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Nintendo Says There’s No “Immediate Need” To Replace The Wii
Some people thought this would be the week Nintendo unveiled the successor to the Wii. It wasn’t. And while that day will inevitably come some day in the future, it doesn’t look like it’ll be any time soon. “I do not think that there is an immediate need to replace the Wii console”, Nintendo President…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2010 -
Mario’s Creator On The Mystery Of Women (And Cats)
Sounds like a covert pitch for Nintengirls to us
By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2010 -
Rumor: 3DS Allows Game Installs?
It’s a feature that wasn’t disclosed during the public unveiling of the Nintendo 3DS, but Japanese business newspaper Nikkei is reporting that the new handheld will allow users to install games on its onboard storage. According to the paper’s report, “multiple games” can be installed off their original cart, meaning users could stock up on…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2010 -
Nintendo Might Go 3D With Next Console
In an interview with Japan’s Nikkei, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has hinted that the company’s next home console may, like the freshly-unveiled 3DS, go 3D. “If you display a 3D image, the image quality becomes extremely bad, so we’d probably do it with the next system”, he said. “We’re thinking that the timing should be…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2010 -
Animal Crossing 3DS Screens Are Already In Debt To Tom Nook
I’m not sure whether this is an upcoming game or a technical demo, but…actually, it’s Animal Crossing, of course this will eventually show up on the Nintendo 3DS. Interesting, too, that despite appearing on a handheld it’s easily the best-looking Animal Crossing game to date. And is that a character redesign I see? They look…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2010 -
Debut Trailer For Kid Icarus: Uprising
First shown off yesterday, and probably the best-looking game from the initial 3DS lineup, here’s Kid Icarus: Uprising’s debut trailer. It looks fine blown up on a monitor, so in 3D, on the 3DS’ smaller screens, it’ll probably look fantastic Click to view
By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2010 -
Resident Evil Also Shambling Onto The Nintendo 3DS
This is a weird one. Many 3DS “games” on the showroom floor show gameplay, but are just tech demos. This one shows nothing but cinematics, but is actually a proper game. Yes, Resident Evil: Revelations is a full game currently in development at Capcom, and…that’s all we know! Deduce what you want from the screenshots…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2010 -
Lost In Shadow Hands-On: Yes, It’s Fantastic
Hudson might have made a name for itself with Bomberman and Bonk games, but the Japanese developer has hit a breakthrough with Wii title Lost in Shadow. The Wii doesn’t get enough credit. Third party Wii games don’t get enough credit. (Blame years of shovelware for that!) But Hudson has tapped the graphic limitations and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 16, 2010 -
Hands-On With Four More Terrific 3DS Games
We brought you impressions of several 3DS movies and games yesterday. Here are some more. Short version: they are quite good. Long version follows: Star Fox: I played a re-make of the Nintendo 64 Star Fox game. Enemy placement of this on-rails shooter was exactly as I remembered it. But the graphics are far improved.…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 16, 2010 -
Professor Layton Is Trying To Figure Out The 3DS
Not to be left out of all the fun, Professor Layton and his little friend Luke will have their own 3DS game, tentatively called “Mask of Miracle”. These screens don’t do it justice, as we’d assume/hope that the puzzles would at least in some trivial way make use of the new handheld’s 3D capabilities.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2010 -
Donkey Kong Country Returns In This E3 Trailer
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
By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2010 -
Street Fighter IV Punching Above Its Weight On The 3DS
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2010 -
The “New” Link Doesn’t Look That New To Us
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2010 -
Zelda Details: Link Is From Cloud City
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2010 -
Nintendo Searching Back Catalogue For 3DS Reboots
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2010 -
The Definitive Guide To The Nintendo 3DS
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: •…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 16, 2010 -
Zelda: Skyward Sword Is Inspired By…Dead French Painters?
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 15, 2010 -
Don’t Worry, Pikmin Is Still Coming
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 15, 2010 -
Live From Nintendo’s E3 Briefing: More On Zelda, 3DS, Pikmin
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 15, 2010