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Nintendo of America Reggie Fils-Aimé recently said Switch has a “robust, online environment” that works for games “like Splatoon and Mario Kart and Smash Bros.” Smash Bros.? Hrm…

Mod Letting Players Hunt Pokémon In Ark: Survival Evolved Gets Hit With DMCA

Ark: Survival Evolved now has Pokémon in it thanks to a mod by Mystic Academy. But who knows how long it will last since, as per the Steam Workshop page, a DMCA notice of copyright infringement has already been filed against the item. The mod in question replaces all of the dinosaurs in Survival Evolved…

Very Suspicious Man Spotted At Nintendo’s Switch Presentation

At the recent Nintendo Switch event in Tokyo, there was some guy walking around and taking photos of various things. He seems rather familiar, no? Of course, this sure as heck looks like Sony exec Shuhei Yoshida, who often goes to all sorts of gaming events, whether that’s to check out the competition or just…

25 Years Ago, Mega Man 4 Changed The Series Forever

Mega man 4 was the first game in the series to let you charge up your shots. Capcom called this new ability the Mega Buster, an upgraded version of Mega Man’s blaster that was first introduced into the world 25 years ago today. The new gun fundamentally changed how people approached the game in ways…

This Week In The Business: Modest Expectations For Nintendo’s Switch

STAT | 50% – The percentage of developers who believe the Nintendo Switch can outsell the Wii U, according to a GDC survey. QUOTE | “It’s telling developers: ‘You’re on notice here. We’re going to dominate this thing. And your freedom is going to expire at some point.’ It’s a terrible precedent to set.” –…

RIP Miiverse

Miiverse, Nintendo’s special social network that debuted on the Wii U, will not be coming back for the Switch, VentureBeat reports. I’m heartbroken. Miiverse was genuinely my favorite thing about the Wii U, and I was really hoping Nintendo might revamp it for the Switch. Alas. Miiverse was too good for this world; always making…

A Better Look At Snipperclips, The Switch’s Co-Op Puzzle Game

Snipperclips is a collaborative puzzle game for the Nintendo Switch where you cut up your friends to fit into shapes. [UPDATE-4:03: I thought the game was called Snipperclippers. It is actually called Snipperclips.] In Snipperclips, the aim is to solve puzzles by cutting the paper characters into shapes. By playing solo or with up to…

Nintendo Switch: The Size Comparison

The Nintendo Switch is slightly smaller but significantly heavier than the Wii U gamepad. The Switch’s JoyCons are tinier than a Game Boy Micro. And the whole system can fit in your back pocket… sort of. Today at the Switch event in Manhattan, Kotaku boss Stephen Totilo took a whole bunch of size comparison shots.…

Hands On With The Nintendo Switch

The first thing you notice about the Switch, Nintendo’s sleek new portable console, is how small the controllers are. Each JoyCon (lol) is roughly four inches, or about the size of a Kotaku news editor’s palm. Compared to, say, the Wiimote, they’re downright tiny. Yet they’re also surprisingly comfortable, not just when you stick them…

Who’s Excited About The Return Of Bomberman?

A new Zelda at launch is nice, but I’m much more excited about the idea of going online with my Nintendo Switch and blowing the hell out of seven other players on a grid-based playfield. It’s so good to see you again, Bomberman.  Launching with the Nintendo Switch on March 3, Super Bomberman R is…

The Internet Reacts To The Nintendo Switch Presentation

Last night’s Nintendo Switch presentation was our first look at how the Switch works, as well as some of the games that will be on the console. Lets see how the Internet feels about all this. The announcement that got everyone the most hype wasn’t Zelda—it was New Donk City. But that isn’t to say…

The Nintendo Switch Already Has A Promising Esport

I’m seeing a lot of negativity out there about the Switch’s launch line-up, but I really don’t know what people are talking about. The 1-2 Switch is gonna be a system seller, and it’s going to be because of this amazing cow milking mini-game. Maybe you missed it last night—the official 1-2 Switch trailer only…

Everything We Know About Nintendo Switch

Nintendo just announced a bunch of new info about their new console, the Nintendo Switch. Here’s what we learned during the big show. THE DATE AND PRICE The Nintendo Switch will launch worldwide on March 3, 2017 and will cost $300 in the United States. Here’s what that $300 will get you: THE CONSOLE The…

We’re at today’s private Nintendo Switch event in NYC! We’ll have some hands-on impressions with the new console, games, and more in the coming hours, so stay tuned. For now, if you wanted to get a sense of what the Switch will actually look like after some use:

Watch The Nintendo Switch Treehouse Live Event Right Here [Update: Over]

The Nintendo Treehouse will start at 9:30AM Eastern and show more of the games we saw at last night’s Switch presentation. Update: It’s over now, but you can watch the archive below.

Nintendo Switch Gets A Mario Kart 8 Port With Better Battle Mode

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will release on the Nintendo Switch. The updated version will include all WiiU DLC tracks as well as new characters. It will also add a revamped Battle Mode. The game will add Inkling Girl and Inkling Boy from Splatoon, as well as King Boo, Dry Bones and Bowser Jr as new…

The Nintendo Switch’s Parental Controls Are Very Cute

Roll your eyes at the idea of parental controls if you want, but some of us are parents, and will think this video (and the app) is great. The rest of you can watch it anyway, because it reveals Bowser has Peach as his damn phone wallpaper.

A Random 4chan Poster Leaked Nintendo’s Switch Event Before It Began

There was no Mother 3 or Beyond Good & Evil 2, as had been rumored. In fact, as it turns out, the most accurate rumor report on tonight’s Switch event came from a random poster on 4chan. This poster didn’t predict every game we saw tonight, but everything he posted turned out to be accurate.…

Subscribers To The Nintendo Switch’s Online Service Get Free Games [Update]

Like Sony and Microsoft have since learned, if you’re going to sell a console and charge for online play, you need to sweeten the deal, so Nintendo will likewise be giving out free games to anyone subscribing to its online service on the Switch. That app stuff is all well and handy, but look at…

Nintendo Announces A Bunch Of Third-Party Games For Switch, Rapid Fire

Nintendo rounded out their press conference with a sizzle reel that included some third party games. The video includes clips from Minecraft: Story Mode, Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition, Has Been Heroes, Project Sonic 2017, I Am Setsuna, Skylanders Imaginators, Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence with Power Up Kit, Puyopuyo Tetris S, Disgaea 5, Minna de…