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My Wii Remote Suddenly Isn’t Cuddly Enough

A pair of new Sesame Street games will come bundled with the cutest, furriest Wii Remote accessories we’ve ever seen, transforming the peripherals from hard plastic blocks into cuddly Cookie Monsters. Later this Fall, Warner Bros. will be releasing Elmo’s A-to-Zoo Adventure and Sesame Street: Cookie’s Counting Carnival. They’ll probably be forgettable Wii edutainment/shovelware, but…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 8, 2010

The Nintendo Download: A Mixed Bag With Meerkats

With no one game in particular standing out in this week’s Nintendo Download other than the one with the meerkats in it, perhaps it’s one of those weeks laced with hidden gems? Yes, we’ll go with that. And don’t take my singling out of Lapland’s Lead the Meerkats for WiiWare as any sort of endorsement.…

By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2010

Nintendo Is “Very Strict” About Mario’s Game Appearances

Um… In years past, Mario showed up in a bunch of Nintendo games. Tons “Mario is a very important character in the Nintendo world and so we want him to appear in our titles,” said Miyamoto in a recent interview. “Indeed there are a lot of games to which he is well-suited. However if he…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 7, 2010

Marvelous Entertainment Is Trying To Stay Alive

Marvelous Entertainment has published titles like Harvest Moon, No More Heroes and Little King’s Story. It has seen better days. Last March, Yasuhiro Wada, who created Harvest Moon, stepped down from his position as Director Digital Contents. That same month, it was revealed that Cing, the studio that co-developed Little King Story, was going bankrupt.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 7, 2010

Rumor: 3DS “Close To” 360, PS3 Graphics

Since the Game Boy Advance was a Super Nintendo, and the DS was a Nintendo 64, most people expect the upcoming 3DS to have the horsepower of a GameCube. IGN say that may be under-selling the machine somewhat. The website reports “Several developers that have experienced 3DS in its current form have reported, off the…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2010

Buy Three of These DS Games First

New Super Mario Bros. DS This is classic side-scrolling Mario Bros action, a successor to the original Super Mario games. The new moves in this one include a super-mushroom that turns Mario into a giant. Mario’s adventure spans both screens. Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story You could start your DS collection with New Super…

Team Kotaku Published June 6, 2010

A Sampling Of The Best DS Games

New Super Mario Bros. DS This is classic side-scrolling Mario Bros action, a successor to the original Super Mario games. The new moves in this one include a super-mushroom that turns Mario into a giant. Mario’s adventure spans both screens. Mario Kart DS It’s Mario Kart on a portable system with support for local wireless…

Team Kotaku Published June 6, 2010

Reviews

X-Scape Review: The Beauty Of The Old Ugly

Can you love shapes and straight lines? Crimson spider robots casting maroon shadows? Pink stripes painted beside tan in tunnels of sky-blue enemies? Fly to an era when game graphics were ugly and the best of that ugliness was beautiful. Your method of time-warp transportation is X-Scape, another downloadable DSi game with a questionable name,…

By Stephen Totilo Published June 4, 2010

Professor Layton Escaping To Global Publishing Freedom!

Game developer Level-5 has released a series of popular Professor Layton games through Nintendo onto the Nintendo DS. Level-5, however, is planning its worldwide escape. The Fukuoka-based company is looking to publish the Professor Layton titles itself, cutting Nintendo out of the lucrative international publishing deal. Level-5 publishes the games in Japan; however, Nintendo releases…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 4, 2010

CultureOdds and Ends

My Game Studio Logo Hall Of Fame

10 of the best, from tiny indies to Japanese juggernauts

By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2010

Mario’s Great And Terrible Secret

This won’t be news to anyone that knows enough about Mario to win a pub trivia night on the flora or the Mushroom Kingdom, but still. The delivery of this secret is as great as the secret itself. Yes, the clouds in Mario are the same as the bushes, just in different colours. Shocking, but…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2010

FTC Proposes 5% Tax On “Consumer Electronics”

As part of a draft plan to “save journalism” (as in, “save newspapers”), the Federal Trade Commission is making a number of proposals to Washington. Among them is a 5% tax on consumer electronics. Hey, game consoles are consumer electronics! It’s already been dubbed the “iPad Tax” by some hipsters, but really, that’s a little…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2010

Square’s New WiiWare Games Are Unbearably Cute

Enter the picture-book world of Kumanage, Square Enix’s adorable WiiWare title that’s actually two different games. Will you choose action or puzzles? According to Japanese gaming news website andriasang, Square Enix’s Kumanage is actually two different games: Kumanage: The Blue Gem that Kiina Hates -Battle Version and Kumanage: The Red Candy that Piina Likes –…

By Mike Fahey Published June 3, 2010

Nobody Leaves Nintendo, Nobody!

If you think working as a designer for Nintendo sounds like a sweet job…you’re probably right. Speaking with Edge, Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto says “One particular difference I should point out with Nintendo is that I am in charge of the EAD division and very few people have ever left that division. Very few people…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2010

Enjoy Your Massage! No, Really. Enjoy It!

Has shovelware ever felt this good? Enjoy Your Massage! is an upcoming Wii title in which players get virtual massages on virtual backs for virtual relaxation. Here is the description from the Entertainment Software Rating Board: This is a massage simulation game in which players match patterns in order to perform back massages on clients.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010

Nintendo’s New Fire Emblem Hits Japan In July

That new Fire Emblem for the Nintendo DS—actually an old Fire Emblem remade—is coming to Japan next month, specifically July 15. That was fast! Hopefully Nintendo of America will have some news for us at E3.

By Michael McWhertor Published June 2, 2010

Batman: The Brave And The Bold Looks Like Colorful Campy Fun

Batman: The Brave and the Bold is a colorful 2D beat-em up in a world where dark and gritty 3D action adventure reigns supreme. Can it possibly succeed where other Batman brawlers have failed? With comic book Batman busy dealing with his apparent death and time-traveling return, Wayforward’s Batman: The Brave and the Bold could…

By Mike Fahey Published June 2, 2010

Watch Nintendo’s E3 Presser Live

This year you can watch Nintendo’s E3 press conference, and all of those glorious charts, live on a special website the company is setting up. The presentation kicks off at 9 a.m. Pacific on June 15 and we’ll be there liveblogging to analyze and comment as well.

By Brian Crecente Published June 2, 2010

Foxconn Employee Dies After 34-Hour Shift

Another Foxconn employee has died. However, it was not by suicide. A 28-year-old man, who married his wife (pictured) three months ago, died from exhaustion in Shenzhen in his rental house after working a 34-hour shift his family claims. No official statement has been issued regarding the man’s death. Yan Li was apparently suffering from…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 2, 2010

How To Lure 3D TV Customers?

Not with video games. Not with the World Cup. But with that long standing killer app: pornography. This summer Sony is bringing 3D games to the PlayStation 3, and Nintendo is introducing its “glasses-free” portable gaming device. But as the Japanese 3D television market begins to heat up, the country’s porn industry is hoping to…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 2, 2010