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Reviews
Style Savvy Review: Dressing Miss Michael
Join Kotaku’s tallest, broadest, and hairiest regular contributor as I explore the world of retail fashion design with Nintendo’s Style Savvy for the Nintendo DS. Style Savvy is a game marketed at girls that’s all about fashion – putting together outfits, running your own boutique, and maybe even making waves on the runway scene. The…
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Pac-Man Still Beats Mario for Most-Famous Crown
One year older, and about two dozen or so titles fewer, Pac-Man still retains the “most recognizable” title among video game characters in the United States, according to the upcoming edition of the Guinness Book of World Records. The book, which in recent years has trended strongly toward video game records (and, according to us…
By Owen Good -
The Magic Obelisk: Game Arts’ First Original Title In 10 Years
Grandia and Lunar developer Game Arts delivers its first original title in over a decade to WiiWare next week, with The Magic Obelisk, an action-adventure game about the deep bonds formed between tree spirit and light spirit. Lukas is a tree spirit who wants to use his power to transform into a tree to help…
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The Nintendo Download: And The 500th Downloadable Wii Game Is…
What game could Nintendo have possibly chosen as the 500th downloadable title for the Wii? It would have to be something super, yet smashing at the same time. The mind boggles! Okay, I suck at giving subtle hints. The original Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64 is the 500th downloadable game for the Nintendo…
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2010: Looking Back on Kotaku’s Look Ahead
We’re 10 days from New Year’s but tomorrow is the winter solstice, starting us on another trip around the sun. And a new year that will be full of its own controversies, challenges, triumphs, disappointments and delights in video gaming. This past week Kotaku put a comprehensive look into its crystal ball, breaking down what’s…
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Blank N64 Cartridge Challenges Your Manhood [Updated]
Meanwhile, in the make-believe land of eBayia, someone’s auctioning a “mysteriously blank Nintendo 64 cartridge” – promising only that the game works and doesn’t suck. “Are you man enough to buy a label-less N64 game?” No, but Saxton Hale is! “Yes, this game is missing its labels, leaving the games identity indiscernible. However, everything else…
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Is ‘WiiRelax’ the Vitality Sensor’s Debut Title?
In April, an Italian company announced “Wii Relax.” Siliconera notes that, not only is that company’s product site gone, Nintendo has now trademarked “WiiRelax” in Europe. Maybe they muscled in on the name after seeing I had shrewdly registered “WiiSittingOnOne’sAss.” The trademark filing Siliconera found is good in PAL territories. Naturally, one immediately thinks of…
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Shiren The Wanderer: Don’t Call It A Roguelike
Atlus’ upcoming Wii RPG Shiren the Wanderer has all the trappings of a roguelike dungeon crawler, but Atlus notes key differences that set it apart from other roguelike games. For instance, it’s much easier. I participated in an online demo for Shiren the Wanderer yesterday, with Atlus playing through the game while the company’s PR…
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Well, Excuuuuuse Me, Hulu!
The Legend of Zelda, that Friday special cartoon that ran on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show back in the late 80s, is now on Hulu for your trip down memory lane pleasure. I feel kind of silly now, having bought the whole thing on DVD some years back. At the time I thought it…
By AJ Glasser
