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This Week’s Nintendo Download Travels Back in Time For A Classic Version of Prince of Persia. Also: Goat-Stacking.

Listen, I love Prince of Persia. With all that lovely animation and derring-do, Jordan Mechner’s adventure games are well-loved for good reason. For those wanting to re-visit PoP’s charms, the Wii Virtual Console get the 1992 SNES version. But, guys: this Crazy Hunter game that appears in this week’s Nintendo Download looks absolutely bizarre. Apparently…

By Evan Narcisse Published September 6, 2012

Kotaku East

A Game with Truly Ugly Characters Is a 3DS Hit

Kobito Dukan, those ugly troll characters, got their own 3DS game. And that game had insane box art. And the game itself looked okay, fun even as you attempt to catch those little characters and make your own field guide. But those little characters? They look like a dog’s breakfast. But as fugly as the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2012

Kotaku East

Phoenix Wright Is Back For Ace Attorney 5, But Where’s His Usual Cohort?

Phoenix Wright is coming back to the courtroom (what ever happened to Apollo?) in the upcoming Ace Attorney 5 for the 3DS, but his trusty companion, Maya, may not be with him. Screenshots released from Capcom show the defense lawyer back from his time off as a poker player and pianist to “fulfill a promise.”…

By Toshi Nakamura Published September 6, 2012

CultureTotal Recall

The Unpublished Nintendo Comic That Said “S**t”

Howard & Nester was a comic staple of Nintendo Power for much of the magazine’s run, but there’d always been one storyline kept out of the public eye. Until today. This issue was never intended to run in the magazine; instead, it was specially made and given to former Nintendo of America icon Howard Phillips…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 6, 2012

First Look at the 3D Graphics of Ace Attorney 5

Upcoming game Ace Attorney 5 is slated for the 3DS. Since the game is headed to Nintendo’s glasses-free 3D platform, it will take advantage of that feature. What’s more, the game’s graphics, which have always been 2D, are going to be 3D. This is a complete change for the Ace Attorney series. So the characters—even…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 5, 2012

Ace Attorney 5 Is Coming To The U.S. [UPDATE]

Update: Capcom has confirmed to me that Ace Attorney 5 is indeed coming to the U.S. Here’s their statement: Capcom is planning to release Gyakuten Saiban 5 (Ace Attorney 5) in the West. We’ll have more news soon. A Capcom representative also clarified that they use “West” to refer to both the U.S. and Europe.…

By Jason Schreier Published September 5, 2012

Ten Minutes Of The New Paper Mario Is Not Enough.

Few video game series are as consistently delightful as Paper Mario, Nintendo’s charming set of plumber-themed RPGs. Paper Mario: Sticker Star, out this fall for 3DS, looks to be no exception. It’s funny, weird, and quite charming. Now take my thoughts with a grain of salt, because the demo I played last weekend at PAX…

By Jason Schreier Published September 5, 2012

Culture

The Extraordinary Quest to Put All the Super Mario Games On One Timeline

There are at least two timelines on the Internet that put the major Super Mario games in chronological order, as if they happened to one guy named Mario who has been living an extraordinary life. These timeline don’t present Mario as a real man. The people who make these timelines aren’t that free-thinking. But the…

By Stephen Totilo Published September 5, 2012

11 New Dates and Cities for Nintendo’s Big Zelda Concert Series

Nintendo’s big fall Zelda “Symphony of the Goddesses” concert will be touring through the following cities, according to a press release the game maker just sent out: Sept. 15: Toronto; Sony Centre for the Performing Arts Sept. 22: Minneapolis; Orpheum Theatre Oct. 12: Dallas; AT&T Performing Arts Center Oct. 18: Boston; Wang Theatre Oct. 25:…

By Stephen Totilo Published September 5, 2012

The NES Fighting Game That Featured Sonic, Mario, Ryu and Goku

I’ve talked about classic fighting game World Heroes here on Total Recall before because it’s amazing. But this, this is something else entirely. It’s called World Heroes 2, but it’s not the official sequel to SNK’s game. It is instead a 1994 pirate Famicom game, one which throws together the biggest video game stars of…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 5, 2012

One Of The Wii’s Best Downloadable Games Gets A 3DS Sequel

Seen in a backroom at PAX Prime last weekend, here’s Fluidity: Spin Cycle, a sequel to 2010’s solid WiiWare game Fluidity. It’s out later this year as a 3DS eShop exclusive. You won’t want to play it on the subway. People will look at you funny.

