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16 Years Later, Fans Find Secret Messages Hidden In Paper Mario

Sometimes, developers put stuff inside of a game that players are never supposed to see. Such was the case with the original Paper Mario, which apparently had a bunch of dialogue that was not discovered until very recently. As Paper Mario expert Stryder7x explains in the video below, if you go out of bounds using…

Japan is getting a white and yellow Nintendo 2DS. Priced at 11,980 yen (US$114), it will be out on December 15 and come bundled with New Super Mario Bros. 2. No word if a similar bundle will be released internationally. 

Over at Eurogamer, the reporter who broke details about the Nintendo Switch’s design says his sources have pegged the Switch’s touchscreen at 6.2 inches, displaying at 720p and, like most phones and tablets, supporting capacitive multi-touch. The 3DS and Wii U used stylus-oriented resistive touchscreens.   

Someone Hacked Missingno Into A Modern Pokémon Game

Missingno was never supposed to exist; it was a glitch monster that could appear in Red and Blue only under special circumstances. Despite being a mishap, even now, twenty years later, fans still love and remember Missingno. While Game Freak may never bring Missingno back, VGMoose went ahead and modded Missingno into Pokémon Omega Ruby…

Podcast: We’re Psyched For Nintendo Switch

This week on Kotaku Splitscreen, Jason and I tackle the biggest gaming question of the next five months: What happened to that dude’s dog in the Nintendo Switch commercial? We also theorize about the Switch more generally, answer some reader mail, and talk Civilization VI, Battlefield 1, Mafia 3, and the worrying learning capabilities of…

Nintendo Is Revealing “Major Details” About The Switch In January 

Next January in Japan, Nintendo will be showing off “major details” regarding the Switch. Don’t worry, the presentation will be streamed. However, there will beno more Switch announcements until this January 12th presentation, which will include the price, the launch date, and the games in development. A few days later, people in Tokyo will get…

Capcom announced a new Monster Hunter game. It’s called Monster Hunter XX (as in “double cross”) and has one rather messy looking logo. The game is for the 3DS and will be out March 18, 2017 in Japan. No word yet on an international release.

A 36 year-old trucker was arrested in Aichi Prefecture, Japan for allegedly hitting and killing a 9 year-old boy. The suspect is quoted as saying he was playing Pokémon Go, wasn’t looking at the road and “didn’t see what was in front of him.”

Nintendo made money last quarter, thanks to its Seattle Mariners sale and Pokémon Go. The company’s net income was 62.8 billion yen ($603 million), compared to 3.2 billion yen the previous year. Because of the stronger yen, Nintendo loweredits operating profit for the next quarter from 45 billion yen to 30 billion yen ($288 million). 

What It Was Like To Make The Nintendo Switch Trailer, According To An Actor

A longtime Nintendo fanboy had his big break when he got to act in the Nintendo Switch’s trailer video. And his retelling of the shoot reveals some interesting facts about the production. Last Saturday, Twitch streamer Nicky, who goes by “Dickhiskhan,” posted a video recounting the story behind his first acting gig: playing “European Splatoon…

The Nintendo Switch Dog Brought To Life

Look. At. This. Those Nintendo Switch comparisons to a little cute dog have been made real. Twitter user TheAnnaTheRedhas created this darling little plushie:  Here’s what inspired Switch dog. Adorable! Nintendo should totally embrace this little dog character.

I am a simple man who takes pleasure in simple things. Like how Will Smith’s Switch is such a good/dumb fit with Nintendo’s debut Switch trailer. Via Tiny Cartridge, @stoppableforce

The (Possible) End Of Nintendo’s Magnificent Two-Screen Gaming Era

The fact that Nintendo’s next video game machine, the Switch, is built for single-screen gaming is a dark lining on a silver cloud. The Switch should be great, and it’s a Nintendo system worth being excited about. It will make home console games portable, letting users choose between outputting a game’s graphics on their TV…

Pokémon Sun and Moon Fans Are Obsessing Over A Mysterious Old Man

The Pokémon Sun and Moon demo has secrets, some of which are only viewable if you play multiple days in a row. Some players are convinced that a creepy NPC must be a part of those special events, even though he repeatedly admits there’s nothing to him. Meet the mysterious old man. That’s not a…

Watch The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gameplay. Here, funny man Masaru Hamaguchi who is Shinya Arino’s comedy partner plays through over twenty minutes of the game. 

Imagining The Nintendo Switch In Different Colors [Update: And Themes]

The Nintendo Switch shown in the console’s debut trailer is grey. This being Nintendo, though, you can be sure that other shades and variations will be coming. TheGrumpyCat decided to get out ahead of Nintendo’s marketing and mock up a range of Switches. White ones, red ones, there are even Famicom and NES variants, throwback…

A Brief Look At Nintendo’s Obsession With Putting Handheld Gaming On Your TV

By all accounts, the Nintendo Switch looks like the sort of portable-console hybrid that many were speculating about ever since initial rumors about the new hardware first started to circulate. It’s weird to think of Nintendo moving forward without releasing a new, strictly stationary console. For many of us, the first time we ever played…

You can now get a lime green edition of the Nintendo New 3DS XL that comes pre-installed with Super Mario World The old-style 3DS isn’t able to play ports of SNES games, like Earthbound. Nintendo is selling the system exclusively through Amazon.

This Week In The Business: Who’s Going To Switch?

QUOTE | “I am most concerned about the target group of the device: who else but die-hard Nintendo fans will buy the Switch? The Switch lacks a killer feature, and I think it will be very difficult for Nintendo to win back the casual gamers that are mostly on mobile now.” – Analyst Dr. Serkan…

What It’s Like Inside A Pokeball, According To A Pokémon Developer

For years, Pokémon fans have argued over what happens when a monster is recalled into a Pokeball. The theories are endless. Does a Pokémon simply shrink down in size? Is a Pokeball just an empty prison? Does a Pokémon transform into pure energy, or perhaps information, once inside a Pokeball—meaning there’s no “inside” of a…