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Pokémon Company Squashes Twitter Rumor of Creator’s Death [Update]
A spokesman for the Pokémon Company said all employees, including Pokémon creator Satoshi Tajiri, are alive and safe following Thursday’s tremendous earthquake in Japan, specifically rebutting a widespread rumor that Tajiri had died in the disaster. “False. Everyone at the Pokemon Company and Gamefreak is fine,” spokesman J.C. Smith told Kotaku. He said that power…
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Yeah, Pretty Sure This Cheat Code Doesn’t Work
I’ve tried it repeatedly and can’t get the damn thing to work. Maybe this is only for the PAL version of the game? For those who want an NES controller wallet like that one, let me Google that for you. Or make one for yourself. The Nintendo Wallet Secret [DtotheAimo, YouTube]
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Nintendo’s Just Fine, Thanks for Asking
Nintendo’s Japanese headquarters are in Kyoto, some 300 miles from the devastation of yesterday’s tsunami. Still, many have asked if the 8.9 magnitude earthquake caused any damage. Nintendo tweets: “Thanks for your concern! During the earthquake no one at Nintendo in Japan was injured and there was no apparent structural damage.”
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LEGO Wizards Don’t Stop the Motion in Their Third Games Tribute
Ninja Moped, the Swedish artists behind a series of eye-popping stop-motion LEGO animations depicting classic video games, have released another stunning video, following up these and 2009’s seminal “8-Bit Trip” The Top Gun sequence probably gets my vote for most awesome; appearances by Jeopardy, Castlevania and a really old school stumper, the last one at…
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The Frustrating Fiscal Resilience Of Nintendo Games
In today’s exciting episode of Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Cupids_Hitman waits and waits for prices on first-party Nintendo games to drop, but they never do. What’s up with the pricing of Wii games? My family got a Wii this past Christmas, and so I’ve been looking to play some 1st party Nintendo games, but they’re…
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The Fantastic Mr. Star Fox Takes A Look Deep Inside Himself
“I’ve been flying through silver rings for 18 years, and I never once stopped to ask why.” When Nintendo’s classic space shooter meets visionary director Wes Anderson, The Fantastic Mr. Star Fox is born. And then he questions his existence. Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animation adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Fantastic Mr. Fox ranks as one…
By Mike Fahey
