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Man, Lego City Undercover Looks Pretty Hilarious

The Lego games of the last few years have been little kid-friendly comic masterpieces of silent slapstick. And the Wii U will be getting its own slice of the break-and-build experience when Lego City Undercover comes to it later this year.

By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012

Reggie is the “Puppet Master” Manipulating Dancers in Just Dance 4

Here’s Ubisoft’s Just Dance 4, shown off at Nintendo’s press briefing during E3 today.

By Jason Schreier Published June 5, 2012

Gold-Crazy New Super Mario Bros. 2 Hits 3DS August 19

Classic side-scrolling Mario goodness with a focus on ridiculous amounts of gold coins, New Super Mario Bros. 2 is hitting the North American 3DS on August 19, just in time for August 19.

By Mike Fahey Published June 5, 2012

Wii Fit U Adds A New Peripheral

At Nintendo’s press conference today, Reggie Fils-Aime unveiled the new Wii Fit U that uses both the GamePad and the console to track your exercises, calories and all. The trailer portrayed a woman on the balancing scale jumping up and down while the GamePad in front of her showed the virtual trampoline. In line with…

By Tina Amini Published June 5, 2012

Nintendo Brings Karaoke Lyrics to the Masses with Sing

They’re saying that they want the Wii U to bring people together so it kind of makes sense that Nintendo’s brining an all-new karaoke style experience to the system with Sing. It’s being made by FreeStyle Games, who tuned out the DJ Hero games for Activision a few years back. Expect to hear more about…

By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012

Scribblenauts Unlimited coming to Wii U

Scribblenauts will be coming to the Wii U in HD, giving players an insight into Maxwell’s story. Players can use the Wii U touchpad to design and edit creations to add to the world, like the auto mutt shown, going above and beyond the previous Scribblenauts games’ word entry capabilities. Scribblenauts Unlimited will also add…

By Kate Cox Published June 5, 2012

Hallelujah! New Super Mario Bros. U Coming to Wii U

You won’t have to wait for Nintendo’s most famous character to show up on its next home console. Nintendo America president Reggie Fils-Aime confirmed that a new Mario title New Super Mario Bros. U will be a showcase title on the Wii U. Gameplay will offer multiplayer options with both Wii remotes and the gamepad…

By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012

Nintendo’s Wii U Will Support Two GamePads

Nintendo’s new console can support two of its screen-controllers, or GamePads, Nintendo announced during it’s E3 2012 press conference this morning. Nintendo has been coy about whether the Wii U can support two controllers since last E3 when the company first showed its upcoming 2012 machine. Last year, Nintendo designer Katsuya Eguchi told us that…

By Stephen Totilo Published June 5, 2012

Pikmin 3 Confirmed as Wii U Title

The crazy-cute strategy series that’s been missing in action since the days of the Gamecube will finally return on Nintendo’s next home console. Gameplay video of Pikmin 3 was shown off during Nintendo’s E3 2012 press conference this morning, including snippets of various multiplayer modes. Kotaku will have more on Pikmin 3 this week.

By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012

We’re Liveblogging Nintendo’s E3 Press Conference Right Here

The pre-E3 keynotes from the industry’s major players concludes this morning in Los Angeles with Nintendo, expected to give a full reveal of its upcoming Wii U console. Kotaku will have Stephen Totilo, Kirk Hamilton and Chris Person tweeting live from the scene. You can follow Here now, we’ve got our own Evan Narcisse, Mike…

By Owen Good Published June 5, 2012

Black Wii U Gamepad Makes an Appearance on Nintendo’s E3 Stage

The darker variant to Nintendo’s new home console controller was spotted before Nintendo’s E3 press conference this morning. Is it too much to hope that it might be available at launch? Maybe we’ll find out later this morning.

By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012

Kotaku East

Nintendo’s Long Lost Adventure Game in Action

Almost all Nintendo published titles have made their way West sooner or later, but not Captain Rainbow on the Wii. This adventure game is filled with mini-games, C-List Nintendo characters, and stars a Power Ranger-esque superhero. It’s known in the west for its quirky sense of humor, but how does it look in action? Check…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 5, 2012

Kotaku East

I Never Expected To See a Sex Toy in a Nintendo Game

Always on the lookout for crazy games, I dove into my local game store’s bargain bin and came up with Captain Rainbow. This adventure game follows the titular Captain Rainbow, a Power Ranger-like transforming superhero as he encounters many of Nintendo’s C-grade characters. I expected it to be weird, but I never for a moment…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 5, 2012

Here We Go Again, Nintendo Calls New 3DS Report “Speculation” and Incorrect

This morning in Japan, respected newspaper Nikkei ran a story that Nintendo is unveiling a new 3DS. According to the Nikkei, the new 3DS will have a 4.3 inch screen, which is far larger than the current model’s 3.02 inch screen. It could go on sale as early as this summer. What’s more, the report…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 4, 2012

Nintendo Has So Much Stuff To Show, It Needs Three Conferences

Nintendo will host a special event to show off software for the 3DS, it said today. The briefing will run from 6-7 PT on Wednesday night and Nintendo will live stream the whole thing. (We’ll also be there, covering everything.) For those keeping count, that’s event number three for the big N: there was the…

By Jason Schreier Published June 4, 2012

This Dream-Like Flying Game Will Be a Wii U Launch Title

Indie developers have slammed Nintendo during the Wii console cycle saying that it hasn’t been worth the trouble to bring their games to the undernourished, practically forgotten WiiWare service. But it’s just been announced today that Broken Rules’ Chasing Aurora—a lovely 2D flying game last seen at the beginning of May—will be a launch title…

By Evan Narcisse Published June 4, 2012

Nintendo to Reveal a New Model of the 3DS?

Ahead of Nintendo’s E3 press conference tomorrow, it appears some news of what they’ll be discussing has already spilled out in the Japanese press. The most important piece being that the company plans to launch a new model of the Nintendo 3DS. According to a report from Nikkei, this new model of the 3DS will…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012

Nintendo’s Wii U Smartphone Integration Won’t be Ready at Launch

One of the more intriguing things Nintendo showed off yesterday during its pre-E3 show was the ability for the Wii U to host some of its community features on devices like smartphones. Sadly, that’s a feature that won’t make the console’s launch. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said as much over Twitter earlier today, while adding…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012

We Called it In March: Nintendo Loves the Word ‘Together’

A 2/3 whip-smart, 1/3 kinda-out-there video from Nintendo yesterday outlined the company’s online strategy for the Wii U. It’s a fascinating strategy designed to bring people together to give them hints in games and to engender empathy among the gamer population. And that’s just part of it. If you watched closely, it appeared that Nintendo…

By Stephen Totilo Published June 4, 2012

Together Alone? How Nintendo Wants To Change the Way People Interact

A family gathers in a living room. They’re all together, but each of them is alone, looking at their hardware—laptops, smartphones, tablets, whatever And you, you go out with friends, but you find yourself checking your email or Twitter instead of talking to those around you. This is the age in which we live: we…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 4, 2012