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Finding Porn While Searching for Pokémon X? Maybe You’re Doing It Wrong.

The new Pokémon games are titled Pokémon X and Pokémon Y. Have you ever searched either of those games on Google? If you are stumbling upon pornography, it might not be Pokémon, it could be you. Kotaku has been getting tips that point out entering “Pokemon X Videos” on Google turns up X-rated porn. Forums,…

One of the Most Impressive Nintendo Collections in Japan

By day, Tokyo resident Isao Yamazaki is a website developer. By night, he’s at home, perusing one of the most amazing Nintendo collections you can find in Japan or anywhere else. Yamazaki fell in love with Nintendo early on. “I started collecting Nintendo items 30 years ago, in 1982,” he told website Before Mario. “My…

The Music In Fire Emblem: Awakening Is So. Hot.

I’ve been playing the upcoming 3DS game Fire Emblem: Awakening for the last week, and wanted to share some of the game’s music. We won’t be posting a full review for a little while still, but I can already say that the soundtrack, most of which you can already listen to on YouTube, is something…

Beautiful Video Game World Maps

World maps in video games are usually pretty great. We love world maps! You can use them to track the results of your progression through some grand adventure as new locations become accesible and your control over the world grows. A well-crafted world map in any game is always a sign of high quality. Plus,…

Rumor: Monster Hunter 4 Is Headed to the PS Vita [Update]

Oh boy. If this is true (big if!), the PS Vita could be poised for, ahem, a monster comeback. According to Japanese game magazine Game Lab, Nintendo 3DS exclusive Monster Hunter 4 was delayed to summer for a reason other than “improving quality”. That reason is apparently that the game is also being developed for…

Nintendo Spring Line-Up Brings Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon to 3DS on March 24

Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon comes to the 3DS on March 24, one highlight among several release dates Nintendo announced for its spring lineup this morning. Additionally, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity arrives in North America on the same date. (It released in Japan in November.) Other dates given in the lineup have LEGO City…

The Wii U Stumbles in Japan (But Don’t Count Nintendo Out)

If Japan is anything to go by, the Wii U hasn’t proven to be the smash hit Nintendo hoped it would be. Granted, hardware launches are tough. The 3DS had a difficult time getting off the ground. Now, it’s doing gangbusters. In Japan, the Wii U, however, is having a hard time lately. To put…

A Wii U Commercial Was Pulled Because A Single Person Complained

In Britain, the Advertising Standards Authority operates under a fairly simple rule. If even a single person complains about a commercial, they take a look at it, and if they agree, they can pull the ad from the airwaves. Which is exactly what happened recently with a Wii U commercial. You may have actually seen…

Boy, These Nintendo Consoles Are Gorgeous

Slovenian artist Zoki64 paints old video game consoles, turning the old into things that look brand new. Anyone can paint on a console, that’s the easy part. What’s so good about Zoki64’s work is that he pays attention to the finish, and not just the paint, giving his consoles a gloss that makes them look…

The Scribblenauts Miiverse Board Is Like A Warm Blanket Made Of Good Times and Smiles

We live in divisive times. The public discourse is rife with bickering and malice, and yet there is at least one thing we can all agree on: Scribblenauts is adorable. Today’s Miiverse Moment is a dose of sunshine and cotton candy from the most heartwarming place in the Miiverse: The Scribblenauts Unlimited community. It’s a…

Nintendo Is Making Its Console Division and Its Portable Division into One Division

Nintendo is joining its home console and handheld divisions into one unit to streamline its hardware, reports the Nikkei. That means the two divisions, which have been separate, will not work in concert. So don’t be surprised if future Nintendo handhelds have greater interaction with the home consoles!

Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata said there’s no new hardware for 2013. Instead, they will work at making amazing software.

How GameStop’s 500,000-Strong Wii U Wait List Number Became 320,000 Sales

Back in mid-November, just before the Wii U was released, mega gaming chain GameStop said they had some 500,000 people on a waiting list to get the Wii U. That sounded great. Last week, GameStop told investors that, through November and December, the mega chain sold 320,000 Wii U’s. Readers don’t need us to inform…

The Miiverse: A Place For Weird Questions, Weirder Answers.

The Miiverse is a place for amazing art and devoted fandom. It’s also an outlet for off-topic questions nobody has thought to ask, and bizarre topics nobody had thought to bring up elsewhere. Today’s Miiverse Moment is a look at some of the weirder off-topic and random statements that get thrown around on Nintendo’s social…

The 480th Argument Against Locking Content in Video Games

Many years ago, someone decided that games would be more fun if you couldn’t play all of them right away. Want to race on all the tracks of a racing game? Beat the easy ones to unlock the cooler ones. Want to fight as every fighter in a fighting game? Play a while and unlock…

This Pokémon Nerd Hero Is Way Good at Drawing

One of my favorite things is watching people draw. I’m not very good at drawing, but there’s something relaxing about watching people who are. Late last year, Japanese celeb Shoko Nakagawa appeared on a variety program and was able to show off how talented she is at art (and how other celebrities aren’t!). Nakagawa, who…

Nintendo Power Is Gone, But Nintendo Magazines Live On

Nintendo Power magazine may have released its final issue late last year, but the spirit of the publication lives on with Nintendo Force, a very shiny, very new magazine that’s hoping to take its place. Featuring writers from sites like 1UP, IGN and Destructoid, it’s got a very nice cover (note the subtle NES cartridge…

How a Phony Pikachu Trolled Japanese Twitter Users

Shortly after Nintendo revealed the newest Pokémon, Pocket Monsters X/Y, the above image started circulating on Twitter. “This seems to be an image of the evolved Pikachu from the new Pokémon,” the tweet read. Another image of this evolved Pikachu, which was apparently named “Kaenchu” (カエンチュ), also started making its way around the internet in…

This Nerdy Explanation for Pokémon X/Y Might Blow Your Mind [Update]

At first look, the titles for the new Pokémon, Pocket Monsters X and Pocket Monsters Y, sound like its creators are out of ideas. They sound like a joke—no wonder why they were perhaps suggested as such in 2008. But dig a little deeper (way deeper!), and things get interesting What if X and Y…

It’s Too Bad This Awesome Fire Emblem-Themed 3DS Isn’t An XL

On one hand, this Fire Emblem-themed 3DS (already out in Japan, and coming to North America soon) is gorgeous and classy as hell. On the other hand, there’s a significantly better model available Seriously, if this baby was a 3DS XL, I’d pre-order it right now. Come on, Nintendo!