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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Vantendo Special Edition

At the beginning of May the house that Mario built and Vans announced they would be partnering to release some special kicks featuring various Nintendo characters. Some look pretty nifty! Others… not so much. Here are some examples And so on. Your ‘shop assignment, if you choose to accept it, is to design the ugliest…

Japan Celebrates Splatoon‘s Anniversary with Fan Art

On May 28, Splatoon was released in Japan one year ago. Players fell in love, got damn good, and the game became a hit. Today is May 28, and on Twitter, folks online in Japan are celebrating. (Nintendo is also celebrating by, as Famitsu reports, announcing a Splatoon Wii U bundle that comes with a…

Nintendo Revives StarTropics On Virtual Console

Old-school NES fans might have fond memories of StarTropics, an action-adventure game that crosses Zelda with Indiana Jones. Starting today, you can play both it and its sequel on your Wii U. StarTropics, which first came out in 1990, had the rare distinction of being only released in Europe and the U.S., not Japan. Still…

Everyone’s favorite cat character Hello Kitty is Super Mario Maker’s latest Costume Mario cameo. According to Famitsu, the character, along with fellow Sanrio cohort My Melody, will be available later this week for players who clear the Sanrio Character Event Course.

A Look At Minecraft‘s Official New Mario World

This Minecraft statue of Mario is different than other Minecraft statues of Mario. Because this one is official. This week, Nintendo launched a brand new Mario world for Minecraft on Wii U, and it’s really intricate, full of big Mario statues, explorable pipes, and a soundtrack that loops through a bunch of iconic tracks from…

Nintendo’s Awful YouTube Policies Accidentally Impacting Minecraft Videos

Nintendo has a complicated history with YouTube, to say the least. So when Nintendo characters were added to Minecraft recently, people were skeptical. Wouldn’t the company apply the same draconian copyright measures to Minecraft videos on YouTube? They weren’t supposed to! But, well, they did. YouTubers are currently able to monetize their Minecraft videos, which…

There’s more Pokémon Sun and Moon news coming on June 2 says the official Pokémon Japan Twitter account. Stay tuned.

Nintendo Wants To Make Movies

The last time Nintendo went Hollywood, it was a disaster. But now that the company is offloading the Seattle Mariners, it’s ready to get back into showbiz. In an interview with the Asahi News, one of Japan’s biggest newspapers, Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima pointed out that when companies license out their characters for movies, they…

Nintendo has clarified what it does with answers users give in its Miitomo app, saying in part that: “the answer information our consumers provide through the Miitomo app [is] only used to provide a better experience for Nintendo consumers and to support the application. Neither Nintendo nor any of its partners sells or shares that…

Yo-Kai Watch 2 Comes Stateside September 30

Pulling a Pokemon for the second installment of Level-5’s kid-friendly ghost-hunting series, Yo-Kai Watch 2: Fleshy Souls and Yo-Kai Watch 2: Bony Spirits come to the U.S. 3DS this fall, along with a ton of corresponding merchandise. Already a massive hit in Japan (where they’re currently ramping up for Yo-Kai Watch 3‘s July release), Yo-Kai…

New Pokémon Sun and Moon Trailer Appears To Show Unannounced Monster

Time to put on your detective caps, Pokémon fans. By now, you’ve probably seen one of the two trailers released for Pokémon Sun and Moon earlier this week. Hell, you may even have an opinion about which new starter is the best one.Well, as it turns out, there is actually a third trailer for Pokémon…

Pour One Out For Popplio, The New Pokémon Starter That Nobody Likes

Shortly after the starters for Pokémon Sun and Moon were revealedyesterday, the internet exploded with love for the new monsters. Well, mostly. While Rowlet (the owl) and Litten (the cat) were showered with seemingly endless positive tweets, comments, and enthusiastic fan art, one Pokémon seemed to be left on the sidelines: Popplio, the water seal/dog.…

Look At These Beautiful Nintendo Cartridges

It’s May, which means it’s time for the annual Famicase exhibition, a showcase put on by Japanese game store Meteor that asks artists from around the world to design beautiful cartridges for fake video games. Which end up looking good enough for us to want them to be real video games. Here’s last year’s highlights,…

Nintendo just announced that 3DS title Style Savvy: Fashion Forward, the third game in the Style Savvy series, will be out in North America on August 19 and Disney Magical World 2 will hit the 3DS on October 14.

The 2DS Gets a Price Cut and Will Cost $79.99

Today, Nintendo announced that starting May 20, the 2DS will be officially priced at $79.99. Previously, the handheld was listed at a suggested retail price of $99.99. Though, Walmart has been selling the 2DS at a discount. The Nintendo 2DS originally launched in October 2013 and is shaped like a thin slice of cake. Mmmm…

Japan’s Newest 3DS XL Colors Look Terrific Together

Japan is getting Lime and Black as well as Pink and White. Both combos look very, very good, especially if you like Splatoon On June 9, Nintendo is launching both color combinations with the handhelds priced at the standard 20,304 yen (US$187). Via Nintendo’s official site, here is a closer look at the hardware. They…

Canada’s Official Twitter Account Has A Pokémon Question

The official Twitter account of the nation of Canada, like most of us this week, has Pokémon questions. Only its question is not about Sun and Moon’s starters, but about Canada itself. Weird question, since there are no moose or hockey-based Pocket Monsters. But there are still good answers. The best, and most obvious, being…

The Internet Reacts To Pokémon Sun and Moon’s Starters

The Pokémon hype train has officially left the station, and the passengers are definitely freaking out in excitement right now. This morning, the first real Pokémon Sun and Moon gameplay trailer hit the web. There was a lot of new information hiding in that footage, from the Hawaiian-inspired locale, to some of the broader customization…

Nintendo’s Miitomo Is Designed For Oversharing, Which Is Creepy

Miitomo, Nintendo’s sophisticated new smartphone app, is a hybrid of free-to-play game and social network. By combining aspects of each, it becomes a disarming information gathering project. On its face, it makes a game of asking trivia questions about your friends and shares the answers with you. Under the surface, it uses the framing and…

Nintendo just announced that on May 10, it’s releasing “new info” about the upcoming Pokémon Sun and Moon Will we get screens? A new trailer? Gameplay? Hrm.