Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Pokémon One a Day Series 2: Mareep, Flaaffy, Ampharos • Indie HYPE: Breach and Clear: Deadline • Indie HYPE: Fortified! • The deadpan TAY Review – “New” 3DS XL • Pre Cult: Octodad: Dadliest Catch • My Teenage Romantic Comedy SNAFU: Ani-TAY Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s…

How Items In Pokémon Would Actually Work

The fine folks at Dorkly imagined how Pokémon items—that usually are just a few pixels with a short description—would actually look like. Here’s the “Ring Target” (moves that would otherwise have no effect would land on the Pokémon that holds it) above, and a few more below. To see all of them head over to…

Diablo III Player Reaches Level 1,000 Without Dying

Gaining 1,000 Paragon levels in Diablo III is no small feat and it’s only accomplished by a very few amount of players. But doing it on Hardcore difficulty, where your character’s death is permanent, that’s some next level insanity. Ukranian player Nokieka is the first in the world to do it. According to Battle.net and…

Let Zelda Remakes Show You How Instruction Booklets Are Vanishing

These days, many companies—Nintendo, included—have been moving away from game booklets. That’s making some nostalgic for the days of printed instructions. Newly released The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D does not come with a printed instruction booklet in Japan, something Twitter user Cocoa was quick to point out was a buzzkill. [Photo:p_cocoa_f] There’s simply…

Capcom is releasing an arcade version of popular smartphone music game Cytus. Dubbed Cytus OMEGA, the game gets a fancy cabinet for its Japanese game center release, which you can see in this 4Gamer pic.

Hope You’re Ready For Custom Majora’s Mask Music (And Dumb Jokes)

Yes,it’s an old joke, but it’s also an old game. If sticking one of those things on the 3DS can make it fresh again, then it can work for the other as well. (viaKotaku AU)

Space Game Tricks Me Into Enjoying The Boring Stuff

When I first saw Offworld Trading Company, the videos were full of cute little spaceships on an alien planet…and while those things technically feature, this is not really a space strategy game. Despite the fact that the same guy who was lead designer on Civ IV was in charge of OTC’s development, you’re not getting…

Maybe The Laziest RPG You Could Ever Play

Dreeps is an RPG where you do almost nothing. And as terrible as that may seem, I actually kinda like the idea. Designed for iOS, it asks you to simply set an alarm. When you wake up in the morning, a little robot boy in the game will also wake up and start adventuring, all…

The Week In Games: A Large Order Of Kirby

Why wait until Friday for Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, when you can wait until Friday for Kirby and the Rainbow Curse and The Order: 1886 as well? No Sony. No, no no. Friday is Nintendo’s day. Why you gotta encroach? Tuesday, February 17 Dead or Alive 5: Last Round — PS3, PS4, Xbox 360,…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Indescribable Allure of Avatars • Kairosoft Stole All My Free Time Again with Anime Studio Story • Some Reasons You Should Watch Danger Man • How This War of Mine Helped Me Understand My Refugee Mom • A Really Short Review of the New Nintendo 3DS…

Heroic Doom Mod Adds 37 Instagram Filters And A Selfie Stick

After almost 22 years Doom is finally finished thanks mod-maker Linguica’s “InstaDoom”, which adds 37 InstaGram filters to the game and swaps out the fabled BFG with a selfie stick. Available as a free download over at Doom World, “InstaDoom” gives players of the classic shooter a chance to take the battle to the next…