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Greninja, The Ninja Tongue Pokémon, Is A New Character In Smash Bros.

A new Pokémon appears! It’s the final evolution of one of the starters in Pokémon X &Y, and it’s called Greninja. See that scarf Greninja is wearing? That’s actually its tongue. Yuuuup. And now to look forward to smacking people with it later this year in Smash Bros.

Super Smash Bros. Gets Another Newcomer: Charizard

Surprise! Charizard will be a full playable fighter in the new Smash games. The high-powered fire Pokémon made a surprise appearance at the end of today’s Nintendo Direct, and he’ll be joining the roster on both 3DS and Wii U. Here’s video footage of the reveal: The 3DS version of Super Smash Bros. will be…

Yoshi’s Back In The New Smash Bros.

Some fans were worried that Mario’s green lizard buddy wouldn’t be back for the newest Smash Bros.—out for 3DS this summer and Wii U this winter—but don’t fret: Nintendo just announced that Yoshi is indeed back, and he’ll stand upright this time. Game-changer.

Zelda and Sheik Will Be Separate Characters In The New Smash Bros

I’m sure these inclusions aren’t a surprise—what is a surprise is that these characters will be separate entries, not transformations of each other, unlike in previous games. Actually, no characters will be able to transform: Samus and Zero Suit Samus will be separate characters.

Every Stage In The New Smash Bros. Can Turn Into Final Destination

Good news, hardcore fans: now there are online modes specifically for you (but don’t worry, there is something for more casual fans, too.) More specifically, there is a ‘For Fun’ mode, and a ‘For Glory’ mode. The For Glory mode will be Final Destination only, since that’s the popular ‘serious’ stage to play on—and every…

Smash Bros. 3DS Out This Summer, Wii U This Winter

This year’s two Smash Bros. games will have separate release windows, Nintendo just announced. 3DS this summer; Wii U this winter. No specific release dates just yet.

Nintendo’s running a Smash Bros.-themed Nintendo Direct at 6pm Eastern. You can watch it live right here, or keep up with Kotaku for all the news as it happens.

An Entirely New Way To Play Pokémon

Pokémon, in first person, played with an Oculus Rift plus a ‘virtual reality treadmill’ called the Virtuix Omni—which allows you to walk around naturally in a game. This is the future, folks. This is probably the most ‘realistic’ way to play Pokémon, too—imagine running through tall grass when your entire party is almost wiped out,…

This Portable N64 Is A Work Of Art, And There Are More Coming

We’ve seen portable retro consoles before, but this N64 mod is beautiful. Not only that, but it looks like there will be more of them on the way, so you just might be able to get one. The portable console uses a 3.5″ screen, internal memory and Rumble Pak, an Expansion Pak, a GameCube analog…

Sure looks like the Avengers are finally coming to Disney Infinity This new teaser features Steve Rogers’ iconic shield ricocheting through the environs of Disney’s collectible toy game. People have been wondering when Marvel characters would be showing up in Disney Infinity and this clip seems to hint that some news will probably come very…

Kickass LEGO Transformer Turns Into a Game Boy Advance

New York-based LEGO builder Baron von Brunk has a pretty cool and original ongoing series where he builds LEGO consoles with transforming abilities. He made Nintendo 64 and NES Zapper Megatrons, and while we wait for one that can transform into the Nintendo R.O.B., here’s his latest in the form of a Game Boy Advance.…

New Chinese Game Console Totally Rips Off the Wii Remote

This is the controller for a new game console called the Nintendo Wii the G20. Doesn’t the controller look familiar? According to TechInAsia, the console is a collaboration between Chinese online retail giant Alibaba and electronics company Xiao Bawang. The G20 runs on Aliyun OS, Alibaba’s Linux smartphone OS, and can also stream movies and…

Piranha Plant Recycling Dumpster

JRYU JRYU turned a dumpster into a Piranha Plant for Global Inheritance’s upcoming art show at Coachella. It’s still functional—bottles can be thrown into the plant’s mouth. Below, see prior exhibits by Global Inheritance, including human-powered slot cars and the Recyclosaurus Rex. Recyclosaurus Rex from Coachella 2013. Human-powered slot cars from Solar Decathalon 2013. Wall-E…

What We Talk About When We Talk About Mario Kart 8

“Nintendo, man,” my friend Jeremy said to me. “You’ll fall in love with them. But then they’ll break your heart.” I had just shown up at his apartment to lend him my Wii U for the week or so I was going to be in California last month. Watching as I opened my bag and…

It’s Looking Bad For Peter Parker In The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Game

As if three movie villains weren’t enough, Electro and the Green Goblin are are joined by the ugliest Kingpin ever, bad-hair-lighting Black Cat and… is that Carnage? Yeah, Parker is screwed. Activision tried to sneak a little Carnage into the trailer, but I can smell a Cleetus a mile away. It helps that I was…

Mario Jumps Out Of TV, Destroys A Dude’s House

Filmmaker John Huffnagle has made this clip that shows what happens when you leave Mario running and leave the house. It’s kinda of like Toy Story, if Woody was an even bigger jerk and just wrecked all your stuff. Mario is Destroying my house! [YouTube, via Laughing Squid]

Link In The Shadow Temple

One of two moody Legend of Zelda images by Linus Damm. See the full illustrations below: Ocarina of Time Shadow Temple and Shadow Temple Enemy You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Super Mario Cat Doesn’t Take No Crap From No Goomba

There’s a reason it takes a rare power-up to turn into a cat in the Mushroom Kingdom — they’re just too powerful. While the plumber is away, Super Mario Cat saves the day. Youtube’s Mr. TVCow shot a bunch of footage of this cat, and then spent hours adding CG Mario scenery and sound effects.…

Posters By The Designer of Monument Valley

Love the stylish look of iOS game Monument Valley? The artist and designer is Ken Wong, who previously worked on Alice: Madness Returns. Enjoy more video game art by him below, including posters you can buy now, and his takes on the Link and Morrigan: The Street Fighter and Mario posters are available for purchase.…

Mario Kart 8 Rosalina

Rosalina profile art from Mario Kart 8. Via Reddit and the Mario Wiki You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.