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Let’s Rank The Mario Kart Games, Worst To Best

Happy birthday, Mario Kart! It’s been 22 years since the first Mario Kart released on the SNES in Japan in 1992. How time flies, huh? In celebration of the vey first Super Mario Kart, let’s sit in judgment of it and its siblings and vote for the very worst and very best in Nintendo-style racing.…

Now that’s a Yoshi of a different color! As part of its big Mario Kart 8 updateannouncement yesterday, Nintendo revealed that two of the game’s most popular characters—Shy Guy and Yoshi—are now available in eight different shades. They all look pretty great: The good news is that this means Mario Kart 8 players will be…

Zelda, Animal Crossing Coming To Mario Kart 8 [UPDATE: Prices]

Didn’t like that stupid Mercedes DLC for Mario Kart 8? Please understand. Nintendo had something cooler coming later. UPDATE: We’ve now got more details from Nintendo. The packs (the first due in November, the second in May 2015, which is an absurdly long time away) will cost $8 each, or you can get them both…

How To Get The Sharpest Images Possible Out Of Your Old Consoles

If you’ve tried playing a retro console on a modern HDTV, you may not have liked what you saw — smeary, stretched images that are a far cry from the sharp chunky blocks of yesteryear. Luckily, there’s a better way for purists to get a crystal clear image that doesn’t involve buying an old CRT…

Hearthstone Could’ve Looked Pretty Great on the Game Boy

Who needs colors? Sure, Blizzard’s hit strategy game was made for today’s fancy-pants always-online computers and mobile devices. And it’s great on those platforms. But, this image by artist Pixelpowerluke from Game Boy Demakes teases us with an alternate reality where the digital card game came out 25 years ago on Nintendo’s iconic blocky handheld.…

Maybe The N64 Rainbow Road Isn’t As Great As We All Remember

Rainbow Road on the N64 is the stuff of legends, so Nintendo set a high bar for itself when it remade the track for the Wii U. Many fans were dismayed by how much shorter it is compared to the original. But a new video from the brothers who hacked Mario Kart 8 makes a…

Watch Us Play Hyrule Warriors

Hyrule Warriors, the new game that crosses the world of Zelda with that of Dynasty Warriors, is already out in Japan. So join us as we talk a bit about what it is and how it plays. Hyrule Warriors was released on August 14, 2014, in Japan for the Nintendo Wii U. It will be…

Super Smash Bros. Match Reaches Dragon Ball Z-Level Insanity

Sudden death is always tense in Super Smash Bros. Everybody starts out with 300% damage. Anything can happen. The slightest touch can send someone spinning into outer space. Or, a battle can drag on against the most insane odds to become a nail-biter to end all nail-biters. YouTuber KeiTakumi just uploaded a video showing Fox…

Huge Potential Leak May Reveal Full Smash Bros. Roster [UPDATE]

Last week, leakers claimed to have screenshots of the final character and stage rosters for the upcoming Super Smash Bros. games. Today, some rather convincing videos have popped up that appear to confirm the veracity of that leak, showing off some exciting unannounced characters from the highly-anticipated Nintendo fighter. Warning: the following post contains potential…

Mario & Luigi’s Voice Actor Is A Pretty Funny Guy

Charles Martinet, the voice actor behind Mario, Luigi and Wario, has an Instagram account. And it’s fantastic Over the past week, Martinet has been taking little figures of “his” characters on his travels through Chile, creating sketches like the ones below. Note to Nintendo/Martinet: I would watch an entire series of this. [via Mistle @…

Lego Link And Treasure Chest

Lego Link and treasure chest by Rod Gillies. Get a better look at the shield below: Previously: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

The Zelda Soundtrack You Probably Haven’t Heard About

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has an iconic soundtrack, but the game also has a second official soundtrack that was only released in Japan. It’s really good. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Re-Arranged Album debuted in Japan on December 22, 1999. Arranged and performed by artist MOKA, the 12-track album featured…

The Rarest Video Game Treasures In America’s Coolest Game Store

Video Games New York is a tiny, cramped gaming store that is full of all sorts of treasures (we even used to host a video segment there!). Every nook and cranny is full of ultra-rare oddities that you can buy. Here are some of them: BuzzFeedVideo went to VGNY and freaked out looking at what…

Hyrule Warriors won’t be the only Wii U game where Demon Lord Ghirahim will make an appearance. Masahiro Sakurai revealed Skyward Sword‘s antagonist as an assist trophy in Super Smash Bros. Wii U. Skull Kid, Midna and now Ghirahim… that’s a lot of assist trophies from Zelda games. via Smashbros and Miiverse To contact the…

Smash Bros. Creator Explains Why Wii U Owners Have to Wait

As the release date of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS fast approaches, you might take a moment to ponder why Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Wii U isn’t coming out simultaneously. Series creator, Masahiro Sakurai explains why. In his semi-weekly column in Weekly Famitsu, Sakurai noted that at the time of writing, he is…

Fox McCloud In Shaved Face Scandal

Remember, Nintendo fans, you don’t always have to cosplay as someone from the Mario or Zelda universes. Cosplay by Geleebelly, photo by Martin Beck

​Five Months Later, This Guy Has a Pretty Sweet Legend of Zelda Sword

A while back, prop master Eric Hart made a sword for a Legend of Zelda musical. But he decided that his replica wasn’t good enough. So he made an even better one. Here’s how he did it. The video above shows highlights of a months-longprocessto turn humble wood and paint into one of Hyrule’s mightiest…

Nintendo, You Should Listen To These Diehard Pokémon Fans

Have you ever played a video game in another language? Maybe you understood that foreign lingo no problem and were fine. Maybe it was difficult. Maybe you just wanted to play the game in your native language. Then, you’ll understand these Chinese Pokémon fans. As South China Morning Post points out, there hasn’t been an…

Pierce Brosnan Kind of Sucks At Goldeneye

Here’s Pierce Brosnan, playing Goldeneye with Jimmy Fallon. Brosnan’s not the best at the game, but hey, that’s OK. He can say he used to be James Bond. Brosnan says that prior to this moment, he had only played Goldeneye once before—so you can’t really fault him for not being the best at it. And…

A Line Of Statues Based On Kirby Outfits? Oh No.

They’ve done Zelda, they’ve done Metroid and they’ve done Mario — what Nintendo properties are left for collectible maker First 4 Figures? How about a line of statues based on the many forms of the magnificent Kirby? This is going to get expensive. One has to imagine the sculptor of Sword Kirby, the first in…