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Unchained Blades Coming to 3DS—as a Downloadable Title?

XSEED yesterday teased a new game release, which turns out to be Unchained Blades, the western title for the dungeon crawler UnchainBlades ReXX. Nintendo Power, in its latest edition, also reports that this game will be a digital download, one of the first full-size titles to be made available that way on the 3DS. We’ve…

By Owen Good Published March 25, 2012

3DS Epic Mickey Confirmed by Nintendo Power‘s Cover

Still unofficially announced, Disney Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion is a cover subject of the April edition of Nintendo Power, which arrived in some readers’ mailboxes today. The article lists Dreamrift, developer of Monster Tale as the studio behind the 3DS Epic Mickey. It will arrive sometime in the fall, probably concurrent with Epic Mickey:…

By Owen Good Published March 24, 2012

Kid Icarus Uprising‘s Awesome Menus Require 11 Minutes of Your Attention. Trust Me.

Kid Icarus: Uprising as a game? Very good. Kid Icarus: Uprising as a thing to put on a stand? Eh… Kid Icarus: Uprising as a game with amazing menus? Wonderful menus and silly menus and clever menus? Amazing. Enjoy the video.

By Stephen Totilo Published March 23, 2012

Reviews

Kid Icarus: Uprising: The Kotaku Review

How much to we value weirdness? How much weight do we place on eccentricity? There are so many video games that are essentially retreads of the same old tired space; it can feel so nice to see a game that, even while following the same basic formulas as its brethren, does so with enthusiastic weirdness.…

By Kirk Hamilton Published March 23, 2012

They’re Making an Adventure Time Game for Nintendo 3DS? Hooray!

Pendleton Ward, creator of Adventure Time, tweeted earlier tonight that his computer crashed while he was making an animated GIF to announce an Adventure Time 3DS game. Wait, what? From his Twitter: “Dang.. Compy crashed while I was drawin a gif of this 3DS wavin it’s arms around announcin the Adventure Time 3DS game.” This…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2012

One in Three Nintendo Downloads Are Worth Checking Out This Week

Which of this week’s three downloadable Nintendo games is worth a second glance? I’ll give you a hint: It’s not Carmen Sandiego’s latest math adventure or the poker game. That’s right, it’s… oh damn, you’ve fallen asleep. You look so peaceful when you’re sleeping. I’ll just let you rest there. Maybe tuck a blanket around…

By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2012

Kotaku East

Other Uses for Nintendo’s Most Pointless Peripheral in Years

The official 3DS stand Nintendo is packing with Kid Icarus: Uprising and selling as a stand-alone is, simply put, pointless. Or is it? Online in Japan, someone has found other uses for it: a PS3 game stand, a PS Vita stand, and a PlayStation controller stand. Sony fanboys, take note! 3DS 『パルテナの鏡』同梱の「3DSスタンド」が高機能すぎる件、PSVitaで充電しながら遊べるぞｗｗｗｗｗ…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 22, 2012

Kotaku East

Dynasty Warriors‘ Odd Nintendo Cosplay: The Promotional Trailer

Link and Samus outfits are coming to upcoming 3DS game Dynasty Warriors VS, allowing Dynasty Warriors characters from that game to dress up as…Nintendo characters. That’s kind of strange, but whatever. To see the outfits in motion, jump ahead to the 1:58 mark. 3DS「真・三國無双 VS」プロモーションムービー [YouTube]

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 21, 2012

Did Nintendo Just Create Better Words For ‘Multiplayer’?

If you thought the word “multiplayer” was a good way of describing the thing you do when you play a video game with friends, please consider the word “together.” That’s the option you’ll get in the new 3DS game Kid Icarus: Uprising if you choose not to play the game’s Solo mode. “Together” is pretty…

By Stephen Totilo Published March 20, 2012

Which Looks Better? New iPad, PS Vita, or the 3DS?

