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These People Don’t Deserve Their Awesome Video Game Twitter Accounts
Ever wonder what @Mario is up to on Twitter? How about @Sonic? Or maybe @Wario, @MarcusFenix or @MasterChief? You can visit those accounts if you like, but be warned: They’re all pretty awful. You might think that someone lucky enough to have snagged @Link or @PrincessPeach would be goofing it up with all sorts of…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 5, 2012 -
Mario, You Monster. The Goombas You Kill Lead Lives, Damnit!
Things get kind of messed up when you start to think about all the things we kill in video games. Heck, look at how I worded that. Things. What lives could the enemies in our games have had before we cut them short? Here’s a video by Filipe B. Costa that takes a look at…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 3, 2012 -
Playing Mario With My Wife, Who Hates Mario… Part One
I hit a question block, two Super Acorns appear. Mario turns into a squirrel. To me this feels like the most natural thing in the world. “Urgh,” grunts Heizy, my wife. “Why are these greasy old men always playing dress up? It’s really creepy.” My wife. She doesn’t hate video games. She tends to tolerate…
By Mark Serrels Published December 3, 2012 -
Miyamoto Convinced The People Behind Paper Mario: Sticker Star To Ditch The Story
Nintendo’s got up a great Iwata Asks interview with the folks behind Paper Mario: Sticker Star that’s worth a read. Perhaps the most interesting part: Mario creator and legendary designer Shigeru Miyamoto actually convinced them that story isn’t necessary to a Paper Mario game. Which might be why, when compared to the other three Paper…
By Jason Schreier Published November 29, 2012 -
Kotaku East
What Do Crummy Gamers Have in Common? The Japanese Internet Discusses.
Some gamers are very good at video games. Some are just awful. And that’s okay! Still, there must be common traits of crummy gamers, and that’s what a recent thread of Japan’s largest bulletin board, 2ch, tried to pin down. The name of the thread was “Common Traits of Zero Gaming Aptitude”, and the forum…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 19, 2012 -
Reviews
New Super Mario Bros. U: The Kotaku Review
New Super Mario Bros. U is an extraordinarily important game. It’s the flagship title for a new piece of gaming hardware. It’s the first-ever high-definition Mario. And it’s the Wii U’s first system-seller, one of the big games that Nintendo hopes will convince people to buy their innovative, unusual new console. It’s also just another…
By Jason Schreier Published November 15, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Nintendo Shows Off its Latest Club Nintendo Goodies for Japan
Today, Nintendo unveiled its latest collection of Club Nintendo goodies for Platinum Members in The Land of the Rising Sun. There’s a Pikmin bag, “Premium Mario Playing Cards”, a calendar, and a DSi game called Nintendoji. A Club Nintendo Exclusive, this downloadable game is a dungeon-based role-playing game with card elements. My favorite thing about…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 15, 2012 -
If you shop at Old Navy early on Black Friday, you could win a Wii U or a New Super Mario Bros U game
By Evan Narcisse Published November 13, 2012 -
In South Korea, This Nintendo Booth Shows How Far the Company Has Come
At this year’s G-Star gaming expo in South Korea, the country’s Nintendo branch rolled out a nice looking booth. Its first G-Star booth. Let’s check it out. These photos, courtesy of Japanese site Game Watch Impress, are a great reminder of how far Nintendo of Korea has come. It was only a few years ago…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 10, 2012 -
Soak In The Lovely World Map Of New Super Mario Bros. U
Ahh, world maps. I love world maps. And I love world maps in Mario games. This particular map comes from New Super Mario Bros. U, the Wii U Mario game that will launch alongside Nintendo’s new console on November 18. It’s sort of reminiscent of Super Mario World—check out that ghost ship!—and it’s really interesting.…
By Jason Schreier Published November 8, 2012 -
Check out this awesome piece of art created by DeviantArt’s Jay Phenrix
By Luke Plunkett Published October 31, 2012 -
The Dorkly Weekly: How Video Game Characters Do Trick-or-Treat
I agree with Sheik, that is an incredibly stupid costume, Link. One of these days I’m going to get around to playing Majora’s Mask long enough to understand why the strange people that worship it love it so. For more sick and twisted video game comedy, follow the link to Dorkly.com
By Mike Fahey Published October 29, 2012 -
This Mario Gun Will Shoot You in the Awesomeness
Custom toy genius Kody Koala is back. This time he’s turned a Nerf gun into a Mario gun. According to Kody Koala (aka Donald), “I used a Nerf Nite Finder, Mag lite mini flashlight, a PVC pipe, and an old Super Mario Sound Drop key chain that I had lying around.” Kody Koala is thinking…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 26, 2012 -
16 Years Later, Super Mario 64 Gets Co-op
Just when you thought one of the world’s greatest ever video games couldn’t get more perfect, along comes modder Skelux to pile more icing on top of the cake. Super Mario 64, for 16 years a singleplayer adventure (well, DS version excepted), has been modified to include a co-op mode. You can see it in…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 25, 2012 -
Nintendo Shows Off All The 3DS Games They’re Releasing In The Near Future
From Paper Mario to Monster Hunter, here’s the full sizzle reel shown off during Nintendo’s live-streamed Nintendo Direct event this morning. Lots of cool-looking games coming to 3DS soon! I’m particularly psyched for Fire Emblem and Paper Mario. Animal Crossing and Professor Layton are also pretty damn slick. And here’s the eShop sizzle reel, which…
By Jason Schreier Published October 25, 2012 -
New Super Mario Bros 2 DLC Announced
In their October 25th Nintendo Direct stream, Nintendo has announced the release of 2 new packs for New Super Mario Bros 2 The first is the Gold Mushroom Harvesting Pack (Difficulty 2 out of 5), the second is the Record Challenge B Pack (Difficulty 3 out of 5). Both packs will be available after the…
By Toshi Nakamura Published October 25, 2012
