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Doesn’t sound like Nintendo thinks Mario is a good VR fit. Shigeru Miyamoto recently told USA Today, “I would agree that adapting Mario to new platforms is a key to keeping him relevant. But we want families to play together, and virtual reality doesn’t really fit well there. We also like people playing for a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 9, 2016 -
Nintendo Announces Super Mario Run For iOS [UPDATE: Android Later]
Mario is officially coming to the iPhone. Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto made a surprise appearance at today’s Apple conference to announce Super Mario Run, an iOS runner with graphics from New Super Mario Bros. It’ll be free to download with a set purchase price, and Nintendo says it’s “coming soon” to the App Store. It’ll be…
By Jason Schreier Published September 7, 2016 -
Website Says Nintendo Threat Forced Them To Pull Hundreds Of Fan Games [UPDATE]
In a mass filing under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), Nintendo has apparently flagged over 550 titles for takedown. Focusing on the site Game Jolt, a notice said to come from Nintendo listed a total of 562 titles for removal from the site. The majority of these titles were fan made tributes or independent…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 1, 2016 -
Mario Sports Superstars Is All The Mario Sports
Mario’s starred in a lot of sports games over the years—soccer, baseball, tennis and golf. Mario Sports Superstars for the 3DS combines all four and adds some horse racing to the mix when it launches in spring 2017. According to the Nintendo Direct, these are five full games, playable both offline and online with friends…
By Mike Fahey Published September 1, 2016 -
Super Paper Mario Is A Role-Playing Game About Nintendo
Super Paper Mario has the typical hallmarks of a 2D Mario platformer—stomp on enemies, jump over pits, and avoid obstacles—but failing carries minuscule stakes. If you fall into a pit, you only lose a single health point. The enemies are weak, by and large, and powerups and Shroom Shakes are plentiful. That it’s nearly impossible…
By Kevin Wong Published August 30, 2016 -
No Mario’s Sky Offers Infinite Goombas to Stomp
Made for Ludum Dare 36, No Mario’s Sky is the Last Mario You Will Ever Need™. Okay, that may be an exaggeration but it is full of mushrooms, coins, goombas, rocket ships, and more! No Mario’s Sky was made in 72 hours by ASMB, a team of four designers. You can play on Windows, OS/X,…
By Heather Alexandra Published August 30, 2016 -
Kotaku East
The Tokyo Olympics Could Be The Geekiest Olympics Yet
As reported earlier, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appeared at the 2016 Rio Olympics’ closing ceremony as Mario. But that wasn’t the only Japanese pop culture cameo. Other iconic characters from gaming and anime popped up in a Tokyo Olympics promotional clip shown during this year’s closing ceremony, Such as Pac-Man. Captain Tsubasa from the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 22, 2016 -
Mario Stars In Olympics Closing Ceremony
With the Rio Olympics drawing to a close, Tokyo is up next in 2020. And to mark the occasion, Mario made a surprise appearance at the closing ceremony tonight, warp-piping from Japan to Brazil and transforming into…a cosplaying Japanese Prime Miniter Shinzo Abe. Really. Here’s footage of the Rio-to-Tokyo handover show, which begins with a…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 21, 2016 -
Kotaku East
Hamster Vs. Super Mario Bros. Level 1-1
Oh, this is just a hamster trying to clear the hamster version of the very first stage in Super Mario Bros. That’s all. Yes, this stage is shorter, and yes, you can’t go down the first pipe in the real game. But put those concerns aside, because we have a Hamster trying to put on…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 19, 2016 -
Anyone For A $27,000 Super Mario Bros. Watch?
Anyone? No? Designed by Swiss watchmaker Romain Jerome—who has done this sort of thing before—there will only be 85 of these made, and they’ll only be available during the rest of August as part of a “World Watch Fair” at Japan’s flagship Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi store. And no, that headline isn’t a typo. They’re selling for…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 18, 2016 -
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Mario And Sonic At The Real Olympic Games: The Winners
In our latest Photoshop contest I asked for images of Sonic and Mario characters at the real Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Our contestants either ignored that request completely, or went way dark. This was not entirely unexpected. I figured that the much-publicized poor quality of Rio’s water-like substance would steal the show, one way or…
By Mike Fahey Published August 15, 2016 -
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Mario And Sonic At The Real Olympic Games
With the real Olympic games going on, there’s no reason Mario and Sonic need to remain trapped inside their colorful fantasy land. Let’s send them to Rio, and hope they survive. What I’m looking for in this week’s contest, which might be my last for awhile, is Sonic and Mario characters inserted into real images…
By Mike Fahey Published August 7, 2016 -
CultureTotal Recall
Mario vs The Legions Of Hell
In the US, Nintendo Power magazine had a monthly comic called Howard & Nester. It was, with one exception, totally kid-friendly. Cotton candy and rainbows. In Germany, however, they had their own comics in the official magazine Club Nintendo One comic in particular – called Die Nacht des Grauens (The Night of Horror), from 1996…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 4, 2016 -
CultureSpeedrunner Crushes Super Mario World Without Using A Single Power-Up
There were some remarkable speedruns at Summer Games Done Quick 2016, but this might be the most impressive: Rezephos blazing through Super Mario World without getting a single mushroom, fire flower, cape, star, or Yoshi. You can watch the astounding run here (starts at 7:50): Those shell jumping tricks are just out of this world.…
By Jason Schreier Published July 11, 2016 -
CultureRobot Finishes Super Mario Bros. 3 In Two Seconds
Yesterday’s tool-assisted speedrun (TAS) block at Summer Games Done Quick ended with a Super Mario Bros. 3 run that lasted barely longer than a blink. The ridiculously rapid run is the result of a newfound glitch discovered by TAS speddrunner ais523, which basically involves pressing buttons at an extremely fast rate—some 6,000 times a second.…
By Mike Fahey Published July 10, 2016 -
Yogurtland Has Mario-Themed Flavors, And I Will Eat Them All
Were you were outside today, barbecuing hot dogs in the sweltering heat, and thinking, “Gee, I wonder where I can get some Nintendo-themed frozen yogurt?” If that’s the case, have I got some fantastic news for you. Yogurtland is teaming up with Nintendo to offer yogurts based on the characters from the Mario franchise. So…
By Kevin Wong Published July 4, 2016 -
New Zelda Amiibo, Waluigi Amiibo, Boo Amiibo, All The Amiibo
Not only are we getting a trio of Amiibo figures based on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild—including the first-ever articulated Amiibo—Nintendo has seven new Super Mario Amiibo coming in November, complete with a glowing ghost and the worst character ever. Nintendo’s E3 Amiibo page treats the Breath of the Wild Amiibo all…
By Mike Fahey Published June 14, 2016 -
A Look At Minecraft‘s Official New Mario World
This Minecraft statue of Mario is different than other Minecraft statues of Mario. Because this one is official. This week, Nintendo launched a brand new Mario world for Minecraft on Wii U, and it’s really intricate, full of big Mario statues, explorable pipes, and a soundtrack that loops through a bunch of iconic tracks from…
By Jason Schreier Published May 20, 2016 -
Mario vs Dark Souls. By Jason Chan
By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2016
