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You Can't Make Me Use The N64 Controller Again, Nintendo
24.9.2021
One of Nintendo’s cuter little announcements during the latest Direct was that, with N64 games coming soon to the system, the company will also start selling recreations of the console’s controller for you to play them on.Read more
Why The Splatoon 3 Devs Are The Best, In One GIF
24.9.2021
Sometimes, during these surprise Nintendo Direct presentations, developers will just do the darnedest things. This includes the Splatoon 3 studio Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development (Nintendo EDP) whose nondescript “squid researcher” dazzled us with both late-breaking research...
All The Biggest Announcements From Nintendo's Big September Direct
24.9.2021
Today’s surprise Nintendo Direct offered 40 packed minutes of forthcoming Switch games, new content for old ones, and, er, teasers for forthcoming Directs about specific games like Smash and Animal Crossing. Below you’ll find all the big stories that came out of the presentation.Read more
Nintendo Switch Gets N64 And Genesis Collection, Complete With Online Multiplayer
24.9.2021
During today’s Direct presentation Nintendo finally confirmed what a lot of observers already suspected: Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis games are coming to the Nintendo Switch Online service later this October.Read more
New WipEout Game Announced, Only It's Not On Console
17.9.2021
WipeOut is, very quietly, one of the most important video game series to have ever lived thanks to its role in selling the original PlayStation as something genuinely “cool”, but it’s a franchise that has fallen on hard times of late.Read more
The Best GameCube Games
16.9.2021
Ah, the GameCube. It might be my favourite console of all time. The tiny discs, its cute little handle, the Wavebird...yeah, we had some good times together. But the best times we had were with these games in particular.Read more
Ren And Stimpy Are Coming To The Nick Fighting Game As A Duo
14.9.2021
Hailing from the darkly humorous animated show, Ren and Stimpy are the newest additions to the Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl roster, developer Ludosity announced on Tuesday.Read more
Mario Kart 8 Speedrunner Has Nearly Perfected Blowing Himself Up
2.9.2021
On Wednesday, speedrunner SkillOz came incredibly close to an ideal time in Mario Kart 8 DX’s “blue yourself” challenge, which requires the player to intentionally detonate themself with a blue shell. This meme category, which refers to any speedrunning category that showcases something ridiculous...
Nick Fighting Game Gets Roster Accidentally Leaked By Nintendo eShop
2.9.2021
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is due out later this year, and while we still don’t know the platform fighter’s full roster, we do know a few more friendly cartoon faces who will be joining the fight. The game’s full box art recently leaked on the Nintendo Switch eShop showing Avatar’s Aang and Korra...
And Now, Mario Kart Tracks In Flight Simulator
30.8.2021
We’ve seen how well Microsoft’s Flight Simulator handles interpreting real-world objects and landmarks, but what about something a little more…racy? Modder Illogicoma thought it would be neat to try importing Mario Kart tracks into the sim, and they’re right. It’s very neat.Read more
What If Mario Kart, But Terrible Asks GTA Online
20.8.2021
When I saw the first images of Grand Theft Auto Online’s new Kart Krash mode, I was intrigued. It looked like Rockstar’s take on a kart racer, poised to infuse Los Santos with some outlandish fun. Sadly, while this new mode does feature karts and power-ups, it’s not about racing, but instead about...
Mario Kart 64 Legend Just Retired Because He Got Betrayed
13.8.2021
Matthias Rustemeyer is one of the all-time greats at Mario Kart 64. Maybe even the best. He’s certainly the most famous, having dominated the top-tier of its competitive scene for the greater part of a decade. And now he’s retiring.Read more
Nintendo’s Older Games Are Killing It Right Now
13.8.2021
Nintendo continues absolutely dominating the competition in terms of game sales.Read more
Mario Kart 64 Champion Makes History By Becoming Fastest Player On Every Course
9.8.2021
Last month, long-time Mario Kart 64 racer Daniel Burbank came within two records of nabbing every fastest time in the game. Yesterday he grabbed the final two, becoming the first player in the game’s history to hold all 32 fastest times simultaneously. While that’s impressive on its own, it’s also...
More People Are Buying Mario Kart Than Nintendo’s Newest Games
5.8.2021
Nintendo’s Super Star isn’t the bright and shiny New Pokémon Snap or even the juggernaut that is Animal Crossing: New Horizons. No, well into the Nintendo Switch’s lifespan in the year 2021, it’s Mario Kart 8 that takes the lead.Read more
Nintendo Sold Too Much Animal Crossing Last Year And That's Hard To Repeat
5.8.2021
Last year was effing awful, but Nintendo did great. At this time last year, Kotaku reported that Nintendo’s profits between April and June 2020 increased by over 400 percent—a number that even a year later is hard to comprehend. Understandably, during that same period this year, the feat was hard...
New Pokémon Snap’s ‘Obama Skip’ Is The Latest Speedrunning Trick With A Weird Name
10.7.2021
Like any sub-culture, speedrunning is known for creating its own unique vocabulary that, at times, can sound like an entirely different language. Fortunately, we have folks like Abyssoft to act as our Sherpas and guide us up the treacherous speedrunning mountain. His latest video explains...
NYPD Game Truck Wants Kids To Forget Cops Are Bastards
6.7.2021
Over the July 4 weekend, WNYC reporter Gwynne Hogan shared a photo of the New York City Police Department’s latest attempt at community outreach. The largest local law enforcement agency in the United States plans to launch a game truck full of consoles to seemingly entice children into spending...
Nintendo's Leadership Reveal Their Favorite Video Games
6.7.2021
At Nintendo’s 81st annual general meeting of shareholders, a Q&A section allowed those present to ask all kinds of business-related questions. One, however, was so obvious I cannot believe it hasn’t been asked before: someone simply wanted to know what everyone’s favourite video games were.Read...
The Nintendo 64 Is Now 25 Years Old
23.6.2021
On June 23, 1996, the Nintendo 64 went on sale in Japan. The console is now 25 years old. Twenty-five! Can you believe it?Read more