Nintendo

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.

Donkey Kong, Tecmo Bowl and Wario Land 3 are all headed to the 3DS's Virtual Console, Nintendo said today. Super Mario Bros. 3 is coming to Wii U VC later this year.

Nintendo Direct launching at 10am Eastern—you can watch it live right here, or stick around on Kotaku as we bring you all the news as it happens.

Kirby is acting like a face-hugger on top of poor Samus in Masahiro Sakurai's latest Smash Bros screenshot. The world's first intergalactic pink puffball waddles his way into the battle. Read more

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