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These Famicom Detective Club Games Have Aged Surprisingly Well

There’s nothing about the art, animation, voice work, or music of Nintendo’s new Famicom Detective Club games that betray their origin as a pair of Japan-exclusive Family Computer Disk System adventures from the late 1980s. The dated gameplay, however, is a dead giveaway. Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir and its prequel, Famicom Detective Club:…

By Mike Fahey Published May 14, 2021

Culture

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

This weekend is for playing Mass Effect Legendary Edition. That’s it. Nothing else may be done or played this weekend. There will be no celebratory vaccine brunches or prolonged afternoon naps. Just an endless parade of dead-eyed Shepards approving messages. I know there are many people out there who don’t care about Mass Effect, along…

By Mike Fahey Published May 14, 2021

The Nintendo Download: Calculator And 28 Other Fun Games

What do you mean we’ve already done the calculator joke? Had I known I would have chosen a screenshot from one of the Famicom Detective Club games or random anime gem-matching game Kasiori. Oh well, nothing I can do about it now. This week’s selection of Nintendo eShop additions includes the aforementioned Detective Club games,…

By Mike Fahey Published May 13, 2021

Culture

Unsurprisingly, Nintendo Switch Shipments Were Impacted By Stuck Suez Canal Boat

The global business trade seemed to grind to a halt this past March when the Ever Given container ship got stuck in the Suez Canal. Loads of product shipments were impacted, including the Nintendo Switch. During a recent investor conference call, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa was asked about regional demand for the Nintendo Switch. He…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 13, 2021

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New Dragon Quest Will Be Announced Later This Month

Square Enix has announced that later this month it will announce a new Dragon Quest game. Yes, this is an announcement of an announcement. According to Automaton, Square Enix also announced that it will be making this announcement on its official YouTube on May 27 in a 35th-anniversary special. It is unclear if this is…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 13, 2021

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The Wait Is Over: Calculator Debuts For Nintendo Switch

Today, after weathering a presumably blistering fan campaign (Project Nerdfall?), Nintendo added a Calculator app to the Nintendo eShop. For 10 whole-ass American dollars you can purchase what comes in every other phone, tablet, and computer for free. I’m trying to imagine who this Calculator is for. In the app’s description it says, “Calculator has…

By Ash Parrish Published May 12, 2021

Culture

ROM Hack Puts Conker In Super Smash Bros.

Smash Remix is a popular ROM hack that takes the original Super Smash Bros. and cranks the mayhem to 11 with new characters, stages, and moves. Ganondorf and Bowser were added to the popular platform fighter in previous updates, and earlier today, the developers revealed none other than Conker as a playable character alongside Star Fox…

By Ian Walker Published May 11, 2021

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Fatal Frame Returns As A…Pachinko Slot Machine

Hoping for a new Fatal Frame? Looks like you’re going to have to wait. In Japan, a new Fatal Frame pachislo (pachinko-slot) machine has been announced. Developed by Tecmo, the first Fatal Frame debuted on the PS2 in 2001, while the most recent entry, Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water, was released on the Nintendo…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 11, 2021

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Nintendo’s New Waluigi Art Is Mysterious, Erotic

Over the weekend, Nintendo dropped a new video dedicated to unboxing the upcoming blue-purple Switch colorway. The upload mostly got attention, however, due to its inclusion of a never-before-seen Waluigi render that the internet…well, just look at it. I’m sure you can guess what kind of reaction the above image got without me spelling it…

By Ian Walker Published May 10, 2021

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What’s A Favorite Childhood Game That Demands A Remake?

It’s Monday and time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take. This week we Ask Kotaku: What’s a favorite childhood game that demands a remake? Luke We had enough trouble getting EA to bring back Skate, let alone Skitchin’, but a man…

By Lisa Marie Segarra Published May 10, 2021

Culture

Everything That’s Happening In The Apple vs Epic Case

The big court case between Apple and Epic is one of the most important legal showdowns in the history of video games. It’s also throwing up a ton of very funny and interesting looks at how these billion-dollar companies do business behind the scenes. Epic instigated the lawsuit back in 2020, believing that the 30%…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 9, 2021

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‘Shop Contest: Pokémon Snap, Winners!

That’s not a Pokémon! Yet, here it is in this picture taken in the popular video game New Pokémon Snap. What a wild and zany situation this is! Our winning image this week comes from Badonkagronk who brings us a creature stranger than any Pokémon. I’m talking about the one and only living nightmare that…

By Zack Zwiezen Published May 8, 2021

Kotaku EastJapan

Over Twenty Years Later, Nintendo Fan Completes Famicom Game Collection

Back in December 2000, Somari began a Famicom game collection with the 1986 title Mobile Suit Z Gundam: Hot Scramble. And now, as of this spring, the YouTuber finally owns all 1,053 games for the consoles. What makes Somari’s collection so interesting is that it’s not just a collection of games, but also their boxes…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 7, 2021

Culture

The Nintendo Download: Lo-Fi Skateboarding And Pretty Girls Poker

It’s Nintendo Download day, the day when we get a look at the *checks list* 30 new games coming to the Switch eShop over the coming week. This week’s activities include chilling on a skateboard and playing poker with those boom anime babes that make you think the wrong thing. My personal highlight of this…

By Mike Fahey Published May 6, 2021

Culture

Last Year Was Nintendo’s Most Profitable Ever

In 2020, Nintendo saw huge profits, likely boosted by people quarantined at home, playing video games. According to the company’s newly released financials, which cover the period between April 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021, Nintendo saw a 34.4 percent increase in sales to 1.76 trillion yen ($16.1 billion) and an 85.7 percent spike in net…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 6, 2021

Kotaku EastJapan

Made In Abyss Game Gets Slapped With Adults-Only Rating In Japan

Surprised to see the game based on Made In Abyss receiving an adults-only rating? If you’ve seen the anime, you might not be. The video game adaptation has just been given a CERO-Z. That’s Japan’s adults-only, 18-years-old-and-up rating. While the screenshots look fairly cute, the original anime does have its share of blood and gore—a…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 6, 2021

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Illumination Founder And Despicable Me Producer Joining Nintendo Board

Today, Nintendo announced that Chris Meledandri will join the Nintendo board as an Outside Director as of June 29. This, the company adds, will become effective dependent on approval at the upcoming shareholders meeting that same date. Previously, Meledandri produced CG movies including Ice Age and Dr. Seuss Horton Hears a Who! before founding Illumination…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 6, 2021

Culture

Super Mario 64 On PC Looks Like An Entirely Different Game

We’ve taken a glance at Super Mario 64’s PC port before, as recently as February, but this very extensive look by Digital Foundry shows just how damn good the thing can look when given the right amount of love and attention. Everything difference from the original game you see here is thanks mostly to two…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2021

Culture

Nintendo Just Very Quietly Announced A Brand New Game

Nintendo doesn’t always need a big Direct to announce a new first-party game. Sometimes they can just drop a trailer and say, hey, here’s a new thing, which is exactly what just happened with Game Builder Garage Coming to the Switch in June, it builds off the company’s recent work with everything from the Labo…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2021

Culture

Tim Sweeney, Video Game Billionaire, Was Asked In Court If He Could Point Out A PlayStation 5

You know how in courtroom dramas an attorney will ask someone if they can point out a vital piece of evidence, and they slowly raise a finger before saying, “This one…it was exhibit B”? In a Very Funny Thing that happened earlier today, Epic boss Tim Sweeney was asked to do just that, only for…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 3, 2021