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How To Spell Mario’s Jump (And Other Famous Video Game Sound Effects)
Video games have so many iconic sound effects—hearing the simple “ga-ling!” of the Nintendo coin can invoke a nostalgia as powerful as any memory of actually playing a game. From the Mario’s three-note warp-pipe descent to Simon Belmont’s famous whip, all games feature sounds that players will hear over and over and over again until…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 27, 2011 -
JESUS APPEARS ON MIRACLE NINTENDO, SAYS MARYLAND WOMAN
A Maryland woman said she was surprised to find what appears to be an image of Jesus Christ on the top of a used Nintendo Entertainment System she purchased on eBay for $31 this week. Brittany Wampler, 24, tells Kotaku she noticed the image shortly after unpacking two NES consoles, she purchased from an eBay…
By Brian Crecente Published September 27, 2011 -
Ready for Some Mario Pole Dancing?
In Super Mario Bros., Mario and Luigi slide down poles. In the UK Amateur Pole Performer competition, they climbed up them and swung around. If these dancers look familiar (their names are Bex and Emy), it’s because you probably saw them pole dancing as Tomb Raider‘s Lara Croft. The duo were competing in a UK…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 27, 2011 -
The Wii Balance Board Is Back in Black
I have a Wii Balance Board. I have not used it for years. Maybe things would be different if there were more games for it. Maybe things would be different if it came in a different color—like black. According to website Eurogamer, Europe is getting a black Balance Board bundle that comes with Wii Fit…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 27, 2011 -
This Aliens Game lets you Perform Bishop’s Badass Knife Trick
Aliens Infestation, for the Nintendo DS, was already looking like one of the last interesting games for the handheld, since it brings back fond memories of Konami’s excellent side-scrolling Aliens arcade game of 1990. Now, though, after seeing this mini-game, it may be one of the last must-have games for the DS. Infestation ships with…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 27, 2011 -
A Pokémon Parody You Cannot Erase from Your Brain
In this clip, the opening screens for an array of Pokémon games are brought to life. It’s funny, but more importantly, it’s totally bonkers. Then, there are the battle scenes, which are equally bizarre and wonderful. Be sure to stick around for the bit at the end with the toilet and the part with the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 26, 2011 -
The Virtual Boy as an Instrument of Public Nuisance
The Virtual Boy may have traumatised Nintendo all those years ago, but these days, it seems all it’s good for is comedic self-harm. Get me on any other day and this “entry level Jackass” stuff is both old and tiresome, as all it does is score cheap laughs off some poor worker’s clean-up job after…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 26, 2011 -
More Than a Quarter of 3DS Owners Feel 3D Hurts Gameplay
With Nintendo placing emphasis on delivering strong gaming experiences to their latest handheld. just how important is the 3D in the 3DS? According to a recent survey, more than 28 percent of 3DS owners feel the special effect takes away from gameplay. The large percentage of users dissatisfied with the portable’s 3D effect was revealed…
By Mike Fahey Published September 23, 2011 -
Play the Layton RPG, From Some guys who Made Mother 3
Nintendo studio Brownie Brown helped make Mother 3. It also, quietly, made a Professor Layton role-playing game, available only in the Japanese and American versions of DS game Professor Layton and The Last Specter It’s called Professor Layton’s London Life, and while it was a “mere” unlockable in the Japanese version, in the US edition…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 23, 2011 -
Let Mr. Zelda Walk you Through Zelda’s Most Notorious Dungeon
The earlier Zelda games were tough, but ask most people on the street what the toughest dungeon in the entire series is and they’ll probably say it’s Ocarina of Time’s Water Temple. Even over a decade on, it still hurts to say it out loud. Water Temple Ungh. I never thought it was that hard…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 23, 2011 -
Don’t Blame Team Ninja for Metroid: Other M’s Story
The latest Metroid game, Other M, took some…liberties with the universe’s story, and what it did to hero Samus in particular didn’t go down too well. Many people blame the game’s developers, Team Ninja for this, but that’s not very fair. You need to blame someone from Nintendo instead. Something Team Ninja is only too…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 23, 2011 -
There’s a 3D Classic on the Nintendo eShop Today. It Might be ‘Popular With Women.’
We’ve got ourselves a new 3D classic in this week’s Nintendo Download…. TwinBee. Remember TwinBee? Konami shooter? Only released in Japan? I asked Twitter if the game was any good and Twitter, in the form of @c_pruett told me: “It’s a nice top-down shooter for people who wouldn’t play other top-down shooter. Popular with women,…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 22, 2011 -
Japan Has Over 7,000 Pikachu TV Remotes
In Japan, all sorts of Pokémon products exist. There are Pokémon bedsheets, Pokémon toothbrushes, Pokémon noodles—you name it! And there is now a Pikachu TV remote control. There might have already been one (I wouldn’t put it past Pokémon), but I’ve never seen one. This isn’t for sale, though. It’s a part of a promotion…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 22, 2011 -
There Are Far Too Many Pokémon To Care About Anymore
Remember back when there were 151 Pokémon and you knew everything about each one? Commenter Daemon_Gildas does, and he wants that feeling back in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. So, lord knows I love me some Pokémon, but… anybody else feel like they need to hold off on making new Pokémon, and instead on fleshing…
By Mike Fahey Published September 22, 2011 -
The 3DS’ Zen Pinball 3D in Action
Earlier this week we talked you through what Zen Pinball 3D would have to offer on the 3DS when it hits the Nintendo eShop this fall. Here’s our first look at the 3D pinballer in action. Four original tables will be available at launch-Earth Defense and Excalibur, seen in Pinball FX 2 on the 360,…
By Brian Crecente Published September 22, 2011 -
Why Star Fox 64 3D Didn’t Have Online
The Nintendo 3DS does online pretty damn well. All the experiences I’ve enjoyed so far have been the best online Nintendo experiences I’ve ever had. One game I won’t be able to put through the online paces is Star Fox 64 3D, a 3DS Star Fox 64 remake. Nintendo’s Yusuke Amano, who coordinated the project…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 22, 2011 -
Using the Nintendo DS to Paint Very Pretty Pictures
Budding game artist Ed Chee (Monkey Island 2 Special Edition) will be displaying some of his works in an exhibition to be held in Toronto early next month. What makes this cool is that all the paintings were done not in paint, but on a Nintendo DS. Using the DS’ Colors! program, Chee has drawn…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 22, 2011 -
In Mario and Luigi’s Case, Clothes Do Make the Man
Today we all know that Luigi is the taller of the two Mario brothers, but back in the old days the difference wasn’t quite as easy to notice. To think that Luigi was just a pair of red and blue overalls away from being the star of one of the greatest video game franchises of…
By Mike Fahey Published September 21, 2011 -
How Not To Make Fun of Nintendo Fanboys
See, his attractive girlfriend thinks he’s a regular guy, but when she leaves the apartment we find out he’s really a closet Nintendo fan, which is horrible, right? As a gaming comedy video, “The Closet Nintendo Freak” fails on several different levels. For instance, the notion that in this day and age a video game…
By Mike Fahey Published September 21, 2011 -
Nintendo Reminds Japan that the 3DS Has Games
It does! So stop all that nonsense that the 3DS has zero games. More impressive is that the 3DS has a strong line-up of third party titles. The 3DS might be making its way through a rough patch, but right now, it could just be some temporary turbulence. You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 21, 2011