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CultureKotaku Game DiaryIn Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Nintendo Refuses To Acknowledge BotW’s Darkness
I had high hopes for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, particularly for its story. As a prequel, it promised to tell a more in-depth tale of the fight against Ganon 100 years before Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. But AoC failed that expectation in nearly every regard. What I didn’t expect, and what…
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CultureSuper Mario Bros. 3 Cartridge Sells For $156,000
A rare copy of Super Mario Bros. 3 for NES is the new king of video game auctions, selling last Friday for an incredible $156,000. While a lot of that price is wrapped up in the sealed game’s near-perfect quality grading, this copy of Super Mario Bros. 3 also comes from an early production run…
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CultureSorry, Animal Crossing Time Travelers, You Can’t Skip Ahead To The Holidays
Animal Crossing: New Horizons players who use their Switch system clock to jump forward in time won’t be able to get a sneak peek at what’s in store for Turkey Day (11/26) or Toy Day (12/24) this year. Unlike the game’s summer fireworks and Halloween celebrations, Thanksgiving and Christmas are date locked. Instead of being…
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CultureNintendo Shuts Down Smash Tournament Over Some Absurd Bullshit
This year’s installment of The Big House, one of the most important tournaments in the Super Smash Bros. community, has been shut down by Nintendo over its use of a fan-developed mod meant to improve online play in Super Smash Bros. Melee “The Big House is heartbroken to share we’ve received a cease and desist…
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CultureNintendo Continues Cracking Down On People Selling Switch Hacks
Nintendo filed a lawsuit Wednesday against an Amazon Marketplace user who was allegedly selling devices called RCM loaders. Used to help people jailbreak their Switch, shutting these down is the latest in the company’s efforts to stop players from pirating its games. As first reported by Polygon, the lawsuit against reseller Le Hoang Minh seeks…
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CultureAnimal Crossing‘s Winter Update Brings New Hair, More Storage, And Save Data Transfers
Along with the expected Turkey Day and Toy Day seasonal celebrations, the free winter update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons, launching November 19, adds 800 more slots of home storage, a bunch of new emotes and hairstyles, and the long-awaited ability to transfer save data between systems. Why celebrate Thanksgiving by traveling and risking getting…
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ReviewsToysLego Super Mario Kicks Off 2021 With A Bunch Of New Sets
The already expansive Lego Super Mario line expands even more come January 1, with the launch of a new series of character packs, Tanuki and Penguin Mario power-up packs, three new expansions, and a new creative toolbox called the Master Your Adventure Maker Set. Now that kids of all ages have figured out how to…
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CultureSuper Mario Sunshine Gets GameCube Controller Support In Super Mario 3D All-Stars
Super Mario 3D All-Stars was already pretty great, but a new update adds a feature that players have been clamoring for since its release last September: GameCube controller support in Super Mario Sunshine In addition to inverted controls across all three games, today’s Super Mario 3D All-Stars patch makes it so that you can play…
By Ian Walker
