Here Are Some New Pokemon

Those guesses at what these new Pokémon look like? Wrong! The latest issue of kids’ mag CoroCoro shows what the three new Pokémon for the upcoming Pocket Monsters: Black and White look like. The magazine does note that as with previous generation of Pocket Monsters the “type” is important. According to website PokéBeach, the game’s…

Francis Ford Coppola Doesn’t Really Like Today’s 3D

Francis Ford Coppola, the director of the Godfather and Apocalypse Now, is not a fan of today’s 3D, stating it is no different from the technology available in the 1950s. While Coppola does concede that digital filmmaking is suited for 3D and that 3D has improved, he points out that the necessity of 3D glasses…

When Fans Design 3DS Logos!

The Nintendo 3DS is an enigma. We don’t know if that will be its final name, don’t know what it looks like, don’t know how powerful it is. We hope, though, its logo looks a little something like this. This was whipped up by reader TestZero, in response to our post on Nintendo’s console code…

PSP Yakuza Game Is Called…

Yakuza. Shocking, we know. Actually, it is called “Ryu Ga Gotoku”, but that’s what all the Yakuza games are called in Japan. So, yeah, it’s still “Yakuza” for English speakers. The game has had a working title of “Project K”, but that has since been scrapped in favor of “Ryu Ga Gotoku Shinshou Kurohyou” or…

Nintendo Can’t Quit You, Instruction Manuals

It seems we may have been a little premature in declaring the death of the printed manual, with one of the world’s biggest publishers going on record saying that there’s life left in the printed word yet. Nintendo has told Eurogamer that it has “no plans to move away from including [paper] instruction manuals with…

An Enormous Bust

The world has seen enormous life-sized Gundam statues. You know what it is missing? An enormous 1/1 scale Evangelion bust. Evas are the huge biomechanical beings piloted in the hugely successful franchise Neon Genesis Evangelion. On July 23, Fuji-Q HighLand amusement park in Japan will open a new attraction: “Evangelion: World – Life-Size EVA-01 Construction…

Netflix On Wii Is A Medieval Love Story

One million Wii owners have tried out Netflix. It’s a healthy number, but given the size of the console’s install base, Netflix probably wants more. Cue the expensive commercials targeted specifically at Wii users! It’s like a well-dressed Lord of the Rings meets…Kevin Costner’s Robin Hood. Actually, considering they then show a Notting Hill box…

Mario Creator “Always” Has Regrets

You’d think that the guy who created Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda and Wii Music wouldn’t have any regrets. Oh wait. “As soon as we’ve finished a project, I always have regrets about what we could or should’ve done,” said Nintendo’s Shigeru Miaymoto in a recent interview with Edge magazine. “But then there…

EA: We Have The World’s Biggest-Selling Downloadable Game

Companies rarely, if ever, release sales figures for digital game sales. Makes compiling charts, and applauding records, difficult! We do know one thing, however: EA’s Battlefield 1943 is apparently the most popular console downloadable title ever made. As part of it’s fiscal year report released earlier today, publisher Electronic Arts says that the downloadable shooter…

Waggles At Twenty Paces

This year’s E3 gaming expo in Los Angeles has two of the biggest game companies go literally head-to-head in…waggle. Nintendo has had Wii Remote motion control since the console went on sale back in fall 2006. Sony, however, is adding a motion controller called to the Move to the PS3 later this year. While Sony…

Gender Benders: The Goddess Of War, Master Chiefette & Dude Raider

Seeing as much of what we associate with a famous game character is related to their gender, how would you feel if, say, Lara Croft was a dude? Or Luigi a plumbette? You can face that bizarro scenario in these pics by David Stonecipher, the same guy who brought us the “game characters with beards”…

How You Can Get Big Muscles

Chest this, chest that. Prince of Persia star Jake Gyllenhaal is more than a chest. He is also wonderful hair. And good hygiene. “It took six months to grow my hair, and shampooing and conditioning it on a daily basis helps to develop a really really chiseled physique in the arms, you be surprised!” says…

Charity Games Bundle Story Has A Happy Ending

We got a little bummed yesterday that people were pirating a games bundle released for charity. Let’s put that behind us today, and instead focus on the positive aspects of said bundle. Like the fact it’s made over $1 million. Yes, since its release last week, Wolfire’s Humble Indie Bundle has been bought by 118,810…

Toad, In Unofficial Bicycle Form

Toad is in a whole bunch of Mario games. But that’s not all, oh no, that’s not all. Spotted at Toys R Us is this “Look Out” Tech Team bike. A Kotaku found it and then laid it out on the linoleum for all of you people to gaze at. There’s something game related on…

Bad Company 2 Sells Five Million, FIFA Sells A Lot More

EA’s modern-day shooter Battlefield Bad Company 2 may not have been able to stand toe-to-toe with competitor Modern Warfare 2, but it’s accounted for itself regardless, selling an impressive five million copies. A feat FIFA 10 was able to double. EA revealed the sales figures in a press release earlier today, saying that Bad Company…

EA Bringing “Marquee” Game To 3D, Multiple Titles To Motion Controllers

EA COO John Schappert said today that the publisher will be showing off a few new, unannounced games at E3, all of them making use of some of gaming’s most promising – and potentially gimmicky – technology. Speaking during his company’s fiscal results conference call, Schappert said “we will also unveil games that make use…

Privates, The First Twin Stick Shooter Set In A Vagina

Attention! This is Privates, a new game from the developers of Time Gentlemen, Please! coming to the PC and Xbox 360, one that will give many hardcore video gamers a second chance to encounter a vagina. Zombie Cow Studios, the developer behind the vaginal and anal action of Privates, explains the downloadable title as a…

Kotaku Off Topic: Don’t Worry, It’s Safe

Consider tonight’s edition of Kotaku Off Topic a great place to practice not getting banned tomorrow. Come for the conversation, stay for the helpful Kotaku commenters who know how to comment well. If you missed today’s Day Note warning, it’s worth noting. The Kotaku comments are in need of some scrubbing—fewer throwaway two word comments,…

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What Sports Gamers Can Expect, If There Are No More Free Passes

Strong users of rental services and resale or trade-in options, sports gamers justifiably feel blindsided by EA Sports’ new “Online Pass,” which requires a ton of once-standard game content to be activated by a one-use code. To recap: Yesterday EA Sports revealed its “Online Pass” strategy, which will begin in June with the next Tiger…