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Beautiful Nintendo Games That Deserve To Actually Exist
It’s May, which means it’s time for Japanese game store Meteor to hold its annual Famicase exhibition, an event where artists from all over the world come together to design fake Nintendo games. (Top design by Matthew Kenyon) One day, I’ll actually make the trip and see them in the flesh (there’s a cool little…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 7, 2015 -
The Amiibo Problem
I do not think it is possible to like the entirety of a corporation. Take Nintendo, for example. I like the part of Nintendo that makes Zelda games and, with less alacrity, Metroid games. I do not very much like the part of Nintendo that loves to sell plastic. And, boy, does Nintendo love to…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 7, 2015 -
Nintendo Is Coming to Universal Studios Theme Parks
Think Nintendo Land, but real. Today, Nintendo announced it is bringing its games and characters to Universal theme parks. “The immersive experiences will include major attractions at Universal’s theme parks and will feature Nintendo’s most famous characters and games,” stated an official release. To be clear, this isn’t a full-on Nintendo theme park. Rather, Universal…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 7, 2015 -
An Unexpected Place Where the Wii U Struggles: Japan
Hey, good news! Wii U sales are up many countries. Bad news, they’re down in Japan. In the financial year starting in April 2013 and ending in March 2014, Nintendo sold 1.29 million Wii Us in the Americas. As Nintendo revealed today, that number increased to 1.85 million during the financial year ending March 2015.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 7, 2015 -
Kotaku East
Nintendo is finally making money again, posting a 41.8 billion yen ($350 million) net profit. It doesn’t stop there, because Nintendo is forecasting its profit to double over this year. “A new source of revenue is expected from a gaming application for smart devices which will be released this year,” Nintendo stated.
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 7, 2015 -
All The Easy Shortcuts You Can Take In Mario Kart 8’s 200CC Mode
Among the many, many things that Mario Kart 8’s new super-ultra-mega-fast 200CC modechanges are the shortcuts every course has. Now they’re a lot easier to speed through—as long as you don’t run into a wall first. YouTuber Axsel made a handy video (via Reddit) of all the shortcuts in Mario Kart 8 that no longer…
By Yannick LeJacq Published May 5, 2015 -
The Guy Behind One Of The Year’s Best 3DS Games
“Creating a game with a new character like Qbby made me feel happier than I’ve ever felt before.” That’s Yasuhiro Mukae talking. He’s best known for making Kirby games, but we’re not talking about Kirby. Mukae is a longtime at HAL Laboratory, the game studio behind Kirby. He was also the director of Box Boy,…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 5, 2015 -
Kotaku East
The Up All Night Stream Plays Xenoblade Chronicles X [Stream Finished]
Xenoblade Chronicles was one of the best RPGs the Wii had to offer; and while we didn’t exactly love last month’s 3DS port of the game, we’re still excited to play the Wii U sequel. So join us as the Up All Night Stream plays Xenoblade Chronicles X Update: The stream is over but you…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published May 5, 2015 -
Make Your 3DS Region-Free, The Easy Way
One of the best things about the DS was the fact it was region-free. One of the worst things about the 3DS is the fact it isn’t. Or, at least, it wasn’t A simple workaround has been developed by DS superstar smeathat lets anyone regardless of where they’re at play any 3DS game, regardless of…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2015 -
Nintendo Admits They Screwed Up Amiibo, Promises To Do Better
It’s no big secret that Nintendo has totally bungled the way they handle Amiibos, their line of plastic figurines based on iconic characters like Mario and Peach. Today, Nintendo’s finally admitting there’s a problem—and they’re vowing to do better. Ever since Amiibo first launched last year, customers have run into supply shortages and intense scalping…
By Jason Schreier Published May 4, 2015 -
An Infuriating Way To Lose In Mario Kart 8
The finish line is just a few feet away. You can practically reach out and touch it—feel the sturdy grasp of victory in your own two hands. And then you collide with a giant, immovable piece of metal. Ouch. This clip by YouTuber redjarman was uploaded on Saturday. But I’m glad I only ended up…
By Yannick LeJacq Published May 4, 2015 -
Attack on Titan 3DS Drops on May 12th
Not only is there finally a release date for the upcoming 3DS Attack on Titan game, there’s a spiffy new trailer that looks at all the characters that will make an appearance. Naturally, it’s got heroes like Eren, Mikasa, and Armin all hunting terrifying titans in the quest for survival. The game will retail at…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 1, 2015 -
Goofy Dad Recreates Smash Bros. Taunts, Nails It
Forget the “mom guesses the name of Smash Bros characters” memes. Smash Bros. dads are coming out of the woodwork, and they’re improving Smash Bros. in their own special ways, too. Nick Luciano somehow convinced his dad to do a bunch of the Smash Bros. taunts in real life, and the results are hilarious. He…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 30, 2015 -
200CC Is So Fast It’s Starting To Break Mario Kart 8 Courses
The above image gives a marvelous view of Mario Kart 8 racetrack Music Park. It’s also a screenshot the player shouldn’t have been able to capture. Normally, busting outside of the normal confines of a level in Mario Kart 8 requires a) some sort of glitch or bug to be present and exploitable, or b)…
By Yannick LeJacq Published April 30, 2015 -
A Scrub’s First Time With Pokémon
When it comes to Pokémon, I am a scrub. My familiarity with the series amounts to little more than “I think Digimon has the better cartoon and monster designs,” and a few hours with Fire Red half a dozen years ago. But when I recently acquired a New 3DS XL, my first Nintendo handheld, I…
GB Burford Published April 30, 2015 -
What Nintendo DS Games Look Like In High-Res
But Kotaku writer, I hear you ponder, the Nintendo DS was incapable of getting anywhere near a resolution you’d call “high”, how could this be? The answer: emulation. Via this /r/games thread, the latest beta version of the Drastic emulator for Android has a feature that lets users test out high-res rendering for 3D objects…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 29, 2015 -
Mario Kart 8 Courses, Ranked
48: Excitebike Arena 47: Sweet Sweet Canyon 46: Electrodome 45: Dry Dry Desert 44: Wario Stadium 43: Donut Plains 3 42: Rainbow Road (SNES) 41: Bone-Dry Dunes 40: Ice Ice Outpost 39: Wario’s Gold Mine 38: Moo Moo Meadows 37: Royal Raceway 36: Wild Woods 35: Music Park 34: Animal Crossing 33: Water Park 32:…
By Yannick LeJacq Published April 29, 2015 -
Someone Made A Cool Browser Version of A Link To The Past‘s Map
It’s a live HTML5 version for browsers and everything from the classic SNES game’s overworld is there. Here’s the whole map, made by the folks at “Jadsdsengine” (via r/nintendo). It might take a few seconds to load. But after that you can zoom in to see every animation, NPC and enemy closely or zoom out…
By Gergo Vas Published April 29, 2015 -
Here’s a short Xenoblade Chronicles X clip that demonstrates how online group quests will work. People can form “Squads” and participate in special “Squad Quests” (the footage starts at the 0:45 mark in the video) to kill tougher monsters for better loot. Just like in MMOs. via Siliconera To contact the author of this post,…
By Gergo Vas Published April 29, 2015