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Well, that didn’t take long. Remember that $90,000 Kickstarter to make a Metroid fan film—one that didn’t have Nintendo’s permission? Yeah, it ended about like you’d expect. They’d gotten about $20,000, with two weeks left in the fund drive.

In this, the year of Luigi: here’s this kind of bizarre, kind of funny fake ‘documentary’ by Nintendo about finding a parkour pro version of Luigi.

Looks Like We’re Getting A Zelda-Themed Wii U (And It’s Pretty Slick)

Is that a slick gold design I see on this Wii U? Possibly part of a Zelda: Wind Waker Wii U bundle? Earlier this week, Destructoid floated rumors that we might be seeing a Zelda-packed Wii U bundle at some point in the near future, and this image, taken from a since-pulled Nintendo trailer spotted…

Disney Infinity: The Kotaku Review

Disney Infinity is a wonderful way for children of all ages to indulge their desire to create and explore, but are all of these colorful pieces ofexpensive plasticreally necessary? Setting aside the game’s creativity-exercising segment for the moment, let’s consider the origin of Disney Infinity. The game’s roots lie in 2010’s Toy Story 3: The…

Splinter Cell And One Of The Most Notorious Places in the World

I was reminded of how powerful big-budget video games can be—yet how frustratingly tame they often remain—while I was playing the new Splinter Cell. This game goes somewhere I didn’t expect. Spoilers ahead. Close the window you’re reading this in now if you don’t want to know. Keep it open if you want to know…

Nintendo’s Worst Bad Guys Look Awesomely Disgusting in These Busts

Man, you’d think that being a recurring villain in one of Nintendo’s best-loved franchises would get you a decent dental plan. But, from the looks of the choppers on Wario in the sculpture above, the job of evil doppelganger certainly does not. The busts above are the work of artist Cig Neutron, and will be…

Bad News for the PS Vita: No Monster Hunter 4 Anytime Soon

Remember how popular Monster Hunter was on the PSP in Japan? And how it became a system seller for the Sony hardware? And how the PSP was pretty much the machine Japanese people used to play Monster Hunter? Remember that? This time around things are different. Monster Hunter 4 is coming to the 3DS, and…

Sounds Like Zelda: Wind Waker HD Comes With A Lot Of Changes

The Wii U remake of The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker has a bunch of new tweaks and features, if previews out of Germany are to believed. Reporters and attendees at GamesCom this week got to play the first-ever HD Zelda, which comes out for Wii U in October. They say it’s different. Much different.…

Are you ready to Fish On with this week’s Nintendo Download? Not just normal Fish On, mind you, but Fish On 3D. Now that I think about it, you’re probably not ready. Get started with some Ninja Gaiden II and the digital release of Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward, and we’ll see where you are…

For Japan’s Nerd Heroine, Pokémon is a Bridge Between Strangers

Shoko Nakagawa, Japan’s own nerd heroine and queen of Pokémonhasn’t exactly had an easy upbringing. Her school life after elementary school was mostly filled with rejection and alienation from classmates due to her being different. But staying true to her love of Pokémon has paid off in spades as she recalls in her new book,…

I Would So Play This Fake Pacific Rim Video Game

Pacific Rim never got an 8-bit Nintendo game. Why? Because Guillermo Del Toro wasn’t making big Hollywood movies during the 1980s, that’s why. But what if he were… Okay, title screen up there. Ignore the 2013 copyright and pencil in 1987. Do it. So, now kaiju are on Earth, threatening human existence, blah, blah, blah.…

I’ve Played Skylanders On The PS4, And There’s No Going Back

I didn’t fully appreciate the next generation of consoles until last Friday, when I got the chance to play Skylanders: Swap Force for a couple hours on the PlayStation 4. It’s not that I consider the third installment of Activision’s wildly popular toys-meets-games franchise to be the pinnacle of gaming achievement or anything. I know…

If you’re a sucker for hyper-detailed trailer analysis, then take a look at the detective work being done by the folks at ArkhamOriginsVideos on the news trailer for October’s Batman: Arkham Origins game. The Dark Knight detective would be proud.

The Fastest Leveling Up In Disney Infinity Is Just a Giant Fan Away

Tired of grinding through adventures to earn your Silver and Gold character statues in Disney Infinity? YouTube user Craig Sullivan (viaChris Kohler’s Twitter) discovered this simple-yet-devious means of leveling up in minutes. Having had all of my progress eaten by the PlayStation 3 problems, I am certainly down with a little creative cheating. All you…

Going to PAX? Go Hands-On With Pokémon X and Y

PAX-goers will be the first in North America to get their hands on Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, Nintendo said today in an announcement of its activities at the expo less than 10 days away. Nintendo’s presence at PAX will include a dedicated Pokémon Gaming Lounge, located on the second floor of the Washington State…

To Be Fair, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes‘ Galactus Is OMG Squirrel Girl

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes reveals its ultimate villain, and we are all acting surprised. I gasped audibly. We did not see this coming. Well, we did see it coming. We just didn’t know it would be so freaky. Of all the incarnations of Marvel’s world-eating ultimate menace, the brief glimpse we’re given here in the…

The Horror: If Super Mario Bros. 3 Were Made For Smartphones

There are things in the world that should never happen. Game designer Ethan Levy’s “evil” Candy Crush-ized remake of Super Mario Bros. 3 is one of them. He was just kidding when he explained how he’d re-make it. Hopefully Levy was one of three game designers who was recently challenged to create an “evil” version…

The Best Pokémon Reenactment of the Summer

Some Pokémon characters are fairly easy to bring to life. Other characters are quite difficult and certainly no day at the beach. That is, unless you are already at the beach. The above image is a recreation of Dugtrio, a Mole Pokémon, facing off with Machamp, the multi-armed macho Superpower Pokémon. The reenacted version isn’t…

So Many Pokémon Cheaters Entered Online Tournament

Last month, an official Pokémon wi-fi tournament allowed Pocket Monster players from all over the world a chance to compete. For a large number, it was a chance to cheat. According to The Pokémon Company, the 2013 Global Showdown saw a whopping 1,558 cheaters. These players didn’t use regular in-game Pokémon or special rare Pokémon…

Not All New Skylanders Split In Half. Some Are Sabertooth Turtles.

More of a sabertooth turtle dinosaur, I suppose. This is Slobber Tooth, and he’s one of the latest non-splitting Skylanders champions, joining the fray when Swap Force hits October 13. The whole Swap Force mechanic is nice and all, but I’m a sucker for a well-designed one piece with a focus on function. I had…