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Nintendo DS title Brain Age has been released on the Wii U’s Virtual Console. The game will be available in Japan free of charge until June 30. After July 1, the game won’t be downloadable and after that its status is TBA. No word yet on a Western release. [Pic: yutaro365]

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Mario Kart Has A New Controversial Technique Called ‘Fire Hopping’

Discussions around Mario Kart 8 are getting heated as the moment, as players have discovered a new technique some are calling “Fire Hopping.” While you can see Fire Hopping in action in the footage below by MK8 Records, basically, it’s something that allows players to maintain a speed boost via hopping. Fire Hopping is possible…

I Just Heard A Mario Kart Joke In My PS4 Game

Lego Marvel Super Heroes contains all sorts of great cameos. It also includes a Mario Kart joke, made by the Human Torch, right before you go to Thor’s home realm of Asgard where they’ve got a rainbow bridge. I heard this while playing the PS4 version of the game over the weekend, and I captured…

Luigi Isn’t The Only Troll In The New Mario Kart

Luigi might be a cold, calculating jerk in the new Mario Kart, but he’s not the only one with a goofy stare. Almost everyone flashes a hilarious look just before messing someone else up, as the replay mode in Mario Kart 8 shows us. Donkey Kong, for example, is a major troll: (Via Atomic6) Yoshi…

The sequel to Square Enix’s Final Fantasy rhythm game arrives in North America September 16. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call is also getting a lovely $70 collector’s edition, limited to 5,000 pieces and exclusive to the Square Enix online store.

First Person Smash Bros. Is Just As Gruesome As You Might Think

Dodging and edge-hogging would be 100% more dramatic in Smash Bros. with a first-person view. YouTuber pipocaVFX gives us a sneak-peek featuring Link, the Master Hand and a scary third special someone at the end. We’re lucky that the clip is not from Super Smash Bros. Wii U. I just don’t want to see Animal…

The Wii U Just Got A Little Better

An update for the Wii U, bringing the system to v5.0.o, is rolling out right now. If you’re sick of waiting for the console’s menu to load every time you boot up the system, you’ll be happy with it. It finally implements a “quick launch” menu, which lets you jump straight back into the last…

​The Explanation Behind Sonic’s New Look

About three weeks ago in a hotel in Los Angeles, I got to play four levels of the upcoming Sonic Boom. It felt like good family fun: fairly easy combat, some trickier platforming, and a little bit of that iconic Sonic speedrunning through rings. You can watch Game Front’s footage of what I played on…

Final Fantasy Characters As Pokémon Trainers

With a little redesign, Final Fantasy characters would make pretty cool Pokémon trainers. You just have to find the matching Pokémon for them. Artist Andrew Ryan did just that. Gotta love Barrett with his Pokéball launcher arm. Here are the characters from Final Fantasy VIII, with the same design: And the characters of Final Fantasy…

As noted on Nintendo.co.jp, the 32GB Wii U Premium Set is no longer being manufactured for the Japanese market. The site says “end of production” (生産終了) for those consoles. No word on how this impacts gamers outside Japan.

Kirby Figurine Set

The Hoshi no Kirby Tsumu Tsumu set features ten Kirby figurines and a warp star: The set can be preordered for 2,376 yen here. Via GoNintendo You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Monaco Grand Prix-Inspired Mario Kart 8 Illustrations

Mario Kart 8 illustrations by Wes Talbott You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Does E3 Still Matter?

It’s been a weird pre-E3 month. Companies like Microsoft, EA, and Bethesda have made big announcements before the big show. Nintendo’s not even doing an official press conference at all. Is there still a point to E3? Or has it become a walking, talking, slowly dying dinosaur? It’s been a sort of inevitable question among…

Tips For Playing Mario Kart 8

The latest installment of Nintendo’s popular kart racing franchise is upon us, and the urge to dive right in and start taking home trophies is strong, but first… …here are some general tips to get you started. Race Against The Machine I know, it’s rare that we get a Nintendo game with such a robust…

Mario Kart 8: The Kotaku Review

“Everyone has fond memories of the Mario Kart series” reads a blurb in the review materials for the eighth game in the series. Up until now, I really didn’t. Mario Kart was never my game. When Super Mario Kart was released for North American Super Nintendo systems in 1992, I was already in love with…

“Victory and defeat are just lies told out of two sides of the same mouth. This is the Blue Shell of collapse, the Blue Shell of financial crisis, the Blue Shell of the New Gilded Age.” That’s game designer/academic Ian Bogost on the most hated and feared pick-up in the Mario Kart series. His essay…

Watch Dogs Is Finally About Watching Dogs

Just as Lightning doesn’t return Final Fantasy XIII, there’s no way to watch dogs in Watch Dogs even though the title suggests it. Mashed fix this with their latest animation. It would be… an interesting game. Watch Dogs | Mr Weebl | MASHED [YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

If Only Nintendo Made Wii U Controllers This Nice

Nintendo has released some pretty nice Wii Remotes in recent years, but their Wii U controller lineup is nowhere near as eye-catching. Continuing the work they’ve done with the Xbox One and PS4, then, here’s Evil Controllers with a line of custom Wii U Pro Controllers. Some are in custom colours, others skirt dangerously close…