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Donkey Kong, Tecmo Bowl and Wario Land 3 are all headed to the 3DS’s Virtual Console, Nintendo said today. Super Mario Bros. 3 is coming to Wii U VC later this year.

Only Wii U Owners Can Dress Up as Mario in Rayman Legends

When it got delayed earlier this year, Rayman Legends became a symbol of the agonizing plight of the Wii U owner. It was cruel to hear a game that folks were holding out for would be going to competing consoles. But now, there’s a little reward for Nintendo loyalists that PS3 and 360 owners won’t…

Nintendo Direct launching at 10am Eastern—you can watch it live right here, or stick around on Kotaku as we bring you all the news as it happens.

No Bethesda Games Coming To Wii U Anytime Soon

In a recent interview at QuakeCon, Bethesda’s Pete Hines explained to Joystiq why they’re not bringing any of their upcoming titles—The Elder Scrolls Online, Wolfenstein: The New Order and The Evil Within—to Nintendo’s console in the near future: None of the games we’ve announced are being developed for the Wii U, so it’s guaranteed that…

Nintendo’s Latest Plan To Explain The Wii U: Jokes!

Nintendo’s latest stab at improving the messaging around the Wii U involves jokes. Everyone likes jokes! Here we see a new Nintendo UK ad featuring British comedian Rufus Hound. Nintendo seems to have seen Sony’s pitchman Kevin Butler and thought, “You know what, we need someone like that!” The results are mixed, though it’s good…

Nintendo Direct Coming Tomorrow For Wii U, 3DS

Don’t you just love Nintendo Directs? There’s one tomorrow at 10am Eastern and it’ll be all about Wii U and 3DS games. Here’s hoping for news on Bravely Default

Boy Credits Mario Kart After He Stops Out-of-Control Car

Ten year-old Gryffin Sanders and his four year-old brother were riding with their great-grandmother when she suddenly passed out. “I tried to wake her up at first,” Gryffin said. The car was going 60 miles an hour and heading towards oncoming traffic. “My first thought was actually, is this a test or what?” Gryffin told…

3DS Update Adds StreetPass Relay Points, Removes Need For Real People

Hear that? It’s rural America’s sprawling masses roaring their approval for Nintendo’s latest 3DS update, allowing North American owners to exchange StreetPasses for games via one of the country’s more than 29,000 Nintendo Zone locations instead of sitting in the empty mall cradling their console and crying. Living in the suburbs myself, I only get…

Tips for Playing Pikmin 3

Pikmin 3 is good at many things. But it’s not so good at explaining the best parts of its control scheme or even how to have the most fun with Nintendo’s new game. Thank goodness we’re here to provide you some tips… Use The Wii Remote, Nunchuk and GamePad You can control Pikmin 3 purely…

Kirby is acting like a face-hugger on top of poor Samus in Masahiro Sakurai’s latest Smash Bros screenshot. The world’s first intergalactic pink puffball waddles his way into the battle. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can find. Send us suggestions…

Pikmin 3: The Kotaku Review(s)

I can’t review Pikmin 3 just once. I won’t. I’m going to review it seven times. Before I get to the reviewing, though, let me do some explaining. In case you don’t know. Pikmin games are made by Nintendo and were dreamt up by Shigeru Miyamoto, the man credited with inventing Mario and Zelda. Pikmin…

With Pikmin 3 releasing today, now’s as good a time as any to catch up on the history and trivia behind this series—including its origins as a GameCube tech demo, its influence on Super Mario Galaxy, and the fact Nintendo crossbred a new flower variety (Bacopa Cabana) to promote it. [Did You Know Gaming?]

Watch Us Play… Pikmin 3 And Try To Do This Thing Called ‘Teamwork’

Pikmin 3‘s timed missions are tough, even in co-op. Here’s one of the early ones. Kotaku‘s Steve Marinconz and I had just seven minutes to slay a mighty monster. Could we do it? We recorded the video a couple of days ago, if that matters to you. For more impressions of the Wii U’s first…

Whoops! Target Advertises Wii As Wii U

Brand confusion has long been an issue for the Wii U. Thanks to the confusing name and the similarities between the look of Nintendo’s newest console and their last one, some have mistaken the Wii U for a Wii accessory. This certainly can’t help. As spotted by Twitterer @Shane1323, Target’s most recent ad for the…

Pikmin 3 is finally here and you can download it this weekend. The ultra-cute strategy game leads the list of downloadable games hitting Nintendo hardware this week. Cloudberry Kingdom also comes out right about now, along with Kirby’s Dreamland 2, Disney’s Planes and Harvest Moon, too. Check out the full list of games that will…

Why Nintendo Says it Doesn’t Make Art

Nintendo has been fighting an uphill battle with the Wii U. To say sales havenot been good is a bit of an understatement. But the news is not all doom and gloom, and Nintendo’s dandy helmsman, Satoru Iwata is ever optimistic. In a3-partinterview with Toyo Keizai Online, Iwata talked about the gaming industry and game…

Modern Mario Has Blood, HD Graphics And…Dragons

Now, there’s nothing wrong with the original Super Mario Bros. It’s a classic. Still, I can’t help but gush over this “modern” take on the game by Deloix; it manages to bring Mario to 2013 without completely shedding its retro roots. At the very least, I’d play an HD remake that looked like this. I…

Wii U Arkham Origins Won’t Have Multiplayer, But Will It Cost Less?

Holy smaller video game, Batman! Warner Bros. has confirmed that the newly-revealed multiplayer modes for Batman: Arkham Origins won’t be included in the Wii U version of the game. As spotted by Eurogamer and IGN, the official press release accompanying the multiplayer announcement indicated that Arkham Origins‘ multiplayer modes will only be available on PS3,…

Nintendo’s Brighter Gaming Future

Amid much ado about Nintendo’s high 3DS sales and low Wii U sales, we’ve also got an updated chart of game release dates from the House of Mario. This one shows the major releases for both Nintendo consoles, though it surely omits most of the surprise downloadable releases the company loves to dole out. What…

The 3DS and Its Strong Lineup Push Nintendo to a Profit

While the Wii U’s sales may be a stark disappointment to Nintendo, it still found hope in its handheld lineup, with particular thanks to the western release of Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Sales of the 3DS and its titles helped boost the company to a profit in the first quarter of its fiscal year. The…