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3DS Games Go Black For Grown Ups
Nintendo kicked off a trend last year whereby “adult” games for the Wii — at least in Japan —- had not a white banner on the box, but a black one. Well, that goes for the new 3DS now, too. While it doesn’t change the fact the 3DS’ Japanese box art template is disappointingly plain,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 17, 2011 -
Belgian Postage Stamps Honor — New Super Mario Bros. Wii?
bpost, the postal service of Belgium, will put stamps featuring New Super Mario Bros. Wii on sale beginning Monday. Looks like it offers Mario with three different powerups, plus Yoshi. A sheet is €4,99. [via Polygonal Lawn, thanks Philip]
By Owen Good Published January 15, 2011 -
Single Green Koopa, Loves Long Drives On The Beach
King Koopa is either way ahead or dead last in this awesome Mario Kart piece brought to life by Aled Lewis. “The world through the eyes of a gamer.” Koopa Beach by Aled Lewis / fatheed (Flickr) (Behance) (Twitter) Via: gamefreaksnz Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 14, 2011 -
Lovers’ Quarrel Ends With A Face Full Of Wii
An Oregon couple discovered an unexpected benefit of being a Wii gamer earlier this week: When your drunken girlfriend hurls the console in your face, it does less damage than an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. According to her boyfriend, 31-year-old Rebecca Varina Sloskowski was intoxicated on the evening of January 10, so he left…
By Mike Fahey Published January 14, 2011 -
What If Pokémon Featured Real Animals And Tons Of Profanity
The world of Pokémon is bright, colorful, and filled with joy and wonder, but what if we replaced those colorful pocket monsters with real animals, and the kind-spirited characters with foul-mouthed Brits? I think it would go something like this. Much of the ground covered by this short has been covered before. It is ridiculous…
By Mike Fahey Published January 14, 2011 -
Hollywood Blockbuster King Ready To Sign Death Note
The man responsible for Lethal Weapon and The Last Boy Scout is going to bring his Hollywood sensibilities to one of Japan’s most popular and darkest manga. Death Note follows the story of Kira, who acquires a “death note”. Writing someone’s name in the notebook causes that person to meet an untimely end. The manga…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 14, 2011 -
Are The 3DS’ Launch Games Up To Snuff?
Next month, Nintendo is rolling out a brand new handheld, called the 3DS. New hardware means new games. But how do the 3DS’ games match up with the last time Nintendo released an entirely new portable? The line-up of 3DS games available in Japan when the Nintendo 3DS goes on sale on February 26 are:…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 14, 2011 -
Punch-Out!! Switcheroo Suspect Gets KO’d By The Law
Let’s say you have no money. What would you do? Get a job maybe, right? One individual in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan hatched a different plan. A 33-year-old employed man apparently offered retro games like Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! on online auction sites. But one winning bidder claims that instead of the actual retro game cartridge, pirated…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 14, 2011 -
Nintendo Sending The DS Off Not With A Whimper, But A Bark
Little Charo is a Japanese cartoon aimed at helping kids learn English. It’s also now a DS game being published by, of all companies, Nintendo. Wouldn’t it be amazing if this was the old handheld’s last big game? It probably won’t be, of course, not with Pokemon just out and the DS’ successor, the 3DS,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 14, 2011 -
Watch The History Of Gaming Pass Before Your Eyes
What’s striking about this quick visual chronicle of the history of video games isn’t just how games have become more advanced but how much better our TVs have become. It’s also striking that the personal computer wasn’t part of the history of gaming, as recreated by the Munich-based quartet of game design students responsible for…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 13, 2011 -
A Video Game Pirate Trades Sails For Steam
Kotaku commenter Heyitsguy was once a video game pirate, downing PC games for free via the internet. Now he is not. He tells you why in today’s episode of Speak-Up on Kotaku. 2011 will be the year that I stop illegally downloading games. It began just a few years ago when I discovered torrents. I…
By Mike Fahey Published January 13, 2011 -
Super Mario Mushrooms Served 120 Ways
Super Mario Bros. has mushrooms that change your size, grant you extra lives, and even poison you. That’s not enough fungus for deviant artist MyBurningEyes, so he came up with 120 new types of Mario mushrooms. You may have seen some of these creative Mario mushrooms before. Hell, you may have seen all of them…
By Mike Fahey Published January 13, 2011 -
One Day, The 3DS Might Just Record 3D Video
Ah, the future. No, teh future. Nintendo seems to be milling over new wonders for its upcoming 3D-glasses-free game handheld. In Nintendo’s regular Q&A with company boss Satoru Iwata, the honcho and Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto were talking loosely about possible plans for the Nintendo 3DS. “In a future, improved version, I think it would…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 13, 2011 -
The Big List Of Japan’s 3DS Games
On February 26, the Nintendo 3DS will be released in Japan. If a 3DS game has a release date — or even release window — this is where you’ll find it. Winning Eleven 3DS Soccer – Feb. 26 Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition – Feb. 26 Samurai Warriors: Chronicle – Feb. 26 Tobidasu! Puzzle…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 13, 2011 -
Pucker Up, Pikachu
As seen on StyleFrizz.
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 13, 2011 -
Jumping The Flagpole In Super Mario Bros. — On The First Level
Jumping the flagpole in Super Mario Bros. is possible. This has been proven. Have you seen it on World 1-1, though? Well, thanks to this glitch, you will. [NSFW audio because this guy’s nom de plume is ‘Motherfucker Mike’]. Mike says this video is 100 percent real and was done on a console, not on…
By Owen Good Published January 13, 2011 -
Is Nintendo Bringing Back The Insufferable ‘Friend Code’ For The 3DS?
Nintendo’s clumsy method for connecting Wii and Nintendo DS players to others online, the dreaded Friend Code system, may be returning for the Nintendo 3DS if a report from magazine Famitsu is accurate. In a preview detailing online multiplayer for Capcom’s Super Street Fighter IV 3D, the Japanese magazine writes that players can manage an…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 12, 2011 -
A Bittersweet Reunion With The NES
Can your Nintendo miss you? Can you keep it together while a man reflects on the misty water-colored memories of Super Mario Bros. 3 speed runs and being a Battletoad? Are you already re-hooking up your NES, Kotaku reader? Still Unemployed 13 [YouTube via Reddit]
By Michael McWhertor Published January 12, 2011 -
Praise Jesus, In Front Of A Super Mario Backdrop
Why is Bishop Paul Ojeda preaching in front of a giant Wii Remote and some of those tall mushrooms from Super Mario Brothers? It was part of the Austin Power House Church’s Wii Love Jesus event which involved a guy running around dressed as Mario, kids doing trust falls and lots of fake Wii Remotes.…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 12, 2011