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How Come Nobody Ever Does This to ‘Friday the 13th’?

I’m no foe of the hard drive/cartridge mod craze, but it strikes me that they’re never ripping the guts out of games that deserve the trashing. Instead, modders only hurt the ones you love … Really though, a 160GB USB hard drive, or Super Mario Bros. 3? Is it really that easy a decision? I…

New Poster Set Traces the Evolution of Link

Just up in Club Nintendo‘s rewards catalog is a three-poster set, one of which depicts the twelve iterations of Link, beginning with the original Legend of Zelda in 1987 continuing through the Phantom Hourglass 20 years later. The poster is 16.5 by 28.7 inches, accompanied by two 22 by 28 inch promotion posters for Phantom…

The Wii’s Officially $199 Today, and Amazon Offers the First Deal

Alright, it’s Sept. 27, time for some $199 Wii action, right? Amazon hopes you’ll do business with them, laying a $25 gift card on top of it. This deal is good through Saturday, Oct. 3, and it applies only to Wiis sold by Amazon, not any of its third-party vendors. The gift card is a…

DS Games Help Send Florida’s Lamest Fugitve Back to the Can

Not sure who looks worse, Lee Co., Florida, for being unable to catch this guy, or Daniel Larson himself, their No. 1 fugitive, caught after he strolled into a Walmart and stuffed a bunch of DS games down his pants. Because shoplifting is just textbook How-to-Lay-Low, just a shade less subtle than what the Duke…

Rage Of The Gladiator Is The First MotionPlus WiiWare Game

While we’re all waiting for more retail titles utilizing Nintendo’s more responsive MotionPlus add-on to arrive, Ghostfire Games is busy readying Rage of the Gladiator, the first MotionPlus-enabled WiiWare game. The community wanted more games with MotionPlus and Ghostfire listened, adding in support for the Wii remote add-on to their upcoming gladiatorial combat title. Ghostfire…

Assassin’s Creed II: Discovery DS Confirmed

Ubisoft finally confirms Assassin’s Creed II: Discovery for the Nintendo DS, presenting an untold chapter from Assassin’s Creed II on the handheld this November. Developed by Griptonite Games, Assassin’s Creed II: Discovery for the DS sounds a whole lot like the iPhone version, also hitting on November 20th. The game sees Ezio travelling to Spain…

Nintendo Releasing New Wii Sports Resort Bundle

At present, you buy Wii Sports Resort for $50, you get the game and a single MotionPlus accessory. But next month, you’ll be getting a little more for your money. Starting October 12, the game will come packed with not one, but two MotionPlus accessories. Of course, you’ll be paying more for the pack –…

Wii Price Drop Timed to Wii Fit Plus Release

Nintendo’s decision to drop the price of their Wii console was driven by the launch of upcoming fitness game Wii Fit Plus, not as reaction to a slump in sales, Denise Kaigler, Nintendo of America’s Corporate Affairs VP, tells Kotaku. Nintendo’s top-selling Wii is getting a price drop of $50 to $200 starting this Sunday,…

New Super Mario Bros. Wii Jumps On A Release Date

Nintendo announced today that New Super Mario Bros. Wii will be out in the United States this November. November 15 if you want to split hairs. Nintendo also announced that Wii Fit Plus will be out on October 4, in case you didn’t know that already.

Nintendo Announces Official Wii Price Cut

Nintendo have just announced a price cut for the Wii in both the US and Japan, putting an end to weeks of speculation. In the US, the cut will take effect on September 27, and as expected will see the console go from $250 to $200. In Japan, the reduction will kick in on October…

Sony Confirms Wii Price Drop?

Nintendo hasn’t confirmed a Wii $199.99 price drop yet, but seems like Sony has, as an anonymous tipster sends us an alleged price comparison chart from a Best Buy event going on in Missouri. Kansas City, Missouri, to be exact, where a Sony representative was instructing store representatives on the relative values of the three…

Putting Up Airballs — and Making Them — in NBA 2K10

2K Sports‘ NBA game, like its NHL counterpart, comes to the Wii for the first time with this year’s edition. This trailer gives a look at the motion controls which, for the most part, seem reasonably intuitive. The jump shot’s a no brainer – Wiimote and nunchuk up, flip the ‘mote, splash, as Kobe Bryant…

New DSi Colours Announced for Europe

Due Oct. 23, Europe will get metallic blue, light blue and red, preloaded with Flipnote Studio and Facebook. Also, buying one and taking it to the Nintendo DSi Shop over the Wi-Fi Connection will get 1,000 free DSi points. The points offer is good from the date of release until March 2010. There was also…

Nintendo All Started Right Here

As seen on Kirainet. There are directions too in case you’d like to go!

Suda Clarifies What No More No More Heroes Means

When Goichi Suda said last month that No More Heroes 2 would be the last of the series on Wii, he didn’t mean that was its end with Nintendo. Suda expects a “Wii 2”, and NMH to continue on that. Although, speaking to 1Up, Suda also made clear that “I’ve finished the story for Travis…

What Wii Accessory Made It Into the MoMA Store?

Cruising through the posh shops of Tokyo’s Omotesando area didn’t net much in the way of interesting game-related finds. But during a stop in the Museum of Modern Art store, we did spot one Wii find. A battery charger. Yes, Sanyo’s Eneloop line of Wii Remote battery chargers — comprised of stand, battery pack and…

Metroid Prime Team Discusses Their Decade Of Samus, Ponders Series’ Future

Following the recent release of Metroid Prime Trilogy, members of Nintendo’s development teams in Texas and Japan answered Kotaku’s questions about what the Metroid Prime series got right, what it missed and more. They even hinted at Prime’s future. Our interview was conducted over e-mail, with questions sent to Nintendo a few weeks ago and…

The Nintendo Download: You, Me, And The Cubes

There’s tennis, a last ninja, a little strategy, and a shot of MySims in this week’s Nintendo Download, but once you get past those it’s just Me, You, and the Cubes. You, Me, and The Cubes is a puzzle game for WiiWare from Kenji Eno of D and Enemy Zero fame. Shake your Wii remote…

Rare: “We’re Long Past the Stage” where Goldeneye Deal is Feasible

The long, sad tale of bringing the groundbreaking shooter Goldeneye to Nintendo’s Virtual Console, or Xbox Live Arcade, appears to have ended long ago, with a whimper. Addressing a reader question about Goldeneye ever getting an agreement between Nintendo and Microsoft, releasing it to current generation consoles, Rare said, alas, no. That was some time…

‘Special Announcement’ Teased on Scribblenauts’ Facebook Page

What is it? Who knows? That’s why the verb “tease” was used in the headline. “Get your rooster hats ready! We have a very special announcement coming very soon …” says the page. DSiWare? iPhone? Pure conjecture. Also, this seems like as good a place as any to mention this. Reader Soniking points out that…