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.


December 14, 2011
Nintendo

The Link Statue Of One Man’s Dreams

In 2006, what were you doing? I was working at Kotaku. Derek was thinking about how he could get the greatest Link statue to ever grace this spinning blue ball we call Earth. If you ask me, he did just that.


December 13, 2011
In Real Life

If Only Cartoon Network Took Its Games More Seriously

Perhaps I was the only male over the age of thirteen to hope that Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion XL for the Xbox 360 was something more than a sloppy clone of Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. series of character-driven fighting games.


September 17, 2011
PC

Smash Bros PC Demake Super Smash Land Is Out, Free

Super Smash Land, the PC ‘demake’ of the beloved Super Smash Bros series is here in full, free of charge and looking faithfully Game Boy-esque.


September 15, 2011
In Real Life

The Most Painful Falcon Punch You’ll Ever See

You can’t go blasting your best friend through a wall and not expect a little payback. Remember kids: the Falcon Punch is not a toy.


September 8, 2011
In Real Life

What If Super Smash Bros Had Fatalities? Poor Link Finds Out…

In some bizarre alternate universe, Ed Boon, not Masahiro Sakurai, lead development on Super Smash Bros Melee for the Wii, devising the grisliest of hedgehog-on-dinosaur fatalities. Fortunately, that’s not the case. Because I never wanted to see Link die like this.


July 14, 2011
In Real Life

You Can Win For Losing In Super Smash Bros.

From the creator of “Elemental Kombat” comes this, a tale of cosmic justice delivered when some guy wins four in a row with Kirby in Super Smash Bros and starts douching it up. He totally had that coming.


April 7, 2011
Nintendo

Mario Wants You To Hit Him As Hard As You Can

Kotaku AU

We’ve seen a zillion Mario youtube parody videos, but here’s one more – one that takes Mario and friends, then shoehorns them into the world of Fight Club. If you don’t want to see Mario pulverising the adorable Kirby, then for the love of all that’s good and holy, don’t watch this video clip.


December 22, 2010
In Real Life

Minecraft’s Music Video Debut Scores Over 9000!

Hipster darling and Kotaku reader Armand Mirpour’s latest music video features a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it one of PC’s most popular games, Minecraft.


December 19, 2010
In Real Life

Demo Now Available For Super Smash Bros De-Make

Super Smash Land, a Super Smash Bros. game remade to the constraints of the GameBoy (but not, literally, for it) has a playable demo now available for free on the PC.