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One Of The Last Wii Games Comes With A Free Wii U Upgrade

One of only two games left to be released on Nintendo’s last-gen console, Skylanders: Trap Team for the Wii is hedging its bets, including a download code for the Wii U version of the game in every box. The news comes from a tweet from the game’s official account way back on July 23 (via…

Majora’s Mask-Themed Stained Glass

One of three Legend of Zelda-themed stained glass creations: There’s more gaming-themed stained glass in this gallery You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

A New Look at the Next Smash Bros Game

The House of Mario’s showing off the next entry of its all-star brawler franchise at Comic-Con right now. And, can we just say, new addition Rosalina looks crazy. Nintendo’s streaming Smash today and the segment up top focuses on the Wii U version. The show doesn’t really start until 26:15 but offers a great look…

Hyrule Warriors Looks Like Zelda On Steroids

We’ve got a new Hyrule Warriors trailer recently, with (mostly) Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess characters looking vicious and pulling off some really crazy, unexpected moves. Even the most innocent ones like Agitha are now doing xtreme multi-kills. But it just looks so awesome. Even in gif form: Here’s Link, pulling out the Master…

Sorry Ubisoft, Nintendo Beat You To The Top (Of The Mountain)

Ubisoft is spending a lot of money on a competitionwhich promises to let one person become the first to ever play a video game on Mt Everest, using custom hardware built to withstand the “harsh conditions”. It sounds amazing! Pity it’s already been done. As this epic thread bump on NeoGAF shows (the original Kotaku…

Timeless Life Advice, Brought To You By Mario Kart

Video games rot the brain? Pffft, hardly. I’d like to think some of my most valuable life lessons have come from games, lessons like “be cool to people” and “that jerk took the piece of loot I wanted, nevermind.” How about Mario Kart 8, though? What can we learn from that? Let’s find out with…

​Mario Kart 8 vs. Sonic Racing: The Comparison We Had To Make

When it comes to kart racing, it often seems like Mario Kart is the only game in town. I’m here to tell you that it’s not. In fact, there’s another, arguably better game that came out for Nintendo’s Wii U console two years before Mario Kart 8 was even a thing people were playing. I’m…

The upcoming Sonic Boom games land on the 3DS and Wii U on November 11 and 18, respectively. The playable parts of Sega’s new-look re-imaginationof their super-fast mascot have different names: Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric for the Nintendo home console and Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal for the handheld.

A New World Record For Beating Pokémon Red

Despite being criticized for being too easy, a typical play-through of any given Pokémon game might take around 8-25 hours. The world record for Pokémon Red as of July 2014, though? One hour and fifty minutes—and you can watch the incredible run here. This glitchless “any percentage” speedrun was performed byCharlie “Exarion” Armitz, and it’s…

Peach and Link… They’ve Changed

They’ve changed so much that it even inspired someone to draw the perfect fan-art of it. Meet Petch and Lonk: Iguanamouth [Tumblr] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

Disney Infinity: Marvel Superheroes Comes Out on September 23

The next game in the Disney Infinity series hits store shelves a little while after school starts, just in time for teachers to start confiscating figures from kids who won’t stop talking about the game in class. On September 23, Disney Infinity: Marvel Superheroes adds a major overhaul for Toy Box mode and 16 new…

What Devil’s Third is About and Why it’s a Wii U Exclusive

Devil’s Third, was announced as a Wii U exclusive at E3 this year. A bit of a surprise considering the game was originally slated for release on the PS3 and Xbox 360. So why the change in platforms? And what’s the game about? “It’s because [Nintendo] loves games more than anybody. It’s because they love…

In This, The Year Of Awesome Luigi Action Figures

Following on from the release earlier this year of a killer Marioset, this SH Figuarts Luigi is looking just as good. He is not ridin’ dirty. What he is doing, though, is jumping, posing and kickin’ bad guys, since the figure’s design allows for a massive range of movement. It’s also great that it includes…

Honest Game Trailers’ Names For The Original Pokemon Are Much Better

Why is Smosh Games’ honest trailer for Pokemon Red & Blue nearly six minutes long? Because those insane bastards decided to rename each and every one of the original 151 (or 152, depending) pocket monsters, from ‘The One No One Ever Picked’ to ‘Space Fetus.’ You might as well just skip the surrounding bits of…

When not busy with Heroes of the Storm, artist Luke Mancini draws wild fan-art, like this cartoony one with Super Mario, Peach, and Yoshi, who transformed into a beast. Or he’s Bowser’s hand, as you can see in the full picture: Maario by Mr—Jack [DeviantART, Gamers for Good] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs…

The moon from Majora’s Mask looks a lot scarier on Vincent Bisschop‘s artwork from deviantART. It’s definitely up there with the one from the upcoming Hyrule Warriors Majora’s Moon by Vincent Bisschop [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…

The Luigi Death Stare Is Lethal Enough for a Japanese Commercial

Yes, the meme might be over, but that doesn’t mean the Luigi Death Stare can’t be used as a Mario Kart 8 selling point in Japan. マリオカート8 TVCM3[Nintendo@YouTube via Siliconera] To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture,…

New Names For Smash Bros. Fighters, Supposedly From Six-Year-Old Girl

That’s not Samus Aran in her Zero Suit, guys. That’s Fighting Girl. Tumblr user The SoupyOne says that he asked a younger sibling the names of the various characters showing up in the latest Nintendo’s all-star brawler. She got some of the more popular characters right, like Mario, Luigi and Peach. Still, it’s when she…

3D-Printed Bulbasaur Planter

Low Poly Bulbasaur Planter available for download. Here’s a planter printed out in another color: Via R/Pics You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Mario At McDonald’s: The Winners!

Last week Nintendo released a series of publicity photos of Mario and Luigi celebrating Mario Kart 8 toys at McDonald’s just in time for our weekly ‘shop contest. The results are in, and I’m lovin’ them. There were so many strong contenders this week, from Mario at Blimpies (kind of) to the Last Supper to…