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‘Nintendo Selects’ Box Art, Mario Kart Wii Bundle and More Budget Friendly Wii Details Emerge

Yesterday, Kotaku reported that Nintendo would launch a newly branded budget line of Wii software in May, re-releases of games like Super Smash Bros. Brawl and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess at just $19.99 USD. Today, we have box art of the new “Nintendo Selects” line. Nintendo World Report has published new, unofficially confirmed…

By Michael McWhertor Published May 3, 2011

The Kid Who Trained with the Masters of Nintendo During a Gaming Golden Age

It was the hot, sticky summer of 1990. Japan’s bubble economy, the period of rapid growth during the 1980s, would be over in a year, but Japanese gaming showed no signs of ending its dominance. Dylan Cuthbert, then an 18 year-old programmer at PC gamer developer Argonaut Software, was in the lobby of a Kyoto…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 3, 2011

Is the Wii Nintendo’s Greatest Console to Date?

As the wheels of Nintendo’s next console slowly begin to spin, commenter Wrackune suggests the Wii is the greatest Nintendo console gifted to man thus far in today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku. Now that the Wii’s time is nearing its end, I’m saying this: The Wii is Nintendo’s best home console. When I say this, I…

By Mike Fahey Published May 3, 2011

Nintendo’s Next Console Will Enter the HD Era, but Not the Hard Drive Era

The successor to the Wii will not include a traditional hard-drive but will bear some of the traits of competing high-definition game consoles, according to sources familiar with Nintendo’s planned 2012 gaming machine. The console, codenamed Project Café, will include 8 gigabytes of on-board flash-based memory, presumably for game storage. That quantity, while nearly 16…

By Stephen Totilo Published May 3, 2011

Nintendo Likes Surprises, Sure, but Isn’t Mischievous

Nintendo is considerate. When the Kyoto-based game company reveals it’s working on new hardware, it wants to surprise people, but doesn’t want to screw up their travel plans. Satoru Iwata, Nintendo president, recently told analysts that, yes, the earlier a new system is announced, more speculation will be encouraged and there’s a higher risk for…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 3, 2011

Nothing Says Mario Like $465 Latex

Those blue overalls. The red shirt. All in latex. The only thing that’s missing is a rear-front crotch zip. Oh, Etsy seller Shhhcouture will add that, too, for only US$14! The “Super Mario Inspired Two Piece Cosplay Dressup” has also Bullet Bills on the red top. The whole, one-off geddup costs $465, not including the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 3, 2011

More Nintendo Games That Sadly Will Never Be

Can it be that time of year again? So soon? Yes, it seems it is. Time for Japanese game store Meteor to hold their annual “Famicase” exhibition, featuring imaginary Nintendo game cartridges. The deal is simple: artists submit pieces to the store, and those pieces get stuck on old Famicom cartridges and put up on…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 3, 2011

And So We Enter the Wii Budget Age with the Arrival of ‘Nintendo Selects’ [Updated]

Nintendo will drop the price of the Wii to $149 in North America this month, according to details forwarded to Kotaku by retail sources. That price drop, first reported in April, will also coincide with a new budget friendly line of Wii software dubbed “Nintendo Selects.” Update: The official name of that budget line is…

By Michael McWhertor Published May 2, 2011

It’s Time for Chrono Trigger to Join the Wii’s Virtual Console

Looks like the original SNES version of Square Enix’s seminal role-playing game Chrono Trigger is bound for the Wii’s Virtual Console service. The ESRB recently rated Chrono Trigger for Nintendo’s platform, so expect the 16-bit version of that JRPG favorite to show up on a Wii Shop Channel near you. (The PlayStation port is also…

By Michael McWhertor Published May 2, 2011

Japanese Games are Less Popular These Days Because of Changing Tastes In Graphics, Says Nintendo

Increases in the realism of video games are limiting the ability of Japanese games to appeal outside of their home country, according to the president of Nintendo. “Because the expressions in games are becoming more and more photo-realistic, I imagine that the cultural differences in acceptance have started to be reflected more clearly,” Nintendo chief…

By Stephen Totilo Published May 2, 2011

A Painfully Permanent Way to Never Lose Your 3DS Augmented Reality Cards

IHeartChaos’ Cranberryzero was so impressed with the Nintendo 3DS augmented reality cards that he decided to have one permanently stabbed into his skin. What could be better than this augmented reality tattoo? I have a few suggestions. Since the release of the Nintendo 3DS, people have been putting images of its augmented reality cards everywhere,…

By Mike Fahey Published May 2, 2011

At Least Two of Thor‘s Norse Gods Love Mario Kart

They might be at odds in the live-action Thor movie and its accompanying video games, but there is one thing Norse god of mischief Loki and earth goddess Sif agree upon, and that’s Mario Kart GamerLive.TV has posted a series of interviews with the stars of Thor, asking the cast of this week’s big comic…

By Mike Fahey Published May 2, 2011

Nintendo Concedes the Wii Struggled with Online, Promises to Improve

Last week, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said he regretted going it alone with the Wii, which was an odd regret given the machine’s massive success. Was something lost in translation? Today, we get a look at how Nintendo itself translated Iwata’s remarks. Suddenly the regret is more clear… and more understandable. The specific problem, Iwata…

By Stephen Totilo Published May 2, 2011

Hairdressing, Rival Turf, and the Excitement of Bingo

Style your hair on your DSi, clean up the streets in the Virtual Console, or gather your crew for a non-stop Bingo Party, all in this week’s Nintendo Download. How many times has one of your parties been ruined by the lack of a circular metal cage filled with numbered balls? The sport of depressingly…

By Mike Fahey Published May 2, 2011

When Mario Meets The…Figure Skating World Championships

This is Russian pair Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, competing at the World Figure Skating Championships 2011 held in Moscow. They didn’t just break out the Mario Bros. theme: they won the silver medal to boot.

By Luke Plunkett Published May 2, 2011

Classy Documentary Charts the Early History of Video Games

Playing the Revolution is an upcoming documentary series by Italian outfit Junk Food, which chronicles “the Spacewar! milestone to the rise of the 16-bit era”. It’s not some cheap retrospective. This is an in-depth series, each episode an hour long, and is full of interviews with some of the most important founding fathers of the…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 2, 2011

Hey, This Mascot Looks Really Familiar

This month, a sweets festival is being held at Kanazawa Castle. The mascot character looks very familiar. Japanese netizens are quick to point out the Kirby resemblance, even adding that the mascot character looks like Kirby mated with Starfy Kirby and Starfy? That would be some hot fucking action right there. 任天堂は金沢市を訴えるべき [2ch]

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 2, 2011

Nintendo, Wary of Bargain-Binned Spirit Tracks, May Give Ocarina of Time a Small Shipment

When the DS’s The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks showed up in bargain bins four months after release, for less than the price of lunch at McDonald’s, it was rather embarrassing for Nintendo. Rumor has it the 3DS’ Ocarina of Time will get a small shipment to avoid such a fate. The comes from Sinobi…

By Owen Good Published April 30, 2011

Robocop Gives GameStop a Prime Directive

And it’s got nothing to do with serving the public trust, protecting the innocent or upholding the law. Tomonobu Cop by John Pading

By Luke Plunkett Published April 29, 2011

Princess Peach, The 16 Year-Old Fantasy

Putting aside the fact this was drawn for “a lot of 16 year old geeks”, it’s a cute picture. I think I like the title even better, though. Barely Regal by Bjørnar Frøyse

By Luke Plunkett Published April 29, 2011