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Nintendo

How Many Errors Can You Spot In 30 Years Of Hot Christmas Toys?

The folks at Ultimate Coupons were nice enough to pass on this video game-dappled infographic featuring the top toys of three decades worth of Christmas holidays. In the true holiday spirit we only tear it apart just a little.

November 2, 2011
In Real Life

Jimmy Kimmel Smashes Bandstand As Donkey Kong

Jimmy Kimmel went full video game for the Halloween airing of Jimmy Kimmel Live. The late night host dressed up as Donkey Kong, at one point tossing a barrel into the bandstand.

October 26, 2011
Nintendo

Nintendo DSi XL Bundles Fit For A Kong

Remember the DSi XL? Sure you do! Nintendo hasn’t forgotten it, either. That’s way today, Nintendo announced two new bundles for the jumbo-sized DSi handheld.

October 20, 2011
In Real Life

The World’s Best Donkey Kong Players Throw Down In The Kong Off

Has any game has as much celluloid devoted to it as Donkey Kong? First we had Seth Gordon’s brilliant The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. Then we got the feature short Dr Kong about Hank Chien, the guy who unseated Steve Wiebe to become the new DK record holder.

August 14, 2011
In Real Life

There’s A Potential Donkey Kong Kill Screen, If You Wanna Watch

The top two record-holders for Donkey Kong will try to topple the game’s existing all-time high scores tomorrow in a record chase you may watch live.

July 29, 2011
In Real Life

It’s Lexicon Like Donkey Kong

Having nothing better to do, evidently, Denver’s Westword set out to chart the comprehensive history of “It’s On Like Donkey Kong”, and found that Ice Cube has much to do with the social currency of the phrase, whether a call to celebrate or a challenge to fight. It was copyrighted by Nintendo last year. The full graphic is at the link.

July 26, 2011
Nintendo

3 New Ways To Spend Your Hard-Earned Club Nintendo Coins

You’ve bought Nintendo product, registered it online, and collected Club Nintendo coins for your effort. Nintendo repays you with a Metroid screensaver, Donkey Kong posters, and a giant AR card you could have printed out yourself!

July 15, 2011
In Real Life

Miyamoto’s, Where You Know Everybody’s Name

For its cover of this week’s edition (on newsstands today), the Portland Mercury commissioned this painting, an homage to Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks with Donkey Kong creator Shigeru Miyamoto and three characters he introduced to America 30 years ago this week.

July 12, 2011
News

The The King Of Kong Remake Is Still On, But May Go Mockumentary

The high score battle between Donkey Kong pros Steve Wiebe and Billy Mitchell was immortalised in 2007′s The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. And for the past four years, there’s been talk of that movie being remade, further fictionalised in a film adaptation of a film.

July 11, 2011
Retro

In 1983, Donkey Kong Nearly Died

As we celebrate what’s (probably? maybe?) Donkey Kong’s 30th birthday, let’s today take a look at the 1983 court case which nearly brought a premature end to Nintendo’s big ape.

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