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How To Watch Tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct—And What To Expect
20.2.2024
Nintendo has just sprung a Nintendo Direct on everybody, and as is custom, it’s just around the corner. And by that I mean it’s tomorrow morning. The next Direct airs on February 21 at 6:00 a.m. PT / 9:00 a.m. ET. At 25 minutes, this Direct won’t be the longest ever, but it is sizable enough that...
Nintendo Switching Off 3DS And Wii U Online Services April 8
24.1.2024
It’s official. Both the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Wii U will be switching off their online play on April 8 at 7 P.M. ET. After that, your devices will sit alone, detached from the wider world, until the madness of solitude sets in.Read more
Nintendo Cancels Major Live Event In Japan After Threats
7.12.2023
A major live Nintendo event for early 2024 has been canceled following threats against attendees and staff, the company has announced, expunging world championship tournaments for games like Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon 3.Read more
Nintendo Accounts Will ‘Ease’ Transition To Next Console, Exec Says
20.10.2023
One of the biggest questions about Nintendo’s next console is how it will treat everyone who’s built up a massive library of games on the Switch. Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser isn’t ready to spill the beans about the Switch 2 yet, but he is teasing a smoother transition to the company’s...
Switch 2 Hype Grows After Nintendo Mysteriously Pulls Old Reveal Trailer
18.10.2023
The Nintendo Switch was first revealed via a three minute trailer posted to YouTube on October 20, 2016. Seven years later, Nintendo has pushed the video to private, reigniting fans’ excitement for a much anticipated announcement of the Switch 2, and also destroying an important piece of history...
Nintendo Will Stop Supporting 3DS And Wii U Online In April 2024
4.10.2023
Nintendo will discontinue online service for 3DS and Wii U consoles in April 2024, the company announced in a recent blog. After this point, the 3DS Pokémon storage app Pokémon Bank will be the only software accessible online. Read more
EA Pulls Every Old FIFA Game From Digital Storefronts
27.9.2023
You can no longer buy last year’s hit soccer game, FIFA 23. Nor any other older game from the famous Electronic Arts sports franchise. At least, not digitally.Read more
Pokémon’s Mega Evolutions Are Cool But Cruel
25.9.2023
We all know Mega Evolution is one of the coolest gimmicks in the Pokémon series. These super-powered transformations debuted in Pokémon X and Y in 2013, and were further expanded in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. Trainers use the power of Mega Stones, which Pokémon hold in battle, to give...
The Great Wii U Server Outage Of 2023 Is Over
2.8.2023
The Wii U isn’t dead, it’s just resting. Nintendo finally brought the console’s servers for Splatoon and Mario Kart 8 back online after a mysterious five month outage. “Please accept our sincere apologies for the extended waiting period,” the company wrote in an update, though it’s not making...
Switch’s The Last Of Us Clone Has Vanished, And Sony Is Killing The Trailers
1.8.2023
The Last Hope: Dead Zone Survival—a Switch-exclusive budget game that many called a knockoff of Sony’s The Last of Us—has been removed from the Nintendo eShop. Meanwhile, Sony has started removing the game’s trailers from YouTube. Read more
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 8 Wild Games To Play
28.7.2023
The summer heat continuing to beat down on many of us offers ever-increasing reasons to Stay Inside™ and play some video games. As we do every wee, we thought we’d give you some suggestions on games we’ve vibing with that you might enjoy checking out yourself, in case you need an excuse (or three)...
Sources: Assassin's Creed Publisher Remaking Black Flag, The Pirate One
30.6.2023
Ubisoft is doubling down on its most popular franchises, including Assassin’s Creed. Kotaku has learned that strategy now includes a remake of Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag, the 18th-century pirate fantasy period piece, and one of the more fondly remembered entries in the series. It’s what many...
Get Ready For A 40-Min Nintendo Direct For 2023's Big Switch Games
20.6.2023
Not one to be left out of the Big Summer Video Game Revealapalooza, Nintendo has announced it’s holding a Direct presentation this week, and it will feature Switch games coming out in the second half of 2023.Read more
Someone At Nintendo Snuck Pride Month Into The Switch's eShop
16.6.2023
It’s Pride Month, meaning there are gay flags all over the place. This is true for the Nintendo eShop, too, though you may have to look a little more closely to find it. Scroll down for a while in the Featured section and you’ll see that someone has quietly snuck in a rainbow flag to call attention...
Everything Shown At Today's Nintendo Direct Mini
28.6.2022
Switch-owning JRPG fans are feasting today. The biggest standouts from today’s Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase include Persona 5 Royal and Nier: Automata ports for the Nintendo Switch, but there were also neat-looking indie titles like the beautifully handcrafted RPG Time: The Legend...
A Big Nintendo Direct Might Be Coming Soon
13.6.2022
In years past, this would have been the week for the big annual June Nintendo Direct, but in 2022 the Mario maker is so far nowhere to be seen. But the company could still be planning to close out the month with a showcase of some kind, according to a writer at Sony Santa Monica.Read more
Nintendo Showcase Standout Gunbrella Has The Best New Video Game Name Of 2022
12.5.2022
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Video Game History Foundation Goes Off On Nintendo's 'Destructive' Retro Policies
18.2.2022
Nintendo’s decision to close its Wii U and 3DS stores has been met with widespread criticism, not for the closures themselves—this always happens to old hardware—but for the way it has once again reminded the world of how terribly Nintendo handles access to its back catalogue, easily the most...
Nintendo Fans Share 3DS, Wii U Surprising Stats To Mourn eShop Closure
16.2.2022
Just as Nintendo announced plans to sunset certain features of the digital storefronts for the 3DS and Wii U in 2023, fans are using it as an opportunity to dig into the official record-keeping website to look back on the memories they made with those two classic consoles. It’s a nice way to mourn...
The Japanese Internet Reacts To Nintendo Closing 3DS & Wii U Shops
16.2.2022
Did you hear? Nintendo is culling the Wii U and 3DS eShops. Some people are surprised, but others aren’t. Everyone has an opinion, though. Even you. With the eShop doomed and Nintendo Switch Online in full force, the official line is that Nintendo has “no plans to offer classic content in other...