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Nintendo’s Family Tree Is Massive

Nintendo is 125 years old, and they’ve been making games since before arcades as we know them even existed. You build up quite a family tree in all that time, and someone traced all of it, back to the start. Vin Lauria is a freelance graphic designer who also has a fondness for history and…

Nintendo Made A GameCube Controller Adapter For Wii U

Sneaky Nintendo—at the end of a video advertising their upcoming Smash Bros. tournament at E3 in two weeks, the house of all things Mario just announced a GameCube controller adapter for the Wii U. It’s unclear how this will be sold, if it’s sold at all. Nintendo says the Wii U version of Smash Bros.…

Hey buddy, forgot your cup. Grabbed from YouTuber Robbaz‘s compilation, this is one of those Watch Dogs glitches with a happy ending. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can find. Send us suggestions if you’ve got them. To contact the…

Dropping Your Phone Really Messes Things Up In Real Life Watch Dogs

The folks at Machinima, in their latest video, show us what really happens when your biggest in-game weapon is a mobile device. Aiden would be in a lot of trouble in real life. Watch Dogs vs iPhone (Parody) [Machinima, YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

You Can Download a Mercedes Benz in Mario Kart 8

This summer, Mercedes Benz is coming to Mario Kart 8 in Japan. No word yet whether or not the car will be available in the West. The Mercedes Benz GLA, which a sorta hunky Mario drives in a new Japanese ad, will be available as free DLC. Info is scant, but Nintendo promises more details.…

Legend Of Zelda Art Jam

Today’s Sketch Daily theme was The Legend of Zelda, and dozens of artists participated. Check out some highlights below, including heavily-armored Link, vampire Link, and much more. Marek Jarocki Codi Bear Mingjue Helen Chen Kekai Kotaki Nate Voss Yingjue Chen Bill Robinson Krishna Sadasivam Lisa Villella Steve LeCouilliard Phillip Light M.S. Corley Ashlyn Anstee Rubin…

Vintage Metroid Fusion Advertisement

Vinatge Metroid Fusion advertisement. Via VGJunk You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Fan Animation Turns Link Pikmin-Sized

Some just can’t wait till a new, HD Zelda arrives and start working on their own fan-projects. This superb gif is from animator PencilTest ‘s upcoming fan-movie, which—if it’ll have the same overall quality as this teaser—will be quite ambitious. Zelda gifs by PencilTest [Tumblr] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing…

Meet Pushmo World It is the upcoming sequel to Intelligent Systems’ 3DS puzzle games, Pushmo and Crashmo, and it’s coming to the Japanese Wii U (yes, Wii U) eShop on June 19. UPDATE: Nintendo has confirmed that Pushmo World will also launch on the US (and EU) Wii U eShop on June 19.

Nintendo Has A Plan To Share Money With YouTubers

Almost exactly a year after Nintendo sparked a controversy over the way it was forcing ads on YouTube videos featuring footage from its video games, the company looks like it’s officially changing tack. It took to Twitter earlier today to describe a new “affiliate program” that will split revenue between Nintendo, Google, and the person…

In Japan, the World Cup Is Sold with Pikachu

The World Cup is starting soon—real soon. June 12, actually! You know what that means? Merchandising. And in Japan, that means Pokémon merchandising. Since Japan’s official World Cup mascot is Pikachu, the character is being put on a whole bunch of things so people will buy them. Makes sense! Better yet, in Japan, Pikachu is…

Well, At Least The 2DS Continues To Look Nice

As useless as the 2DS is for most people in most circumstances, you’ve got to hand it to Nintendo when it comes to the system’s colour choices. I actually bought one earlier this year (before swiftly returning it), partly because the white+red colour scheme looked so much better than the standard 3DS options. The same…

New Sea Green 2DS

The Sea Green 2DS will be available in stores June 6. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Super Mario World-Inspired Paintings

Super Mario World’s Bowser—one in as series of paintings by Ronan Lynam: These are available as prints at Society6 You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Legend Of Zelda-Themed Bottle Opener

It’s dangerous to go alone. Via R/Gaming You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Try As I Might, I Can’t Convince My Friends To Get The Wii U

Ever since the new season of Game of Thrones started, I’ve gathered with a group of friends each Sunday night to play video games for a few hours before the new episode airs. We sometimes call it pre-gaming Game of Thrones, because we’re huge dorks. This past Sunday was different, however. We began planning for…

One of the coolest things in Hyrule Warriors, the upcoming Zelda spin-off for the Wii U, will be definitely the new look of Impa, Princess Zelda’s bodyguard. While she typcally appeared as an old lady in most of the previous games, this new warrior design is just completely awesome. Dayshot is an image-based feature that…

Check Out the 109 New Final Fantasy Tracks in Theatrhythm: Curtain Call

While growing up, I, of course, knew the Mario and Sonic themes, but it wasn’t until I first played Final Fantasy VI that game music really started to affect me. To say I have a soft spot for the series’ music is an understatement—which is why I am ecstatic that Theatrhythm: Curtain Call has 109…

Ike Joins Super Smash Bros., Gets Compared to a Gorilla in Japan

Nintendo just announced that Ike from Fire Emblem is returning to Smash Bros. So, he’s not a new character to the series, but he now looks…different. And in Japan, some are mocking his pumped up appearance. On popular game sites like Hachima and My Game News Flash, there are commenters calling the muscular Ike a…

Zelda Spin-Off Doesn’t Have Dungeons, It’s Got Armies

Hyrule Warriors is Zelda meets hack-and-slash. It’s an idea just crazy enough to work. “With the Warriors series, we’ve had collaborations with Gundam, Fist of the North Star, and One Piece, but we also wanted to do something with Nintendo.” Hyrule Warriors producer, Hisashi Koinuma said in an interview with Weekly Famitsu. According to Koinuma,…