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Seven Things You Might Have Missed About Greninja’s Smash Reveal

The Nintendo Direct we watched yesterday, which focused on Smash Bros? It contained more information than what Nintendo actually talked about. But if you pay close enough attention, you can catch some cool stuff hidden in the footage. Take Greninja, for example. He might not be Mewtwo, but he’s still pretty interesting! GameXplain proves this…

Super Smash Bros. Screenshots Are Just The Best

Video game screenshots, as a general rule, are not very interesting. They’re dull, full of guns, and usually so dolled up in photoshop that they’re more works of fiction than genuine marketing tools. Super Smash Bros. is an exception to this rule. The folks behind Nintendo’s upcoming fighting game—out for 3DS this summer, and Wii…

The Internet Reacts To New Smash Bros. Reveals

Yesterday’s Nintendo Direct about Smash Bros was full of news—and much of it was so exciting to fans, they couldn’t help but get pumped about it all. You might even say the Direct got the ‘ol hype train going… (Via viceprinciples) Most of the reactions were about a few key things: Pokemon, Samus, new characters,…

The Glory Days Of Platform Adventure Reclaimed By One Brave Hamster

2010’s The Flying Hamster is an adorable bite-sized shooter mainly aimed at mobile and portable platforms. Flying Hamster II: Knight of the Golden Seed is a gorplatforming adventure that aims to resurrect the spirit of the classic Wonder Boy/Monster World franchise. Normally, when a mobile-centric shooter gets a sequel, the developer stays in or around…

Vintage Punch-Out!! Arcade Flyer

Flyer for the 1984 Punch-Out!! arcade game. See page two below: Via the Arcade Flyer Archive You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Groomer Turns Dog into Nintendo Nightmare Fuel

That’s not a dog in a Nintendo sweater. You are looking at groomed, dyed, and trimmed dog hair. Let’s call this pooch “Yoshi Dog.” Recently, the Intergroom dog grooming convention was held in New Jersey. Courtesy Buzzfeed (via GoNintendo) are these photos of a Nintendo themed-grooming from a creative challenge competition. Creative? Yes. Terrifying? Definitely.…

Zero Suit Samus Now Wears High Heels

Smash Bros. WiiU and 3dS will feature Armored and Zero Suit Samus as separate playable characters. The Zero Suit now features some serious heels. See character art below: Here’s everything Kotaku knows about the new Smash Bros. games. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and…

Everything We Learned About Smash Bros Today

Thanks to a special Smash Bros. focused Nintendo Direct today, there is a ton of new information on both the 3DS and Wii U versions of Smash Bros. Let’s take a moment to recap both the major news, and some of the smaller things you might’ve missed, shall we? Launch Date The 3DS version drops…

Watch All Of Today’s Smash Bros. Reveals, Right Here

If you missed it, all 39 minutes of today’s Nintendo Direct covering the next Smash Bros. game is right here for you to watch. Come for the character reveals—like Charizard!—and stay for the wacky fighting styles of The Villager and the Wii Fit goons. To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or…

Here’s What Will Get You Banned In Super Smash Bros.

During today’s Nintendo Direct covering all things Smash Bros, the director of the game—Masahiro Sakurai—outlined the kinds of player behavior that will get you banned (or at least temporarily so) from the game. Good news for multiplayer players, who are accustomed to experiencing at least some level of some of these annoyances. And if this…

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…