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Sonic‘s Co-Creator Joins Nintendo

Well this is a line-crossing worth taking note of. Gamasutra reports that Hirokazu Yasuhara, co-creator of Sonic the Hedgehog, has taken a job at Nintendo. Because it’s never the wrong time for a Ghostbusters quote: Dogs and cats! Living together! Mass hysteria! Yasuhara has joined Nintendo’s Software Technology devision, an American-based second-party developer that has…

By Kirk Hamilton Published April 4, 2012

Nobody Knows How Powerful The Wii U Actually Is

Gamers and game developers have spent much of the past year arguing and speculating over Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U console. Will it be more powerful than other gaming devices? Less powerful? Just as powerful? Will it have HD graphics? Online connectivity? Arms? Will it do your taxes? The truth is that nobody seems to know…

By Jason Schreier Published April 4, 2012

Pokémon Conquest Brings Hit Japanese Game To America… For the DS

America is getting a Pokémon strategy game this June. It’s called Pokémon Conquest, a name-change from Pokémon + Nobunaga’s Ambition, which is what it’s been called in Japan. It’s not made by Nintendo. It’s made by Tecmo Koei. Our guy in Japan has played it and declared it… “a decent foray into the strategy RPG…

By Stephen Totilo Published April 4, 2012

Kotaku East

So Who Was Making Crap Up: Nintendo or a Japanese Newspaper?

Last month, an article appeared in Japanese newspaper Nikkei. In it, Nikkei stated that Nintendo was targeting Asia. Moreover, the paper gave a specific example of this tactic—namely that Nintendo was launching the 3DS in South Korea on April 28. Nintendo aggressively refuted the article, releasing a statement that the article “isn’t anything our company…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 4, 2012

Kotaku East

Where There’s Hardware in China, There’s This Lady

Xia Xiaowei is one of China’s most famous “tech models”. Whenever big hardware is released, the 20-something year-old Xia Xiaowei, who goes by Vivihoney in English, is there to pose with it. Chinese tech models like Vivihoney pretty much exclusively pose with hardware, combining glossy gadget pics with pin-up photos. Vivihoney is actually signed with…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 4, 2012

Kotaku East

Japan’s Club Nintendo Now Offering Official Polo Shirts

Does Japan’s Club Nintendo get the best stuff? Yes, yes it does. Take this wide selection of Club Nintendo shirts available for 550 Club Nintendo points. There are different monograms available, like a Fire Flower or a Triforce. You can select your size and even the color of the polo shirt. There are eight different…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 3, 2012

If Nintendo Made Children’s Books…

…they wouldn’t just be awesome, they’d be this awesome. They’re the work of artist Caldwell Tanner, and it’s making me incredibly upset that these aren’t real books that can be bought and read to children who will grow up thinking the wrong story is so damn right Video Game Childrens Books [LOLDWELL, via Super Punch]

By Luke Plunkett Published April 3, 2012

We’re Not Buying New Fast-Spreading Wii U Launch Date Rumor [UPDATE]

You might have read rumors swirling around the Internet today that suggest the Wii U will be out on November 18. Multiple gaming websites, such as GameSpot and Eurogamer, have reported on the rumor, which originated at the website Wii U Daily. Wii U Daily says it obtained an e-mail from a Japanese retailer that…

By Jason Schreier Published April 2, 2012

Google Announces Google Maps — for the Nintendo Entertainment System [Update]

The undisputed Internet-age leader in April Fool’s hoaxes gets a one-day head start on its latest gag—a brilliant announcement video for “Google Maps 8-Bit,” a port of the popular, well, map service to the Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicon. The best part? It’s an homage to Dragon Quest Not only is the video a first rate production—including…

By Owen Good Published March 31, 2012

The Most Compelling Image I Could Find to Represent This Week’s Nintendo Download

REMIX! This week sees the release of only two new games across Nintendo’s three platforms, signaling a time of change for the Weekly Nintendo download. Oh don’t worry, it’s not going away or anything. It’s just expanding to include whatever new videos the 3DS is getting in any given week, along with demos released for…

By Mike Fahey Published March 29, 2012

Pedophile Caught Thanks to Girl’s Nintendo Camera

A girl in the United Kingdom put away a man who molested her thanks to the camera on her Nintendo DSi, using it to surreptiously capture his assault and force a confession. John Fisher, 46, did admit to the abuse after his accuser (unnamed) snapped a picture of his hand groping her. Fisher’s going to…

By Owen Good Published March 28, 2012

CultureTotal Recall

Nintendo’s Shameless 1970’s Advertising

Before Nintendo made home console titles and hardware, the company made, among other things, arcade games. Behold, then, the might and majesty of Nintendo’s advertising, circa the late 1970s. In which the company releases clones of other people’s games (in this case Space Invaders), and is damn proud of it to boot! Flyers out of…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2012

The Nintendo 3DS Is Now One Year Old. And It Doesn’t Suck.

Happy birthday, 3DS! It’s been a rollercoaster of a year for Nintendo’s glasses-free 3D gaming handheld, which was first released on March 27, 2011. In the 366 days since it first hit America’s grubby hands, the 3DS has been the subject of both admiration and derision, both high highs and low lows. And although at…

By Jason Schreier Published March 27, 2012

Kotaku East

Why It Took Me A Year To Buy a 3DS

When the 3DS was announced in March 2010, I knew it was only a matter of time before I bought one. It wasn’t the wonder of 3D or even the games Nintendo was sure to release that gave me this moment of clairvoyance. It was the simple fact that eventually, I buy every system. The…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published March 27, 2012

Nearly-Nude Men are Selling Nintendo 3DS Games

If our gripping gameplay footage of the title from last year’s Gamescom wasn’t enough, here’s an advertisement for the upcoming Farming Simulator 2012 for the Nintendo 3DS. Not that I looked that closely at the pic, but it does creep me out a little that his red underpants seem to be Photoshopped on. UPDATE –…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 27, 2012

Wii U “On Par” With 360, PS3 (So Far) Says Darksiders Developer

While Nintendo has yet to release the full specs for its upcoming Wii U, you can guess by its launch lineup that its capabilities are probably in line with the Xbox 360 and PS3, something Vigil Games are now backing up. “So far the [Wii U] hardware’s been on par with what we have with…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 27, 2012

CultureTotal Recall

Donkey Kong was NOT ON SEGA, OK?

Part of me wishes they still made video game commercials like this. Less sanitised cinematics, more FUCK YOU COMPETING COMPANY. It’s childish and brash, sure, but also a lot more fun.

By Luke Plunkett Published March 27, 2012

50 Things About Assassin’s Creed III That You Should Know

You can assassinate a bear in Assassin’s Creed III. You can run around the battle of Bunker Hill, flanking the British to surprise them in their camp. You can go to the frontier and relax in a tree. You can help found a nation. You will be able to do so many excellent things in…

By Stephen Totilo Published March 26, 2012

This Person Went Kid Icarus Scratching Insane

Kid Icarus: Uprising is a stylus controlled 3DS game. Unless you are press down as hard as you possibly can while using the stylus, your 3DS should be fine! Nintendo builds its products to be tough; it builds them to last. Some players, however, get way into their stylus play. Check out this screen guard…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2012

GameStop Gives the GameCube the Sweetest Rejection Note Ever

The GameCube is “officially collectible,” says GameStop, in a notice that, come April 2, it will no longer accept trade-ins on any GameCube consoles, games or accessories. It’s at the bottom of the retailer’s trade-in page. That doesn’t mean your local store will stop selling its GameCube consoles, games or accessories, of course. GameStop will…

By Owen Good Published March 25, 2012