By Jason Schreier Published September 4, 2012

536 People Set The World Record For Blowing Gum Bubbles

Every once in a while Nintendo does something insane. Like the Wii. Or getting 536 people together to break the Guinness World Record for most people simultaneously blowing chewing gum bubbles. To celebrate Kirby’s anniversary. Because he is a bubble. But hey, they set the record at PAX this past weekend, and these spectacular pictures…

By Jason Schreier Published September 4, 2012

Video Game Controllers Are Art

The debate as to video games are art is tired. Either you think they are or that they’re not. Turns out the controllers used to engage with games can become sublime, too. Who knew decades-old wired video game controllers could be so beautiful? The lines of insulated copper and aluminum—is that what they were made…

By Evan Narcisse Published September 4, 2012

Kotaku East

This Gamer Energy Drink Gives People Erections

There are numerous companies that churn out energy drinks. Some of them even market their beverages to gamers as “fuel”. But how many video games have energy drinks designed to help you get it up after your first round of sex? 3DS game Senran Kagura Burst does, that’s for sure. Akahige Pharmacy, “Red Beard Pharmacy”,…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 4, 2012

This Zelda Sword Goes Great with Butter

While at work, Tumblr user spacekat267 created this “Zelda inspired breadstick.” Stick? You mean sword! “Twas delicious and most powerful with a side of Lon Lon Ranch,” blogged spacekat267, adding that he was thinking of doing an Ocarina next. Go big, spacekat267! Do a Hylian Shield! Doooooooo it. I crafted… [spacekat267]

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 3, 2012

Mario Taught Me Typing. He Should Teach Me Texting and Internet Stalking, Too.

Middle school was a drag for most of my pre-teen classmates—unless it was computer class. Computer class felt less like the boring, uninspired rote that the rest of our education was and more like a gateway to a technological wonderland. Most of us couldn’t even afford computers, so that was our one chance to mess…

By Patricia Hernandez Published September 3, 2012

Do You Want a Mike Tyson’s Punch Out!! Coffee Table Book? Of Course You Do.

Lots of Kickstarter video game projects come over the transom here every day, a lot of them wishful thinking. So it’s rare to see one that is both a great idea and eminently attainable, but that’s my gut feeling about a coffee table book celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! If you want…

By Owen Good Published September 1, 2012

This New ZombiU Trailer Does Terrible Things to Buckingham Palace

I’ve never been to Buckingham Palace. Hopefully, when I get there, the Windsor family home won’t be infested with the undead like it is in this new trailer for ZombiU. You’ll see a variety of uses for the WiiU GamePad here, including inventory management and environmental scanning. And, hey, soldier zombie wearing a helmet and…

By Evan Narcisse Published August 31, 2012

Coming This Fall: A New Generation of Wacky Wii Peripherals

Without the Wii, human beings would not have invented the Wii bowling ball, the Wii steering wheel and other debatably useful pieces of plastic. With the Wii U comes mankind’s next great leap in this sort of thing, as proven by the new products revealed today by peripheral-maker Atomic Accessories. Surely, it can’t get more…

By Stephen Totilo Published August 30, 2012

This Long-Lost Nintendo Knitting Machine Would Have Let You Make Sweaters With Your NES

Nintendo launched several peripherals for the NES back in the 1980s. Most of us remember, or at least heard of, the power glove and the light gun. But then, there were the stranger attempts, like Nintendo Knitting Machine, designed to help you make those oh-so-delightful ’80s sweaters. And no, I am not making this up.…

By Kate Cox Published August 30, 2012