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Talented Kotaku reader Bonny John’s ambitious project—to draw one Pokémon per day—is about to end, as he just finished an amazing Mew fan-art as his 151st drawing in a row. Below is the full picture. Head over to the TAY post for some WIP shots, and check out the rest of the Pokémon drawings here…

Nintendo plans to introduce new gaming hardware in emerging markets, including China. “It would be difficult to enter those markets if we didn’t create something new… For the mass market you need to provide something that most of the middle class can afford,” president Satoru Iwata told Reuters

Hoping for a revamped Wii U? Satoru Iwata told Asahi that rumors of Nintendo announcing a new version of its console at E3 are “groundless.” Instead, we can look forward to a new title that shows a new way to use the Wii U’s GamePad.

Baby Metroid Sculpture

Metroid Hatchling by Tim Wollweber: The 4-inch-wide hatchling hovers in the light up containment vessel. Among Tim’s other creations is this Link and Navi Munny: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past 3D Papercraft Map

The Legend of Zelda: A link to the Past’s overworld as a 3D papercraft map: The map is by Wuppes, who has also created paper dioramas for Metal Slug and Super Mario World. Via R/Gaming You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

There’s A Mario Kart Phone App Coming (Really)

The upcoming Mario Kart 8 for the Wii U won’t just be taking place on the Wii U. Nintendo will also be releasing a smartphone app, on which people can share stuff like highlight reels and check out leaderboards. I’m shocked. Not that Nintendo is making an app, or that it even looks useful, but…

Nintendo Is Bringing Real Toys To Its Video Games

While it’s dabbled with the technology already in Pokemon Rumble U, Nintendo is about to get serious with the Wii U’s NFC (Near-Field-Communication) capabilities. At an investor Q&A today in Japan, the company spoke briefly about its plans for NFP, or Nintendo Figure Platform. Think Skylanders, or Disney Infinity, only with Nintendo characters. While a…

Something To Light Nintendo’s Darkest Hour

Because…screw it, why not

The Internet Reacts To The New Pokémon Remakes

They said Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire would never get remade. That people should just stop clamoring for them, that all the places that people saw “evidence” of a remake was just silly, desperate. It was beginning to look like Ruby and Sapphire remakes were Pokémon equivalent of Half-Life 3*. And yet here we are: Hoenn…

22 Years Of Mario Kart In Under Two Minutes

Mario Kart 8 is almost upon us. But before we all get too carried away with all the awesome new features like anti-gravity and next-gen mustaches, let’s pause for a moment to reflect on the long, eventful life of this wonderful series. Nintendo offered up a history lesson today in a short video that sums…

Nintendo Responds (Terribly) To Gay Marriage Petition

Earlier this week, we helped publicize a fan-made petition that set out to get gay marriage support in the upcoming Nintendo game Tomodachi Life, which allows players to hang out and start relationships in a weird, surreal alternate universe habitated by Mii characters. Nintendo has responded to that petition with a statement to the AP,…

Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire Remakes Announced For November

Two games from the long-running creature-collecting series are getting remadefor the 3DS. Here’s how Nintendo’s describing the upcoming titles: Announcing Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems! Prepare for an epic adventure exploring a world filled with Pokémon! Pokémon fans first enjoyed Pokémon Ruby Version and Pokémon Sapphire…

3D-Printed Pokémon Is All About Charm

That’s a pretty accurately designed 24″ long Onix that dug itself up out of Amphygory Design‘s 3D printers. According to the creators, it’s quite flexible, so unlike other 3D-printed Pokémon figurines, this one can be displayedthe way Onix appears in the games or the anime Here’s a short demonstation: 24″ Flexible Onix Model [AmphigoryDesign, YouTube]…

Nintendo Reports a Loss of $457 Million, 3DS and Wii U Both Fall Short

Nintendo has published their numbers for the most recent financial year, and sadly, they’re not doing all that well. The company ended up with an operating loss of 46.4 billion yen, or $457 million, for the fiscal year ending in March, managing to move 590,000 3DS units and 310,000 Wii U units in the last…

If Famous Books Were Actually About Pokémon

What do the people in the world of Pokémon actually read, you think? My guess is that they’d read the same things we do, only their versions of classic books have Pokémon in them. The reason I’m giving this any thought at all is because yesterday, Nintendo tweeted out stuff with the hashtag #pokemonbooktitles: Naturally,…

Wedding Cake Covered With Pikmin

Pikmin-themed wedding cake decorated by Regina Wu: Previously: Facehugger Egg Cake You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Pokémon Would Make A Safari Trip Much Cooler

Leopards and lions would no longer be the kings of the savanna if Pokémon were around. Here’s DeviantART artist Sebas, and his Pokésafari series, with a Nidoking above, and other tough ones below. Getting out of the car on a safari trip like this would be a bad idea: Pokesafari by Sebas [DeviantART] To contact…

Zelda’s Temple of Time, Rebuilt in Unreal Engine 4

The Wii U might not get as many Unreal Engine 4 games as we’d like, and so animator Michael Eurek thought it would be a great idea to recreate the Temple of Time from the Legend of Zelda games, just to show how good an HD Zelda game would look like in 2014. It took…

$500 Aluminum Nintendo Console Is A Thing Of Beauty

This is the Analogue NT. It’s a console that’ll play both NES and Famicom cartridges. Think of it as an unofficial Nintendo console for design-conscious, affluent grown-ups. And I do mean affluent. It’s priced at $499. For that, you’re getting a machine made from a single solid piece of aluminium, and one which – unlike…

The Original Pokémon Games, Brought Together On A Single Game Boy

Red version? Blue version? Naw. How about both? Check out this awesome modded Game Boy by Vadu Amka which mashes together all the versions of the original Pokémon games into one handheld device. Yes, even Yellow—and I’m not just talking about how that’s the cartridge inside the Game Boy. If we look at other pictures,…