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Nintendo Labo: The Kotaku Review

The first question you might have about Labo is: what’s so special about a box of cardboard and some mini-games? And the first thing to understand about Labo is that what’s actually in the box is only part of the appeal. What’s more valuable is what this tiny cartridge and its accompanying sheets of cardboard…

Nintendo Now Selling Cardboard Separately In Case You Destroy Your Nintendo Labo Creations

Before purchasing Nintendo Labo, one of my concerns was about replacement parts. What if my kids destroy the cardboard? What if I accidentally sit or step on a Toy-Con? Good news, because starting today, Nintendo’s online shop will start selling replacement cardboard. Nintendo previously addressed in this Nintendo Labo FAQ, stating, “But if you need…

Nintendo Has Added Loot Boxes To Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp just got loot boxes in its latest update. Thanks, I hate it! The mobile Animal Crossing game is no stranger to dodgy, predatory mobile game mechanics. This latest updates introduces the scummiest of all: loot boxes, in the form of the new Fortune Cookies. These items, available to buy at the…

A Ton Of Classic Sega Games Are Coming To The Switch

Sega is bringing a library of its classic games to Switch as individual downloads, including Sonic The Hedgehog, Phantasy Star, and Alex Kidd The collection will be released worldwide beginning in the summer, all under the banner of “Sega Ages.” The games will be developed by M2, the developer of the Sega 3D Classics releases…

This fall, the first Valkyria Chronicles is coming to Nintendo Switch in Japan via the Nintendo eShop. No word yet on an international release.

Game Collector Finds Drugs Hidden Inside NES Cartridges

Julian Turner, a collector of retro video games, went to a market earlier this month and bought some old NES games. When he got home, he discovered that he’d got more than he paid for: two of the cartridges were packed with illegal drugs. The two games in question were Rollergames and Golf. Alarm bells…

Thousands Of Modders Are Re-Inventing The Game Boy

The Game Boy is so iconic it’s transcended the limitations of its hardware to become something more than just an old handheld for playing old video games. Chiptune artists make music with Game Boys. Clothing manufacturers plaster them onto t-shirts and hoodies. More eccentric designers have inserted them into the soles of platform shoes. And…

Yokai Watch 4 has been announced for Nintendo Switch in Japan. The game features a new hero and is slated for a summer release. No word yet on an international release.

Hacker Says It Took Him Two Weeks To Add Save Back-Ups To Switch

One of the biggest flaws in Nintendo’s portable console is that you can’t back up your data: if you lose your system, or somehow get your data corrupted or wiped, that’s it. It’s gone. But thanks to a burgeoning hacking scene, Switch fans are now adding features that the Switch desperately needs. Bernardo Giordano, a…

Slinky boxing game Arms got a sleek user interface makeover. Its new dashboard makes it easy to find players’ worldwide, regional and Party Crash rankings. Tips, tutorials and tournament clips also feature on the dashboard, so it’ll be handier for Arms players to get a grip.

Looks like classic shooter Ikaruga could be coming to the Switch! Game developer Treasure tweeted out this photo, show the game on the Switch and with Nintendo’s hardware held up by cheap stands.

Twitch Is Collecting Moons In Super Mario Odyssey Now

As of this writing, a couple hundred people are collectively controlling Mario via a Twitch broadcast. And despite the inherent chaos of Twitch chat, these players are actually making progress in Super Mario Odyssey. Community Controller is a channel that has recently dedicated itself to showcasing interactive livestreams of Switch games. The channel started out…

The Nintendo Switch’s Parental Controls Are Amazing

Pretty much every games platform in the market today, from phones to tablets to consoles, has some form of system that lets parents lock kids out of bad stuff. But none of them do it as well, or as elegantly, as the Nintendo Switch. As adults, we tend to give Nintendo shit for their tentative…

Newly Discovered Trick Transforms A Metroid Speedrunning Scene

Gamers experimenting with the 2002 Game Boy Advance game Metroid Fusion have discovered such a profound and bizarre shortcut that speedrunners have had to create a new category to account for the latest new way to break the game: memory corruption . The trick requires using Samus’ power bombs in an out-of-bounds area to corrupt…

The Western Version Of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds Has Less Body-Shaming

Clyde Mandelin is best known for his fan translation of Mother 3 and maintains the website Legends of Localization, where he looks at games’ original scripts and how they changed in the localization process. He applied his expertise to examine how localizers got rid of some body shaming in The Legend of Zelda: A Link…

Poll: The Most Beloved Japanese Games According To People From Around The World

The most recent issue of Weekly Famitsu polled 6,678 non-Japanese people, asking their opinions about Japanese video games. Which twenty did they say they liked most? Let’s find out! Here is the breakdown by age: Under 9 years old: 2 people In their teens: 717 people In their 20s: 4,429 people In their 30s: 1,378…

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds stations dominate the Xbox booth at PAX East. Behind that, the PlayStation booth opted to front-load Detroit: Become Human, with a couple of setups for upcoming titles like Soulcalibur VI and Yakuza 6 buried in the middle rows. Nintendo’s big draw is the Wolfenstein II Switch port demo.

Nintendo Fan Account Flagged On Twitter For Image Of Man Putting On Princess Peach Mask [Update]

The excellent Supper Mario Broth—a blog dedicated to weird and fun tidbits of Nintendo history—has had its Twitter account flagged as “sensitive” after it posted an image of…an actor putting on a giant Princess Peach mask. Here’s the tweet in question: Note that the original image as it was first tweeted was in colour: The…

Man Is Surprised At How Little Nintendo Charged For 3DS Parts

Twitter user Kaboo Factory recently recounted how much Nintendo charged him for first gen Nintendo 3DS parts. It was surprisingly low. According to Kaboo Factory, he told Nintendo he couldn’t turn on his first-gen Nintendo 3DS and asked the company to fix it. Nintendo explained that main circuit board and the battery needed to be…

I Try To Play Super Mario Bros. 2 Once A Year

I try to play Super Mario Bros. 2 every spring. The game’s bright colors, whimsical level design, and obsession with weeding make it feel right at home around the time of the the vernal equinox, and it’s also one of the easiest to pick up and play. It’s not as challenging as the original Super…