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It’s Actually a Pretty Damn Good Week for the Nintendo Download
What’s this? Four new-ish downloadable games across the various Nintendo platforms, and not one that I can poke fun at? This has to be some sort of record. Then again, it’s hard to screw up when you’ve got Metal Slug and Rayman on your side. Metal Slug 3 for WiiWare and the original Rayman in…
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One Year Later, Did Nintendo Keep Their E3 2011 Promises?
For the fourth year in a row, we’re comparing E3 hype to gaming reality. Sony was the subject of our first investigation. Today we check out Nintendo and will follow with Microsoft’s E3 2011 promises on Thursday, at 1pm ET. Nintendo had two, maybe three focuses at last year’s E3 press conference. The most obvious…
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Three Nintendo Icons Draw Kirby
Nearly 20 years ago, three household names in Nintendo gaming took a shot at drawing Kirby inside the official strategy guide for Kirby’s Adventure. Masahiro Sakurai, the game’s creator (and creator of the Super Smash Bros. series); Shigeru Miyamoto, who really needs no introduction, and Satoru Iwata, who doesn’t either, unless you don’t know who…
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The Wii U will Get the Best-Looking Version of Aliens: Colonial Marines, Says Gearbox
Nintendo has yet to release the official hardware specifications for the Wii U, and it’s something Gearbox’s Brian Burleson, senior producer on Aliens: Colonial Marines, won’t discuss directly. But, he said to Eurogamer, the Wii U will get the best-looking version of the game because it has “more modern tech.” “Just trust me on that…
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One of the Best Downloadable 3DS Games Gets a Little Better in This Week’s Nintendo Download
Last week it was a Mario Kart patch, this week it’s a version update, with new content added to WayForward Technologies’ Mighty Switch Force inching the 3DS eShop ever closer to iTunes territory. Mighty Switch Force is a puzzling platformer that relies on the tried-and-true switch mechanic, in which platforms and such phase in and…
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These Squishy Nintendo Controllers Were Meant for Hugging
Haven’t you always wanted to cozy up with an NES? Okay, well, maybe not so much. They do have a lot of sharp edges, and do you even know where that controller has been? I swear I saw the dog licking it yesterday, and then your little brother— Well. Over at her shop Felt Sew…
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Kotaku East
Growing Up on Mario and Sonic. Growing Up in China.
Doodling away at his desk, a skinny and unassuming young man, Li Feng, ponders how to draw a political cartoon regarding missile defense shields. Li, 32, is a graphic artist for a media company in Beijing and he attributes his choice of career to his upbringing, an upbringing in China, with video games. “When many…
By Eric Jou
