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Store Perfectly Illustrates One Of Nintendo’s Biggest Problems…

Spotted by the fine folks over at Vooks, the above drawing, seen in JB Hi-Fi just perfectly illustrates one of the biggest challenges Nintendo has with the perennially struggling Wii U: the mainstream audience that adored the Wii simply doesn’t know that the Wii U exists. And, if they are aware of its existence, they…

Psst. There Are a Lot of Indie Games Coming To Wii U

Watch this video from Nintendo Europe and you will see that, for 160 seconds or so, the Wii U suddenly seems like a burgeoning indie gaming paradise. What is happening here? Technically, you’re seeing Nintendo of Europe boss Satoru Shibata hype a bunch of download-only eShop Wii U games from European and Australian developers. (Hey,…

Nintendo Sues Modding Business Over Sale of Game-Copying Devices

Nintendo today sued a Miami-based modding business saying its operation “blatantly promotes and sells unauthorized Nintendo games” along with flash cards and other devices to copy them. HackYourConsole.com is named in the complaint, filed in federal court for the Southern District of Florida. Its website lists five varieties of R4 flashcards for sale, plus has…

Let’s Take A Quick Trip To Animal Crossing Plaza

Following this morning’s announcement, I downloaded Nintendo’s Animal Crossing Plaza app to my Wii U to see what I could see. Animals, mostly. Some of them even crossed.

Japanese Luigi Is the Best, Scariest Luigi

At first, I was just delighted to see that Nintendo’s iconic second fiddle was getting a live-action commercial in his native Japan. But, after finding out exactly who’s wearing Luigi’s overalls, this clip featuring Mario’s brother feels even more awesome. The gentleman in the green cap is Junji Inagawa, best known as an actor, producer,…

Animal Crossing Comes To The Wii U With Animal Crossing Plaza

Available today for the Wii U as a free download, Animal Crossing Plaza is a community hub for the popular 3DS town sim, packed with special features to help fans share their AC experience on the big screen. Coinciding with the launch of the Wii U Animal Crossing: New Leaf community, the plaza is a…

Like Vocaloid? This Nintendo Music Game Has It.

Nintendo DS game Daigasso! Band Brothers (aka Jam with the Band) is getting a sequel. It’s called Daigasso! Band Brothers P, with the “P” standing for “producer” and “professional.” Like in the previous game, you can lay down tracks with various instruments. In the latest one, you can pick from 72 different instruments. You can…

Watch All of Today’s Nintendo Direct Right Here

Animal Crossing stuff. Luigi stuff. Multiple flavors of Zelda stuff! That was a fair amount of news to take in during today’s Nintendo Direct broadcast. Now you can peruse it all at your leisure right here. What developments excites you the most?

A Darker Look At The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is set in the same world as its predecessor, A Link to the Past, but it’s way in the future, and the Link you’ll play on the 3DS this November is totally different than the Link you played on Super Nintendo two decades ago. Video footage above.

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…