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The Best Pokémon For Each Situation

With over six hundred pocket monsters to choose from, not all Pokémon are made equal. Some Pokémon are better than others. And if you’re looking for the very best Pokémon you can own, your choices are limited. But what do we mean when we say “best Pokémon?” Certainly, there are better designed-Pokémon than others. There…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: A Live-Action Legend Of Zelda

Netflix and Nintendo may be making a live-action Legend of Zelda television series. Not if we make it first! I guess they’d probably still continue on with theirs if we made one first, especially considering ours will just be a series of images created by you folks imagining what their series might look like. There…

Report: Netflix Making Legend of Zelda TV Series

The Wall Street Journal reports Netflix and Nintendo are in the early stages of producing a live-action series based on The Legend of Zelda The publication’s sources describe the project as being in the “early stages” but is being thought of as “Game of Thrones for a family audience.” No writers have been attached the…

This Is Why Nintendo Should Bring The Smaller New 3DS To America

Do you live in North America? Want to get your hands on one of these sweet New 3DS faceplates? SORRY. Nintendo doesn’t want to sell them to you. Let me explain. There are two models of the New 3DS: small and XL. But because Nintendo is Nintendo, North Americans are only getting the XL version…

Nintendo Is So Annoying About Smartphones

You know what would be cool? If Nintendo released its old games on smartphones. Instead, Nintendo has another plan: Releasing more smartphone games on the 3DS. Oh. In a recent interview with the Nikkei, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata revealed that Nintendo will be remaking more smartphone games on the Nintendo 3DS. Iwata added that the…

The Legend of Legacy Is One Hard JRPG

Over the past week, I’ve been spending a lot of time with the new 3DS RPG The Legend of Legacy. If you long for the days of unforgivingly challenging JRPGs, then this is the game for you. The Legend of Legacy is the brainchild of several people who definitely know their ways around JRPG classics.…

Nintendo’s New Business? Your Health. 

In a recent interview, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata outlined the company’s three main pillars: game hardware, game software, and health care. Nintendo has made exercising and video games work before, but here, Nintendo is spinning health care off into a specialized business. This shouldn’t come as a complete surprise, because it’s not. Last year, Nintendo…

Website Will Track Amiibo Stock So You Don’t Have To

Reader Chris Ryan, keenly aware how damn hardit’s proving to get your hands on certain Amiibo, has gone and built a website called Amiibo Trackr that can tell you at a glance which online retailers currently have which figures in stock. Here’s how it works, according to Chris: As soon as you click on one…

Smash Bros. Glitch Turns Everything Into A Tomato

Smash Bros. has dozens of items, all of which work in different ways. For whatever reason, one person’s copy of the game turns every possible item into a tomato, while still retaining the original item’s function. It’s the most hilarious thing I’ve seen all day. The issue, which is being encountered by Leron Tolmachev, is…

Nintendo’s YouTube Plan Is Already Having Problems

Last week, Nintendo started a controversial program lets YouTubers make money off of any Nintendo-related videos submitted for approval. The process was supposed to take two to three days, but today Nintendo announced that they’re having trouble keeping up with the demand. As spotted by Venture Beat, here’s what the Nintendo website says about the…

There’s A Rift At The Heart Of The Smash Bros. Scene

Despite being nearly 15 years old and having had a couple of sequels, Super Smash Bros. Melee is still alive and thriving. The fans won’t let it die. Usually, the community enthusiasm around Smash Bros. is admirable. But last weekend, at the biggest Smash Bros. tournament ever held, fans’ endless love for Melee turned ugly.…

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D: The Kotaku Review

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask is a true original. Other creators have had 15 years to copy its ideas, but inexplicably, nobody has. If anything, it feels more bracingly unusual now than it did back then, because mechanically or thematically, there’s been nothing like it since. It is always a relief to return to…

The Best Donkey Kong Country Ever Made

The Donkey Kong Country series contains some of the most beloved platforming titles to ever grace a Nintendo console. The series revitalized a classic villlain as a hero. It boasted 3D-esque visuals in a market of predominantly 2D games. It had a swinging soundtrack so catchy that I bet you’ve already begun to hum the…

The Up All Night Stream Plays Kirby and the Rainbow Curse [All Done]

Back on the Wii, you saw everyone’s favorite pink blob turned into a ball of yarn. So now join me in his new Wii U adventure where he is a ball of clay. Update: The stream is now over but you can watch it in its entirety below. Watch live video from BiggestinJapan on Twitch…

It Looks Like Katy Perry Wore A Wiimote Strap To The Super Bowl

Behold: singer Katy Perry, the only person on earth who actually listens to Nintendo when they tell you to wear the Wiimote strap. In case you’re not watching the 49th Super Bowl—Seahawks vs. Patriots—you just missed Perry flying in the air on a shooting star after dancing with a bunch of singing sharks. Uh. You…

We’ve updated our post about Nintendo’s new YouTube plan: Pewdiepie has weighed in on the issue, and he does not sound happy about it. Read what he has to say here.

PSA: Remember To Download The Free Rare Pokémon Available Now

Are you playing Pokémon Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire right now? Good news. Game Freak is giving out a few rare Pokémon that you’ll want to pick up. All you have to do is go into the game, and select ‘Mystery Gift’ from the main menu, and put in a couple of codes. The code…

Final Fantasy Explorers Is Crystal Chronicles Meets Monster Hunter

It’s time to team up and go hunt some of Final Fantasy‘s most iconic creatures. Good – Iconic Monsters There’s not a lot of plot to Final Fantasy Explorers. You make a character, come to the one town on a remote island, and receive quests from its inhabitants. The island itself is a macrocosm of…

I Totally Did Not Realise That Amiibos Were This Popular

Wandering around New York earlier this week, I found myself in the vicinity of the Nintendo World Store. I thought I’d pop in and have a look. I did not expect to encounter over 300 people queuing around the block. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK They were waiting for a chance at getting…

Nintendo’s YouTube Plan Is Already Being Panned By YouTubers [Update]

Nintendo launched a new affiliate program yesterday for YouTubers that, on paper sounds like a good thing. It’s a way to let YouTubers make money off their Nintendo-related videos on YouTube, after all. But if you look at the finer details, things don’t look so great. Called the “Nintendo Creator’s Program,” the scheme lets people…