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Let’s Compare The New Zelda to its 22-Year-Old Ancestor

Link to the Past has aged quite well, wouldn’t you agree? What we have here is a direct, side-by-side comparison of the new handheld Zelda game, A Link Between Worlds, and its predecessor, the now almost 22-year-old Link to the Past, courtesy of The Bit Block. There’s a stark difference, to say the least, but…

What’s Inside A Video Game Control Pad

Reader Brandon Allen has put together an incredible collection of photographs, in which he’s dissected a number of famous video game controllers, spilling their guts all over a wooden table so you can gawk at what’s inside. PlayStation, NES, Dreamcast, Xbox, most of the major names are represented. Or, well, dissected. I’ve included a selection…

The Week in Games: One to Go

It’s the Xbox One’s turn to shine this week, arriving on Friday along with 22 games, among them exclusives like Ryse, Forza 5 and Dead Rising 3. And, in either the most unfortunately timed or ballsiest release ever, New Super Mario and Zelda titles come out the same day. Here’s the week in games. Tuesday,…

Pokémon X and Y Community Solves Shiny Hatching—and Crowdsources It

For those who can’t get their hands on the magic machine that auto-finds shiny Pokémon for you, there’s the next best thing—a crowd sourced database that will pair trainers in Pokémon X and Y to eggs guaranteed to hatch a shiny. It will depend upon the good will and cooperation of the Pokémon community, particularly…

Happy Birthday, Shigeru Miyamoto. The creator of Mario, Zelda, Pikmin and many more games we love turned 61 today.

Cheating In Pokémon Is Complicated. It May Also Be On Its Way Out.

Back when news broke that Pokemon X & Y had been hacked,there was an immediate panic about how that would affect players. Would hacked Pokemon start circulating in trades? Would people get sucked into battles with hacked Pokemon that were impossible to beat with normal Pokemon? While being able to generate Pokemon through external means—we’re…

These Pokémon, made by the digital artists of iheartjlp, look really dark and make me feel they’re from a not-so-shiny alternate universe rather than from one of the well-known regions. The Jigglypuff on the top right, for example, looks quite serious. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,funniest…

Nintendo just bought a stake in NicoNico Douga’s parent company Dwango. The company provides content via smartphones, but Nintendo says it won’t be using Dwango for that. More on Siliconera.

Mario Gets Darker With God, Drugs And Booze

‘Gritty’ isn’t a word I normally associate with Mario, but you know what? Polaris makes it work here. This more mature take on Super Mario comes from screenwriter Evan Daugherty, who is also behind the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. Oh, and ‘The Addict’ isn’t the only video he’s helped create—there’s also ‘The Fixer,’…

A Simple Tool That Shows You Every Pokémon’s Strengths and Weaknesses

Typically, if you wanted to know what a Pokemon’s strengths and weaknesses are, you’d need to memorize itor Google it. Now you have a third option: the Pokeffectiveness tool. All you have to do is visit this website and type in a Pokemon’s name. The website should automatically narrow it down to the Pokemon you’re…

Our Favorite Video Game Characters of the Last Generation

Video games immerse us in worlds beyond our own, letting us encounter sights and sounds beyond our imaginations. But no matter the scenery, what would these worlds be without the characters we have fought alongside and grown emotionally attached to over the past eight years? With the impending release of the PlayStation 4, today is…

Smash Bros. Creator Is Always Being Recorded At Work and He Hates It

You wanna see video of Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai in his day to day work overseeing game development? Apparently, there’s tons. Sakurai is hard at work on the upcoming Smash Bros. games for the 3DS and Wii U. According to his column in Weekly Famitsu, generally whenever he talks about editing and changes at…

Watch All Of Today’s Nintendo Direct Right Here

If you missed the latest Nintendo Direct, you can watch all of it right here. Topics included Zelda, Professor Layton, Pikmin 3 DLC and other already-announced games through 2014. But the biggest news is the 3DS update that’s incoming.

Eighteen indie games are coming to the Nintendo eShop for 3DS and Wii U. They were showcased today in this Nintendo Direct video; you can see more about them here.

Nintendo 3DS Gets A Big Update Next Month

Next month’s big 3DS system update comes with a few cool new features, including YouTube, the Wii U’s Miiverse, and a balance combining service that will (finally) let you combine your 3DS funds with your Wii U funds on one unified Nintendo account. When the update goes live, all you have to do is sign…

Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy launches Feb. 28 for Nintendo 3DS and will be in stores and on the Nintendo eShop. The game will feature a storyline uniting the two Layton trilogies.

The lovely 3DS role-playing game Bravely Default is out on February 7 in North America, Nintendo just announced. Looks like they’re ditching the subtitle for this one.

Wii U Holiday Commercial Is Not Helping The Wii U

During the boom years, when both the DS and Wii were killing it, Nintendo used to make pretty good commercials. Or, at the very least, serviceable ones. A few years back, though, something changed The Wii U needs all the help it can get this holiday season. This? This is not helping. Specifically, that Dad.…

The Machine That Finds Shiny Pokémon For You Just Got Even Better

Last week, we showed you amachine that someone built that found rare colors of Pokemon for them—all without having to to be present for the boring parts of the special shiny-finding process. It was impressive….but this new machine right here? It’s even better. As a quick recap: the original machine made by dekuNukem used a…

More Than 200 Music Tracks From Pokémon X And Y For Only $10

The recent release of Pokémon X and Y didn’t just give the game a graphical overhaul. The music is better than ever before as well, and now you can buy all 3.5 hours’ worth of it on iTunes for a piddling $9.99. The Pokémon X & Pokémon Y Super Music Collection contains 212 tracks, to…