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  Where Is the Wii Vitality Sensor? Somewhere.

  The Wii Vitality Sensor debuted at the 2009 E3 gaming expo. Then it was too mellow for last year’s and this year’s E3. Why? When asked this question earlier in April, Nintendo replied that it was still in development, but wasn’t yet working on 99 percent of Wii players. Thus, it doesn’t yet have a…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 7, 2011
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  Pikmin Is Coming to the Wii U

  A Pikmin game has long been in development for the Wii. Well, it’s not anymore, as Nintendo has announced that the game is instead going to be released on the Wii U. The original plan was to release the Wii game this year, for the series’ tenth anniversary, but once Miyamoto saw the new system’s…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2011
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  Nintendo’s Greatest Designer is Leaving the Wii Behind

  Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario and Zelda, is winding up development on Wii games, the Nintendo legend revealed today. Speaking at a Q&A attended by Kotaku, Miyamoto said that he always “focuses on newest upcoming platforms”, and that would mean that the upcoming Skyward Sword would be “one of the last if not the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2011
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  Showing Little, NBA 2K12 Makes Its Presence Known

  Michael Jordan didn’t sit around contemplating his greatness and, a year after featuring him in their game-of-the-year heirloom NBA 2K11, 2K Sports has come to terms with the fact it can’t either. And yet, facing the toughest encore in annual sports gaming, on video gaming’s biggest stage, they left about half the game back at…

  By Owen Good Published June 7, 2011
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  Nintendo Developers Warned of a Future With No More Zelda, Star Fox Games

  At Nintendo’s Q&A session earlier today, Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto revealed that prior to development of the upcoming Skyward Sword, he’d given the franchise team a warning: either it was the best Zelda ever made or there would be no more Zeldas He also said the same thing to the Star Fox developers. Either Star…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2011
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  Nintendo Isn’t Making Luigi’s Mansion 2 Internally

  The newly revealed Luigi’s Mansion 2 won’t be developed internally by Nintendo, but by Canada’s Next Level Games, the studio behind the Wii version of Punch-Out!. Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto is supervising the project, however.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 7, 2011
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  Prey 2’s E3 Screens Proves Aliens Do Indeed Wear Pants

  I haven’t done a faster turnaround on a game than I did with Prey 2 the other day. Granted, that was for a cinematic trailer, so let’s see how well my excitement holds up looking at something a little more practical. Hrm. Well, I am a sucker for aliens in sharp suits.

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2011
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  Mario Kart 3DS is Being Worked On by Metroid Prime’s Developers

  More from the Nintendo Q&A: it seems Mario Kart 3DS is being developed not solely by Nintendo, but as a collaboration between Nintendo and Retro, the team behind the Metroid Prime series. It’ll also run at 60fps.

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2011
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  Super Mario 3DS Has a Little Zelda Tribute

  Fresh from the Nintendo Q&A, we’ve learned that Super Mario 3DS has at least one neat level: one that’s a Zelda tribute, from the top-down NES-style camera view to going room-to-room in a dungeon solving puzzles.

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2011
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  Hulk Hogan Puts Us In a Wrestling Hold, We Punch Back

  Kotaku‘s Stephen Totilo checked out Kinect title Hulk Hogan’s Main Event earlier today and got wrestling advice from the Hulkster himself. Hulk Hogan’s Main Event allows you to create your own custom wrestler and have them rule the ring. The title also you to unleash over 30 wrestling combos.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 7, 2011
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  Kirby Mass Attack Goes Large on the DS

  Kirby is headed to the Nintendo DS with Kirby Mass Attack. This is the game’s latest trailer. Watch it. Or not. Players apparently control multiple Kirbys.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 7, 2011
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  Disney Universe Looks Alarmingly Cuddly

  Disney Universe is essentially LEGO: Disney Movies without the LEGO. If that doesn’t make sense, watch the video.

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2011
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  Kirby Wii is Exactly the Sort of Game I Want to Play on a Nintendo Console

  Vibrant, colorful, and full of joy, Kirby Wii is exactly the sort of game experience I crave when I power on Nintendo’s soon-to-be last generation system. An alien ship has crash landed in the realm of Pop Star, and Kirby must travel the lands gathering pieces of the broken craft to help stranded aliens get…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2011
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  The PlayStation TV: A 3DTV That Shows Different Images to Two Players

  Whoa! A PlayStation TV. It’s a $500 24-inch 3D TV that Sony’s promising delivers “best in class” entertainment for way more people than are able to currently afford 3D. It looks like a giant PSP, sorta. Update: Hands on. It’s, well, nice. Set up in the fake, entirely-too-clean dorm room Sony had on hand, the…

  By Matt buchanan Published June 7, 2011
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  LIVE At Nintendo’s E3 2011 Mystery Developer Q&A

  As Nintendo is wont to do at E3, the company is holding a post-press conference question and answer session with Nintendo brass and developers. While these Q&A panels typically reveal all-new details, this one is shrouded in even more mystery. Nintendo will surely talk about the new Wii U, new Wii U games and who’s…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 7, 2011
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  Fable: The Journey Is Part On-Rail Shooter, Part Black & White, Part Fable

  Fable: The Journey is an odd amalgam: a mix of on-the-rails shooter, of hand-waving magic, of Fable storytelling. It is, Peter Molyneux tells me, a departure from the numbered Fable games. “One, two, three was all about the bloodline and you played a hero and you had the destiny of a bloodline,” Molyneux said. “In…

  By Brian Crecente Published June 7, 2011
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  Even the Giant Flesh-Hungry Spiders Look Pretty in Neverwinter

  The Forgotten Realms depicted in this new trailer and screenshots for Cryptic Studios’ online co-op role-playing game Neverwinter could have been torn from the scribble pad I kept next to my character sheet back in my Dungeons & Dragons days. This is pretty much how I imagined my adventures back then, so many years ago.…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2011
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  Get Ready for Valve-Branded Gaming Peripherals

  Valve is teaming with gaming peripheral maker SteelSeries for a, ahem, series of Valve branded accessories for Valve’s most famous titles. [SteelSeries]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 7, 2011
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  Kid Icarus: Uprising Looks at the Size of that Squadron

  It’s been a long time since the world’s seen a brand new Kid Icarus game, but this year, Kid Icarus: Uprising is going to change that. Developed by Project Sora, Kid Icarus: Uprising is sorry to keep you waiting.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 7, 2011
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  Wii U Discs Will Be 25GB In Size

  In a wide-ranging interview with Kotaku regarding the new Wii U console, one of Nintendo’s chief game designers, Katsuya Eguchi, confirmed that the system’s proprietary disc format will hold 25 Gigabytes of data. That squares with our own reporting from before E3 and puts Nintendo in a good place to run games that fill up…

  By Stephen Totilo Published June 7, 2011