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Hands-On With The Wii U, Nintendo’s Risky New Revolution

The Wii U does not give the immediately-wonderful first impression that the world-famous Wii did. But after having played some of the games Nintendo has made for its next console, I’m certain the Wii U has great potential. This is a familiar spot for Nintendo to be in: quirky new console, skeptical reporter, and a…

By Stephen Totilo Published June 5, 2012

Collect Battle Stickers In the New Paper Mario On the 3DS

Coming to the 3DS is Paper Mario: Sticker Star Stickers found around Mario’s world can help the 2D protagonist navigate the 3D world for surprise items, or fend off enemies. You can expect the game this holiday season.

By Tina Amini Published June 5, 2012

Man, Lego City Undercover Looks Pretty Hilarious

The Lego games of the last few years have been little kid-friendly comic masterpieces of silent slapstick. And the Wii U will be getting its own slice of the break-and-build experience when Lego City Undercover comes to it later this year.

By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012

Reggie is the “Puppet Master” Manipulating Dancers in Just Dance 4

Here’s Ubisoft’s Just Dance 4, shown off at Nintendo’s press briefing during E3 today.

By Jason Schreier Published June 5, 2012

Gold-Crazy New Super Mario Bros. 2 Hits 3DS August 19

Classic side-scrolling Mario goodness with a focus on ridiculous amounts of gold coins, New Super Mario Bros. 2 is hitting the North American 3DS on August 19, just in time for August 19.

By Mike Fahey Published June 5, 2012

Wii Fit U Adds A New Peripheral

At Nintendo’s press conference today, Reggie Fils-Aime unveiled the new Wii Fit U that uses both the GamePad and the console to track your exercises, calories and all. The trailer portrayed a woman on the balancing scale jumping up and down while the GamePad in front of her showed the virtual trampoline. In line with…

By Tina Amini Published June 5, 2012

Nintendo Brings Karaoke Lyrics to the Masses with Sing

They’re saying that they want the Wii U to bring people together so it kind of makes sense that Nintendo’s brining an all-new karaoke style experience to the system with Sing. It’s being made by FreeStyle Games, who tuned out the DJ Hero games for Activision a few years back. Expect to hear more about…

By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012

Mass Effect 3 Makes Its Nintendo Debut on the Wii U

BioWare just announced via its official Twitter account that Mass Effect 3 will be a launch title for the Wii U this holiday season. Perhaps the new end content will be in place by then.

By Mike Fahey Published June 5, 2012

Scribblenauts Unlimited coming to Wii U

Scribblenauts will be coming to the Wii U in HD, giving players an insight into Maxwell’s story. Players can use the Wii U touchpad to design and edit creations to add to the world, like the auto mutt shown, going above and beyond the previous Scribblenauts games’ word entry capabilities. Scribblenauts Unlimited will also add…

By Kate Cox Published June 5, 2012

Batman: Arkham City: Armored Edition is Coming to Wii U

Batman: Arkham City is getting a special version, optimized for the Wii U controller, Warner Bros. said on stage at Nintendo’s E3 news conference today. The game’s “Armored Edition” will let players use the Wii U pad to activate features of Batman’s armor and weaponry. The audience was shown how to guide the remote control…

By Owen Good Published June 5, 2012

Hallelujah! New Super Mario Bros. U Coming to Wii U

You won’t have to wait for Nintendo’s most famous character to show up on its next home console. Nintendo America president Reggie Fils-Aime confirmed that a new Mario title New Super Mario Bros. U will be a showcase title on the Wii U. Gameplay will offer multiplayer options with both Wii remotes and the gamepad…

By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012

Nintendo’s Wii U Will Support Two GamePads

Nintendo’s new console can support two of its screen-controllers, or GamePads, Nintendo announced during it’s E3 2012 press conference this morning. Nintendo has been coy about whether the Wii U can support two controllers since last E3 when the company first showed its upcoming 2012 machine. Last year, Nintendo designer Katsuya Eguchi told us that…

By Stephen Totilo Published June 5, 2012

Pikmin 3 Confirmed as Wii U Title

The crazy-cute strategy series that’s been missing in action since the days of the Gamecube will finally return on Nintendo’s next home console. Gameplay video of Pikmin 3 was shown off during Nintendo’s E3 2012 press conference this morning, including snippets of various multiplayer modes. Kotaku will have more on Pikmin 3 this week.

By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012

Sleeping Dogs Could be One of Those Summer Surprises

The open-world action game Sleeping Dogs was one of the surprise hits of a recent pre-E3 tour of major upcoming video games by a gaggle of video game reporters. What was once a game left for dead, abandoned by Call of Duty publisher Activision is once again without the True Crime name it had at…

By Stephen Totilo Published June 5, 2012

Early Results Are in: Gawker Media Census Proves You’re a PC

Last week we asked you to take the 2012 Gawker Media Census, and in return offered one lucky survey-taker the opportunity to win a new iPad. Well, early responses are in, and we learned some interesting info about you guys—like the fact that 75% of you are PC users. We’re sure you’re much cooler than…

We’re Liveblogging Nintendo’s E3 Press Conference Right Here

The pre-E3 keynotes from the industry’s major players concludes this morning in Los Angeles with Nintendo, expected to give a full reveal of its upcoming Wii U console. Kotaku will have Stephen Totilo, Kirk Hamilton and Chris Person tweeting live from the scene. You can follow Here now, we’ve got our own Evan Narcisse, Mike…

By Owen Good Published June 5, 2012

Black Wii U Gamepad Makes an Appearance on Nintendo’s E3 Stage

The darker variant to Nintendo’s new home console controller was spotted before Nintendo’s E3 press conference this morning. Is it too much to hope that it might be available at launch? Maybe we’ll find out later this morning.

By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012

Disney Epic Mickey 2 Will Paint Your Screen This November

Disney Interactive today announced the official release date for Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two. You can expect to paint and erase all sorts of things on November 18, 2012. You can watch co-op action in the trailer above, where second players can control Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.

By Tina Amini Published June 5, 2012

NBA Live 13 Bounces Back With Its First Five Screenshots

My exclusive first look at NBA Live 13 was illustrated by a screen that was a deliberately chosen tease. EA Sports wanted to show a little leg on Friday before giving you the full monty at E3. The publisher just released a batch of five screens showing off the player modeling in the game, but…

By Owen Good Published June 5, 2012

Talk Amongst Yourselves

It’s the first official day of E3 2012, and I can’t think of a better time to talk about video games in Kotaku‘s official forum, Talk Amongst Yourselves. Today’s ICOnic TAYpic comes from press UP for oranges, no doubt overjoyed that another Sony E3 presser has come and gone without any mention of giant bird…

By Mike Fahey Published June 5, 2012