Nintendo

New Nintendo Direct. Friday, May 17. 10am Eastern. “Updates on Wii U and 3DS games launching this summer.” Right here

Digital Foundry have had a very good look at a Wii U controller. It’s interesting stuff. Check it out

Nintendo Forcing Ads On Some YouTube “Let’s Play” Videos

Nintendo of America has muscled in on the world of “let’s play” videos on YouTube, inserting commercials into user-made clips that are of “a certain length”. Seems that late last year the publisher registered with YouTube as a “partner”, registering their content with the video service’s database. While Nintendo claims (via Go Nintendo) that “most…

No, Nintendo Didn’t Call Wind Waker‘s Tutorials ‘Annoying’

An article floating around the web yesterday claimed that Nintendo had sent them a press release calling Zelda: Wind Waker‘s tutorials “annoying” and sailing “a bit of a chore,” but the Zelda makers tell Kotaku that’s not true. Yesterday, the website Operation Rainfall—a blog originally formed as a fan campaign to petition that Nintendo bring…

Nintendo: Tom Nook Is ‘Misunderstood’

As I play an advance copy of the newest version of Nintendo’s beloved Animal Crossing games, I’ve again been pondering the nature of Tom Nook, a character who could teach Bowser and Mother Brain a thing or two about tormenting a Nintendo gamer. Tom Nook, if you don’t know, is one of the recurring characters…

Add WWE 2K14 to the list of sports video games with no announced Wii U version. (NBA 2K14 is “TBA,” says Take-Two.) No Madden, no FIFA, no NCAA, no NHL. Will the Wii U see any sports titles?

Pokémon X/Y Sure Looks Like France

As with past Pokémon games, the latest one, Pokémon X/Y, takes its visual cue from real world geography. For example, in the last big Pokémon titles, Pokémon Black/White, the in-world map was apparently modeled after New York City. This time, the game appears to be modeled after France—though, as one Kotaku reader points out, the…

New 3DS Colour Option Is Very Metal

Nintendo Japan just unveiled a new colour of 3DS. It’s not red. It’s metallic red. It’ll be released in Japan on June 13.

We’re Getting Another Adventure Time Game, And Not Just On The 3DS

Oh, joy joy joy! WayForward and D3Publishers are teaming up with Adventure Time writer Pen Ward again for a second Adventure Time game, the companies announced today in a press release. That image here of Finn? That pretty much explains how I feel about this. (Minus the punchiness.) I quite enjoyed the first 3DS/DS Adventure…

See Four New Pokémon in Action in the Newest Gameplay Trailer

Pokémon X and Pokémon Y got a new game trailer this morning, and shed more light on the game, including four new Pokémon, when it arrives in October for the 3DS. Say hello to Fletchling, Pancham, Helioptile and Gogoat. The game will take place in an entirely new region, named Kalos, whose central hub is…

Rumor: Nintendo Ending Gay Marriage Bug in Popular Game [Update]

In Nintendo’s wildly popular sim Tomodachi Collection: New Life for the 3DS, there is a bug that apparently enables male Miis the ability to marry other male Miis. Apparently, make that, enabled. Today, Nintendo released a statement about a Tomodachi Collection: New Life patch. In the statement, Nintendo writes that those experiencing the following things…

Homemade Piranha Plant From Super Mario With A Twist: It Breathes Fire

The iconic carnivorous piranha plants from the Super Mario games can be enticing, but I’m sure no one will approach the garden where this giant, six-foot-tall, fire-breathing replica stands. You can watch the entire creation process at hackaday Home made 6 foot tall, fire breathing piranha plant from Super Mario Brothers [YouTube] To contact the…

Super Mario World: The Kotaku Review

Super Mario World, which is a game about a plumber riding a dinosaur, is filled with rules that make absolutely no sense. For example, if you—and by “you” I mean the character you inhabit, Mario the plumber—jump on something dangerous, it will kill you, unless you are big, or wearing a costume, or riding a…

Japanese Kids Can Soon Enjoy Their Arcade Pokémon At Home

Okay, a little clarification is probably needed here. The new peripheral, the Pokémon TRETTA Lab for Nintendo 3DS, is a 3DS attachment and software bundle developed by Japanese toy company Takara Tomy A.R.T.S and game developer Marvelous AQL that allows players to load data of captured Pokémon from the arcade game, Pokémon TRETTA, to analyze,…

Developer Says Its Wii U Dev Kits Are “Collecting Dust”

Those hoping for a Just Cause game – or any game from developers Avalanche – on the Wii U had better not hold their breath, because while the studio is in possession of some development kits for Nintendo’s console, it’s certainly not using them. In an interview with Norwegian site pressfire, Avalanche’s Christofer Sundberg says…

It’s the Fifth Game of Another Mario Sub-Series! Let’s Take a Tour.

The fifth Mario vs. Donkey Kong game is upon us, though this is now the Mario and Donkey Kong series: Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move for the Nintendo 3DS. Any good? Yeah, good little puzzle game with some weird not-as-good mini-games. It’s $10, download-only. I’ll give you a tour. Just watch the…

Rumor: Bug Makes Gay Marriage Possible in Nintendo Game [Update]

Tomodachi Collection is Nintendo’s take on The Sims. But unlike The Sims, same-sex marriages have apparently not been allowed. Until now. In the recently released Tomodachi Collection: New Life, players are reporting a “bug” that allows male Mii characters to marry each other. It does not appear to allow female characters to do the same.…

Thought Experiment: A Console Without First-Person Shooters

American gamers love first-person shooters, but imagine a game console that didn’t have any. Imagine one with no Call of Duty and no Battlefield. No Metro Last Light. No Wolfenstein. No big new FPS from Bungie. No big FPS from Respawn. No Killzone. No Halo. No Counter-Strike. No BioShock. No Borderlands This shouldn’t be that…

This video shows how Resident Evil: Revelations will work on the Wii U’s two screens. It’s interesting to see it in action, since the game was initially released as a (very good) 3DS game before being up-scaled to set-top consoles. So, you’ll be able to play the Wii U version of the game much the…

Princess Peach Will Kill You In Precisely Seven Levels

The Ring girl crossed with Princess Peach is a terrifying thought. Consider your childhood memories—and every console connected to a screen—forever ruined. Or at least ruined for the next seven days, after which you realize you were being ridiculous. C’mon, guys, seriously. The Ring girl isn’t real! …Right? Um, I’ll be in my bunker for…