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Nintendo Man Rescued by British Cricket Superstar

The heat was intense. The distance far. David Yarnton, Nintendo UK’s honcho, collapsed during a charity bike ride in Greece, and English cricket star, Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff, discovered the Nintendo exec in the road. He needed to act fast. Yarnton was unconscious, and Flintoff, who was also participating in the cycling event, performed emergency first…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 2, 2012

In Paris, I Learned a Few Things About Video Games (And Toilets)

I went to Paris last weekend, which is an extravagant thing to do if you live in New York and should probably be making shorter weekend commutes. But I had a rare chance to go and so off I went, out Thursday overnight, back Monday afternoon. I wasn’t supposed to be working, but I can’t…

By Stephen Totilo Published May 1, 2012

Customize the Look of Your 3DS With a Whole New Midnight Purple 3DS

Evoking images of lilacs, hyacinth and GameCubes, Nintendo’s Midnight Purple 3DS launches on May 20 in North America, giving fans another way to “customize the look of their systems”. Nintendo’s official announcement of this new Midnight Purple color scheme, joining red, blue, black, and pink on the market just in time for Mario Tennis Open,…

By Mike Fahey Published April 30, 2012

A Paper Mario Automaton Won’t Kill its Masters

Automatons can come in many shapes and sizes. You can get giant robots, who will one day rise up and kill us all, and you can get tiny little novelties, like this Paper Mario box. It’s not the most advanced thing in the world, but there’s a simple charm to it that makes it endearing.…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 30, 2012

In a Perfect World, We’d be Able to Buy This Zelda LEGO

Late last year, a man had an idea for a Zelda-themed LEGO set. I liked his work. But it was also a little basic. Now, a rival set has come along, with full plans for not just minifigs but playsets as well, and it is great Ragaru’s plans include large, detailed and impressive sets based…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 30, 2012

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So, How Those Nintendo Machines Doing, Huh? Those Games?

Throughout its history as a game company, Nintendo has released an impressive array of game machines. Have you ever thought, hrm, I wonder how said game machines are doing? Let’s find out! Nintendo recently released worldwide lifetime sale data for its game machines as well as for its games. The data is of March 31,…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 27, 2012

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Nintendo Power Sure Had Some Amazing Artwork Inside

After I posted those amazing old Zelda images from Nintendo Power the other day, I got an email from reader Yannick, who just so happens to run a blog that collects all kinds of awesome old Nintendo Power artwork by Katsuya Terada. Double Dragon, Contra, there’s all kinds of old NES games Terada has brought…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 26, 2012

The Wii U Will Let You Download Brand New Games Too [Update]

It’s not just the 3DS that’s getting full-scale digital downloads this year. Nintendo’s new Wii U console will be getting the feature as well. This means that new games released at retail on the system, at least those published by Nintendo, will also be available day-and-date to download. Interestingly, games will be downloaded through the…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 26, 2012

New Super Mario Bros. 2 Will be Nintendo’s First Proper Downloadable Game

The freshly-announced New Super Mario Bros. 2, for the 3DS, sees Nintendo entering the digital download age for real, as the game will be available as either a packaged product at retail or as a downloadable title (which is saved to an SD card). Other titles will follow. Strangely, the downloadable option will also be…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 26, 2012

Nintendo Won’t be Revealing the Wii U’s Price at E3

Nintendo’s currently holding an investor’s meeting to discuss its recent financial results, and among all the grim financial talk there’s some news. Like the fact that, despite launching worldwide in 2012, Nintendo won’t be telling us how much the system costs at E3.[Twitter]

By Luke Plunkett Published April 26, 2012

Kotaku East

Nintendo Reveals Its Plan for Success

Last year? Man, last year sucked. Nintendo bled loads of cash. Sure, the Nintendo 3DS was neato, but the rollout was rocky. And the Wii? That just gathered dust in anticipation for the upcoming Wii U. But Nintendo is already saying this year is going be fine, that we should not panic. Nintendo is coming…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 26, 2012

Nintendo Just Posted Its First Annual Loss

Today, Nintendo announced its first annual operating loss in its history as a public company. Sluggish Wii sales and a strong Japanese yen hurt Nintendo—not to mention a rocky rollout for the Nintendo 3DS. The game maker chalked up a US$455.9 million operating loss for the 2011 financial year. “What went wrong was that sales…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 26, 2012

Kotaku East

Foxconn Workers Use Suicide Threats as Bargaining Tool. Again.

In China, workers’ rights kind of suck! So when the folks who make your game consoles and electronics want to protest, they take to the roof and threaten to kill themselves. Lovely. Earlier this month in Shenzhen, while the world was watching how their iPads really got made, a group of approximately twenty Foxconn laborers…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 25, 2012

Nintendo, Let This Sexy Man Give You His Money

Andrew Eisen, the Nintendo fan with the golden voice, has more games he’d like Nintendo of America to bring over from Japan. To help his cause, he’s channelling the spirit of the Old Spice guy. And channelling it well Sure, the likelihood of Pandora’s Tower or Project Zero ever making it to American Wiis are…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 25, 2012

Well Now Nintendo Is Just Being Mean [UPDATE]

See this photo? It’s a lovely display from the Mother series, captured by Kotaku friend Matt Hawkins at the Nintendo World Store in New York City. Isn’t this fantastic? Look at the adorable sprites. The cartridges. The CDs. It’s really lovely. Which would all be well and good, except Nintendo of America has spent the…

By Jason Schreier Published April 24, 2012

Each Level of Super Mario Bros. Condensed Into a Single Screen

You must play Super Mario Summary, a platformer that designer Johan Peitz created during the latest Ludum Dare game dev challenge. It’s a surprisingly fun recreation of Super Mario Bros. in which every level is summarized by a single screen. And you can play it at work. Which I just did. For the past 30…

By Jason Schreier Published April 24, 2012

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Lewd 3DS Game Gets Official Tissues

Senran Kagura, that large chested ninja 3DS game, is getting a sequel. That sequel is getting official tissues for an upcoming promotional event. Talk about knowing your audience. Talk about knowing your game. 3DS「閃乱カグラ Burst -紅蓮の少女達-」が8月30日に発売。「ニコニコ超会議」では，マーベラスAQLブース内に特設コーナーも [4Gamer]

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 24, 2012

Winning Mario Party 9 by Doing Absolutely Nothing

How hard is it to win Mario Party 9 against computer opponents? If you set the AI difficulty to easy, you don’t even need to touch the controller. This video might be a month and a half old, but I’ve been watching it and laughing all morning, so I’d say that’s worth something. YouTube user…

By Mike Fahey Published April 23, 2012

Nintendo’s President, Steven Spielberg, and the Dead Eyes of a Serial Killer

In a transcript for a never-before-seen installment of Iwata Asks unearthed by Nintendo Gamer, the president of Nintendo explains to legendary director Steven Spielberg why it would not be acceptable to put Mario in the fridge. Here at Kotaku we’ve become big fans of Nintendo Gamer‘s Iwata Asks parody series, riffing on Nintendo’s own interview…

By Mike Fahey Published April 23, 2012

Marvel at China’s Ballsy Rip-Offs

The way that licensed products are remixed and reworked in China is endlessly fascinating. Thanks to lax laws (laws that are increasingly less lax), Chinese businesses can get away with things they never could in other countries. Increasingly, more and more Chinese are turning their noses up at knock-offs, demanding the real deal. Still, I…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 23, 2012