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Kotaku East
The Nintendo 2DS is getting re-released in Japan this month. It will be available in five colors, priced at 9,800 yen (US$95), and is being aimed at kids as their first game machine. The 2DS was previously released in Japan last year, bundled with Pokémon, but is currently not on sale. The Nintendo 2DSwas originally…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 2, 2016 -
Website Says Nintendo Threat Forced Them To Pull Hundreds Of Fan Games [UPDATE]
In a mass filing under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), Nintendo has apparently flagged over 550 titles for takedown. Focusing on the site Game Jolt, a notice said to come from Nintendo listed a total of 562 titles for removal from the site. The majority of these titles were fan made tributes or independent…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 1, 2016 -
Mario Sports Superstars Is All The Mario Sports
Mario’s starred in a lot of sports games over the years—soccer, baseball, tennis and golf. Mario Sports Superstars for the 3DS combines all four and adds some horse racing to the mix when it launches in spring 2017. According to the Nintendo Direct, these are five full games, playable both offline and online with friends…
By Mike Fahey Published September 1, 2016 -
3DS Streetpass Plaza Limit Increasing From 10 To 100 With Premium Update
Available after today’s Nintendo Direct, a premium update to the Nintendo 3DS’ Streetpass Plaza will speed up functionality and increase the number of players you can encounter from 10 to 100. Hooray! Anyone who has ever brought their 3DS to a gaming convention will surely appreciate not having to go through new visitors ten at…
By Mike Fahey Published September 1, 2016 -
Super Mario Maker Releasing On 3DS In December With Some Feature Limitations
Super Mario Maker is coming to the Nintendo 3Ds on December 2nd, 2016. The 3DS game, released on Wii U last year, comes with 100 built-in courses. You can also play courses designed on the Wii U version of Super Mario Maker, although not all will be compatible. You also won’t be able to search…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published September 1, 2016 -
In its first week on sale in Japan, Nintendo 3DS title Metroid Prime: Federation Force only sold 4286 copies, according to Famitsu’s sales data. The game came in at number 20 in the weekly sales ranking. In comparison, The King of Fighters XIV, which also went on sale the same day, sold 23,242 copies that…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 1, 2016 -
A Year Later, One Mario Maker Player Is Still Trying To Make The Hardest Level Ever
Francis Travers spent has spent over 650 hours creating, and then trying to beat, a single level in Mario Maker. Travers’ ambition is to create the most challenging Mario level ever, even if it means spending 2016 trying to best a creation that may actually be impossible. Perhaps this story sounds familiar. Immediately after it…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 31, 2016 -
Guy Pulls Off Pokémon Permadeath Run Only Using A Rattata
Rattata are found near the start of Pokémon games for a reason: they’re not very good fighters. Eventually, most players cycle out a Rattata on their team for something bigger, better, stronger. Not this particular Pokémon fan, though. Pokémon Challenges is a Twitch channel chronicling one German player’s grueling adventures. Earlier this year, the channel…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 29, 2016 -
It’s Time We Got A Super Wario Bros. Game
Nintendo is notorious for surprising players with games that fall on both sides of the fan service spectrum. Whether we’ll ever get a title starring the beloved anti-hero duo that is Wario and Waluigi is unknown, but it would sure make for a wonderfully bizarre outing. For years now Nintendo has featured Wario and Waluigi,…
By Ben Bertoli Published August 28, 2016 -
The Best (And Worst) Console Redesigns
It’s not uncommon for home and handheld consoles to get a drastic makeover in the years after their launch. Sometimes even after they’ve begun playing second fiddle to a new more powerful sibling. With the Xbox One S fresh in our memories and a thinner version of the PlayStation 4 all but confirmed, it’s the…
By Ben Bertoli Published August 28, 2016 -
Miitomo‘s Japanese High School Rap Song Is Kind Of Catchy
The latest in a series of Japanese promo videos for Nintendo’s mobile social networking app demonstrates Miitomo’s ability to bring plucky teens together in song, which unfortunately isn’t a real thing. We’ve not heard much from Miitomo in a couple of months, what with all the Pokemon Go-ing happening, but the app is still going…
By Mike Fahey Published August 26, 2016 -
CultureTotal RecallThe Nintendo Console From The 80s Made For Recording Gameplay Footage
These days, if you want to record direct video footage of a video game, all you need to do is press a button. But back in the 1980s, this was a complex and expensive process! This piece originally appeared 10/28/15. Magazines and video producers often needed custom, elaborate equipment to get images of games, which…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 25, 2016 -
Kotaku East
Capcom Is Making A 3DS Game That Uses Train Passes
According to Famitsu, Capcom is developing a new 3DS title that uses smart cards for an upcoming title. These cards, also known as IC cards, are issued by Japanese railway companies and used as train passes and digital money cards. Players simply touch their train pass on the handheld’s bottom screen and will get items…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 24, 2016 -
Kotaku East
The Tokyo Olympics Could Be The Geekiest Olympics Yet
As reported earlier, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appeared at the 2016 Rio Olympics’ closing ceremony as Mario. But that wasn’t the only Japanese pop culture cameo. Other iconic characters from gaming and anime popped up in a Tokyo Olympics promotional clip shown during this year’s closing ceremony, Such as Pac-Man. Captain Tsubasa from the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 22, 2016 -
Mario Stars In Olympics Closing Ceremony
With the Rio Olympics drawing to a close, Tokyo is up next in 2020. And to mark the occasion, Mario made a surprise appearance at the closing ceremony tonight, warp-piping from Japan to Brazil and transforming into…a cosplaying Japanese Prime Miniter Shinzo Abe. Really. Here’s footage of the Rio-to-Tokyo handover show, which begins with a…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 21, 2016
