Mario Kart Is Getting A New, Harder Difficulty Level

Ever since the olden days when Mario and co raced in horse-drawn carriages, Mario Kart’s had three difficulties levels. Soon, though, that’s going to change. On April 23rd, Nintendo will release a free update to Mario Kart 8 that’ll add a 200cc mode. It’s apparently far faster than 50cc, 100cc, and 150cc, requiring a mastery…

Here’s the latest trailer for the new Fire Emblem, which Nintendo says will come to 3DS in North America in 2016.

Nintendo just announced a coming update for Code Name: STEAM that’ll let players fast-forward through enemy turns.

Attack on Titan 3DS Game Is Coming West Next Month

Jealous that Japan got an Attack on Titan game? Don’t be. Attack on Titan: Humanity In Chains is coming west on May 2015 for the 3DS eShop. You can check out the trailer for it below, or read some of our impressions of the Japanese version of the game here. From the Atlus press release:…

My prayers have been answered, as Nintendo’s announced Fatal Frame for Wii U is coming to the rest of the world later this year Can’t wait to crap my pants! Contact the author at [email protected]

Nintendo 64 and DS games are coming to the Wii U! This includes classics like Super Mario 64 and Yoshi’s Island DS, both of which are releasing tonight on the eShop.

Mario Maker has been delayed to this fall, Nintendo just announced. The Mario level-creator will be out for Wii U in September.

Lucas Is Coming Back To Smash Bros. In June

In today’s Nintendo Direct, Nintendo announced that Lucas from Mother 3 will be a downloadable character for Super Smash Bros He’ll be available in June. Here’s his announcement trailer:

Mewtwo Will Be Available in Smash Bros. On April 28th

Hooray! He’s almost here. You can watch him in action in his character reveal trailer here:

It’s Nintendo Direct time—you can watch tonight’s big Nintendo presser on their websitestarting at 6pm Eastern, or just keep refreshing Kotaku for all the news as it happens. Please understand.

What Are You Playing This April?

It’s April, the official month of dumb pranks, getting sick from too many Cadbury eggs, and spending an entire day smoking pot. Also, the official month of playing video games, because every month is the official month of playing video games! The days are long as hell now, and up in Portland, it has finally…

The Steam Stream Finds Out What The Hell Is Up With Asteroids: Outpost

Today I’m playing a bunch of new Steam releases for your viewing pleasure, foremost among them a first/third-person survival game based on Atari arcade classicAsteroids. Yeah, the one with the little triangle ship. No, I don’t get it either. Watch below. Other games on the docket for today: Avatar: The Last Airbender-esque action game Son…

Every Guild Wars 2 Character Is An Airplane Today. Vroooom!

Whooooooosh! Ahilarious old bug becomes the status quo for one day in Guild Wars 2, and fans are having a blast. Now I can see how some players might be a bit angry about their characters having their arms transformed into airplane wings for a day—poor role-players. Aside from a tiny bit of dissent, players…

Watch A Destiny Player Single-Handedly Turn Around A Hopeless Match

Talk about a comeback. Sometimes, the scoreboard in a multiplayer match isn’t very encouraging—in this case, it suggested that Blue team was going to lose. Red team, after all, only needed a few more kills to take the win. But instead of giving up, David Scaggs went out and gave it his best shot. He…