feet
For a while now, gamer Wakou has been playing video games with his feet. Today, let’s watch him play through The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. This is a small sample of a twenty-five minute foot playthrough on NicoNico. There are actually, twenty parts of the playthough, with each clip running about thirty minutes.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 10, 2014 - Kotaku East
Log Horizon’s First Half Goes from Cliché to Captivating
From the creator of last year’s Maoyu—an anime among the best last year had to offer—Log Horizon is an anime that takes the idea of being trapped in an MMO and uses it to explore the implications of such a setting on the people involved and the world they are forced to inhabit. It’s unfortunate…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published January 10, 2014 - Kotaku East
Stroll Down One of the Fakest Streets in China
H&N? Hugo BGSS? And SFFCCCKS Coffee? Welcome to Wuxi city, which might be home of the phoniest shopping street in all of China. The signs are located on a shopping street at Shimao Skyscrapers. Instead of Apple, there’s “Appla.” Instead of Zara, there’s “Zare.” H&M is “H&N.” These don’t appear to be actual shops (though,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 10, 2014 - Kotaku East
A Truly Spectacular Cosplay Evolution
You’ve seen the evolution chart, right? The one that starts with a monkey and ends up with a human. Imagine something kind of like that, but with cosplay. This is Mel Kishida. He’s an illustrator best know his work on anime Hanasaku Iroha and the Atelier video games. A few years ago, he posted this…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
Super Smash Bros. Gets A New Old Challenger: King Dedede
King Dedede, who is as bad as baddies get in the Kirby universe, is no stranger to the Smash Bros. series, having been in Brawl. He’s back now in the upcoming Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS, only this time he’s getting his ass kicked by the Wii Fit Trainer. OK, so he’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 10, 2014 - Culture
The Man Who Helped Change The Look Of Halo
It’s not often that video game artists make the headlines, but Kenneth Scott made a few this week when he left his post as art director at 343 studios. That’s kind of a big deal for fans because he was in charge of shaping the series’ visual identity. It’s far from terrible news – his…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Powerpuff Girls, All Grown Up
I’m not sure what you’d call this series. The Powerpuff Women sounds…weird. But whatever they’d call it, if it were real, I’d watch it. Artist Stanley Lau – who we’ve featured on Kotaku beforefor his Street Fighter work – calls them the Power Puffing Ladies. That could work. The Powerpuffs? Power Puffing Ladies [Stanley Lau,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 10, 2014 -
UncategorizedHey, A New Skating Game! And It Looks Neat!
Twice in the past 15 years, the skating genre has exploded, then imploded just as quickly as developers struggled to do anything new with it. So it’s exciting to see OlliOlli, a skating game that’s nothing like Tony Hawk or EA’s Skate. Instead, it’s got more in common with something like Canabalt; you’re controlling a…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 10, 2014 -
UncategorizedRust Is DayZ vs Minecraft, And It Will Kick Your Ass
A crude comparison to make, sure, but also a fair one. Because playing Rust feels exactly like playing the game someone made when they thought “wow, wouldn’t it be awesome if I could play DayZ and Minecraft at the same time?” It’s a survival game (one currently up on Early Access on Steam) that, like…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 9, 2014 - Uncategorized
How EA, League of Legends & Battle.net Were Brought Down By Attacks
Last week, a group calling themselves DERP launched DDoS attacks on the servers of a number of the world’s biggest games (and games companies). It seemed like an awfully big list of victims for such a simple and ancient form of attack, but as Ars Technica explain, there was a bit more to it than…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 9, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Simpsons Pay A Touching Tribute To Miyazaki’s Films
A shadow of its former self, The Simpsons gave up on smart comedy and snappy satire long ago. The crude pop culture gags and associations which took their place are usually awkward and a little bit desperate. Except for this one. Unlike other recent attempts, which feel more geared towards the frantic, fleeting seizure of…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 9, 2014 -
UncategorizedWhy Female Characters’ Boobs Are So Huge
“Because, Boobs,” a short cartoon from artist Nate Ziller, is mostly just for laughs, but it also makes an emphatic point. Why do female characters tend to have such huge breasts? Because a bunch of dudes in a boardroom decided they should. [Via Laughing Squid]
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 9, 2014