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Metroid: Samus Returns: The Kotaku Review

There was a time, so many years ago now, when it felt like we had too much Metroid. The simultaneous launch of Prime and Fusion in 2002, followed up with another one-two volley of Metroids two years later. “Slow down!” we cried. “We can’t keep up with all this Metroid!” Time makes fools of us…

Arms‘ New Character: She Protec, She Attac, But She Also Inflate

Arms’ newest character, Lola Pop, joins the roster today. With a combination of fast movement and the ability to inflate herself like a freaky balloon, she’s exciting to play but horrifying to watch. Every fighter in Arms has unique abilities that activate when they guard, jump or dash. For instance, the movie star Twintelle can…

Here’s A Nice Nintendo Switch Controller

Xenoblade Chronicles 2’s overdrawn (over eight minutes!) showcase on today’s Nintendo Direct was agonising. To make up for that, the game is also getting this very pleasant Switch Pro Controller. I appreciate, as a fan of pink controllers but not Xenoblade Chronicles 2, how there’s no obtrusive branding for the game plastered all over it,…

A sequel to Dillon’s Rolling Western is coming to 3DS in Japan. The Dead Heat Breakers continues the original 2012 game’s combo of armadillo-rolling action and tower defense, and will also turn your Mii into a furry character in the game. Spring 2018 in Japan, digital and physical, no overseas announcement yet.

Japan Gets All The Best 2DS Colors

Nintendo announced a few new colours for the 2DS XL today. Some were given release dates in the West, but as is becoming custom, the best ones were not. In October, the US isfinally getting the white/orange model first shown off in Japan in April: And in November, there’ll be this Pokeball one: Which is…

Shirtless Mario Leads To Widespread Pandemonium

"everyone was so horny to play as naked link they didn't consider the consequences. now we have naked mario. i hope you're happy."

Yes, Please Inject Nintendo Switch RPG Octopath Traveler Directly Into My Veins

The team behind Bravely Default is making a Nintendo Switch exclusive called Octopath Traveler. It looks beautiful, and there’s a demo out tonight. Octopath Traveler is just the working title, although this is Square Enix, so anything goes. It was originally announced at the Switch reveal event in January, and Nintendo showed off more details…

Super Mario Odyssey will get a snazzy Switch bundle on October 27th, Nintendo announced today.

Dragon Quest Builders is coming to the Switch for Spring 2018. It was one of our 2016 games of the year. There’s towers to build but you’ll probably spend all your time befriending Slimes

Doom and Wolfenstein II Are Coming To Switch

Hope you like the idea of taking Bethesda games with you on the go, Switch owners. During today’s Direct event, Nintendo announced that portable versions of two their biggest games would make their way to the hybrid console. Soon, you’ll be able to kill Nazis in the subway, and fight back against the forces of…

Minecraft New Nintendo 3DS Edition is available today on the Nintendo eShop. Just in case you were looking for your 17th version of the game. You can play it on your New 3DS or New 2DS XL.

The next big Nintendo Direct starts at 6pm ET tonight. It’ll run around 45 minutes and be full of Switch and 3DS news. Watch here!

Suda 51 Thinks Nintendo Switch Is Punk AF

“The Switch is a punk console,” says game director Goichi Suda, aka Suda 51. “I was shocked by it. I thought, whoever made this must have something wrong with them. In a positive way. This guy must be messed up in the head to think of something like this.” “It’s kind of like a challenge…

Nintendo Bringing Back The NES Classic In 2018

After disappearing from store shelves, the NES Classic is returning next year. But that’s not all: the Super NES Classic will continue to be shipped through 2018. In Japan, the Super Famicom will still get shipped after October, and the Famicom Mini is going back into production. Hot damn. The SNES Classic was slated to…

Zelda Speedrunner’s New ‘World Record’ Was Actually Done With Hacking Tools

Two days ago, dragonbane0 set a new speedrun world record for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD. It was his first time running the game outside of practice. He’s now revealed that the speedrun was achieved using WiiU modding tools that he’s releasing to the wider community. Update—11:05 p.m.: We have changed this article’s…

There’s a Nintendo Direct coming this Wednesday at 6pm ET. Keep an eye out for 3DS games, Switch games, and maybe even some third-party ports. (Looking at you, Bethesda.)

24 People Can Now Play Super Mario 64 Online Together

Super Mario 64 was released in 1996 as a singleplayer video game. Recent mods have let two people play together, but a new romhack allows up to 24 to jump online and play through the game, kicking and punching each other all the way through. SM64 Online is a project by Kaze Emanuar, Melonspeedruns and…

Hands On With Nintendo Switch’s Big Holiday RPGs

The Switch is such a familiar part of the gaming landscape now that it’s strange to consider that Nintendo’s hybrid device is about to head into its first holiday season. What’s even stranger is that for Baby’s First Christmas, Nintendo’s lineup is overloaded with deep single-player fantasy adventures: role-playing games Skyrim and Xenoblade Chronicles, and…

Monster Hunter Stories Is The Best Pokémon Game I’ve Ever Played

Monster Hunter Stories takes the popular hunting series and mixes it up into an adorable roleplaying game all about hatching cool critters. Players take the role of a “rider” who befriends monsters instead of chopping them into bits. The main Monster Hunter games focus on sprawling locales and multiplayer monster hunts. Monster Hunter Stories is…

Don’t let the shoddy console-grabbed screenshot fool you. Lego Worlds is out on Nintendo Switch this week, and it looks and plays as well as the other console versions, with the added benefit of portability. Exploring is great on the go, but I’d recommend TV mode for precision building.