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Metal Gear 3DS Out In 2011

Konami has just revealed that Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3 “The Naked Sample” – or, “that Metal Gear game for the Nintendo 3DS” – will be out on the new handheld in 2011.

By Luke Plunkett Published September 16, 2010

So, What’s The Biggest-Selling Super Mario Bros. Game?

So the Super Mario series has sold 240 million copies worldwide since 1985. Wondering how those numbers break down amongst the various games? Using official Nintendo numbers (Nintendo discloses sales figures with its financial results) French newspaper Le Monde has done us all a favour and made a pretty chart, outlining the sales of every…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 15, 2010

2010 Is Not The Year Of The Wii

The Wii sure ain’t what it used to be, this handy chart highlighting that for Nintendo’s home console, 2010 hasn’t been as happy as the glory days of 2006, 2007, 2008 or 2009. The image below shows the twelve worst months for Wii hardware sales since the console launched in late 2006. Four of those…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 15, 2010

Nintendo Of America’s Birthplace, Now In Ruins

As Nintendo of America begins to stretch its legs in its swank new offices in Redmond, Washington, the company’s old offices – and a piece of gaming history – are now nothing but a pile of rubble. The building where the company began its assault on the American market with the Nintendo Entertainment System –…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 15, 2010

Mega Mosaic

Roughly 8,000 screen captures form this mosaic of the Mega Man 2 cover. Seen via Pikimal, which also has step-by-step instructions for creating your own.

By Owen Good Published September 14, 2010

Hands-On with Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!

Those tiny wind-up Marios are at it again, this time they’re out to save mini Pauline from a Donkey Kong hiding out in Mario’s third theme park. The fourth game in the series, Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!, still has you tapping toy Marios to have them march across a vertical landscape collecting items…

By Brian Crecente Published September 14, 2010

How Many Games Has Mario Sold?

The next time someone says the Modern Warfare or Halo series have sold a ton, point them towards a fat little plumber with a red hat. Having made his first appearance as Jumpman (in Donkey Kong) nearly thirty years ago, Mario has since appeared in over 200 games. When you’re in 200 games – and…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 14, 2010

Report: Apple Gaining Fast On Nintendo

Ah, this might be what Apple was talking about when it claimed it was the “number one portable game player”. While the comment made recently by Steve Jobs raised eyebrows – mostly because he never backed it up with figures – research from NewZoo shows that while Apple’s iDevices (iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad) are the…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 14, 2010

Nintendo Marks Super Mario’s Anniversary With A Commercial

This September is the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. The game went on sale in Japan on September 13, 1985. Nintendo has released a new television ad that celebrates this watermark — complete with a cartridge blow.

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 13, 2010

Saving Professor Layton’s London In San Francisco

People puzzling in the streets of San Francisco during Nintendo’s Professor Layton and the Unwound Future special event. Be sure to read Kotaku’s full review!

By Mike Fahey Published September 13, 2010

Reviews

Professor Layton and the Unwound Future Review: Riddle Me This

Take part in a thoroughly polite time-traveling conundrum with the newest adventure of Professor Hershel Layton and his puzzle-solving ward Luke in Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, a charming, thought-provoking British adventure. In the Unwound Future, Layton, Luke and a handful of hangers-on jump from decade to decade to solve the mystery of a…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 13, 2010

The Nintendo Download: Staying Out Of Harm’s Reach

This week’s Nintendo Download features three games that probably won’t suffer much from tonight’s midnight release of Halo: Reach, along with the long-awaited tan version of Nnoo’s myNotebook. Rejoice! After working on the Nintendo Download just about every week since Nintendo started offering downloadable titles, you start to see trends. For instance, when a huge…

By Mike Fahey Published September 13, 2010

Three New Street Fighter 3DS Screens

Capcom reckons that the 3DS version of Street Fighter IV will be a “perfect port”. In terms of gameplay, of course, not graphics. Nintendo’s new handheld may look great for a handheld, but expecting 360/PS3 graphics from the thing is a bit much. While these screens may look a little jaggy, remember, the same rule…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 13, 2010

My, What A Lovely Box You Have, Mario

Please, Nintendo, release the Mario 25th anniversary collection in the West. Not for the games, we’ve got those, thanks. Just for the box. This fetching art adorns the special bundle for Nintendo’s Mario 25th Anniversary bundle for the Wii, which includes Super Mario All Stars (a compilation of early Mario games first released on the…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 13, 2010

Well, The 3DS Is Looking Powerful

While we’ve got a few months left before we can really put the new Nintendo 3DS through its paces, Capcom has shown the Japanese press some early examples of how it’s a surprisingly powerful little system. Using the Resident Evil: Revelations demo from E3, Capcom points out that the 3DS is capable of – at…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 13, 2010

Happy 25th Birthday, Super Mario Bros.

On September 13, 1985, Super Mario Bros. was released in Japan, meaning the world’s most famous plumber’s most famous game is now 25 years old. Happy birthday! It seems almost pointless marking the occasion with a round-up, or a few paragraphs outlining his importance to video games – and video gamers – because it’s Mario.…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 13, 2010

Mario vs. Ken: Round 2

In round one of Machnima’s imagined crossover throwdown, Mario got the better of Ken. Now it’s time for round two. If this is anything like exhibition tennis, Mario tanks the second set, and they fight it out for keeps in round three. But throwing Luigi into that behind-the-back hadouken is a nice touch. Mario vs.…

By Owen Good Published September 12, 2010

Rock Band 3 DS: It’s Like Rock Band Meets Tapper

The latest version of Rock Band to come to the DS doesn’t just deliver a stripped down, button-tapping version of the popular console game, it also seems to find some inspiration from a classic 80s arcade game. I loved Tapper when it hit arcades in the early 80s. In the game you had to move…

By Brian Crecente Published September 10, 2010

The Flower Fields and UFOs of Kirby’s Epic Yarn

I couldn’t stop thinking about it. From the second I picked up the Wii Remote and turned it sideways to start playing through the Flower Fields level of Kirby’s Epic Yarn, there was something familiar about the look of the game. Mr. Rogers? I asked tentatively of the Nintendo rep working his way through the…

By Brian Crecente Published September 10, 2010

Donkey Kong Country Returns Wants To Make a Monkey Out of You

Donkey Kong Country Returns isn’t just shaping up to be a great single player game, it looks like it could be one of the better two-player cooperative games to hit the Wii this year. Yes, that means that making your way through Retro Studios’ Donkey and Diddy Kong game with a friend seems to be…

By Brian Crecente Published September 10, 2010