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Heroes of Ruin’s Going to Make You Fight Off Lots of Angry Shark Men in Lots of places

I’m not going to lie to you: that golden-haired, human-faced, griffin-looking creature early in this video for Square Enix’s action/RPG gives me the creeps. Put an animal head on a human body—as with the numerous shark men seen in this Heroes of Ruin trailer—and I’m fine but something about the opposite screams crime against nature…

By Evan Narcisse Published January 16, 2012

American Box Art Makes Kid Icarus Look Angrier Than He Should

I…just…you know…sigh. Whatever. Stuff like this won’t stop anyone from buying Kid Icarus on 3DS. But stuff like this does make me wonder who the hell is getting paid to make pointless decisions like this. On the left, the Japanese box art for the upcoming Kid Icarus: Uprising. Note the childish smile because this is…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 16, 2012

Shibuya, the Animated Version

Tokyo hotspot Shibuya means a lot of things to a lot of different people. To me, it means nice sneakers and a Starbucks with a hell of a view. To artist Andrew Wilson, it means Mario crossing the street. Shibuya [Andrew Wilson]

By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2012

CultureTotal Recall

My First Nintendo “Console”

I may have explained this a few times already, but growing up in Australia in the 1980s usually meant growing up without Nintendo. The NES was here, and people bought it, but it was never the sensation it was elsewhere. Most kids/adults played on computers or Sega machines. That didn’t stop me wanting one, though.…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2012

The Most Insane Battery Test I’ve Ever Seen

I’ve tested battery life. Usually, I play some, write down how long I play, take a break, and comeback. Not this dude. YouTube user Kurekureyon filmed himself playing the PS Vita and the Nintendo 3DS non-stop. Only occasionally does his hand leave the frame for what, I’m assuming, is bathroom breaks—or coming up for gasps…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 13, 2012

It’s Pinball Day on the Nintendo Download

This week’s Nintendo Download celebrates the silver ball with not one but two games to satiate gamers’ cravings for hitting metal spheres with paddles. First up we have 101 Pinball World, a quick and dirty little game that features 101 bite-sized pinball tables across four different worlds. It sounds like it’s perfect for a quick…

By Mike Fahey Published January 12, 2012

Little Mac Gets a Big Tribute in This Minecraft Stop-Motion Video

The same folks who made that amazing Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening animation in Mojang’s hit sandbox construction game have come back with yet another homage to an old-school classic. MinecraftA2Z managed to recreate Punch-Out‘s first bout—where series hero Mac trades blows with Glass Joe—by manipulating millions of blocks frame by frame, in the same…

By Evan Narcisse Published January 12, 2012

The Best Box Art North American Nintendo Role-Playing Fans Will See All Year

Never before has that little T for Teen ESRB rating box been such a welcome sight as it is on the North American box art for Wii RPG Xenoblade Chronicles. Is it April yet?

By Mike Fahey Published January 12, 2012

That Crazy Samurai Pokémon Game Slices Up a Release Date

Pokémon + Nobunaga’s Ambition has a release date: Mar. 17. The game is priced at ¥5,800 or US$75. The game features Pocket Monsters, medieval Japanese samurai, and a whole lotta I-don’t-know-what-to-say. It is a collaboration between Nintendo and Tecmo Koei. Watch the game’s trailer here and feel strange. 『ポケモン+ノブナガの野望』の発売日は3月17日を予定！　はえええええ [はちま機構]

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 12, 2012

3D Without The…

Whoever ripped this poor man’s arms off, please return them asap. Wait What [Namilos via fuck yeah dementia!!1! Thanks, Richard!]

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 12, 2012

Pictures of the Xbox Factory Jumpers

This week, a report surfaced that a group of 300 Xbox 360 factory workers threatened to commit suicide en masse over a labor dispute. The group took the rooftops, but was finally talked down. Here are the photos. The workers were employees of Foxconn, a company that manufacturers electronics for Sony, Nintendo, Apple, and many…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 12, 2012

Kid Icarus: Uprising Will Be Bundled with a Stupid Stand!

Who’s excited about Kid Icarus? I sure am. But this ridiculous stand that’s packaged with it? Nothankyou. According to Kid Icarus: Uprising designer Masahiro Sakurai, the game will come with this “Nintendo 3DS Stand”. The point, Sakurai tweeted, is to keep the 3DS steady during touch-pen play. But isn’t that what hands are for? Of…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 12, 2012

Who Is to Blame for Slave Labor-Made Game Consoles: Gamers or Game Companies?

Last month, when I got my hands on the PS Vita, the first thing I did was open the box. The second? Flipped over the device to see where it was made. China. It wasn’t always that way. Heck, it wasn’t even that way until fairly recently. For years, Sony made its consoles in Japan.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 11, 2012

Samus, You’re All Legs and Shiny Plastic

First shown at last month’s Comiket, this Metroid: Other M statue features heroine Samus in her Zero Suit. Here’s a better look, because this figure deserves one. The 1/8 scale PVC statue is expected to go on sale this June in Japan. Pricing will be announced at a later date. There was also another Samus…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 11, 2012

Just how Last-Minute was Nintendo’s Circle Pad Pro?

Nintendo’s Circle Pad Pro attachment for the 3DS seemed, when it was first revealed, to be something of a panic move, made in response to the handheld’s then-poor sales and the positive reception received by the competing PlayStation Vita (much of which centred around its two wonderful thumbsticks). But just how last-minute was the peripheral?…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 11, 2012

The Sexy and Sadistic Nintendo Art of NekoshowguN

You might not know Japanese illustrator NekoshowguN. But you damn well should. The young artist first made her splash as part of the Osaka art collective Digmeout. She’s done art for music games GuitarFreaks and DrumMania, but her highest profile work to date is lead character and weapon design for Goichi Suda‘s upcoming hack-and-slash Lollipop…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 10, 2012

Hot Nintendo Porn Action. Hide Your Kids. Hide Your Wife.

Shocking. Sick. Have you no shame, Dylan? There are children on the internet. I’m sorry, followers [tmad40blue]

By Luke Plunkett Published January 9, 2012

Mario Creator Shigeru Miyamoto is Working on Something Brand New

Nintendo talisman Shigeru Miyamoto is a busy man! Not only does he help in an overseer’s role on many of Nintendo’s biggest games, but he’s also revealed he’s working on something new. Really new. While we already know he’s involved in the next Pikmin game and Luigi’s Mansion for the 3DS, Miyamoto recently told Associated…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 8, 2012

Nintendo Doesn’t Let WiiWare Self-Publishers Reveal Sales Figures

The independent publisher Icon Games Entertainment, a week ago, looked back on 2011 and counted up how many copies it had sold of games such as Bashi Blocks (pictured above) and Arcade Air Hockey. Icon’s Richard Hill-Whittall found that he’d sold 255,763 copies of games in all, a pleasant surprise given he figured they’d only…

By Owen Good Published January 5, 2012

How I Managed to Write about Super Mario Every Day Last Year

I spent 2011 documenting the life of one of the most important people in the media world. His name is invoked when referring to the European debt crisis, Medicaid reform, soccer stars, and even bioplastics. PETA protested him, coasting off his reflected fame. I spent the year blogging about Super Mario. While researching my book…

Jeff Ryan Published January 5, 2012