A Game About Collecting LEGO Figures Sounds Better Than The Real Thing

Collecting real life LEGO figures involves tons of money, trips to Walmart, and many, many duplicates. I think I prefer LEGO Minifigures Online‘s take on the hobby. You’re still opening bags in Funcom’s upcoming MMO, slated for a summer 2004, but these bags feature fully-playable characters, each with their own stats and special powers. You…

Sonic Is Getting Zelda-Themed DLC

A press release for today’s surprise Sonic Lost World new Yoshi’s Island level for Wii U includes the following tease, reprinted here with the original emphasis: “And get ready to link to another special DLC for Sonic Lost World in 2014. More info to come on that one shortly.” That sure looks like the tease…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Amongst Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Cimeas thinks we don’t need pseudo-intellectual BS in games criticism. NotGoodForYou compares Starbound and Terraria, because you kind of have to. Carter Brownlee thinks that 2013 is the best year of the outgoing generation. And Stormborn gets back to drawing Pokémon. This time, it’s Team…

The Avengers Are Assembling in Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition [Update]

Marvel, Mojang and Microsoft are teaming up to deliver an official Avengers Skin Pack to the Xbox 360 version of the popular block builder. The pack, coming soon, will feature 35 character skins, including Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Nick Fury, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Loki, Wasp, Falcon, Vision, Maria Hill, Agent Coulson and more.…

Bravely Default Continues To Look Like The Final Fantasy We Want

Man. This game. MAN. This new trailer for the role-playing game Bravely Default—out for 3DS on February 7—shows off some of the game’s features and side-modes, and lord I am excited to play this game. LORD.

Mario Kart 8‘s Got A New Trailer…Featuring An Airport Level

Nintendo is still not being any more specific than “Spring 2014,” but when Mario Kart 8 gets here, Bowser, Mario, Yoshi and all the rest will be tearing-ass around airport and cloudtop courses with a new buggy-type vehicle. See it in the latest trailer here. In addition to the new courses and car, the trailer…

Watch All Of Today’s Nintendo Direct Right Here

Zelda? Check. Donkey Kong? Check. Dr. …Luigi? Sure! Why not. It is the the Year of Luigi, after all. Check out all those trailers and a few others for what looks like a pretty solid line-up incoming to your Nintendo hardware. Or just read all the news we’ve been posting from watching the stream live…

Nintendo Announces NES Remix For Wii U… And It’s Out Today

Ever wanted to play as Link in Donkey Kong? This is the game for you. It’s out on the eShop today for $15. Trailer above.

​Sonic: Lost World‘s Latest DLC is a Yoshi’s Island Zone

As of today, Sonic can run around in an all-new Yoshi-themed zone available for the Wii U version of Sonic: Lost World. It’s almost like Nintendo and Sega were never bitter rivals or something. The DLC is free.

Nintendo Announces… Dr. Luigi

The year of Luigi NEVER ENDS. Now Mario’s lanky brother has a PHD and will be popping pills on the Wii U soon in the game that we’ve all been waiting for: Dr. Luigi. It’s out on December 31 for $15.

Wow, The New Donkey Kong Country Game Looks Wonderful

Nintendo released this new Cranky Kong trailer during their Nintendo Direct this morning. Looks fantastic. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is out for Wii U on February 21.

Kirby Sucks More Than Ever In Kirby: Triple Deluxe

Nintendo’s upcoming Kirby game for the 3DS now has an official name, the Hypernova super-sucking ability, and an all-Kirby Smash Bros. mini-game.

Chibi-Robo Photo Finder Coming to North America in January

Chibi-Robo Photo Finder, which released in Japan in July, will come to the North American Nintendo eShop on Jan. 9, Nintendo said this morning. A free demo will be available on the store on the same day. Chibi Robo Photo Finder is an augmented reality game that requires you to find and photograph items in…

Yoshi’s Island For 3DS Is Out Next Spring

Yoshi’s New Island will be out for the 3DS in North America this spring. Enjoy some new footage, will you?

There’s a new Nintendo Direct streaming at 9am Eastern—you can watch it right here. They’re going to talk about what’s coming to Wii U and 3DS over the next few weeks/months. As always, we’ll have all the news live on Kotaku as it happens.