This is hardly scientific—and honestly, something I have yet to confirm myself. However, this set of photos apparently compares the new iPad to the PS Vita and the 3DS. The 3DS stacks up to both, well, like one would expect. That’s not a dig on the 3DS or Nintendo, but the handheld’s screen simply isn’t…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 20, 2012

Awww, Nintendo Made a Horror Movie

How cute. It’s not at all scary, of course, but then, the 3DS game its promoting – Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir – doesn’t look terribly terrifying either Still, it’s a neat idea for Nintendo of America, even if it is nowhere near as cool as the company’s Japanese equivalent for the same game, which…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 20, 2012

Behold: Nintendo’s Most Pointless Peripheral In Years

I possess an official stand for my Nintendo 3DS. Hooray. That’s like bragging that you’ve got a Wii Speak for your Wii or a propellor for your telephone. The Nintendo 3DS Stand (first seen in Japan) is free with every copy of this month’s Kid Icarus: Uprising, and it theoretically makes the game more comfortable…

By Stephen Totilo Published March 19, 2012

Kid Icarus: Uprising Flies in the Face of Game Critics’ Expectations

It’s been 21 years since the release of the last original Kid Icarus game. That makes hero Pit old enough to drink. Let’s see if the assembled game reviewers gave him reason to start. Kid Icarus: Uprising takes the original heavenly action-platformer from the NES days and transforms it into a third-person shooter. That sentence…

By Mike Fahey Published March 19, 2012

Acid, Leeches, Quicksand, Magic, Black Holes, And Other Ways Mario Can Die

Try your hardest to stay calm as you watch Mario die over and over and over again. I know, I know. It’s tough. But you can get through this. The video, which includes clips from almost every Mario-helmed game, from Super Mario Bros. to Paper Mario to Mario Pinball Land, is a journey through the…

By Jason Schreier Published March 19, 2012

We Like Kid Icarus: Uprising So Far, Because It’s Weird.

Kid Icarus: Uprising is Nintendo’s big 3DS game of early 2012. Hyped since the early days of the 3DS as one of the major titles for the system, we’ve now been able to play the finished game. It’s fun. It’s weird. No, it’s very weird. We’re not ready to review it just yet. We want…

Kirk Hamilton & Stephen Totilo Published March 19, 2012

Kotaku East

I Love the Power Glove Space Suit. It’s so Bad.

Leave it to Japanese musician Verbal from hip-hop group M-Flo to take Power Glove to the next level. In the latest issue of rock and fashion mag EyesCream, Verbal talks about his forthcoming album and poses in a spiffy, custom-made Reebok astronaut outfit with dual-wielding Power Gloves, just begging for some cosmic Rad Racer action.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 19, 2012

Kotaku East

Inappropriate 3DS Game Gets Inappropriate Art

Nintendo 3DS game Senran Kagura featured large breasts because the game’s creator really wanted to see boobs in 3D. With that as a starting point, you can already imagine what sort of illustrations the game can inspire. You don’t have to! A recent exhibition showed a collection of 57 Senran Kagura illustrations from 50 artists.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 19, 2012

Kotaku East

Nintendo Says Japanese Newspaper Is Making Crap Up. Again.

Late last week, respected Japanese newspaper Nikkei (and seemingly Nintendo’s nemesis of late) reported that the Kyoto-based game maker would be launching the 3DS in South Korea next month. That launch would be followed by a release in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mainland China. According to the Nikkei piece (viewable here), Nintendo now looks at…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 19, 2012

Is Super Mario Bros. History’s Greatest Masterpiece of Surrealism?

The surrealism of Super Mario Bros. would seem to be self-evident but, as PBS’ Idea Channel on YouTube says, perhaps it has been around for so long that its non sequiturs are taken for normal. Its wide acceptance (and a catalog of work spanning more than two decades) may make the Super Mario Bros. franchise…

By Owen Good Published March 17, 2012

Mr. Yamauchi, Please Go See the Mariners Play. You Own the Team, After All

The man who made Nintendo into a video gaming giant is warmly regarded in Seattle, and not just because the company’s American headquarters are there. He purchased the Seattle Mariners in 1992, almost certainly saving the team from moving to Florida. But Hiroshi Yamauchi, the third president of Nintendo, has never seen his team play.…

By Owen Good Published March 16, 2012