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First Glimpse At What A Super Mario Theme Park Could Look Like

In 2020, before the Tokyo Olympics, Universal Studios Japan will open its Mario-themed amusement area to the public. Today, Nintendo provides our first glimpse at what we might get. As Kotaku previously reported, this is not a standalone theme park, but a world in USJ—namely, Super Nintendo World. This was first revealed in May 2015, and…

Miyamoto’s Minecraft Regret

Remember, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto doesn’t just make games, he plays them. And one that he’s liked a lot over the last few years has been Minecraft, though not necessarily because it’s something he likes playing. It’s because he wishes Nintendo had made it instead. In an interview with Glixel, Mario’s creator says “I do like…

Best Buy Employees Surprise Teen Who Visited Store Every Day To Play Smash Bros.

Some store associates at the Best Buy in Valley Stream, New York took it upon themselves to purchase a Wii U for one of their customers after seeing him come in on most days to play Smash Bros. on the display version of the console located in the store’s game section. The early Christmas present…

Pokémon Go Bug Is Turning Buddy Monsters Into Giants

Pokémon games tend to scale monsters down, so you don’t get a good sense of a creature’s true size (according to the lore.) A recent glitch within Pokémon Go presents the opposite problem: it is making Pokémon ENORMOUS. The glitch, which allegedly appears only to buddy Pokémon, makes monsters appear as big as the map itself.…

Five Great And Very Weird 2016 3DS Games You May Have Missed

You had your Pokémons and your Fire Emblems and your (really, really good) new Kirby game, but the games I most enjoyed playing on my 3DS this year were smaller, less hyped oddities. Do you like weird, great games? Here are some of my favorites from this year: Pocket Card Jockey From Game Freak, the…

Super Mario Run Won’t Be Playable Offline

Super Mario Run, a mobile game many would love to play while in the subway, will require an always-on internet connection. Bummer. Shigeru Miyamoto, Mario creator and the producer of Super Mario Run, told Mashable that the endless runner mobile game will require an internet connection to play on all of its modes. He said…

Hip-Hop Producer Shows Possible Wii Kanye Track List We Hope Is Real

Kanye West is a mercurial man: remember how many times he changed the title for the album that eventually became The Life of Pablo? Earlier this year, he claimed thathis next album would be titled “Turbo Grafx 16.” Judging from some recent Instagram posts, it’s possible that Kanye wasn’t joking about hitting some “super nerd…

Here’s Zelda: Breath of the Wild Running On The Nintendo Switch

On the Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon just got debut hands on with the Nintendo Switch. The clip is nine minutes and forty seconds long. It starts off with Super Mario Run, but skip to around 4:55 to see Fallon play The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on the Switch. The Nintendo Switch will…

Report: Nintendo Switch Will Get GameCube Games

Nintendo will bring GameCube games including Super Smash Bros. Melee and Luigi’s Mansion to the Switch via Virtual Console, Eurogamer reports today, citing anonymous sources. The report, by Tom Phillips, notes that those two games along with Super Mario Sunshine are already scheduled for Nintendo’s new system. Phillips also cites Animal Crossing as a game…

Nintendo’s Luigi Miiverse Keeps Getting Hacked In Funny Ways

If you’ve visited the New Super Luigi U Community recently, you might have noticed something was a little different. Instead of prominently displaying the green-overalled plumber, the social media community has seen a number of banner changes that definitely didn’t come from Nintendo. Someone appears to be messing with Nintendo’s infamous community, as there are…

Nintendo Offers Cash Bounties To People Who Find 3DS Exploits

You know all those stories about people who hack into tech companies in such impressive fashion that those companies immediately offer them jobs? Nintendo won’t do that. But they will offer you cash. Partnering with the HackerOne group, Nintendo is offering bounties ranging from $100 to $20,000 to anyone who can find security vulnerabilities in…

BoxBoy 3 is Coming In 2017 (Also AMIIBO)

BoxBoy, the hero Nintendo’s 2016 needed and star of our “best games of the year” list, will return on the 3DS in February (at least in Japan) with a third game in the series, called Goodbye! BoxBoy! And, more importantly, with BoxBoy Amiibo Above is the Amiibo. Below is the box that includes the game,…

Modders Adding Missing Sharing Features To Mario Maker 3DS

One of the defining features of Super Mario Maker on the Wii U is the ability to share your creations with the world via the internet. The recently released 3DS version lacks online sharing for some stupid reason, so the homebrew scene is working to do what Nintendo didn’t. They’re getting there. Released last week,…

Mario Maker 3DS Would Be Great If You Could Actually Upload Levels

Super Mario Maker, one of the Wii U’s best games, comes to 3DS today, which would be great if it wasn’t missing a pivotal feature: The ability to upload your courses online. Although you can still build courses in Mario Maker 3DS, you can only share them via local wireless or StreetPass. You can also…

New Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Footage Is Triggering Some Interesting Theories

Is that Zelda? FEMALE LINK? Is she playable in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild? Are people reading too much into this? Tonight at The Game Awards, Nintendo showed off some brand new footage from Breath of the Wild, which will be out this spring for Wii U and Switch. First they showed…

Pokémon Sun and Moon Have An Incredible Elite Four Rematch Battle

Once you beat the Elite Four in Pokémon Sun and Moon, you can go back and defend the championship against new challengers. Some opponents, you can probably guess. But there’s one Elite Four challenger in particular that is completely unexpected. (SPOILERS AHEAD!) The very first trainer that you meet on your journey through Alola is…

Player Uses A Pokémon Red Glitch To Quickly Beat Completely Different Game

Fun fact: the Game Boy Color’s memory doesn’t disappear when you turn it off. Players are taking advantage of this quirk in 2016, and using it to bend and break games in entirely new ways. MrCheeze recently uploaded a video showcasing what’s being called a “new kind of credits warp.” You might know the credit…

The relaxing farming sim and role playing game Stardew Valley will make its way to the Xbox One on December 14th. In an additional update, developer Eric Barone has announced release dates for other consoles as well. The game will also release on December 13th for the Playstation 4. A version is planned for the…

Some Pokémon Sun and Moon Fans Don’t Believe Hau Is The Real Rival

Hau is a nice, cheerful boy. He gives you presents. When defeated in battle, he is gracious, and tells you that he had fun. Nothing about Hau seems competitive, which might explain why Pokémon players keep theorizing that he’s not your real rival in Sun and Moon at all. Historically, Pokémon fans associate the word…

Nintendo Attractions Coming To Universal Studios Orlando And Hollywood

Announced last year for Universal Studios Japan, Nintendo-themed areas are also in the works for Universal Studios Orlando and Hollywood as well, promising massive areas filled with things to do, eat and buy. Miyamoto seems overjoyed. It’s a good fit, really. Nintendo’s spent decades building fantastic worlds for us to play it, now Universal is…