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Nintendo’s Bringing New Wii U Pikmin and Mario to E3 [Update]
With Nintendo expected to make a big push with its next generation hardware at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in June, legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto tells Spanish publication El Mundo that his plumber pal and plant lackeys will be there in full force. Fans anxiously awaiting a new entry Miyamoto’s quirky strategy series Pikmin look…
By Mike Fahey Published April 16, 2012 -
This Zelda Musical Is So Good It Should Be On Broadway
Shame this Zelda musical is only four minutes long. It’s so well-done, I wish it was a full-fledged theatrical production. Hope you’re watching, Broadway. Zelda: The Musical (Original) [YouTube — thanks, Mitchell!]
By Jason Schreier Published April 16, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Japanese Nintendo 3DS Pitchman Shows His Toilet Gaming
Kazunari Ninomiya, best known in the West for Letters from Iwo Jima, is a member of Japanese boy band Arashi. Ninomiya’s also a Nintendo spokesperson. And a toilet gamer. Lots of people game on the throne! (Heck, game designer Goichi Suda thinks up video games on the toilet.) Recently on Japanese television, Ninomiya admitted that…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 16, 2012 -
Kotaku EastHow Does Nintendo Sound in Korean? Like This.
Later this month, Nintendo is releasing the Nintendo 3DS in South Korea. To mark the event, Nintendo’s South Korean branch held an online Nintendo Direct press conference. The head of Nintendo Korea, Hiroyuki Fukuda, and Nintendo Co., Ltd.’s President Satoru Iwata both put in appearances. Instead of giving their speeches in Japanese with Korean subtitles,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 16, 2012 -
Turn a GameCube into a Handheld Thanks to the Magic of Tupperware
This Tupperware cereal container (I think that’s what it is) forms the casing for a fully-functional handheld Nintendo GameCube built by user CKmods of YouTube. You can pop the top off it to get to the guts of the machine, but I wouldn’t advise laying the thing down on its back. That’s because the disc…
By Owen Good Published April 14, 2012 -
Taking a 3DS with You Inside the Louvre is Like Actually Being Inside the Louvre
As mentioned back in December, the audio guides used by the Louvre, one of the most famous museums in the world, were to be replaced this spring by the Nintendo 3DS, using content programmed by Nintendo. This promotional video shows the device in action. I may be missing the point, but beyond the narration explaining…
By Owen Good Published April 14, 2012 -
Catch the First Proper Trailer for Pokemon Black &White 2
Here, take a look at the debut gameplay trailer for upcoming Pokemon sequels Black & White 2 on the DS, showing some of the new trainers in action. Both games will be out in Japan on June 23, and in the US and Europe sometime in the Fall. [thanks Sam!]
By Luke Plunkett Published April 13, 2012 -
Nintendo Registers “Super Mario 4” Domain Name, Hinting at Future Game
Nintendo has just managed to throw massive fuel onto the fire of rumor and speculation with a simple domain name registration. On April 3, Nintendo of America registered the website “supermario4.com,” as recently spotted by an IGN reader. Currently, navigating to the site only results in a redirect to Nintendo’s main page. Mario, Luigi, Peach,…
By Kate Cox Published April 13, 2012 -
How Drawing Comics Helped Shigeru Miyamoto Make Great Mario Games
Stories of how Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto draws inspiration for game design from his everyday life have become beloved bits of video game mythology. The Legend of Zelda sprang from his experiences playing outside in caves as a child, his family’s pet canine sparked the idea for Nintendogs and so on. But the principles that…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 13, 2012 -
Nothing to See in This Week’s Nintendo Download, Wii Gamers
Doesn’t it just figure. I modify the format of the Nintendo Download to included video and demos in order to present a larger look at Nintendo’s downloadable offerings, and they find a way to knock it down to three entries again. It’s definitely a slow download week for Nintendo. We’ve got a 3DS puzzler, a…
By Mike Fahey Published April 12, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Mario‘s Creator Thinks Angry Birds Is Pretty Damn Good
You might not like Angry Birds. You may think it’s crap—or that it’s not a real game. But you are not Shigeru Miyamoto. He thinks Angry Birds is fantastic. The famed game creator told website Edge that he enjoyed the downloadable game and that it was his favorite non-Nintendo game of last year. “I usually…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 12, 2012 -
Meet the Brand New Pokémon Trainers
This year, a new Pokémon game, Pokémon Black and White 2, is headed to the Nintendo DS. The latest issue of Japanese magazine CoroCoro Comic revealed new details about the game, including the first images of the game’s brand new trainers. Set two years after Pokémon Black and White, BW2 features a Pokedex with about…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 12, 2012 -
Have $3,500 Handy? I Know Exactly What You Should Buy.
A fully functional Nintendo controller coffee table. Wait, let me repeat that. It’s a fully functional Nintendo controller coffee table. But it’s also $3,500 on Etsy. That’s the price you’ll have to pay for all that sweet, sweet mahogany gaming. We’ve featured coffee tables resembling the NES system before, as well as the controller itself,…
By Tina Amini Published April 11, 2012 -
Kotaku EastThis 3DS Game Still Looks Bananas
Guild 01 is an upcoming 3DS game made by four different creators. It’s not really “one game” per se, but four games. The games include Kaiho Shojo, a shooting game from Goichi Suda. There’s also Rental Bukiya de Omasse—a game in which you are an arms dealer. Then there’s Air Porter, a airport baggage simulator.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 11, 2012 -
What 375 Nintendo Game Paintings, One for Each Day of the Year, Look Like
I know, there’s only 365 days in a year. We’ll get to that discrepancy in a minute. Aussie artist Campbell Whyte set out last year on a mission. He wanted to paint a small image every day of the year, each one based on a NES game. While his original aim was to paint the…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 11, 2012 -
CultureTotal Recall
Nintendo’s Terrifying Power Glove Indoctrination Video
Get a cup of tea, a biscuit or two and settle in for ten minutes worth of Nintendo Power Glove propaganda, courtesy of the official VHS cassette guide to the peripheral. It is something you really should watch. From the product placement to pseudo-religious tone throughout, it’s as perfect a summary of one of Nintendo’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2012 -
Unlikely Fan Fiction Crossover Battle: Link Encounters Resistance
Colorful. Bright. Cartoonish. These are all adjectives used to describe the light-hearted and airy adventures found in Insomniac’s Resistance series. What happens when Nintendo’s dark anti-hero Link comes on the scene? Glorious chaos. In the realm of video game crossover fan fiction there are plenty of pairings that make perfect sense. Mega Man and Street…
By Mike Fahey Published April 9, 2012 -
Community Star Kicks Guy In Nuts For Nintendo
Proving that he doesn’t need Community to be meta as hell, actor Joel McHale dissects the anatomy of a viral video in this new commercial for Nintendo’s 3DS handheld gaming system. Really, who wouldn’t want Mario and Luigi on their writing team? Joel McHale Goes Viral for Nintendo [YouTube]
By Jason Schreier Published April 9, 2012