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Kotaku East
Monster Hunter Helps Bring Couples Together
Dating isn’t easy – just ask Dr. Nerdlove. It’s a lot easier if you’ve got common interests to break the ice with and get the conversation flowing. In Japan, there’s anime. There’s also one of Japan’s most popular games. “Machicon” is a relatively recent phenomenon in Japan. In order to help stimulate awareness and jump-start…
By Toshi Nakamura Published August 14, 2014 -
And That’s Why You Don’t Taunt People In Mario Kart 8
Taunting in Mario Kart 8 is a fine art. Maybe because they can’t trash talk each other online, seasoned players have resorted to waiting at the finish line to trip up incoming racers as the ultimate form of kart-based swagger. But this is hard to pull off. If you don’t, you end up looking very…
By Yannick LeJacq Published August 13, 2014 -
Elementary School Concert Features Super Mario
From Spring 2013, Jamieson Elementary performs Beware the Forst Mushrooms, complete with Mario taking on various enemies and gathering coins: Via Polygon You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published August 13, 2014 -
Pokémon, As Giant Beasts From Monster Hunter
Flower armor and explosive tails. That’s a very creative way to redesign Pokémon as giant monsters from the Monster Hunter series. Arvalis on DeviantART likes to make badass-looking Pokémon and this series he recently started looks very cool. Here’s a redesigned Charizard, and the Venusaur in its full glory below: Check out arvalis’ DeviantART page,…
By Gergo Vas Published August 13, 2014 -
Meta Knight Returns, Looks as Menacing as Ever in Super Smash Bros. 4
Menacing or cuddly, depending on how you look at him. Kirby’s nemesis and the first on Brawl’s pro-gaming tier list, Meta Knight will be appearing for the second time in Smash Bros. He’s going to behave a bit differently according to series creator Masahiro Sakurai, who wrote: Meta Knight’s Up Special Move, Shuttle Loop, changed…
By András Neltz Published August 13, 2014 -
Karaoke Bar With Super Mario Bros And Twin Peaks-Themed Rooms
The Highball, which is next to the Alamo Drafthouse’s South Lamar Theater in Austin, has several new karaoke rooms, including rooms based on Twin Peaks, Super Mario, Jem, a haunted mansion, and more: Sideshow Freaks: Haunted Mansion: Truly Outrageous: The Fifth Dimension: Super Mario: The Black Lodge: The Inferno: The rooms were designed by Zack…
By John Struan Published August 12, 2014 -
Culture
Mega Slowbro Leaks, Is The Best Mega Pokémon
According to Pokémon news website Serebii, earlier today the official Korean Pokémon website uploaded pictures of two surprising mega Pokémon: Mega Slowbro, and Mega Audino (pictured above). While the images are no longer on the Korean website, the internet was quick to save the pictures—and have taken to social media to poke fun at mega…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 12, 2014 -
Wait, The GameCube’s Pikmin Could Run In Windows?
Huh. In today’s installment of “things I wish I’d known in 2001” comes this page on The Cutting Room Floor, via Brandon Boyer, which both outlines the fact the original Pikmin on GameCube could run on a PC, and shows you howto do it. Turns out there’s a Windows executable file on the wee disc,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 10, 2014 -
A Shiny Surprise Arrives With Pokémon Alpha Sapphire And Omega Ruby
Along with a trio of new Mega Pokémon, Horde Battles and some sexy new Pikachu cosplay, The Pokémon Company today announced a special distribution to coincide with the November 21 launch of Pokémon Alpha Sapphire And Omega Ruby — Shiny Beldum holding a Mega Stone. Through the power of evolution, Shiny Beldum will eventually evolve…
By Mike Fahey Published August 10, 2014 -
Bayonetta 2 Is Looking Good, Adds Surfing
Familiarity is underrated in video games. Sometimes, I don’t want anything new or crazy. Sometimes, I just want to play Bayonetta again since the original game was already awesome. Thankfully, it looks like that’s what Bayonetta 2 is shaping up to be…plus some added surfing levels, which are always are a good thing, in my…
By Yannick LeJacq Published August 8, 2014 -
Kotaku East
Just What the 3DS Needs: A Large Joystick
Now, there’s nothing wrong with your 3DS XL getting a joystick. Heck, more portable consoles should have them. As Inside Games reports, this is the Cyber Arcade Stick from Japanese peripheral maker Cyber Gadget. It’s for the 3DS XL! And with Super Smash Bros. for 3DS soon coming out on… the 3DS, this might be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 8, 2014 -
The Super Mario 64 Coin That Took 18 Years To Collect
In 2002, someone on GameFaqs discovered something curious: there was a coin in Super Mario 64 on a course called Tiny-Huge Island. Not just any coin, though. This coin was different from all the other 191 coins on the level, because unlike the other coins, you couldn’t actually collect it. The coin on Tiny-Huge island…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 7, 2014 -
Streak about to be broken? Nintendo has released a new handheld—or iteration of an existing handheld—in North America in each of the past five years. Nothing announced for this fall, which means 2014 might break the streak. Unless… anyone want a 2DS XL to be announced by December? A 3D XL Lite? Game Boy 2?…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 7, 2014