Nintendo

Nobody Is Making You Fight In 3D

Even though Super Street Fighter IV: 3D has “3D” in the game’s title, players don’t have to fight in 3D — even if their opponent is. So, relax. As revealed at the recent Nintendo World event, players can select either 2D or 3D for worldwide online play, and their selection has not bearing on how…

Is The Nintendo DSi Dead?

First released in Japan in Fall 2008, the Nintendo DSi brought a new era to Nintendo’s handheld gaming with a low-res camera. That era, it seems, is apparently finished. According to a Japanese retail source, the Nintendo DSi seems to be out of production. The available DSi consoles are apparently only those currently in inventory,…

Spend A Day In The Shoes Of The Nintendo Faithful

Thousands of Nintendo fans turned up at the company’s 3DS showcase over the weekend, among the first to ever get their mitts on the new handheld. You weren’t among them, but after watching this video you could pretend you were! It was shot by Aussie David Turnbull (site here!), who labelled the vid “The Unnecessarily…

No SNES For Miyamoto

Mario’s Creator Doesn’t Have A Super Nintendo

Shigeru Miyamoto is a very important man. He created a whole slew of iconic games like Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda and many more. He probably has better things to do than respond to fan letters. Not necessarily. Ever since he was a young boy, Kotaku reader Ariem always dreamed of…

Ocarina Of Time’s 3DS Footage Has One Goron Mighty Pleased

Screenshots are great and all, but sometimes you need to see a game moving to really get a good impression of it. Even when it’s shaky-cam footage of a remake of a game that came out in 1998. This footage was shot over the weekend at the Nintendo World event in Tokyo, and gives us…

After A Good Ass-Kicking, Actor Finds Solace In His Nintendo DS

In late November, kabuki actor Ebizo Ichikawa XI got in a scuffle that resulted in the 33-year-old being punched down a flight of stairs and getting his face smashed in. Now, he’s killing time with his Nintendo DS. After drinking with colleagues at a gay bar in Tokyo, Ichikawa went to a member’s-only karaoke club.…

The 3DS Will Not Be Banned In China

The Xbox 360 is banned in China. As is the PlayStation 3. In fact, most consoles are banned in the world’s most populous nation, with the exception of a select few. Like the Nintendo 3DS. As it has with previous pieces of hardware — like the DS — Nintendo has been able to secure a…

Nintendo Wants To Avoid Deadly Game Drought With 3DS

Suffering Nintendo fans may not have to suffer as much with the Nintendo 3DS. The company’s president says that owners of the stereoscopic 3D handheld won’t be twiddling their thumbs waiting for new games for the device. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata tells the Nikkei Keizai Shimbun newspaper that it’s “important that you be able to…

The Visible Yoshi

Take a look at Yoshi’s custom sculpted innards! Jason Freeny created this piece for the My Plastic Heart “New Moon 2011” Group Show in NYC. Related Rampages: Mario Anatomy Sculpt | Gingerbread Man Yoshi Anatomical Sculpt by Jason Freeny (Facebook) (Twitter) Via: gamefreaksnz Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over…

Plastic Surgeon Topples Hot Sauce Man, Algebra Teacher To Claim Donkey Kong Throne

In the battle between three men over who is the world’s best Donkey Kong player, a New York plastic surgeon has claimed a fresh victory. Will this barrel hopping high score war ever end? Not any time soon. According to high score tracking group Twin Galaxies, expert Donkey Kong player Hank Chien has once again…

The Nintendo Download: Ghosts, Goblins, Cars, And Catz

Just because I’m most excited about the release of the arcade version of Capcom’s Ghosts ‘N Goblins on the Virtual Console doesn’t mean you won’t find plenty to love in this week’s Nintendo Download. For instance, there’s the arcade version of Ghosts’ N Goblins, one of my favorite quarter munchers of all time. With Arthur…

Super Street Fighter IV For The 3DS In Action, Played Live For You To Judge

Super Street Fighter IV is looking quite good on Nintendo’s 3DS. Let’s watch some gameplay, solo and multiplayer. At the Nintendo World 2011 event in Tokyko this past weekend, Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono presented a live demonstration of Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition, a 35-character fighting game based on last year’s hit, scheduled…

Gaming Still Grabs Some Spotlight at the Consumer Electronics Show

A nearly pocket-sized computer gaming rig and a video game console that can mimic your facial expressions were among the gaming innovations shown off at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week. Increasingly, the annual Vegas electronics show has become less about gaming and more about some of the things that gamers…

Japan’s Favorite Soccer RPG Kicks Out New 3DS Title

Inazuma Eleven, the soccer role-playing series, is getting a new entry, and yep, it’s in 3D. Inazuma Eleven 4 was teased as early as last summer, but the trailer shown at the Nintendo World event this weekend in Tokyo sheds more light on the title. The game is set ten years after Inazuma Eleven 3…

The 3DS Is *The* Portable For Knuckle Sandwiches

Make that three-dee knuckle sandwiches. Because it’s really starting to look that way. The handheld isn’t even out yet, and two big fighter franchises are already slated for 3DS releases: Super Street Fighter IV: 3D and Dead or Alive: Dimensions Now, arcade favorite BlazBlue is also heading to the 3DS, as BlazBlue Continuum Shift II…

Star Fox, Paper Mario & Mario Kart Are All Lookin’ Good On The 3DS

It’s funny, we got so used to seeing DS games for so long that it started to feel like all Nintendo handheld games for all time would look like N64 games. That’s certainly not the case. This off-screen footage, taken over the weekend at the Nintendo World event in Tokyo, shows three of the 3DS’…

School Text Book Disses Nintendo

So there was Frank, Billy, the author and George. And they all thought George was crazy, but was it because he played Nintendo games? The question below appeared in a cram school text book for Japanese students studying English: At first, Frank, Billy and the author thought George was crazy because he 1.) talked to…

Boy Band Makes O-Face For New Nintendo Hardware

Arashi is arguably the biggest boy band in Japan at the moment. Watch how excited they are as they check out what could be the country’s biggest piece of game hardware. Last summer, Nintendo admitted that the 3DS was a tricky sell — especially in an age when 2D televisions still dominate. But even the…

Nintendo Is Covering Its Ass With 3DS Warnings

While doctors say the Nintendo 3DS won’t melt children’s eyes (and is possibly beneficial!), Nintendo is standing by its warning about the upcoming 3D-glasses-free portable gaming device. In late December, Nintendo issued a warning about the 3DS, stating that children under the age of six would not be allowed to enjoy the 3DS’s 3D function…