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Starlink‘s Latest Update Confirms Star Fox Is Still The Best Part Of The Game

Ubisoft’s once-toy-powered adventure, Starlink: Battle for Atlas, is a very pretty spaceship game with short bursts of excitement padded with an endless array of repetitive tasks. The game is only consistently enjoyable when the Star Fox crew are winging their way through the Nintendo Switch-exclusive adventures. This week’s new Star Fox downloadable content is no…

Breath Of The Wild First-Person Mod Kicks All Kinds Of Ass

Since time immemorial, Zelda fans have wanted to journey through Breath of the Wild’s gargantuan exploration paradise in first-person. But they’ve especially wanted to do that since the all-too-memorable time of last week, when Nintendo debuted a lackluster Labo VR mode for the timeless adventure. Now they can. Like other Breath of the Wild upgrades, alterations,…

Nintendo Removes Game From Switch Shop After Developer Reveals Secret Code Editor

Last Friday, game developer Amir Rajan posted online about a secret he’d left in the Switch version of the text-based role-playing game A Dark Room: the game contained a code editor that could create no-frills apps. Later that same day, Nintendo removed the game from the Switch eShop. Rajan, who ported the 2013 game to…

The Switch Version Of Mortal Kombat 11 Has Its Ups And Downs

The Switch port of Mortal Kombat 11 plays like a champ but looks like jaggy ass. It’s pleasingly portable but incredibly finicky about its internet connection. I want the Switch version to be my go-to, but it keeps pushing me away. As noted in my Mortal Kombat 11 review, I spent most of my time…

After Labo VR Update Breath Of The Wild Seems To Load Faster

It seems the latest update for The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild, which added a new VR mode, has also improved the game’s loading times. Earlier this week the game received an update which added support for Labo VR. It seems this update has improved the game’s performance. As first spotted by Polygon,…

Cascoon Never Forgets Who Hurt It And Will Get Its Revenge

Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Cascoon! Cascoon Details Type: Bug Average Height: 2‘04“ Average Weight: 25.4 lbs. First Added In Generation III Cascoon is…

I totally missed this when it was announced earlier this week, but the Switch is finally getting an official stylus to go with Super Mario Maker 2. It’s only been announced as a preorder bonus for Japan and Europe so far, but hopefully Nintendo will give it away in the U.S., too.

Well, That About Wraps It Up For 3DS

Nintendo’s not willing to call the 3DS “dead” yet, but the company’s latest briefing has made the whole thing feel like Weekend At Bernie’s One year ago today, Nintendo held a briefing for investors at which it said it would “continue the 3DS business” and that it was “preparing new software for release in 2019…

If the crossover between Nintendo’s two big mobile role-playing games gives us nothing else, we’ll always have Dragalia Lost’s kick-ass J-pop version of the Fire Emblem theme. It’s like turntable-based tactics up in here. 

Mario And Zelda’s New VR Modes Are Not Good

Nintendo just added free updates to Nintendo Switch blockbusters Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild that introduce virtual reality modes to both games, but you’ll be perfectly fine if you skip them. Mario Odyssey’s new VR mode consists of a trio of small custom levels that let you use…

Dragalia Lost Is Crossing Over With Fire Emblem

It’s a big week for players of Nintendo’s mobile action role-playing game Dragalia Lost. Along with permanently reduced prices for summoning heroes and dragons, familiar faces are crossing over as part of the special Fire Emblem: Lost Heroes event. A portal opens between the worlds of Fire Emblem Heroes and Dragalia Lost, bringing beloved characters like…

Nintendo has opened up signups for a Mario Kart Tour beta set to begin May 22. The full mobile game will be released later this summer. Beta signups are currently only for Android.

Super Mario Maker 2 will be out on Switch on June 28. Nintendo dropped the news today in a tweet, but still hasn’t revealed much else about the game since February’s Nintendo Direct. We learned a ton from that trailer but questions still remain like which characters will be playable.

The Strange Things Nintendo Asked Players To Do To Play Its Handheld Games

For decades, Nintendo has enabled people to play games on the go. It’s been great, but it’s also been silly at times. Seriously, how did any of us even tolerate playing games on the Game Boy Advance’s dim screen? As much love as I have for the systems that brought us Advance Wars, WarioWare, Phoenix…

Animal Crossing Fan Is Animating Every Fish And Bug In The Series, One Per Day

The wait for Animal Crossing on Switch has been interminable. In order to take the edge off, one fan has been animating one of the game’s bugs and fish every day. They’re so adorable, but sadly only make me want this game even more. Since the announcement of its existence during a Nintendo Direct in…

Dragon’s Dogma Is Getting The Fresh Chance It Deserves On Switch

I missed out on Capcom’s Dragon’s Dogma when it first released in 2012. The reception was positive, if somewhat mixed. The Kotaku review noted that it was a game with potential that fell short. Since then, it’s developed a cult following thanks to intense monster slaying and a large open world. The upcoming Switch port…

Appreciating The Game Boy, Thirty Years Later

The Nintendo Game Boy turned 30 years old this weekend. Released on April 21, 1989 in Japan, it helped usher in an entirely new approach to gaming. Although the Game Boy wasn’t the first ever hand-held console, it’s still one of the best known, and its success showed that handheld gaming could be more than…

Breath Of The Wild‘s Hyrule Castle Has Finally Been Restored, In Minecraft

By the time Link wakes up in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Hyrule Castle has already been partially destroyed, thanks to the work of Calamity Ganon a hundred years prior. Recently, players have set about restoring the castle in Minecraft Nintendo highlighted the project today over on the company’s Japanese website along…

YouTuber Uses Fan Made Tools To Showcase Unused Content In New Super Mario Bros. U

Popular Mario superfan and YouTuber, Ceave Gaming, recently made a video showcasing some of the unfinished and cut content hidden in New Super Mario Bros. U. Ceave used a fan-made level editor for the game to show the unused content. Ceave used the fan-created level and game editor, named Miyamotoafter Mario’s creator, to dig deep…

Buzzwole Is An Alien That Communicates Exclusively In Body Building Poses

Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Buzzwole! This Pokemon was suggested by Kotaku reader Aeternus. Thanks! Buzzwole Details Type: Bug/Fighting Average Height: 7‘10“ Average Weight:…