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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…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 9, 2014 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published July 9, 2014 -
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…
By Gergo Vas Published July 9, 2014 -
Kotaku EastNintendo 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.
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2014 -
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…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 8, 2014 -
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.…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 8, 2014 -
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…
By Chris Person Published July 8, 2014 -
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…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 8, 2014 -
ReviewsWii U Review Update: 20 Months Later
If you don’t have a Wii U, it’s time to get one. This is our Kotaku review update for the Wii U, the gaming console with a screen in its controller that we’ve been telling you since November 2012 is not yet a must-have. It finally is. It is because the Wii U finally has…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 8, 2014 -
Bowser Gets His Own Converse Sneakers In Japan
Converse will launch two new Super Mario-themed sneakers for no less than ¥20,000 (roughly $200) in late August in Japan, with Bowser and Mario on them. The stars in Super Mario games match Converse’s ‘All Star’ brand after all. They’re a follow-up to a black-and-white series, released back in 2012, this time the design is…
By Gergo Vas Published July 8, 2014 -
Kotaku East
The Excellent Pokémon Art Academy Art of the Past 24 Hours
The new game, Pokémon Art Academy, allows you to upload your Pokémon artwork to the Miiverse. As the game released in PAL territories last week (and Japan two weeks before that), there are already scores of artwork to browse though. Some of it is pretty amazing—even just in the last 24 hours on the Japanese…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published July 8, 2014 -
Fans Are Pissed About Alleged Cheating In The Recent Pokémon Tournament
Astute Pokémon fans noticed something interesting during the Pokémon National Championships this past weekend—something that seemed like it should have been impossible without the use of cheating. Attempting to cheat at Pokémon tournaments isn’t new: literally thousands of people have been caught in the act before. Nevermind the huge prevalence of hacked Pokémon online, be…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 7, 2014 -
Pushmo World Is My Favorite Kind Of Puzzle Game
This’ll be easy, I said. How can it not be? The game is too cute to not be easy Little did I know. I was playing Pushmo World. The game is the latest installment in one of Nintendo’s lesser-known series, so I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I booted up…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 7, 2014 -
The Pokémon Trading Card Game for the Game Boy Color is making its way to the 3DS eShop… in Europe. The game will arrive on Thursday, and will cost €5. We’ve contacted Nintendo to ask when (or if) the game will come to the US eShop, and will update you should they reply. (via Kotaku…
By András Neltz Published July 7, 2014 -
Midna Is The New Dragonborn
Arrows? Dragonrend? Midna just straight up pulls that dragon to the ground with a rope. Amazing. Midna will be teaming up with Link (in his Wolf form, of course) for her appearance in Zelda: Hyrule Warriors, where she’ll be using some pretty neat transformation-based magic to kick some ass. I think I prefer this to…
By András Neltz Published July 7, 2014 -
Kids Think The Original Game Boy Is A Piece Of Junk
When I was in the age range of the children in The Fine Bros. latest “Kids React” video, I would have gladly sold any one of them for a Nintendo Game Boy. Then again, if we’d had “Kids React” videos back when I was a child, I’m pretty sure our generation’s parents would have taken…
By Mike Fahey Published July 6, 2014