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Watch The Wii U Get Torn Apart In The Name Of Trivia

Now that the Wii U is officially a viable console it’s time to tear it apart in stop-motion to see what sort of fun trivia makes it tick. Vsauce3 continues its proud tradition of stripping gaming devices down to their base components while cleverly revealing important tidbits about them you may not have known, like…

Watch Someone Use Mario Kart 8’s Super Horn Like A Total Jerk

People cutting their teeth online in Mario Kart 8 know this moment all too well. Say you’re racing towards the end of the track. You’re in second place. Maybe third. Things are still close, close enough that you’re not going to give up just yet. Then, this happens: Some jerk comes in with a super…

Three More Characters Announced For Super Smash Bros.

Nintendo promised one new Smash Bros. character reveal this morning and instead gave us three: the returning Captain Falcon and two characters from Fire Emblem Awakening—Robin and Lucina. Chrom also made an appearance in this morning’s trailer, but sadly, he appears to be an assist trophy or Final Smash for Robin, not a playable character.…

One Of The Highlights Of EVO 2014 Was An Incredible Win With Pikachu

Hyping the crowd with a Pikachu plushie, Smash Bros. player Axe pulled an incredible win against Silent Wolf with his Pikachu, beating the hell out of his opponent in record time. It wasn’t the grand finals, but without a doubt one of the best moments of all the games played at EVO 2014. Here are…

This is what it looks like when Fi from Zelda: Skyward Sword joins the battle in Hyrule Warriors She, as you can see, is very much into sword-themed magical attacks, which makes a lot of sense, really—if you’ve played Skyward Sword, you’ll know why.

Metroid As A Hanna-Barbera Cartoon

Metroid in the style of a Saturday morning cartoon by Wil Overton. You can buy a print here You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Evo’s Smash Bros. Final Came Down To An Elite Fox Vs. Jigglypuff Battle

The Super Smash Bros. Melee grand finals at this weekends huge Evo fighting game tournament culminated with a match between reputedly the world’s best Fox McCloud player against the world’s best Jigglypuff player. The guy playing Fox won the tournament last year. Could he repeat? You can watch the final round of the final match…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Mario At McDonald’s

There are weeks when picking a subject for the Kotaku ‘Shop Contest is an epic task. Then there are weeks when Nintendo sends out pictures of Mario and Luigi cavorting at McDonald’s the day before the new contest starts. Thank you, Nintendo. Nintendo hosted an event for kids to celebrate the launch of the Mario…

You Can Dress Up Pokémon In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Oh My God

And now for the cutest thing I’ve seen all week: scans of Japanese magazine CoroCororeveal that the upcoming Pokémon remakes will have some form of dress-up, presumably for the contests feature included in the original games. While you’ll have to visit Pokémon news website Serebii to see the scans, they show an adorable Pikachu dressed…

How Yokai Watch Was Engineered To Be A Massive Hit

Yokai Watch, Level 5’s popular spirit collecting game, is still going strong, with the game remaining in Japan’s video game sales top 10 list for nearly a year. There’s no catching lightning in a bottle like with Pokémon, but according to developer Level 5, if you really try, you can get pretty close “We’ve created…

Exploded Gameboy tee on sale at Fangamer You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Not Being Able To Talk Trash Online In Mario Kart 8 Is Strange

Something strange happened the first time I played Mario Kart 8 online. I had finally convinced my friend Francis to get a Wii U. Once his console arrived, we decided to take Mario Kart‘s online multiplayer out for a spin. Things were going swimmingly, at first. He created a room for me to join, and…

With An 8-Inch Screen, This Is The Game Boy Advance XL We Never Got

It wasn’t until Nintendo had two screens to play with that they figured out we wouldn’t mind oversized portable gaming. Had they realized it earlier, they might have come up with modder John “Baccteria” Grayson’s BigBoy Advance. That’s right, the man who brought us the 18-console Project Unity has crafted a very large Game Boy…

Pokémon As Colossal Beasts From Attack on Titan Are Unsettling

Attack on Titan eyes make everything a lot creepier. Beth Emery, an artist on DeviantART, drew a few mash-ups, and even the cutest Pokémon like Jigglypuff or Bulbasaur would look, well, unsettling with Titan features. That Colossal Titan and Cubone mashup is really great though! Attack on Titan Pokémon by zsparky [DeviantART, via TinyCartridge] To…

Nintendo just revealed that two games featured on Kirby Triple Deluxe are getting released as standalone downloadable 3DS titles for Japan. Kirby Fighters Z and DeDeDe’s Drum Dash Z will be out July 23, both with new content. No word yet on a Western release.

Yay, One Of Pokémon’s Best Features Is Coming Back

One of the best things about Ruby and Sapphire was “secret bases”—a feature which let players decorate their own special space, ala Animal Crossing. Alas, secret bases aren’t in the newer games, X & Y-but they’ll be in the upcoming remakes, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. From the Pokemon website: Super-Secret Bases are an awesome…

The 12 Best Games For the PlayStation 3

Count yourself fortunate if you have a PlayStation 3. You’re in for a good time. If you want a solid PS3 game library, start with the games below. Naughty Dog’s violent, heartfelt, emotionally exhausting epic The Last of Us is the studio’s crowning achievement, and easily one of the most impressive games on the PlayStation…

An Amazing Glitch That Makes Super Mario World Way Easier

Ever heard of the “cloud glitch” in Super Mario World? It’s a technique that allows you to spawn a usable Lakitu cloud in your item box, which you can then use to speed through the game. Heck, the glitch even allows you to skip some of the animations in the final Bowser fight, peculiarly enough.…

​Luigi Death Stare Cosplay Terrorizes Convention

Luigi isn’t just a jerk in Mario Kart 8, he’s also started drive-by shelling cosplayers. How cruel! D Piddy of dancing Deadpool fame took to Anime Expo 2014 and shelled the hell out of half of your favorite animated characters. Sure, the meme is played — but good cosplay is good cosplay, and I won’t…

The Legend Of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds: The Miiverse Reveiw

Putting us out of business, one Miiverse post at a time… A good find by Alex Price and the quality people behind the Bad Miiverse Post Twitter. We love you, and we love the Miiverse. (A Link Between Worlds isn’t half-bad, either!) To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find him…