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Fire Emblem Heroes Fans Are Deleting And Reinstalling The Game For Better Characters

Fire Emblem Heroes, Nintendo’s free mobile strategy game, released yesterday afternoon in the U.S. Instead of actually playing the game, many are finding themselves repeating the opening sections over and over again, in the hopes of cheating the system a little. You see, Heroes is a Gacha game, meaning it is full of random potential…

A Look At How People Bend and Break A Single Goldeneye Level

Speedrunning communities build up their share of stories. Legendary runs, heartbreaking chokes and new trick discoveries abound. Goldeneye 007 speedrunner RWhiteGoose has sat down to chronicle the tales behind one of Goldeneye’s best levels. Ryan J. White is a Goldeneye runner ranked sixth in the world for time on leaderboards. In a new video, he…

Nintendo exec Tatsumi Kimishima told the Nikkei that the Switch’s enhanced paid online services will cost between 2,000 yen to 3,000 yen (US$17.60 to $26.40) annually. “With paid [services], we will be able to fully commit to customers,” Kimishima added. 

Nintendo Finally Showed The Switch The Way I Was Hoping To See It 

The debut trailer for the Nintendo Switch was packed with good-looking 20-somethings playing in fashionable apartments and rooftop parties. As a 40-something father, it didn’t feel like a product aimed my way. Nintendo’s Super Bowl ad fixes that feeling. While many people remarked on the millennial festival that is the Nintendo Switch preview trailer, it’s…

Poochy Makes Yoshi’s Woolly World For 3DS Cuter, But Less Hardcore

Today, Nintendo added saccharine platformer Yoshi’s Woolly World to its already plush 3DS lineup. In case you hadn’t heard, this time, it’s got puppies. Poochy and Yoshi’s Woolly World is fucked-up cute. I don’t even like dogs, but the Poochy Pups slay me. That said, they’re not just in the game to melt cat-lovers’ frosty…

Nintendo Accidentally Reveals Switch Developer Menu

Nintendo Switch won’t be out for another month, but thanks to a trailer screw-up this morning, we can already see what the devkits look like. If you’ve ever wanted to see what developers get to see when they work with pre-release hardware, now’s your chance. As spotted (and screenshotted) by NeoGAF user mocolostrocolos, Nintendo Portugal…

Nintendo has said it plans to release two or three mobile games on an annual basis, Reuters reports. Good news if you like mobile games, I guess! 

Splatoon 2 will have voice chat. According to Nintendo, it will use “smart-devices and the ability to bring eight Nintendo Switch systems together for eight-person local multiplayer.”

Teeny Tiny Splatoon Guns 

Japan is getting a set of very small collectible Splatoon guns. Cute! Packed with a piece of candy, these miniatures are 380 yen (US$3.34) each and are available at supermarkets and convenience stores across the country. According to Game Watch Impress, the first set will feature eight different weapons. Since each gun is packaged at…

Wii U Production Has Officially Ended For Japan [Update]

Last fall, Kotaku reported Wii U productionwas slated to end“soon” for Japan. And today, we can say it’s officially finished. Update January 31 – 6:30pm: Nintendo of America issued the following statement: “Wii U production has ended globally.” The announcement was made on Nintendo Japan’s website under the Wii U hardware section. (Note that these…

Breath Of The Wild Gets Its Own Big-Headed Link Figure

A new version of Link demands a new ridiculously adorable Nendoroid figure from Japan’s Big Smile Company. Breath of the Wild Link is so cute I just want to eat his face. That’s okay, he has extras. Revealed over at Kahotan’s Good Smile Blog. Nendoroid Link: Breath of the Wild Editionis the next evolution of…

A Complete Wii Collection Is An Impressive Sight

Including last October’s release of Just Dance 2017, 1,262 games have been released in North America for the Nintendo Wii since its late 2006 launch. NintendoAge forum user NintendoTwizer has collected all of them. Along with the 1,262 games (plus some double packs and variants), NintendoTwizer has also collected all four Wii colors and all…

First Look At Nintendo Switch Game Cases In The Wild

This might just be a plastic box, but hey, I think game cases are interesting. Perhaps you do, too. Via Twitter user Gaijinhunter, here is our first look at the Japanese retail container for Switch games. They do look like PSP game boxes! Let’s see how they compare. Have a look at more cases below:…

The Fire Emblem Heroes Fan Vote Could Be Going Better

Now through January 31, Fire Emblem fans are voting to see which hero and heroine from across series history will be featured in the upcoming mobile game, Fire Emblem Heroes. As of yesterday, Ike and Lyn were winning. Surely we can do better than that. Maybe the right people aren’t voting. Maybe they’re put off…

Pokémon Fan Has Genius Way Of Avoiding YouTube’s Copyright Bullshit

Since release, Pokémon YouTubers have had issues uploading any footage utilizing the signature new “Z-Moves” introduced in Sun and Moon. One fan decided to take matters into his own hands, and the workaround for circumventing YouTube’s crap is hilarious. As you may already know, YouTube has something called “Content ID,” which is a system meant…

Podcast: A Rain Of Games From Japan

This week on Kotaku Splitscreen, Jason’s out so I’m joined by our own Luke Plunkett to talk Nintendo Switch, Yakuza 0, and the hard rain of big new games coming out of Japan. It’s wild that in the space of a few months, we’ve gotten Final Fantasy XV, The Last Guardian, Gravity Rush 2, Resident Evil…

Players Try Bringing Missingno Into Pokémon Sun and Moon, Get A Glitch Instead

Pokémon Bank, the service that allows players to transfer monsters between titles, is now live for Pokémon Sun and Moon. It was only a matter of time before people tested out if Pokémon’s most infamous glitch could be imported into the service, and thus, the latest games. Last year, Pokémon Red and Blue were released for…

The Gun Game That Nearly Broke Nintendo

Nintendo’s first arcade video games were, to be honest, pretty terrible. Way more interesting were the machines that came before those, starting with 1973’s Laser Clay Shooting System, an elaborate entertainment offering that nearly sunk the company (but also led to one of its most famous video games). The first of seven amusement machines that…

The Switch’s Launch Lineup Is Getting Beefier

The Nintendo Switch’s launch lineup was initially a disappointment for people who wanted more than five launch titles. Nintendo fans were complaining that, in fact, the only “real” launch title for the Switch is Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It makes sense—the Wii U, Wii and 3DS all launched with more. Weeks after…

Smash Bros. Match From Weekend’s Tournament Is Some Epic Anime Shit

Super Smash Bros. Melee players Mango and Leffen clashed on Sunday in a match that will make you cry big, anime tears. Fans are already calling it 2017’s “set of the year”—despite the fact it’s only January. Cloud 9’s Mango (Joseph Marquez) and Team SoloMid’s Leffen (William Hjelte) have vied for Melee supremacy for years…