Nintendo

I Can’t Stop Looking At This Twisted Take On Super Smash Bros.

Witness Reddit user BansheeIndian’s take on Nintendo’s brawler Super Smash Bros.


May 3, 2012
Nintendo

The Sorry State Of Mario & Sonic, Gaming’s Worst Team-Up

If Darth Vader and Captain Kirk ever meet, I hope they will not do so while ice-skating. When Optimus Prime finally crosses paths with Harry Potter, I trust they will not spend their first hour together bowling.


April 24, 2012
Nintendo

Winning Mario Party 9 By Doing Absolutely Nothing

How hard is it to win Mario Party 9 against computer opponents? If you set the AI difficulty to easy, you don’t even need to touch the controller.


April 17, 2012
e3 2012

Nintendo’s Bringing New Wii U Pikmin And Mario To E3

With Nintendo expected to make a big push with its next generation hardware at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in June, legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto tells Spanish publication El Mundo that his plumber pal and plant lackeys will be there in full force.


In Real Life

Unlikely Fan Fiction Crossover Battle: The Hunger Games Vs Mario Teaches Typing?

This one was just too easy. I mean, who hasn’t imagined the characters from Suzanne Collins’s young adult novels interacting with the disembodied Mario head of Mario Teaches Typing 2?


In Real Life

The Dorkly Weekly: Toad Is A Lying, Cheating Bastard

Toad was supposed to be Mario’s friend, right? Then why doesn’t he just give Mario what he needs instead of making him play his twisted games?


March 30, 2012
In Real Life

‘Hunger Games’ Stud Can’t Shake Off The Super Mario Theme

At the end of a nearly 13 minute interview, Peter Travers, the eminent film critic from Rolling Stone asks Josh Hutcherson, who plays Peeta in current box office smash The Hunger Games to sing the song currently on his mind. OK, Hutcherson says, just one problem: The song has no lyrics.


March 20, 2012
In Real Life

Acid, Leeches, Quicksand, Magic, Black Holes And Other Ways Mario Can Die

Try your hardest to stay calm as you watch Mario die over and over and over again. I know, I know. It’s tough. But you can get through this.


March 16, 2012
In Real Life

Lovely Lady Mario Shoes

Kotaku AU

While we’re still waiting for the Fruit Ninja developers to make giant watermelon shoes, we will make so shoving our giant ogre feet into these custom hand-painted Super Mario shoes.


March 8, 2012
Nintendo

How Do You Make A Super Mario Game At A Time Of National Tragedy?

Most of Koichi Hayashida’s talk at the Game Developers Conference today about making the most recent Super Mario game for Nintendo was silly. Some of it was even a joke. Until he got to the earthquake.