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It’s a rather interesting choice to do a mashup of the art style from Kentucky Route Zero and Link, camping in the Lost Woods from the first Legend of Zelda. But digital artist Denzel Sterling was able to do it in a really charming way. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing…

Watch Today’s Special Pokemon X/Y Nintendo Direct Right Here

Satoru Iwata and Junichi Masuda in the same room, talking about Pokemon. A paid online Pokemon storage. New mega Pokemon. There’s even a few neat retrospectives—a great deal of fascinating stuff for any Pokemon fan. You can watch it all above, and make sure to chime in with your favorite parts below. Pokemon Direct 9.4.2013…

Charizard, Venusaur and Blastoise Will Have Mega Evolutions

In today’s Pokemon-themed Nintendo Direct, it was announced that not only will players receive the original starters from Red and Blue in Pokemon X & Y—Bulbasaur, Charmander Squirtle—but these Pokemon, once fully raised, will be able to Mega evolve. Take a look: Additional info, from the Pokemon website: when mega evolved, Venusaur’s ability becomes “Thick…

Two new Pokemon 3DS XL systems are coming to North America. During today’s Nintendo Direct, the company announced that two special Pokemon X/Y-themed 3DS XL models, one blue and one red, will be coming to America on September 27.

Pokemon X and Y Lets You Store Pokemon Online… For an Annual Fee

Today, Nintendo announced a new downloadable 3DS companion app for their upcoming Pokemon X and Y versions. It’s called Pokemon Bank, and it’s used to store in-game Pokemon in the cloud. Pokemon Bank allows you to store Pokemon in online boxes—100 boxes, meaning 3000 Pokemon in total, which is far more than the game’s in-built…

Animal Crossing Sure Looks… Different in Manga Form

This is the Animal Crossing you are used to. The latest issue of CoroCoro Comics certainly isn’t. Yes, this is just a gag (notice how the character in the bottom corner is totally shocked), but it’s still fun to see a totally different AC in an officially licensed manga. And no, the manga apparently won’t…

I Kinda Wish This ‘Nintendo 1DS’ Were A Real Thing

Don’t get too excited—this is fake. But it’s one hell of a spoof. A Wii U-like gamepad that can output 3DS games on your phone or TV, with the pad serving as your bottom screen and the TV/phone working as the top display? I’d buy the hell out of that. (thanks, Geek Industries!)

Pokémon Rumble U Is Much Better With NFC Toys. Weird.

The coolest feature of Pokémon Rumble U only works with the $3.99 collectible figures purchased separately from the $17.99 downloadable title, making it a mediocre game with optional improvement. Interesting idea. In Pokémon Rumble U, players can collect and battle up to 649 different Pokémon by picking up capsules in the game’s various story arenas.…

For Sale: Freakin’ Amazing Nintendo Art

Remember those creepy Nintendo bust sculptures from a few weeks ago? They were pretty cool, right? Well, they’re just a small part of a massive NES-themed art show opening in New York City this Friday. We’ve got a look at more pieces that will be in Bottleneck Gallery’s upcoming 3NES art exhibit and, honestly, they’re…

The Only Place You Won’t Find Minecraft Is On Nintendo Systems

Beginning life on the PC, Minecraft has since appeared on *deep breath* iOS, Android, Xbox 360, Mac, Linux, the Raspberry Pi (!) and, soon, the PS3, PS4, Vita and Xbox One. That’s just about every major platform and manufacturer out there. Oh, except one. Nintendo. Despite the smashing success the game has enjoyed on every…

All These People Are Waiting to Play the Remastered Wind Waker at PAX

Remember when Nintendo unveiled The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker back in the day, and everyone lost their minds because of its cel-shaded graphics? And there was basically a storm of hatred until the game was released, at which point everyone played it and realized it was incredible? All those people are at PAX right…

Mighty Switch Force 2 is Following its Predecessor Onto Wii U

3DS eShop favorite Mighty Switch Force 2 is making its way to the Wii U’s digital storefront “by popular request,” Wayforward Technologies announced this week on its blog. The developer estimates that it will arrive in October. The original Mighty Switch Force was similarly ported from 3DS to Wii U as Mighty Switch Force: Hyper…

Batman’s Next Portable Game Has Some Castlevania, Metroid and Mega Man

The Dark Knight’s return to handheld gaming will feature multiple endings in an homage to classic old-school games of bygone eras. Set after the end of Batman: Arkham Origins:, Batman: Arkham Origins: Blackgate puts Bruce Wayne’s alter ego inside of Gotham’s max-security prison after an mysterious explosion allows inmates to take over the facility. When…

Report: Wii U Early Adopters Won’t Get Special Treatment From Nintendo [UPDATE]

When Nintendo dropped the price of the 3DS mere months after its release in 2011, it offered a mollifying “Ambassador Program” to early adopters of the handheld system. That program included 20 free games available to players who bought the 3DS before a certain date. Now that the Wii U’s price is dropping $50 on…

Watch Me Play The New Pokémon Game

Want to see some Mega Pokémon? Watch me play some five minutes of this special Pokémon X/Y demo, made just for PAX. The game comes out on October 12 for 3DS.

Is Armillo The Feel-Good Story Of PAX 2013? It Is For Me.

Two years ago, I’m at PAX in Seattle. I’m trying to cover every indie game possible, but even I have my limits. I spot a game called Armillo, don’t pay it much mind, but a developer ropes me in. It’s a Super–Mario–Galaxy–Bomberman–Sonic kind of thing. Looks slick. I’m impressed. I post about it. Commenters like…

In These Colors, The 2DS Actually Looks Pretty Sexy

Looking at these mock-ups of the 2DSby MYE, I can’t help but wonder if the reaction to the handheld would have been different had these actually been the colors that Nintendo unveiled the 2DS with. I mean, I can’t be the only one that looks at these and thinks they actually make the 2DS look…

The first trailer for Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate for the 3DS and Vita is rather snazzy, showing off comic book-style cutscenes and some interesting 2.5D interpretation of the console game’s moves. What’s with the big guy at the end, though? Wasn’t Batman’s first encounter with him during Arkham City, some six years down the line?

‘The video game industry has become the whipping boy for laziness…’

Recently, a clip of a pro baseball coach imparting some life lessons to a young boy went viral online. One of those lessons: “Do you play video games? Don’t do that either, or you’ll be dumb like the rest of these idiots. That’s all they do is play video games. You come home from school…

Nintendo of America Chief on Xbox One and PS4: Being New Isn’t Enough

Nintendo has to compete with two more machines this fall, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, both launching in November. It’s part of Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime’s job description to be unfazed by that. Here’s his take on the pending competition: “I don’t think consumers buy hardware just because it’s sexy and new,”…