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Finally Exploring Final Fantasy Explorers. Is It Fantastic?

Square Enix offered a playable demo of the new Final Fantasy Explorers at this year’s Tokyo Game Show and I got a chance to give it a whirl. It’s a solid game. It’s a Final Fantasy game. But I’m not sure it’s a solid Final Fantasy game. The basic game format is your standard mission-based…

The Best and Worst Taunts In The New Smash Bros.

Taunting is an important part of any multiplayer game—and Smash Bros. is full of taunts. In fact, every character has a handful of taunts, all of which you can look at right here. GameXplain has a compilation video of every Smash character’s taunts, and it’s definitely worth a watch. Be warned, however, that the video…

The More Damage You Have In The New Smash Bros., The Harder You’ll Hit

A small change can make a huge difference—and it looks like the new Smash Bros. has a tweak that’ll definitely change the way the game plays. CLASH Tournaments is calling this tweak “the rage effect.” Basically, the way it works is, when a character is at a high percentage—that is, when they’ve taken more damage—that…

The Small, Weird Way Nintendo Changed Mario Kart 8’s Online Multiplayer

Mario Kart 8 received its first big update at the end of August. Most of the changes were welcome improvements. But one took some time to sink in: the new online ranking system. Now that it has, some players are left feeling confused and upset. If you’re playing Mario Kart 8 regularly and didn’t notice…

New-Gen GTA V Release Date May Have Scared Sonic Off

Back in July, Sega announced that the upcoming Sonic Boom games would be hitting the 3DS and Wii U on November 11 and 18, respectively. This morning, the Japanese company updated the release date of the Wii U version. Guess they don’t want their hedgehog getting becoming a Grand Theft Auto casualty? Both Sonic Boom…

With this design, Smash Bros. suddenly looks like a scene from Samurai Jack in Toxodentrail‘s excellent fan-art. Here’s the full picture with Link and Charizard included: Be-all and Smash-all by Toxodentrail [DeviantART] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can find.…

​First Hands-On with the New Nintendo 3DS

I just spent some time with the New Nintendo 3DS at the Tokyo Game Show, and based on first impressions, the upcoming handheld looks like it could be great. Announced last month, the revamped 3DS features more powerful hardware, a better 3D effect and a new analog controller called the C-Stick. It’s less a stick…

Terrible Pokémon Can Be Traded, Eventually, For Legendaries

Even a piece of crap Pokémon can result in a legendary trade. The trick? Patience, and an eye for trading up. It’s sort of like the Pokémon equivalent of One Red Paperclip, where blogger Kyle MacDonald managed to barter his way from a paperclip to an actual house over the course of a year. Only…

The Villager Is A Giant Troll In Super Smash Bros.

There’s something about the villager. Something sinister. Something hilarious. Something, frankly, troll-ish—which means he’s a blast to watch in action now that the game is out. It’s a combination of things. With such a happy-go-lucky face, and with such cutesy animations… …I can easily see it being downright infuriating to play against the villager—especially when…

Metal Gear Solid Characters As Pokémon Trainers

Otacon would probably take Professor Oak’s place, and the Pokémon themselves would look a lot different if the Metal Gear universe met Pokémon Japanese artist Ikuyoan transformed Snake, Liquid and Raiden (I like his new “sword”) to Pokémon trainers, with cuter versions of a Metal Gear REX or Blade Wolf. Fan-art by Ikuyoan [Pixiv, via…

Screw Apple’s Watch, Nintendo’s Watches Were Way Cooler

Hey everyone, Apple is making a watch. You might have heard. It’s like a normal watch, in that it goes on your wrist and tells the time, but it also does some computer stuff. Sound familiar? Of course it does. Other companies have been doing it for years. Including Nintendo. Sort of. OK, so Nintendo’s…

Super Smash Bros Characters Sure Have Changed Over The Years

We’ve talked a bunch about Super Smash Bros‘ new characters, but what about the classics? Mario, Link, Samus, and pretty much every other major character in Nintendo history? Turns out they’ve changed since Super Smash Bros Brawl/Melee in ways both big and small. (That rhymed. I apologize.) These two videos demonstrate the tweaks and alterations…

Here’s The Full Roster For Super Smash Bros

The new Super Smash Bros. is out for 3DS in Japan, which means that we now finally know the full roster of characters that will appear in the upcoming Nintendo mascot fighter, from Mario to [SPOILERS]. Well, really, we knew the full roster last month. When it leaked. But now we can definitively say that,…

Smash Bros. 3DS Copies Sold in Just Three days With videosof some ludicrously long lines floating around we all knew Smash Bros. for 3DS was selling well, but until Nintendo spoke up earlier today we didn’t know quite how well. Counting both digital and retail numbers, Nintendo claimsone million copies have sold since the game’s…

Every Final Smash In The New Super Smash Bros.

The most powerful moves in Super Smash Bros. are dramatic showstoppers—and you can totally watch them now, if you’d like. Within nine minutes, GameXplain goes through every single final smash in the 3DS version of Super Smash Bros.—this includes secret characters, so you shouldn’t watch this video if you want to remain unspoiled! What do…

​Somehow, Somebody Transformed Trials Fusion into Donkey Kong

How? How this is possible? Last time I saw anything retro-centric in the latest version of Ubisoft’s super-tough motocross game, it was an homage to old-school games of yore. That was cool. But this—an incredibly accurate remake of the first Donkey Kong—is insane. It’s the work of track creator PATI-I, who nails the look of…

Nintendo Is Sorry for Accidentally Banning Smash Bros. Players

Over the weekend, some Smash Bros. 3DS players complained of being banned temporarily from online play. They weren’t sure why. In an official release, Nintendo announced today that there was a “lethal move” spawned by Peach using her “pulling turnips” move right at the start of online play. The problem is that in “For Glory”…

Princess Peach’s Underwear Is Protected from Your Gaze

Smash Bros. fans might recall that, for whatever reason, Super Smash Bros. Brawl offered a detailed look at Princess Peach’s underpants. That doesn’t appear true for the newly released 3DS game. Note: This article has content some readers might find objectionable. As numerous gamers in Japan have pointed out on Japanese forum 2ch, it doesn’t…

Japanese Newspaper Admits Fabricating a Nintendo Interview

One of Japan’s largest newspapers, The Asahi Shimbun, admitted that it made up an interview two years ago with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. On Sunday, Asahi stated that it had asked Iwata for an interview, but the request was turned down. The paper said it planned to use quotes from Nintendo’s Iwata Asks webpage, which…

These Limited Pokémon New 3DS Consoles Sure Look Luxurious

Probably because they’re covered in suede! Available for pre-order through Japan’s Pokémon Center stores starting September 20, these limited edition New 3DS consoles come with suede faceplates stamped with Pokémon—Groudon for the red Groudon Edition, and Kyogre for the blue Kyogre Edition. As you can see on the top image, the handhelds’ front features each…