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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Donkey Kong returns in Donkey Kong Country…Returns, for the Wii, and there’s not a plastic drum or Queen song in sight. DKCR is by Retro, the guys who did Metroid Prime, and features same-screen co-op for two players. It’ll be out this holiday season. Click to view
One advantage of the 3DS having similar horsepower but a smaller screen than the Wii is that you can get away with porting stuff you couldn’t otherwise on the home console. Like Street Fighter IV. This one may have a rough working title – Street Fighter IV 3D Edition – but at least it’s an…
There’s a new Zelda game coming! And while at first glance it appears to be following in the artistic footsteps of its predecessor, Twilight Princess, first glances can be misleading. You quickly notice that Skyward, while superficially retaining the design style of Twilight, has a cartoony sheen, giving it an appearance that sits halfway between…
At an E3 roundtable discussion earlier today, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto and Eiji Aonuma revealed a bit more information on the newest game in the Zelda series, Skyward Sword. CASTLE IN THE SKY – In a first for the franchise, Link isn’t raised in a village. At least, not one on the ground. He’s instead from…
The 3DS launch this morning was slightly confusing, because among the real games were several tech demos. One of those got a lot of people’s hopes up Rather than simply shrug the demos off as just that, though, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto has instead said that they’re actively combing through their back catalogue, searching for existing…
Code-name no more, the official moniker for the Nintendo 3DS is…the Nintendo 3DS. The NINTENDO 3DS is the Kyoto-base game company’s successor to its wildly popular Nintendo DS line. It is Nintendo’s fourth general handheld gaming system after the Game Boy, the Game Boy Advance and the Nintendo DS. Here is what we know: •…
Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto likes to base games on his interests and hobbies. Gardening led to Pikmin, for example. But what interest could possibly have inspired Zelda: Skyward Sword’s unique art style? Impressionism. Yes, Miyamoto tells Kotaku the 19th century art style, pioneered by French painters like Monet, is the inspiration behind the soft, warm…
Nintendo’s E3 press conference came and went without a single mention of the Pikmin game we’d been promised. So where is it? Nintendo tells us it’s coming, just…not today. Speaking at an informal round-table discussion this afternoon, Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto said that while the game is still in development, the company chose not to…
We’re currently sitting in on Nintendo’s E3 briefing, an informal little get-together that’s becoming quite the E3 tradition. Last year’s brought us a Zelda Wii reveal; what will 2010’s bring? In attendance is legendary designer Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of series such as Mario & Zelda, and 3DS director Hideki Konno, who during the session…
This one’s a little bit PilotWings, a little bit Wii Sports Resort. But don’t worry. It’s mostly PilotWings. The classic Nintendo flight series makes a comeback on the 3DS with PilotWings resort, which has you flying around Wii Sports Resort’s Wahu Island in not just a plane, but stuff like hang gliders and jet packs…
It wouldn’t be a piece of Nintendo hardware without a Mario Kart game now, would it? While these are from a “concept demo”, and not an actual title, it’s Mario Kart. It’ll turn up on the system sooner or later.
This is Metroid: Other M’s E3 trailer, and if Team Ninja wanted to remind us of dark 80s sci-fi, they’re going about it the right way. Not with the clean, bright visuals, but with that synth track! So heavy. So dirty. Like Samus is going to turn a corner somewhere in the game and find…
Nintendo’s new 3DS looks nice, but how does it measure up when we…measure it up? DIMENSIONS (when closed) 5.3 inches x 2.9 inches x 0.8 inches WEIGHT 8 ounces TOP SCREEN 3.52 inch widescreen display / 800×240 resolution (400 pixels for each eye during 3D gameplay) BOTTOM SCREEN 3.02 inch touch-screen display / 320×240 resolution…
The 3DS isn’t all about 3D graphics. Sometimes, you just need something that looks pretty on the new, improved hardware. Like Paper Mario. While we’re sure there’ll be 3D tricks involved along the way, the first screens of Paper Mario seem to suggest it’s simply a great opportunity to take one of the best-looking series…
The Nintendo 3DS, just revealed by Nintendo, looks like it’s already home to an enviable, rich library. But beyond a new Kid Icarus, a new Pilotwings and a new Nintendogs, what can 3DS owners look forward to? There’s more than just Nintendo content, which ranges from remakes like Star Fox 64, familiar properties like Animal…
Nintendo’s last 3D console had a Star Fox game on it. It’s nice to see the company keeping up tradition. Sorry, traditions. The second being that, like with the DS, the 3DS will launch with a re-release of an old Nintendo 64 game, in this case Star Fox 64.
During Nintendo’s E3 press conference earlier today, the Metal Gear Solid series made a surprise appearance courtesy of a short tech demo. Here are some screenshots from that demo. Remember, this is just a demo. All we could do at the hands-on event was guide a camera around, checking out the action in the third…
These six images show what looks a lot like an Ocarina of Time remake for the new Nintendo 3DS. They’re available via a workaround on Nintendo’s E3 press site. Curiously, no announcement was made of the game during the company’s E3 press conference. Maybe it was being saved for later, like Zelda Wii was last…
In one of E3’s more pleasant surprises, Nintendo icon Kid Icarus is returning in an all-new game for the Nintendo 3DS. These are the first official screenshots of the game, which will be one of the 3D handheld’s launch titles.
Here’s the debut trailer for new Zelda game, Skyward Swords. I didn’t think I had genuine excitement left in me for a Wii Zelda game, but this new art style is gorgeous Click to view Click to view
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