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Your AR Cards Can Go Fishing

Fishing, Graffiti, AR Shot, Mii Pics and Star Pics are among the titles purported to be heading to the Nintendo 3DS’s AR Games, reports GameLife. While the other games are fairly self-explanatory, Star Pics is an augmented reality title that uses Nintendo characters like Mario, Link, Kirby, Metroid’s Samus and Pikmin (Mii Pics supposedly uses…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 23, 2011

Why Do Pokémon Games Take So Damn Long To Come Out In The West?

Pokémon games are always released in Japan months before they make their way to Western markets. It’s not conspiracy; instead, it’s because developers GameFreak like to make sure Pokémon names truly mean something, regardless of the language used.

By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2011

Mario vs Sonic? No, It’s Mario AS Sonic

If the console rivals had come together twenty years earlier, it would surely have looked like this. By Gadget WK

By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2011

Japan’s Most Famous Professor Shamelessly Ripped Off…Again

Professor Layton is the star of a series of puzzle-solving adventure games. Featuring beautiful animated cutscenes, they feature Layton and his young sidekick, Luke. They are hugely popular in Japan, which means one thing: other game companies are now ripping it off. Shamelessly. First there’s — no, wait. First there was Professor Layton, then, there’s…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 23, 2011

And You Thought Your 3DS Launch Lineup Was Lacking

When the 3DS launches in the US, there will be sixteen games available. In Europe, there will be thirteen. In Japan, there will be eight. In Australia? Think less Only a single Nintendo title will be available when the handheld launches on March 31, and that is Nintendogs + cats. It will be joined by…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2011

CultureTotal Recall

The Zelda Games The Whole World Hates

Over the past 25 years, not every single Legend of Zelda game has been made by Nintendo. Some were developed by Capcom, and are outstanding in their own right! And some were made by other people, and are supposed abominations At least, that’s what popular opinion will have you believe whenever the topic of the…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2011

New Video of Three Nintendo 3DS Launch Games In Action

The Nintendo Channel has released new video of three of the Nintendo 3DS‘s North American launch games, PilotWings Resort, Steel Diver and Nintendogs + Cats. Will any of them convince you to put in a pre-order? The 3DS will launch later this week in Japan, so we’ll soon have extended hands on coverage of some…

By Michael McWhertor Published February 22, 2011

Mario Kart Games, Ranked In Order Of Difficulty

Game designer Eitan Glinert (Slam Bolt Scrappers) told me over dinner last week that he’s really good at Mario Kart games, good enough that, a year ago believed he and his colleagues at Fire Hose Games could gold-medal all the races in all the console Mario Karts for charity in a 36-hour stretch. Unfortunately, Glinert…

By Stephen Totilo Published February 22, 2011

For The First Time, The Mario Bros. Will Miss A New Nintendo’s Birth

Forget its glasses-free 3D, the Nintendo 3DS is unlike any Nintendo video game before it because it will debut without Mario or Luigi. The previous nine major gaming machines from Nintendo — all of the big ones, from NES to Wii — had these guys. The Mario-shaped hole emerged today when Nintendo released its 3DS…

By Stephen Totilo Published February 22, 2011

The Games You Can Absolutely Buy the Day the 3DS Goes on Sale

Nintendo’s nebulous 3DS launch window includes months for the game company to fill their slate for the new portable. But what will U.S. gamers be able to pick up the day the 3D handheld goes on sale? This morning Nintendo finally dropped a list on us that includes all 16 games available on March 27.…

By Brian Crecente Published February 22, 2011

Nintendo-Powered Museum Closes Its Doors

I often get emails from readers, asking where they should go while visiting Japan. There are the obvious answers like Akihabara or Den-Den Town. But one place I usually recommend, a Nintendo-funded museum in Kyoto, is closing its doors. For the time being, at least. Dubbed Shigureden, it sits in Arashiyama, a quaint Kyoto village…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 22, 2011

Celebrate Zelda’s Birthday With This Stunning Painting

Japanese artist ag+ has commemorated the 25th anniversary of the release of the original Legend of Zelda in the best possible way: with one of the most amazing pieces of fan art you will ever see. If Nintendo had a chapel and (bear with me) that chapel had an ornately-painted ceiling, this would surely be…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 22, 2011

CultureTotal Recall

Remembering Possibly The Worst Thing Zelda Ever Did

Nearly every single Legend of Zelda video game is revered, if not as an all-time classic, then at least as a pretty good/good/great game. The franchise’s one major departure onto TV screens? It was not good. Not at all While Mario was turned into a big Hollywood movie and Metroid was long rumoured to be…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 22, 2011

How The Great Gatsby Became A Long Lost NES Game

The Great Gatsby—the “NES” version, that is—started its strange life as a single screen shot, a pixelated recreation of Francis Cugat’s iconic cover art for F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great American novel. “It was just too funny,” says The Great Gatsby NES lead developer Charlie Hoey of that artwork “all NESified and blocky with PRESS START…

By Michael McWhertor Published February 21, 2011

The Mushroom Kingdom, Hyrule & Castlevania In Mini-Ecosystem Form

Pixel artist Jude Buffum mixes terrariums with the familiar flora and fauna of Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda and Castlevania, illustrating what’s required to keep a Hylian fairy and Piranha Plant alive at home. Buffum’s prints are available at his online shop and at next week’s Game Over IV show at Giant Robot…

By Michael McWhertor Published February 21, 2011

The Nintendo Download Is On Fire This Week

WiiWare really heats up in this week’s Nintendo Download with Cozy Fire, a fireplace simulator with six – count ’em – six different fireplaces to choose from. Yeah, it’s that kind of week. Perhaps Nintendo and dtp young entertainment are celebrating President’s Day by releasing Cozy Fireplace. After all, President’s Lincoln and Washington surely spent…

By Mike Fahey Published February 21, 2011

The 3DS, Torn To Pieces

Later this week, the glasses-free Nintendo 3DS goes on sale in Japan. A Chinese site already has its hands on the hot portable, and it’s ripped it into pieces. This dissection gives a closer look at the innards that power the 3DS, which boasts more powerful graphics than the previous generation of Nintendo handhelds. Of…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2011

Playing Games Is Easier Than Being A Pop Star

Citing fatigue, pop star Hikaru Utada is taking 2011 off. She’s not touring and not releasing any new albums. Instead, she’s doing what many do when they want to relax: she’s playing video games. In particular, she’s all about recently released dungeon crawler Mysterious Dungeon Shiren the Wanderer 5: Fortune Tower and the Dice of…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2011

Culture

Can a Controller Be Programmed to Speed-Run Super Mario Bros.?

Long story short, this modder built a controller that, when plugged into a Nintendo Entertainment System, auto speedruns Super Mario Bros. in just a shade under 5 minutes. Naturally, commenters have shouted it down as a fake, but the Tool-Assisted Speedrun community is unanimous in calling the mod real. Modder pjgat09 provides a step-by-step, with…

By Owen Good Published February 20, 2011

Glass Joe Ain’t No Punk, Bitch

St. Louis instrumental hip-hop duo Safety Words have combined two of my favourite things in the world: Nintendo music and the Wu-Tang Clan. Check it out here, and check them out here

By Luke Plunkett Published February 19, 2011