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Ghost Recon Shadow Wars Is a 3DS Must Buy
We’ve been worried a bit, here at Kotaku, about the launch titles lined up for this weekend’s kick off of Nintendo’s 3DS. The platform is a neat device with plenty of potential, but the games so far available mostly aren’t quite there. Enter Ghost Recon Shadow Wars. This turn-based strategy game foregos the bells and…
By Brian Crecente Published March 25, 2011 -
Report: Amazon Screws Up British 3DS Deliveries
There are some very unhappy Nintendo fans in the United Kingdom today, with mega-retailer Amazon reportedly failing to deliver 3DS consoles to many customers who paid extra for “expedited delivery”. It’s 11:30am in the UK at the time of posting, and Amazon’s forums are filled to the brim with customers complaining that not only had…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 25, 2011 -
So, How Much Does It Cost To Make A Nintendo 3DS?
Unless you’re reading this from the accounts section of Nintendo, we may never know. But experts in the field can estimate, and they estimate that the 3DS costs Nintendo $101 to manufacture. If that’s correct – and even if it’s not, it’s likely to be damn close – there’s a big gap between the handheld’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 25, 2011 -
CultureTotal Recall
Nintendo’s First Console Is One You’ve Never Played
So Nintendo’s first home console was the Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom, right? Nope. The company’s first foray into home video gaming actually dates back to 1977, six whole years before the Famicom was released in Japan. That “home console” was actually a series of machines called “Color TV”, which were living room versions of popular arcade…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 25, 2011 -
Why Put a Cartridge in a Console When You Can Put a Console in a Cartridge
I get the feeling I’ve seen this before somewhere, and the creator, dany32412 on Instructables, himself says it was inspired by another source. That’s still a functioning Nintendo Entertainment System within a modified NES cartridge, which is a great novelty mod. The difference here is the original gamepads are supported. NES in a Cartridge [Instructables]
By Owen Good Published March 24, 2011 -
Cops Called on the Only Man Camping Out for the 3DS Launch
This guy has been waiting outside a New York City Best Buy since Tuesday, a one-man campout line waiting for the Nintendo 3DS. That is, until store security called the cops to shoo him off. Look, I don’t mean to stir the pot, but we know what’s going on here: It’s because store security is…
By Owen Good Published March 24, 2011 -
Nintendo 3DS Refines Your Music Taste, Finds Your Soulmate
A feature tucked away in Nintendo’s upcoming portable game console tracks the musical zeitgeist of 3DS owners. Owners of the 3DS can turn on a StreetPass feature in the Nintendo 3DS Sounds application that will allow the system to broadcast what your favorite five songs are to other participating 3DS owners you pass on a…
By Brian Crecente Published March 24, 2011 -
LEGO Pikmin? What An Awesome Idea
After over two years of hard work, Filip Johannes Felberg has completed his masterpiece: a recreation of the entire cast of Pikmin in LEGO form. When we say the entire cast, we mean it: Captain Olimar, every Pikmin, every enemy and even every type of plant found in the game can be found in Felberg’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2011 -
Here’s What Mad Catz Is Bringing To The 3DS Party
Nintendo’s newest handheld hits North America on Sunday, and Mad Catz is releasing a line of accessories to ensure players have everything they need to enjoy 3DS to the fullest. Let’s see what they’ve got in store. Traveler Bag for Nintendo 3DS Fashionable yet durable, the Traveler Bag proves an ideal travel companion, providing storage…
By Mike Fahey Published March 23, 2011 -
Which Game Companies Do You Trust?
In today’s episode of Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Kadin is curious to know which video game hardware and software companies have earned your trust over the years, and which have lost it. Where does your trust lie? Which of the big companies out there has earned your trust and which of them has lost it?…
By Mike Fahey Published March 23, 2011 -
Your Android Phone Can Now Be A 3DS AR Card
Looks like somebody was taking notes when Joel used his iPhone as a Nintendo 3DS AR Card, as an application has turned up on the Android marketplace doing just that. 3DS AR Cards is a free app, which gives you digital versions of all the new Nintendo handheld’s augmented reality cards. So rather than carrying…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2011 -
The Perfect Nintendo Handheld Blends The Old With The Older
Japanese artist Rokujo Ikken has come up with possibly the most perfect Nintendo handheld ever devised: The Nintendo Super Famicom DS. Who needs 3D and microphones when all you’re going to do is play old SNES games, anyway? Via Tiny Cartridge
By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2011 -
So, Some Guy Is Already Lining Up For A 3DS
The Nintendo 3DS is not released in the United States until midnight on Saturday. So lining up on the street outside a Manhattan Best Buy seems…smart? No, that’s not the word we’re looking for… Dedicated will have to do. Anyway, this guy started lining up on Monday night, meaning he and his buddy will be…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2011 -
American Censors Cover Up Dead Or Alive’s Shameful Inner Thigh
The Japanese box art for Dead or Alive Dimensions features Kasumi about to kick someone right in the face. The US art is similar, only it decides American teenagers are too vulnerable to handle a little inner thigh. On the left in the image above, the Japanese cover. On the right, the American. You know,…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2011 -
CultureTotal Recall
This Game Boy Wasn’t That Portable, You Know
The very last model of the Game Boy was the Game Boy Micro. It was tiny. You couldn’t just put it in your pocket, you could lose it in there. Now let’s compare that sleek handheld with something from 1991. It’s easy to remember the original Game Boy existing as a lone entity. You owned…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2011 -
The Nintendo They’ve Tried to Forget: Gambling, Gangsters, and Love Hotels
Nintendo, the world’s family-friendly video game maker, formed under less virtuous auspices. Before Nintendo made video games, they made playing cards for gangsters and ran their own love hotel, which some assert their own president frequented—during work. Saucy! It’s deathly quiet. I can hear my footsteps as I trundle down a small side-street, where the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 22, 2011