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Has Inflation De-Valued The Mario Coin?

If you’ve heard anything at all about the latest Super Mario Bros. game, you know that it has a lot of coins. So many coins. The diligent player can collect a million of the shiny little guys. An article over at Scripted Sequence ponders whether the ongoing inflation of coins in Mario games has led…

Let’s Enjoy the Old-Time Feel of This Amazing Mechanical Donkey Kong Machine

This contraption looks like an alternate-reality version of the arcade game that pretty much saved Nintendo. No pixels are present in engineer Martin Raynsford’s laser-cut re-creation of Donkey Kong but you do control Mario via an NES hooked up to servo motors. This first attempt only lets you jump as Mario but Raynsford writes that…

A Lovely Zelda Painting Comes To Life In Time-Lapse Video

Watch British artist Shanna May draw this cute Zelda painting in just four minutes. Ocarina not necessary. You can buy the painting here. You can also buy prints, in case for some reason you don’t want to spend £850 (~$1,377) on a canvas painting. Legend Of Zelda – Mega Painting [YouTube via GoNintendo]

I’m Sold on the Wii U GamePad’s Multiplayer

While at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, I got my first hands on with the Wii U. Other Kotaku editors have used the Wii U plenty, but since I didn’t go to E3, this was my first. Prior to picking it up for the first time, I really didn’t have high expectations for it—nor did…

Nintendo has confirmed to Eurogamer that the Wii U will be region locked. Surprised?

At Least Doctor Who Still Appreciates the Nintendo Wii

While the people from this particular planet are packing up their Wii consoles and preparing to trade them in for the next big thing, the last survivor of the planet Gallifrey is having a wonderful time flailing about in front of the television. In yesterday’s episode of Doctor Who, Matt Smith shows Wii Sports Tennis…

Bayonetta 2 Going to Wii U Isn’t a Platform Change, from Its Creator’s Certain Point of View

Some interesting doublespeak comes out of Tokyo Games Show, as reported by Polygon. Platinum Games’ executive director Atsushi Inaba affirmed that Bayonetta 2 wouldn’t exist without Nintendo publishing it. Most folks already saw it that way, but he put it on the record with Polygon, so there you go. But then, “We are not viewing…

Expect The Wii U Version of Dragon Quest X Next Spring… Maybe… Hopefully

At Tokyo Game Show 2012, Square Enix held an event with special guests, Yuuji Horii, the creator of the Dragon Quest series, and producer Yousuke Saitou to showcase the Wii U version of Dragon Quest X During the stage event, Horii was asked what the release date for the Wii U version of the game…

Tire Maker Erases All Evidence of Kevin Butler Playing a Wii [Update]

A couple weeks back, a tipster reminded me that Jerry Lambert, the actor who has portrayed “Vice President of Everything” Kevin Butler in the PlayStation ads for the past three years, once appeared in an ad for Bridgestone tires playing a Wii. It was quirky, but a little outdated. Interestingly, that video has since been…

Actually, It is Kinda B.S. That Bayonetta 2 is a Wii U Exclusive

It’s funny when anyone on the Internet flips out, but no one does it better than the video gamer. When the issue involves someone not getting what they want, when they want it, at the price they want it—and you yourself don’t want it—it’s entertaining as hell watching someone break into a Rumplestiltskenian fit on…

Don’t Panic: The Wii U Naysayers Are Wrong

Nintendo is doomed. Haven’t you heard? They’re about to release a new, underpowered console with a funny name that’s built around a silly gimmick. There’s no way anyone will buy it. Oh, wait. That was the Wii. And the DS. And the 3DS. All of which have turned into ridiculous successes for the folks who…

Hands On with the Brand New Circle Pad Pro for 3DS XL

Nintendo has once again made an add-on second Circle Pad for the 3DS. And, you know what, it’s not half bad. Actually, it seems like the Circle Pad Pro for the XL could be pretty good. The smartest thing about the larger Circle Pad Pro is its design. It’s not nearly as bulky as the…

Up Close with Circle Pad Pro for the 3DS XL

Yesterday, Nintendo revealed that a larger circle pad add-on was headed to the 3DS XL—something that Nintendo first mentioned this past summer. Here is a first look at the new Circle Pad Pro for the 3DS XL. Nintendo has not given a release date for the Circle Pad Pro for the 3DS XL, nor has…

10 GameCube Games That Should Be Downloadable On Wii U

The Wii U won’t play GameCube discs. But it will play the Virtual Console, Nintendo’s online shop that lets you buy games from old consoles like the Super Nintendo and N64. We’re two generations removed from the GameCube now. That qualifies it as an old console. So when chatting with Nintendo of America president Reggie…

This Week’s Nintendo Download Involves A Little Boy Hanging Out With Grown Men In Spandex

While I’m looking forward to Denpa Men, a new downloadable RPG for the eShop that sort of looks like a cross between Pikmin and Dragon Quest, I would strongly urge the folks behind the game to reconsider the above marketing campaign. This is the type of stuff that traumatizes kids for life. This week’s roundup…

In Monster Hunter 4, You Control Insect Minions

A demo of Capcom’s Monster Hunter 4 on the 3DS was up for play at the Tokyo Game Show, and here’s how the 15-minute gameplay was. They provided me with 3 different quests with a ranging difficulty of easy, medium and hard, and a premade set of armor for each of the special weapons in-game.…

First Look at the Circle Pad Pro for the Nintendo 3DS XL

We knew the peripheral was coming to Nintendo’s new handheld, but until today we hadn’t seen what it looked like. Now we have. Yup. Still hideous. Pricing and release date are TBA. Accessories [Nintendo, via Go Nintendo]

Nintendo Will be Making Games Using the Unity Engine

Unity CEO David Helgason has revealed that his company, whose light-weight engine is becoming increasingly popular in both the mobile and PC gaming worlds, has been licensed by Nintendo for use with the upcoming Wii U. The engine is being optimised for Nintendo’s latest console, and while it’s become surprisingly powerful in recent times (see…

Level-5 tells Kotaku that none of its TGS games are confirmed for a Western release.

Tekken‘s Mushroom Battle Mode Gives Tekken a 1-Up

Namco’s Tekken series is making the leap to the Wii U. The fighting game favorite is one of the first big games slotted for the console. But does it pack enough punch on the Wii U? To cater to Wii U players, Nintendo and Namco have tailed the Wii U edition with loads of platform…