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New Kirby’s Epic Yarn Trailer Is So ~Cuuute~ :D

Because the world was in need of something particularly soft and precious right now, Nintendo of Japan has released a new trailer for its hyper adorable platformer adventure Kirby’s Epic Yarn. (It’s perfectly acceptable to squeal now.) Diabetics may want to look away, for the latest preview of Kirby’s next game for the Wii is…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 2, 2010

Nintendo’s Verbally Abusive Wave Race Easter Egg Finally Unearthed

Nearly nine years after the game’s release on Nintendo’s GameCube, an Easter Egg that unlocks a verbally abusive asshole mode in Wave Race: Blue Storm has been discovered. The code, publicized by NeoGAF forum-goer RaoulDuke, changes the normally enthusiastic and informative pit crew voices heard in the jet skiing game into that of a total…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 2, 2010

Capsule Toy? No, Win An R4

For ¥400 a pop (US$4.75), Japanese capsule toy machine offers folks the chance to win an R4 — a device Nintendo is trying to block. As seen in Osaka’s Den-Den Town electrics district by Julie via Ai Amano

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 2, 2010

Report: Wii Getting Super Mario All-Stars

According to a report from a Japanese retail event, Nintendo is planning on bringing Super Mario All-Stars to the Nintendo Wii. On sale October 21 for ¥2,500 (US$30), the compilation will mark the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. The game first went on sale in Japan in September 1985. It went on sale the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 2, 2010

Apple Boasts iPod touch The ‘#1 Portable Game Player’

Some gamers may not consider Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch platform a viable video game device, but the company’s CEO sure does, calling it “the number one portable game player” on the market, just before introducing the iPod’s latest iteration. CEO Steve Jobs claims the Apple device has “50%+ the marketshare for portable game players…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 1, 2010

Can You Spot The 11-Year-Old In This Mario Pile?

Eleven-year-old Oscar Brown poses with his Mario collection, boasting more than a thousand items from all over the world. I say we blame the parents. After all, they filmed it

By Mike Fahey Published August 31, 2010

Frankenreview: Metroid Other M

After all these years of spelling Metroid a certain way, Nintendo and Team Ninja go and pull an Other M on us. How will the assembled video game critics handle this new consonant? Of course there’s more to the new Metroid than another M. The team behind Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden are on…

By Mike Fahey Published August 31, 2010

Feeling Down? Watch A Kitten Play Duck Hunt

Sure, she’s cheating by standing so close. But you try playing Duck Hunt with no opposable thumbs. It’s a fairly good effort, especially later in the clip as “Claire” begins to learn she’s only supposed to be clawing madly at the ducks, not the dog as well. [via Go Nintendo]

By Luke Plunkett Published August 31, 2010

And Finally, Years Later, My Wii Is Online

The Nintendo Wii launched in 2006. For one reason or another, I wasn’t able to get my Wii online, save for a brief spell when Super Smash Bros. Brawl was released. Today all that changed, and my Wii is online. This morning, a wonderful fellow at Nintendo was kind enough to walk me through the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 31, 2010

Metroid: Other M On Canvas, On The Wall

This showed up on my doorstep this morning. Nice, vibrant print, but an abstract watercolor would have been cooler.

By Brian Crecente Published August 30, 2010

The Nintendo Download: Elastic Boy Saves The Day

In a week with only four downloadable Nintendo titles, two of which aren’t technically games, one small blob carries the weight of the Nintendo Download on his shoulders. THat’s right folks, there are only four downloadable titles this week across WiiWare and DSiWare, and one of them is a virtual notebook. Another is a DSiWare…

By Mike Fahey Published August 30, 2010

DSi And DSi XL Get Price Drops

Starting Sept. 12 Nintendo will be dropping the price of the DSi to $150 and the price of the DSi XL to $170. The DS Lite will remain $130. The price drops lower the two systems by $20 each, down from $170 and $190 respectively. “We know shoppers want to get the maximum value out…

By Brian Crecente Published August 30, 2010

Kinect Clone Maker Understands Chinese Gamers “Better”

Microsoft is releasing a controller-free system called Kinect. So is Beijing eedoo Technology Ltd., a spin-off company created by Chinese computer giant Lenovo. It’s called the eBox. Watch out, Microsoft! “We are the world’s second company to produce a controller-free game console, behind only Microsoft,” Beijing eedoo Technology president Jack Luo tells China Daily. Lenovo…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 30, 2010

Kirk Gibson’s Home Run, Recreated In R.B.I. Baseball

Sports gamers remember the epic R.B.I. Baseball re-creation of the sixth game of the 1986 World Series. Someone’s gotten around to re-enacting an even greater World Series moment from that decade: Kirk Gibson’s home run to beat Oakland in 1988. This is one of a few moments I saw live and can recite from memory,…

By Owen Good Published August 27, 2010

Metroid: Other M Launch Trailer Might Help You Decide

You’ve read our Metroid: Other M review. (You have, right?) Now watch the game’s launch trailer.

By Stephen Totilo Published August 27, 2010

Do Not Stare Directly At Creepy Mario Cosplay Doll

More disturbing shots found on GenePoo thedoll’s Flickr photostream

By Mike Fahey Published August 27, 2010

The Mushroom Kingdom’s World of Warcraft

Kotaku favorite game blending artist David Stonecipher is at it again, giving us a look at how the characters of Mario’s universe would look in World of Warcraft. Check out the full canvases over at Stonecipher’s site

By Brian Crecente Published August 27, 2010

Reviews

Metroid: Other M Review: Our Unexpected Future

This game was made by brave people. Bravery in game design is when someone makes a tennis video game and doesn’t let you control where the tennis players run. Bravery in game design is when you turn a series about a Bear that can jump into an ambitious game of LEGOs Bravery is when, in…

By Stephen Totilo Published August 27, 2010

Ash, Something Is Different

The next Pokemon series, Pokemon: Black & White, is all new Pocket Monsters right up until the end. As previously posted, the anime has two old friends. But the anime Ash (who is called “Satoshi” in Japan) looks slightly different. Commenters have pointed out that Ash’s eyes look different from the way they have looked…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 27, 2010

Just In Time For Fall, The $400 Mario Sweater

And it’s not just any only $400 Mario sweater, but an officially licensed $400 sweater sold to you via the guy who created role-playing game Earthbound. The online store at Shigesato Itoi’s website is offering a 100 percent wool sweaters for ¥36,000 (US$435). They’re hand-knitted. Not by Shigesato Itoi, though. He’s busy, doing other stuff…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 27, 2010