Over the past weekend, a couple of us at Kotaku had a chance to sink a good half-dozen hours each into an alpha version of Bungie’s sprawling (but still somewhat mysterious) online shooter Destiny. The chunk we played was pretty enjoyable, and gave me a much better sense of what Destiny is all about. Destiny…
It’s been a long time coming, but Nintendo finally took the lid off its wonderful new box of toys this morning during its E3 address. They’re called “Amiibo,” and the basic idea is that they’re turning all of our favorite Nintendo characters into playable action figures that also augment gameplay in a number of upcoming…
Just announced on IGN‘s E3 livestream, Devil’s Third will be showing up only on Nintendo’s home console. The unlikely pairing of Tomonobu Itagaki’s blood-and-guts fetish with Nintendo’s traditionally family-friendly philosophy is a surprise but the deal does lend credence to earlier statements that the game was close to done
Sony’s press conference came and went last night, filled with pregnant pauses. None of those silences gave birth to any news about The Last Guardian, making it five years of barely suppressed longing. High time, then, for me to think about where I’m going to put this game in my heart, whenever it comes out.…
We’d heard that the new Pokémon remakes would include megas for Mudkip and Treeko. But now we can see what they’re like in the actual game. Neat, eh? In fact, there’s a whole bunch of new footage of Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire—Hoenn is looking like a great place to return to: Admittedly, though, I…
The breathtaking footage Nintendo showed today for its 2015 Wii U Zelda is real, a Nintendo rep tells me. I asked if it was pre-rendered. No, they said. It’s in-engine. It’s not a gameplay angle, for the most part, but what you saw is coming from Wii U-level hardware, it seems. The shot above is…
As Nintendo announced a couple of weeks ago, you’ll be able to play the Wii U Smash Bros. game with GameCube controllers using a new adapter peripheral they’ve created for their newest console. The Wii U GameCube controller adapter will be out on the same day as Super Smash Bros., and it’ll cost $20. There’s…
Here’s a glimpse at the next installment in the legendary first-person shooter series. The clip revealed today doesn’t show much of the long-brewing shooter and is intended to tease folks with just a little taste of sci-fi demonic fusion until Bethesda’s QuakeCon event later this year. We’ll see if things are back on track for…
The dinosaur that raised Baby Mario is already pretty darn adorable. But a new Wii U game shown today does Yoshi up all in yarn, making the lizard even cuter. Visually, Yoshi’s Woolly World follows up on the style first seen in Kirby’s Epic Yarn.
Nintendo’s top game designer has cooked up an unusual way to play Star Fox on the Wii U, and he’s hoping you’ll all be able to play it some time next year. Miyamoto revealed the new Star Fox game at the end of a Sunday evening showcase held in Nintendo’s E3 booth for a handful…
Could the most interesting game from the creator of Super Mario Bros. and Zelda that we’ve seen in years be a quasi-multiplayer game about security cameras? Could be. I played it and had a great, great time. The game is called Project: Guard, and it’s keeping a relatively low profile at this years’ E3. Nintendo…
Woah. Nintendo waited until the end of its E3 address to sneak in an announcement for a little game called Mario Party 10. It’s coming to the Wii U, people! Get excited. For no particular reason, here are some other amazing stills:
Fantasy Life, the 3DS RPG from Level-5, is coming to the U.S. this October, Nintendo announced today.
Kid Icarus‘ ruling goddess of Angel Land will be showing up in the new Smash Bros. game to kick some butt. Long a supporting character in the Kid Icarus game, Lady Palutena’s also been seen as part of Pit’s Final Smash attacks. Now, as the video from today’s Nintendo presentation showed, she’ll be a playable…
Admit it: you’ve always dreamed about making your own Super Mario Bros. levels. We all have. Well, we’ll finally be able to once Mario Maker comes out for the Wii U. Here’s an amazing-looking trailer: Nintendo just announced the new game during its E3 Nintendo Direct address. As the title implies, the game lets you…
Nintendo’s making a new 8-player multiplayer shooter called Splatoon for the Wii U. The game, which features squids who are also people and copious amounts of colorful ink, was announced during today’s E3 Nintendo Direct. Coming at some point in 2015.
The JRPG “X” is now “Xenoblade Chronicles X.” Looks like a sequel to Xenoblade, and it’s got shades of Xenogears and Xenosaga too. Coming to Wii U in 2015. Video trailer above.
Nintendo is reviving one of the quirkier titles in its already quirky Kirby franchise for the Wii U, the company just announced during its E3 Nintendo Direct address. The new game is called Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, and it’s a sequel to the cult favorite Kirby: Canvas Curse. Canvas Curse was originally released back…
Hyrule Warriors, the hack-and-slash spin-off of The Legend of Zelda, won’t just let you play as boring ol’ Link. It’ll also let you play as some very cool heroines, like Zelda and Midna. Awesome. Hyrule Warriors is a collaboration between Nintendo and Tecmo Koei, and it releases in Japan on August 14th, and in North…
When Bayonetta 2 comes out for Wii U, you’ll be getting two games for the price of one. Nintendo announced today that the predecessor for Platinum Games’ hotly-anticipated action title will be included with Bayonetta 2. The first Bayonetta came out for the PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2009 and skipped the Wii. Today’s news…
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