The company that gave the world Mario, Link, and Samus is the undisputed champ of the modern console war, with nearly 150 million Switches sold since 2017. But now, speculation is rampant about the company’s next console, rumored to launch in 2025.
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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
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…
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…
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…
Ha! Ha Ha! You were wrong! The duo will be appearing in the upcoming anime, Pokemon: Best Wishes! The upcoming anime series is for the fifth generation game, Pocket Monsters: Black and White. Previously it was revealed that the new Pokemon series, Black and White, will be all new Pocket Monsters right up to the…
Pikachu is an “electric-type” Pocket Monster with a tail shaped like a lighting bolt. The perfect mascot for an electric charger! This DSi/DS XL “Pikachu Charge Stand” is priced at ¥3,980 (US$47) and will be out in Japan on September 18. Pika pika.
We do not know when Nintendo is releasing its 3D-glasses-free portable, the Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo has said sometime this financial year. A super shady seller of R4 cartridges, however, is more detailed. Retailer Magical Shanghai — a retailer that continues to ignore the court injunction against the R4 in Japan — is sporting a cardboard…
Live in Japan? Member of Club Nintendo? Then this post is for you. Japan’s Club Nintendo has shown off some new prizes that gamers can snag by redeeming Club Nintendo points that come with Nintendo games and hardware. There are New Super Mario Bros. Wii Nstraps and an Animal Crossing bag. The bag has a…
The developer behind the portable version of gaming titan Call of Duty: Black Ops doesn’t have an enviable task. Developers N-Space have to find a way to deliver the Call of Duty experience, a game driven by bleeding-edge graphics, immersion and subtly-balanced controls, on a platform that isn’t just lacking the muscle power, but has…
Who needs Bulbasaur when you can fight with Ghost? Who needs pocket monsters in your Pokemon game when you can have the heroes of Call of Duty take turns slashing and poisoning? One amazing video depicts the unreal Pokémon: Modern Warfare. (Video includes text-based profanity, so be mindful before sharing with Pokémon-loving kids.) The video…
Hironobu Sakaguchi created Final Fantasy. Yoshio Sakamoto co-created Metroid. And in 1987, both worked together on a game with this lady, Miho Nakayma. Game company Square was interested in doing an adventure game. But not any old adventure game, but one that used the telephone. Square was gung-ho for Nintendo’s Famicom Disk System console, which…
I really wish Disney Epic Mickey was just a platformer. I love the concept of the third-person action game, of using paint and thinner to warp and build the animated environment around you. And when I played the game earlier this year it was a ton of fun. But every time I catch a glimpse…
Nintendo of America is prepping to make their annual odyssey across the United States next month, showing off samples of what’s coming for the holidays to select press. This year, instead of traveling covertly, in a bland recreation vehicle or utility van, Nintendo decided to travel in style, converting this Airstream trailer into their traveling…
Gunpei Yokoi, who sadly killed in an auto accident in 1997, was a gaming wizard. A new exhibit in Tokyo’s Harajuku pays its respects to Yokoi’s legacy. During the 1960s and 1970s, Yokoi created a wide array of toys for Nintendo. Later he would create Nintendo handheld devices like the Game & Watch and the…
Mario Party games, those party games featuring…Mario, aren’t actually made by Nintendo. They are made by Hudson Soft. And it’s no wonder they are similar to the newly released Wii Party. Nintendo has a long history with Hudson, going back to the Nintendo Entertainment System days, releasing games like Bomberman. In 1998, Nintendo and Hudson…
The Wizard was pretty awful. Too much Nintendo advertising, not enough Sega CD and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I don’t know what’s happening here either. But I like it It’s the work of Docfuture, who also made probably the best Sonic rap ever. [via Tiny Cartridge]
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As with the original, the sequel to Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will be getting different versions of the game for the DS and Wii. When the original game came out I was deeply disappointed in how those DS and Wii versions played. This time around it sounds like the Wii version, by developers Red…
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