Rumours of Miyamoto’s retirement have been greatly exaggerated, and in a recent Q and A with investors, he went into more detail on precisely what he plans to do in his new role at Nintendo. More »
Earlier this week, I brought you the story of a good friend who gave me his original Xbox without wiping its contents. From the data, I was able to piece together a sentimental portrait of my friend as he and his wife started their new lives together. More »
While the Wii U will finally bring HD gaming to a Nintendo and sports some neat onboard tech, there’s one big problem: it has a stupid name. More »
“Found something on the right”, said this Twitter user from Japan, and indeed he has: A logo for the “Nintendo Network” on the box art for Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, due to release on February 12. More »
In today’s Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Zombie711 wants Square Enix’s DS masterpiece The World Ends with You to end with itself. In other words, here’s one of the game’s biggest fans explaining why it should never, ever get a sequel. Aww. More »
According to game designer Masahiro Sakurai, Uprising is finished — or, as they say in the game industry, “it’s gone gold”. Read Kotaku impressions of this “gaudy, goofy, surprisingly hardcore shoot-’em-up”. More »
I may have explained this a few times already, but growing up in Australia in the 1980s usually meant growing up without Nintendo. The NES was here, and people bought it, but it was never the sensation it was elsewhere. Most kids/adults played on computers or Sega machines. More »
Recently my friend, who for this article we’ll call “Dan”, was over at my apartment for beers and video games. We’d gone through most of the big recent releases — I showed him some craziness from Saints Row: The Third, got across the gist of Catherine and played some (shockingly fun) split-screen Modern Warfare 3 spec-ops. The Kinect had gotten a go as well, and we’d laughed our way through several levels of Gunstringer and gotten our arses kicked by the surprisingly difficult Child of Eden. More »
I’ve tested battery life. Usually, I play some, write down how long I play, take a break, and comeback. Not this dude. More »
