-
The Smash Bros Miiverse Could Drive Anyone Nuts
Part of what makes Smash Bros. so great is that it pits characters from all sorts of different franchises together—naturally, fans have ideas about what characters such be included. Like kids sending letters to the North Pole, tons of people take to Miiverse and write letters to Masahiro Sakurai, the creator of Smash Bros, in…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 16, 2014 -
Tomodachi Life Is Putting Me To Sleep (In A Good Way)
“Maybe you don’t know what the nights are like for people who can’t sleep,” the poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote in his Book of Hours I’ve fought with insomnia as long as I can remember. Rilke’s line here has always struck me as the best description I’ve read of the experience. Trying to force myself…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 16, 2014 -
The One Thing Nintendo Left Out At E3
It has long been a silly and antiquated tradition for video game fans to pledge allegiances to companies, or to declare that any one of those companies has “won” E3. Yet it’s also inevitable that every single year at the Video Game Extravaganza in Los Angeles, one or two companies will have a stronger show…
By Jason Schreier Published June 16, 2014 -
Kotaku East
Nintendo Takes Over South Korea With Their… McDonald’s Toys
PC gaming rules South Korea. It has for years now, and that doesn’t look like it will change. But as of this week, there’s one arena where Nintendo rules South Korea: Happy Meal toys. Via tipster Sang, here are numerous pics of folks in South Korea lining up early this morning for the second wave…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 16, 2014 -
The Imaginary Valve E3 Briefing Nobody Wants To See
We all imagined that special Valve event at a future E3 where all the magic happens and we all go home satisfied. OniNeoxes chose a cute, but unorthodox way to show his version of Valve’s presser with Tomodachi Life and Nintendo Miis. But this Tomodachi musical doesn’t have a happy ending. Valve E3 2014 the…
By Gergo Vas Published June 16, 2014 -
Kotaku East
Report: The Next 3DS Final Fantasy Sounds Like Monster Hunter [UPDATE]
According to a Japanese Shonen Jump scan obtained by Siliconera, it’s called Final Fantasy Explorers, and it’s a multiplayer action-RPG. The game will focus on searching for crystals and battling Summons, Monster Hunter-style, in parties of four. Multiple jobs will be available in-game—four of which, the Knight, the Monk, the White Mage, and the Black…
By András Neltz Published June 16, 2014 -
Mario Kart Toys Are Coming To McDonalds
The good news is that the next Happy Meal toy selection will feature Mario Kart toys. The bad news is that Luigi’s action feature is not giving a death stare. And yes, there will be alternate choices for girls: Via McDonalds You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming…
By John Struan Published June 14, 2014 -
Ten Things You Might’ve Missed About The New Zelda Reveal
Time for some trailer analysis! While we didn’t get to see too much of the new Zelda, the short footage we saw was still jam-packed with small stuff that was easy to miss. I mean, let’s be real, most of us were busy thinking about how amazing the grass looks now and such. Thankfully, GameXplain…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 13, 2014 -
E3 Made Me Excited About Big-Budget Games Again
I used to dream about Warcraft III. This was before it came out, before Blizzard had even settled on making the epic real-time strategy game that would eventually come to be known as Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. I would check the mailbox impatiently every day for the new issue of PC Gamer to arrive,…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 13, 2014 -
Nintendo’s E3 2014: You’re Buying a Wii U Now, Right?
Last year Nintendo dressed its developers up in cat ears and paraded them in front of a huddled group of attendees at its booth rather than have a press conference at E3. This year, it didn’t even do that much. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK I thought that might mean it had nothing…
Keza MacDonald Published June 13, 2014 -
Kotaku East
I Am Totally in Love with Persona Q’s Cute Character Redesigns
I’m a pretty big fan of Persona 3 and 4—especially of their dark color palette and creepy visuals. So, if you would have told me a year ago I would love the chibi character designs of Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth, I never would have believed you. …But they’re just so cute! Take a…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 13, 2014 -
Miyamoto Tries Oculus Rift. Oh, The Possibilities.
I like to think there are two possible things running through his head. The first is “A new Mario game using this would be amazing“. The second being “I hope our legal team doesn’t sue into oblivion the first people to come up with a Starfox mod for EVE Valkyrie”. For reference that’s Bill Trinen…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 12, 2014 -
Sushi Joint At Nintendo HQ Closed For “Potentially Hazardous Foods”
The dubious quality of Nintendo’s eateries has been a touchy subject for a while now, and that saga continues with the temporary closure of a vendor operating at Nintendo of America’s headquarters. According to a detail listed in a recent update on the public health section of the King County website, the food vendor “I…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 12, 2014 -
Nintendo Is Planning A Future For Both 2D And 3D Metroid
Time to get your hopes up, Metroid fans. The series no-showed E3, but you might be heartened by what the men overseeing Nintendo’s game development had to say about it. Cutting to the chase, they say they’re talking internally about what to do about the series and that they’d like to talk about what’s next…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 12, 2014 -
As If Bayonetta Weren’t Badass Enough, Now She’s Got A Mech
Revealed during today’s demo live from the Nintendo E3 Treehouse, Bayonetta 2 is giving players much more to play with than killer hair and footie guns. This thing is awesome. According to the clip, the mech will control pretty much exactly like the witch herself, swinging arms and slinging bullets all over the place. It’s…
By Mike Fahey Published June 12, 2014 -
Coming Up on Wii U, A Nintendo Game Where You Can’t Jump
Nintendo’s a company that’s made its fortunes on Mario, a character with incredible jumping abilities. But, in the newest spin-off from the Super Mario series, you control a character with no hops whatsoever. Turns out that’s a good thing. Kotaku‘s Jason Schreier takes Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker for a spin in the video above. The…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 12, 2014 -
Nintendo’s New Steampunk Game Looks Much Better In Action
Yesterday, we got our first look at Code Name: STEAM, a new strategy game for the 3DS. It sounded awesome—but the screenshots we got to see? They didn’t make the game look so hot. Fear not, though: Code Name: STEAM looks nice in motion. Here are forty-five minutes of the game in action, with some…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 12, 2014 -
Nintendo: Twitch Streaming Isn’t on the Wii U Because “It’s Not Fun”
Nintendo makes fun characters who do fun things in, for the most part, fun games. The House of Mario is all about the fun. But streaming yourself having fun playing a Wii U game? That is not fun, according to Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime. In an interview with Polygon, Fils-Aime explained why livestreaming services like…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 12, 2014 -
Pictures of People Taking Pictures of Things At E3 2014
Every year, when the weather finally starts to get warmer, we try to share our experiences from video gaming’s biggest conference: the Electronic Entertainment Expo. But instead of snapping pictures of the latest PlayStation 4 (there’s a white one now) or posting vines of the crazy lines for the Oculus Rift, I thought I’d show…
By Tina Amini Published June 12, 2014