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Conker’s Bad Fur Day Was Supposed To Include Pokémon And KKK Jokes

7:00AM January 19, 2012 | Stephen Totilo

The most outrageous game Nintendo ever published could have been more outrageous if Nintendo hadn’t nixed a couple of jokes, the game’s creator, Chris Seavor, said in a recent interview. More »


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Super Mario 64 And Ocarina Of Time Run Great On The Kindle Fire

9:20AM November 30, 2011 | Chris Carolan

Don’t ask me how well it controls or even if it’s worth the time to put these games onto your Kindle Fire. But I will say it’s friggin awesome. Take Mario Kart 64 on the train? More »


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Transforming A Nintendo 64 Into A Portable

10:45AM November 8, 2011 | Brian Crecente

There aren’t instructions here, not unless you’re really good at figuring out what’s going on in a bunch of images. But it’s still fascinating to watch a Nintendo 64 get picked apart and then pieced back together again as a portable. More »


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For Better Or Worse, Ocarina Of Time Feels Like Coming Home

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1:00PM October 4, 2011 | Mark Serrels

There’s a comforting wave of nostalgia. Then, slowly, the creeping sense that everything seems a little bit smaller than you remember. You wake up on the same bed, hear the same voices. Everything looks similar, but different. Enough to create that empty dissonance, a timely reminder that time doesn’t stand still; it pushes forward. With or without your permission. More »


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Zelda Games Used To Be A Rare Thing

8:00AM August 9, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

Because they don’t count the CDi Zelda games, and because they count the repeatedly re-released Ocarine of Time twice, Nintendo promotes a worldview in which 17 [1] Zelda games have been released in the past 25 years. More »


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Is Goldeneye Reloaded Just A Fancy Word For Re-Released?

4:20AM June 28, 2011 | Sam Winstrom

Activision puts nostalgia-loving gamers in their sights once again, gathering a nice list of domain names revolving around something called “Goldeneye Reloaded“. This could mean a number of things are in the works: an HD re-release of Goldeneye for the Wii, an HD remake of the classic N64 Goldeneye, or maybe even a turn as an Xbox Live Arcade game or on PSN? More »


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The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Was Almost An FPS

6:00PM June 20, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

It’s not, but during the game’s development, Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto had this crazy idea: How about a Zelda game where players cannot see Link? More »


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‘Is Navi Annoying?’ And Other Questions We Asked The Creators Of The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time

10:00AM June 18, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Kotaku recently asked eight questions of the chief creatives responsible for the Nintendo 3DS remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, questions like “Why does Link auto-jump?” and “Do you think Navi is annoying?” More »


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Did They Improve The Ocarina Of Time’s Graphics Enough For You?

3:00AM May 4, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

Here’s a new trailer for the June-scheduled 3DS re-make of The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time. The graphics have been improved, though my memory already made them look as good as they appear in this new trailer. More »


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For The First Time, The Mario Bros. Will Miss A New Nintendo’s Birth

7:00AM February 23, 2011 | StephenTotilo

Forget its glasses-free 3D, the Nintendo 3DS is unlike any Nintendo video game before it because it will debut without Mario or Luigi. The previous nine major gaming machines from Nintendo — all of the big ones, from NES to Wii — had these guys. More »