Nintendo

Well Now Nintendo Is Just Being Mean

See this photo? It’s a lovely display from the Mother series, captured by Kotaku friend Matt Hawkins at the Nintendo World Store in New York City.


December 15, 2011
Nintendo

Club Nintendo Now Rewards With Games

Nintendo of America’s rewards program just got a lot more interesting for those of us not into Nintendo-themed fans, notebooks and patches. Starting today, Club Nintendo loyalists can also earn 3DS and Wii games.


September 20, 2011
In Real Life

Work At Nintendo For 20 Years And You Get More Than A Gold Watch

A Reddit user who says his dad works at Nintendo of America posted this image yesterday of a commemorative gift given to the man after 20 years service at the company.


August 26, 2011
Nintendo

The Coolest Things In Nintendo’s American Headquarters (And One Uncool Thing)

Let’s get the one uncool thing about Nintendo of America’s headquarters out of the way first: They won’t let visitors take pictures of the best parts of the building.


July 11, 2011
Nintendo

Donkey Kong Turned 30 Yesterday—or Did He?

Researching the exact birthday for a tribute to the 30th birthday of Donkey Kong, Patrick Scott Patterson of the Arcade Examiner came up with conflicting information. Absent official word from Nintendo, he thinks the big ape—and therefore Mario (né Jumpan)—turned 30 yesterday, July 9.


June 30, 2011
Nintendo

Nintendo Of America Hears You, But You’re Still Not Getting Those Games You Want

Last week, Wii owners in North America desperate to play games like Xenoblade, The Last Story and Pandora’s Tower, games already released in Japan, pleaded with Nintendo of America to bring those games stateside. Today, Nintendo has responded with a resounding, “Eh, probably not gonna happen.”


September 21, 2010

NBA Jam Crushes The Nuance

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I’m not a sports gamer, not even a little bit.


September 15, 2010
News

Nintendo Of America’s Birthplace, Now In Ruins

As Nintendo of America begins to stretch its legs in its swank new offices in Redmond, Washington, the company’s old offices – and a piece of gaming history – are now nothing but a pile of rubble.


Hands On With Mario Vs Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!

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Those tiny wind-up Marios are at it again; this time they’re out to save mini Pauline from a Donkey Kong hiding out in Mario’s third theme park.


September 11, 2010

Rock Band 3 DS: It’s Like Rock Band Meets Tapper

The latest version of Rock Band to come to the DS doesn’t just deliver a stripped-down, button-tapping version of the popular console game; it also seems to find some inspiration from a classic ’80s arcade game.