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The Game Boy That Can Walk

Here’s how you redline on the adorable meter. Niconico user Lamman turned a Game Boy Color into a WALKING GAME BOY COLOR. The Evangelion box is a nice touch! (You can watch the full clip on Culture Labo.) This isn’t Lamman’s first rodeo. In the past, he made a moving GameCube. Nintendo should seriously consider…

I Bought Five Packs of Animal Crossing Amiibo Cards And Didn’t Fucking Get Isabelle

Nooooooo. This is how they get you. This is exactly how Nintendo gets you to spend money on stuff that might just end up in a landfill in a few years. For those of you that don’t know: today is the release of Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, a game where you decorate the homes…

Mario Maker Course Is A Tragic Tale of Friendship

Nobody told me Super Mario Maker was gonna get this real, god damn. While there are plenty of batshit difficult courses circulating in Mario Maker, my favorite type of level is the kind that tries to tell astory. The tools are pretty limited, at least when it comes to narrative design, so people have to…

Top Nintendo Creator: Link Should Be Played By a Woman in a Zelda Movie

Nintendo doesn’t have plans—that we know of—to put any of their iconic characters into big-budget movies. But the guy who helped shape some of the most beloved Legend of Zelda games thinks that woman should play Link if a movie happens. The MTV video above (via GoNintendo) features Shigeru Miyamoto and A Link to the…

A bridge of p switches, followed by a pipe to nowhere? Mario Maker is for jerks. Good luck with F829-0000-0066-E98B! Contact the author at [email protected]

Yoshi Turned into a Custom Motorcycle

This is good. This is very good. Twitter user Late Riser spotted this custom bike in Osaka. Maybe you can see how Yoshi’s tongue extends and is holding a can of 556 lubricant? [Photo: Late Riser] Top photo: Late Riser To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter@Brian_Ashcraft…

I’ve Spent Two Days Trying To Escape This Hellish Mario Maker Maze

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time speedrunner Cosmo Wright has constructed one of the trickiest stages I’ve played so far, a level that’s more puzzle and maze than platformer, and I refuse to give up. When you load the stage—761A-0000-005C-D881—here’s what it looks like: Some folks aren’t fans of Mario Maker’s preview feature. While…

The Creator Of The ‘Hardest Super Mario World Level Ever’ Is At It Again

Right now, there’s a course titled “Pit of Panga: P-Break” floating around in Super Mario Maker. Thousands of people have tried this level. Not a single person has beaten it yet. The creator is calling it the “hardest Super Mario Maker level ever made,” and when you see how grueling it is, you’ll understand why.…

My Quest To Make The Ugliest House In The New Animal Crossing

For months, I’ve had a specific if not dubious plan for Happy Home Designer. An evil scheme. A dastardly design. I’ve been waiting a long time to make this happen, damn it. The upcoming Animal Crossing game isn’t like the others. Instead of being the new kid in an already established village, Happy Home Designer…

It Took 11,000 Tries To Beat This Brilliantly Evil Mario Maker Level

I didn’t even know you could use Super Mario World bombs in all these different ways. Wow! The creator of the “hardest Super Mario World level ever,” PangaeaPanga, is taking his hellish designs to Mario Maker—and the results are intimidating. Take this course, titled Bomb Voyage, for example. It took around 11 thousand attempts before…

Fire Emblem And Xenoblade Heroes Join Project X Zone 2‘s Crazy 

Namco Bandai’s tactics RPG cavalcade of cross-company characters is exclusive to a Nintendo handheld, so how about some Nintendo-owned heroes? Fire Emblem: Awakening’s Chrom and Lucina are a great start, and they’ve picked a perfect partner for Xenosaga’s KOS-MOS. Namco Bandai promised new character announcements for Project X Zone 2 when Richard Eisenbeis played the…

Splatoon Players Are Damn Good At Throwing Shade

Wooooow. So that’s how it is, huh? Splatfest—the event where Splatoon asks players to pick between two sides and duke it out against one another—is happening this weekend, and some of the trash talking I’ve seen in the Miiverse plaza is FIERCE, as evidenced by this screenshot taken by Brittany Rolstad‎. It’s kind of unsettling…

20 Excellent Super Mario Maker Courses You Should Play

I have spent dozens of hours playing through hundreds of Mario Maker courses. Here’s the cream of the crop. One of the biggest criticisms I’ve seen floating around for Mario Maker is that it’s really difficult to find good courses. While that may be true, it doesn’t mean Mario Maker is completely bereft of great…

Mario Maker Level Is An Awesome Tribute To Dragon Ball Z

Here’s a simple yet sweet Dragon Ball tribute made by Eddie Stilson in Super Mario Maker It’s a musical stage, full of renferences, where Dragon Ball Z’s iconic, first opening theme Head-Cha-La plays, as we run forward. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

Track: Puzzle Swap 3DS Guitar Cover | Album: N/A | Artist: FamilyJules7X Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Our First Hands-on With Hyrule Warriors Legends on 3DS

Hyrule Warriors Legends, the upcoming enhanced 3DS port of Wii U title Hyrule Warriors was playable for the first time at the Tokyo Game Show this week. The TGS demo shows off a lot of the new content not seen in the Wii U game. The level itself is an original and allows players to…

Star Fox Zero Has Been Delayed To 2016

Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto has just publisheda statement on the company’s Facebook page saying that Star Fox Zero for the Wii U has been delayed. Bummer. The statement reads: I made a big decision last week. We have been developing Star Fox Zero for Wii U with the aim of releasing it this year. Although we…

Crappy Levels Are Not Ruining Super Mario Maker

Hardcore Mario fans are exasperated right now—it’s really difficult to find good Mario Maker levels. Want to play gimmick levels, auto run levels, slight variations on 1-1, and hilariously difficult levels with poor game design? You can find those anywhere in the brand-new Wii U game. It’s flooded with them. I’ve seen blame cast on…

Look At This Fire Emblem Action Figure

Behold Lucina, resplendent and thoroughly badass in action figure form. This Figma, first shown in 2013, then originally due out earlier this year but delayed for months, is finally out. Mine arrived yesterday, and hoo boy, it’s been worth the wait. She comes with two different head options, two face options, a Marth mask, multiple…

Nintendo has told IGN that its Nintendo Direct videos, lovable PR blasts that became synonymous with former President Satoru Iwata, will continue, though “we have no details to provide now on who will be featured”.