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How To Mod Your 3DS To Play Smash Bros. With A Gamecube Controller

As soon as Nintendo released a demo for Smash Bros., it seemed like technical-minded people rushed to find ways to be able to play the game as it was meant to be played: with a controller. And now you can do it, too…provided you have the right tools and don’t mind fiddling with the insides…

Fake Smash Bros. Facts Are The Best

Not everything that Super Smash Factstweets out is real, but that doesn’t doesn’t mean the Smash Bros. “factoids” account can’t be funny. In fact, sometimes the parody Twitter account manages to be more truthful than the actual descriptions you’ll find in the Smash Bros. games. Most of the time, though, the Twitter account just likes…

The GameCube’s Secrets, Revealed

Hidden intro screens. Controllers that don’t exist. Dolphins. The GameCube has quite the collection of secrets and easter eggs. Did You Know Gaming’s latest video takes a look at the venerable Nintendo GameCube, which turns thirteen years old this year. And, like pretty much every other game system, it’s far from just a receptacle for…

Smash Bros. Tells Us ‘Y Cant Metroid Crawl’

Remember PaulyU, the Wii U owner that documented his troubles with Super Metroid on Miiverse? He was the guy that wondered “y cant metroid crawl.” Well, it looks like Pauly got a shout-out in the latest Smash Bros. Here’s Pauly’s famous question: And here’s Smash Bros.‘ answer to that question, as spotted by @Electivirus: Mystery…

Tips For Playing Smash Bros. 3DS

Whether you’re in it for the random chaos, or in it for the elegance of the surprisingly deep fighting game hidden within, you can always be better at Smash Bros. Today, Super Smash Bros. is out on the 3DS. I’ve been playing for 21 hours, and I’ve got some tips that should better your Smash…

Super Smash Bros. 3DS: The Kotaku Review

Super Smash Bros., a new piece of fanfiction for the Nintendo 3DS, is a game about anticipation. It’s a game about position. It’s a game about mustering up the brain juice to figure out what your opponent is going to do next, then developing the lightning-fast reflexes needed to nail the best possible response. It’s…

I Can’t Stop Watching Dudes Try To Play Mario On A Roller Coaster

Seriously, try to look away. I usually hate gimmicky stuff like this, but there is something uniquely, intriguingly cringe-worthy about Giant Bomb‘s pioneering work in the field of video game aeronautics. Which is to say, Jeff Gerstmann and Dan Ryckert decided to see who could get further in Super Mario 3 (via the 3DS Virtual…

Mario Kart 8’s Online Multiplayer Is Getting Lonelier

“If you build it, they will come,” the saying goes. It’s never that simple when it comes to playing video games online. I love Mario Kart 8, and have been playing it consistently since it came out in May. But lately I’ve been running into a problem: other people aren’t. Or it sure feels that…

Nintendo’s Strange Two-Year Journey Into DLC

Two years ago, Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata made some lofty promises about his company’s approach to what was then a new venture for them: downloadable content. Nintendo, he promised, would get it right. “One thing Nintendo has determined as a company policy, what we are not going to do is create a full game and…

Pokémon‘s Johto Region As A Middle Earth-Style Map

Artist Adam Rufino created a Middle-Earth-styled version of Johto, the setting of the Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal games. Really cool details, and it also reminds me of all those 2nd edition Dungeons & Dragons maps of the Forgotten Realms. Johto Map by Adam Rufino [Behance] To contact the author of this post, write to:…

The Wii U version of Smash Bros. will include a nice little homage to the 1979 arcade game Sheriff in the form of an assist trophy. This was Nintendo’s first title that featured artwork by Shigeru Miyamoto. via Miiverse Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related…

Smash Bros. Creator Answers Fan Questions

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS is completed, but series creator Masahiro Sakurai’s job isn’t done yet. There’s still the Wii U version to come. But in the meantime, he answers some fan questions. In his semi-weekly column in Weekly Famitsu, Sakurai addressed questions about Super Smash Bros. and added some insight and advice. Question…

The Monster Hunter 4G New Nintendo 3DS XL sure looks slick. Previously, we saw concept images for the handheld that’s out next month in Japan. Here’s a look at the actual hardware.

Dad Bowser Is The Father Figure The Mushroom Kingdom Needs

Have you seen the latest 3DS commercial, which is chock full cuteness? More importantly, it features Bowser Dad. If you haven’t, you should. Not only is it good, it is also inspiring awesome fan-art—like the picture above, which was drawn by Rico But out of all the Nintendo characters featured in the commercial, it’s Bowser…

How Nintendo Convinced The World To Buy A Weird Mario Game

Gail Tilden used to work at Nintendo. She was one of the founding editors of Nintendo Power, so knows better than most people how the company was able to sell one of Mario’s strangest moments – a game that wasn’t even really a Mario game – to the world. In this excerpt from Jon Irwin’s…

Nintendo Character Quiz Is Not What You’d Expect

I wound up with Yoshi. Boy, it sure is depressing. The funny-makers at Dorkly have built a quiz to help readers figure out what Nintendo characters they are. Like a lot of internet question queues, you click on a bunch of answers and some algorithm spits out an answer at you. But, unlike the answers…

Latest Smash Bros. Glitch Is the “Biggest” Bug Yet. Literally.

Smash Bros. released with a handful of bugs. Personally, I don’t think they’re bad. They’re features. Funny features! (Well, unless they get annoying and screw up gameplay.) The latest bug, it seems, is turning Yoshi into Giant Yoshi. Or better yet, GODZILLA YOSHI. As seen on Twitter and YouTube (via Otaku News), the bug seems…

Nintendo Characters Killed with Cuteness

The colors! The patterns! The shapes! Nintendo’s latest New 3DS commercial is not only downright trippy, but also lethally cute. Appearing in the New Nintendo 3DS spot, that’s popstar Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (more on her, here, here, here, and uh, here). As adorably dayglow as this commercial is, it’s still tame when compared to Pamyu…

The Sound And Fury Of 251 Angry Pokémon

The first venture into full 3D for the second generation of pocket monsters, Pokémon Stadium 2 gave fighting poses and battle cries to all 251 Pokémon from the first and second generations. Now they’re all in one video. YouTuber MasterOfHyrule utilizes what I can only imagine is a heaping pile of disposable free time, all…

It’s Dangerous To Go Alone. Eat This.

The menu at Fountain City Coffee in Columbus, Georgia is the beginning of an epic breakfast adventure. Brought to light by Kumanoki on Reddit, this listing of purchasable breakfast goods begs the question — should we sacrifice readability and potentially alienate non-game-savvy customers for the sake of a The Legend of Zelda reference? The answer…