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Nintendo, Why Must You Be So Cruel?

This is a plush Yoshi doll. It is very cute. Not just cute, it’s painfully adorable. This is the level of cuteness that makes me cringe with something that feels like genuine pain. So what’s the problem? It’s being released for Club Nintendo Europe. That means I am going to have to go to incredible…

The New Nintendo 3DS Is Getting a Truly Spectacular, Um, Box

Packaging! Who cares, right? Well, I usually don’t care. But man, look at this New Nintendo 3DS box. It’s unlike any game packaging I’ve ever seen. Above and below are the packaging for the regular-sized New Nintendo 3DS, via game site Inside The background is supposed to represent the faceplates you can swap out for…

Nintendo’s Border Control Still Sucks

A newmodel of the 3DS brought renewed hope that Nintendo might reverse its backwards stance of region-locking its hardware, preventing the import of games from other parts of the planet. Turns out that was a fool’s hope. The company has confirmed with GameSpotthat, like the 3DS versions before it, the new models will be region-locked.…

The Guy Who Hunts The Rarest Pokémon of Them All

Not all Pokémon are created equal. Some legendary Pokémon, like Groudon and Kyogre, feature more prominently in the games’ stories. Other Pokémon, like Garchomp, have superior stats. And some, like Lucario, are fan favorites. None of those, however, are as coveted as the fabled Shiny Pokémon. Shiny Pokémon are special monsters that come in sparkly…

Enemies In Super Smash Bros. Sure Love Killing Themselves

When people think Smash Bros., they think multiplayer—people huddled around a TV, furiously pressing Gamecube controller buttons as characters like Fox and Marth dart across the screen. But playing against the computer can be plenty entertaining, too. You may know Omega Tyrant as the person behind the video where Luigi wins Smash matches by doing…

The Wii U is set to have quite a 2015, if the delay bug doesn’t bite. Nintendo of America tweeted a general release schedule for the Wii U’s next year, and it includes everything from Star Fox to Zelda to crazy Miyamoto projects like Project Guard and Project Giant Robot. What do you think?

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Forget Mario and Yoshi, Here’s “Dino And Martin”

“Dino and Martin” bump and go toy, featuring a Yoshi with laser eyes. Via R/Gaming You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Nintendo’s Little Plastic Figures Look Fantastic

Nintendo’s Amiibo figures are, like Skylanders and Disney Infinity, designed first and foremost for video games. But where they differ from Activision and Disney’s efforts is that I would buy all of these just to sit on my desk, quality of the games be damned. Especially since, at $13 each, they’re comfortably in “I’m just…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Next New 3DS

Nintendo recently announced a new model of their 3DS handheld, packed with more power and cool new features. Neat, but that was Friday and we’re bored now. What’s the next next 3DS going to look like? To the Photoshop mobile! I know we’ve been waiting for a second analog stick for a long time, but…

The Ominous First Advertisement For The NES

A menacing ROB stars in the first advertisement for the Nintendo Entertainment System: Via the excellent Video Game Preservation Dump (and Twitter). You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

The Good And Bad Of Mario Kart 8’s First Major Update

Nintendo made a few changes to Mario Kart 8 this week—some big, some small, some the size of a luxury car brand’s new SUV. If nothing else, this gives us a good opportunity to pause and reflect on how one of the summer’s biggest games is doing. So let’s do that. I’ve been playing Mario…

What We Know About The New 3DS So Far

Nintendo woke us all up early this morning with a fresh batch of information about a new and improved 3DS mobile console it’s making. Most of this was geared towards its Japanese audience, however, so let’s break down the relevant parts of the news for gamers outside the company’s home country. Here are the main…

Everbody Should Have A Zero Suit Option In Smash Bros

Why limit it to Samus? Every Smash Bros combatant should have a zero suit option. Zero Suit Shulk via @mikemcwhertor and Zero Suit Kirby via @avestal You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Don’t Expect The New 3DS Outside of Japan This Year

News of a shiny new 3DS upgrade--along with a Xenoblade port—came as a pleasant surprise to many Nintendo fans this morning, but don’t expect to see the New 3DS in North America or Europe this holiday. In an English press release on their website today, Nintendo confirmed that yes, the New 3DS will likely make…

Five Impressive Minutes Of Super Smash Bros. 3DS

With the 3DS version of Super Smash Bros. just two weeks out from its release in Japan, Nintendo is holding little back. Today, they’ve tossed up five minutes of mostly in-game footage for us to look at. If you have any nostalgia for Nintendo, you’ll enjoy this. The extended trailer is all in Japanese, but…

Nintendo of Europe Lays Off 320 People

Around 320 employees at Nintendo of Europe will lose their jobs this week, the company confirmed to Kotaku today. That number includes around 130 full-time Nintendo of Europe employees—as was reported in June—and an additional 190 who worked for the company’s Germany-based localization department by way of a leasing agency. Though technically those 190 people…

38 Lovely Faceplates for the New 3DS

Nintendo has always had a special knack for making gorgeous themed cases for the 3DS. For the new model announced this morning, they’re doing gamers one better: releasing standalone faceplates that allow you to customize your personal console. Predictably, they look pretty great. This mushroom one is probably my favorite. It’s like you’re carrying your…

Here’s The New Trailer For Bravely Second

Bravely Second, the long-awaited sequel to Bravely Default, got a new trailer that was shown during today’s 3DS Nintendo Direct. It’s above, have a look—the world map and the cities look even more beautiful than in the first game. Bravely Second comes out on the Nintendo 3DS this winter in Japan. 「ブレイブリーセカンド」～胎動篇～ [YouTube] To contact…

Snake and Ocelot’s “solid” friendship is a territory where no Metal Gear game has gone before. But that’s absolutely possible in Tomodachi Life. They look a bit different, but it’s possible. via Big Bosselot [Tumblr] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that…