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The Fastest Way To Ruin A Wii U Controller Is With These Hideous Stickers

Japanese peripheral company Hori, in their infinite widsom, have decided that the otherwise classy Wii U pad needs a little spicing up. So they’ve released a range of decals to help transform your expensive piece of consumer electronics into something that looks like a cheap Chinese knock-off. OK, maybe that’s being a little harsh. When…

One Clear Way The Wii U Kicks Microsoft And Sony’s Ass

It’s hard work seeing many ways in which Wii U games can best those found on consoles from 2005-06, at least visually, but there’s one area the Wii U is trumping Microsoft and Sony’s machines: power consumption. Despite packing a complex tablet-like controller, the Wii U draws roughly half the power of its current-gen competitors,…

You Can Buy Every Super Nintendo Game For Just $25,000

Just look at that list. This eBay user says he’s got all 721 Super Nintendo games ever released in the U.S., and he wants to sell them to you at the bargain-bin price of $25,000. “You are bidding on a complete set of every North American Super Nintendo (SNES) game ever released,” he writes. “This…

The Dorkly Weekly: Pokemon Rusty Learns EV Training with a Special Musical Guest

EV Training is a special way to play Pokemon that utilizes math to maximize each of your pocket monster’s statistics. Pokemon Rusty doesn’t get it, even after the amazing Mr. Brentalfloss expertly summarizes it in song. “You’re sucking the fun out.” I’ve never been much of a min-maxer myself, preferring to enjoy my games without…

Nintendo: Wii U’s Weird European Store Restrictions Due To German Law

Last week, it was revealed that European Wii U owners can only purchase 18+ rated games from the Wii U eShop during certain hours of the night. It seemed like a curious decision by Nintendo of Europe. As it turns out, the policy exists in order to comply with German law, which requires that any…

$26 Transforms Your iPhone or iPad Into the Ultimate Official Pokédex

Released last month in Japan, the official iOS Pokédex application is now available in North America and beyond, giving Pokémon fans around the globe access to the ultimate pocket monster compendium. Just don’t expect a kindly tree-named professor to hand it over for free. The official Pokédex app starts fans out with the critters from…

The Best (Cardboard) Wii U Review the Internet Has To Offer

Japanese comedy site Megwin bought a cardboard Wii U and put it through the paces, complete with plastic throwing stars, toy swords and pellet guns. If you don’t know Japanese, click on the annotations button for English subtitles. WiiU世界最速レビュー!!体験体感超楽しい!! [Megwin@YouTube via Tiny Cartridge] Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the…

In Less than 24 Hours, This Lady Broke Her Wii U GamePad [Update]

Longtime owners of Nintendo hardware know how the handhelds and game machines have always been built tough. In recent years, that seems less true (DS Lite hinge problems, anyone?). And even less so for Nintendo’s newest hardware, the Wii U. In Japan, a Twitter user uploaded this pic of a busted GamePad, writing that it…

Nintendo Told Us All Along That Blowing On The Cartridge Wouldn’t Work

The popular myth has been debunked: you can’t blow on cartridges to make them work. Actually, blowing on the cartridge might damage it. Sorry, folks. It’s true. But, apparently the myth never needed to be debunked in the first place. Nintendo has kind of been telling us all along. We just weren’t paying attention. Luke…

Bob Loblaw Would Approve Of These Amazing Arrested Development NES Carts

There may not have been an actual Arrested Development Nintendo game, but that hasn’t stopped the folks at 72Pins from imagining what might have been. You can now get a set of 6 carts for made-up Arrested Development games, each one created by artist Jesse Eisemann. There’s Mr. Bananagrabber, Steve Holt!, and of course, Chicken…

In Europe, You Can Only Download Mature-Rated Wii U Games At Night

If you’d like to buy 18+ rated games on the Wii U’s European eShop, you’ll have to do it after the sun goes down. When the kids are tucked into bed, and no one can see you sin. The policy came to light after NeoGAFer Panajef2001a tried to access the Italian store during the day,…

Witness The Janky Origins of the Wii U GamePad

In a roundtable discussion posted on Nintendo’s website last night, president Satoru Iwata and the team behind Nintendo Land revealed some interesting tidbits about the Wii U development process, as well as the hilariously constructed GamePad prototype you see above. Part of the ongoing Iwata Asks series, the talk quickly turned to the topic of…

(Possible) Wreck-It Ralph Sequel To (Maybe) Feature Mario

Fire up those warp pipes people, because the man behind Disney’s hit Wreck-It Ralph has designs on bringing everyone’s favorite mustachioed plumber to the potential sequel. Director and story writer Rich Moore has talked about a Wreck-It Ralph sequel since the film’s release last month, where it broke box office records for Walt Disney Animation…

In My Dreams, This Zelda Poster Is Hanging At My Local Cinema

Or at least at my local game store, perhaps to raise awareness of, oh, a HD re-release for the Wii U. Or a 3DS re-release. Or something “Windwaker” Inspired 13×19 Inch Print [DirtyGreatPixels]

Donkey Kong Country 3 Gets A Mondo Remix Album, Years in The Making

The giant video game musical collective Overclocked Remix has turned their attention to Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble! and released a massive, 77-song remix album. It’s their 36th remix album, and it features over 69 artists, including musical performances by DKC3 composer David Wise. (Who, incidentally, is still working, making the music…

Captain America Reminds Iron Man That He Knows How to Actually Fight in This Week’s Nintendo Download

Look, I know that the Iron Man movies ushered in a new wave of Marvel cinematic dominance. But Tony Stark isn’t in charge of things in that superhero universe. Captain America is. He’s got actual battlefield experience and a rank in his codename. In this brave new era of Nintendo embracing all things online, full…

In Japan, NicoNico is coming to the Wii U as a free app

Welcome To A House Of Horrors (I Don’t Think This Is How You’re Supposed To Play Animal Crossing…)

So, I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’m a bit of an Animal Crossing addict. The game continues to be a smash hit in Japan. So much so that even now, almost a month after its initial release, most stores are still sold out with only the download version available. Players clock into…

That is One Giant, Over-Sized Game Boy You’ve Got There

This is a Game Boy made by MaboroshiTira. It doesn’t work, in so much as you can’t put a regular cartridge in it and play it. Because, uh, it’s made of cardboard. Its buttons do press in, though, which is a bonus, because really, just looking at this thing is pleasure enough. MaboroshiTira [DeviantArt, via…

Zen Pinball and Its Merry Marvel Tables are Marching to the Wii U eShop

Zen Studios’ hugely successful pinball simulation lands on its third console, the Wii U, later this month via the Wii U eShop. The game will incorporate features specific to the Wii U’s GamePad, which includes controlling the plunger on the touchscreen, cycling through information displayed on the table’s dot-matrix readout, rotating camera views and a…