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Digital Distribution Could Learn from Nintendo’s Disk Writer Kiosk

A few weeks ago, I saw the Retro Game Master movie, half of which took place in 1986 Japan. In the film, the characters are often seen visiting a game store—a store complete with one of the coolest things Nintendo ever created, the Nintendo Disk Writer Kiosk. In 1986, Nintendo released an add-on to the…

Metroid Dreadnought: check out this cool Metroid conversion for Doom. It aims to combine the speed and atmosphere of Super Metroid with the gunplay of Metroid Prime. It’s not done, but you can download it here.

Smash Bros. Creator Reviews the PS4

As creator of tent-pole franchises like Kirby or Super Smash Bros. you might think Masahiro Sakurai is a pure bred Nintendo loyalist. So what do you think he has to say about Sony’s newest console? “First off, the console looks cool.” Sakurai wrote in his semi-weekly column in Weekly Famitsu. “As hardware evolves, people tend…

​Let Nintendo Characters Show You What’s Cool About the Wii U

It’s been a struggle for Nintendo to sell the Wii U. People got confused about it early on. And there’s been some difficulty communicating just what’s cool about Nintendo’s latest console to the average consumer. So why not have Mario show the nice people what Wii U can do? The Wii U doesn’t have the…

​Smash Bros Comes Back to the World’s Biggest Fighting Game Tournament

A while back, Nintendo’s homegrown fighting franchise wasn’t showing up on the list of games that would be featured at Evo 2014, this year’s edition of the world-renown fighting game tournament. Wasn’t on the rolls for Major League Gaming’s Anaheim championship event, either. But, now, months after fans protested the absence of Mario, Star Fox…

Two Incredible Glitches Make The First Pokémon Games Way Easier

One thing many Pokémon fans have in common is that growing up, we’d hear all sorts of stories about glitches and legendaries we could capture if we did something random and esoteric. Most kids, as we now know, were lying. Or, well: it’s more like they didn’t know how to pull the glitches off, exactly.…

Inspired by various stop-motion movies, Gabriel Salas used the exact same 3D tools and a hand-made diorama to create this really special Legend of Zelda fan-art. I’d love to see something like this coming to life as an animated-short. The Legend of Zelda fan art by Gabriel Salas [CGhub, via The Omega Nerd] Dayshot is…

The Sword Pokémon, Now As A Real (And Dangerous) Weapon

Sure, some people aren’t fans of Pokémon that resemble man-made objects. But having Pokémon like, say, Honedge—which resembles a medieval sword—means one thing: we can actually make these Pokémon a reality. (Without having to resort to horrific genetic experiments, I mean.) So really, it was only a matter of time before someone came along and…

Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy: The Kotaku Review

One. Five. Two. Four. Six. That is not a string of numbers that need to be deciphered in a puzzle in a Professor Layton game. It is the order in which I’ve played the games in the Layton series that has concluded—for now—with the newest and possible best of the bunch. From Professor Layton and…

Yoshi’s New Island 3DS commercial.

​A Brutally Honest Trailer for Mario Kart

“Witness the incremental evolution of franchise-based go-kart combat racing!” Yup, that’s Mario Kart in a nutshell. This fake advertising clip from Smosh Games for Nintendo’s long-running vehicular competitive game throws down some rough truths about the stuff we love to hate in Mario Kart. Raise your hands if you liked two-man karts. Keep ’em up…

Eight Things You Might Not Know About The N64

Just because you’ve used the N64 before doesn’t mean you know everything about it, hotshot. The 18 year old console has a curious history behind it, after all. Here’s DYKGaming/Normal Boots with their ever-informative “Did You Know” series, which this time walks us through all sorts of cool trivia about the N64. Watching the video…

First Look at Nintendo’s New Development Studio

Nintendo’s Japanese headquarters built a new development studio in Kyoto. Here’s a look at the completed structure. These images come courtesy of Japanese site Inside Games, which reports the seven-story development studio is roughly the same scale as Nintendo’s nearby headquarters, which it closely resembles in design. This is Nintendo’s Kyoto headquarters. And here is…

​Let’s Hope These Nintendo Mobile Games Never Happen

Donkey Kong, re-imagined as a riff on Angry Birds. Duck Hunt, where you dispatch waterfowl with a slash of a fingertip. Flappy Mario. Please, God, no. Nintendo’s said that they’re not “releasing Mario on smart devices.” One investor in the company really wants them to. So, of course, the folks at Red Bull’s video game…

Wind Waker, In First Person, on the Oculus Rift

The prettiest Zelda game, now playable in virtual reality and in a new perspective. Awesome. As you can see in this video by Chadtronic, unlike the Ocarina demo, this isn’t a proof of concept that’s missing a lot of key elements. You can battle and interact with the world normally, and all the characters are…

Azure Striker Gunvolt is a new 3DS game from Keiji Inafune and Inti Creates. Headed to the Nintendo eShop this summer, Azure Striker Gunvolt was revealed earlier today.

Princess Peach Is Ready To Kick Ass And Take Names

When Alexia Jean Grey cosplays as Princess Peach, she doesn’t go for puffy dresses and a smile. She channels Peach: Warrior Princess. Inspired by Peach’s performances in the Smash Bros. series, the outfit is made almost entirely out of worbla, a thermoplastic from the future. The pics here were taken by Travis Photography; there are…

The First Screen You See When You Start The New Yoshi’s Island

I don’t remember any other Nintendo games starting with the above message, but, hey, sure, Nintendo. Why not? I’ve rated a level or two in Assassin’s Creed. I’ve agreed to let my crash bugs be sent back to Microsoft. I just never thought that you, Nintendo, would need to see my gameplay data to make…

Guacamelee! is coming to the Wii U, PS4, Xbox One and Xbox 360 as Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition This version includes all previous DLC for the game and adds some new levels and boss battles. No word yet on a release date, other than “coming soon.”

Pokémon Would Be a Really Fearsome 90s Horror Show

Like something straight out of cult horror show Tales from the Crypt (or Braindead, even), these Pokémon illustrations by DeviantART artist Dante are anything but cute little monsters you wanna catch. There’s something really scary in their eyes: The flying types freak me out the most: Pokémon Art by DanteCyberMan [DeviantART] To contact the author…