Nintendo

Starfox-Metroid Team-Up Rumoured For Wii U

It reads like fan fiction and the rumour’s original reporter — who uncovered PlayStation All-Stars six months before it was announced — concedes that nothing about it is confirmed. But Retro Studios is said to be working on, or at least to have considered, Star Fox-Metroid Fusion Saga, a mashup of third-person action gameplay with aerial/space combat.


May 19, 2012
Retro

This Is How You Make Retro Video Game Characters Even More Retro

Kotaku AU

Time for your yearly dose of video game art from feudal Japan. What, you’ve never seen Megaman, Link and Samus drawn as woodblock prints? Well, let’s do something about that.


May 12, 2012
Nintendo

Metroid’s Samus Aran Weighs In On Mother Brain’s Ban On Gay Marriage

Remember how it blew your mind when you found out that the character you’d been jumping and shooting with in the first Metroid was a woman? Well, it turns out she was hiding a lot more than long, flowing locks under that Varia Suit armour.


May 11, 2012
In Real Life

Video Gaming’s A-Team Brings Samus, Shepard, Master Chief And Jim Raynor Together

Using the magic of Photoshop and the wizardry of Garry’s Mod, Ariel Flores has brought together some of video gaming’s greatest heroes in the one team.


May 4, 2012
In Real Life

No Instrumental Cover Has Ever Done Justice To Metroid’s "Brinstar"

We’ve heard all of the Super Mario Bros. themes performed by an orchestra. Simon Viklund’s blood-pumping update of the Bionic Commando soundtrack is still on my workout playlist. And this version of Tecmo Super Bowl‘s opening cinematic makes me eat lightning and crap thunder. The great NES chiptunes of the past have all had great instrumental covers by now. Except one.


April 19, 2012
Nintendo

Stand In Awe Of This Life-Sized Metroid Statue (Made Of Paper!)

I’m hesitant to call this papercraft, since that’s a word we normally associate with little things that sit on a desk. Instead, I’m just going to call this 6’10″ model of Metroid’s Samus Aran a masterpiece.


April 17, 2012
In Real Life

Your Favourite Video Games, Damaged By Porn [NSFW]

World of Warcraft, Left 4 Dead, Tomb Raider… Avid Kotaku readers (and/or consumers of adult entertainment) know that actual porn parody movies exist for these video game franchises. But what if your tastes run to Ezio, Samus or, um, Rayman? These characters don’t have films but one digital artist has made up fake DVDs covers for these characters’ would-be sexploits.


March 13, 2012
Nintendo

Science Proves Old Video Games Were Super Hard

Sitting down with a bunch of old games in the Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, Legend of Zelda, Pokemon and Metroid franchises, Belgian scientists have proven beyond all doubt that those games are way hard. To showcase their work, they’ve written a scientific paper outlining their findings.


February 29, 2012
Nintendo

This Wii Controller Looks Like Samus’ Arm Cannon

I don’t think this counts as a mod, since all the guy’s done is stick a Wii Remote inside a giant replica of Samus Aran’s arm cannon from Metroid, but still…it means you can play Metroid Prime with a giant replica of an arm cannon.


January 12, 2012
In Real Life

From Metroid’s Power Suit To A Pink Nurse Outfit, She’s Got You Covered

Meet MissNatsume. The Costa Rican cosplayer is at ease covered both in Samus’ Power Suit or dressed up cute, like a real life Kirby.