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Donkey Kong’s Back with Donkey Kong Country Returns
Retro Studios, best known for its work on the Metroid series, the Texas-based studio takes a swing at Donkey Kong with Donkey Kong Country Returns, a sidescrolling platformer due out this holiday. A trailer at E3 showed Donkey Kong romping through mine cart levels, swinging from vines and and pirate ship levels.
By Owen Good Published June 15, 2010 -
Wii Party Coming To North America
Already pencilled in for Japan, Wii Party is coming to North America. The game features a slew of social, party-type games — 13 different party modes in all. There is a game board island and a balance boat game, among many others. It will be out this holiday season in North America.
Team Kotaku Published June 15, 2010 -
Goldeneye‘s Return to Wii Confirmed
Nintendo just confirmed the return of the beloved first-person shooter Goldeneye. The title will be a Wii exclusive. Daniel Craig will star as James Bond and the game will feature eight classic bond characters. It releases this holiday. Click to view
Team Kotaku Published June 15, 2010 -
Nintendo’s 2010 E3 Press Conference LIVE
We know a lot of Nintendo’s big news today, but something tells me they still have something up their sleeves. Good thing we’re here to cover their press conference, LIVE! Click to viewNintendo’s E3 Press Conference Click to view
Team Kotaku Published June 15, 2010 -
E3 Day One: Get Ready For New Hardware, New Zelda
There are two things you can expect to see at E3 today that are super exciting: Nintendo unveiling a new piece of hardware, and Nintendo unveiling a new Zelda game. Yes, later this morning we can expect to see, for the first time, the Nintendo 3DS, an all-new handheld from the company that has the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 15, 2010 -
Tiny Wii Controllers For Your Freakishly Small Hands
Are Nintendo’s Wii remote and nunchuk controllers too big for your hands? Power A has your freakishly misshapen appendages covered with the charmingly named MiniRemote and MiniChuck. E3 isn’t just about the games. It’s also a place for companies like Power A to march out odd little accessories like this MiniRemote and MiniChuck combo. Retailing…
By Mike Fahey Published June 14, 2010 -
Rumor: Metroid Prime Team On, Like, Donkey Kong
Retro Studios, the Austin, Texas based development team responsible for making three Metroid Prime games for Nintendo—and one Metroid Prime compilation—may be ready to reveal its new project, a game reportedly starring Donkey Kong. IGN reports that it has heard “credible” talk about Retro Studios creating a Donkey Kong title for the Wii, which, one…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 13, 2010 -
Joey Logano, U R MR NASCAR
Four races into a 21-race sponsorship with GameStop, NASCAR driver Joey Logano averages a fifth-place finish with games sponsorship on his hood. He looks to change that in Kentucky tomorrow with an intimidating Super Mario Galaxy 2 paint job. As part of our neverending mission to document Logano’s performance in the name of video games,…
By Owen Good Published June 11, 2010 -
The Nintendo 3DS Will Have An Analog Stick
Our report earlier today about the features of the 3DS, including the surprise details of a 3D camera, happily didn’t include all of the surprises. The new Nintendo handheld will indeed have an analog stick. Details in the original post
Team Kotaku Published June 11, 2010 -
Gaming’s Big Secrets Revealed… Soon
New gadgets, new ways to play games, new ways to look at games, and plenty of new games. That’s what we expect to see at this year’s big Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. Each year E3 lays out the details of what gamers can expect to see over the course of the rest of…
By Brian Crecente Published June 11, 2010 -
Play Zelda II As A First-Person Shooter
You could keep reading this post. Or you could pop open a new browser window and try playing late-80s Zelda II: The Adventure of Link as a first-person-shooter. This wonderful little late-May creation that I somehow missed puts a player in the head of Zelda hero Link in what may be the worst non-spin-off Zelda…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 10, 2010 -
Paper Mario. Moving. For Real.
An enterprising individual in Japan spent hours after school for a little over three weeks to do something very important: bring you this clip. Using stop motion animation, Super Mario Bros. was recreated on the walls of this Japanese school. The total budget for this production? The equivalent of US$55. Money well spent. Mario jumps…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 10, 2010 -
Namco Bandai: Nintendo Market Has “Collapsed”
Is the bottom about to fall out of Nintendo’s software market? Namco Bandai certainly thinks so, saying the market for games on both the Wii and DS has “collapsed”. “It’s a tough market,” Namco Bandai’s Olivier Comte told MCV. “We had a lot of product, and the average quality of a game on DS and…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2010 -
Snorlax Makes A Great Dress
This isn’t a cosplay per se. It is a Snorlax dress. Different! Over on website Deviant Art, ~bethanyagogo made this Snorlax pocket monster dress because her friend had a Pokémon-themed party. “I made the dress out of fabric from two XXXL t-shirts [one in dark teal and one in tan],” she writes. “I screenprinted eyes…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 10, 2010