Super Mario World: The Kotaku Review

Super Mario World, which is a game about a plumber riding a dinosaur, is filled with rules that make absolutely no sense. For example, if you—and by “you” I mean the character you inhabit, Mario the plumber—jump on something dangerous, it will kill you, unless you are big, or wearing a costume, or riding a…

It Only Took A Legendary Developer To Make Strategic Air Battles Fun

When I’m in the cockpit of a fighter aircraft, the last thing I want to do is slow down — I certainly don’t want to wait my turn. I need a joystick in my hand, a first-person view and buttons for machine guns and/or missiles. I was pretty sure Sid Meier of Civilization and Pirates!…

Nerd King Stabs Link and Steals Zelda Away

So, here’s Nathan Fillion stabbing Link and stealing Zelda away. Because he is Nerd King. (via Reddit) And here it is in its full glory:

Moneysaver One-Shot: The Dark Knight Returns

Vigilante: What gives you the right? What’s the difference between you and me? Batman: I’ve got 802.11ac Looking for the current Moneysaver roundup? Click here Update: The router is now $170, not $150, apparently that deal was very limited time. It’s still a great deal that we highly recommend. If you prefer Amazon, get it…

Mario & Donkey Kong: Minis on the Moveleads the march of digital offerings for Nintendo hardware this week. The line-up also includes old-school games like Xevious and Solomon’s Key. Here’s the full list

Witness The Destructive Power Of Dubstep In Saints Row IV

During PAX East earlier this year, Tina Amini told us that we could unleash the true power of the dubstep plague in the upcoming Saints Row IV. I did not believe her. I quietly denounced her as a liar. I may have thrown stones from a safe distance. Now I feel mildly bad about it,…

Total War: Rome IIwill be out everywhere on September 3rd. The collector’s edition comes with a replica catapult! The first slice of DLC—which offers up the three additional factions of Epirus, Athens and Sparta—is free if you pre-order. So, render unto Caesar… this is madness, etc.

The Oculus Rift Makes Minecraft a Giant, Blocky Head Trip

Minecraft players seem to have no problem immersing themselves in Mojang’s blocky little world with their naked eyes. Add the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset to the mix and things just get crazy. On his YouTube channel inthelittlewood, Martyn shows us how exploring, basic material gathering and survival games against other players work with the…

Japanese Dream Homes? No, Nightmare Homes the Internet Hates.

There’s a show on Japanese television called Kansei! Dream House (“It’s Finished! Dream House”). On it, architects build dream dwellings for regular folks, who do have to foot the bill. And while most of the houses seem okay, some of them are utterly horrible. Often, the architects are acting under some sort of constraint. Sometimes,…

What Japanese Gamers Have to Say About The Cheaper PS Vita

The PS Vita is doing much better these days. The game library is still not as robust as I’d like, but I don’t get depressed so much when I check the Vita section of my regular game store. Sadly, the hand-held powerhouse is still not performing as well as Sony would probably want it to.…

I’m Still Not Clear On How This “Niche” Game Will Not Be For Everyone

Game developer Compile Heart unveiled the first game for their Galapagos RPG brand Titled, fairy fencer f, the game is labeled as a fantasy RPG for the PlayStation 3 and will utilize the talents of concept artist Yoshitaka Amano, composer Nobuo Uematsu and the Earthbound Papas, and the Hyperdimension Neptunia team. In the game, players…

Ouya, the $99 Android-based game console is getting delayed slightly, and is now set to launch on June 25. “In order to meet [our retail partners’] greater than expected demand, we decided to shift the launch date by a couple of weeks, which will allow us to create more units,” Ouya CEO Julie Uhrman told…

Watch Bladewolf Rampage Through Metal Gear Rising’s Newest DLC

This video gives us a glimpse into Metal Gear Rising: Revengance’s latest DLC pack, which stars the cuddly and dangerous LQ-84i, aka Bladewolf. Okay, maybe not cuddly, but just look at him touching noses with that cat. I mean come on. The Blade Wolf DLC is coming to North America on May 14.

Japanese Kids Can Soon Enjoy Their Arcade Pokémon At Home

Okay, a little clarification is probably needed here. The new peripheral, the Pokémon TRETTA Lab for Nintendo 3DS, is a 3DS attachment and software bundle developed by Japanese toy company Takara Tomy A.R.T.S and game developer Marvelous AQL that allows players to load data of captured Pokémon from the arcade game, Pokémon TRETTA, to analyze,…

Diehard Fans in Korea Made Their Own MSX Console. It’s Pretty.

The MSX might be gone, but its fans still live on. And a group of them in South Korea decided to launch their own MSX machine. This is it. The MSX was a classic machine that even saw the birth of Metal Gear in Japan. Between 1985 and 1991, Daewoo released a version of the…

The Thing and Halloween director John Carpenter wants to adapt the first Dead Space into a (live action) movie. “You have these people coming onto an abandoned, shut-down space ship and they have to start it up and something’s on board. It’s just great stuff,” he told Game Informer. [via VideoGamer]

Are You a Creepy Geek? Take This Test and Find Out!

Maybe you are creepy geek (née, “otaku”). Maybe you’re not! But maybe other people say you are, and you’d really like to know whether you are, in fact, a creepy otaku. Good thing there’s now a test you can take. This test comes via 2ch, Japan’s largest internet forum. It’s…not scientific! But if there’s one…

Sony, in their recently released financial statement, said that they do not expect any major changes in profit from their game division in the 2013 fiscal year, despite the PlayStation 4’s release later this year. [via WSJ]

How a 3D Printer Can Help You Cheat on Your Japanese Homework

Homework sucks! It does. With the help of a 3D printer, one Japanese person figured out a way to make it go faster. Japanese students (or students of Japanese, for that matter) have numerous writing exercises that force them to scribble the same kanji characters over and over again. It’s rote memory. Twitter user Hitoshinshi…

Senran Kagura is the Most Embarrassing Anime I Have Ever Watched

Sexual fan service is hardly a new aspect of anime. While the most obvious are panty shots and boob bounces, few anime come without a shower scene, beach episode, or hot springs episode where the female characters—and sometimes even the male ones—are shown off in all their near-naked glory. But occasionally, there comes an anime…