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All The Enemies And Items In Super Mario Maker In One Video

Tireless Nintendo game chronicler MasterofHyrule started off creating a video of all of the enemies and items in Super Mario Maker that could come out of a canon or pipe. Then he upped it to all the enemies and items in the game. Then… …he decided to demonstrate what happens to each enemy or item…

Super Mario Bros. Turns 30 Today — When Did You First Play?

On September 13, 1985, Nintendo released Super Mario Bros. for the Family Computer (Famicom) in Japan. My first encounter with the heroic plumber came a year later at a local bar. The game that many credit with resurrecting North America’s video game industry after the Atari/Coleco era crash arrived in the states at a point…

Disney Infinity 3.0 Valiantly Attempts To Emulate Splatoon

One of Disney’s downloadable creations for Infinity 3.0 is a paint turf war mini-game called “Squid Wars”. It’s far from perfect, but isn’t it oh-so-adorable that they tried? Owners of Disney Infinity 3.0 are only a couple of confusing menu screens away from participating in their own Disney-created squid-inspired paint battles for up to four…

Get These Highly Collectible Amiibo Facts Before They’re Gone

Did you know hardcore Amiibo collectors would sell their own family members if it meant getting their hands on a hard-to-find fiure? That’s definitely not one of the fun facts presented in Did You Know Gaming’s latest. Is Nintendo driving toy sales with games or driving game sales with toys? For better or worse, Amiibo…

The Most Popular Levels In Super Mario Maker (So Far)

As of this writing, a level called “Don’t press anything” by Wii U owner Niramou is the most starred course on Mario Maker. It’s been played a whopping 74,847 times already. You can watch it below: It’s not alone, as you can see in the video above. Many stages of its kind are populating the…

‘Skinny Mario’ Is An Abomination

Nintendo has gone too far. They must be stopped. This cannot stand. Those of you who have been following developments around Mario Maker probably already know all about the “Weird Mushroom,” a special power-up that gives Mario all of the trademark abilities that normally define Luigi. With it, Mario can jump higher—something to which I…

Every Costume In Super Mario Maker

You don’t have to play Super Mario Maker as Mario, you know. Hidden inside Mario Maker are dozens and dozens of costumes that you can wear, all of which transform you into different Nintendo characters, as you can see in this level created by Wii U owner Jirard: Just about every franchise is represented here,…

Super Mario Maker: The Kotaku Review

Mario Maker feels like a game that should not exist. Consider this: Nintendo is the sort of company that has specific ideas about the way Bowser would drink a cup of coffee in a movie. It is the sort of company that would develop a height graph, so game developers always know what size a…

Genei Ibun Roku X FE, that Shin Megami Tensei meets Fire Emblem Wii U game, has a release date. It will be out in Japan on December 26. No word yet about the game’s international release date.

Even Super Mario Maker Can’t Escape Five Nights at Freddy’s

Freddy Fazbear finds a home in the most unlikely of places, I tell you what. Being that the press version of Super Mario Maker will go defunct soon, I thought it would be a good idea to take one last look at what people have made thus far—after tomorrow, it’ll be pretty much dead. To…

Good Pokémon GO Joke, Square Enix Montreal

Here’s a cheeky tweet from the makers of Lara Croft GO, a very good mobile game and successor to Hitman GO. Those games both come from Square Enix Montreal and now share a suffix with the upcoming and completely unrelated mobile game Pokémon GO from Niantic, The Pokémon Company and Nintendo. The Square folks don’t…

Pokémon Go Could Be Amazing (And Maybe A Bit Dangerous)

The words “alternate reality game” were the last thing some hardcore Pokémon fans wanted to hear last night. I understand why. It’s a spin-off. It’s on mobile. You can’t play from the comfort of your own home. And yet! Pokémon Go could be the shot in the arm that the monster-collecting series needs. The key…

Shovel Knight dev Yacht Club Games has announced the release date for their game’s upcoming expansion: September 17. Plague of Shadows will feature a new character, the Plague Knight, and will be released for all versions of Shovel Knight in a free update. Trailer for it is above, in case you missed it last month.

Get This Awesome Free Book From Nintendo

Nintendo’s Japanese website launched a big update for Super Mario Maker today, and part of includes a neat surprise: a free pdf version of the fancy little coffee table book that otherwise comes with boxed copies the game. The relevant section on the site can be found here, and once you get there, click here…

Creator of ‘Hardest Super Mario World Level Ever’ Says Copyright Crackdown Gutted His YouTube Channel

Some of the most impressive Super Mario creations took years to make—and now they’re gone, at least on YouTube. Earlier this month, speedrunner Alex “PangaeaPanga” tweeted that his YouTube channel had been “wrecked.” Taking a closer look, I noted that even the popular video titled Item Abuse 3—which was billed as the “hardest Super Mario…

Everything one needs to play Mario Kart 8 in a $299 box. Nintendo has announced a new ongoing version of the Wii U that comes bundled with its popular racing game and an eShop download card for its two DLC packs. It’s available across the U.S. starting today. Vroom.

How Mario and Luigi Were Turned into Traditional Japanese Art 

This fall, a traditional Japanese screen painting with Mario and Luigi will go on display in Kyoto. Here is how that work of art was made. Nintendo released a video interview with the artist who did the piece, Taro Yamamoto. In it, Yamamoto talks about the work, which features Mario as the Japanese god of…

Nintendo Announces Pikmin 4 In The Weirdest Way

The fourth installment of the popular strategy title is in the works and “close to completion” according to Nintendo head designer Shigeru Miyamoto in an interview that’s over a month old. In a surprising move Eurogamer has suddenly announced what could be one of the biggest upcoming Nintendo games today, though they note the interview…

The Official Hello Kitty New Nintendo 3DS

Since Hello Kitty is put on just about anything, a Hello Kitty New Nintendo 3DS was only a matter of time. The Kitty-chan 3DS is outfitted with Hello Kitty faceplates (which are also sold separately for 2,000 yen or US$17) and is priced at 17,000 yen ($143). It goes on sale on November 28 in…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Don’t Need A Game To Make Mario Levels: Winner!

You can’t make this stage in Super Mario Maker. In honor of this week’s release of Nintendo Wii U Mario creation tool, last week I tasked our image-manipulation experts to demonstrate what sort of Mario we could make without a $60 game. They certainly rose to the occasion. And while the brave and valorous Hundredgunner…