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Minecraft Runs Just Fine On Wii U

On Thursday, you’ll be able to give $30 to Nintendo in exchange for Minecraft on Wii U, which is something a lot of people thought might never happen, but hey, we’re here. This afternoon I spent a few minutes poking around in a Nintendo-provided copy of the game, and it runs great both on a…

Tetsuya Nomura vs Smash Bros.

What happens when Square Enix and Final Fantasy legend Tetsuya Nomura sits down and draws some official Smash Bros. art? This happens.

Smash Bros. Is Getting A New Fire Emblem Character, Corrin

Meet Corrin. The protagonist of Fire Emblem Fates will be joining the cast of Smash Bros. Before y’all freak about yet another Fire Emblem character in Smash Bros., Corrin actually looks cool! Corrin can turn into a freakin’ dragon, for one. Not to mention, that’s a pretty fire costume that Corrin wears! And here’s how…

The very last Smash Bros. Nintendo Direct starts now. Watch right here.

Here’s Mario Kart 8 Running On A PC

In October, the Cemu emulator—which allows Wii U games to be played on a PC—could barely boot Mario Kart 8’s menu. Now, just two months later, it’s doing an OK job of actually running the game. The video below shows how quickly progress is being made on the emulator. On the right is what Mario…

Watch The 25-Year-Old PC Version of Super Mario Bros. 3 In Action

It’s long been a game development legend that the creators of Doom made their own version of Super Mario Bros. 3 for the PC ages ago. Today, we get to see what it looked like. Like almost everyone working in video games in the 1990s, John Carmack and John Romero were big fans of Nintendo’s…

Smash Bros. Fans Are Trolling The Hell Out Of Each Other Right Now

Tomorrow is the final Nintendo Direct focusing entirely on Smash Bros. You know what that means, right? An avalanche of fake leaks! Hooray. Every time there’s a new Nintendo Direct on the horizon, Smash Bros. fans go into a frenzy. Some people try to predict what’s coming next. Or, they will go out of their…

Ridley (Badge) Confirmed

My new favorite Nintendo character playfully pokes at Ridley-craving Smash Bros. fans. From Nintendo Badge Arcade on the 3DS, courtesy of reader Jimbobowitz.

Nintendo Sent A Game Out To Die Today

Today, Nintendo released the video game Devil’s Third for Wii U, although you’d be forgiven if you didn’t know that. Nintendo’s been doing their best to keep it secret. (We apologize for ruining their surprise.) Devil’s Third, a gruff action game designed by Tomonobu Itagaki of Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive fame, was critically…

The State of the Wii U In 2015

The Wii U had a tough 2015. Nintendo can boast that they’ve released some of the most excellent exclusives of the year, yes, but with their next console looming in the horizon, it’s hard not to feel like 2015 was a transitional period. This is part of our 2015 “State of” series, a look at…

Bravely Second: End Layer—the sequel to the superb 3DS JRPG Bravely Default—is coming to Europe on February 26th, 2016. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

Map Mod Turns Grand Theft Auto V Into Mario Kart

Mod-master MrVicho13 basically took the entire N64 Yoshi Valley course from Mario Kart 8 and dropped it into Grand Theft Auto V, because he could. Those iconic textures? They were ripped from Mario Kart 8 by a Mr. Ray Koopa (probably his real name). MrVicho13 then converted, optimized and tweaked them. Then he wrapped them…

A Damn Good Concept For Animal Crossing Wii U

For whatever reason, there hasn’t been a proper Animal Crossing game on the Wii U yet. If there was, though, it could look a lot worse than this effort by TheBitBlock. Be sure to skip past the intro; this is a lot more involved than some guy talking into a camera about his hopes and…

Minecraft And Plenty Of Minecraft DLC Finally Arrives On Wii U December 17

Mojang’s block-building sensation makes it to Nintendo’s Wii U at long last next week, bundled with six popular texture packs with an additional 16 more available for purchase at launch. Skyrim on Wii U, anyone? It’s about damn time, really. And it’s something we’ve been asking Nintendo about for years. If there’s any game that…

The Irresistible Beauty Of Xenoblade Chronicles X

The huge new Wii U JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles X seems like it wants about 80 hours of my life. I’ve given it 18 so far, and I’m going to give it some more. I’m not really a JRPG guy, mind you. I love the Fire Emblems, but don’t really care about many Final Fantasys. I’ll…

Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime Pays Tribute To Satoru Iwata

Earlier this year, beloved Nintendo president Satoru Iwata passed away. Tonight at The Game Awards, Reggie Fils-Aime paid him tribute. You can watch Reggie’s speech here: Show host Geoff Keighley also reminisced about a moment he shared with Iwata a few weeks before he passed away. He said Iwata looked “thinner than I thought he…

Pokémon Picross Crossover Is Pretty Close To Perfect

Pokémon Picross seems like a combination that’d be tough to screw up. Good thing the game itself is great. It’s free-to-play—uh-oh!—which could ruin a game as compulsively playable as this, but Nintendo has managed to implement that in—phew!—a very friendly way. Have a 3DS? No brainer here. Download now. The game is a proper mix…

Registration for Nintendo’s new account system—which is called, well, Nintendo Account—kicked off today in Japan. No word yet when the account registration will roll out in other regions.

Chef Turns Splatoon‘s Biggest Stars Into Tasty Squid Recipes

The most important factor in creating Splatoon-inspired dishes, as Food Network’s Justin Warner does in his latestFoodie Call video, is to make sure the main ingredient is a squid now. Once that’s confirmed, cook away. Warner, winner of the eight season of the Food Network Star series, is a pretty big fan of the game,…

Custom Super Mario World SNES Is A Thing Of Beauty

Custom-themed, limited edition consoles weren’t really a thing back in the day of the SNES and the Genesis, so it’s up to a dedicated few to set things right. Zoki64 picked Super Mario World, the most obvious choice for his custom SNES. And it looks prety shiny! He also made a similar one with a…