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Super Mario Bros. Done DIY In A Beautiful Little Cardboard Box

There’s a little surprise in this unassuming cardboard box: a physical side-scroller, a paper-based re-imagining of Nintendo classic Super Mario Bros.. It’s all powered by servos, some open source code and a little device named the Teagueduino. Oh, and some popsicle sticks, painters tape and a soda straw. Developed by the folks at Teague Labs,…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 9, 2011

3DS Sales Up 260 Percent in U.S.

Nintendo says they sold more than 235,000 3DS in August. The portable received a hefty price drop to $170 on Aug. 12.

By Brian Crecente Published September 9, 2011

Nintendo Launching New DSi XL Color

Today, Nintendo revealed that it will release a new DSi XL color—Metallic Rose. Nintendo described it as “eye-catching shade of pink with a luminous modern sheen”. How fetching. The portable goes on sale September 18 and is priced at US$169.99. It joins other Nintendo DSi XL colors Bronze, Midnight Blue, and Burgundy. The “Metallic Rose”…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 9, 2011

Nintendo Having Serious Problems Getting the Wii U Working?

Since French site 01Net has proven itself somewhat reliable when it comes to Nintendo leaks of late, it’s worth going back and looking at some of its other reports on the company’s happenings over the past month. Like this one, that the Kyoto-based company is having problems getting the Wii U up and running. Big…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 9, 2011

Metal Gear’s Studio Has a Circle Pad Peripheral Now Too

While all the initial buzz around Nintendo’s new “Slide Pad” peripheral was with Capcom, they’re not the only third-party publisher with access to it. Seems Konami have at least one in the house as well. Speaking on the latest Kojima Productions podcast, members of the Metal Gear team went on record with their thoughts on…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 9, 2011

So, What Could the Next 3DS Look Like?

We know there’s going to be a revised edition of the 3DS somewhere down the line. It’s a Nintendo handheld, that’s company policy. Only question is how soon will we get it, and what will it look like? The when may be a lot sooner than either we or Nintendo were expecting. And the recent…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 9, 2011

A Rare, Bloody Tribute to Link’s Upthrust from Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

Things got interesting, once Link learned the upthrust technique in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. Artist Sang Han took his love of the game and created this bloody beautiful piece. Link’s Upthrust by Sang Han (Blog) (deviantART) (CGHUB) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 8, 2011

Another Memorably Forgettable Week for the Nintendo Download

You didn’t think we forgot about the Nintendo Download, did you? Well we did, two weeks in a row, but now it’s back with a selection of less-than-memorable titles that semi-justify our oversight! Between the Virtual Console, the eShop, WiiWare, and DSiWare, one would figure that Nintendo could manage at least one truly exciting game…

By Mike Fahey Published September 8, 2011

A Desperate Plea for Triple-A Game Delays

In today’s totally timely episode of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Mindsale would like to have a word with the publishers of this fall’s biggest video games. Hey there publishers, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DELAY SOMETHING. January is all yours if you do. People have a lot of extra holiday cash lying around in early January,…

By Mike Fahey Published September 8, 2011

Pikachu Ain’t a Dick. He Is Ash’s Friend.

In a recent episode of Pokémon, Ash, or “Satoshi” as he’s called in Japan, introduced himself. The show, like most shows in Japan, has optional subtitles so hearing impaired individuals can also enjoy the program. Whoever did the subtitling has a wicked sense of humor. Japanese is filled with words that might sound similar, but…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 8, 2011

A Homespun Look at the 3DS Add-on Circle Pad

The issue of Famitsu that introduces Nintendo’s new add-on 3ds thumb pad is on sale in Japan. Don’t live in Japan? Like Microsoft Paint? There is this. Kotaku Japan picked up a copy of the magazine, and using the images in Famitsu, recreated the 3DS Expansion Slide Pad. In the above image, Kotaku Japan wrote…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 8, 2011

Here Are the Nintendo 3DS’s Biggest Mistakes

It was a great day when the Nintendo 3DS went on sale in Japan on February 26. It was also a great day when it launched in North America the following month. Shame the rest of the 3DS’s timeline hasn’t been so great. It’s been awful. Here is a list of Nintendo’s 3DS blunders (so…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 8, 2011

The Man Behind Zelda Has Never Finished the First Zelda

If you’ve ever wondered why recent Zelda games have been a little easier than they used to be, consider the man in charge of the series, Eiji Aonuma. Who has never finished the first Zelda “I’ve never actually finished it,” Aonuma told Game Informer. “I almost feel like there’s still no game more difficult than…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 8, 2011

CultureTotal Recall

When Nintendo Wanted to Bring Gambling Into American Homes

In 1988, Nintendo released a modem for its Famicom system in Japan. A crude device, it didn’t allow for online play; just some downloadable stuff and access to basic news and information services. The device was never released in the United States, but it wasn’t for want of trying. Indeed, Nintendo figured at the time…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 8, 2011

Nintendo Officially Confirms, Comments on 3DS Circle Pad Add-on

So… about that newly revealed, clunky-looking Nintendo 3DS attachment… thing, Nintendo tells Kotaku “We can confirm that Nintendo plans to release the Circle Pad attachment, but Nintendo’s regional subsidiaries will make further announcements about its availability at a later date.”

By Michael McWhertor Published September 7, 2011

What If Super Smash Bros. Had Fatalities? Poor Link Finds Out…

In some bizarre alternate universe, Ed Boon, not Masahiro Sakurai, lead development on Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii, devising the grisliest of hedgehog-on-dinosaur fatalities. Fortunately, that’s not the case. Because I never wanted to see Link die like this. Dorkly explores the “What If…?” scenario of Mortal Kombat style executions in the family…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 7, 2011

There’s More To Learn about Nintendo’s Ugly 3DS Add-on

It’s dubbed the “3DS Kakuchou Slide Pad” or “3DS Expansion Slide Pad”. It’s real. And it’s truly an ugly product—the ugliest since the original Nintendo DS. The lackluster looks are a shame because the 3DS is so pretty. There’s more than looks to this, though. The 3DS Expansion Slide Pad is less a simple add-on…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 7, 2011

This Isn’t the First Time Nintendo Has Stacked Something on Top of Something Else

The 3DS’s new second thumbstick is, to be blunt, horrific. It’s an ugly, quick fix to a problem that should have been identified during the handheld’s design phase, not six months after. It is, however, not the first time Nintendo has done this. Indeed, you could say if there’s one thing Nintendo does better than…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 7, 2011

If Charles Darwin Had Studied Pokémon…

Artist Michael Casteel has reimagined the Pokédex as something you would have found in the tattered diary of a 19th-century British man with a Pith helmet and a magnificent beard. He calls it his “Pokémon Field Guide”, and alongside the hand-drawn illustrations are rough notes detailing the first encounters between the bumbling Professor Baobab and…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 7, 2011

Nintendo 3DS Circle Pad Add-on is Real, Here’s Your First Horrifying Look

Wait a second. That crazy insane rumor that the struggling Nintendo 3DS would be getting a second analog slider might actually be true? If you believe early reports from the latest issue of Japanese video game mag Famitsu, well, yeah. According to still unconfirmed reports from the mag, which typically leaks all over the internet…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 6, 2011