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The company that gave the world Mario, Link, and Samus is the undisputed champ of the modern console war, with nearly 150 million Switches sold since 2017. But now, speculation is rampant about the company's next console, rumored to launch in 2025.

New Nintendo Direct video/infomercial tomorrow, 9am ET... "focusing on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS software launching through spring 2014." Watch it at Nintendo's site. Or just stick with Kotaku and we'll break out all the news. Start your guessing now for what they'll be showing now. Just more Donkey Kong: Tropical Read more

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Here's our first look at the colorful plastic world of LEGO The Hobbit. Announced officially late last month, the 2014 TT Games developed adventure will span the first two movie in the trilogy, paving the way for the inevitable complete version once the third film is out, followed by a bundle of both it and LEGO Lord

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Gotta store 'em all: check out this overview video which details some of the things you'll be able to do with Pokémon Bank and Poké Transporter—both of which are quite useful for those of you who like to collect pocket monsters.

Let's all give a warm welcome to Kapp'n, freshly revealed background character of Super Smash Bros 3DS, whom you might know as the singing sailor-slash-driver from Animal Crossing. Here's hoping he brings his shanties along for the ride.
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Heads up: the Miiverse update for the 3DS is now live. With the update comes the ability to interact with Nintendo's Miiverse on any 3DS (and 2DS, and 3DSXL) system, along with Nintendo Network ID support for the eShop. More info here and full patch notes here. Read more

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