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The Nintendo Download Spreads The Love With Ninja Kisses

It’s Valentine’s Day, and you know what that means: It’s time to kiss your favorite ninja. And should your favorite silent killer prove too elusive, Nintendo has you covered with a WiiWare ninja kisser. They’re so thoughtful! Or maybe they were just grasping for straws, trying to find anything remotely Valentine’s Day related to release.…

By Mike Fahey Published February 14, 2011

Happy Valentine’s Day, Everyone!

Artwork by Brandon Reese

By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2011

Nintendo’s Hologram Is A Vision Of The Future

On February 26, the Nintendo 3DS is going on sale in Japan. It’s hitting North America in late March. That might sound like the future. Technically, it is. But it’s hardly the future. Nintendo held a Nintendo 3DS event in Bristol over the weekend, giving UK gamers a chance to check out the upcoming handheld.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 14, 2011

How The Nintendo DSi Stopped A “Killer”

On February 6, an anonymous message appeared on a Japanese bulletin board, predicting a random attack. Memories of the Akihabara Massacre came flooding back, and the police moved into action. “On February 11, at 9pm sharp, there will be random slashing at Shinjuku Station’s highway bus entrance,” the message read. “You might want to sit…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 14, 2011

Mario Checkers, Mario RC Cars, Mario Memory Game??

By the time I saw some Mario and Luigi Halloween costumes at Toy Fair in New York City today, I was done taking pictures of Mario merchandise. There’s a lot of Mario stuff being made by a battalion of the world’s toy-makers. Perhaps you’ve seen some of it. Around many corners at Toy Fair there…

By Stephen Totilo Published February 13, 2011

Mario Bros. As A Cheesy Adult Film

A plumber. Laying pipe. A lady in a pink dress, and oh, those mushrooms. Super Mario Bros. is not a dirty movie, but if it were, it’d probably look something like this, complete with obligatory Dr. Mario gag. This is the latest parody from YouTuber DrCoolSex, whose previous parodies include Super Mario Bros: Jersey Shore…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 13, 2011

An Invasion Of Mario, Donkey Kong and Kirby Toys

This line of Yoshis are just a fraction of the population of Nintendo toys and figures at Toy Fair 2011. These guys are from Global Holdings, a company that gets Nintendo items onto the shelves of Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, GameStop and other shops. A video tour of all the vinyl and plush Nintendo stuff…

By Stephen Totilo Published February 13, 2011

Remi Kart 2 Offers More Real-World Mario Kart Madness

As promised, Mario Kart loving prankster Rémi Gaillard takes to the streets of France with kart, Mario costume and huge balls in tow, running from the cops and tossing banana peels and plush turtles at mini-vans. In the follow-up to Gaillard’s hugely popular original Remi Kart, the real-life Mario Karter takes the race indoors—and almost…

By Michael McWhertor Published February 11, 2011

One Small Step For Kinect, One Giant Leap Toward A New Robotic Operating Buddy

Most Kinect hacks don’t serve a societal good, right? Who needs the Xbox 360’s wonder sensor to detect your breasts or make beautiful art? But a Kinect hack that lets us control a robot arm brings us closer to a Kinect version of R.O.B., the ridiculous robot that was sold with the original Nintendo Entertainment…

By Stephen Totilo Published February 11, 2011

If John Hughes Made The Legend of Zelda…

…instead of Shigeru Miyamoto, it would look something like this, a blend of Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, in which Link, Zelda and… err, Tingle go looking for love. Created by the same team behind the equally great God of War indie movie and Inglourious Plummers, this Legend of Zelda…

By Michael McWhertor Published February 10, 2011

This Is A Shitty Way To Teach A Child New Words

The Nintendo Wii continues to prove itself quite capable when it comes to teaching children new things. In fact, it taught three-year-old Oliver Smith a brand new word! Can you say shitheads? Countdown is a long-running British television show involving the descrambling of letters and numbers into words, a fact I know only because the…

By Mike Fahey Published February 10, 2011

Sony Is Also Competing Against Booze, You Know

This month, Nintendo is launching a new gaming portable, the 3DS. Sony also has a new, still forthcoming portable the NGP. How is Sony going to compete? When asked that question by Japan’s Nikkei, Sony Computer Entertainment president Kaz Hirai replied, “I think that it’s too narrow-minded to discuss the competition among game platforms such…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 10, 2011

Activision Blizzard Loses An Ancient European Court Appeal

In 2009, the EU let Nintendo (slightly) off the hook when it reduced the company’s fine for engaging in price-fixing during the 1990’s. Well, Activision asked for a similar reduction in its fine (same case), and has been denied

By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2011

Nintendo’s Trinity Of Classic Beauties

From left to right: Peach, Samus and Zelda. By Megan Lara. Also available as t-shirts!

By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2011

The Origins Of Nintendo’s Game & Watch

Nintendo may have been around for over 100 years, but the Nintendo we know today does video games. And it first hit the handheld gaming big time with its line of Game & Watch units. Here’s how they got their start! A new “Iwata Asks” Q&A on Nintendo’s website goes into great detail on the…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2011

Should You Buy A Nintendo DS?

The Nintendo DS is the most successful portable gaming machine on the planet. More than 100 million of them are out there. Should you get one, or wait for the Nintendo 3DS? [UPDATED for the pre-3DS shopping season.] This is our best advice — updated regularly — about whether or not you should buy a…

Team Kotaku Published February 9, 2011

Nintendo Revives 30-Year-Old Handheld ‘Ball’ For Club Nintendo Members

Nintendo’s most loyal fans in the United States will be able to get their hands on the company’s Ball, the Club Nintendo exclusive re-release of the 1980 Game & Watch portable. It’s the latest Club Nintendo reward. Club Nintendo of Japan gave out Game & Watch Ball hardware way back in 2009, a recreation of…

By Michael McWhertor Published February 9, 2011

A Motion Control Master Shows The NES’s U-Force Wasn’t So Useless

We recently took issue with Brøderbund’s video game controller that required no physical contact, the U-Force. This forgettable, flaky Nintendo Entertainment System controller, almost universally despised, has been mastered by one man, who uses his U-Force with rare mastery. That man is Joe McKenna, maybe the best U-Force practitioner we’ve ever seen. His sister, Karen,…

By Michael McWhertor Published February 9, 2011

Make Quick Cash On The Nintendo 3DS By Unloading It

On February 26, the Nintendo 3DS is going on sale in Japan. Demand for the product is reaching close to the fever pitch that the DS Lite experienced when it released in Japan in 2006. So those looking to turn a quick buck, er yen, can. A photo snapped apparently outside Japanese retail chain Mandai…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 9, 2011

Let Me Count The Ways (You Can Kill Mario)

Poor Mario. It seems the older he gets, the more ways Nintendo finds to maim, crush and kill him. By TheBourgyman

By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2011