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Thieves Steal 7,000 Wii U Consoles In Daring Warehouse Heist
Look out, Danny Ocean, you’ve got some competition: Last night, in a daring warehouse heist near Seattle’s SeaTac airport, thieves made off with 7,000 Nintendo Wii U consoles. Yes, you read that right: Seven thousand As reported by ABC News, the heist occurred during last night’s storm. The thieves rolled into SeaTac’s Seattle Air Cargo…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 18, 2012 -
The Dorkly Weekly: Pokemon Rusty’s First Big Gym Battle
The saga of Pokemon Rusty continues this week, as our hapless hero fights his first gym battle—about 30 levels too early. I’m not sure which line I am going to steal from this one. “Logic is the rarest candy of them all!” is pretty good, but I’m leaning towards “God Digglett!” For more sick and…
By Mike Fahey Published December 17, 2012 -
Those Cute Pikmin Were Going to Be Your Weapons
Man there’s nothing like the feeling of commanding a squadron of Pikmin, is there? Over the course of two games, Nintendo’s too-cute strategy franchise has given you armies of multicolored plant creatures to mess around with. The little guys are so helpful and adorable that it tends to feel really bad when some of them…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 17, 2012 -
Kotaku EastDon’t Talk Sh*t About Reggie’s Japanese. Just Don’t.
Reggie Fils-Aime is the Nintendo of America honcho. And while he works for a Japanese company, he’s no Japanese language wizard like in-house localizer Bill Trinen. He is, however, a vengeful, vengeful man. They don’t call that man the Regginator for nothing. The wrath of Reggie [DiskSystemChronicles@YouTube] Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 17, 2012 -
When Only 42 People Are Playing Madden on the Wii U, It’s Not a Sports Console
Around halftime of a game on an NFL Sunday is a good time to take the temperature of the Madden NFL crowd. It’s like the water department analysis that shows everyone flushing the john when the Super Bowl goes to the break. In this case, online gamers, many of whom have their consoles running and…
By Owen Good Published December 16, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Why Resident Evil 4 Became a Nintendo Exclusive
Resident Evil 4 was released as a GameCube exclusive. And when Capcom ported the game to the PlayStation 2, Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami is quoted as saying he would “cut [his] own head off”. That infamous quote was probably a mistranslation. But there’s a reason why Mikami seemed so antagonistic towards Sony. What’s more,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 14, 2012 -
You Can Finally Get a Taste of Rayman Legends in This Week’s Nintendo Download
I really freakin’ loved Rayman Origins when it hit consoles last year. And I loved the Rayman Jungle Run mobile game that showed up on iOS and Android a few months ago. Remember that I raved about the music in those games, too? So, you can probably guess that I’m psyched for Rayman Legends on…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 13, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Two Similar Franchises Become Even More Similar With Simultaneously Announced “Charge” Weapons
Monster Hunter, the franchise that breathed life into the PSP, and arguably one of the biggest reasons that the 3DS outsells the DS in Japan. In the latest incarnation of the series, Monster Hunter 4 players will be able to wield not just one, but two new weapons with which to combat giant predators: The…
By Toshi Nakamura Published December 13, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Japanese Textbook Gives Sega The Cold Shoulder
Sega. Founded in 1940, the company has come a long way from its origins as a jukebox and slot machine maintenance firm. Until the boom of the PlayStation console, Sega stood alongside Nintendo as one of the Big Two video game console manufacturers. Long after its retreat from the console market back in 2001, Sega…
By Toshi Nakamura Published December 13, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Here’s What Japanese Gamers Suggest for Holiday Gifts
The Christmas season is upon us once again (as was frightfully apparent from the Christmas songs that started playing sometime around, oh, November 1st… (seriously, at least wait for Thanksgiving to be over)), and soon gifts will be piled under the Christmas tree for all to see and wonder at what goodies are contained within.…
By Toshi Nakamura Published December 13, 2012 -
Kotaku East
This Japanese Meme Is an Eyeful
Sponsors make television possible. And in Japan, those sponsors dominate the commercial breaks. During each show, they even get one shout out right before a commercial break, with an announcer saying that the program is brought to you by whatever. Normal enough, right? The ensuing meme is anything but. Welcome to the world of “sponsor…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 13, 2012 -
Tearing Open The New Wii Reveals Some Crazy Nintendo Decisions
Tech wizards Digital Foundry got their hands on a Canadian Wii Mini, and did the only thing the internet ever wanted them to do: rip it open and see what was inside. You’d think their findings would be pretty boring—”hey, it’s a Wii, but smaller”—but what they found with regards to internet connectivity is interesting.…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 13, 2012 -
The Smartest & Dumbest Things Nintendo Did in 2012
Well, someone had to go first. As far as history will be concerned, Nintendo did one thing and one thing only in 2012: they released a brand new console, putting the first of three nails into the coffin of a seven year old generation. That sounded weird. Whether they have Leeroy Jenkins-ed their way into…
By Holden Miller Published December 12, 2012 -
Kotaku EastThis Woman Is Totally Baffled by her Wii U’s Loading Times
Meet Megumi. She got a Wii U, and she thinks the Wii U’s operating system is “too slow”. To show how slow it is, Megumi presses the settings icon and then runs a stop watch. It takes nearly 17 seconds. And then, she presses back to the Wii U main menu and clocks that loading…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 12, 2012 -
This Isn’t Starfox Wii U, But It Sure Looks Good
Reader Ignacio Guajardo, a student at Ringling College of Art & Design, and his 3D artist cohorts (Garrett Stevens, Jati Darmawan, and Clayton Chod) recently created this environment trailer to see what Starfox on the Wii U could look like. Maybe something like this? Even if it doesn’t, nice work! Starfox Inspired Environment [IgnacioGadster@YouTube]
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 12, 2012 -
Take a Look at The Legend of Zelda Manga Inside The Hyrule Historia
We’ve already shown an exclusive sneak peek of the English translation of the Hyrule Historia, which is due out next year. Now, Kotaku gives you a full look at the 35-page manga that’s included in the Zelda hardcover. Drawn by Akira Himekawa—the collective nom de plume for artists A. Honda and S. Nagano—the story happens…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 11, 2012 -
Nintendo of America Says Wii U Online IDs Aren’t Locked To One Console Forever.
Since the Wii U was released last month, it’s been unclear whether Nintendo Network IDs—the online username and profile for any Wii U owner who plays, communicates and shops online on the system—is forever baked into the Wii U it is initially registered on. Users are not given any tools to transfer their Nintendo Network…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 11, 2012 -
Kotaku EastThis NSFW Wii U Commercial Is Certainly Not from Nintendo
It’s a parody. With edited porn imagery. Yesterday, this faux commercial appeared on Japanese video site NicoNico Douga, and since then, the clip has been spreading around Japanese cyberspace. This Wii U parody plays on the “game/gayme” pun and uses some footage from Japanese gay porn A Midsummer Night’s Lewd Dream (“Manatsu no Yoru no…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 11, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Yoshi Looks So Weird without a Nose
Just as Mario looks strange clean shaven, Yoshi looks truly odd without his round, bulbous schnoz. Then again, so does everyone. During the recent earthquake in Japan, a Yoshi figure was unfortunately damaged, which lets us see the iconic Nintendo character in a new and somewhat unsettling light. ACK! These are two photos of the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 11, 2012
