The company that gave the world Mario, Link, and Samus is the undisputed champ of the modern console war, with nearly 150 million Switches sold since 2017. But now, speculation is rampant about the company’s next console, rumored to launch in 2025.
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Xenoblade Chronicles X may be on a system far less graphically powerful than the PS4 or Xbox One, but that doesn’t stop it from having some of the most beautiful alien scenery I’ve seen in a game. At this point, I’ve been playing Xenoblade Chronicles X for around 20 hours. And in that time, I’ve…
By March 2017, Nintendo aims to have five titles on smart devices. These will be “carefully” selected. All IPs can be considered.
Today, Nintendo announced it has shipped 10.5 million Amiibos worldwide. With shortages, some fans might say that’s not enough! In case you missed it, check out Kotaku’s opinionpiece on the Amiibo problem.
It’s May, which means it’s time for Japanese game store Meteor to hold its annual Famicase exhibition, an event where artists from all over the world come together to design fake Nintendo games. (Top design by Matthew Kenyon) One day, I’ll actually make the trip and see them in the flesh (there’s a cool little…
I do not think it is possible to like the entirety of a corporation. Take Nintendo, for example. I like the part of Nintendo that makes Zelda games and, with less alacrity, Metroid games. I do not very much like the part of Nintendo that loves to sell plastic. And, boy, does Nintendo love to…
Think Nintendo Land, but real. Today, Nintendo announced it is bringing its games and characters to Universal theme parks. “The immersive experiences will include major attractions at Universal’s theme parks and will feature Nintendo’s most famous characters and games,” stated an official release. To be clear, this isn’t a full-on Nintendo theme park. Rather, Universal…
Hey, good news! Wii U sales are up many countries. Bad news, they’re down in Japan. In the financial year starting in April 2013 and ending in March 2014, Nintendo sold 1.29 million Wii Us in the Americas. As Nintendo revealed today, that number increased to 1.85 million during the financial year ending March 2015.…
Nintendo is finally making money again, posting a 41.8 billion yen ($350 million) net profit. It doesn’t stop there, because Nintendo is forecasting its profit to double over this year. “A new source of revenue is expected from a gaming application for smart devices which will be released this year,” Nintendo stated.
Among the many, many things that Mario Kart 8’s new super-ultra-mega-fast 200CC modechanges are the shortcuts every course has. Now they’re a lot easier to speed through—as long as you don’t run into a wall first. YouTuber Axsel made a handy video (via Reddit) of all the shortcuts in Mario Kart 8 that no longer…
“Creating a game with a new character like Qbby made me feel happier than I’ve ever felt before.” That’s Yasuhiro Mukae talking. He’s best known for making Kirby games, but we’re not talking about Kirby. Mukae is a longtime at HAL Laboratory, the game studio behind Kirby. He was also the director of Box Boy,…
Xenoblade Chronicles was one of the best RPGs the Wii had to offer; and while we didn’t exactly love last month’s 3DS port of the game, we’re still excited to play the Wii U sequel. So join us as the Up All Night Stream plays Xenoblade Chronicles X Update: The stream is over but you…
One of the best things about the DS was the fact it was region-free. One of the worst things about the 3DS is the fact it isn’t. Or, at least, it wasn’t A simple workaround has been developed by DS superstar smeathat lets anyone regardless of where they’re at play any 3DS game, regardless of…
It’s no big secret that Nintendo has totally bungled the way they handle Amiibos, their line of plastic figurines based on iconic characters like Mario and Peach. Today, Nintendo’s finally admitting there’s a problem—and they’re vowing to do better. Ever since Amiibo first launched last year, customers have run into supply shortages and intense scalping…
The finish line is just a few feet away. You can practically reach out and touch it—feel the sturdy grasp of victory in your own two hands. And then you collide with a giant, immovable piece of metal. Ouch. This clip by YouTuber redjarman was uploaded on Saturday. But I’m glad I only ended up…
Not only is there finally a release date for the upcoming 3DS Attack on Titan game, there’s a spiffy new trailer that looks at all the characters that will make an appearance. Naturally, it’s got heroes like Eren, Mikasa, and Armin all hunting terrifying titans in the quest for survival. The game will retail at…
Forget the “mom guesses the name of Smash Bros characters” memes. Smash Bros. dads are coming out of the woodwork, and they’re improving Smash Bros. in their own special ways, too. Nick Luciano somehow convinced his dad to do a bunch of the Smash Bros. taunts in real life, and the results are hilarious. He…
The above image gives a marvelous view of Mario Kart 8 racetrack Music Park. It’s also a screenshot the player shouldn’t have been able to capture. Normally, busting outside of the normal confines of a level in Mario Kart 8 requires a) some sort of glitch or bug to be present and exploitable, or b)…
When it comes to Pokémon, I am a scrub. My familiarity with the series amounts to little more than “I think Digimon has the better cartoon and monster designs,” and a few hours with Fire Red half a dozen years ago. But when I recently acquired a New 3DS XL, my first Nintendo handheld, I…
But Kotaku writer, I hear you ponder, the Nintendo DS was incapable of getting anywhere near a resolution you’d call “high”, how could this be? The answer: emulation. Via this /r/games thread, the latest beta version of the Drastic emulator for Android has a feature that lets users test out high-res rendering for 3D objects…
48: Excitebike Arena 47: Sweet Sweet Canyon 46: Electrodome 45: Dry Dry Desert 44: Wario Stadium 43: Donut Plains 3 42: Rainbow Road (SNES) 41: Bone-Dry Dunes 40: Ice Ice Outpost 39: Wario’s Gold Mine 38: Moo Moo Meadows 37: Royal Raceway 36: Wild Woods 35: Music Park 34: Animal Crossing 33: Water Park 32:…
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