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Mario Kart Toys Are Coming To McDonalds

The good news is that the next Happy Meal toy selection will feature Mario Kart toys. The bad news is that Luigi’s action feature is not giving a death stare. And yes, there will be alternate choices for girls: Via McDonalds You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming…

Ten Things You Might’ve Missed About The New Zelda Reveal

Time for some trailer analysis! While we didn’t get to see too much of the new Zelda, the short footage we saw was still jam-packed with small stuff that was easy to miss. I mean, let’s be real, most of us were busy thinking about how amazing the grass looks now and such. Thankfully, GameXplain…

​E3 Made Me Excited About Big-Budget Games Again

I used to dream about Warcraft III. This was before it came out, before Blizzard had even settled on making the epic real-time strategy game that would eventually come to be known as Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. I would check the mailbox impatiently every day for the new issue of PC Gamer to arrive,…

Nintendo’s E3 2014: You’re Buying a Wii U Now, Right?

Last year Nintendo dressed its developers up in cat ears and paraded them in front of a huddled group of attendees at its booth rather than have a press conference at E3. This year, it didn’t even do that much. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK I thought that might mean it had nothing…

I Am Totally in Love with Persona Q’s Cute Character Redesigns

I’m a pretty big fan of Persona 3 and 4—especially of their dark color palette and creepy visuals. So, if you would have told me a year ago I would love the chibi character designs of Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth, I never would have believed you. …But they’re just so cute! Take a…

Miyamoto Tries Oculus Rift. Oh, The Possibilities.

I like to think there are two possible things running through his head. The first is “A new Mario game using this would be amazing“. The second being “I hope our legal team doesn’t sue into oblivion the first people to come up with a Starfox mod for EVE Valkyrie”. For reference that’s Bill Trinen…

Sushi Joint At Nintendo HQ Closed For “Potentially Hazardous Foods”

The dubious quality of Nintendo’s eateries has been a touchy subject for a while now, and that saga continues with the temporary closure of a vendor operating at Nintendo of America’s headquarters. According to a detail listed in a recent update on the public health section of the King County website, the food vendor “I…

Nintendo Is Planning A Future For Both 2D And 3D Metroid

Time to get your hopes up, Metroid fans. The series no-showed E3, but you might be heartened by what the men overseeing Nintendo’s game development had to say about it. Cutting to the chase, they say they’re talking internally about what to do about the series and that they’d like to talk about what’s next…

As If Bayonetta Weren’t Badass Enough, Now She’s Got A Mech

Revealed during today’s demo live from the Nintendo E3 Treehouse, Bayonetta 2 is giving players much more to play with than killer hair and footie guns. This thing is awesome. According to the clip, the mech will control pretty much exactly like the witch herself, swinging arms and slinging bullets all over the place. It’s…

​Coming Up on Wii U, A Nintendo Game Where You Can’t Jump

Nintendo’s a company that’s made its fortunes on Mario, a character with incredible jumping abilities. But, in the newest spin-off from the Super Mario series, you control a character with no hops whatsoever. Turns out that’s a good thing. Kotaku‘s Jason Schreier takes Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker for a spin in the video above. The…

Nintendo’s New Steampunk Game Looks Much Better In Action

Yesterday, we got our first look at Code Name: STEAM, a new strategy game for the 3DS. It sounded awesome—but the screenshots we got to see? They didn’t make the game look so hot. Fear not, though: Code Name: STEAM looks nice in motion. Here are forty-five minutes of the game in action, with some…

​Nintendo: Twitch Streaming Isn’t on the Wii U Because “It’s Not Fun”

Nintendo makes fun characters who do fun things in, for the most part, fun games. The House of Mario is all about the fun. But streaming yourself having fun playing a Wii U game? That is not fun, according to Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime. In an interview with Polygon, Fils-Aime explained why livestreaming services like…

Pictures of People Taking Pictures of Things At E3 2014

Every year, when the weather finally starts to get warmer, we try to share our experiences from video gaming’s biggest conference: the Electronic Entertainment Expo. But instead of snapping pictures of the latest PlayStation 4 (there’s a white one now) or posting vines of the crazy lines for the Oculus Rift, I thought I’d show…

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Conan Plays Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Says “America Just Lost”

A vast array of characters. Small platforms. Fighting. Yep, it’s Smash Bros. Conan is back with another Clueless Gamer, asking this: “Why would we fight when we’re in the middle of a Willy Wonka nightmare?” Nintendo, do think about adding a bacon stage. A delicious bacon stage. Clueless Gamer: Conan Reviews “Super Smash Bros.” [Team…

Mario Can’t Run From Comic Books

Nintendo’s had a big week. If you need a palette cleanser from all that news, though, you could do worse than this Mario comic It’s the work of fans Danny8bit, JamesmanTheRegenold and Earth Gwee, and looks like something I could have picked up off a shelf in 1992 and kept forever in a plastic bag…

The E3 2014 Smash Bros. Roundtable, For Your Viewing Pleasure

Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakuraihad a lot more to say during last night’s E3 roundtable than just “Here’s Pac-Man.” Here’s the entire presentation, packed with juicy tidbits the upcoming fighter.

Nintendo’s Big New 3DS Game Is Code Name: STEAM [Update]

Announced today during a 3DS developer event at E3, it looks like Nintendo is releasing a brand new game on the 3DS. It’s called Code Name: STEAM and it launches in 2015. It sounds kind of bonkers. The game partially takes place in London, and it features airships. Think Steampunk (Jason, who is attending the…

The Internet Reacts To Pac-Man Being In Smash Bros

The biggest news to hit about Smash Bros. yesterday had to be the inclusion of Pac-Man—and boy did people have a lot to say about it. For some, Pac-Man wasn’t a surprise addition to the roster: Namco is involved in Smash Bros. development, after all. Even so, folks seemed to react strongly to the Pac-Man…

Who’s dropping jewels? It’s Mega Sableye, the newest Mega Evolution that will be showing up in the Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire remakes coming out this fall.