Switch Online Now Lets You Cheat At The Legend Of Zelda
Today, Nintendo continued to build out the NES library in its Switch Online app with the previously-announced addition…
Speedrunner Achieves 'Impossible' Super Mario Bros. Record Time
The original Super Mario Bros. is tightly optimized, as far as speedruns go. Runners have been shaving off milliseconds…
Hackers Have Already Cracked Open The Switch Online's NES Library
Nintendo Switch Online hasn’t even been out for a day and hackers have already found a way to upload new NES games to…
Nintendo Switch Is Getting NES Controllers
The Switch is getting NES controllers for the library of NES games releasing on September 18 as part of the console’s…
Speedrunner Beats Battletoads' Infamous Turbo Tunnel While Blindfolded
Old school Nintendo fans dealt with tons of challenging games, but Battletoads was one of the toughest. The third level…
Animal Crossing On GameCube Can Actually Play Any NES Game
A deleted feature from Animal Crossing for the GameCube would have let you play a library of 8-bit Nintendo…
Amazing Mario 3 Speedrun Is Full Of Setbacks And Sportsmanship
Last night, the top two Super Mario Bros 3 speedrunners faced off for a race that ran into problems—including game…
We Opened Up A Brand-New NES Game From 1990
Well, this one should make collectors cringe a little bit. Believe me, it hurt to do it. We took a copy of StarTropics…
Programmer Hacks Cartridge To Run SNES Games On The NES
The homebrew scene is always coming out with ways to emulate old games on new hardware with as much fidelity to the…
We Got To Touch A $30,000 NES Game
I promise you I washed my hands really good before this episode of Complete In Box so that I wouldn’t get any stray…
Game Collector Finds Drugs Hidden Inside NES Cartridges
Julian Turner, a collector of retro video games, went to a market earlier this month and bought some old NES games.…
To Truly Understand Super Mario Bros., You Need The Box And Manual
In this first episode of a new Kotaku video series called Complete In Box, I take a look at a complete copy of one of…
I Try To Play Super Mario Bros. 2 Once A Year
I try to play Super Mario Bros. 2 every spring. The game’s bright colors, whimsical level design, and obsession with…
One Of The NES's Weirdest Controllers Gets A Modern Update
Remember the NES Max? It was a weird boomerang-shaped controller from 1988 that was, like so many things, ahead of its…
Finland Turns 100, Gets NES Game To Celebrate
100 years ago, Finland gained its independence from Russia. To celebrate, a small team of developers have made a brand…
Hackers Say Nintendo Switch Contains A Game That Unlocks On The Date Of Satoru Iwata's Death
When a Switch owner named Setery told a gaming forum about how NES Golf randomly appeared on her Switch’s screen,…
Nintendo Bringing Back The NES Classic In 2018
After disappearing from store shelves, the NES Classic is returning next year. But that’s not all: the Super NES…
Sealed Copy Of Super Mario Bros. Sells For $30,000
You read that right: A mint-condition sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. from one of its earliest print runs sold at…
Rare NES Game Stadium Events Sells For Nearly $42,000
A sealed copy of the rare Nintendo Entertainment System game Stadium Events has sold for $41,977, the seller has…