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Six Of Nine
Yesterday, I saw nine people play a single Wii U game. How’d they do that? One person (in this case Game Trailer‘s Andrea Rene) on the Wii U GamePad, and then four pairs of people sharing Wii Remotes and Classic Controllers. I should have shot this in panorama so that you could see all nine…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 4, 2015 -
Nintendo’s Box Boy! Is Coming To The U.S. This Spring
Box Boy!, the puzzle platformer that one of our guys in Japan calls a “love letter to the original Game Boy” and “easily the best 680 yen I have spent on gaming in years,” is coming to the American 3DS eShop this spring, according to Nintendo, who were talking eShop this week at the Game…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 4, 2015 -
Kotaku East
Nintendo issued a statement saying it was ramping up Amiibo production for the Japanese market. In particular, there has been a shortage of Little Mac, Captain Falcon, and the Animal Crossing Villager Amiibos. Remember this is for Japan and no word on how it impacts other regions.
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 3, 2015 -
CultureTotal Recall
Nintendo’s Official Rules On What Color Mario Must Be
Press the Buttons (via Fast Co.) recently got their hands on something very special: a copy of Nintendo’s Style Guide, a 1993 document that sought to formalise all kinds of weird Nintendo-related mascot matters, like what exact colour Mario’s and Samus’ outfits have to be. It’s as obsessive as it is fascinating. Mario’s famous overalls,…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 2, 2015 -
So That’s How League Of Legends’ Bard Got His ‘Meep’ Minions
When Riot unveiled its new League of Legends champion “The Bard,” the developer claimed that the heavily bearded fellow hailed from somewhere “beyond the physical universe in realms unknown to men.” Fair enough. But could they be known to…pikmin? (Pun very much intended). YouTuber GingerPale put any and all questions about the Bard’s origin story…
By Yannick LeJacq Published March 2, 2015 -
CultureRace Leads To New World Record For Collecting 120 Super Mario 64 Stars
There’s a new world record for getting all 120 stars in Super Mario 64 quickly—and it’s kind of amazing that it happened at all. Yesterday, a speedrunner known as Nero raced against other speedrunner, Puncayshun. The goal was to see who could get to 120 stars first—that is, to try to beat each other. And…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 27, 2015 -
Gold Amiibos Already Sold Out, Going For Stupid Prices On eBay
The amiibo collection game is fierce. Rumors of gold Mario amiibos circulated for a while, and Nintendo finally confirmed their existence this morning. Pre-orders for the special edition went online at Wal-Mart today, sold out in 15 minutes, and have already spiked in price on eBay. You’ll notice the eBay listing above is for $79.95.…
By Patrick Klepek Published February 26, 2015 -
Donkey Kong Country Back On Wii U After Mysterious Two-Year Absence
In November of 2012, Nintendo pulled the Donkey Kong Country trilogy from the Wii’s Virtual Console. They gave no explanation, as is the Nintendo Way. And today, nearly two and a half years later, Nintendo announced that all three games are coming back, this time for the Wii U. We still don’t know why the…
By Jason Schreier Published February 26, 2015 -
Xenoblade Chronicles is Almost TOO Big For The New 3DS
Ever since I transferred everything to my new 3DS, I’ve played with the 3D slider permanently on. With Xenoblade Chronicles 3D, though (the first game made specifically for the New 3DS, in that it won’t work on an old one) I had to turn it off, because there was just too much happening on-screen. This…
Keza MacDonald Published February 25, 2015 -
Fanmade Mother 4 Still Looks Incredible
Here is a new trailer for Mother 4, the upcoming fan sequel to the much-beloved Mother trilogy that, incredibly, looks worthy of the name. The folks behind the game say it’ll be out this summer. Think it’ll live up to expectations?
By Jason Schreier Published February 24, 2015 -
Salvaging Games From A Broken 3DS Is Surprisingly Easy
My 3DS bit the dust a few months back. Rather than pay for Nintendo to fix it, I waited for the New 3DS. Unfortunately, most of my games were purchased digitally, and you can’t just insert an old SD card into a New 3DS. On Nintendo platforms, games are tied to the hardware. Dumb? Yes.…
By Patrick Klepek Published February 23, 2015 -
‘Realistic’ Smash Bros. Clapping Video Is The Dumbest Way To End Friday
You made it to the end of another week. Congratulations! Your mother and I are proud of you. And so are all of these Super Smash Bros. characters, who will now clap “realistically” at you for five minutes. Just watch (with sound on). It’s as great as it is dumb. GrumpOut created this video that…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 20, 2015 -
Overpowered Bot Puts Top Smash Bros. Player In His Place
If you’ve paid any sort of attention to the competitive Super Smash Bros scene over the years, you’ve probably heard of Jason “Mew2King” Zimmerman. He’s won countless championships in every iteration of Smash and advanced the scene with discoveries about game physics and technique. Recently, he lost to a CPU. It all came of an…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 18, 2015 -
CultureTotal Recall
The NES Was Once So Rare You Could Only Get It In Two Cities
It’s easy to forget now, given its enormous success, that the NES was once seen as a risky proposition. Coming on the heels of the great video game crash of 1983, into a market unsure if games were a fad that had already died out, the system didn’t just magically appear in stores across North…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2015 -
Pokémon With Microtransactions Is Just As Bad As It Sounds
Nintendo released a new Pokémon spin-off on the 3DS eShop today called Pokémon Shuffle. You can download it right now if you want to, because it’s free. But just because it’s free doesn’t make the game worth your time I’ve been playing the game on and off today, and here’s what I experienced. When you…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 18, 2015 -
Is The West Coast Port Strike Hurting Nintendo’s Supply?
New 3DS XLs are near-impossible tofind in stores. Collectors are going crazy over inconsistent and unreliable Amiibo supply. And the limited edition Majora’s Mask 3DS XL has been a real mess, with retailers canceling pre-orders after it became clear they wouldn’t have enough stock to fulfill all of their promises. The whole situation doesn’t seem…
By Jason Schreier Published February 18, 2015
